Job Summary: North is a dynamic and innovative technology company dedicated to reshaping the landscape of financial risk and compliance management.
We seek an automation-first mindset DevOps Engineer with a focus on building cloud-native platforms to join our talented team at the Fraud & Risk Management Research & Development Centre of Excellence in Limerick.
Position Overview: As the DevOps Engineer, you will work towards building and maintaining our cutting-edge platform using the best software engineering practices and adhering to the industry standards while collaborating with software engineers, architects, product managers and stakeholders.
This platform will leverage the power of artificial intelligence to address the complex challenges of fraud detection, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance in the financial industry.
This position will be responsible for the software development lifecycle, including, but not limited to: software development pipelines, security scannings, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning pipelines.
What youll do: Write clean, reusable, readable code with the appropriate tests, following the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principle.
Execute code reviews and other peer review processes (e.g., pair programming) to ensure code quality and security practices.
Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, focusing on the build automation, tests, security scanning, code analysis and deployment, ensuring a fast release process.
Oversee cloud infrastructure, including Linux servers, network elements, security configuration, relational and NoSQL databases instances, containers, serverless, and orchestration engines.
Manage observability tools to collect and display telemetry data, logs, alerts and responses.
Implement and enforce security best practices, identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.
Research new technologies, including hands-on technical evaluation and PoCs.
Produce and contribute to high-quality documentation.
Participate in conversations and workshops with stakeholders to understand requirements and identify solutions and opportunities.
What we need from you: 3+ years of experience in application development or DevOps space.
Experience in writing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub).
In-depth knowledge of cloud computing with proven experience with a major cloud provider (e.g., AWS, GCP).
Experience working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible).
Experience with observability and telemetry tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch).
Experience with Linux system administration.
Familiarity with Python, Bash and SQL languages.
Experience with Software Composition Analysis tools (e.g., Snyk, Black Duck, Sonatype).
Experience with Containerisation and Orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and knowledge of NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB).
Knowledge of Machine Learning pipelines is a plus (e.g., MLOps, Kubeflow, Tecton).
Experience implementing security measures and ensuring compliance with data privacy and security regulations.
Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline or relevant experience.
Experience working in the financial services, financial technology and risk management industry is a bonus.
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable discussing technical information.
Additional information:This is a hybrid role - as part of our hybrid work model, employees are expected to be onsite at our Limerick City office on in-office days.
Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.
It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
North reserves the right to alter this description at any time.
North practices the concept of equal employment opportunity with respect to hiring, promotions, transfers, pay, discipline, fringe benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
No individual will be discriminated against, and no employment decisions will be made, on the basis of an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, protected disability, marital status, familial status, veteran status, height, weight or citizenship.
Benefits: Competitive benefits package