FORT

About the Company

So who are we?

FORT Search is a technology search consultancy providing a talent advisory services for organisation approaching technology transformation, looking to disrupt their market and businesses that are looking to scale.

We are a head hunting firm at heart focussed around cultivating genuine and human relationships - our search methodology is clear and proven with over 25 years worth of expertise specifically in the North of England.

What are we passionate about?
The technology & local communities that we operate in - from supporting charities making coding more accessible to supporting grass root sports team.
Environmental - with our FORT Forest growing with every placement made.
Visability - available and here to meet face to face, grab a coffee or at technology meet ups around the UK.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

FORT

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer (Java / Payments)

Job Description

Job title: Senior Software Engineer (Java / Payments) Role Summary: Design, develop, and maintain a greenfield payments platform for a leading financial institution, leveraging Java 17, Spring Boot, and cloud technologies to deliver scalable, secure backend services. Expectations: Deliver high‑quality, secure code; adhere to architectural best practices; actively participate in design reviews; mentor junior engineers; ensure timely, compliant delivery of features in a fast‑moving transformation. Key Responsibilities: • Architect and implement Java microservices with Spring Boot. • Develop RESTful APIs and integrate messaging (Kafka, JMS). • Design and query relational and NoSQL databases. • Collaborate with front‑end teams (React) on end‑to‑end solutions. • Deploy and manage services on AWS (EC2, RDS, EKS). • Conduct code reviews, unit/integration testing, and performance tuning. • Provide technical leadership and support to team members. • Uphold security, compliance, and risk controls. • Drive continuous improvement and automation. Required Skills: • Advanced Java 17 and Spring Boot expertise. • REST API design, Swagger/OpenAPI, JSON. • Messaging/event streaming (Kafka, AMQP). • Docker, Kubernetes (container orchestration). • Relational DBMS (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra). • AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, S3, ECS/EKS, Lambda). • CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions). • Testing frameworks (JUnit, Testcontainers, JMeter). • Git version control. • Payment industry standards (PCI DSS, ISO 20022). • Agile/Scrum experience. Required Education & Certifications: • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. • Preferred certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 17 Developer, or equivalent cloud/security credentials.

Cheshire west and chester, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

21-01-2026

Company Name

FORT

Job Title

Platform Engineering Lead (AWS)

Job Description

Job Title: Platform Engineering Lead (AWS) Role Summary: Lead the Platform Engineering team within the API division, serving as technical authority on AWS, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering while managing a team of senior engineers. Expactations: Deliver scalable, secure cloud infrastructure solutions; mentor and grow the engineering team; influence architecture decisions for global‑scale API services; maintain high availability and performance standards. Key Responsibilities: - Architect, implement, and maintain AWS infrastructure (IAM, EC2, RDS, ECS, CloudWatch) for API services. - Design and enforce CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, and other IaC tools. - Lead containerization initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes across production environments. - Collaborate with software development teams to integrate cloud and DevOps practices into Java, JavaScript, and Python codebases. - Provide technical leadership to a team of 6+ senior Platform/DevOps engineers, setting standards and ensuring high performance. - Own incident response, blameless post‑mortems, and reliability best practices. - Drive automation and configuration management to reduce manual operational workload. Required Skills: - Deep AWS expertise (IAM, EC2, ECS, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.). - Proficient in container orchestration with Docker & Kubernetes. - Strong IaC, CI/CD, and automation skills (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins). - Scripting proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash. - Experience with Java, JavaScript, or Python development environments. - Leadership experience at technical lead or architect level, managing sizable engineering teams. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (preferred). - AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional (preferred). - Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent DevOps certification (preferred).

Manchester, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

09-02-2026

Company Name

FORT

Job Title

Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Description

**Job title** Senior DevOps Engineer **Role Summary** Lead and execute DevOps practices for a high‑impact API division within a leading financial institution. Provide architectural leadership, automate the full software delivery pipeline, and maintain reliable, scalable AWS services that support both B2C and B2B customers. **Expatcations** - Develop and maintain production‑grade infrastructure in AWS (IAM, EC2, ECS, RDS, CloudWatch). - Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, and IaC tools. - Containerise applications with Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes. - Automate configuration management and provisioning with Ansible and Terraform. - Collaborate with cross‑functional engineering teams (Java, JavaScript, Python) to embed DevOps into the software lifecycle. - Ensure site reliability, high availability, and performance of API services. **Key Responsibilities** 1. Architect and operate AWS cloud infrastructure, including identity, compute, database, and monitoring services. 2. Build and maintain end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines; enforce code quality, security, and compliance checks. 3. Containerise existing workloads; manage Kubernetes clusters, deployments, and scaling policies. 4. Write and maintain automation scripts (Python, Powershell, Bash) for operational tasks and integrations. 5. Manage IaC codebases (Terraform, CloudFormation) and version control all infrastructure definitions. 6. Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimisation for cloud resources. 7. Lead incident response, root‑cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to improve reliability. 8. Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and tool philosophies. **Required Skills** - AWS – IAM, EC2, ECS, RDS, CloudWatch, ELB, VPC - Containerization – Docker, Kubernetes (k8s, Helm, Kustomize) - CI/CD – Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Argo CD - IaC & Automation – Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, CDK - Scripting – Python, Bash, PowerShell - Source‑control and collaboration tools (Git, GitOps) - Fundamentals of site reliability engineering (SLOs, SLIs, alerting) - Experience with Java, JavaScript, or Python development environments **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience. - AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional (preferred). - Terraform Foundation or similar IaC certification (preferred). ---

Manchester, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

10-03-2026