Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer (GCP)

Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer (GCP)

Location: Manchester (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Technology & Engineering | Type: Permanent

Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering in Financial Services

The Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Capco, you’ll design and deliver scalable, automated, and secure cloud platforms that power the next generation of financial services. Working within cross-functional agile teams, you’ll drive the adoption of modern DevOps practices and continuous delivery frameworks that help our clients transform their technology landscapes.

You’ll work on both greenfield and enterprise-scale projects, spanning cloud-native, hybrid, and on-premise environments. This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise, gain certifications, and make a real impact in a collaborative, inclusive environment where your ideas are valued.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement cloud-based infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for internal and cloud platforms

• Drive improvements of developer productivity striving towards self-service platform engineering

• Automate and optimise deployment processes using infrastructure-as-code.

• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to enhance performance, reliability, and security.

• Drive continuous improvement through innovation and experimentation.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to Capco’s growing DevOps community.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in platform engineering agnostic practises

• Ideally experience with developer productivity and platform engineering improvements with large scale data platform

• Experience with public cloud and ideally GCP

• Expertise in containerisation (Docker) and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).

• Experience with scripting (Python, Groovy) to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, CircleCI, or GoCD.

• Solid understanding of monitoring, automation, and configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Helm).

Bonus Points For

• Experience in financial services or consulting projects.

• Hands-on knowledge of test orchestration (Cucumber, Karate, Selenium).

• Exposure to Kubernetes ecosystems (Istio, Kiali, Fortio).

• Experience migrating on-premise systems to cloud platforms.

• Interest in coaching and mentoring other team members.

Why Join Capco

• Deliver high-impact technology solutions for Tier 1 financial institutions.

• Work in a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial consulting culture.

• Access continuous learning, training, and industry certifications.

• Be part of a team shaping the future of digital financial services.

• Help drive transformation and innovation across Financial Services and Energy sectors.

We offer a competitive, people-first benefits package designed to support every aspect of your life:

• Core Benefits: Discretionary bonus, competitive pension, health insurance, life insurance and critical illness cover.

• Mental Health: Easy access to CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and in-house first aiders.

• Family-Friendly: Maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, plus paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement.

• Family Care: 8 complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care.

• Holiday Flexibility: 5 weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell holiday days based on your needs.

• Continuous Learning: Your growth, your way - minimum 40 hours of training annually. Take your pick; workshops, certifications, e-learning. Also, Business Coach assigned from Day One: Get one-on-one guidance to fast-track your goals and accelerate your development.

• Healthcare Access: Convenient online GP services.

• Extra Perks: Gympass(Wellhub), travel insurance, Tastecard, season ticket loans, Cycle to Work, and dental insurance.

Inclusion at Capco

We’re committed to a barrier-free, inclusive recruitment process. If you need any adjustments at any stage, let us know – we’ll be happy to help. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. At Capco, we value the difference you make, and the differences that make you. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture celebrates individuality, collaboration, and authenticity every day.

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