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FIS · 3 months ago

Lead DevOps Engineer — Cloud & Reliability (Energy Trading Platforms)

positionUS FL JAX 347
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date7+ years exp

FIS is a global leader in financial technology, and they are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to enhance cloud reliability and automation for their Energy Trading platforms. This role involves leading a team of engineers, ensuring platform stability, and driving innovation in a fast-paced environment.

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Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of operations engineers, setting standards for reliability and automation
Act as incident commander for high-severity events; drive root cause analysis and publish post-mortems
Engineer observability (metrics, logs, traces) and define SLIs/SLOs for critical services
Automate operational workflows and build self-healing systems to reduce manual toil
Optimize Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters and containerized applications for performance and scalability
Partner with development on production readiness, capacity planning, and disaster recovery strategies
Collaborate across global teams to ensure consistent processes and operational excellence worldwide

Qualification

Cloud platforms AWSCloud platforms AzureCloud platforms GCPKubernetes/OpenShiftIncident responseScripting BashScripting PythonObservability (SLIs/SLOs)Decision-making under pressureEnergy Trading & Risk ManagementLeadership experienceCommunication skills

Required

7+ years in production engineering or DevOps for distributed systems
Proven leadership experience guiding teams in high-availability environments
Hands-on expertise with Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Strong experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, and Java/WebLogic
Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python) for automation and tooling
Experience defining SLIs/SLOs, implementing observability, and leading incident response
Excellent communication and decision-making under pressure, especially in global contexts

Preferred

Energy Trading & Risk Management (ETRM) or financial systems experience
Technical phone support background

Benefits

Competitive pay, benefits, and career advancement opportunities

Company

FIS

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FIS is a fintech firm that provides advance integrated banking, wealth management, risk and compliance, and other solutions.
dateFounded in 1968
location
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://www.fisglobal.com

H1B Sponsorship

FIS has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2022 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$10.5B
Key Investors
Goldman Sachs
2025-05-01Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2022-07-06Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2018-05-22Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Douglas McAllister
CEO - Ventures / FIS AutoSuite VBO/BPO Operations
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Stephanie Ferris
CEO and President
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