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DevOps Engineer
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About The Company
Elliptic is a leading provider of blockchain analytics and cryptocurrency compliance solutions. With a proven track record of tracing and disrupting over $21.8 billion in illicit crypto transactions, Elliptic plays a vital role in combating financial crime across various blockchain networks. Our technology helps law enforcement, financial institutions, and compliance teams detect and prevent money laundering, sanctions violations, and other illicit activities by providing comprehensive transaction screening and investigative tools. We serve clients worldwide, supporting efforts to create a safer and more transparent digital asset ecosystem. Our team is committed to innovation, security, and integrity, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to stay ahead of evolving threats in the crypto space.
About The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead DevOps Engineer to join Elliptic's dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for owning and evolving our DevOps practices, ensuring our infrastructure is resilient, scalable, and secure. You will lead a team of talented DevOps engineers, setting strategic direction and fostering a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence the technical architecture of our internal developer platform, drive multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, and implement advanced security and compliance measures. You will work closely with security, data, and AI teams to shape platform architectures that meet regulatory standards while adopting the latest innovations in CNCF and AI ecosystems. This hands-on leadership role requires a blend of technical expertise and team management skills to deliver impactful solutions that support Elliptic’s mission to fight financial crime effectively.
Qualifications
- Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams with the ability to set strategic direction and contribute technically
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, including cluster lifecycle management, API extensions, Operators, Helm, and CNCF ecosystem components (Cilium, ExternalDNS, Kyverno, Gatekeeper)
- Experience designing and operating multi-cluster, multi-region Kubernetes platforms with service meshes such as Istio, Consul, or Linkerd
- Strong skills in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform on AWS or GCP, with expertise in modular design, GitOps, and automated testing frameworks (Terratest, InSpec)
- Hands-on experience implementing GitOps pipelines with ArgoCD or FluxCD for progressive delivery and drift correction
- Proficiency in building containerized, serverless, or event-driven systems with robust observability tools like DataDog, Splunk, or OpenTelemetry
- Security expertise including Vault-based secret management, least privilege access, and compliance automation
- Experience in designing CI/CD workflows incorporating SAST, DAST, policy enforcement, and performance telemetry
- Understanding of reliability engineering principles, including SLOs, error budgets, and chaos engineering
- Programming skills in Go, Python, or TypeScript are advantageous
- Experience with open-source contributions or active participation in CNCF community projects is a plus
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Responsibilities
- Own and define the DevOps and Platform roadmap, focusing on automation, scalability, and multi-tenant Kubernetes-based Internal Developer Platform (IDP)
- Lead by example—engineer, review, and enhance Kubernetes and CNCF-aligned infrastructure standards
- Architect and manage multi-cluster, multi-region environments utilizing Istio, Linkerd, Cluster API, and Kyverno
- Develop progressive delivery frameworks using Flux and Flagger, enabling GitOps-driven, automated, and canary releases
- Implement modern provisioning solutions with controllers like Crossplane and ACK for Kubernetes-native cloud integration
- Define and enforce Zero Trust security architecture using Vault, Boundary, service identity, and mTLS-secured meshes
- Engineer policy-driven automation and compliance protocols with tools such as OPA and Kyverno, ensuring secure supply chain configurations
- Establish Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps standards, integrating automated testing into infrastructure changes
- Prototype agentic infrastructure components, including deployment and observability platforms within service meshes
- Design AI Gateways and Registries for traffic and event routing between microservices and autonomous agents via CNCF Gateway APIs
- Champion DevSecOps maturity by embedding security testing, chaos engineering, and error budget monitoring into workflows
- Collaborate with security, data, and AI teams to develop compliant, scalable platform architectures
- Stay informed about CNCF and AI ecosystem innovations, from eBPF observability to agent-aware orchestration
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Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements with the option to work remotely up to 90 days per year
- £500 remote working setup budget to enhance your home office environment
- $1,000 Learning & Development budget to support your professional growth
- 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with an additional day off for your birthday
- Enhanced parental leave: 16 weeks of fully paid leave for eligible employees, regardless of gender or parent type
- Private Health Insurance through Vitality
- Access to Spill Mental Health Support services
- Life Assurance coverage of four times your salary
- Cycle to Work Scheme promoting sustainable commuting options
Equal Opportunity
Elliptic is committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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