DevSecOps, Automation & Innovation Engineer | IT CIB

Natixis in Portugal; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Natixis in Portugal is seeking an Automation & Innovation Engineer to join the IT Transversal (IT TRV) Innovation & Development team — a forward-looking role driving automation transformation and continuous innovation of CIB's development and deployment ecosystem.

Key responsibilities include eliminating manual toil, designing CI/CD automation, IaC provisioning, GitOps deployment, containerization with Docker/Kubernetes, and creating a self-healing platform with security gates and observability.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or related roles.
• Experience driving automation, prototyping tech, and improving velocity.

Responsabilidades

• Design and deploy CI/CD pipelines across CIB development ecosystems.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC and policy-as-code.
• Lead adoption of GitOps for configuration and deployments.
• Advance platform capabilities with PaaS abstractions and self-service tooling.
• Improve developer experience and implement automated security checks.

Conhecimentos

CI/CD automation

Infrastructure-as-Code

GitOps

Automation & DevOps

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Ferramentas

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Descrição da oferta de emprego

• Full-time

Company Description

Natixis in Portugal is a Centre of Expertise whose mission is to transform traditional banking by developing innovative solutions for the business, operations and work culture of Groupe BPCE worldwide.

As part of Groupe BPCE’s international division, Natixis in Portugal designs and delivers solutions for its two core areas – Corporate & Investment Banking and Asset & Wealth Management – as well as transversal services that support all entities across the Group.

With more than 3,000 employees representing 46 nationalities, the teams work across Information Technology, Banking Support Activities, and Compliance, in an integrated, inclusive, and cross-functional way, supporting all business lines and platforms of the Group.

A disruptive mindset and a culture of proximity and agility identify Natixis in Portugal Team and reflect the company's mission to transform traditional banking at a global scale: a perfect match in the Portuguese dynamics and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Job Description

We are seeking an Automation & Innovation Engineer to join the IT Transversal (IT TRV) Innovation & Development team — a forward-looking role driving automation transformation and continuous innovation of CIB's development and deployment ecosystem.

Key Responsibility Areas:

Primary: Eliminate manual development and operational toil

• Design and implement comprehensiveCI/CD pipeline automation across CIB
• Automate infrastructure provisioning throughInfrastructure-as-Code principles and tooling
• EstablishGitOps principles for configuration management and deployment
• Automate security validation, compliance checks, and dependency scanning
• Drive adoption ofcontainerization(Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift)
• Createself-healing infrastructure that requires minimal human intervention
• Eliminate manual security reviews through automated security gates

2. Innovation Leadership & Technology Prototyping

Primary: Drive continuous innovation in automation practices

• Leadinnovation lab activities— prototype and validate emerging automation technologies (service mesh, policy-as-code, advanced observability, GitOps tools)
• Conducttechnology watch on DevOps, security automation, and AI4DevOps trends
• Createproof-of-concept implementations for cutting-edge tools/frameworks
• De-risk adoption of emerging technologies before enterprise-wide rollout
• Transfer innovations and c ompetencies toDevelopment Squad and Business IT teams(IT TRV, IT GMT, IT GBCR)
• Establishautomation excellence center standards and best practices
• Present findings and recommendations to CIB CIO community

Primary: Build automation platform enabling team independence

• Design and maintain internal platform (CI/CD, IaC, observability, security scanning)
• CreatePlatform-as-a-Service (PaaS) abstractions hiding infrastructure complexity
• Enable developers todeploy code securely without manual security reviews
• Establish platform as reusable asset available to IT Transversal, GMT, and GBCR teams
• Document and evangelize platform usage through training and community building

4. Developer Experience & Productivity Innovation

Primary: Reduce friction and enable developer happiness

• Measure"developer toil"— manual, repetitive work slowing down delivery
• Enablefast feedback loops— deployment feedback in seconds, not hours
• Designfrictionless onboarding— new team members productive in days
• Build tools that feel like"magic"— developers don't need to understand infrastructure
• Conduct regular feedback sessions with development teams to identify pain points

5. Velocity Metrics & Continuous Improvement

Primary: Drive measurable improvements in team performance

DORA Metrics Targets:

Metric Target

Deployment frequency Daily or multiple-times-daily

Lead time for changes Reduce from weeks to days/hours

Time-to-recovery (MTTR) Reduce by 50%+

Automation Coverage Targets:

Area Target

Infrastructure-as-Code coverage 100%

Security validation automation 90%+

Testing automation 95%+

• Design and deployAI agents for infrastructure provisioning, deployment automation, and incident remediation
• Define permission systems and privilege boundaries for AI agents
• Establish audit trails and decision logging for agent actions
• ImplementAI-driven threat modeling and proactive security:
  • Leverage LLMs for threat modeling and adversary behavior anticipation
  • Move from reactive compliance to proactive security hardening
• Buildobservability and tracing for AI agents (causal graph tracing, confidence metrics)
• Designdata governance policies for AI agents (prevent data exfiltration, implement redaction)
• Develop"agent-ready" infrastructure code (idempotent, predictable, safe for AI consumption)
• Establishhybrid human-AI workflows with clear escalation paths

Qualifications

Experience & Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, or related roles
• 3+ years driving innovation, prototyping technologies, or leading architectural improvements
• Proven track record of reducing manual toil and improving team velocity
• Familiarity with financial services or regulated industries preferred

Infrastructure Automation & DevOps

• Expert-levelInfrastructure-as-Code principles and practices (tool-agnostic)
• StrongCI/CD expertise: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
• Deepcontainerization(Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Git mastery (GitFlow, branching strategies)
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Security & Compliance Automation

• Application security principles (OWASP Top 10)
• Security scanning automation: SAST/DAST (SonarQube, Checkmarx, ZAP)
• Container security scanning (Trivy, Aqua)
• Secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, GDPR, SOX)
• Security policy-as-code (OPA, Kyverno)
• Understanding of AI agents and LLM applications in operations
• Familiarity with prompt engineering and LLM-based tooling
• Conceptual knowledge of agent governance, permission systems, and sandboxing
• Exposure to AI agent frameworks (LangChain, AutoGen)
• Understanding of hybrid human-AI workflow design
• Centralized logging (ELK, Splunk, CloudWatch)
• APM and distributed tracing (Jaeger, DataDog, New Relic)

Software Engineering & Architecture

• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or Bash
• Software design principles and testing strategies

Soft Skills

• Innovation mindset— prototyping, experimentation, "failing fast"
• Entrepreneurial drive— ownership, bias toward action
• Communication— technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Collaboration— across Development, Security, and Operations
• Teaching mindset— mentoring teams on automation best practices
• Continuous learning— staying current with emerging technologies

Preferred Skills

• Open-source contribution or community involvement
• Service mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd)
• Incident response and postmortem facilitation

Success Metrics & KPIs

DORA Metrics

• Deployment frequency: weekly → daily or multiple-times-daily
• Lead time for changes: weeks → days/hours
• MTTR: reduce by 50%+
• Change failure rate: reduce failed deployments and rollbacks

Automation Coverage

• Infrastructure-as-Code:100% defined in code
• Security scanning:90%+ automated
• Testing:95%+ executed automatically
• Deployments:90%+ via automated pipelines

Platform Adoption

• Developer adoption:80%+of CIB developers using self-service platform
• Developer toil reduction:20%+in manual tasks
• Developer satisfaction:80%+satisfaction score
• Technologies prototyped:2-3 per year
• Prototype-to-production rate:60%+within 18 months
• Regular innovation updates to CIB CIO community

AI4DevOps Maturity

• AI agent governance framework: established and documented
• Agent success rate:95%+ reliability
• Proactive threat detection via LLM-based modeling

Additional Information

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