About LSEG

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 committed to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect. 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. For more than 300 years we have supported the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally, providing the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

OUR PEOPLE: People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shapes how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers, encourage teamwork, and empower innovation that leads to rapid development of solutions that make a difference.

Role Summary

Reporting into the Cloud and Productivity Engineering Organisation, the Director, Cloud Architecture (Network) will own and deliver the London Stock Exchange Group’s public cloud and developer architecture. The role focuses on delivering security‑aligned strategy, design and evolution of the group’s strategic public and private cloud platform, while leading a global, dispersed team across the cloud platform and development toolchain.

What You'll Be Doing

• Drive the acceleration, adoption and migration of applications to the public cloud, targeting the majority of the LSEG/Refinitiv estate.
• Own the technical and architectural integrity and strategic roadmap of Cloud Networking, and be accountable for successful delivery of business and technical outcomes.
• Retire and decommission data centres globally to a cloud‑hosted environment.
• Collaborate with the Group CISO and other IT security teams to improve security controls.
• Leverage emerging technologies in Cloud and development to simplify the technology landscape, improve customer experience and drive cost reductions.
• Define cloud and developer service strategy, including standards, blueprints, processes and patterns.
• Act as a Cloud evangelist, helping leaders understand the benefits, challenges and implications of adopting cloud.
• Build relationships and collaborate across the Engineering community to establish consistent architecture across all Digital platforms, meeting LSEG’s future technology needs and approved by governing bodies.
• Communicate with senior stakeholders up to C‑Level and collaborate with cloud platform "customers".
• Perform Agile Product Owner duties for the cloud platform.
• Obtain and utilize feedback and learning early and often.

What You'll Bring

• Proven deep technical background working with related infrastructure technologies.
• Experience in the following technology areas:
• SDLC – Continuous Integration & Delivery, Application Security, Quality Assurance.
• Platforms – Istio, Serverless, Kubernetes.
• Processes – Agile, Lean, Product Development.
• Culture – DevSecOps, Continuous Change.
• Software engineering exposing event‑driven, high‑performance computing, big data analytics, machine learning.
• Program‑language polyglot (C, C++, C#, Java, Rust, Go, Python).
• Enterprise and Solution Architecture.
• Cloud and On‑Premise Networking.
• Ability to drive technological and cultural change towards rapid adoption and automated infrastructure.
• Strong team playing record with successful business outcomes.
• Excellent planning, communication and negotiation skills with the ability to lead conversations with development and product teams.
• Strong influencing skills and experience in coaching leaders.
• Experience guiding a global team to deliver at maximum potential.
• Fostering a high‑trust environment that encourages risk taking and innovation.
• Demonstrated understanding of PaaS, SaaS, IaaS and best practices in public cloud.
• Proven awareness of latest developments in today’s public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related benchmarks.
• Deep knowledge of operating systems, network infrastructure, RDBMS and automated testing pipelines.
• Recognised proficiency with Azure, AWS and GCP services.

Benefits & Culture

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality and continuous improvement. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we’d love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is to drive financial stability, empower economies and enable customers to create sustainable growth. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin everything we do.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of 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, mental health or physical disability needs.

We are committed to sustainability across our global business and are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation, provides grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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