Data Science Lead DevOps Engineer

Data Science Lead DevOps Engineer – Salary: £65k–£75k (Bristol/Norwich), £80k–£95k (London) 

We’re seeking a skilled and motivated Lead AIOps Engineer to join our growing Data Science & AI platform team. This role offers technical leadership in building and evolving our AI and Data Science infrastructure, with a strong focus on cloud-native services, CI/CD automation, containerisation, and serverless computing. Experience with AWS and/or Azure is essential. 

A bit about the job: 

As Lead AIOps Engineer, you’ll define technical roadmaps, governance, and standards across our platform. You’ll lead a team of engineers, collaborating across technology teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions that support positive customer outcomes and align with business goals. 

Skills and experience we’re looking for: 

• Proven experience deploying and managing AWS cloud services. 

• Leadership experience in technical or engineering teams. 

• Expertise in containerisation and serverless computing (e.g., AWS EKS, Lambda). 

• Strong understanding of DevOps, AIOps, and MLOps principles. 

• Experience delivering and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps and Jenkins. 

What you’ll get for this role: 

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.  

• Starting salary between 65k-75k (Bristol/Norwich) £80-95k (London) (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications) 

• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s. 

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in. 

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days 

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts 

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme 

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave  

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work  

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others 

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools 

Take a look to learn more.  Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. 

Aviva is for everyone: 

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. 

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. 

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here 

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you. 

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Martyn Biddulph a call on 07826 556 965 or send an email to martyn.biddulph@aviva.com.