Dev Ops Engineer

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.

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Role Description:

The DataScope suite of applications is part of our Pricing and Reference Service business. It is a respected application used in the wider finance industry where clients can download both market data in bulk form or in customized reports. The application has 4k+ external clients who consume financial data to analyse funds and the market position of global industry players. 

To help us build functional systems that improve the customer experience, we’re looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer responsible for maintaining the build pipeline and adding new features to enable the deployment of product updates, troubleshooting and fixing any issues. Must have significant prior experience in automating infrastructure provision, configuration management and scaling.  

The ideal candidate will have a solid background in software engineering and be familiar with Infrastructure as Code, experienced with cloud technologies (preferably Azure), and will work with developers and engineers to ensure that software development follows established processes and works as intended. 

Candidate Profile / Key Skills:

Tech Profile/Required Skills 

• Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash, Python, and potentially other languages used within the development stack. 

• Expertise in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI), configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet), and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes). 

• Familiarity with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their associated services. 

• Understanding of Linux/Unix and Windows system administration principles 

• Good knowledge of network protocols and security best practices 

• Strong analytical skills to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues 

• Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams 

Experience:

• 5+ Years Experience as a DevOps engineer with proven design and implementation experience of enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines, with much of this experience in Azure 

• 2+ years of experience in scripting languages like Bash, Python, and potentially other languages used within the development stack 

• Excellent experience of shell scripting. 

• Experience with automation software (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible). 

• Experience in moving on-premises application to the Cloud (AWS or Azure) 

• Experience with Agile Project management or Highly Iterative Project Methodology experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. 

Detailed Responsibilities: 

• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and scaling using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet. 

• Set up comprehensive monitoring systems to track application performance, identify potential issues, and trigger alerts for timely resolution. 

• Set up comprehensive monitoring systems to track application performance, identify potential issues, and trigger alerts for timely resolution. 

• Incorporate security measures into the CI/CD pipeline and infrastructure to mitigate risks. 

• Optimize system performance by managing resource allocation and scaling infrastructure as needed. 

• Work closely with development, operations, and other teams to ensure smooth communication and collaboration 

• Liaising with team members, management, and clients to ensure projects are completed to standard. 

• Keeping up to date with industry trends and developments. 

• Contribute to the writing of documentation and release notes in conformance with company standards.  

Benefits:

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We maximise each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days’ holiday per year
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Annual wellness allowance
• Share Purchase Plan
• Medical Health Insurance
• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• Meal Vouchers
• Flexible Benefits
• Bookster
• Volunteering Events
• All LSEG colleagues with at least one year’s continuous service, who become parents, are now entitled to at least 26 weeks’ paid leave, and the option to return to work on a phased basis, in relation with specific company’s policy and guidelines