Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

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 with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. 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. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and transparency.

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.

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Role Description:

This is a great opportunity for a hands-on Senior DevOps Engineers or Senior Infrastructure Cloud Engineers with proven experience in cloud computing platforms (GCP).  You will be tasked with transforming business requirements into robust cloud infrastructure solutions which forms the underlying foundation for all distributed systems and applications of the LSE Group.

As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer specializing in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), you will lead the design, implementation, and management of our GCP-based cloud infrastructure. Using your extensive GCP expertise, you will support and enhance our cloud environment, ensuring scalability, high availability, security, and cost-efficiency. This role involves close collaboration with various teams to drive cloud adoption and implement GCP standard methodologies.

Main Responsibilities:

GCP Infrastructure Design and Implementation:

• Architect and implement scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure using GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, VPC, and Interconnect.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and YAML configuration files.

Security and Compliance

• Apply GCP security best practices including IAM, VPC Service Controls, Cloud KMS, and Organization Policies.

• Ensure compliance with standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2 using GCP’s compliance tools and frameworks.

Automation and DevOps Integration

•  Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab pipelines.

• Automate deployments and infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and GitOps practices.

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Networking and Hybrid Connectivity

• Design and manage VPC networks, subnets, firewall rules and policies, Cloud NAT, and Private Google Access.

• Implement sophisticated networking features such as VPC Peering, Shared VPC, VPN, and Cloud Interconnect.

• Collaborate with network engineers to design and manage hybrid cloud solutions using Dedicated Interconnect or Partner Interconnect.

Documentation and Architecture Diagrams

• Create and maintain detailed documentation and architectural diagrams using Lucidchart, Draw.io, or similar tools.

Agile Practices and Teamwork Tools

• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives).

• Use Jira for task tracking and Confluence for documentation and teamwork.

Automated Testing and CI/CD for IaC

• Implement automated testing for Terraform and Python using tools like Terratest and pytest.

• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines to ensure infrastructure reliability.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Stay current with GCP innovations and evaluate new services for potential adoption.

• Propose and implement improvements to enhance performance, security, and developer experience.

Required Skills:

Experience

• 3+ years in cloud engineering or related field.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with GCP services and architecture.

Technical Skills

• Deep knowledge of GCP services: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, VPC, Cloud Interconnect, GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Network Connectivity Center (NCC), Workload Identity Federation (WIF).

• Strong experience with Terraform and YAML for Infrastructure as Code.

• Proficiency in CI/CD tools: GitLab pipelines, Cloud Build.

• Advanced networking knowledge: VPC design, VPN, Cloud NAT, Interconnect, Peering, firewall rules and policies.

• Familiarity with Docker and container orchestration (GKE).

• Experience with Python for various applications.

• Experience with Packer and Ansible for golden image creation and configuration management.

• Experience with SonarQube and Semgrep for code quality and security.

• Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and Agile methodologies.

• Experience with automated testing for IaC and Python applications.

Certifications

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (preferred).

• Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer or other relevant GCP certifications.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

• Leadership experience and mentoring capabilities.

• Adaptability and eagerness to learn new technologies.

Benefits:

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We maximise each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days’ holiday per year

• 1 additional day off for your Birthday

• Annual wellness allowance

• Share Purchase Plan

• Medical Health Insurance

• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)

• Life insurance

• Pillar 3 Private Pension

• Meal Vouchers

• Flexible Benefits

• Bookster

• Volunteering Events

Career Stage:

Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

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 driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s 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 and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable 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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