Lead DevOps Engineer

Lead Dev Ops Engineer London Stock Exchange Group Nottingham, United Kingdom

London Stock Exchange Group Nottingham, United Kingdom

Lead Dev Ops Engineer - Cloud Platform & Site Reliability

Location:

Nottingham, UK | Team: LSEG Risk Intelligence Engineering

Are you ready to lead the charge in building scalable, secure, and resilient platforms that power global LSEG Risk Intelligence products? We're looking for a Lead Dev Ops Engineer to drive innovation, mentor engineers, and shape the future of our cloud-native infrastructure.

What You'll Lead & Deliver

As a Lead Dev Ops Engineer, you'll be a hands-on technical leader, guiding the design and implementation of modern Dev Ops and platform engineering practices:

o Automate full-stack infrastructure using Terraform, Cloud Formation, and Git Ops workflows.

o Lead the design of CI/CD pipelines with Git Lab CI or Jenkins to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery.

o Champion Kubernetes-based platforms using Amazon EKS and Istio Service Mesh to build scalable, service-oriented architectures.

o Drive observability and reliability engineering through proactive monitoring, alerting, and incident response strategies.

o Mentor and guide Dev Ops engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, automation, and operational excellence.

o Collaborate cross-functionally with development, security, and product teams to ensure infrastructure aligns with business goals.

o Evaluate and implement new technologies to enhance platform capabilities and developer experience.

Your Tech Arsenal

We're looking for someone with deep expertise in:

o Cloud platforms: AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, VPC, Cloud Front, IAM, Cloud Watch, etc.)

o Infrastructure as Code:
Terraform, Cloud Formation

o Container orchestration:
Kubernetes (EKS), Istio Service Mesh

o CI/CD tooling:
Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Bitbucket

o Scripting & automation:
Bash/Shell, Python

o Security best practices: IAM, KMS, encryption in transit/at rest, Dev Sec Ops

o Monitoring & observability:
Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar

o Agile & Dev Ops culture:
Git Ops, SRE principles, Agile methodologies

What You Bring

o 6+ years in Dev Ops or platform engineering, with experience in a technical lead role.

o Proven experience designing and operating cloud-native platforms at scale.

o Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across teams.

o A passion for automation, developer enablement, and continuous delivery.

o Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Why Join Us?

o Work on globally impactful platforms used by financial institutions, governments, and enterprises.

o Be part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation, autonomy, and continuous learning.

o Lead the adoption of modern Dev Ops and platform engineering practices in a cloud-first environment.

o Enjoy a flexible, inclusive culture with opportunities for career growth and technical leadership.

Ready to lead the future of cloud-native Dev Ops?

Apply now and help us build the next generation of intelligent, resilient platforms.

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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…