DevOps Engineer

Lloyd's List Intelligence; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyd's List Intelligence in London is seeking a DevOps Engineer to manage infrastructure and deployment pipelines, ensuring uptime, performance, and security across platforms. You will join a team responsible for modernizing ETL pipelines and building scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product, software, and data teams within an Agile squad, delivering reliable releases and clear technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software, network, or cybersecurity (or demonstrable equal experience).
• 4+ years of hands‑on DevOps Engineer experience in production AWS environments.
• Proven AWS experience, ideally with certification.
• Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines from scratch and improving deployment processes.
• Hands‑on troubleshooting across SQL, AWS services, and APIs.
• Solid Windows and Linux admin skills.
• Strong Linux fundamentals and networking knowledge.
• Familiarity with Jenkins and runtime monitoring tools like New Relic.
• Familiarity with data warehousing tech like Redshift/OpenSearch/SQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC best practices.
• Lead modernisation of ETL and real‑time streaming pipelines (Kinesis, SNS, SQS, Lambda).
• Own CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and continuous improvement.
• Embed security across all infrastructure layers, including patch management and compliance.
• Automate operational tasks and improve observability and monitoring practices.
• Maintain clear technical documentation and SOPs for all operational processes.
• Collaborate with Product, Software, and Data teams within an Agile squad.
• Present technical designs clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Skills

4+ years DevOps experience

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software, network, or cybersecurity

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

New Relic

OpenSearch

Redshift

S3

Linux

Windows (Wintel)

Job description

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Reporting To: DevOps Engineering Lead

Business: Technology and Innovation

Team: Technology

Location: London, UK

Lloyds List Intelligence are the trusted experts delivering transparent and actionable maritime data empowering 60,000 professionals around the globe to make confident decisions that drive the safe, efficient, and lawful movement of trade by sea. Our advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and industry expertise transform our unparalleled data into unique insight delivered through data and analytics services, news and commentary, and publications.

We have teams working across the globe in data and analytics, product management, editorial and market analysis, technology, marketing, sales, and customer success.

Role Profile

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer. This role combines the management of application systems and deployment processes to ensure accurate and efficient releases of new features, and the maintenance of uptime, performance, and reliability. The successful candidate will join a team of engineers responsible for maintaining current and future technical platforms – conduct fault diagnosis and remediation activities, and ensure and maintain the security of platforms across the Lloyd’s List Intelligence technical estate. This is a full-time permanent role reporting to the DevOps Engineering Lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC best practices.
• Lead modernisation of ETL and real‑time streaming pipelines (Kinesis, SNS, SQS, Lambda).
• Own CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and continuous improvement.
• Embed security across all infrastructure layers, including patch management and compliance.
• Automate operational tasks and improve observability and monitoring practices.
• Maintain clear technical documentation and SOPs for all operational processes.
• Collaborate with Product, Software, and Data teams within an Agile squad.
• Present technical designs clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in software, network, or cybersecurity (or demonstrable equal experience)
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience in a DevOps Engineer role, including production AWS environments.
• Proven AWS experience, ideally supported by relevant certification.
• Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines from scratch and improving deployment processes.
• Hands‑on troubleshooting and debugging experience across: SQL, SNS, SQS, Kinesis, C# (.NET Core), S3, FTP, AWS Lambda, and HTTP/REST APIs (including legacy standards such as SOAP).
• Solid operating system administration skills across both Windows (Wintel) and Linux environments.
• Strong Linux fundamentals and networking knowledge, including web servers, firewalls, and network routing.
• Familiarity with automation tooling (e.g. Jenkins) and runtime monitoring tools (e.g. New Relic).
• Familiarity with analytical and data warehousing technologies including Redshift, OpenSearch, Athena, and SQL.
• Familiarity with microservices architectural design patterns leveraging relational and big data technologies.
• A disciplined, self‑starter attitude with a drive to continuously improve systems and processes.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Desirable

• Experience provisioning technical assets such as EC2 instances, Docker, and associated containerisation or virtualisation technologies.
• Full familiarity with Agile development processes and working within cross‑functional product squads.
• Demonstrated ability to improve systems across cost, performance, deployment speed, and reliability.

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and people can be put off from applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most, but not all, of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need!

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and in creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.

Please let us know of any adjustments we need to make for you to show us your best self.

We are delivering trusted maritime data, analytics, and insight that keeps global trade moving.

With over 300 years of maritime heritage, we continue to shape the future of trade intelligence, transforming vessel, ownership, compliance, and emissions data into clarity that drives smarter, safer, and more transparent trade.