Job title: 1 x DevOps Engineer
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Location: London
Job published: 15-05-2025
Job ID: 70857

Job Description

A high-impact Senior DevOps position is available within a global investment firm, supporting a major E-Trading platform at the heart of its macro business. This is a hands-on, strategic engineering role focused on developer productivity, automation, and platform modernisation.

You'll be driving initiatives that shape how software is built and delivered across a critical trading platform with high visibility and strong executive backing.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the evolution of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and test infrastructure to improve speed and reliability.

  • Champion fully automated testing across 25+ environments to support fast, safe deployments.

  • Enhance developer workflows by improving tooling, reducing friction, and scaling internal platforms.

  • Work with technologies including AWS, Kubernetes (on-prem/OpenShift/cloud), Helm, Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, Golang (or similar), and Elastic.

  • Collaborate directly with developers to optimize software delivery and improve engineering metrics (eg, deployment frequency, cycle time).

  • Promote modern DevOps practices and execute on an already-established roadmap for foundational engineering improvements.

Team Structure:

  • Join a focused DevOps team currently with two practitioners

  • Opportunity to lead and grow the team, shaping the DevOps function for a strategically important platform.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

  • Deep understanding of developer pain points and strong empathy for engineering workflows.

  • Experience driving impactful DevOps initiatives in high-stakes, regulated environments.

  • Strong executor with a passion for automation, testing, and continuous improvement.

  • Comfortable taking ownership and delivering independently within a fast-moving environment.

  • Committed to advancing modern software delivery practices in legacy-heavy environments.

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