Lead DevOps Engineer
Citco · Cork
Lead DevOps Engineer
About Citco
Since the 1940s Citco has provided specialist financial services to alternative investment funds, investors, multinationals and private clients worldwide. With close to 12,000 employees in 45 countries we pioneer innovative solutions that meet our clients’ evolving needs, and deliver exceptional service.
Our continuous investment in learning means our people are among the best in the industry. And our corporate social responsibility programs provide meaningful and fulfilling work in the community.
A career at Citco isn’t just a job – it’s an opportunity to excel in an environment that genuinely supports your personal and professional development.
About the Role:
The Lead DevOps Engineer will drive the technical strategy and architecture for the department's automation platforms, infrastructure automation capabilities, self-service engineering solutions, and containerization initiatives. This role blends deep technical ownership with team leadership, driving the modernization of infrastructure automation and self-service capabilities while mentoring engineers and partnering with stakeholders to align platform capabilities with business needs.
The successful candidate will be responsible for evaluating, designing, implementing, and evolving automation and self-service solutions, whether commercial, open-source, or internally developed, to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and reliability across the organization. This role requires flexibility to work shifting schedules to support cross-timezone collaboration.
The Lead DevOps Engineer will work closely with leadership, Development Teams, and IT Operations to shape the technical roadmap for automation, infrastructure provisioning, self-service engineering capabilities, and container platforms across the organization.
Job Duties in Brief:
Own the technical strategy and architecture for the department's automation, infrastructure provisioning, and self-service engineering platforms.
Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of self-service capabilities that empower teams to request, provision, and manage IT services efficiently.
Design and manage enterprise automation platforms and workflow orchestration solutions, identifying and delivering high-value automation opportunities.
Establish and govern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices (e.g., Terraform) for on-premises and cloud environments, defining standards, reusable components, and best practices.
Own the technical strategy for containerization initiatives, leading Kubernetes adoption and workload migrations across teams
Design and implement GitOps workflows and practices, driving standardization of deployment models across the department
Architect and manage AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch) to support scalable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions
Design and build serverless automation solutions using AWS Lambda to reduce manual operational overhead
Develop and maintain automation frameworks, integrations, and APIs that connect self-service platforms, orchestration tools, provisioning systems, and backend services.
Act as the primary technical escalation point for complex automation and platform issues; lead root cause analysis and drive permanent fixes
Mentor and coach mid-level and junior engineers; provide technical guidance, code/design reviews, and career development support
Partner with stakeholders across development and operations teams to translate business and operational needs into scalable automation and self-service capabilities.
Own architecture documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base standards for automation and containerization practices
Contribute to capacity planning, cost optimization, and tooling/vendor decisions
Support hiring and technical interviews for the teams
Willingness and flexibility to work shifting schedules to support cross-timezone collaboration
About You:
You are a seasoned DevOps or Platform Engineer who has moved beyond hands-on execution into owning technical strategy and leading teams through modernization efforts. You have deep expertise in automation platforms, infrastructure provisioning, self-service engineering solutions, Kubernetes, and AWS, and you're passionate about reducing operational complexity through scalable automation and platform engineering practices.
You are comfortable evaluating, implementing, and evolving a variety of technologies, whether open-source, vendor-provided, or custom-developed, and can balance short-term business needs with long-term platform strategy. You naturally mentor others, elevate technical standards across the team, and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience and Technical Skills
7+ years of professional hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, DevOps engineering, or platform engineering, including experience leading or mentoring within a team
Strong experience with automation platforms such as Rundeck (or equivalent job orchestration tools), self-service portal design, and workflow automation
Advanced experience with Terraform including on-premises provisioning use cases; ability to define IaC standards, design reusable modules, and guide teams on best practices
Experience designing and delivering self-service platforms/portals for IT Operations or internal engineering teams (NexOps or similar)
Strong, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes architecture, deployment, Helm charts, networking, storage, and leading workload migrations to containers
Strong AWS background, especially EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch; ability to architect and optimize cloud infrastructure at scale
Strong experience designing and implementing GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux, or similar) for Kubernetes deployments
Strong experience with Jenkins or similar CI/CD tooling — pipeline design, scaling, and optimization
Strong scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash); proven track record building automation frameworks and API integrations that reduce operational toil
Solid Linux/Unix administration background; strong understanding of networking and system fundamentals
Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch) to support automation platforms and container initiatives
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills; comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving resolution on complex, cross-system issues
Strong communication skills; experience presenting technical decisions and roadmaps to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and elevating team technical capability
Willingness and flexibility to work shifting schedules to support cross-timezone collaboration
Education
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent hands-on experience
Relevant certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate) are a plus but not required
What We Offer:
A challenging and rewarding role in an award-winning global business.
Opportunities for personal and professional career development.
Great working environment, competitive salary and benefits, and opportunities for educational support.
Be part of an industry leading global team, renowned for excellence.
Remuneration:
A highly competitive salary package will be awarded the successful candidate.
Confidentiality Assured.