Hands-On DevOps Team Lead — Payments Platform

Elavon; City of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company seeks a DevOps Team Leader to drive automation and ensure reliability across high-volume payment platforms. The ideal candidate will lead a technical team, implement modern DevOps practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals. Strong experience with scripting, monitoring tools, and team management is essential. This role is based in London and requires on-site presence three days a week.

Benefits

Diverse working environment

Health and financial security benefits

Career growth opportunities

Responsibilities

• Drive automation, reliability, and scalability across high-volume payment platforms.
• Lead a team in maintaining system resilience and accelerating deployments.
• Set objectives, review progress, and manage performance.

Skills

Scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash)

Monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Datadog)

Automation/configuration tools (Jenkins, Gitlab, ArgoCD)

High-availability, high-transaction environments

Team management and development

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience

Job description

A leading financial technology company seeks a DevOps Team Leader to drive automation and ensure reliability across high-volume payment platforms. The ideal candidate will lead a technical team, implement modern DevOps practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals. Strong experience with scripting, monitoring tools, and team management is essential. This role is based in London and requires on-site presence three days a week.