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
Salary description
£600.00 - £650.00 per day