RELX

Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

South Africa · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerRELX
LocationSouth Africa
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted7 Jul 2026

Are you passionate about building scalable, secure CI/CD platforms that empower global engineering teams?

Do you thrive in collaborative environments where you can innovate, mentor others, and continuously improve how software is delivered?

About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX (http://www.relx.com), a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles (https://stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles/index.html).

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About the Role
As a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping and evolving a global CI/CD platform. You will partner with engineering teams to build secure, scalable, and reliable delivery pipelines, leveraging infrastructure as code, automation, and modern DevOps practices. This role offers the opportunity to influence platform standards, improve developer experience, and enable efficient, consistent software delivery across cloud environments.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
Develop and support Jenkins shared libraries, pipeline templates, and reusable deployment patterns
Support the migration of legacy pipelines to standardized CI/CD approaches with clear documentation and best practices
Integrate automated security, quality, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines and improve observability using tools such as Open Telemetry
Build and support Python-based tooling, packages, and automation to enhance platform capabilities and developer experience
Collaborate with application teams to design CI/CD flows aligned with platform standards
Provide operational support for pipelines and platform components, including critical incident support when needed
Mentor team members and contribute to a collaborative culture of continuous improvement

Requirements

Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
Strong experience designing and supporting CI/CD platforms, with expertise in Jenkins and modernizing pipelines
Strong Python skills, including building reusable tooling and automation and have a good understanding of container and deployment practices such as Docker, ECR, GitOps, and blue/green deployments
Experience integrating security, quality, and compliance controls into engineering workflows
Experience improving observability using Open Telemetry or similar monitoring practices
Strong troubleshooting skills with experience supporting platform and pipeline issues, including critical incidents
Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills, with experience working across global teams
Practical experience using AI tools in engineering workflows to improve productivity and delivery outcomes
Experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps, and exposure to Kubernetes including troubleshooting in containerized environments

Working Pattern
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

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