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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # DevOps Engineer (FTC) - **Company:** BlueCrest Capital Management - **Location:** London, UK - **Salary:** £67,916.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Algorithmic Trading, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Data Centers, Linux, DevOps, Github, Junit, Python (Programming Language), Cisco Nexus Switches, Redis, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Prometheus, Data Streaming, Multi-Cloud, Caching, Pytest, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Teamcity, Terraform, Artifactory, Vmware - **Published:** August 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5858391572 ## About the Role * Very strong Azure and AWS skills * Very strong automation skills * Experience working with pull requests and peer reviews * Experience with Ansible, Terragrunt and Terraform * Python * Very good understanding of containerisation technologies * Very good understanding of AI related infrastructure and DevOps processes. Nice to have, but willing to learn otherwise: * Kubernetes (on-prem, VMware, EKS, AKS) * Test automation (Terratest, Terraform Test, Molecule, PyTest, JUnit) * Linux/Windows administration, automation and networking * CI/CD and build tooling (GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Nexus, Artifactory) * Observability and telemetry (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, ELK, Tempo, Jaeger) * Public cloud platform engineering (Azure, AWS) * Data streaming and caching technologies (Kafka, Redis) * Working knowledge of Java and/or C# * Chaos engineering and resilience testing About You: We're looking for a very strong individual contributor, passionate about emerging technologies, and constantly improving their environment. The environment is fast moving with minimal process, so you'll need to be comfortable supporting live systems, critical to the hedge funds operations, with minimal guardrails. You should be passionate about emerging technology trends, innovations and directions, and eager to suggest and implement new solutions to enhance our technology performance. You should also understand the need for rapid delivery while appreciating business risk and constraints to ensure adherence to service levels. The candidate should have extensive experience working both independently and as part of a diverse team, meeting both broad and specific project/BAU objectives. This role requires excellent organisational skills, open communication, and a collaborative approach. Your commitment to continuous improvement should be evident, both in learning from others and sharing knowledge to enhance our team's capability and function. ## Description In addition to meeting the round-the-clock operational demands of the platforms, we continuously evolve and transform our platforms to maintain a competitive edge that our business requires. 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