DevOps Engineer (Strong Ansible)

Posted 17 October 2025
Salary £470 per day
LocationUnited Kingdom
Job type Contract
Discipline Technology

Job description

Duration: 6months+

470GBP/Day inside IR35

Banking Client Experience required

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a leading banking and financial services client. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code, with strong hands-on experience in Ansible for configuration management and deployment automation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for banking applications.

  • Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and modules to automate provisioning, configuration, and deployments.

  • Manage and optimize build, release, and deployment processes across multiple environments.

  • Collaborate with application developers, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure smooth delivery pipelines

  • Support cloud/on-prem hybrid infrastructure (AWS / Azure / Private Cloud).

  • Troubleshoot environment and deployment issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.

  • Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices using Ansible, Terraform, and Git.

  • Work within Agile and DevSecOps frameworks to enhance automation, monitoring, and operational excellence.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years of DevOps / Build & Release Engineering experience.

  • Expert in Ansible (playbooks, roles, dynamic inventories, modules).

  • Strong experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, etc.).

  • Good understanding of Linux systems administration and shell scripting.

  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).

  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP).

  • Experience in banking, financial services, or other regulated environments.

  • Knowledge of monitoring & logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.