Junior Dev Ops Engineer

Pontoon
Edinburgh, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£38,000 – £44,000 pa

Salary

£38,000 – £44,000 pa

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Junior
Posted
14 May 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Benefits

5% annual bonus

Job title: Junior Dev Ops Engineer

Location: Edinburgh

Hybrid role: working 2 days a week in the office

Salary: £38,000 to £44,000 pa plus 5% annual bonus

Contract: 12-month fixed term contract

Our market-leading financial services client is seeking an a motivated, detail focused Junior Dev Ops Engineer to join the Business Transaction Banking division.

The DevOps Engineer will play a critical role in enabling seamless software delivery, infrastructure automation, and platform reliability across globally distributed environments. The role requires engineering discipline and the use of cloud, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling, and a proactive approach to improving developer experience and operational resilience.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support global development teams, ensuring consistent, reliable, and secure software delivery across environments.

Manage and optimise source control including Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, and Docker registry to enable efficient build and deployment workflows.

Deploy, and mange Kubernetes-based platforms, ensuring infrastructure is defined.

Work extensively to design and maintain secure access control mechanisms aligned with organisational standards and compliance requirements.

Build and maintain Helm charts to enable consistent packaging and deployment of microservices into Kubernetes environments.

Support microservices-based architectures by deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting applications across distributed systems.

Collaborate closely with engineers, architects, and product teams to enable rapid experimentation, innovation, and production readiness.

Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, logging, and proactive issue resolution across cloud and container environments.

Contribute to continuous improvement of DevOps practices, tooling, and standards.

Skills and Experience

Understanding of CI/CD pipelines in a global environment using Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, and Docker registry.

Knowledge of working with GCP IAM to manage roles, permissions, and secure access to cloud resources.

Knowledge of Helm charts for packaging and deploying applications in Kubernetes.

Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes infrastructure using Terraform Enterprise, including the ability to write reusable Terraform modules.

Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestrating cloud infrastructure in scalable, automated ways.

Knowledge of core GCP services and how they integrate within modern cloud architectures.

Knowledge of deploying and troubleshooting microservices in distributed environments.

You will be a valued member of our Adecco Emerging Talent function working onsite with a market-leading organisation, initially, the assignment is 12 months with scope for extension in the future, so you need to be someone with a permanent mindset!

If you have the experience and desire to work for a well-respected organisation offering personal and professional support, growth and development, then you could be a perfect fit for the team and we want to hear from you - APPLY NOW.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

Adecco Emerging talent is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunities' employer

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