Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer At-a-Glance Senior DevOps role with real ownership inside a high-growth financial services startupCloud-native stack: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern CI/CD toolingHybrid working, 2-3 days per week in Belfast£75,000 – £90,000 plus a strong benefits packageGreenfield infrastructure work in a regulated, engineering-first environment About the Company Our client is a fast-scaling financial services business operating at the intersection of technology and regulated finance. They have built a cloud-native platform from the ground up and are growing rapidly, having secured significant investment to accelerate their next phase of expansion. With a lean, senior engineering team and a genuine bias for automation, this is a company where infrastructure is treated as a first-class concern, not an afterthought. They are building something meaningful in a complex, compliance-driven sector and need people who can move fast without cutting corners. The Role As Senior DevOps Engineer you will sit at the heart of the engineering organisation, owning the cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and platform reliability that the entire product depends on. This is not a maintenance role... it is a build role. You will have the latitude to shape architecture decisions, introduce tooling, and set standards across the team. You will work closely with software engineers, security, and the engineering leadership to ensure the platform scales safely in a regulated environment. If you thrive in high-trust, high-autonomy settings and want your fingerprints on the foundation of a fast-moving fintech, this is the opportunity. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles throughoutOwn and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, reliable software delivery across multiple teamsLead container orchestration using Kubernetes, ensuring deployment strategies are resilient and operationally soundDrive security and compliance best practices across the infrastructure, supporting the company's obligations in a regulated financial environmentBuild and maintain observability, monitoring, and alerting stacks so the team has clear visibility into platform health at all timesIdentify and eliminate manual processes through automation, reducing toil and freeing up engineering capacityCollaborate closely with software engineers to embed DevOps culture, providing tooling, guidance, and support across squadsContribute to incident response and post-incident reviews, helping the team learn and improve continuously What You'll Need Essential: 5+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE roleDeep, practical AWS expertise across core services (EC2, EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, and related)Strong Kubernetes and Docker experience, including production-grade cluster managementConfident with Terraform or equivalent IaC tooling for provisioning and managing cloud resourcesProven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)Comfortable working in a regulated environment, with an awareness of security and compliance requirementsRight to work in the UK without sponsorship Desirable / Nice to Have: Experience working within financial services or another heavily regulated sectorFamiliarity with security tooling such as secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager) or SAST/DAST pipelinesExposure to SOC 2, ISO 27001, or FCA-relevant compliance frameworks Why Apply? £75,000 – £90,000 base salaryHybrid working model, 2-3 days per week in Belfast25 days annual leave plus bank holidaysCompany pension schemePrivate health insuranceGenuine autonomy from day one ... you will own the infrastructure, not maintain a ticket queueHigh-growth environment with a clear trajectory ... your work will have a direct, visible impact on the product and the business Next Steps If this sounds like the right move, get in touch with Luke at or connect with him directly on LinkedIn. Send over your CV and we can talk through the role in more detail.