DevOps Engineer (Banking)

Summary: As a DevOps Engineer in Core Banking, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and supporting tools and processes that facilitate the rapid delivery of high-quality software. The role involves collaboration across engineering, product, and operations teams to enhance platform security, resilience, and continuous improvement. You will champion DevOps best practices and ensure compliance with banking regulations. Your contributions will drive automation and foster a culture of collaboration and learning within the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using industry-standard tools (eg, Jenkins, Harness Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Champion DevOps best practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing, monitoring, and observability, ensuring compliance with banking regulations and internal security standards.
• Support the deployment and operation of microservices on both private and public cloud environments, leveraging container orchestration (Kubernetes) and service mesh (Istio) where appropriate.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying bottlenecks, automating manual processes, and sharing knowledge across engineering teams.
• Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes are in place to maintain high availability and reliability of banking services.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, learning, and inclusion, supporting the professional development of team members and promoting diversity in all its forms.
• Strong engineering background with a deep understanding of DevOps practices, processes, and supporting tools.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and associated DevOps tooling (Jenkins, Harness, Backstage, Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with source control systems (Git), including branching strategies and code review practices.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (especially GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, alerting, and SRE concepts (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Experience with test automation tools (JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, Postman).
• Knowledge of messaging and streaming platforms (Kafka) and service mesh (Istio).
• Understanding of network protocols, security best practices, and compliance requirements for banking.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and inclusive teamwork.
• Experience with network protocols & security.
• Exposure to large-scale, regulated environments (preferably financial services).
• Knowledge of additional DevOps tools and emerging technologies.

Key Skills:

• Strong engineering background with a deep understanding of DevOps practices, processes, and supporting tools.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and associated DevOps tooling (Jenkins, Harness, Backstage, Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with source control systems (Git), including branching strategies and code review practices.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (especially GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, alerting, and SRE concepts (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Experience with test automation tools (JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, Postman).
• Knowledge of messaging and streaming platforms (Kafka) and service mesh (Istio).
• Understanding of network protocols, security best practices, and compliance requirements for banking.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and inclusive teamwork.
• Experience with network protocols & security.
• Exposure to large-scale, regulated environments (preferably financial services).
• Knowledge of additional DevOps tools and emerging technologies.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Manchester

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

DevOps Engineer

As a DevOps Engineer in Core Banking, you'll play a pivotal role in designing, building, and supporting the tools and processes that enable our teams to deliver high-quality software at pace. You'll work collaboratively across engineering, product, and operations teams to ensure our platform is secure, resilient, and continuously improving.

What you'll do:

• Design, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using industry-standard tools (eg, Jenkins, Harness Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Champion DevOps best practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing, monitoring, and observability, ensuring compliance with banking regulations and internal security standards.
• Support the deployment and operation of microservices on both private and public cloud environments, leveraging container orchestration (Kubernetes) and service mesh (Istio) where appropriate.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying bottlenecks, automating manual processes, and sharing knowledge across engineering teams.
• Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes are in place to maintain high availability and reliability of banking services.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, learning, and inclusion, supporting the professional development of team members and promoting diversity in all its forms.
• Strong engineering background with a deep understanding of DevOps practices, processes, and supporting tools.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and associated DevOps tooling (Jenkins, Harness, Backstage, Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with source control systems (Git), including branching strategies and code review practices.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (especially GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, alerting, and SRE concepts (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Experience with test automation tools (JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, Postman).
• Knowledge of messaging and streaming platforms (Kafka) and service mesh (Istio).
• Understanding of network protocols, security best practices, and compliance requirements for banking.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and inclusive teamwork.
• Experience with network protocols & security.
• Exposure to large-scale, regulated environments (preferably financial services).
• Knowledge of additional DevOps tools and emerging technologies.

What we're looking for:

• Strong engineering background with a deep understanding of DevOps practices, processes, and supporting tools.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and associated DevOps tooling (Jenkins, Harness, Backstage, Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with source control systems (Git), including branching strategies and code review practices.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (especially GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, alerting, and SRE concepts (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Experience with test automation tools (JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, Postman).
• Knowledge of messaging and streaming platforms (Kafka) and service mesh (Istio).
• Understanding of network protocols, security best practices, and compliance requirements for banking.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and inclusive teamwork.
• Experience with network protocols & security.
• Exposure to large-scale, regulated environments (preferably financial services).
• Knowledge of additional DevOps tools and emerging technologies.