Principal DevOps Engineer

Working closely with our Investment Bank clients, FinTrU designs technology-enabled solutions to help them meet their regulatory obligations.

Employing over 1,400 people across our UK, EU, and US offices, we empower our people to drive innovative solutions within financial services, making a positive contribution to global clients and local communities.

We have always considered ourselves to have a fundamental social purpose to create high-quality professional employment globally.

Location: Belfast or Derry/Londonderry

Overview of Role

At FinTrU, our Product Technology team is seeking an experienced Principal DevOps Engineer to help lead the design, deployment, and optimization of high-quality solutions, contributing to both product and platform development, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence.

As a Principal DevOps Engineer, you will advocate for best practices in automation, reliability, and performance while also mentoring our junior engineers to develop a collaborative and efficient work environment.

You should apply if you have:

• 7+ years' experience in a software development environment, within a hands-on product support/DevOps role, with demonstrable examples of RCA, support techniques, and extensive experience in incident management.
• Expert-level proficiency in Azure Cloud, Azure DevOps, and containerization services: Docker & Kubernetes.
• Expertise in building, enhancing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated software delivery.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) practices and tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).

This is an opportunity to work on:

• Collaborating with product and architecture teams to enhance the quality and performance of product and platform solutions, ensuring optimal service delivery.
• Driving the adoption of DevOps practices, delivering measurable performance improvements and ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Implementing and managing automation tools and infrastructure as code (IAC) solutions (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to streamline processes and improve system efficiency.
• Leading and managing incident response efforts, including root cause analysis for critical system failures.
• Mentoring and guiding junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and improvement across DevOps and SRE teams.

Why FinTrU

With modern city centre offices in all our locations, we offer a hybrid working environment enabling you to choose a pattern of working which suits you and incorporates a mixture of home and office work across the week.

In this challenging and rewarding role, you will receive a generous benefits package and we will invest in you to develop your personal and professional skills through our award-winning Learning & Development programme.

Our unique culture plays a major role in the success of the business. The culture at FinTrU is a result of our people embodying our values - People, Passion, Professionalism, and Partnership - with a special focus on embracing diversity and inclusion, building strong relationships, and promoting a healthy lifestyle both physically and mentally.

Experience Level: 7 years

Employment Type: Full Time

Duration: Permanent

Benefits: Hybrid working model opportunity to avail of WFH furniture for your home office , Industry-leading, family-focused policies, Progressive health & wellbeing policies, Industry-leading learning & development strategy, Diverse and inclusive social and cultural calendar, Innovative sabbatical policies, including 'FinTrU Unplugged' a 4-week paid sabbatical

Compensation Summary: Annual salary review, Discretionary performance-related bonus scheme