Lead Network Engineer

The role will be providing ongoing support and reliability of the LSEG ecosystem (Platforms, Networks, Applications, Services, and Websites).The focus of this role is to provide support to the Operations and Project Delivery (Implementation) functions, ensuring operational stability and ongoing adaptability of the LSEG global network!

Key responsibilities are creating and maintaining software automation that provides the reliability and availability of digital platforms and their software delivery pipelines.

Role Responsibilities

• Supports the technology lifecycle through the design, build and maintenance of systems
• Administer LSEG network services, ensuring applications and services perform against baselines levels
• Monitors network services, focusing on availability, while identifying improvement opportunities
• Handles service providers (telcos), third parties and partners as required
• Makes technical design and amendment decisions and independently handles workloads
• Crafts, reviews and maintains documentation, complaint with LSEG (industry) standards
• Defines lifecycle management strategies for hardware and software, including capacity considerations
• Supports the deployment of emerging engineering patterns across development teams
• Translates business requirements into technical (network) requirements, through analysis of data
• Contributes to multiple projects in parallel providing regular updates to multiple partners
• Brings together and validates technical requirements, with emphasis on performance, resilience and operability
• Contributes to design work in the infrastructure and network domain, crafting innovative solutions

Required Skills & Experience

• Prior experience as a Network Engineer including experiencetroubleshooting network issues, end-to-end.
• Prior experience ofrouting and switching protocols
• Prior experience innetwork operations, project delivery and engineering
• Prior experience withnetwork technologies, including Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet & F5 - at least 2 of these
• Excellent L2 & L3 network skills, including HSRP, NAT, MPLS, VPN, GRE, BGP and OSPF
• Excellent knowledge of firewall technologies, including next generation features & functions
• Excellent knowledge of load balancing technologies, including application delivery control
• Excellent knowledge of network packet captures, tooling and ability toanalyse
• Good scripting and automation experience (Python, Ansible, Terraform, GIT, GitLab, Rundeck, etc)
• Good appreciation of Service Management processes, ideally ITIL knowledgeable, service focused
• Outstanding communication skills, both spoken (verbal) and written English language abilities

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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