Principal DevOps Engineer (Senior Individual Contributor)FinTech | Reports to VP DevOpsOur FinTech client is looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping how their engineering teams build, deploy and operate software at scale.This is the most senior individual contributor within DevOps, no direct reports, but organisation-wide influence. You'll design and evolve the engineering delivery platform, driving improvements to CI/CD, developer experience, and platform reliability across cloud and on-prem environments.A key initiative is an active migration from Azure DevOps to GitHub Enterprise & GitHub Actions, so experience delivering similar platform transitions is essential.What You'll Be DoingLead the design and evolution of the enterprise CI/CD platform across cloud and on-prem infrastructureOwn and deliver the migration to GitHub Enterprise & GitHub Actions, building reusable workflows and quality gatesDefine platform standards across Terraform, Ansible, Vault, Docker and artifact managementImprove engineering delivery through automation, inner-source tooling and self-service developer platformsTrack and optimise DevOps delivery metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR)Work across engineering teams to identify systemic problems and implement scalable solutionsWhat We're Looking ForExtensive DevOps / platform engineering experience with strong software engineering foundationsProven track record leading large-scale platform or CI/CD transformationsHands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise & GitHub Actions migrationsAbility to write production-quality code in C# or JavaExperience improving engineering performance using DORA metricsCore Tech StackGitHub Enterprise & GitHub ActionsTerraform (module authoring)Ansible (roles / collections development)HashiCorp VaultDocker & Docker ComposeCloud platforms: AWS, Azure or GCPOn-prem Linux environmentsNice to have: Cloudflare, Cloudsmith, Splunk, SAST/DAST tooling, Maven/Gradle, .NET CLI.Ideal BackgroundExperience leading organisation-wide DevOps platform changes with measurable outcomesComfortable operating across polyglot environments (.NET & Java)Strong advocate for inner-source, developer self-service and platform automationAble to produce clear architecture documentation, RFCs and technical design decisionsThis role would suit a staff/principal level engineer who enjoys solving systemic engineering problems, designing scalable platforms and influencing how entire engineering organisations deliver software.Please apply now if you are meeting the above criteria, or contact Andrew Harrison directly. #J-18808-Ljbffr