Lead DevOps Engineer: Hybrid Cloud & Automation

The London School Of Economics And Political Science (lse); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous annual leave

Occupational pension scheme

Excellent training and development

Job summary

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Data and Technology Services invites applications for a DevOps Lead on a two-year fixed-term appointment. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership of a small DevOps/DataOps team, supporting LFY Programme across projects and products.

Candidates should have strong cloud experience (AWS and/or Azure), IaC and CI/CD expertise, and a track record of delivering scalable, secure infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of AWS and/or Azure, with hybrid cloud experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and config management (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Experience building/maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps and DataOps engineers across projects and products.
• Collaborate with Head of Engineering, Platforms, Networks, Security, Architecture and Delivery Leads.
• Bridge between operational services and project/product delivery teams.
• Ensure infrastructure, automation, deployment and support requirements are scalable and secure.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Team coordination

Cloud technology awareness

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Data and Technology Services invites applications for a DevOps Lead on a two-year fixed-term appointment. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership of a small DevOps/DataOps team, supporting LFY Programme across projects and products.

Candidates should have strong cloud experience (AWS and/or Azure), IaC and CI/CD expertise, and a track record of delivering scalable, secure infrastructure.