Senior DevOps Engineer

Role Overview

TP ICAP has undertaken an ambitious program of modernization and engineering maturity over the next three years. The program is global and spans all divisions and applications, aiming to move towards faster, safer and more automated product delivery at scale. A key part of this program is to deliver automated CI/CD pipelines, increase developer productivity, shift left many traditional practices and deliver more change into production more reliably.

The selected candidate will lead this uplift and modernization of engineering capabilities around automation of development, testing and production delivery for TP ICAP’s platforms. They will provide hands‑on technical leadership in designing and executing this strategy with internal and external teams. They will educate and influence application development teams globally to adopt new tools and practices, demonstrating measurable improvements in productivity, time‑to‑market and operational resiliency.

The role requires a business‑minded, collaborative, team‑focused Dev Ops engineer with exceptional communication skills to work with developers and testers in a Dev Ops culture.

Role Responsibilities

• Design Dev Ops modernization and adoption strategy incorporating current industry practices and technologies
• Engineer internal tooling to implement automation in software development, testing and production delivery
• Fully automate delivery pipelines, including testing, to reduce manual overhead involved in software releases
• Improve production stability and resiliency through process improvement and adoption of better observability tools
• Support application teams in adopting a consistent set of tools, practices and technology to support an agile delivery model, including automation and incremental delivery in test and production environments running in the cloud and on‑premise
• Engage with vendors and service providers to incorporate best‑in‑class industry practices and accelerate company‑wide adoption of new tools and practices
• Architect solutions using containerisation and serverless technologies where appropriate
• Drive automation for environment management, logging and monitoring
• Fulfill any additional or ad‑hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business

Essential Experience / Competencies

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science
• 7–10 years of experience leading Dev Ops practices in leading financial or technology companies
• Demonstrated experience executing transformation programs involving significant uplift of Dev Ops and SDLC automation capabilities
• Past experience delivering measurable process and productivity improvements via Dev Ops investments and driving a metrics‑driven continuous improvement culture
• Intimate familiarity with modern Dev Ops and SRE principles
• Deep and broad experience with AWS Cloud platform and services
• Previous experience automating and integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines (unit, integration, smoke testing)

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience working in development teams using Agile methodologies (e.g., SAFe) and practicing Lean Delivery principles
• Knowledge of third‑party automation tools and technologies with relative pros and cons for all stages of SDLC, CI/CD pipelines and observability
• Platforms:
  Windows Server, Amazon Linux, RHEL, Ubuntu
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language:
  Python, Go, Power Shell, Bash, Groovy
• Programming knowledge in at least one of Java, C#, JavaScript (Node.js), Ruby, C++
• Developer tooling expertise: full‑stack CI/CD, Git Lab, Jenkins, Sonatype Nexus
• Experience writing Dockerfiles and deploying to Kubernetes
• Deep understanding of pipelines as code
• Knowledge of observability concepts and tooling:
  Open Search, Cribl, Grafana, Prometheus, Cloud Watch

Not The Perfect Fit?

Concerned that you may not meet the criteria precisely? At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background. If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply.

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