Lead DevOps Engineer

TL;DR

Lead DevOps Engineer: Responsible for ensuring the global availability of analytics applications and services, contributing to and reusing standards-based DevOps patterns within a shared DevOps culture. Focus on designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and automated software application infrastructures, and continually improving DevOps capabilities across the organization.

Location: Must work from London or Edinburgh offices in the UK

Company

hirify.global is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider.

What you will do

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software system requirements and objectives.
• Design, develop, and maintain software application infrastructures, focusing on scalability, reliability, automation, and performance.
• Develop, implement, and maintain DevOps practices, including continuous integration, deployment, and automated testing.
• Provide technical support to operations or other development teams.
• Manage software configuration, deployment, and release processes.
• Monitor and optimize cloud costs and maintain applications security profile.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience in DevOps practices and Cloud.
• Knowledge/experience of Azure or AWS Cloud Technologies (AKS, ACR, Azure Functions, Azure Web App etc.).
• Proficiency with Version Control Tools and CI/CD Tools (Git, GitLab) and related concepts.
• Hands-on experience in developing CI/CD workflows/pipelines.
• Good knowledge of IaC and related technologies such as Terraform.
• Experience with Docker, containerisation and orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes.
• Intimate knowledge of Linux environments, including system administration, networking, and IAM.
• Good knowledge with implementing security standards inside CI/CD pipelines (Sonarqube, Semgrep etc.).

Nice to have

• AWS/Azure certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries.
• Work within a collaborative and creative culture that encourages new ideas.
• Benefit from tailored support including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.
• Work for an equal opportunities employer committed to sustainability.