DevOps Engineer (Automation & AI Operations)

DevOps Engineer (Automation & AI Operations)
Contract: 6 Months Contract position with potential extension and conversion

About the Company
Our client is a leading global investment management firm, providing investment and technology solutions to millions of individuals and institutions worldwide.

You will be joining the Service Management team within Mission Control, which plays an important role in maintaining the stability, reliability and operational efficiency of BlackRock's Aladdin platform.

About the Role
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with a strong foundation in automation, scripting and software development to support the modernisation of enterprise service management.

You will work closely with engineering and operations teams to develop automation solutions, enhance system monitoring and observability, and introduce AI-enabled capabilities to streamline operational processes.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in combining DevOps engineering, automation and emerging AI technologies within a large-scale financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities
1. Automation & Engineering

• Develop and maintain automation scripts, tools and applications to improve operational efficiency.
  
  
• Build solutions for system monitoring, alert handling, recovery actions and reporting.
  
  
• Leverage APIs, infrastructure-as-code and system integrations to create scalable workflows.
  
  

2. Observability & System Reliability

• Improve system monitoring, alert quality and observability across applications and platform services.
  
  
• Analyse recurring incidents and operational trends to identify opportunities for automation and improvement.
  
  
• Work with engineering and operations teams to enhance production stability and system reliability.
  
  

3. AI & Innovation

• Contribute to AI-enabled solutions, including intelligent assistants, copilots and automated runbooks.
  
  
• Support incident summarisation, knowledge retrieval and operational insights.
  
  
• Explore and implement AI tools to reduce manual work and improve team productivity.
  
  

4. Governance & Controls

• Follow established change management, risk, audit and control frameworks.
  
  
• Ensure automation solutions comply with enterprise security and compliance standards.
  
  
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks and operational procedures.
  
  

Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in DevOps, software engineering or a related technical role.
  
  
• Hands-on experience with Python or other scripting languages for automation and system integration.
  
  
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and distributed systems.
  
  
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, particularly Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Dataverse.
  
  
• Understanding of monitoring and observability concepts, including metrics, logs, alerts and dashboards.
  
  
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills.
  
  

Good to Have:

• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines or GitOps.
  
  
• Familiarity with ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow.
  
  
• Exposure to Kubernetes, containers or platform engineering.
  
  
• Knowledge of AWS and/or Azure cloud environments.
  
  
• Exposure to AI/ML concepts or generative AI applications.
  
  
• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments.
  
  

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  
  

How to Apply: Interested applicants, please click on the “Apply Now” to submit your updated resume.

Please note: Due to the anticipated high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All information provided will be treated with strict confidentiality and used solely for recruitment purposes.

Cheah Wei Ee
Team Lead - Contracting
EA Personnel No: R23114782
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