Cloud Engineer

Are you passionate about designing new solutions? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, creative environment where innovation meets real-world use cases? Do you want to be part of a diverse, global team working with clients across Banking and financial services? If so, we invite you to join our Innovation Team (part of Customer Consulting Group of LSEG) as a Cloud Engineer, where you will play a critical role in bringing our clients' ideas to life.

5-point summary
- Architect & Deploy Scalable Cloud Solutions - Design and implement secure, high-performance cloud infrastructures across _AWS or Azure_, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Automate & Optimize Cloud Workflows - Leverage Terraform (IaC), CloudFormation, and scripting to automate cloud deployments, optimize performance, and reduce operational overhead.
- Collaborate & Bring Innovation to life - Work with Architects, Developers, Consultants & Project Managers to develop innovative cloud-native solutions that are built using Design Thinking Approach.
- Undertake Agile Development & Cloud Governance - Strong experience in Python, Java,.NET or JavaScript while ensuring best practices in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure governance, API integration and governance.
- Must Have - Certified Cloud DevOps, self-sufficient in coding & scripting, exposure to Agile or Design Thinking methodology

What You’ll Do
- Cloud Architecture & Design
- Architect & Implement: Serve as the Cloud Expert, designing and implementing cloud-based solutions for LSEG innovation projects from concept to code.
- Cloud Automation: Automate data ingestion from existing LSEG products into Azure or AWS databases.
- Data Stitching: Automate data stitching practices centered around proprietary identifier methodology.
- API Integration: Develop integrations for Windows, Linux, and database environments.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent tools to automate and manage cloud resources.
- Cloud Monitoring & Optimization
- Manage & Support: Provision and oversee AWS / Azure cloud resources to monitor and support innovation projects.
- Incident Management: Diagnose and triage issues affecting client access to cloud-based products.
- Cost Optimization: Implement best practices to optimize cloud costs while ensuring high availability.
- Security & Compliance: Ensure all solutions adhere to LSEG security policies, infrastructure best practices, and industry compliance standards.
- Governance & Policies: Implement security frameworks using AWS/Azure policy frameworks and Open Policy Agent (OPA).

Day to Day Activities
- Organize, execute, and meet development requirements aligned with client demands.
- Participate in internal and external client meetings, collaborating with consultants and sales teams in the innovation ideation process.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to streamline and innovate cloud practices that meet client requirements.
- Client-first mindset with a strong focus on innovation and problem-solving.
- Embrace a 'fail-fast' strategy to drive iterative improvement and innovation.

Required Skills (Must have)
- At least 3+ years of experience in Software development or Cloud DevOps in Financial Services & Banking Sector
- Programming & Scripting: Strong experience in Python, Java,.NET or JavaScript.
- Cloud DevOps Certification: AWS or Azure DevOps Certification is a must.
- Extensive Software Development and engineering experience, with Agile based delivery
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English) is required.

Technical Knowledge (Must have)
- Terraform Expertise: Deep proficiency in Terraform (IaC) — you should consider yourself an expert.
- Software Development & Code Management: Familiarity with GIT, Source Code Management, Visual Studio, UML (Universal Model Language), JUnit.
- API Development: Experience working with REST, RESTful, and SOAP APIs.
- Development Tooling: Experience with Confluence, Jira, and CI/CD pipelines to track and automate software delivery

Desired Skills (Not mandatory)
- Deep data/content expertise and know-how around market data content
- Ability to explore and understand clients' data requirements to architecture and build the best solution.
- Experience in any of the LSEG products/solutions is a plus
- Agile Development: Certified Scrum Developer or equivalent agile certification is an advantage.
- Experience in Design Thinking based product development
- Possess a strong understanding of real-time data, quantitative databases, and identifier mapping methodologies.
- Have a working knowledge of ML, AI, and predictive modeling.
- Data science background is a plus.
- Prior experience working with quantitative databases, APIs, and data feeds.

Qualification
- Undergraduate university degree or Higher in Computer Science

Certifications
- Cloud certification in either AWS or Azure (AWS Cloud practitioner or equivalent being the minimum requirement)
- Python programmer certificatio