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Role: Senior DevOps Engineer
Location: Portsmouth
Salary: £90,000 – £120,000 + Benefits
Financial Technology | Mission-Critical Infrastructure | Secure & Scalable Engineering
We're partnered with a forward-thinking financial services organisation investing in its technology and engineering capabilities. They're looking to appoint a Senior DevOps Engineer who can help build, optimise and maintain the infrastructure supporting important business-critical systems.
This is an opportunity to join an environment where infrastructure performance, security and reliability are essential. You'll be working on systems where availability matters, helping ensure platforms remain resilient, scalable and capable of supporting demanding operational requirements.
You'll take an active role in improving the organisation's DevOps capabilities, developing automation, strengthening deployment processes and enhancing the reliability of production environments. You'll also contribute to infrastructure design decisions, helping implement solutions that support long-term scalability and operational efficiency.
Security will be an important part of the engineering approach. You'll work closely with technical teams to improve infrastructure standards, strengthen deployment practices and ensure environments are built with resilience, stability and security in mind.
This is particularly suited to an experienced DevOps Engineer who wants to move beyond routine implementation work and have a meaningful influence over the architecture, automation and operational performance of important technology platforms.
With a salary of up to £120,000, this is an opportunity to take on a senior engineering position within a financially backed organisation that recognises the importance of strong infrastructure and modern engineering practices.
Required Skills:
5+ years' commercial experience in DevOps, Platform or Infrastructure Engineering
Strong experience working with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
Excellent knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
Commercial experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash or PowerShell
Understanding of cloud networking, security and infrastructure architecture
Experience with monitoring, observability and production incident management
Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery and resilient infrastructure
Ability to improve engineering standards and take ownership of complex technical projects
Experience within financial services or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous
Exclusive Benefits:
£90,000 – £120,000 Salary + Benefits
Opportunity to work within an established financial organisation
Exposure to business-critical technology platforms
Work on infrastructure scalability, security and resilience
Involvement in modernising DevOps processes and engineering practices
Opportunity to influence infrastructure architecture and technical decisions
Work alongside experienced engineering and technology teams
Significant technical ownership and responsibility
Long-term opportunity within a technology-focused financial business
If you're a Senior DevOps Engineer who enjoys designing reliable infrastructure, improving automation and working on systems where performance, security and availability genuinely matter, this is an opportunity worth exploring.
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