Director of Technical Solution Delivery

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Databases
Continuous Integration
OAuth
OpenID
Blockchain
Web Services
Snowflake
Kubernetes
Kafka
REST
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Docker
Microservices

Job description

The successful candidate for the role will form part of a newly established team responsible for delivering a greenfield cloud-based critical market infrastructure service in a bold new venture. This exciting opportunity requires a candidate to work with the business and the enterprise teams to work on solutions with solution architects, ensuring the individual has a full understanding of the solution, the implementation designs, the technology stack and make sure that the solution meets our goals and policies. Taking a hands-on approach with the development teams. Key Responsibilities

  • Work closely with the stakeholders to ensure the solution supports their goals.
  • Provide governance to ensure the solution aligns with enterprise policies.
  • Assist in the elaboration of requirements with stakeholders and transform them into IT solutions that allow the business to operate effectively and efficiently.
  • Participate in customer meetings, leading technical discussions and acting as a point of contact for customer tech teams.
  • Support the development team in defining their processes, running proof of concepts, using best practices and selecting best fit solutions.

Requirements

  • Solid understanding of good practice in the modern end-to-end processes of defining, designing, building, testing and releasing systems
  • 8+ years' experience in providing solution architecture for large-scale, highly resilient systems.
  • Stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence and persuade at all levels of staff seniority.
  • Experience of delivering enterprise grade microservice solutions in the AWS cloud
  • Excellent understanding of integration patterns, transactional systems, and databases
  • Able to effectively communicate complicated problems to teams with different skillsets.
  • Modern development practices - scrum, CI/CD, BDD, automation, IaC
  • Microservices, Kubernetes and Docker
  • RESTful API and web service design
  • Messaging solutions such as Kafka, SMS, SQS
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
  • Strong background in development, with ideally some knowledge of Java and Spring
  • Valuable to have experience of:
  • OAuth, OIDC
  • Snowflake
  • Blockchain technology
  • Knowledge of OTC Rates clearable products (i.e. IRS, FRA, Inflation Swap)

About the company

The successful candidate will: * Contribute to the requirements definition, refinement and prioritisation. * Manage stakeholders and run design sessions with internal and customer teams. * Author and communicate high quality designs that fulfil the business requirements. * Make selections of key technologies and patterns based on well-defined selection criteria. * Mentor and guide the team during development, providing hand-on support where necessary. * Work with other teams across the organisation to synergise good practices and designs Career Stage: Director 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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