Lead DevOps Platform Engineer (Hybrid

ABOUT US

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium.

We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely.

We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

Swift is unable to sponsor an employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

What to expect

• Design and implement enterprise‑grade Ansible automation frameworks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks, as well as zero‑touch automation strategies for infrastructure lifecycle (provisioning, patching, configuration, decommissioning)
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, and reusable automation patterns
• Administer, maintain, and evolve the enterprise Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), ensuring high availability, scalability, security, and operational excellence
• Integrate Ansible automation into CI/CD pipelines and Git Ops workflows for consistent and auditable deployments
• Collaborate with platform, security, and application teams to standardize infrastructure automation approaches
• Define and promote automation standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices for Ansible playbook, role, and collection development
• Coach and mentor development and operations teams on automation design patterns, infrastructure‑as‑code principles, security best practices, and maintainable automation development
• Review and provide guidance on automation solutions to ensure consistency, quality, security, and adherence to enterprise standards
• Implement secure automation practices, including secrets management, RBAC, credential governance, and audit trail generation
• Automate compliance controls, validation checks, and policy enforcement within automation workflows
• Design and maintain automation observability and metrics dashboards (execution success rate, drift detection, compliance posture, and platform adoption)
• Design and implement Software Supply Chain Security capabilities, including Software Composition Analysis (SCA), dependency governance, artifact integrity validation, and vulnerability management practices across the software delivery lifecycle
• Contribute to the definition and adoption of Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) capabilities to improve software transparency, traceability, compliance, and risk management
• Act as an end‑to‑end Solution Architect for strategic platform engineering and automation initiatives, translating business, security, compliance, and operational requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Serve as a trusted advisor to internal customers by conducting technical consultations, solution reviews, onboarding sessions, and architecture workshops
• Drive developer and operator adoption of automation frameworks through self‑service capabilities, documentation, training, and enablement activities
• Investigate and resolve complex infrastructure, platform, and automation‑related support requests
• Propose and implement case avoidance initiatives by eliminating manual operational activities through automation
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to evolve automation tooling strategy and roadmap
• Champion solutions to complex challenges, applying your senior‑level problem‑solving skills to optimize infrastructure, automation, platform engineering, and Dev Ops practices