Senior DevOps Engineer
London (Hybrid: 2 days onsite)
£500-£520 per day | Outside IR35 | 6-month contract
Contact: Matthew.Makranczy@forsythbarnes.com
Overview
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support mission-critical platforms in the financial risk and compliance space. This is a hands-on role focused on CI/CD, deployment automation, and Kubernetes-based infrastructure supporting highly reliable, scalable services.
You will work closely with engineering and QA teams to ensure efficient, compliant, and traceable delivery across multiple environments.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and optimise CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed, reliability, and consistency.
* Automate deployments and environment configuration using infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform).
* Embed deployment best practices across development and QA workflows.
* Support production handover, incident triage, and defect prioritisation.
* Promote resilient, self-healing microservices and strong operational practices.
* Manage stakeholder communication and track delivery risks and dependencies.
* Maintain a strong understanding of end-to-end architecture and system integrations.
Required Experience
* Strong background in DevOps practices, tooling, and automation.
* Proven experience leading DevOps initiatives across development and operations teams.
* Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Linux/Unix, and containerised systems.
* Experience building and operating deployment pipelines and debugging distributed systems.
* Knowledge of relational databases (SQL) and NoSQL technologies.
* Familiarity with modern architectures including containers, APIs, and streaming platforms.
* Experience working in Agile environments and using Git with established branching strategies.
* Ability to produce clear operational documentation (e.g. runbooks).