DevOps Lead - On Site in Nenagh, Tipperary

ONLY considering candidates within a commutable distance from Nenagh, Co Tipperary as the role has a strict on-site requirement.  Responsibilities

• Define and deliver DevOps strategies supporting POS platforms, Terminal Management Systems (TMS), and Terminal Configuration Systems (TCS) - 

• Translate product roadmaps and technical requirements into CI/CD pipelines, deployment models, and operational execution plans.

• Design, build, and continuously enhance CI/CD pipelines for backend services and terminal software using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or equivalent.

• Embed security controls into delivery pipelines, including SAST (Fortify), SCA, and DAST, enabling strong shift-left security practices.

• Implement secure secrets and key management, covering key lifecycle controls, HSM integration, and cryptographic interface handling.

• Ensure platform deployments meet regulatory, audit, and PCI governance requirements.

• Build and operate Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, and manage containerised platforms with Kubernetes and Helm.

• Provision and maintain development, test, and production environments, ensuring stability and consistency across all stages.

• Govern configuration management and secure handling of environment-specific settings.

• Design and execute release strategies for terminal ecosystems, including blue/green, canary, and phased deployments.

• Manage artefact repositories such as Nexus or Artifactory, supporting controlled, auditable releases.

• Establish observability through monitoring, logging, and tracing using tools including Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, and Grafana.

• Define SLIs and SLOs, lead incident response, and drive post-incident reviews and continuous improvement.

• Lead performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimisation initiatives across cloud or cloud-native environments.

• Embed automated testing (unit, integration, contract, end-to-end) into CI/CD pipelines and support device-farm or emulator-based testing for terminal images.

• Collaborate closely with platform, security, product, QA, Android/terminal engineering, and operations teams to ensure release readiness and environment stability.

• Provide clear technical updates, risk assessments, and delivery status to programme and senior stakeholders.

Experience

• Proven hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles within large-scale enterprise environments, ideally in payments, fintech, or POS domains.

• Strong background in designing and operating modern CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.

• Practical experience integrating security tooling such as Fortify, SCA, and DAST into regulated delivery environments.

• Advanced expertise with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and container-based deployment architectures.

• Experience designing and supporting backend systems common to payment ecosystems, including:

  • Java, Kotlin, Spring, and microservices-based architectures

  • RESTful APIs

  • Kafka or other message bus technologies

  • Relational and NoSQL data stores

• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, Groovy, or comparable languages.

• Experience operating in regulated or financial services environments, with solid understanding of PCI DSS requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders, lead knowledge sharing, and contribute to high-performing, transparent engineering teams.

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