Senior DevOps Engineer
Summary
Senior DevOps Engineer at Danske Bank designing, building, and maintaining AWS cloud infrastructure to support the bank's expansion across Europe. Day-to-day work centers on Terraform-based IaC, GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and New Relic monitoring, with a focus on security/compliance (including PCI DSS), multi-region resilience, on-call support, and mentoring junior engineers.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in our expansion across Europe, designing, implementing, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure that powers our growth. You'll work closely with our development teams to streamline deployment processes, elevate our CI/CD pipelines, and ensure our systems remain secure, reliable, and scalable as we expand into new markets. This is a hands‑on role for someone who wants to shape infrastructure decisions at a company scaling fast across multiple regions.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and manage scalable infrastructure on AWS
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment processes
Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps practices throughout the software development lifecycle
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and management
Monitor system performance and health using New Relic, ensuring high availability and reliability
Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards (including PCI DSS where applicable)
Design and support infrastructure across multiple regions, with an eye toward resilience, redundancy, and data residency requirements
Participate in a rolling on‑call rotation, providing 24/7 support and ensuring critical issues are resolved quickly and efficiently
Mentor junior team members and champion DevOps best practices across the team
Your skills & experience
What we are looking for:
3+ years of experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or equivalent
Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform on AWS
Strong background in AWS, including ECS, RDS, VPC, and ideally IoT Core
Proficiency with CI/CD tools, specifically GitHub
Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as New Relic
Hands‑on experience with Docker and containerized environments
Solid understanding of networking, security, and system architecture
Excellent problem‑solving skills and strong attention to detail
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across team