**Job Opportunity: DevOps Center of Excellence**
The Bank of Ireland Group's DevOps Center of Excellence (DevOps COE) aims to deliver automated processes and tooling to streamline software delivery. By leading by example, we ensure our tools and services are delivered using fully automated pipelines.
In this role, you will work with the DevOps COE to deliver key technical solutions to the bank in a consumable format for development teams. You will have an excellent understanding of environments currently in use by development teams and provide support in their day-to-day usage.
You will understand Infrastructure as Code principles (IaC) and be comfortable developing code to deliver working products for the bank, including environment, applications, and configuration. You will continually improve our Infrastructure as Code components (Terraform / Ansible) and ensure thorough testing.
Work closely with Security and IT Architects to ensure all solutions are compliant with bank policy and accurately introduced to the bank.
Understand and influence how development teams build and test their software, taking best-in-practice guidelines and helping them move to newer solutions delivered by the DCOE.
Essential Skills & Experience
* A proven track record in either a software development role with exposure to releasing applications into a production environment or an operational facing role where you've had to deploy and support production type workloads.
* Experience using the Atlassian tool stack - Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket.
What Will Make You Stand Out?
* If you've done software development, we would look for:
o Good skills in one of the main scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Ruby, and their test frameworks.
o Strong development background in languages such as Java, Golang, C, C#, and a good understanding of their test frameworks.
o You have developed applications that involve the delivery and consumption of APIs.
o Exposure to one or more cloud providers (AWS / Azure / GCP) and you're comfortable with provisioning infrastructure using the portal UI.
o You're aware of tools like Ansible / Puppet / Chef and what they do, and it would be phenomenal if you've had some hands-on experience.
o You've seen Terraform code and would be comfortable in how it is implemented and debugged.
o Exposure to Docker and orchestration environments such as Kubernetes / OpenShift.
* If you've been more involved in the operational side of things, we like to see something like the following:
o In-depth experience of one or more of the cloud providers (AWS / Azure / GCP) and can automate infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates etc.
o Certifications are nice, but hands-on experience preferable.
o A detailed understanding of how infrastructure is run and provisioned in virtualized environments such as VMWare.
o You've used configuration management tools like Ansible / Puppet / Chef.
o In-depth experience of configuration management orchestration tools such as Ansible Tower / Chef Server.
o Detailed understanding of SSL & Cryptography and solutions to automation and management of SSL Certificates for applications.
o An appreciation for a test-first software development approach, and a desire to ensure there're no surprises at deployment time.
Essential Qualifications
BSc or MSc in an Engineering based field, or the equivalent experience.
About the Team
Our IT Engineering & Delivery teams are responsible for designing, building, testing, and delivering the technology that powers Bank of Ireland. Our teams, based out of Dublin, Ireland, and Belfast, and Bristol, UK enable the bank's digital transformation by modernising platforms, enhancing system resilience, and accelerating software delivery.
We focus on cloud adoption, DevSecOps, automation, cybersecurity, and engineering standard processes – ensuring secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions. We are fully embracing new ways-of-working such as Scaled Agile, from core banking systems to innovative customer-facing applications, we deliver technology that drives efficiency, compliance, and offers the best customer experience.
Why Work with Us?
* The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions.
* Familial responsibilities are valued; we offer 6 months paid Maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy, and working parent supports.
* Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor, and financial wellbeing coaches available.
* We encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career.
Key Competencies
* Agile - Self Accountable - Self Amplify Capability - Self Customer Focused - Self Manage Risk - Leader
Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs/profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities, and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence, or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.