Overview

Expleo is seeking a DevOps Lead to drive operational delivery and automation for backend systems supporting POS terminal management and configuration. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role requiring strong technical leadership, collaboration across platform and domain teams, and expertise in CI/CD, security integration, and infrastructure automation. You will define and implement robust pipelines, enforce security compliance, and ensure reliable, auditable releases for terminal ecosystems.

This role is fully onsite in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Responsibilities

DevOps Delivery & Automation

Define and implement the DevOps delivery plan for POS, Terminal Management Systems (TMS) and Terminal Configuration Systems (TCS).
Translate product and roadmap requirements into pipeline, deployment, and operational workstreams.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for backend services and terminal software artefacts (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or equivalent).
Integrate mandated security tooling (SAST – Fortify, SCA, DAST) into pipelines to enable shift-left security and enforce compliance gates.

Infrastructure & Environment Management

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform; manage container orchestration with Kubernetes and Helm.
Provision and maintain environments for development, testing, and production.
Manage secrets, keys, and configuration securely; liaise with HSM and security teams on cryptographic interfaces.

Release Orchestration & Observability

Design and execute release strategies for terminal ecosystems (blue/green, canary, phased rollouts).
Manage artefact repositories (Nexus/Artifactory) and ensure safe, auditable cutovers.
Instrument services for monitoring, logging, and tracing (Splunk, Dynatrace); define SLOs/SLIs and lead incident response.

Performance & Compliance

Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimisation for cloud/native architectures.
Ensure deployments meet regulatory and audit requirements; lead CI/CD change-control processes and support certification activities.

Cross-Team Collaboration

Work closely with platform, security, product, QA, Android/terminal engineering and operations teams to manage dependencies and release readiness.
Embed automated testing (unit, integration, E2E) into pipelines; coordinate device-farm or emulator test runs for terminal images.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
Professional certifications in DevOps, cloud or security (AWS/Azure/GCP, Kubernetes, CISSP) are advantageous.
Experience in regulated/financial environments and familiarity with PCI DSS highly desirable.

Essential skills

Client-facing skills
People management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
Team work and emotional intelligence
Good self-management – continuous performance is both an objective and a mind-set
Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance
High value on openness and transparency

Experience

Proven hands-on experience in DevOps/Platform roles within large enterprises, ideally in payments, fintech or POS ecosystems.
Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
Practical knowledge of security tooling (Fortify, SCA, DAST) and pipeline integration.
Expertise in IaC and container platforms: Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.
Experience with secure secrets and key management; familiarity with PCI DSS and payment security controls.
Understanding of terminal management/configuration systems and release packaging for device fleets.
Observability and incident management skills (Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace).
Good scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Groovy); experience with artefact repositories (Nexus).

Benefits

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.

DevOps Lead - Payments Experience - Nenagh Based

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