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Senior DevOps Engineer

Remote, Madrid·Added 9 days ago (last checked 7 Oct)

UST

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Overview

Work mode: Remote (Madrid)
Contract: Fixed-term contract
Hours: 40 hours a week
English: Required
Experience: 10+ years

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

Strong experience with DevOps platforms, CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and automation.

Demonstrable experience working directly with developers, citizen developers, and control functions (information security, audit, risk, compliance) as design partners, jointly designing solutions rather than operating through hand-offs or post-delivery review cycles.

Experience operating in regulated enterprise environments with strong audit and governance expectations.

Tools - Enterprise Admin Level Experience:

Claude Code (or equivalent agentic coding tools): enterprise onboarding, access control, governance, safe rollout, and operating model.

GitHub Enterprise Cloud and build agents (AKS based self hosted, GitHub hosted), GitHub Copilot: organisation and repository administration, policy enforcement, RBAC, audit logging, runner fleet management, secure defaults, and AI assistant governance.

Azure DevOps Services and agents (VMSS, AKS based, Microsoft hosted): organisation and project administration, pipeline governance, service connections, secrets management, approvals and gates, and agent fleet lifecycle management.

Terraform: enterprise infrastructure as code operating model including module strategy, state management, policy as code, secure identity patterns, drift detection, and auditable change control.

Octopus (or equivalent deployment orchestration): environments, tenants or spaces, permissions, production deployment controls, and release traceability.

SonarQube: enterprise administration, project provisioning, quality gate strategy, token management, CI integration, and meaningful shift left quality enforcement.

JFrog Artifactory and XRay: repository architecture, retention and lifecycle management, RBAC, vulnerability and licence policy configuration, pipeline integration, and exception handling with audit evidence.

Checkmarx (or equivalent SAST): enterprise scanning configuration, RBAC, pipeline integration, policy configuration, exception workflows, and developer friendly feedback loops.

The role

We are still looking for the very Top Talent...and we would be delighted if you were to join our team!

What you'll do

Design, build, and evolve DevOps platform capabilities in direct partnership with developers, citizen developers, and control functions.

Provide third-line support for CI/CD platforms, build agents, and self-hosted tooling.

Represent operational, security, audit, and risk requirements as first-class design inputs.

Drive automation, reliability, and continuous delivery practices.

Facilitate consensus across communities with differing priorities, proposing pragmatic, risk-aware solutions.

Design and operate AI assisted DevOps capabilities such as AI supported CI/CD, testing, quality, and operational automation.

Ensure AI enabled solutions are transparent, explainable, secure, and auditable.

Apply emerging AI capabilities pragmatically, aligned to enterprise policy and risk appetite.

How you'll work

100% remote within Spain.

Business Hours. No intensive working days for friday or summer.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a Senior DevOps who will contribute to a project with one of our global customers in banking sector.

You will support, improve, and modernise the DevOps Toolchain by delivering secure, auditable, and supportable capabilities that enable a wide range of users to deliver software safely and effectively.

This role is fundamentally collaborative. You will work in active partnerships with developers, citizen developers, information security, audit, risk, compliance, platform teams, and other enterprise users.

Solutions are designed with these communities, not handed down to them.

This role builds tooling with teams, not for them. You will facilitate co-design, avoid hand-off driven delivery models, and ensure developers, citizen developers, and control functions are active contributors throughout design and delivery.

Collaboration 100% remote within Spain.

Language of the CV: English
Working hours: 40h/week
Client: Bank
Work Location: 100% Remote from Spain
Duration: 6 months, with the possibility of an extension
English level: C1
Interview language: English

Hiring process

3 steps3 interviews1–2 weeks in all

Learning about who you are
With recruitment team
Conversation about your background and experience; for some roles, a sense of your technical proficiency.
Understanding what makes you tick
What motivates you, your working style and personality, and whether you would thrive in UST and client team dynamics.
Final interview
With future peers, sometimes leadership or the client
Informal chat with your future peers about team fit; depending on the role, members of the leadership team or the client may join.

UST replies within 24 hours of the final interview.
Timing depends on everyone's availability.

About UST

UST is a global digital transformation and IT services company headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, USA. With over 30,000 employees worldwide, UST partners with major corporations across industries such as banking, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing to deliver technology solutions, including cloud, data analytics, and application development. The company has a strong global footprint with delivery centers across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

In Spain, UST has a significant presence in Málaga, where it operates a technology and innovation hub. The Málaga office is a key delivery center for European clients, offering roles in software engineering, data, and digital services. UST is known for its collaborative culture and investment in employee development, making it an attractive option for international professionals seeking to work in Spain's growing tech ecosystem.

Industry: Technology
Founded: 1999
Employees: 30,000
Headquarters: Alameda, USA
In Spain: Málaga
Website: ust.com

Good to know if you are moving

UST's Málaga office is part of a growing tech hub in southern Spain, offering a Mediterranean lifestyle with lower cost of living compared to Madrid or Barcelona.
The company provides visa and relocation support for international hires, as part of its global mobility programs.
UST emphasizes continuous learning and offers certifications and training in cloud, data, and engineering.
Málaga has a growing international community and is well-connected by air to major European cities, making it easy for expats to travel.
UST has a diverse workforce with employees from many nationalities, and English is commonly used in the Málaga office.

In their own words

About the company & team

More in details, UST is a multinational company based in North America, certified as a Top Employer and Great Place to Work company with over 35.000 employees all over the world and presence in more than 35 countries. We are leaders on digital technology services, and we provide large-scale technologic solutions to big companies.

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