Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Type

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Closing Date

18/05/2025

Schroders Personal Wealth aims to improve the way financial advice is offered, by making it more affordable, accessible and powerful for more people. We want to change lives for the better.

Senior DevOps Engineers are responsible for the design, development, implementation, ongoing support and maintenance of SPWs AWS infrastructure and associated systems.

Location Leeds, West Yorkshire

Type Fixed Term Contract - to cover maternity leave approximately 12months

Salary £50,395 to £55,434

Key Responsibilities

The role focuses on the development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of the core AWS Infrastructure and associated systems within SPW.

Design and Development of Solutions

Design of new solutions in conjunction with the Technology Architects and responsible for taking through appropriate governance and approval channels

Where appropriate select new components/systems in line with requirements

Ensure solutions minimise the need for manual intervention and are automated wherever possible

Implementation

Work with the Change, Application and Business teams to implement and maintain reliable platform services at SPW

Work closely with technical and support teams and colleagues across CTO, SPW and 3rd parties to ensure solutions are documented and observable

Design and implement shared platform services such as CI/CD pipelines to support the build and deployment of other CTO teams

Take a pro-active approach to minimising outage.

Hands on engineering skills in some or all of our core technical stack: TypeScript, Python, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Terraform, AWS, and DataDog.

Understand how to build AWS infrastructure to be secure, scalable, and resilient.

Support

In conjunction with first- and second-line support teams provide an escalation to 3rd line technical support

Design and implement processes to ensure all managed systems are supportable, available, recoverable, secure (patched) and documented

Stay up to date with relevant frameworks, industry guidelines and best practices.

Ensure solution compliance with applicable SPW standards and policies

Assess and maintain the good working state of our AWS platform and ensure efficient and effective use of the platform.

Supplier Management

Manage the technical relationship with Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure suppliers

Work with suppliers to introduce new and innovative features to the estate

Support Service Management and Supplier Management in the ongoing monitoring and renewal of licensing and contracts

Qualifications & Skills

The successful candidate will possess a strong background and experience of designing, building, and troubleshooting infrastructure or cloud-based solutions whilst applying an in-depth understanding of best practice. A mix of the following based on discipline focus will be required:-

Practical experience of designing, implementing, configuring, and supporting AWS Cloud Platform components including:

Lambda & Step Functions

VPCs, Transit Gateways, Network Firewall, CloudWAN

Aurora Serverless Databases

Identity Centre & IAM

Practical experience of working with CI/CD pipelines, deployments using IaC and Terraform

Practical experience of DevSecOps and security best practices, working closely with InfoSec teams to deliver secure solutions

Ability to self-manage development, tasks and time within both an Agile and traditional delivery approach

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to deal with complex data and articulate challenges to the level understandable by a lay-person.

Excellent communication skills both technical and non-technical to aid stakeholder management

Attention to detail and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

We understand not everyone will meet 100% of the requirements, however we encourage you to apply if you think your skills are a good fit for this role.

This job vacancy may close earlier than the advertised date if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

The Benefits and Perks...

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer these enticing benefits to employees:

Generous Holiday Entitlement: Enjoy 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase 5 additional days.

Company Pension Contribution: A matched pension contribution of up to 15% of your base pay if you contribute 6%.

Additional Cash Allowance: Receive an extra 4% cash allowance that can fund various optional benefits, including Paid Sabbatical Leave, Dental Cover, Critical Illness Insurance, Gym Membership, or an electric/ULEV car.

Health & Wellbeing: We offer company-paid Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, and Health Screening.

Financial Advice: Access to free financial advice to help secure your financial future.

Car Allowance: Up to £9,000 annually if your role demands over 10,000 business miles a year.

Annual Bonus: Eligible after 3 months’ service, based on company/individual performance.

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The Next Step...

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You belong here…

At Schroders Personal Wealth, we embrace individuality and encourage diversity of identity, experience, and thought.

We actively strive for inclusive behaviours and actions across our company and our work, including making appropriate adjustments for disabilities, long-term health conditions or neurodiversities to ensure equal opportunities for all.

Schroders Personal Wealth operates under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime as a solo-regulated firm and if this role is classed as a Certified Role under that regime you will be subject to enhanced vetting and will have a number of additional conduct and regulatory duties to adhere to, as well as certifying at least annually that you are fit and proper to perform this role.

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