Overview
In this role, you'll be joining our Azure Engineering team within Cloud Productivity & Engineering (CPE) as a Principal Platform Engineer (Azure). This team focuses on building, developing, and supporting our Azure cloud platform (as a product) to accelerate the time-to-market of innovative finance products. In collaboration with Microsoft, we aim to transform how LSEG uses the cloud platform.
Responsibilities
* Work with strategic LSEG application teams throughout their adoption, providing a white glove engineering capability for our business customers.
* Lead in designing, developing, and building complex cloud services and capabilities.
* Help define and implement the strategic roadmap, based on customer insights and emerging technologies and ways of working.
* Lead architects, developers, and other engineers to ensure we at LSEG have an efficient, secure evergreen Azure platform.
* Actively involved and own key decision areas across the product portfolio, including code construct, integration to downstream dependencies, networking, identity, security, operational resiliency including business continuity, disaster recovery, and governance.
* Lead product development and promote an inclusive and open culture.
* Build and implement technical solution designs, contributing to technical roadmaps.
* Advise customers internally as a software development subject matter expert, utilizing deep expertise of software development/platform development.
* Evaluate new technology or techniques to better implement the strategy, propose patterns for its use, and lead the development of reference code to set a standard.
* Lead the delivery of meaningful strategic projects, working autonomously and with little direction; may ensure the delivery of work from other team members, delegating work when required.
* Build trusting relationships with internal and external customers, growing own network and collaborating with other teams.
* Communicate complex/technical information clearly and concisely in an audience appropriate format.
Qualifications
* 7+ years proven experience in designing, developing, and implementing cloud and hybrid Azure Platform solutions.
* Domain expertise in designing scalable Azure Enterprise Scale Landing Zones.
* Familiarity with Azure cloud native components.
* 5+ years demonstrable experience with CI/CD pipelines.
* Proficiency in agile methodologies and CI/CD principles and best practices.
* Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Azure DevOps, and Gitlab.
* Ability to communicate effectively with internal customers, team members, and management teams, synthesising technical detail to business value.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills. Comfortable speaking publicly to technical and non-technical audiences.
* 8 years hands‑on experience with Windows/Linux Servers.
* Ability to define a problem, generate solutions/innovation opportunities, evaluate and identify the best solutions.
* Sound understanding of financial markets.
* Proficient in creating high‑quality technical documentation, including design/architecture, program source code, and support documentation.
* Previous roles involving Azure administration, Azure development, and/or DevOps processes.
* BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree.
* Relevant professional certifications, such as:
o Azure Solution Architect Expert
o Azure Administrator Associate
o Terraform Associate
o Any other relevant DevOps certification
Benefits and Culture
We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We respect diversity, promote inclusion and respect the privacy of our employees. We are committed to sustainability and the transition to net zero, supporting the green economy and inclusive economic opportunity.
About LSEG
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a world‑leading financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated to delivering services across Data & Analytics, Capital Markets, and Post Trade. Our purpose is to drive financial stability, empower economies, and enable customers to create sustainable growth. We operate in 70 countries with over 23,000 people, and are committed to sustainability, net‑zero transition, and inclusive growth. LSEG offers a diverse and dynamic working environment and a culture built on integrity, partnership, excellence, and change.
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