We have partnered with our client in their search for a Lead DevOps Engineer to join a leading financial services organisation on a contract basis.
This opportunity is ideally suited to a highly experienced DevOps professional who can operate independently within a complex enterprise environment, provide technical leadership, and help shape the evolution of the organisation's Engineering Platform strategy. The successful candidate will bring strong DevOps expertise, a consultative mindset, and a proven track record delivering scalable platform solutions within large banking or enterprise environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise DevOps and CI/CD platform capabilities.
- Provide technical leadership and strategic direction across DevOps practices, tooling, automation, and engineering standards.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to optimise software delivery pipelines, improve platform reliability, and drive operational excellence.
- Champion DevOps best practices across the wider engineering organisation and contribute to the evolution of the Engineering Platform function.
- Act as a senior technical advisor, influencing platform decisions and providing guidance to stakeholders across multiple teams.
- Support the modernisation and enhancement of existing DevOps tooling and processes within a highly regulated banking environment.
- Foster knowledge sharing and contribute to the wider engineering community through mentoring, collaboration, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Skills Required
- Strong DevOps engineering experience, ideally gained within large-scale enterprise environments.
- Proven expertise with Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline development and optimisation.
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Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, automation frameworks, release management, and software delivery best practices.
- Experience working within banking or financial services.
- Deep understanding of enterprise-scale infrastructure, automation, platform engineering, and DevOps principles.
- Ability to operate independently and influence technical direction at senior stakeholder level.
- Experience driving engineering best practices and platform adoption across multiple teams.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with GitHub Actions is highly desirable.
Education & Work Experience
- Minimum 5-8 years' experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives and delivering enterprise DevOps solutions.
- Proven track record operating within large banking or enterprise organisations.
- Experience contributing to engineering communities, Centres of Excellence, technical forums, or industry-led initiatives is highly desirable.
Contract Details
- Title: Lead DevOps Engineer
- Contract Type: Daily Rate Contract
- Location: Dublin / Hybrid
- Industry: Banking / Financial Services
- Duration: 6-month (initial)
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
