Lead DevOps Engineer, CoCounsel Government

About Thomson Reuters and CoCounsel for Government

Are you a seasoned Dev Ops leader looking to drive technical strategy and innovation in a highly regulated environment? At Thomson Reuters, we’re committed to empowering professionals with the insights and tools they need to make informed decisions. Our CoCounsel for Government team is at the forefront of this mission, and we’re seeking an experienced Lead Dev Ops Engineer to set the technical direction for our team.

As a Lead Dev Ops Engineer on our CoCounsel for Government team, you’ll play a pivotal role in defining and maintaining robust system architectures, mentoring engineers, and ensuring our solutions for government clients are secure, scalable, and compliant.

• Define and maintain scalable system architectures leveraging AWS (preferred) or any major cloud provider (GCP/Azure), focusing on Cloud Formation or equivalent Infrastructure as Code technology, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS), serverless, compute, etc.).
• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager to align Dev Ops priorities and practices with business and product goals.
• Write and review production-grade Python code for automation, tooling, and backend services, applying best practices and a strong appreciation for static typing.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security, compliance, and reliable deployments in AWS Gov Cloud or other AWS environments.
• Guide and mentor engineers at all levels, providing code reviews and technical coaching to foster growth and excellence across the team.
• Champion Dev Ops methodologies within the team, driving a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and proactive problem‑solving.
• Lead and participate in incident response and root cause analysis, ensuring lessons learned are incorporated into process and tooling improvements.

• 6+ years in Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related discipline, with a proven track record leading complex cloud and container-based projects in enterprise or regulated environments.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and experience mentoring engineers, influencing technical direction, and establishing best practices.
• Deep understanding of AWS (preferred) or any major cloud provider (GCP/Azure), focusing on Cloud Formation or equivalent Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, serverless, compute, etc.
• Strong Python development skills, specifically for production‑grade services or infrastructure tooling, and familiarity with typed Python or static typing principles.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud design patterns for scalability, data management, resiliency, and disaster recovery, including event-driven architectures and distributed tracing.
• Comprehensive understanding of cloud and application security, with hands‑on experience implementing encryption, identity and access management, secrets management, and security automation in compliance with government regulations.
• Extensive experience architecting and supporting enterprise‑scale continuous delivery environments, leveraging advanced CI/CD automation, blue/green and canary deployments, and automated rollback mechanisms.
• Hands‑on experience with APM and observability tools such as Datadog, Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana for real‑time monitoring and diagnostics.
• Comfortable with a high level of autonomy and proactive leadership, thriving in a distributed, remote‑first team environment.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to work effectively across cross‑functional, distributed teams and translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders.

• Hybrid Work Model: Flexible hybrid working environment (2‑3 days a week in the office for office‑based roles) with seamless digital‑physical connectivity.
• Flexibility & Work‑Life Balance: Flex My Way policies support personal and professional responsibilities, allow work from anywhere up to 8 weeks per year, and promote better work‑life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: Continuous learning and skill development, Grow My Way programming and a skills‑first approach to help you grow, lead, and thrive.
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