Lead DevOps Engineer
London Stock Exchange Group3 days ago
St. Louis, MO, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and build code to provision full technology stacks from infrastructure through application layers.
- Develop CI/CD pipelines, reusable modules, libraries, templates, and patterns for automated code promotion and software delivery lifecycle processes.
- Define and implement cloud-native operational requirements, observability standards, alerting solutions, and application integrations with operational platforms.
- Support application onboarding into cloud environments and contribute to proof-of-concepts, pilots, architecture standards, policies, and governance.
- Perform DevOps maturity assessments, identify operational risks and technical debt, and implement process, performance, and reliability improvements.
- Provide technical expertise for automation, coding, architecture, application support, risk assessment, and operational issue resolution.
- Own live service issues, lead escalations and resolutions, and support incident, problem, change, and release processes.
- Support MIT equities applications, including exchange, surveillance, and price dissemination platforms, as an operations subject-matter expert.
- Monitor systems, deploy releases, assess changes, maintain support documentation, and ensure operational requirements are met without disrupting service continuity.
- Train and mentor colleagues, create educational materials, conduct seminars and workshops, and train Level 1 teams in application issue triage.
- Collaborate with development, infrastructure, architecture, policy, and platform teams to create common standards and procedures.
- Provide follow-the-sun support for trading venues and surveillance platforms in collaboration with teams in the UK and Sri Lanka.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building cloud-native solutions with infrastructure as code and DevOps automation.
- Experience defining cloud infrastructure patterns and practices across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and orchestrating code promotion with open-source or commercial products.
- Experience with secrets management, code and binary scanning, Maven, Ansible, and other software delivery lifecycle tools.
- Experience defining cloud-native operational requirements, observability standards, and cloud alerting solutions.
- Experience delivering complex, end-to-end technology solutions at scale in large enterprise organizations.
- Relevant experience with AWS, Linux/Unix, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Git-based source control, Jenkins or comparable CI/CD platforms, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Kafka, SQL/Oracle, Control-M, Rundeck, Datadog or similar observability platforms, Jira, Confluence, and Rubrik.
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior development, infrastructure, and architecture stakeholders.
- Open, collaborative mindset with sound engineering judgment, learning agility, and the ability to lead specialists effectively.
- Experience supporting applications, databases, system software, production operations, change implementation, technical documentation, and service management.
- Ability to provide technical advice, impact analysis, risk assessments, accurate estimates, and effective stakeholder escalation.
- Experience creating training materials, conducting workshops, mentoring colleagues, and sharing technical knowledge.
Benefits
- Healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives are provided.
- The role supports a collaborative and creative culture focused on innovation, quality, continuous improvement, and sustainability.
- The position participates in a follow-the-sun operating model with colleagues in the UK and Sri Lanka.
- LSEG offers equal-opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation for religious practices, mental health needs, and physical disabilities.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache KafkaAWSAzureBashDatadogDockerGitGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMavenPowerShellPythonSQLTerraform
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About London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) provides market infrastructure, financial data, and analytics to banks, asset managers, and corporations. Its businesses span capital markets (London Stock Exchange), post-trade clearing (LCH), and information services including FTSE Russell indices and the Refinitiv data platform, funded by transaction fees, subscriptions, and licensing. Headquartered in London and publicly listed on the LSE, the group serves global customers seeking trading, clearing, benchmarks, and enterprise data solutions.