[Hiring] IBM Z Dev/Ops / Automation Engineer @HelloKindred

Role Description

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Senior DevOps / Automation Engineer (IBM Z & Hybrid Platform) to lead automation and DevOps modernization across IBM Z and distributed platforms. This role will involve:

• Designing and implementing production-grade automation, CI/CD pipelines, compliance controls, observability solutions, and secure orchestration capabilities across a global enterprise environment.
• Driving engineering best practices, strengthening governance and compliance, and mentoring engineers in delivering resilient, secure, auditable, and scalable automation solutions across complex enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and promoting DevOps engineering best practices.
• Designing and developing production-grade automation using Python and YAML, incorporating testing, logging, error handling, and operational resilience.
• Developing and maintaining enterprise-scale automation workflows using Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) across IBM Z and distributed platforms.
• Building idempotent, restartable, and state-aware workflows with appropriate failure handling, retry logic, and operational safeguards.
• Developing and maintaining GitHub workflows and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, including Groovy-based pipeline development and Git-based release practices.
• Integrating automated compliance checks, quality gates, evidence capture, and artefact management through Nexus Repository or equivalent tools.
• Designing and optimizing PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and automation state tracking to support operational reliability and audit requirements.
• Developing Grafana dashboards and observability pipelines, integrating logging and metrics with enterprise monitoring platforms such as Splunk.
• Implementing secure secrets management using HashiCorp Vault, applying least-privilege principles and integrating secure credentials into CI/CD and AAP workflows.
• Designing and maintaining REST API integrations and enterprise service interfaces.
• Supporting configuration drift detection, automated remediation, compliance governance, and secure engineering standards.
• Documenting reusable automation patterns and operational procedures, collaborating across mainframe and infrastructure teams, and supporting risk, audit, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of demonstrable DevOps engineering experience, including solution design, governance, compliance, and implementation of DevOps best practices.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working within an IBM Z environment.
• Strong technical leadership experience, including mentoring engineers, providing technical guidance, and promoting engineering excellence.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), Nexus Repository, Python, HashiCorp Vault, and API integration.
• Strong Python development skills, including production-quality code, testing, logging, error handling, and modular design.
• Experience with Jenkins pipeline development using Groovy, Git-based CI/CD practices, and YAML automation.
• Practical knowledge of PostgreSQL schema design, query optimization, and operational data management.
• Experience developing Grafana dashboards and supporting monitoring, metrics, and observability initiatives.
• Knowledge of secure secrets management, credential lifecycle management, compliance verification, and configuration drift management.
• Familiarity with IBM Z and z/OS concepts, including JCL and batch scheduling.
• Ability to design resilient, restartable automation workflows and operate effectively in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to engage technical, infrastructure, risk, and audit stakeholders.
• Experience in regulated financial services environments is preferred.
• Familiarity with IBM z/OSMF and zOAU is highly advantageous; experience with IWS, Infrastructure-as-Code governance, and observability tooling is desirable.

Requirements

• Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based, without requiring employer sponsorship.

Benefits

• Compensation: up to GBP 399 daily.
• Work Setup: Remote (100% remote).
• Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: 6 months.
• Anticipated Hours per Week: 37.5.