Cloud Architect - Enablement and Governance

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Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Cloud Architect to join our CPE Architecture Team to lead the design and governance of enterprise cloud platforms, architecture patterns, and reusable frameworks.

This will be a key and central role part of Cloud Platform Architecture Team part of CPE Architecture Unit reporting to Head of Cloud Architecture. The role plays a major part to enable scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions that accelerate product development and innovation across the organization.

The Cloud Architect will drive platform standardization, automation, and adoption of best practices for infrastructure, cloud services, and DevOps which serves across multiple business units.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Platform Architecture: Design and evolve enterprise cloud platforms to support scalable, reliable, and secure application and data workloads.
• Platform Strategy: Develop and maintain an overarching strategy for cloud and platform technologies aligned with business goals and technical requirements.
• Governance & Standards: Establish architecture standards, design principles, and technical guidelines for Platform Components, Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IaaS, PaaS & SaaS)
• Security by Design: Zero Trust first, Embed security patterns and controls into platform architecture for identity, data protection, and threat mitigation and work closely with Security team to adhere to Zero Trust and Security by Design
• Collaboration: Partner with engineering, operations, and product teams to design and implement platform solutions that foster innovation and productivity.
• Automation & Self-Service Enablement: Drive automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and enable self-service capabilities for development teams.

Good To have Knowledge on the below

• Reusable Patterns & Frameworks: Define, document, and promote platform patterns and reusable components, such as service discovery, monitoring, security, and data processing.
• Cost Efficiency: Define and optimize platform patterns for efficient resource utilization and cost management.
• Observability & Monitoring Patterns: Establish observability frameworks, logging, monitoring, and alerting standards for platform health and performance visibility.
• Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Guide and mentor engineering teams on best practices for platform usage and architecture design.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in platform or cloud architecture, with a focus on large-scale, distributed systems.
• Proven expertise in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid cloud architectures.
• Strong background in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation.
• Experience with containerization, orchestration, and service mesh solutions (Docker, Kubernetes, Istio).
• Deep knowledge of cloud security, compliance, and identity frameworks.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing reusable platform patterns and self-service frameworks.
• Strong communication and partner engagement skills, with experience in technical leadership.

Additional Qualifications

• Cloud certifications
• Experience with DevSecOps principles and practices.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures, API gateways, and microservices design patterns.

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our colleagues thrive personally and expertly through our shared values of Integrity, Partnership, Change and Excellence, which are at the core of our culture. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We are always looking at ways to become more agile, so we meet the needs of our teams and customers. We believe that an inclusive collaborative workplace is pivotal to our success and supports the potential and growth of all colleagues at LSEG.

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. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers 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. 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.

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