Senior DevOps Engineer – IT Operations Financial Markets Transaction Reporting

About the role

ING is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of relevant experience to play a key role in the Financial Markets Transaction Reporting platform. In this role, you will not only support and operate critical systems, but also manage improvements in platform stability, automation, observability, and DevOps maturity. You will work in a highly regulated, business‑critical domain, ensuring that transaction reporting platforms remain reliable, scalable, and compliant. As a senior engineer, you are expected to take end‑to‑end ownership, mentor team members, and actively shape how DevOps is practiced within the team.

The context

ING must comply with multiple global regulatory frameworks, including:

MiFID II / MiFIR – Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
EMIR – European Market Infrastructure Regulation
SFTR – Securities Financing Transactions Regulation

Within Transaction Reporting, we are responsible for collecting, enriching, validating, and submitting trade data to external Global Trade Repositories. All reports must be complete, accurate, and delivered on time, as they directly support regulatory obligations.

You will work with a modern, hybrid application landscape, consisting of:

In‑house developed microservices
Vendor‑managed SaaS solutions
Cloud‑native, containerized platforms

What you will do

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you are responsible for platform reliability, operational excellence, and DevOps evolution.

Platform Ownership & Operations

Take end‑to‑end ownership of production and non‑production platforms
Provide expert‑level application and platform support
Lead platform lifecycle activities such as upgrades, patching, and decommissioning
Act as a senior escalation point for incidents and complex operational issues
Collaborate with SaaS vendors to ensure stable and predictable operations
Participate in on‑call/standby rotations and lead planned changes outside office hours when required

Analyze and solve issues in Financial Markets Regulatory Transaction Reporting related to Data Quality. Test and implement new application releases to Production

And experience: Hands-on experience in writing SQL queries.

DevOps Engineering & Automation

Design and improve automation across deployment, configuration, and operations
Own and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines
Drive improvements in monitoring, alerting, and observability
Improve platform resilience, scalability, and availability
Reduce operational toil through smart engineering choices

How to succeed

You will succeed in this role if you:

Are comfortable acting as a senior engineer
Thrive in an Agile / DevOps environment
Communicate clearly and confidently in spoken and written English
Live the ING Orange Code:
- You take ownership and accountability
- You collaborate across teams and disciplines
- You continuously improve and challenge the status quo
- You help others grow by sharing knowledge and experience

We expect that you have

5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
Strong experience supporting business‑critical platforms
Hands‑on expertise with:
- Linux and/or Windows Server
- Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
Experience in enterprise or regulated environments
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
High standards for documentation, reliability, and operational quality
A mindset focused on automation, resilience, and continuous improvement

It would be nice if you have

Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Git and Azure DevOps
Experience designing or improving observability solutions (metrics, logs, alerts)
Experience working in hybrid landscapes (in‑house and SaaS platforms)
Familiarity with financial markets, transaction reporting, or regulatory systems
Experience influencing DevOps standards beyond a single team

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