Development Tools Engineer

Job Title 

Development Tools Engineer – Grade E

Country 

Offshore (aligned to UK service ownership and operating hours)

Service Line Group 

Group Digital 

KPMG Overview 

Cloud Engineering within Group Digital provides build and run capabilities for enterprise cloud platforms. This includes platform automation, DevOps tooling, CI/CD enablement, security baseline implementation, and operational support across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

The function also provides shared development tooling capabilities that support engineering teams across the Firm. These tools enable secure software development, automated deployment, and operational consistency across multiple technology platforms.

The services are already in active use across internal delivery teams. The focus is on stability, standardisation, and controlled improvement of the development platform ecosystem.

Service Line Information 

Cloud Engineering services the broader Firm through delivery of core technology and managed services capabilities, collaboration and innovation development services, and development of strategic technology partnerships.

The Development Tools team supports the engineering community by providing and operating enterprise development platforms, CI/CD tooling, and supporting automation services that underpin software delivery across the Firm.

Job Description 

The Team

The role sits within the Cloud Engineering / Development Tools team in Group Digital. The team is responsible for engineering, maintaining, and operating the development tooling ecosystem used by multiple engineering teams.

The team supports enterprise tooling platforms including Azure DevOps, GitHub, Docker registries, Atlassian tooling, mobile developer consoles, and infrastructure automation tooling.

These services underpin large numbers of active engineering teams and production workloads. The focus of the team is on operational stability, platform standardisation, and continuous improvement of the developer experience through automation and reliable tooling.

The team operates within a multi-supplier delivery model and works closely with cloud platform teams, security teams, and application delivery teams.

The Role

The Development Tools Engineer supports the operation and maintenance of enterprise development tooling platforms.

The role focuses on maintaining development platform configurations, supporting CI/CD pipelines, and assisting engineering teams using the development tools ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Support operation of development platforms including Azure DevOps and GitHub

• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and development tooling configurations

• Manage repository structures, permissions, and development workflows

• Support container tooling including Docker 

• Assist with troubleshooting issues affecting development platforms

• Maintain development tooling documentation and support materials

• Support secure configuration of development environments

The Person

To be effective in this role, the individual must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline

• 2–4 years of professional experience in DevOps engineering, development tooling support, or platform engineering roles

• Experience working with enterprise development platforms or source control systems supporting engineering teams

• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and build automation workflows within development environments

• Experience operating within enterprise engineering environments with structured configuration management and controlled platform updates

• Experience assisting development teams with tooling configuration, troubleshooting, and developer workflow support

• Experience working with development platforms such as GitHub or Azure DevOps

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

• Familiarity with container tooling such as Docker

• Experience supporting developer platforms or tooling environments

• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

• GitHub Foundations Certification

• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate