Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (Middleware)

TL;DR

Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (Middleware) (IBM MQ/DevOps CI/CD): Build and modernise middleware platforms in a private cloud with an automation-first approach, focusing on how MQ and related middleware are built, deployed, and operated. Focus on designing CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code workflows that enable safe, repeatable change at scale while meeting enterprise security, compliance, resilience, and production performance requirements.

Company

hirify.global is a UK financial services organisation modernising technology to support the future of finance.

What you will do

• Own the design and delivery of next-generation middleware platforms across a hybrid private cloud.
• Build, deploy, and operate middleware platforms including IBM MQ, IBM DataPower, and WebSphere.
• Implement automation-first platform engineering using CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code to reduce manual intervention.
• Enable safe, repeatable platform changes at scale through automated workflows.
• Support production platforms with high availability and performance requirements.

Requirements

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure or Platform Engineer in a hybrid cloud environment.
• Strong middleware expertise, preferably IBM MQ, and experience with IBM DataPower and/or WebSphere.
• Experience designing and operating platforms using automation and infrastructure-as-code.
• CI/CD tooling experience (e.g., GitLab, GitHub Functions, Jenkins, Harness).
• Source code management experience with Git/GitHub.
• Understanding of security, compliance, and resilience in enterprise environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working: at least two days per week (or 40% of time) at one of the office sites.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
• Pension contribution up to 15% and an annual bonus subject to Group performance.
• Share schemes including free shares and benefits that can be adapted to lifestyle.
• Workplace adjustments available for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance and working patterns.

Hiring process

• Interviews are guaranteed for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria and have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition (Disability Confident Scheme).
• Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process—share needs during application.

Location: Leeds, Manchester

Salary: £72,702 - £85,000 per annum