Principal Engineer - Kubernetes
London Stock Exchange Group
As Principal Technical Engineer, you will design, implement, and secure scalable Kubernetes infrastructure while guiding a growing engineering team. You’ll shape cloud platform strategy, mentor engineers, and drive best practices across SDLC. This hands-on role offers influence on critical systems at scale, collaborating with product and cross-functional teams to meet security, reliability, and cost objectives. You’ll play a pivotal part in advancing LSEG’s cloud-first platform and innovation culture.
Pay / Benefits- healthcare
- retirement planning
- paid volunteering days
- wellbeing initiatives
- Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters and related infrastructure
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, promoting collaboration and continuous learning
- Drive cloud infrastructure innovation and best practices in design and implementation
- Develop and manage a team of Agile delivery leads, cloud engineers, and consulting partners for platform services and landing zones
- Maintain software engineering standards and modern SDLC practices; act as Kubernetes technical authority
- Understand security, risk/compliance, disaster recovery, high availability, networking, and OS concepts
- Collaborate with internal teams including Product Owners; advise on Cloud budgeting and optimization
- Maintain backlog for the Kubernetes container team and oversee delivery
- Identify process/tool/workflow improvements to enhance efficiency and reliability
- Work with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure initiatives with business goals
- Communicate project status and key initiatives effectively to stakeholders
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Extensive experience designing, implementing, and managing Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure
- Proven leadership and team management skills with a track record of building and guiding engineers
- Hands-on software development and Agile delivery experience
- Experience with Cloud Native technologies on at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred)
- Experience delivering production cloud solutions at scale; familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform, etc.)
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration with application teams at all levels
- CKA/CKAD/CKS qualifications are a plus
- Strong knowledge of security, DR, HA, and networking concepts
- leadership and mentorship
- effective communication
- collaboration across teams
- Kubernetes
- Cloud Native technologies
- AWS/Azure/GCP
Reference: WJ-747_30182718