SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER

NJC Labs

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

5 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Compensation

£ 106K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Continuous Integration

DevOps

Github

Identity and Access Management

OAuth

Role-Based Access Control

Prometheus

Data Logging

Grafana

Spring-boot

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kubernetes

Kafka

Cloudwatch

Api Gateway

Terraform

Docker

Legacy Systems

Microservices

Job description

A London-based retail bank is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their technology team on a 6-month contract. The bank is currently modernising its platform, migrating legacy systems to AWS and adopting containerised Java microservices.

This is a hands-on role where you will manage AWS infrastructure, Kong API Gateway, Zero Trust ingress configuration, and CI/CD pipelines for microservices. The team is small and collaborative, offering strong ownership and the opportunity to shape the platform.

Key Responsibilities

Manage AWS infrastructure including EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, MSK, and S3
Maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Own Kong API Gateway configuration and plugins (JWT/OAuth2)
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for Java Spring Boot services
Manage Kubernetes deployments with Helm and GitOps tools (ArgoCD/Flux)
Implement Zero Trust security using Kubernetes ingress, NetworkPolicy, and mTLS
Maintain monitoring and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and logging tools
Support incident response, platform reliability, and compliance requirements