We are working with one of our partners, a financial services organisation, in their search for a hands-on DevOps Engineering Lead to own and deliver Kubernetes-first platforms and modern CI/CD pipelines. You'll set technical direction, lead by example, and enable multiple engineering teams to deploy and operate containerised applications securely and at scale. This iwll be an initial 6-month daily rate contract enagegment.
Responsibilities
Lead design, deployment, and operation of Kubernetes platforms (EKS / AKS / GKE).
Own and improve CI/CD pipelines for containerised workloads.
Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform, Ansible and configuration management tools.
Define standards and best practices across DevOps, Kubernetes, and cloud-native delivery.
Guide and support development teams adopting Kubernetes and modern deployment patterns.
Partner with Security and Architecture teams to ensure compliance and production readiness.
Mentor engineers and act as a senior technical escalation point.
Skills Required
Kubernetes & Containers: Cluster design, Helm, ingress controllers, RBAC, security best practices.
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible (or similar).
Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP (hands-on).
CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, Git-based pipelines, automated testing and deployments.
Observability & Reliability: Logging, monitoring, alerting.
Security: Secrets management, SSL/TLS, policy enforcement.
7+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure roles.
Proven leadership of DevOps or platform initiatives.
Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production.
Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines.
Financial services experience required - understanding regulatory, compliance, and operational needs.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Title DevOps Engineering Lead
Location Hybid / Dublin - 2 days / week onsite
Client Industry Financial Services
6-month daily rate contract
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