DevOps Engineer

LegalAndGeneral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services company in London is looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to enhance their cloud infrastructure strategy. This position involves designing AWS infrastructure, managing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring compliance with best practices. Ideal candidates will have proven experience with AWS, scripting languages, Docker, and Terraform. This is a full-time role that offers a comprehensive benefits package including performance bonuses and a generous pension contribution.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus plan

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)

At least 25 days holiday plus public holidays

Electric car scheme for permanent employees

Employee discounts at various stores

Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing and managing AWS‑based infrastructure.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
• Strong experience with Docker, ECS, and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing and maintaining robust AWS infrastructure.
• Developing and managing CI/CD pipelines to support agile software delivery.
• Collaborating with architecture and security teams to ensure compliance.

Skills

AWS-based infrastructure

Python

Bash

Docker

ECS

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub

Windows Server

Linux environments

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Datadog

CloudWatch

ELK stack

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our Group Data function. This role is instrumental in advancing our cloud infrastructure strategy with a focus on automation scalability and security. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with solution architects and cross-functional teams to ensure the seamless deployment and operation of technology solutions within our AWS environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for a DevOps professional who thrives in a dynamic agile environment and is committed to delivering high-quality enterprise‑grade solutions aligned with strategic business objectives.

What you’ll be doing :

• Designing implementing and maintaining robust AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Developing and managing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI / CD) pipelines to support agile software delivery
• Collaborating with architecture and security teams to ensure compliance with governance frameworks and best practices
• Deploying and managing containerised applications using Docker and ECS leveraging Terraform for infrastructure provisioning
• Monitoring system performance and reliability using tools such as Datadog CloudWatch and the ELK stack
• Contributing to solution design risk assessment and project planning activities
• Promoting continuous improvement and innovation across DevOps practices and tooling
• Ensuring all development activities adhere to change governance and software development lifecycle (SDLC) standards

Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing and managing AWS‑based infrastructure
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash
• Strong experience with Docker ECS and Terraform
• Familiarity with CI / CD tools (e.g. GitHub Actions Jenkins) and version control using GitHub
• Experience with Windows Server PowerShell and Linux environments
• Exposure to data streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka Qlik Replicate) is advantageous
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in agile collaborative environments

Whatever your role we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer :

• The opportunity to participate in our annual performance‑related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday plus public holidays 26 days after 2 years service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme which offers employees the option to hire a brand‑new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023 some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

At L&G we believe its possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us you’ll be part of a welcoming inclusive culture with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part‑time, term‑time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time

Key Skills

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Experience: years

Vacancy: 1