* Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS)
* £90,000 - £100,000 + benefits
* Hybrid-Remote in London or Manchester Central | 3 days onsite
We’re partnered with a global fintech infrastructure company operating at the core of financial services: the data control layer behind banks, asset managers, and trading institutions worldwide.
Following a major acquisition the business is entering a significant scale phase, doubling headcount and investing heavily in its cloud and platform engineering capability
This is high-scale, mission-critical infrastructure software, processing trillions in financial assets daily and ensuring the accuracy, reconciliation, and compliance of global financial data.
Mission of the role:
* Deliver scalable, automated, and production-ready platforms built on AWS with Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, and GitOps at the core
* 6 months into the role, you will have led a successful migration or go-live, have delivered measurable improvements in scalability and efficiency, and been recognised as a trusted authority in microservices delivery
* You will work in a wider Infrastructure / SRE / Cloud team of 15
What you’ll be doing
* Design, build, and operate microservices platforms on AWS using Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)
* Automate provisioning, deployments, and pipelines with Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD tools
* Lead technical delivery for customer projects, from discovery through to production go-live
* Migrate and scale services into microservices-based platforms with resilience and observability in mind
* Implement GitOps workflows (e.g. ArgoCD, Flux) to ensure automation and consistency
* Produce high-quality documentation, runbooks, and reusable modules to accelerate delivery
* Act as a senior technical authority, raising engineering standards and mentoring by example
What we’re looking for
Essential skills and experience:
* Strong AWS cloud engineering background with Terraform / IaC
* Proven expertise in microservices design, deployment, and operations
* Hands-on Kubernetes orchestration (EKS/AKS)
* Linux administration and scripting (Bash / PowerShell; Python desirable)
* GitOps experience with Argo CD or Flux
* CI/CD pipeline development and automation
* Strong communication and problem-solving skills
* Track record of delivering service migrations and platform go-lives into production
Nice to haves:
* Helm chart authoring and advanced Argo CD usage
* Event-driven microservices (Kafka)
* PostgreSQL in cloud environments
* Advanced CI/CD pipeline design
* Experience with Internal Developer Platforms (e.g. Backstage)
* Multi-cloud exposure and/or Python development for tooling
Why join
* Work on large-scale, regulated financial data infrastructure used globally
* Major transformation phase following strategic acquisition and rapid scaling
* Opportunity to shape platform architecture during a key growth period
* Stable, PE-backed business with enterprise scale + modern cloud adoption