Principal DevOps engineer

Overview

As Principal DevOps Engineer, you will shape Aberdeen’s cloud and AKS-enabled platforms and lead automated software delivery. You’ll partner with engineers, analysts and stakeholders to implement scalable, secure infrastructure and modern engineering practices. You drive CI/CD, IaC, and automated testing, while promoting AI-assisted development and agile delivery. This role offers strategic influence and a chance to impact investment engineering at scale in a supportive, inclusive culture.

Pay / Benefits

• 40 days’ annual leave
• 16% employer pension contribution
• discretionary performance-based bonus
• private healthcare
• gym discounts
• season ticket loans

Responsibilities

• Maintain and evolve the DevOps strategy and AKS platforms on Azure
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and automated testing
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure technology solutions
• Promote automation, cloud-native development, and AI-assisted engineering tools
• Drive continuous improvement and value delivery through Agile methods

Key requirements

• Cloud-native solution delivery and DevOps leadership experience
• Hands-on Git, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and Azure administration
• Experience with microservices, containerisation, REST API design, development and testing
• Proficiency in at least one OO language, preferably C#
• Interest in financial services or fintech and commitment to continuous learning

• Collaborative stakeholder engagement
• Continuous learning mindset
• Agile working style
• Git
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code

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