Lead Devops Engineer

FTSE Russell, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, is an essential index partner for a changing world, providing category defining indices across asset classes and investment objectives to create new possibilities for the global investment community. FTSE Russell's expertise and products are used extensively by institutional and retail investors globally.

Job 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

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing, geographically diverse team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Build and oversee the implementation of secure, resilient, and cost-optimized AWS cloud infrastructure using best-in-class DevOps practices and technologies.
• Collaborate 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.
• Oversee the implementation and management of CI/CD pipelines to streamline software development and deployment processes for Java and Python based Microservices-style architectures.
• Drive infrastructure-as-code maturity through Terraform, enforcing modular, reusable, and version-controlled infrastructure patterns.
• Oversee Kubernetes (EKS) infrastructure at scale, ensuring robust workload orchestration, service discovery, and container lifecycle management.
• Lead cloud security posture management by integrating security controls, automated scanning, and continuous compliance into the DevOps lifecycle.
• Drive observability efforts using tools like Datadog (or equivalent) to monitor infrastructure and application performance.
• Introduce and lead chaos engineering practices to proactively identify potential points of failure and improve system resilience.
• Oversee and continuously optimize cloud cost management strategies in line with Cloud FinOps principles.
• Design, lead, and continuously improve disaster recovery strategies and testing frameworks to support high availability and business continuity.\
• Collaborate with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to align infrastructure strategy with long-term business objectives.
• Ensure code is up-to-date, maintainable, scalable, and secure.
• 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.
• Stay updated on cloud technologies, security vulnerabilities, and emerging FinOps methodologies.
• This is not just a People Management role, and requires you to be completely hands-on.

Must Have Skills

• 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.
• Familiarity with cloud financial management and FinOps principles.
• 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.
• Proven track record in AWS Cloud Networking best practices, focused on building a robust, secure and efficient cloud network architecture
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, Ansible or similar language. (Bash and Python preferred)
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and infrastructure testing tools.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively.

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).
• Passion for open-source technologies and contributions to the DevOps community.

Bonus Skills

• Experience working in areas of Equity or Fixed Income and a working knowledge of Benchmarks and Indices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of experience in engineering roles, with at least 5+ years in senior DevOps leadership positions.

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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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.

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.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, and how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.

If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.