Deutsche Bank
Head of Deployment Engineering
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Job Title
Head of Deployment Engineering
Corporate Title
Director
Location
London
About the Role
We are seeking a Head of Deployment Engineering to lead one of our strategic platform initiatives: the consolidation and modernisation of how software is deployed across the enterprise.
You will:
- Own the vision, engineering, and governance of a centralised deployment platform that serves the bank’s application teams
- Be the accountable leader for deployment controls to satisfy our regulatory obligations
- Drive a rare opportunity to bring engineering excellence to a complex, heterogeneous deployment landscape
- Build something that materially reduces operational risk while accelerating delivery velocity
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a programme to rationalise the existing estate of deployment mechanisms and define a target architecture for a centralised deployment platform, serving both on-premise and cloud-native application workloads
- Lead build/buy/partner outcomes for deployment tooling, aligning with broader SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) and infrastructure strategy
- Build and manage the engineering team responsible for designing, delivering, and operating the deployment platform
- Set engineering standards for deployment patterns and drive adoption across application engineering teams
- Act as an internal service owner, responsible for:
- Reliability of the deployment platform
- Developer experience
- Platform SLOs (Service Level Objectives)
Skills and Experience
Must-have attributes:
- Demonstrated experience leading deployment platform engineering at scale, ideally:
- In a regulated financial services environment, or a similarly complex enterprise
- Deep expertise in CI/CD tooling and pipeline architecture, with practical knowledge of:
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI/CD
- ArgoCD, or equivalent
- Strong understanding of software change governance, including:
- Change advisory processes
- Deployment gates
- Auditability requirements
- Risk-based release controls
- Ability to operate credibly at both engineering detail level and senior stakeholder forums
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Nice-to-have attributes:
- Exposure to SBOM (Software Bill of Materials), binary authorisation, artifact signing, and software supply chain security controls
What We’ll Offer
We prioritise a healthy, engaged, and well-supported workforce that thrives in and outside the workplace. Our benefits include:
- Hybrid working: Flexible arrangements to enable work-from-home where suitable, tailored to your preferences
- Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
- 30 days’ holiday + bank holidays (with options to purchase additional leave)
- Life Assurance & Private Healthcare for you and your family
- Flexible benefits, including:
- Retail discounts
- Bike4Work scheme
- Gym benefits
- 2 days’ volunteering leave per year to support our Customer Service Responsibility (CSR) programme
How We’ll Support You
- Training & development: Investing in your professional growth
- Flexible working: Goal-oriented support to balance work-life commitments
- Coaching & mentorship from senior experts within your team
- Culture of continuous learning to support career progression
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We value diversity and are an equal opportunities employer. As such, we actively make reasonable adjustments for those with disabilities, including providing assistive technologies (e.g. screen readers, hearing aids, adaptive keyboards) where required.
About Us
Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with deep European roots and a global network. We are committed to serving our clients with integrity, commercial acumen, and collaboration, empowering us to make a meaningful impact worldwide.
Key facts about our culture and commitment:
- Named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality
- Gold-status recognition from Stonewall for LGBT+ inclusion
- Featured in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers list
For over 150 years, Deutsche Bank has fostered its reputation as the Global Hausbank—dedicated to supporting clients through expertise, insight, and passion. We pride ourselves on a workforce of 150+ nationalities, spread across 60+ countries.
Our success stems from the collective intelligent strength of our employees: whether in Corporate Banking, Private Banking, Investment Banking, or Asset Management (DWS), our diverse teams collaborate to help clients navigate complexity and secure lasting prosperity.
For more information, visit Deutsche Bank Careers.
We welcome applications from everyone and are dedicated to equality, fairness, and inclusion in our workplace. For any adjustments required during the application process—due to disability, health condition, or accessibility needs—please contact our Adjustments Concierge at adjustmentsconcierge@db.com.
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