Lead DevOps Engineer - DevOps Enablement

ABOUT US

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

Overview

As a Lead DevOps Engineer within the Customer Success team, you will drive the adoption, standardization, and maturity of software delivery practices across Swift. Acting as a trusted advisor to engineering teams, you will help accelerate DevOps transformation, promote devops practices adoption, and embed security, resilience, and compliance controls into software delivery processes.

You will play a key role in Release Orchestration adoption, Orchestrated Patching Services, DevOps maturity evolution, Compliance-as-Code initiatives, and engineering transformation programs.

Key ResponsibilitiesDevOps Transformation & Adoption

• Drive adoption of Release Orchestration, Orchestrated Patching, and DevOps Engineering Services.

• Assess delivery practices and define improvement roadmaps.

• Coach teams on DevOps, DevSecOps, and software delivery best practices.

• Accelerate onboarding and enable successful adoption of platform capabilities.

Compliance & Resilience Enablement

• Promote Compliance-as-Code and Policy-as-Code principles.

• Embed security, compliance, and resilience controls into delivery pipelines.

• Support regulatory initiatives through automation and standardized engineering practices.

• Drive audit readiness through automated evidence collection and traceability.

Engineering Standards & Platform Enablement

• Define and promote reusable pipeline blueprints, architectural patterns, and best practices.

• Contribute to platform standardization and self-service capabilities.

• Reduce engineering toil through automation and process simplification.