R&D DevSecOps Consultant Architect

About the Role

cloud-native core banking and payments SaaS platform

leadership and architecture

What You ll Do (Responsibilities)

1. Architect Enterprise DevOps Solutions:

   Design and implement large-scale DevOps architectures across hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) with a focus on scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.

2. Drive CI/CD Excellence:

   Build, optimize, and standardize CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.) to enable secure, high-availability releases with zero-downtime deployments.

3. Automate Infrastructure:

   Lead infrastructure automation using

   Terraform, Ansible, and Helm

   , ensuring infrastructure-as-code practices are consistently applied.

4. Champion DevOps Governance:

   Define and enforce DevOps governance, standards, and best practices across development and operations teams. Establish guardrails for compliance (PCI DSS, GDPR, PSD2) and operational security.

5. Embed Security & Resilience:

   Collaborate with architects, developers, and security teams to integrate DevSecOps practices, ensuring systems are hardened, compliant, and resilient to failures.

6. Lead Containerization & Orchestration:

   Drive adoption of Docker and Kubernetes for containerization, orchestration, and workload scaling. Define strategies for microservices deployments and service discovery.

7. Implement Observability & Reliability:

   Build and enhance monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks (Prometheus, ELK, Grafana, CloudWatch). Apply

   SRE principles

   to track SLIs/SLOs/SLAs and improve reliability.

8. Evaluate Emerging Tech:

   Continuously assess new DevOps tools and technologies (service mesh, GitOps, AI-driven automation) and integrate them where they add value.

9. Mentor & Influence:

   Guide and coach DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of automation, learning, and operational excellence. Act as a thought leader for DevOps across the organization.

Technologies You ll Work With

1. Cloud & Infra:

   AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Helm, CloudFormation.

2. CI/CD & DevOps:

   GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Docker, Kubernetes.

3. Monitoring & Observability:

   Prometheus, ELK stack, Grafana, CloudWatch.

4. Security & Governance:

   DevSecOps practices, compliance (GDPR, PCI DSS, PSD2).

5. Collaboration Tools:

   Jira, Confluence, Git-based workflows (GitLab/GitHub).

Total Experience Expected: 11-15 years
Qualifications

What You ll Bring (Qualifications & Experience)

1. Extensive DevOps & IT Experience:

   15+ years in IT, including 8+ years in DevOps and 3+ years in an architect-level role. Proven success in designing DevOps solutions for complex, distributed systems.

2. Cloud Platform Mastery:

   Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP, with hands-on experience in hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

3. Infrastructure-as-Code Skills:

   Strong proficiency in

   Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible

   , with experience in Helm charts for Kubernetes workloads.

4. CI/CD Expertise:

   Solid track record with

   Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, and other modern CI/CD tools

   . You can design and optimize pipelines for security, speed, and reliability.

5. Containerization & Orchestration:

   Expert in Docker and Kubernetes, with a deep understanding of scaling, clustering, and workload distribution.

6. Security & Networking Knowledge:

   Solid foundation in networking, system administration, and security hardening across cloud-native platforms.

7. Agile & DevSecOps Mindset:

   Experience working in Agile environments, embedding DevOps practices into development lifecycles, and adopting DevSecOps approaches.

8. Leadership & Collaboration:

   Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills. Capable of influencing teams, driving alignment, and mentoring engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Cloud and DevOps certifications (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Expert, CKA/CKAD).
2. Proven experience deploying and managing

   microservices on Kubernetes

   , including Helm-based packaging and rollout.
3. Experience with

   service mesh technologies

   (Istio, Linkerd) and microservices-based deployments.
4. Familiarity with

   SRE practices

   incident response, error budgets, chaos testing.
5. Knowledge of scripting and programming languages (Python, Go, Bash) for automation and tooling.