Senior Cloud / SRE Engineer

Butterworths Limited Company; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the intellectual property sector seeks a Site Reliability Engineering / DevOps Engineer in London. You'll design cloud platforms, support system reliability, and mentor peers within a dynamic team culture. Enjoy competitive compensation, bonuses, and a healthy work-life balance as part of your career advancement in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Dutch Share Purchase Plan

Annual Profit Share Bonus

Generous vacation entitlement

Variety of online training courses

Wellbeing programs and gym facility

Qualifications

• Good experience in Cloud Engineering with a focus on Azure and/or AWS.
• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and logging tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with technical personnel to finalize solutions.
• Implementing infrastructure management best practices.
• Mentoring less-established colleagues.

Skills

Strong knowledge of cloud services

Excellent problem-solving skills

Stakeholder management skills

Proficiency in scripting languages

Familiarity with DevOps practices

Education

Azure Solutions Architect certification or AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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Site Reliability Engineering / DevOps Engineer

Are you enthusiastic about designing and managing cloud platforms?
Do you find satisfaction in ensuring the reliability and performance of complex systems?

About Team:

The LexisNexis Intellectual Property (IP) division () provides international patent content and a suite of online and analytic tools that meet the evolving needs of the intellectual property market. We deliver data to support LexisNexis IP search and analytics applications, empowering our customers with actionable insights and metrics for critical business decisions.

Our corporate culture thrives on excellence, innovation, and a strong dedication to our customers, employees, and communities. Working here means joining a vibrant, diverse, and collaborative team where you are free to grow and contribute actively.

About Role:

This role involves conducting complex research, design, and platform development/support within a specific functional area or product line. It contributes directly to project plans, schedules, and methodologies for implementing cross-functional software assets and infrastructure. Responsibilities include cloud platform design across multiple systems, SRE activities, mentoring less-experienced team members, and collaborating with users, customers, and stakeholders to translate their requirements into effective solutions. Additionally, it focuses on fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Qualifications:

Good experience in Cloud Engineering with a strong focus on Azure and/or AWS.

Preferred: Azure Solutions Architect certification or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Requirements:

Strong knowledge of cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Azure VMs, Azure Storage, Azure Functions).

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) technologies (e.g., Terraform, ARM/BICEP).

Proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).

Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, TypeScript, PowerShell).

Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices.

Familiarity with SRE activities and best practices.

Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.

Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., DataDog, Coralogix, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).

Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.

Strong written and oral communication skills.

Experience collaborating across multiple topics in parallel.

Responsibilities:

Collaborating with technical personnel and team members to finalize solutions.

Writing and reviewing documentation for the management, improvement, and support of platforms/assets.

Completing complex bug fixes and root-cause investigations.

Working closely with development and platform teams to understand requirements and translate them into high-quality solutions.

Implementing infrastructure management and deployment best practices, including code/solution reviews.

Operating in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders.

Self-manage workload to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of solutions.

Resolving complex technical issues with high-quality solutions.

Mentoring less-established colleagues, ensuring they are knowledgeable in critical aspects of their roles.

Maintain a learning/growth mindset to stay updated on new technology developments.

Proactively propose solutions to improve and grow the organization.

Why Join Us?

Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

Dutch Share Purchase Plan

Annual Profit Share Bonus

Home, office or commuting allowance

Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave

Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Family Care leave

Personal Choice budget

Variety of online training courses and career roadshows

Wellbeing programs and gym facility in the office