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Role: DevOps Engineer Role Type: Manchester - UK - Hybrid (2 Days on-site) Salary/ Rate: Negotiable Type: Contract Inside IR35 About the client Project: The Core Banking Platform is responsible for the systems that process payments, manage accounts, and deliver essential banking functionality. We serve all areas of the Bank that consume transactional data from our Core Banking Systems—supporting colleague and customer journeys, regulatory reporting, and real-time event streaming. Our platform is moving towards a modern, event-driven architecture, leveraging APIs, cloud-native services, and advanced DevOps tooling to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions. We work closely with partners across the Group, including Data & Machine Learning, Consumer Lending, and Cloud Services, to deliver strategic account data products and enable the next generation of banking services. We’re committed to continuous improvement, modernizing our tooling (e.g., migrating from Jenkins to Harness for CI/CD, enabling blue-green deployments, and adoption of backstage as the Internal Developer Portal) and ensuring our engineers have the skills and support to deliver at pace and scale. About the Role: As a DevOps Engineer in Core Banking, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing, building, and supporting the tools and processes that enable our teams to deliver high-quality software at pace. You’ll work collaboratively across engineering, product, and operations teams to ensure our platform is secure, resilient, and continuously improving. What you’ll do: • Design, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using industry-standard tools (e.g., Jenkins, Harness Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes). • Champion DevOps best practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing, monitoring, and observability, ensuring compliance with banking regulations and internal security standards. • Support the deployment and operation of microservices on both private and public cloud environments, leveraging container orchestration (Kubernetes) and service mesh (Istio) where appropriate. • Drive continuous improvement by identifying bottlenecks, automating manual processes, and sharing knowledge across engineering teams. • Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes are in place to maintain high availability and reliability of banking services. What we’re looking for: • Strong engineering background with a deep understanding of DevOps practices, processes, and supporting tools. • Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and associated DevOps tooling (Jenkins, Harness, Backstage, Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes). • Proficiency with source control systems (Git), including branching strategies and code review practices. • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (especially GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code. • Familiarity with monitoring, logging, alerting, and SRE concepts (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.). • Experience with test automation tools (JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, Postman). • Knowledge of messaging and streaming platforms (Kafka) and service mesh (Istio). • Understanding of network protocols, security best practices, and compliance requirements for banking. • Curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and inclusive teamwork. • Experience with network protocols & security. • Exposure to large-scale, regulated environments (preferably financial services). • Knowledge of additional DevOps tools and emerging technologies.

Role: Senior Java/AWS Developer Location: Leeds (3 days onsite per week) Salary: £65–£70k (including 10% annual bonus) Experience: 7+ years Key Skills: Java (Spring Boot), AWS (ECR/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, Step Functions, Apigee), AngularJS, Jenkins, CloudFormation, Groovy, Typescript, Karate, Gherkin, Cypress, Docker, GitLab, Maven, CI/CD, secure coding. Certification: AWS DevOps Engineer Professional (or above) required; ITIL is desirable. Responsibilities: Build and maintain secure, high-quality code. Design and develop AWS-based solutions. Work with CI/CD pipelines and modern tooling. Support integrations and production services. Provide L3/on-call support when required.

Lead / Senior Java Developer - Hybrid - Glasgow based MUST BE COMMUTABLE - OUTSIDE IR35 Lead / Senior Java Developer Responsibilities Design, develop, test, and support enterprise Java applications. Build and enhance microservices, REST APIs, and web-based applications. Contribute to architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and solution development. Develop scalable solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and modern development frameworks. Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Testers, Architects, and cross-functional teams. Participate in code reviews and promote engineering excellence across the development lifecycle. Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes. Mentor developers and contribute to technical leadership activities. Ensure high standards of quality through TDD, unit testing, and automated testing frameworks. Lead / Senior Java Developer Skills and Experience Strong commercial experience with Java 8 or above. Expertise in Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Microservices, and REST APIs. Experience with React, JavaScript, HTML5, JSF, and modern front-end development. Strong knowledge of JPA, Hibernate, JDBC, JSP, Servlets, and enterprise Java technologies. Experience with Oracle databases and SQL development. Strong knowledge of Git, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, CI/CD, and Agile delivery practices. Experience with JUnit, automated testing, and Test-Driven Development. Understanding of component-based and microservice architectures. Experience working within Scrum teams and Agile environments. Experience producing or contributing to High Level Designs and technical solution documentation. Knowledge of AWS cloud platforms desirable. Experience with MuleSoft, FreeMarker, Redux, NodeJS, GoCD, Ansible, or performance monitoring tools would be advantageous. Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills. Banking, Financial or Loans experience would be an advantage but not essential. To apply, please send your CV by pressing the apply button. Due to high volume of applications, only shortlisted CVs will be contacted.