About Us

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated to delivering services that enable customers to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. With extensive experience and worldwide presence across financial markets, we support communities and economies for more than 300 years.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG's ticker symbol is LSEG.

Our People

People are at the heart of what we do. Our culture connects, creates opportunity and delivers excellence. We value diversity, teamwork and a culture of growth, opportunity and innovation. Our workplace aims to be inclusive and rewarding for both our people and customers.

We encourage and enable a wealth of avenues to broaden and deepen skills and expertise. LSEG is a global organization spanning 70 countries with a culture of growth and meaningful careers.

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Technical Engineer with deep experience in Kubernetes and the CNCF landscape to join our team. You will contribute to design, implementation and maintenance of our Kubernetes infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability and security. You will provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, driving best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This hands-on role offers opportunities to influence our technical strategy and platform direction. We are looking for a versatile Engineering Lead/Principal with experience building cloud platforms and leading software engineering teams supporting critical applications at scale in the cloud.

What You'll Be Doing

• Technical Leadership: Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters and associated infrastructure components; provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members; foster collaboration and continuous learning; drive innovation and best practices in cloud infrastructure design and implementation.
• Team Management: Develop a team of Agile delivery leads, cloud engineers and consulting partners that design and build platform shared services and secure landing zones; ensure software engineering standards and modern SDLC practices are maintained; act as a technical authority for Kubernetes; understand security, risk and compliance frameworks, disaster recovery, high availability architectures, hardware, operating systems, and networking connectivity; collaborate with internal teams (including Product Owners); provide solutions on Cloud budget management and optimization; responsible for the backlog of delivery for the Kubernetes container team.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for improvement in processes, tools and workflows; drive initiatives to enhance efficiency and reliability; stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies and evaluate their impact on our infrastructure.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers and system administrators to support needs and align infrastructure initiatives with business goals; communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels and provide project updates.

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years of people management experience building and leading engineers; passion for people management and mentorship.
• Hands-on experience with software development methodologies and Agile delivery.
• Proven experience with Cloud technologies on at least one major cloud provider (AWS).
• Experience designing and delivering production cloud solutions at scale.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent).
• Preferably have CKA, CKAD and CKS qualifications.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and managing Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with a track record of delivering technical teams to success.
• Deep understanding of cloud computing principles and technologies with experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools and practices (e.g., Terraform).
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills; strong communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration with application teams at all levels.

Additional Information

Join us to be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider dedicated to driving financial stability and enabling sustainable growth.

Our values include Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change. We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity across our 25,000 colleagues in 65 countries. We strive to accommodate applicants' and employees' practices and beliefs, in compliance with applicable law.

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

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