DevOps Engineer - AWS & Terraform

As a GitHub Subject Matter Expert, you will play a key role in defining standards, driving platform consistency, and continuously improving developer experience. You will also act as a GitHub Copilot SME, leading the adoption of AI-assisted software development from a central platform perspective-setting best practices, educating engineering teams, and enabling the safe and effective use of AI throughout the software development lifecycle.

You will collaborate closely with engineering, product, and security teams across the business to help shape the platform vision and roadmap, while remaining hands-on within an agile team through sprint planning and delivery. Staying current with DevOps, platform engineering, and AI trends, you will help continuously evolve how software is built and delivered at Worldpay.

What you'll own

• Maintain and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Design, build, and operate containerised platforms using technologies such as Docker and Amazon EKS.
• Design, build, and manage CI/CD platforms and tooling, including GitHub Enterprise Runners, CloudBees Jenkins, and Harness.
• Administer and govern the GitHub Enterprise Cloud platform, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
• Host and operate enterprise GitHub runners for organisation-wide consumption by development teams.
• Provide technical guidance, enablement, and consultation to development teams consuming the central CI/CD platform.
• Act as a GitHub and GitHub Copilot Subject Matter Expert, promoting best practices for AI-assisted software development.
• Work within an agile team, ensuring alignment with sprint and PI objectives.
• Participate actively in code reviews, sprint retrospectives, and technical demos.
• Contribute to or lead the development and execution of project plans, schedules, and documentation as required.
• Deliver technical and decision-seeking presentations to both technical and business stakeholders, internally and externally.
• Perform other related duties as required to support the platform and engineering organisation.

Where you'll own it

You'll own it in our buzzing London hub. Our sites are hubs of activity, conversation, and openness. With inspiring, stylish workspaces we want people to feel excited to come and do their best work.

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Cloud Engineer.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub administration, including GitHub Enterprise Cloud governance, configuration, and enterprise-scale enablement or strong Linux system administration experience supporting production platforms.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (container orchestration) and Terraform for infrastructure-as-code.
• Hands-on experience managing and automating AWS infrastructure.
• Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages, such as Java, Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience working with Helm for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment.
• Solid understanding of Linux system fundamentals, including system troubleshooting and operational support.
• Proven experience designing, operating, or supporting CI/CD automation and deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and logging for distributed and cloud-native systems.
• Experience with configuration management tools, such as Ansible.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex platform issues.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Relevant certifications (Cloud, Infrastructure as Code, or Containerised Applications) are a plus.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

We know it's bigger than just your career. It's your life, and your world. That's why we offer global benefits and programs to support you at every stage. Here's a taste of what you can expect.

• A competitive salary and benefits.
• Time to support charities and give back to your community.
• Parental leave policy.
• Global recognition platform.
• Virgin Pulse access.
• Global employee assistance program.

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process the largest volume of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you join a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day. What makes a Worldpayer? It's simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We're dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we're determined, always staying open - winning and failing as one. We're looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our ever evolving CICD Platform Team to help us unleash the potential of every business. About the team Our Tech and Security teams keep us moving each day, no matter where we are in the world. From the hardware to the networks and everything between, they humbly make it all happen. As a DevOps Engineer at Worldpay, you will be part of a central platform engineering team that owns and operates the core GitHub, CI/CD, and software delivery platforms used by all development teams across the organisation. Our mission is to provide secure, scalable, and reliable tooling that enables engineers to take applications from idea to production rapidly and safely. You will champion modern GitHub and CI/CD administration practices, shaping how GitHub is governed, secured, and automated at enterprise scale. This includes ownership of enterprise GitHub runners, providing a robust, high-availability runner platform that development teams across Worldpay can seamlessly utilise for build, test, and deployment workloads., At Worldpay, we take our Values seriously, and we live them every day. Think like a customer, Act like an owner, and Win as a team. * Curious. Humble. Creative . We ask the right questions, listening and learning to get better every day. We simplify the complex and we're always looking to create a bigger impact for our colleagues and customers. * Empowered. Accountable. Dynamic . We stay agile, using our initiative, taking calculated risks to progress. Never standing still, never settling, we work at pace to achieve our goals. We champion our ideas and stay flexible to make them happen. We know that every action adds up. * Determined. Inclusive. Open. Unlocking potential means working as one global community. Our work spans borders, and we stay united by our purpose. We collaborate, always encouraging others to perform at their best, welcoming new perspectives. Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.