At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure using modern DevOps practices.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company focused on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with excellent career advancement in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make an impact by enabling data platforms and optimising cloud solutions.
- Qualifications: Experience with Terraform, CI/CD tools, and strong scripting skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. This role is heavily focused on enabling data platforms—including Databricks, Event Hubs, and Azure Storage—through infrastructure-as-code, automation, and modern DevOps practices. You will work closely with engineering, data, and platform teams to streamline deployment pipelines, ensure reliability of data services, and support both real-time and batch data workloads.
- Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure solutions using Terraform (Infrastructure-as-Code).
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for applications and data platforms.
- Deploy and support Azure-native data services including Azure Databricks, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Storage (ADLS Gen2, Blob).
- Manage and optimize SQL-based systems (Azure SQL / PostgreSQL / related platforms).
- Automate operational tasks using Bash scripting and other scripting tools.
- Administer and maintain Linux-based environments.
- Monitor system performance, reliability, and costs; implement improvements and optimizations.
- Ensure security, compliance, and governance across all Azure resources.
- Work with development and data engineering teams to enable DevOps best practices.
- Troubleshoot production issues and ensure high availability of critical systems.
- Support real-time data pipelines and streaming architectures.
Qualifications
- CI/CD tools (GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, or similar).
- Strong hands-on experience with: Terraform (mandatory).
- Knowledge of security best practices in Azure (RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault).
- Solid experience with Linux system administration.
- Strong Python and Bash scripting skills.
- Proficiency in SQL (querying, performance tuning, data workflows).
- Infrastructure automation and configuration management.
- Experience with data-centric platforms: Azure Databricks, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Storage (ADLS Gen2 / Blob).
- Exposure to containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Monitoring, logging, and alerting tools like Datadog, Splunk, etc.
- Version control systems (Git).
- Microsoft Azure (core services + networking + security).
- Development experience with streaming data architectures and event-driven systems.
- Familiarity with data lake / Lakehouse based big data systems and architectures.
- Experience in high-throughput, low-latency environments.
Platform Engineer employer: London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters collaboration and innovation. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide ample opportunities for professional development and career advancement, all while being part of a prestigious institution located in the heart of London. Our inclusive culture values diverse perspectives, ensuring that every team member can contribute meaningfully to our mission of driving brand impact and achieving outstanding results.
