Senior Lead DevOps Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a DevOps Engineer, where you'll play a crucial role in driving automation and enhancing operational processes. This dynamic position involves developing and managing cloud infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high availability and performance. With a commitment to innovation and sustainability, you'll be part of a collaborative culture that values your individuality and encourages new ideas. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a meaningful impact in the financial markets, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement Planning

Paid Volunteering Days

Wellbeing Initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps with a strong understanding of cloud environments.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code tools and CI/CD pipeline development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage infrastructure using IaC tools to ensure scalable environments.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure seamless integration between development and production.

Skills

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD

Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Linux/Unix System Management

Scripting Languages (Bash, Python, Groovy)

Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker)

Monitoring & Logging Tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog)

Networking Concepts

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitLab

GitHub

Ansible

Azure

AWS

GCP

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

About Us:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It's how we've contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.

Analytics group is part of London Stock Exchange Group's Data & Analytics Technology division Analytics has established a very strong reputation for providing prudent and reliable analytic solutions to financial industries. With a strong presence in the North America financial markets and a rapidly growing in other markets, the group is now looking to increase its market share globally by building new capabilities as Analytics as Service - A one stop shop solution for all Analytics need through API and Cloud first approach.

Position Summary:

Analytics DevOPs group is looking for highly motivated and skilled DevOPs Engineer to join our dynamic team to help us build, deploy, and maintain our cloud and on-prem infrastructure and applications. You will play key role in driving automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement in our development, modernizations and operational processes.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Infrastructure as Code (Iac): Develop and manage infrastructure using tools like Terraform, Helm Charts, CloudFormation, or Ansible to ensure consistent and scalable environments
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build, optimize, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins, Gitlab, Github, or similar tools.
• Cloud and on-prem infrastructure Management: Work with Cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP) and on-prem infrastructure (vmware, Linux servers) to deploy, manage, and monitor infrastructure and services
• Automation: Automate repetitive tasks, improve operational efficiency, and reduce human intervention for building and deploying application, services.
• Monitoring & Logging: Working with SRE team to Setup monitoring and alerting systems using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog or others to ensure high availability and performance of application and infrastructure
• Collaboration: Collaborate with architect, operations and developers to ensure seamless integration between development, testing and production environments.
• Security Best Practices: Implement and enforce security protocols/procedures, including access controls, encryption, and vulnerability scanning and remediation
• Provide troubleshooting support for issue related to application deployment and/or DevOPs related activities.

Essential Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field with experience (or equivalent 3-5 years of practical experience)
• 5+ years of experience in practicing DevOps
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineering or Software Engineer in an agile, cloud-based environment.
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix system management
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Azure preferred.
• Proficient in Infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Helm Charts, Ansible etc.,
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools - GitLab, Jenkins.
• Experience/knowledge of version control systems - Git, GitLab, GitHub
• Experience with containerization (Kubernetes, docker) and orchestration.
• Experience in modern monitoring & logging tools such Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog.
• Working experience in scripting languages such as Bash, Python or Groovy.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in team environments.
• Experience with serverless architecture and microservices is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of networking concepts (DNS, Load Balancers, etc) and security practices (Firewalls, encryptions)
• Working in Agile/Scrum environment is plus
• Certifications in DevOps or Cloud Technologies (e.g., Azure DevOps Solutions, AWS Certified DevOps ) is plus

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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