- Company Name
- LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
- Job Title
- Senior DevOps Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title**: Senior DevOps Engineer
**Role Summary**:
Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for high‑frequency FX trading services. Deliver rapid proof‑of‑concepts, automate operational processes, and ensure reliable cloud‑native infrastructure and container orchestration across a globally distributed team.
**Expectations**:
- Deploy and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for large‑scale trading applications.
- Build and maintain automated monitoring, logging, and incident response workflows.
- Rapidly prototype and troubleshoot technical issues, delivering solutions within tight timeframes.
- Drive improvements in cost, security, usability, and reliability of cloud services.
- Collaborate closely with architects and cross‑functional teams in a distributed environment.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Design and develop CI/CD workflows using GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo, or similar.
- Automate release processes and configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
- Deploy and manage Linux applications via Gradle/Maven.
- Maintain monitoring and logging systems (Grafana, Datadog, ELK).
- Build and maintain cloud compute deployments on AWS, Azure or equivalent PaaS.
- Implement containerization with Docker and orchestrate via Kubernetes.
- Identify and remediate service availability issues; build preventive automation.
- Analyse cost, security, and operational metrics to recommend optimisations.
- Collaborate with FX engineering teams to deliver application features and support.
**Required Skills**:
- 8+ years overall experience; 5+ in DevOps or equivalent engineering role.
- Proficient in CI/CD pipeline design for large‑scale applications.
- Strong Linux, Java build tools (Gradle/Maven) expertise.
- Build automation tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo; release automation.
- Configuration management: Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
- Monitoring, logging, and reporting: Grafana, Datadog, ELK stack.
- Testing automation.
- Cloud, compute deployment: AWS, Azure; PaaS experience.
- Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes.
- Problem‑solving in a fast‑paced, distributed environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Self‑motivated, capable of managing multiple priorities.
**Required Education & Certifications**:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Relevant certifications preferred: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Kubernetes Administrator (CKA/CKS), or similar.