DevOps Engineer

Job Description:

We are seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer to join our Global Cloud and DevOps team, based in London. The role will focus on building and operating the automation, platforms, and tooling that allow development teams to deploy and manage applications reliably and securely. Key areas include IaC, CI/CD, Kubernetes, observability, AWS services, and developer self-service. The engineer will collaborate closely with global cloud, infrastructure, security, and application development teams. As our cloud and platform operating model evolves, the role may also contribute to adjacent cloud foundation and infrastructure initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain reusable IaC modules and automation using Terraform.
• Develop self-service capabilities for engineering teams to provision and manage approved AWS resources.
• Provision and operate AWS services including EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, MSK, ElastiCache, IAM, and CloudWatch.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and related tooling.
• Manage and improve Kubernetes platforms, GitOps workflows, Helm charts, and application onboarding.
• Develop monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities using Grafana, Prometheus, DataDog, Loki, and CloudWatch.
• Support cloud networking and connectivity across AWS accounts, regions, on-prem environments, and other cloud platforms we use.
• Implement and maintain secure IAM, encryption, network security, secrets management, and compliance controls.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, security, and operational supportability of shared platforms.
• Automate manual processes and improve the consistency of infrastructure and application deployments.
• Support development teams with infrastructure design, troubleshooting, performance analysis, and production readiness.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and preventative improvement work.
• Embed security, access control, secrets management, and governance requirements into platform tooling.
• Collaborate with technology teams across Singapore, London, New York, and other locations.
• Contribute to cloud foundation, networking, storage, and resilience initiatives where they intersect with application delivery.

Required Skills and Experience

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, platform engineering, cloud engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related role.
• Strong practical experience with AWS and services such as EC2, EKS, IAM, RDS, S3, and CloudWatch.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitHub Actions.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or a similar language.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability platforms.
• Solid understanding of cloud security, including IAM, encryption, network security, secrets management, and compliance controls.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking and hybrid connectivity, including routing, DNS, VPC peering, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, or ExpressRoute.
• Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure, network connectivity, and distributed applications.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams.
• A pragmatic engineering mindset focused on automation, reliability, and maintainable solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Argo CD, Helm, or other GitOps tooling.
• Familiarity with Airflow, Snowflake, or Apache Iceberg.
• Experience with Apache Kafka or Amazon MSK.
• Experience with hybrid cloud, enterprise networking, or multi-account AWS environments.
• Experience with Ansible or similar configuration management tools.
• Experience in financial services, trading, fintech, or another high-availability environment.
• Relevant AWS certification.

Compensation

Jain Global offers a total compensation package which includes a base salary, discretionary bonus, and comprehensive benefits. The estimated base salary range for this position is £120,000 – £170,000 which is specific to London and may change in the future. When finalizing an offer, we take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

As an employer, we believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of Jain Global teams to drive competitive performance. We believe an inclusive environment can yield exceptional contributions.