Principal DevOps Engineer

I have a brand new day rate contracting opportunity with a financial services client of mine based in Galway. The role will be a hybrid position, where you will be required to be onsite 1 week per month (3 weeks fully remote from Ireland).

The Expertise We’re Seeking

• The role is primarily focused on Python, but open to experienced Java or C# engineers who are eager to cross-train and work with Python.
• Strong background in RDBMS and AWS.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles and data structures.
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts (AWS) and CI/CD tools.
• 6+ years of enterprise-level development experience, with a passion for working in fast-paced environments.

The Skills You Bring

• Demonstrated success in engineering solutions that process large datasets, build scalable applications, and enable rapid prototyping.
• Strong enterprise development background with a consistent record of driving projects from concept to delivery within ambitious timelines.
• Deep expertise in object-oriented programming.
• Hands-on experience developing custom data pipelines to extract, map, transform, and load data into various storage systems such as Oracle, Snowflake, S3, PL/SQL, or shared drives.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or C#, ideally complemented by experience with data structure libraries such as Pandas and NumPy.
• Familiarity with integrating and extracting data from REST APIs.
• Practical experience scripting in both Linux and Windows environments.
• Prior experience migrating applications to AWS is a strong advantage.

About the Role

An established global organisation is seeking an experienced Team Lead to lead a team focused on application security within a modern cloud environment.

This position combines people leadership, technical direction and strategic planning. You'll be responsible for building a high-performing team, shaping engineering practices and ensuring security is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of engineers and security specialists.
• Define the team's vision, technical strategy and delivery roadmap.
• Own the successful delivery of key engineering initiatives and security improvements.
• Work closely with engineering, product and business stakeholders to prioritise work and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Champion Secure SDLC practices across development teams.
• Drive improvements in automation, CI/CD pipelines, testing, release processes and platform reliability.
• Establish engineering standards through architecture reviews, technical guidance and code quality initiatives.
• Use engineering metrics and data to support planning, prioritisation, capacity management and continuous improvement.
• Promote modern engineering practices while staying current with emerging security threats, technologies and frameworks.

Required Experience

• Extensive experience within Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps or Application Security.
• Experience leading and developing technical teams.
• Experience delivering large-scale, cloud-native applications within AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Proven experience implementing Secure SDLC across engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps principles and security-focused software delivery.
• Experience working with application security tooling, including:
  • SAST (Static Application Security Testing)
  • DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)
  • SCA (Software Composition Analysis)
  • Secrets Management
  • Secrets Scanning
• Experience improving engineering practices through automation, testing and CI/CD.
• Ability to define technical roadmaps and deliver against strategic objectives.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence engineering and business leaders.
• Data-driven approach, using analytics and engineering metrics to guide technical decisions.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with modern Application Security tooling such as Checkmarx, Veracode, Fortify, SonarQube, Snyk or similar.
• Background working within enterprise-scale engineering environments.
• Experience leading security transformation or DevSecOps adoption initiatives.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Dublin (Hybrid)

Type: Permanent

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our client's team and help design, automate and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You'll work closely with engineering teams to improve deployment processes, infrastructure automation and platform reliability in a cloud-native environment.

Required Experience

• 5+ years' experience
• Strong experience with cloud platforms, containerisation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Solid understanding of cloud security, CI/CD best practices and microservices.
• Experience building secure, scalable and highly available cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Enterprise.
• Automate infrastructure deployments using Terraform for example.
• Develop automation scripts using Python and Bash.
• Deploy and manage containerised workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement monitoring and observability using CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus or equivalent tools.
• Manage artifact repositories with JFrog Artifactory.
• Integrate code quality and security tools including SonarQube
• Implement secure IAM roles, policies and permissions across environments.

Reach out to imran.jiwo@nicollcurtin.com for more information

My client is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join their team on a day rate contracting basis. The role is based in Galway, with a requirement to be onsite 1 full week per month (3 weeks fully remote from Ireland).

Key Skills:

• At least 5 years working with Oracle, SQL & PL/SQL, data movement, and ETL processes
• Proven skills in SQL performance tuning, with familiarity in Agile methodologies
• Advanced knowledge of data analysis and logical data modeling, with a passion for relational database design
• Experience with data visualization tools, ideally Power BI
• Knowledge of data movement and ETL; Informatica experience is a plus
• Strong proficiency with source control systems
• Excellent communication skills and experience working with distributed project teams across multiple geographies
• Creative thinker with the ability to approach challenges strategically
• Hands-on, proactive, and driven, with a dynamic “can-do” attitude and a strong desire to deliver results

Please reach out to imran.jiwo@nicollcurtin.com for more information