Lead DevOps Engineer

TL;DR

Lead DevOps Engineer (DevOps): Leading and evolving DevOps strategy, standards, and platform capabilities across GCP and private OCP platforms with an accent on CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and platform security. Focus on designing scalable cloud infrastructure, enabling teams for fast and safe delivery, and hands-on leadership including mentoring and technical involvement.

Location: Hybrid in Manchester with 40% office presence required

Salary: £92,701 - £109,060

Company

hirify.global is a major UK financial services corporation focused on modernizing finance through technology and inclusive culture.

What you will do

• Define and lead DevOps strategy and roadmap while remaining hands-on in engineering and solution design
• Promote a culture of enablement for teams to independently own and deliver features
• Lead design and evolution of CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and monitoring on Kubernetes and Istio platforms
• Define platform guardrails and standards to enhance security and delivery speed
• Build collaborative relationships and coach teams on build and release standards
• Mentor and develop engineers, evaluate new technologies, and prototype new capabilities

Requirements

• Location: Must work hybrid with presence in Manchester office 40% of the time
• Strong hands-on engineering and strategic leadership experience in DevOps
• Practical experience with GCP and OCP cloud platforms
• Deep knowledge of DevOps tools including GitHub, Jenkins, Harness, Terraform, Python, and monitoring tools
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams
• Ability to manage platform-wide priorities and stakeholders effectively

Nice to have

• Software engineering experience with microservices and web applications
• Automated testing and quality engineering skills
• Service operations experience including monitoring, alerting, and SLI/SLOs
• Knowledge of databases, schema management, streaming, messaging, and networking fundamentals

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture with focus on diversity and belonging
• Generous pension contribution up to 15%
• Annual bonus subject to group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies