POS DevOps Lead - Ireland based at Expleo Group

Overview

• Expleo is seeking a DevOps Lead to drive operational delivery and automation for backend systems supporting POS terminal management and terminal configuration.
• This is a hands‑on, delivery‑focused leadership role, requiring deep technical expertise across CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, security integration, observability, and infrastructure automation. You will work closely with platform, security, product, QA, Android/terminal engineering, and operations teams to ensure reliable, secure, and auditable delivery of next‑generation payment acceptance platforms.
• This is a relocation opportunity for anyone open to relocating to Ireland and is fully onsite in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Responsibilities
DevOps Delivery & Automation

• Define and execute the DevOps delivery plan for POS platforms, Terminal Management Systems (TMS) and Terminal Configuration Systems (TCS)
• Translate product roadmaps and non‑functional requirements into automated CI/CD, deployment, and operational workstreams
• Build, maintain, and optimise CI/CD pipelines for backend services and terminal software artefacts using GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or equivalent 

Security & Compliance

• Integrate mandated security tooling including SAST (Fortify), SCA, and DAST into delivery pipelines, enforcing shift‑left security and compliance gates.
• Manage secure handling of secrets, keys, and configuration, working closely with HSM and security teams
• Ensure environments and deployments comply with PCI, P2PE, internal audit and certification requirements

Infrastructure & Environment Management

• Implement and operate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Manage container platforms and orchestration using Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm
• Provision and maintain development, test, and production environments across AWS cloud platforms

Release Orchestration, Observability & Resilience

• Design and execute release strategies for POS ecosystems (blue/green, canary, phased rollouts)
• Manage artefact repositories (e.g. Nexus, Artifactory) ensuring safe and auditable cutovers
• Lead observability and resilience, instrumenting services for monitoring, logging, and tracing using Dynatrace (and related tooling)
• Define SLOs / SLIs, lead incident response, and drive post‑incident reviews

Quality, Testing & Collaboration

• Embed automated testing (unit, integration, contract, E2E) into CI/CD pipelines
• Support device‑farm or emulator testing for terminal images and releases
• Work across platform, security, QA, Android/terminal engineering and operations teams to coordinate dependencies, manage releases, and ensure environment stability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

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

• 5+ years’ hands‑on DevOps experience within POS payments, terminal platforms
• Strong practical experience with:
• AWS cloud platforms
• GitLab CI, ArgoCD, modern CI/CD tooling
• Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
• Terraform and cloud‑native deployment patterns
• Proven experience integrating security tooling into automated pipelines (SAST, SCA, DAST, Fortify)
• Strong observability and incident‑management experience, particularly with Dynatrace
• Ability to influence non‑functional requirements, operational architecture, and POS governance models, including P2PE constraints
• System‑engineering mindset, capable of modelling services and interactions using approaches such as the C4 model
• Experience working in regulated / financial services environments, supporting PCI compliance and audit processes
• Excellent communicator who can work independently, take ownership, justify decisions, and incorporate feedback constructively