About Blankfactor
At Blankfactor, we are dedicated to engineering impact. We build high-quality tech solutions for companies looking to innovate and grow—especially in fast-moving industries like payments, banking, capital markets, and life sciences.
About the Role
We are seeking a DevOps Lead to own the operational delivery and automation for backend systems supporting terminal management and terminal configuration. You will implement and operate robust CI/CD pipelines, integrate mandated cyber-security tooling, and coordinate delivery with platform and domain teams across the organisation. The role is hands on, delivery focused and requires strong collaboration and technical leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement the DevOps delivery plan for POS, terminal management systems (TMS) and terminal configuration systems (TCS)
- Build and run CI/CD pipelines: design, implement and maintain automated build, test and deployment pipelines for backend services and terminal software artefacts
- Integrate mandated security tooling: incorporate SAST (Fortify), SCA, DAST and other security scans into pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code and environment provisioning: author and maintain IaC (Terraform), configuration management and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Secrets, keys and configuration management: implement secure secrets management and key lifecycle controls
- Release orchestration and deployment strategy: design and run release patterns, manage artefact repositories and ensure safe, auditable cutovers
- Observability and resilience: instrument services for monitoring, logging and tracing, define SLOs/SLIs and lead incident response
- Performance, capacity and cost optimisation: define runbooks, perform capacity planning, tune platform resources
- Compliance and change control: ensure deployments meet regulatory and internal audit requirements, lead CI/CD change control processes
Requirements
- Proven hands-on experience in DevOps/Platform roles within large enterprises, preferably in payments, fintech or POS ecosystems
- Strong experience with CI/CD tooling and pipeline design (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps etc.)
- Practical knowledge of SAST tools (Fortify), SCA/DAST tooling and how to integrate them into automated pipelines
- Solid expertise in IaC and container platforms: Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes and Helm
- Experience with secure secrets and key management solutions (HSM interactions) and understanding of PCI and other payment security controls
- Familiarity with backend technologies commonly used in payment systems (Java, Kotlin, Spring, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka/message buses and relational/datastore technologies)
- Understanding of terminal management and configuration systems, release packaging for terminals and constraints of device fleets
- Observability and incident management skills: Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, tracing and structured logging
- Good scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Groovy, or relevant languages) and experience with artefact repositories (Nexus)
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Professional development opportunities and training