Senior Associate, Operations Transformation Automation

About the role

This role sits within LSEG's Markets Operations Transformation team, as part of the Check Centre Automation (MOAT) programme. You will deliver and maintain operational checks, design and deliver new automation pathways, and support infrastructure and change activities. The team works on the Standard UK shift (12:30 PM to 9:30 PM Sri Lankan time) with a hybrid workstyle of 3 days in the office.

Key responsibilities

• Identify, design and automate repetitive operational processes, and build scalable automation frameworks for operational checks, monitoring and testing.
• Develop proactive monitoring solutions that detect anomalies and trigger alerts, and continuously improve performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Engineering, Product and Operations teams, and embed AI capabilities into automation frameworks.
• Lead implementation of automation initiatives, support upgrades, releases and critical changes, and deliver urgent ad hoc changes.
• Build dashboards and analytics for management reporting, and support onboarding of new joiners.
• Maintain partner relationships, data management and documentation, and provide team coverage.

Required profile

• 4-5 years' experience in Automation Engineering, Operational Engineering or RPA development.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline.
• Experience with automation tools and RPA platforms; familiarity with Datadog and Control-M.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform and modern web technologies.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, version control and modern development practices.

Required skills

• RPA and automation: Leapwork, UiPath, Power Automate
• Programming: Python, JavaScript, HTML, JSON
• Monitoring: Datadog, Control-M, Corvil
• DevOps: GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins
• Data: SQL, Elastic (KQL), Power BI
• Cloud: AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3); Microsoft Power Platform, Office 365, ServiceNow
• Agile, sprint delivery and project management