ABOUT US:
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.
LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.
OUR PEOPLE:
People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.
We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder – which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers!!
ROLE SUMMARY:
Are you passionate about making developers' lives easier, faster, and more fulfilling ? We're on a mission to supercharge our engineering culture by building a world-class DevOps organization that's the envy of the industry.
This is a great opportunity to join a growing company in an innovative and dynamic industry !
We are looking for a
strong, hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer to build and maintain a brand-new cloud-based Index platform. You will
lead a team of Senior and Junior DevOps Engineers to help us build and manage secure, reliable, and cost-effective cloud environments, drive observability and resilience through chaos and disaster recovery testing, and implement FinOps strategies to optimize cloud spending. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring operational excellence and business continuity in a dynamic cloud-native environment. You will also use your deep experience of DevOps CI/CD practices to design, implement and optimize a best-in-class AWS micro services architecture.
We are looking for someone with a strong background in DevOps practices and tools, with a focus on GitLab, Terraform, AWS cloud, Kubernetes/EKS, Ansible. Candidate will play a crucial role in our technology team, contributing to the development, deployment, and maintenance of our infrastructure. This is not just a People Management role, and the role requires you to be completely hands-on.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
- Leading and mentoring a high-performing, geographically diverse team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement.
- Building and overseeing the implementation of secure, resilient, and cost-optimized AWS cloud infrastructure using best-in-class DevOps practices and technologies.
- Collaborating with software developers across multiple geographies and cross-functional teams to understand project objectives, gather requirements, and deliver systems and software within agreed upon timelines.
- Overseeing the implementation and management of CI/CD pipelines to streamline software development and deployment processes for Java and Python based Microservices-style architectures.
- Driving infrastructure-as-code maturity through Terraform, enforcing modular, reusable, and version-controlled infrastructure patterns.
- Overseeing Kubernetes (EKS) infrastructure at scale, ensuring robust workload orchestration, service discovery, and container lifecycle management.
- Leading cloud security posture management by integrating security controls, automated scanning, and continuous compliance into the DevOps lifecycle.
- Driving observability efforts using tools like Datadog (or equivalent) to monitor infrastructure and application performance.
- Introducing and lead chaos engineering practices to proactively identify potential points of failure and improve system resilience.
- Mentor senior DevOps engineers and promote a culture of continuous improvement and cloud operational excellence.
- Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies in DevOps and Cloud.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS, ECS
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Deep knowledge and hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.) for Java and Python based Microservices-style architectures.
- Proven experience in a leadership role within a DevOps or Cloud Engineering team.
- Strong expertise in AWS services and cloud architecture best practices.
- Strong experience managing Kubernetes clusters (preferably EKS) and containerization using Docker.
- Solid understanding of cloud security practices and compliance frameworks.
- Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, or equivalent.
- Track record of designing and executing disaster recovery plans and drills.
- Solid knowledge of Cloud security best practices including IAM policies, encryption, vulnerability scanning, and compliance audits.
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, Ansible or similar language. (Bash and Python preferred)
- Experience with automated testing frameworks and infrastructure testing tools.
Nice To Have Skills
- AWS Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified DevOps Engineer or equivalent.
- Practical experience with chaos engineering methodologies and tools.
- Experience with other cloud platforms (Azure, GCP) for hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
- Experience working in a regulated or high-availability environment (e.g., fintech, financial services or capital markets).
- Experience working in areas of Equity or Fixed Income and a working knowledge of Benchmarks and Indices.
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 reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
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