Senior DevOps Engineer
Successfully
Req. VR-124788
The project is a strategic initiative to deliver a new FX Swaps clearing capability, enabling atomic processing of swap packages within a highly regulated, low-latency clearing environment.
The platform operates under strict resilience, latency (≤10 seconds SLA), and regulatory (EMIR) constraints. The DevOps function will play a critical role in ensuring high availability, automation, continuous delivery, and operational resilience, while supporting a transition towards cloud-enabled infrastructure.
This is a mission-critical system requiring Cat 5 resilience, robust CI/CD pipelines, strong monitoring, and disaster recovery capabilities.
The solution will initially be deployed on-prem, with future migration to AWS (multi-AZ, multi-region).
Identify and resolve security vulnerabilities in AWS infrastructure, applications, and CI/CD pipelines.
Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support automated and secure software delivery.
Deploy and manage applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
Manage secrets, privileged access, and artifact repositories.
Implement security, monitoring, logging, and disaster recovery best practices.
Collaborate with engineering and security teams to improve platform reliability and security.
Support cloud migrations and infrastructure hardening initiatives.
Must have
Experience
8+ years' experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
Proven ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision. Someone with drive to actively pull work and deliver.
Experience operating within large enterprise environments.
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Experience delivering large-scale transformation and migration projects.
Linux & Infrastructure
Expert-level Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration.
Strong Unix/Linux troubleshooting and support experience.
On-premises infrastructure experience.
Understanding of server lifecycle management, patching, upgrades, and operational support.
Experience working closely with Unix, Middleware, Database, Network, and Security teams.
Scripting & Automation
Strong Bash scripting capability.
Strong Python development and automation skills.
Experience automating operational, deployment, and infrastructure processes.
Configuration management and infrastructure automation experience.
CI/CD & DevOps Tooling
Significant experience with:
GitLab
Jenkins
Ansible
Git
Designing, supporting, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
Implementing DevOps best practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
Source code management and branching strategy expertise.
Troubleshooting & Operations
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Experience supporting production and non-production environments.
Ability to identify root causes and drive issues through to resolution.
Experience supporting engineering teams with build, deployment, and platform-related issues.
Nice to have
Desirable Skills
Security / DevSecOps
Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
Security-first mindset.
Understanding of:
Vulnerability management
Secrets management
Secure software delivery
Certificate management
Access control, authentication and authorisation, e.g. PAM and IDAM
Infrastructure as Code
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience.
Automation and platform provisioning expertise.
Networking & Security Concepts
Understanding of:
TCP/IP
DNS
Load balancing
Firewalls
TLS/SSL certificates
Database Knowledge
Good understanding of relational databases.
Oracle administration or support experience highly desirable.
Ability to troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues.
Monitoring & Observability
Experience with:
Monitoring platforms e.g. DataDog
Logging platforms
Alerting solutions
Performance analysis and troubleshooting
Understanding of observability principles.
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Transformation & Migration Experience
Experience delivering one or more of the following:
Red Hat/Linux migration programmes.
Platform modernisation initiatives.
CI/CD tooling migrations.
DevOps transformation projects.
Repository migrations.
Enterprise infrastructure upgrade programmes.
Data centre migration projects.
Examples relevant to your environment:
Jenkins to GitLab migration.
Nexus to Artifactory migration.
Vault platform migration.
Legacy platform modernisation.
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Tooling Experience (Highly Desirable)
Experience with some or all of:
Source Control & CI/CD
GitLab
Jenkins
Git
Automation
Ansible
Python
Bash
Artifact & Package Management
Artifactory
Nexus
Secrets Management
HashiCorp Vault or equivalent enterprise vault technologies
Operating Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Unix
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Industry Experience
Preferred but not essential:
Financial Services
Capital Markets
Post-Trade / Clearing
Regulated environments
Candidates should understand:
Change management processes
Audit and compliance requirements
High availability and resilience requirements
Languages
English: C2 Proficient
Seniority
Senior
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Req. VR-124788
DevOps
BCM Industry
03/09/2026
Req. VR-124788
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