About The Role
FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking DevOps Engineers to work for our client in the Banking sector. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract opportunity based in Manchester.
Our client is building and improving the platforms behind its engineering teams. It is looking for DevOps Engineers to deliver reliable, automated and observable infrastructure. The role will focus on Kubernetes/OpenShift, infrastructure as code, continuous delivery and the internal developer platform. It will suit engineers who enjoy platform engineering and making developers more productive through good tooling and automation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build, configure and maintain Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters and workloads.
- Provision and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, with consistent and repeatable environments.
- Design, build and improve continuous delivery pipelines so releases are fast, safe and reliable.
- Develop and extend the internal developer platform (IDP), including Backstage, to give engineering teams self-service capabilities.
- Implement and improve observability across metrics, telemetry, logging and alerting.
- Define and track SLOs, and use the insight to improve platform reliability and performance.
- Automate runbooks and operational tasks to reduce manual effort and speed up incident response.
- platform and control engineering practices so the platform stays secure, governed and compliant.
About You
- Hands-on Kubernetes and/or OpenShift engineering experience.
- Strong Terraform experience.
- Experience with Backstage or other internal developer platforms.
- Continuous delivery experience.
- Observability experience, including metrics, telemetry, SLOs and runbook automation.
- A background in platform engineering and control engineering.
About Us
FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.
Diversity and Inclusion
FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
Why join us
- Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
- Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
- Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
- Annual leave and work-place pension
