Head of Deployment Engineering

Job Title Head of Deployment Engineering

Location London

Corporate Title Director

We are seeking a Head of Deployment Engineering to lead one of our strategic platform initiatives: the consolidation and modernisation of how software is deployed across the enterprise. You will own the vision, engineering and governance of a centralised deployment platform that serves the bank’s application teams, and you will be the accountable leader for deployment controls to satisfy our regulatory obligations. This is a rare opportunity to bring engineering excellence to a complex, heterogeneous deployment landscape – and to build something that materially reduces operational risk while accelerating delivery velocity.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:  

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Develop and execute a programme to rationalize the existing estate of deployment mechanisms and define target architecture for a centralized deployment platform, serving both on-premise and cloud native application workloads

• Lead build/buy/partner outcomes for deployment tooling, aligning with broader SDLC and infrastructure strategy

• Build and manage the engineering team responsible for designing, delivering and operating the deployment platform

• Set engineering standards for deployment patterns

• Drive adoption of the platform across application engineering teams, acting as internal service owner responsible for reliability, developer experience and platform SLOs

Your skills and experience

• Demonstrated experience leading deployment platform engineering at scale – ideally in a regulated financial services or similarly complex enterprise environment

• Deep expertise in CI/CD tooling and pipeline architecture (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD or equivalent)

• Strong understanding of software change governance – change advisory processes, deployment gates, auditability requirements and risk-based release controls

• Ability to operate credibly at both the engineering detail level and in senior stakeholder forums

• Exposure to SBOM, binary authorization, artifact signing and software supply chain security controls

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on adjustmentsconcierge@db.com to discuss.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.