DevOps Engineer – Data Protection Automation (RedHat Ansible)

Contract Role Title: DevOps Engineer – Data Protection Automation Contract Location: London / Sheffield / Birmingham (On-site with some Hybrid flexibility) Contract Start Date: ASAP / February 2026 Contract End Date: December 2026 Role Overview This is an exciting opportunity to work with Deloitte's Tier 1 global investment banking clients on a large-scale data and regulatory reporting transformation. We are supporting a large, complex enterprise programme focused on data protection, privacy, storage and automation. This role is a hands-on DevOps engineering position, working within a highly technical environment that supports automated backup, archival, retrieval and reporting solutions in line with regulatory and data privacy requirements. This is an individual contributor and hands-on role which sits within a data engineering and automation team responsible for building, maintaining and enhancing data protection automation platforms, integrating with internal systems and third-party APIs. The environment is Agile, highly collaborative, and technology-led (circa 90% technical, 10% domain). Financial services experience is not required — strong DevOps and automation capability is the priority. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, test and support automation for data protection services (including backup and restore platforms) • Build and maintain automation solutions aligned with data privacy and regulatory requirements • Design, develop, test and support reporting and monitoring capabilities for automation platforms • Provide engineering support for data protection automation services in use across the organisation • Work with REST APIs and third-party API services to integrate tooling and functionality • Undertake product evaluations, feature enhancements and version upgrades • Produce clear, structured and comprehensive documentation for all automation delivered • Collaborate effectively within Agile delivery teams using Scrum methodologies Required skills and experience: • Strong hands-on DevOps engineering experience • Extensive experience with configuration management and orchestration using RedHat Ansible / Ansible Automation Platform • Expert-level use of GitHub and source control management tooling • Strong experience working in Agile / Scrum environments • Proven use of Jira and Confluence for delivery and documentation • Strong scripting experience in Python and/or Bash (engineering focus, not application development) • Experience designing, developing and testing REST API services • Experience integrating and consuming third-party API services • Strong individual contributor, comfortable working hands-on • Collaborative team player with excellent communication skills • Comfortable working across complex technical environments Desirable skills and experience: • Experience converting Puppet code into Ansible or other platforms • Data Protection / Backup & Restore experience • On-prem infrastructure exposure • Experience with NetBackup (Cohesity) • Experience with Commvault