Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

LexisNexis; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan incl. Risk Benefits (D

Modern family benefits incl. adoption

Study Leave

Job summary

LexisNexis is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to drive the evolution of our cloud delivery platform. You will design scalable infrastructure, automate deployments, and embed security and observability into engineering workflows. The role offers exposure to global teams and large-scale deployments across cloud environments.

You will shape CI/CD excellence, build robust pipelines, mentor peers, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement while balancing performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong AWS and Infrastructure as Code experience.
• Proven experience designing and supporting enterprise CI/CD platforms.
• Advanced Python skills and automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Build and enhance Jenkins pipelines, shared libraries, and deployment frameworks.
• Drive modernization of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.
• Integrate security, compliance, and quality controls into engineering workflows.
• Improve platform observability using OpenTelemetry and modern monitoring practices.
• Develop Python-based automation and tooling to improve developer productivity.
• Partner with global engineering teams to create scalable delivery solutions.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS

IaC

CI/CD

Python

Docker

ECR

GitOps

Blue/Green deployments

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Security & compliance

Troubleshooting

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Jenkins pipelines

Job description

Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | Shape the Future of Cloud Delivery

Are you passionate about building world-class CI/CD platforms that empower engineering teams to deliver software faster, safer, and more reliably?

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, 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.

About the role

At LexisNexis, we’re looking for a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to help drive the evolution of our global engineering platform. This is an opportunity to work at scale, influence platform standards, and build the tooling, automation, and infrastructure that enables thousands of deployments across cloud environments.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• Build and enhance Jenkins pipelines, shared libraries, and deployment frameworks
• Drive the modernization of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices
• Integrate security, compliance, and quality controls into engineering workflows
• Improve platform observability using OpenTelemetry and modern monitoring practices
• Develop Python-based automation and tooling to improve developer productivity
• Partner with global engineering teams to create scalable and reliable delivery solutions
• Mentor teammates and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

What We’re Looking For

• Strong AWS experience and Infrastructure as Code expertise
• Proven experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms
• Advanced Python skills and automation experience
• Knowledge of Docker, ECR, GitOps, and Blue/Green deployments
• Experience embedding security and compliance into software delivery processes
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management capabilities
• Experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps
• Exposure to Kubernetes and containerized environments
• Practical use of AI tools to improve development efficiency and delivery outcomes

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, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

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:

• Medical Aid
• Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
• Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
• Study Leave

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.