DevOps Lead

London School of Economics and Political Science; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Occupational pension scheme

Training & development opportunities

Job summary

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) invites applications for a fixed-term DevOps Lead within the Data and Technology Services division. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership of a small DevOps/DataOps team across projects, ensuring scalable, secure infrastructure and robust deployment practices.

You will collaborate with senior engineering leaders to adopt standards, bridge operational services with delivery teams, and drive modern DevOps practices

Qualifications

• Experience leading DevOps/DataOps teams across multiple projects.
• Strong knowledge of AWS and/or Azure and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, GitHub Actions or Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small DevOps/DataOps team.
• Collaborate with Head of Engineering to apply standards across projects.
• Ensure scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure and deployments.

Skills

AWS/Azure

CI/CD pipelines

IaC tools

Terraform

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university This is a fixed term appointment for two years The London School of Economics is a cosmopolitan university situated in the vibrant centre of London that specialises in the study of social sciences. LSE's Data and Technology Services division provides services to over 10,000 staff and student users. The DevOps Lead will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the LFY Programme and associated. initiatives, combining hands‑on engineering expertise with leadership of a small team of DevOps and DataOps engineers working across projects and products. Working within the newly established Engineering function, the role will collaborate closely with the Head of Engineering, Platforms, Networks, Security, Architecture and Delivery Leads to adopt existing operational and engineering standards into project and product delivery, while introducing modern DevOps practices where needed. The postholder will act as a bridge between operational services and project/product delivery teams, helping ensure infrastructure, automation, deployment and support requirements are designed and delivered in a way that is scalable, secure, reliable and supportable. The role will provide additional technical leadership and coordination while the Engineering function evolves and matures.

Candidates should have:

Strong knowledge of AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms, including experience supporting hybrid environments spanning public cloud and on‑premise infrastructure. Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible or equivalent. Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Ansible or equivalent technologies.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

Should you have any queries about the role, please email [e-mail] .

The closing date for receipt of applications is 29 September 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

£53,949 to £62,160 per annum inclusive with potential to progress to £69,073 pa inclusive of London allowance