Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

LexisNexis South Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd Company; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional in Cape Town is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to shape a global CI/CD platform, building secure, scalable pipelines with IaC, automation, and modern DevOps practices.

You will partner with engineering teams to design and implement robust deployment strategies, migrate legacy pipelines, and improve observability and security across cloud environments, enabling consistent software delivery and a superior developer experience.

Qualifications

• Hands-on with AWS and infrastructure as code
• Strong CI/CD platform design and Jenkins experience
• Strong Python skills for tooling and automation
• Experience with containerization and deployment practices (Docker, ECR, Kubernetes)
• Experience integrating security, quality, and compliance into workflows
• Observability improvements using OpenTelemetry or similar
• Troubleshooting platform and pipeline incidents across global teams
• Experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
• Develop and support Jenkins shared libraries, pipeline templates, and reusable deployment patterns
• Support migration of legacy pipelines to standardized CI/CD approaches with documentation and best practices
• Integrate security, quality, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines and improve observability
• Build and support Python-based tooling to enhance platform capabilities
• Collaborate with application teams to design CI/CD flows
• Provide operational support for pipelines and platform components, including incident handling
• Mentor team members and foster a culture of continuous improvement

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Python

Docker

ECR

GitOps

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Blue/Green Deployments

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX (http://www.relx.com), a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles (https://stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles/index.html).

About the Role

As a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping and evolving a global CI/CD platform. You will partner with engineering teams to build secure, scalable, and reliable delivery pipelines, leveraging infrastructure as code, automation, and modern DevOps practices. This role offers the opportunity to influence platform standards, improve developer experience, and enable efficient, consistent software delivery across cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
• Develop and support Jenkins shared libraries, pipeline templates, and reusable deployment patterns
• Support the migration of legacy pipelines to standardized CI/CD approaches with clear documentation and best practices
• Integrate automated security, quality, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines and improve observability using tools such as Open Telemetry
• Build and support Python-based tooling, packages, and automation to enhance platform capabilities and developer experience
• Collaborate with application teams to design CI/CD flows aligned with platform standards
• Provide operational support for pipelines and platform components, including critical incident support when needed
• Mentor team members and contribute to a collaborative culture of continuous improvement

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
• Strong experience designing and supporting CI/CD platforms, with expertise in Jenkins and modernizing pipelines
• Strong Python skills, including building reusable tooling and automation and have a good understanding of container and deployment practices such as Docker, ECR, GitOps, and blue/green deployments
• Experience integrating security, quality, and compliance controls into engineering workflows
• Experience improving observability using Open Telemetry or similar monitoring practices
• Strong troubleshooting skills with experience supporting platform and pipeline issues, including critical incidents
• Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills, with experience working across global teams
• Practical experience using AI tools in engineering workflows to improve productivity and delivery outcomes
• Experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps, and exposure to Kubernetes including troubleshooting in containerized environments

Working Pattern

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.

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations in better understanding their markets and preventing bribery and corruption within their supply chains. We partner with leading global associations and customers to help collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. We endeavour to advance the rule of law across the world.Our teams are combining unparalleled legal and business information with analytics and technology to advance what’s possible for the way our customers work and to advance what’s possible in the world by strengthening the rule of law.