DevOps Engineer

Few & Far - Recruitment & Talent Agency
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 100K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Bash
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
Data Control
Python
PostgreSQL
Linux System Administration
Octopus Deploy
Powershell
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Cloud Platform System
Multi-Cloud
Kubernetes
Deployment Automation
Kafka
Terraform
Microservices

Job description

We're partnered with a global fintech infrastructure company operating at the core of financial services: the data control layer behind banks, asset managers, and trading institutions worldwide.

Following a major acquisition the business is entering a significant scale phase, doubling headcount and investing heavily in its cloud and platform engineering capability

This is high-scale, mission-critical infrastructure software, processing trillions in financial assets daily and ensuring the accuracy, reconciliation, and compliance of global financial data.

Mission of the role:

  • Deliver scalable, automated, and production-ready platforms built on AWS with Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, and GitOps at the core
  • 6 months into the role, you will have led a successful migration or go-live, have delivered measurable improvements in scalability and efficiency, and been recognised as a trusted authority in microservices delivery
  • You will work in a wider Infrastructure / SRE / Cloud team of 15

What you'll be doing

  • Design, build, and operate microservices platforms on AWS using Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)
  • Automate provisioning, deployments, and pipelines with Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD tools
  • Lead technical delivery for customer projects, from discovery through to production go-live
  • Migrate and scale services into microservices-based platforms with resilience and observability in mind
  • Implement GitOps workflows (e.g. ArgoCD, Flux) to ensure automation and consistency
  • Produce high-quality documentation, runbooks, and reusable modules to accelerate delivery
  • Act as a senior technical authority, raising engineering standards and mentoring by example

Requirements

Essential skills and experience:

  • Strong AWS cloud engineering background with Terraform / IaC
  • Proven expertise in microservices design, deployment, and operations
  • Hands-on Kubernetes orchestration (EKS/AKS)
  • Linux administration and scripting (Bash / PowerShell; Python desirable)
  • GitOps experience with Argo CD or Flux
  • CI/CD pipeline development and automation
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
  • Track record of delivering service migrations and platform go-lives into production

Nice to haves:

  • Helm chart authoring and advanced Argo CD usage
  • Event-driven microservices (Kafka)
  • PostgreSQL in cloud environments
  • Advanced CI/CD pipeline design
  • Experience with Internal Developer Platforms (e.g. Backstage)
  • Multi-cloud exposure and/or Python development for tooling

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