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.
Proud to share LSEG in Romania is Great Place to Work certified (Sept ’24 – Sept ’25). Learn more about life and purpose of our company directly from the Romanian colleagues’ video: Bucharest, Romania | Where We Work | LSEG
Role Description:
Are you passionate about making developers' lives easier, faster, and more fulfilling? Do you dream of streamlining workflows, squashing bugs, and fuelling innovation? We are on a mission to supercharge our engineering culture by building a world-class Developer community that is the envy of the industry.
In this role, you will be joining our Developer Success Team within Engineering Excellence & Productivity (EXP) as a DevOps Solutions Engineer. This team serves as a front door to the Engineering Excellence & Productivity (EXP) engineering, operations, and compliance teams with the key focus of enabling our Central DevOps teams to bring new software or new features to production as quickly as possible.
- Ensuring all central requirements and changes are supported via aligned EXP squads. Using our EXP squads, the team will either explicitly implement the technical change required or lead coordinated efforts where there are multiple dependencies.
- Ensuring tooling standards are being followed as well as automation of operational tasks.
- Supporting Compliance, Security Controls and Risk Management.
- Ensuring an acceptable level of IT operations performance and error risk in line with service level agreements (SLAs)
- Continuously review operating metrics and data to find opportunities to improve.
Tech Profile/Essential Skills:
- Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or in similar roles, with deep knowledge of GitLab features and capabilities.
- Strong understanding of version control systems, branching strategies, and Git workflows.
- Strong experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines within GitLab.
- Direct proficiency in integrating GitLab with other DevOps tools (ex. Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, etc.).
- Security Best Practices: Practical knowledge of implementing security best practices in CI/CD pipelines, including automated vulnerability scanning, code quality checks, and compliance measures.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to GitLab operations, including build and deployment failures.
- Experience in mentoring teams in all aspects of GitLab architecture, operations, and methodologies to ensure adherence to best practices.
- Excellent communications skills, with ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Scripting & Automation: Experience with scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell, as well as YAML configuration for pipeline customization and automation.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools for managing application deployment in Cloud environments.
- Strong background in DevSecOps and continuous compliance strategies integrated into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to communicate complex DevOps concepts and GitLab features to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English with all levels of staff, both orally and written.
- Ability to manage own work and multitask to meet tight deadlines without losing sight of priorities under minimum supervision.
- Highly motivated, self-directed individual with a positive & pro-active attitude to work.
- Customer and service focused, with determination to meet their needs and expectations.
- Be driven and committed to the goals and objectives of the team and organization.
Education and Professional Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
- Continuous learning approach with a commitment to staying up to date on the latest GitLab features, DevOps tools, and best practices.
- A collaborative, proactive, and solution-oriented approach to problem-solving in dynamic and fast-paced environments.
- Commitment to DevOps/DevSecOps culture.
- Familiarity with Agile principles including any hand on experience.
Detailed Responsibilities:
- Design and implement GitLab strategies that align with organisational needs.
- Design and configure GitLab pipelines and workflows to optimise development lifecycle (SDLC+).
- Lead the integration of GitLab with other development, testing, deployment, and PMO tools.
- Train and mentor teams on GitLab standard methodologies and tool usage to ensure effective adoption.
- Monitor and analyse GitLab usage and performance, proactively identifying potential issues and recommending solutions.
- Provide troubleshooting support for GitLab issues.
- Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure smooth delivery of software projects.
- Stay up to date on GitLab product updates and features, advising organization on potential benefits and issues with new capabilities.
- Ensure that GitLab-related processes adhere to the organization’s security and compliance requirements.
- Document and knowledge sharing materials to assist with onboarding new team members and maintaining high standards across the organization.
- Oversees the design work and planning for user journeys ensuring the achieve the desired objectives.
- Supports the creation of solutions for Epics and the associated implementation tasks.
- Develops understanding of LSEG's commercial direction and how technology and knowledge management is forming a part of this.
- Completes the delivery of given tasks with limited guidance and oversight.
- Builds strong relationships with senior internal partners, growing network and collaborating with own team and colleagues in other domains. Communicates complex information clearly to relevant audiences.
- Takes initiative to develop knowledge in technology products and tools through on the job learning, certifications, and projects.
- Must interact with global teams in time zones spanning UK, US, APAC areas.
- Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services—from inception and design, through to deployment, operation, and refinement.
- Participate in Project related activities to meet operational needs.
- To provide the highest level of customer service, whilst working under pressure.
- To follow and adhere to established Incident Management, Change Management and Problem Management procedures.
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)
- Dental Coverage
- 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
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.
