Senior Devops Engineer

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Devops Engineer to work for our client within the Banking sector. This is initially a 12 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in London.

We are looking for an application DevOps engineer responsible for developing and supporting regulatory risk solutions across fixed income, currencies, commodities and equities. The role will focus on managing and improving a large-scale risk calculation plant used for end-of-day and on-demand risk generation, with emphasis on production stability, application resiliency, capacity management, tooling and regulatory compliance.

The member will work closely with globally dispersed developers, DevOps, release management, Quartz DevOps, Technology Infrastructure and business-aligned risk teams to support scalable risk reporting and generation services. The environment is primarily Quartz, the bank’s next generation trading and risk platform, with development taking place largely in Python and some C++ for high-performance components.

Responsibilities:

Providing DevOps expertise and leadership for effective management of application infrastructure and large risk plants

Supporting end-of-day and on-demand risk generation, with a focus on stability, resiliency and operational control

Planning and executing failovers in line with application and infrastructure requirements

Collaborating with various stakeholders , Quartz DevOps and Technology Infrastructure on weekday and weekend activities

Improving tooling, monitoring and automation to support production stability and reduce manual operational effort

Acting as a regional point of contact as the SFRC / Risk Horizontal capability expands globally

About You

Experience in Python or equivalent programming languages, with ability to build and support automation, tooling and operational improvements

Practical experience in software development, testing, deployment and production support using agile development methodologies

Understanding of large-scale application plants, including capacity management, resiliency, failover and operational stability

Ability to compartmentalise complex problems and propose practical, controlled solutions for production environments

Strong problem-solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills across application, infrastructure and batch processing issues

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to work effectively across technology, infrastructure and business stakeholders

Experience working as part of a high-performance team on high-priority deliverables

Self-motivated, proactive and comfortable taking ownership of production stability and operational outcomes

Desirable:

Experience in the Financial Services industry, ideally with risk, trading, market risk or regulatory reporting platforms

Knowledge of Quartz or similar large-scale trading and risk platforms

Experience with continuous integration, deployment pipelines, monitoring, alerting and production automation

Grasp of system design and architecture, especially for resilient, scalable and operationally controlled platforms

Front office or production support background with motivation to grow further into DevOps, Python engineering and platform ownership

About Us

FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.

Diversity and Inclusion

Why join us

Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career

Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad

Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field

Annual leave and work-place pension