Job Description:

My Banking client is seeking to recruit a DevSecOps Engineer on an initial 6 month based in London. It is hybrid and will require 3x days onsite per week.

Role Purpose

The Vice President, DevSecOps Engineering is a senior individual contributor and technical lead responsible for defining, implementing, and governing enterprise CI/CD, DevSecOps, and cloud‑ready delivery strategies across multiple development teams and technology stacks.

Operating within a highly regulated, governance‑driven financial institution, this role requires the ability to balance engineering excellence, cloud adoption, security, risk management, and regulatory compliance. The role holder will enable teams working across different software lifecycle methodologies to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable software.

This position demands deep technical credibility, strong ownership, and influence without direct authority.

Key Accountabilities

Enterprise CI/CD & DevSecOps Strategy

• Define and own the enterprise CI/CD and DevSecOps strategy, aligned with technology, security, risk, and governance standards
• Architect CI/CD approaches that support multiple teams, diverse technologies, and varying delivery methodologies
• Establish standards that promote reuse, quality, security, and scalability while allowing appropriate flexibility
• Ensure CI/CD strategies are resilient, auditable, and suitable for a financial services control environment
• Create and oversee build and delivery pipelines supporting applications written in Java, C# .NET, JavaScript (React JS), Python
• Ensure pipelines are production‑grade, observable, and aligned to operational and audit expectations

Cloud & Containerised Application Enablement

• Provide expertise in building cloud and cloud‑ready applications, with CI/CD pipelines designed for modern platforms
• Support and shape delivery of containerised workloads, using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (and related orchestration platforms)
• Ensure CI/CD pipelines integrate effectively with container registries, orchestration platforms, and cloud services
• Collaborate with Cloud and Platform teams to ensure DevSecOps practices align with enterprise cloud strategy and target architectures

Required Skills & Experience

Core Technical Experience

• Extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise‑scale CI/CD solutions, with GitLab experience essential
• Strong hands‑on experience supporting build pipelines for Java, C#, JavaScript, and Python
• Proven experience building reusable CI/CD frameworks supporting multiple teams and products

Cloud & Containerisation

• Strong experience with cloud platforms and modern application delivery models
• Proven experience building and delivering containerised and cloud‑ready applications
• Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines with cloud services, container platforms, and shared tooling