Lead Devops Engineer

Job Description

Job Summary

• We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Centre of Excellence. This role focuses on enabling reliable, secure, and scalable delivery of enterprise applications that operate within the DLT domain ecosystem. This position operates in a high-security, high-availability, on-premise environment, working closely with development, security, infrastructure and operation teams.
• The ideal candidate is a senior DevOps engineer with strong experience operating in large, on-prem enterprise environments. They are comfortable working within established platform, security controls, and operational processes, and know how to effectively leverage existing infrastructure and tooling to deliver applications to production. They bring a security-first, reliability-focused mindset, understand what it takes to run high-availability, mission-critical systems, and take ownership of operational readiness, monitoring and incident support.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications within the DLT domain.
• Support deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of applications across environments.
• Enable smooth promotion of applications across environments while adhering to enterprise standards, security, and change management.
• Manage and maintain application infrastructure with a focus on availability, resilience, and performance.
• Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using enterprise-approved tools.
• Drive DevOps-related initiatives such as automation improvements and operational readiness

Skills and Experience

• Proficiency in CI/CD and IAC tools e.g. terraform, git-ops, Jenkins
• Strong Linux and scripting skills (Bash, Python)
• Containerization and Deployment to Kubernetes:
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm. Proven track record deploying systems on AWS EKS or Azure AKS using CI/CD pipelines.
• Cryptography & Security:
• Knowledge of cryptographic primitives including public/private key infrastructure, symmetric/asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, and secure key management.
• Blockchain Platforms:
• Hands-on experience with permissioned blockchain frameworks such as Quorum, Hyperledger Besu, Hyperledger Fabric, and Corda, including provisioning, configuration, and orchestration.
• Enterprise Integration:
• Experience integrating applications with enterprise services

Qualifications

• Masters or Engineering background

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Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

We Offer What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.