DevOps/Cloud Engineer Financial Services

As a Senior Associate, you will design, implement, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure solutions with a focus on DevOps practices. You will collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure seamless deployment, automation, and monitoring of cloud environments. Responsibilities include automating infrastructure provisioning, optimizing performance, implementing security best practices, and troubleshooting issues to ensure high availability and reliability.

Must Have

• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure using DevOps best practices.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and scaling using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth CI/CD pipelines and application deployments.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance, security, and cost.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Implement security best practices in cloud environments, including IAM, encryption, and compliance.
• Work with cross-functional teams to drive automation, efficiency, and innovation in infrastructure management.
• Document infrastructure configurations, processes, and best practices.
• Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and best practices to drive continuous improvement.
• Strong background in system integration, API design, and platform engineering in cloud-native environments.
• Experience designing and implementing SDKs, APIs, or middleware components supporting payments or identity use cases.
• Proficiency in relevant programming stacks (e.g., Java, Kotlin, React, Node.js) and understanding of secure coding and data protection principles.
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring in regulated environments.
• Familiarity with cryptography, security frameworks, and authentication standards (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, eIDAS, PKI).
• Technical consulting skills, capable of engaging effectively with architects, developers, and product owners.
• Skilled in preparing and presenting technical documentation, solution overviews, and architecture artefacts for clients.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in payment systems or large financial infrastructure projects.

Perks & Benefits

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

Job Description

Company description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Overview

As a Senior Associate, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure solutions with a focus on DevOps practices. You will work closely with development and operations teams to ensure seamless deployment, automation, and monitoring of cloud environments.

• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure using DevOps best practices.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and scaling using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth CI/CD pipelines and application deployments.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance, security, and cost.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Implement security best practices in cloud environments, including IAM, encryption, and compliance.
• Work with cross-functional teams to drive automation, efficiency, and innovation in infrastructure management.
• Document infrastructure configurations, processes, and best practices.
• Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and best practices to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong background in system integration, API design, and platform engineering — in cloud-native environments.
• Experience designing and implementing SDKs, APIs, or middleware components supporting payments or identity use cases.
• Proficiency in relevant programming stacks (e.g. Java, Kotlin, React, Node.js) and understanding of secure coding and data protection principles.
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring in regulated environments.
• Familiarity with cryptography, security frameworks, and authentication standards (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, eIDAS, PKI).
• Technical consulting skills. Capable of engaging effectively with architects, developers, and product owners — translating between technical and business perspectives, facilitating workshops and architecture reviews
• Skilled in preparing and presenting technical documentation, solution overviews, and architecture artefacts for clients
• ≥4 years in payment systems or large financial infrastructure projects

Additional information

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.