DevOps Engineer at Synechron, United Kingdom, £440 per day

🚀 DevOps Engineer (Python/Jenkins) – Global Banking Supply-Chain Security

Join a premier global digital transformation consultancy that combines Big Bank Funding with FinTech Thinking. We are seeking a high-calibre DevOps Engineer to join a long-term, high-impact project embedded within one of the world’s leading Tier-1 International Investment Banks.

This role is centered on DevX (Developer Experience), specifically evolving the Jenkins Shared Library that powers multi-language builds across one of the largest technology estates in the industry

💰 Rate & Engagement:

• Pay Rate: £440 per day (Inside IR35)
• Location: UK - Non-London (Hybrid)
• Start Date: Immediate

🛠 The Role

You will own and evolve the Jenkins Shared Library, focusing on delivering fast, secure, and provenance-rich pipelines that strengthen software supply-chain integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pipeline Engineering: Design and maintain Groovy pipeline steps for build, test, package, and deployment phases.
• Python Tooling: Extend Python scripts for SLSA provenance, SBOM generation, and security scan aggregation (SonarQube, SAST, etc.)
• Optimization: Enhance performance through parallel builds, caching, and dependency prefetching
• Integrity & Security: Ensure artifact integrity via SHA-mapping and reproducible inputs while refactoring legacy scripts to modern standards.
• Mentorship: Act as a subject matter expert for engineers on secure pipeline development and supply-chain practices

🎯 Major Requirements:

We are looking for an engineer with an ownership mindset who can operate with minimal supervision11.

• Experience: 7+ years in engineering, with at least 3 years focused on CI/CD platforms or DevSecOps.
• Jenkins & Groovy: Expert-level knowledge of Jenkins Shared Libraries and Groovy.
• Python Mastery: Advanced Python automation skills, specifically for JSON/YAML processing and tooling scripts.
• Security & Compliance: Deep understanding of supply-chain security, including SLSA, CycloneDX SBOM, and digests.
• Tooling: Proficiency with SonarQube, Sonatype IQ, and container/SAST scanning.
• Packaging: Knowledge of Maven, NPM, Python packaging, and exposure to Helm/Terraform.

🌟 Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of high-scale banking and cutting-edge security engineering. You will be responsible for a pipeline that supports Java, Node, Python, and cloud-native deployments, ensuring compliance and performance at a global scale