Director of Network & Innovation

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Role Summary Reporting into the Cloud and Productivity Engineering Organisation, this role will own and deliver the London Stock Exchange Group's public cloud and developer architecture. Innovation is central to this program, and the focus areas will evolve to meet business needs, security requirements, and digital strategies.
The Head of Cloud Architecture will provide leadership and focus on strategy, design, and evolution of LSEG's strategic public and private cloud platform.
A successful candidate will have experience in defining and curating cloud and developer strategies, standards, processes, methodologies, and architectures to enable business innovation, simplify technology landscapes, and enhance operational excellence.
Own the technical and architectural integrity and strategic roadmap of Cloud Networking, ensuring successful delivery of business and technical outcomes.
Retire or decommission data centers worldwide in favor of cloud-hosted environments.
Act as a cloud evangelist, helping leaders understand the benefits and challenges of cloud adoption and assisting teams in migration.
Build relationships across the engineering community to establish consistent architecture across digital platforms aligned with future technology needs.
Engage with cloud platform stakeholders and communicate with senior leadership, including C-level executives.
Partially perform the role of Agile 'Product Owner' for the cloud platform.
Experience with SDLC, CI/CD, application security, QA, platforms like Istio, Serverless, Kubernetes, and processes like Agile, Lean, Product Development.
Knowledge of DevSecOps, high-performance computing, event-driven architectures, big data, machine learning, and multiple programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java, Rust, Go, Python).
Experience in enterprise and solution architecture, cloud and on-premise networking.
Proven experience in senior technology roles within large enterprise public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Ability to drive technological and cultural change, promoting automation and platform as a foundation for innovation.
Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and team-building skills, with experience managing global teams.
Experience working in agile and DevOps cultures, with knowledge of operating systems, networks, RDBMS, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines.
LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider committed to driving financial stability, empowering economies, and enabling sustainable growth.
We offer tailored benefits including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to non-discrimination and reasonable accommodations for all applicants and employees.
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Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime