DevOps Engineer - Linux & Kubernetes
Summary
DevOps engineer at a regulated fintech trading firm in the City of London (hybrid, 3 days/week in office). You'll work on on-prem infrastructure moving onto Kubernetes/OpenShift: building infra with Terraform, automating with Ansible/Python, and maintaining the CI/CD pipelines developers rely on, on a Linux/RHEL stack.
Company | Regulated Financial Technology Trading Firm
Impact | On-prem container platforms, infrastructure automation, build pipelines the development teams depend on
Size | Sub-200 people
Skills | Linux (RHEL), Bash and Python, Terraform and Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift
Location | City of London
Hybrid | 3 days a week in the office
Offer | (CONFIRM: salary band) plus discretionary bonus
Benefits | Discretionary annual bonus, 5% matched pension, private medical, and 20 weeks' full pay for primary caregivers on parental leave.
The Role
Most people moving from Linux admin into DevOps end up clicking around someone else's cloud console. This job puts you on the real thing: on-prem infrastructure running a regulated trading venue, with the team moving more of it onto Kubernetes and OpenShift.
You'll join a small DevOps team reporting to the Senior DevOps Manager, hands-on from week one. You'll build infrastructure in Terraform, automate it with Ansible and Python, and look after the CI/CD pipelines the developers rely on. When architecture comes up, you're expected to have a view and say it.
You don’t need to have done it all already. A solid Linux background and the urge to automate everything count for more than a CV full of Kubernetes. If you run a homelab or have built something interesting in your own time, that counts too.
What makes you a great fit:
- You’ve run Linux systems (RedHat/CentOS or similar) under real conditions, at work or on your own kit, and you're at home on the command line.
- You automate by instinct in Bash and Python, and you've had some exposure to Ansible or Terraform.
- You can reason through networking problems across TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing and firewalls without needing to be a network engineer.
You'll also have used Docker and Git with some CI/CD, ideally GitLab. Kubernetes or OpenShift experience is a genuine plus but not a must.
The broader technical team uses: Linux (RHEL), Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, ArgoCD, Helm, QuestDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL.
Interview Process | CV Review > Screening call with us > HR call > Intro with the Hiring Manager > Technical Interview > Final with the CTO > Offer
