Lead DevOps Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group•St. Loui, MO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead DevOps Engineer is a key role within the SRC Team in the Application Services Division. Based in St. Louis, USA, the role supports a follow-the-sun operating model for trading venues and surveillance platforms, working alongside colleagues in the UK and Sri Lanka. The engineer contributes throughout the project lifecycle, from requirements gathering through production deployment, and works with a wide range of teams to create developer-focused resources for cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, application builds, automated testing, code scanning, and production deployments. The role includes proof-of-concept implementations and pilots, and defining principles, policies, and standards. It develops frameworks, scripts, and templates that support consistent and efficient automation of software development lifecycle and infrastructure lifecycle activities, reduce manual intervention and duplication, and help teams gain the full benefit of standard tools and processes. Engineers work in small, agile, self-managed teams that emphasize best practices and shared responsibility for quality. The role calls for a collaborative “you build it, you run it” mindset, knowledge sharing, and removing constraints for teams. The position also provides operational support and technical leadership for MIT equities applications, including exchange, surveillance, and price dissemination platforms. Responsibilities span application onboarding, operational architecture integration, release deployment, monitoring, live-service issue resolution, support documentation, training, and collaboration across IT teams. The engineer participates in on-call support and weekend testing as operational requirements dictate.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience architecting and building cloud-native solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
At least 8 years of experience defining DevOps automation patterns and practices across technologies, including secrets management, code and binary scanning, and SDLC tools such as Maven and Ansible.
At least 8 years of experience working at scale in large enterprise organizations and implementing advanced, end-to-end technology solutions.
At least 8 years of experience building CI/CD pipelines to orchestrate code promotion using open-source or commercial off-the-shelf products.
At least 8 years of experience defining, architecting, and implementing cloud-native operational requirements.
At least 8 years of experience defining observability standards and implementing cloud alerting solutions.
Experience with cloud technologies across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
An open and collaborative mindset, with the ability to communicate with senior members of development, infrastructure, and architecture teams.
Relevant technology experience may include 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, and Confluence.
Sound engineering judgment, learning agility, and the ability to lead specialists effectively; depth in every listed technology is not required.
MIT application support experience.
Ability to provide Level 2 technical advice and risk assessments for applications, databases, and system software.
Ability to take ownership of operational live-service issues and coordinate issue resolution with partners.
Experience participating in on-call support and weekend testing as part of operational requirements.

Responsibilities

Design and build code to provision the full stack, from infrastructure through application.
Analyze current DevOps practices and provide maturity assessments.
Architect and develop CI/CD pipelines to orchestrate code promotion.
Integrate applications into the operations architecture, including systems such as Datadog, Control-M, and Rubrik.
Develop design patterns, modules, and libraries that integrate SDLC processes into CI/CD pipelines.
Support project teams in meeting operational requirements and implementing affected changes.
Contribute to support, technical, and user-facing artefacts.
Collaborate with other teams to establish common standards and procedures.
Provide technical expertise to resolve automation engineering, coding, and architecture issues.
Follow group governance processes for incident, problem, change, and release management, coordinating with business and technical teams as appropriate.
Support development changes by providing time estimates, attending project meetings, preparing impact analysis, and delivering to deadlines.
Provide technical advice and risk assessments based on knowledge of applications, databases, and system software.
Take ownership of live operational service issues and drive them through to resolution, including identifying root causes and preventing recurrence.
Escalate and resolve issues effectively with stakeholders, and manage product or development escalations from an operational perspective.
Identify industry trends and work with policy and platform owners to reflect relevant changes in resources for development teams.
Identify operational risks and technical debt, provide short-term solutions, and track long-term resolution.
Implement improvements to operational processes, performance, and reliability.
Create educational materials and conduct DevOps training and mentoring.
Advocate for the DevOps team by understanding and mitigating challenges in the intake process.
Provide technical feedback on re-engineering initiatives for MIT equities systems, including exchange, surveillance, and price dissemination platforms.
Serve as the operations subject matter expert for supported MIT equities applications.
Develop training materials and workshops for US-based colleagues on MIT equities application support, and train Level 1 teams in application issue triage.
Monitor systems, deploy releases, and meet operational responsibilities.
Implement changes in accordance with existing policies while minimizing service disruption.
Document support processes, service models, technical specifications, and user guides.
Onboard new applications and integrate them into the operations architecture.
Assist with architectural design for networks, infrastructure, databases, and applications.
Participate in on-call support and weekend testing as part of operational requirements.
Propose application system changes, enhancements, and developments, and liaise with vendors and other IT teams.
Provide hands-on expertise for complex change, support, and recovery issues.
Follow ITSM processes and operational workflows to maintain service levels defined by SLAs and SLOs.