Lead DevOps Engineer

We are a multinational, award-winning Fintech company operating in the consumer credit sector, where our market-leading technology meets the diverse needs of our consumers and affiliates across the UK, USA, and Australian markets. Recently acquired by TransUnion, we are entering an exciting new phase focused on integrating and transitioning into group-wide infrastructure while continuing to build and maintain our cutting-edge solutions.

This is a unique opportunity to take on a leadership role, guiding a team of talented DevOps Engineers while driving the strategic adoption and enhancement of the TransUnion group toolbox to ensure it meets our business needs.

Leadership & Strategy:

Lead and mentor a team of DevOps Engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Define and implement the strategic roadmap for DevOps initiatives, ensuring alignment with group-wide infrastructure and tools.

Advocate for and lead the adoption of the TransUnion toolbox, identifying gaps and driving enhancements to meet specific organisational requirements.

Collaborate with stakeholders across development, operations, and security teams to align infrastructure strategy with business goals.

Infrastructure & Operations:

Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of our infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.

Support, monitor, and enhance the live infrastructure and platform solutions, ensuring high availability and performance.

Plan and execute the integration of our current infrastructure into TransUnion's group-wide cloud platform while minimising disruptions.

Lead the migration of infrastructure from AWS to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring a smooth transition and leveraging GCP services effectively.

Recommend changes to improve infrastructure, working practices, and operational efficiency.

DevOps & Security:

Establish and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, collaborating closely with development teams to streamline deployment processes.

Lead initiatives to maintain and enhance our security posture, ensuring compliance with industry standards and frameworks (e.g., SOC-2, ISO 27001).

Diagnose and resolve infrastructure outages and incidents, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis.

Documentation & Best Practices:

Ensure comprehensive documentation of infrastructure, systems, and processes to support onboarding, troubleshooting, and scalability.

Promote and implement DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices across the organisation.

Leadership:

Proven experience leading a team of DevOps or Infrastructure Engineers, with strong coaching and mentoring skills.

Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical contributions.

Technical Expertise:

Strong Linux systems administration experience, including firewalls and hardening.

Expertise in Docker and container orchestration.

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform.

Experience with network design, administration, and troubleshooting.

Knowledge of programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, Node.js, PHP).

Experience with version control systems, ideally Git.

Web server configuration (Apache, Nginx).

Database management (MySQL, MongoDB), including high availability and backup solutions.

Hands-on experience managing cloud providers, with significant experience in AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Familiarity with GCP services such as Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and IAM.

Familiarity with configuration management and IT automation tools.

Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE principles.

Soft Skills:

Self-motivated, highly organised, and capable of driving initiatives from concept to delivery.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Experience with serverless infrastructure (e.g., AWS Fargate, Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions).

Proficiency in TypeScript.

Knowledge of security frameworks such as SOC-2, ISO 27001, or Cyber Essentials.

33 day’s holiday inclusive of bank holidays. Increases with service to 36 days.

Company bonus scheme*.

Contributory Pension Scheme.

Company Sick Pay Scheme.

Long Service Awards.

Death in Service Scheme*.

Flexible working options.

Employee Awards.

Discounted Gym.

Childcare Vouchers Scheme.

Nursery Workplace Benefit.

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay.

Free Eye Tests.

Free tea/coffee and fresh fruit.

Break out area with Xbox, Pool Table, Table Tennis.

Company Away Days.

Team Socials.

Sponsorship for qualifications.

In-house learning and development.

*Qualifying criteria in place

If you are passionate about leading high-performing teams, driving strategic initiatives, and shaping the future of infrastructure and DevOps within a global Fintech company, we would love to hear from you!