Senior DevOps Engineer

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As part of the FINEOS Cloud Infrastructure Automation (CIA) team, the Senior DevOps Engineer will be primarily responsible for automation design, automation engineering, configuration, optimization, documentation, and support of the infrastructure components of FINEOS Cloud (AWS) as well as internal automation support to the FINEOS Product Engineering teams. In addition to core DevOps responsibilities, this role places a strong emphasis on test automation —particularly the ability to design, implement, and maintain automated tests for scripting languages such as Ansible, Python, TypeScript, and Jenkins pipelines . The ideal candidate will have a proven background in test strategy implementation within an Agile SDLC. Key success criteria for this role will be the ability to align infrastructure as per company standards and security requirements with repeatable, automated processes to provide world class customer service to FINEOS Cloud hosted clients and internal teams.

Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned.)

Design and implement automated testing frameworks for infrastructure automation scripts (e.g., Ansible, Python, TypeScript, Jenkins).

Define and execute test strategies aligned with Agile development practices, ensuring high-quality infrastructure code delivery.

Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines and ensure test coverage across infrastructure components.

Participate in the road mapping and planning of automation solutions.

Provide technical skillsets for DevOps related projects and be involved in technical planning and / or execution activities.

Design and engineer reusable solutions for rote tasks.

Anticipate, identify, mitigate, and resolve issues relating to client facing infrastructure.

Monitor, analyze, and predict trends for system performance, capacity, efficiency, and reliability and recommend enhancements to better meet client SLAs and standards.

Practice configuration management, including maintenance of component inventory and related documentation per FINEOS policies and procedures.

Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of the systems and applications, including review system and application logs and verifying the completion of scheduled jobs.

Remain informed on regional laws, trends, and issues, including current and emerging technologies and best practices, ensuring this knowledge is communicated and shared with the team and managers as appropriate.

Mentor junior members of the team to contribute to solutions and produce high quality code.

Education and/or Experience

Minimum of 5+ years post qualification experience in a software engineering role with exposure to the full SDLC, preferably on enterprise scale systems.

Strong experience in test automation for infrastructure code and scripting languages.

Familiarity with test management platforms such as X‑Ray, Zephyr, or TestRail.

A relevant third level qualification or equivalent commercial experience.

Infrastructure‑as‑code experience (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible).

Strong background in Continuous Integration, and build automation tools such as but not limited to Ansible, Gradle, Jenkins, Subversion, GIT, Ant, Ivy, and Cloud Formation as well as virtualization and containerization technologies (Docker).

Exposure to deploying applications on Java EE applications servers (JBoss, Websphere, Weblogic or Tomcat).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Excellent interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills.

Proven excellent technical problem‑solving capabilities.

Committed to creating readable, reliable, and maintainable code.

Technical Skills

Familiarity & Understanding of Networking concepts like Routing, SNMP, Web Application Firewalls, Load Balancing, and VPN.

Operations role experience (Sys Admin, Sys Engineer, IT Support).

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer OR Solution Architect OR SysOps Administrator desired but not required.

Proficiency in using AI tools to enhance work processes and support informed decision‑making is essential, with strict adherence to the organisation’s security, data protection, and ethical use policies.

Language Skills

Ability to speak the English language proficiently, both verbally and in writing.

Travel Requirements

Travel and fieldwork, including international travel may be required. Therefore, employee must possess, or be able to acquire a valid passport.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Employee works primarily in a home office environment.

• The home office must be a well‑defined work area, separate from normal domestic activity and complete with all essential technology including, but not limited to; separate phone, scanner, printer, computer, etc. as required in order to effectively perform their duties.

Work Requirements
• Compliance with all relevant FINEOS Global policies and procedures related to Quality, Security, Safety, Business Continuity, and Environmental systems.

• On occasion after delivery of certain features you may be required to provide support outside of normal working hours and weekends for a roll out of these features. You will receive advance notice of this scenario should it be required.

• Must be legally eligible to work in the country in which you are hired.

FINEOS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. FINEOS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non‑disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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