# Lead Automation EngineerLead Automation EngineerSalary£NegotiableLocationSheffield, UKContractTemporaryIndustryTechnology---ContactJon GreenJon.Green@oliverjames.com## Automation & DevOps Lead – Cyber**Sheffield – £550/d (inside IR35) – 12 months**Oliver James has partnered with a global banking organisation undergoing significant investment across its Technology and Cyber functions. As part of continued growth within Cybersecurity Engineering, they are seeking an Automation & DevOps Lead to help drive engineering maturity, automation and DevSecOps best practice across multiple cyber teams.This role sits within a central engineering enablement function, focused on improving how cyber services are built, integrated and deployed. You’ll work closely with engineering teams to embed automation, standardise pipelines and improve delivery efficiency in a complex, highly regulated environment.---## Key Responsibilities* Lead the adoption of DevOps and automation best practice across Cyber engineering teams* Design, improve and standardise CI/CD pipelines and deployment patterns* Drive engineering efficiency, reducing friction in how cyber services are consumed* Partner with engineering leads to embed DevSecOps principles across delivery teams* Promote reuse of tooling, frameworks and patterns across Cyber* Support continuous improvement initiatives across engineering processes and tooling* Collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to ensure scalable, resilient solutions---## Essential Skills* Strong DevOps experience, both hands-on and at design level* Proven experience building and improving CI/CD pipelines at scale* Experience embedding automation and engineering best practice within large organisations* Strong understanding of systems integration and platform engineering* Experience operating in complex, regulated environments* Ability to influence engineering teams and drive adoption of standards* Strong communication skills with experience working across distributed teams---## Desirable Skills* Experience within financial services or another highly regulated industry* Exposure to Cybersecurity engineering environments or security tooling* Experience embedding DevSecOps practices across multiple teams* Familiarity with engineering governance and non-functional requirements* Experience contributing to engineering community-of-practice initiatives* Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline* Experience working across global, matrixed organisations #J-18808-Ljbffr