Real-Time Technical Architect

The successful candidate will be a key member of the Real Time Architecture team with responsibility for the technical architectural design and implementations within Real Time Core, Distribution and Managed Data Services on and off-prem global deployments. Key knowledge and understanding for the design, operation and limits of the current environment will be paramount to the successful evolution as part of a multi-year Programme into a next generation platform.

OUR PEOPLE:

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder – which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 65 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

Role profile:

The London Stock Exchange Group's Data and Analytics division provides high quality financial data to hundreds of thousands of customers around the world. The Real Time platform provides our customers with financial market data that is sourced from over 550 real time venues across the world. The platform's engineering function has responsibility for the development and growth of the technology solution that supports the platform, noting specific engineering challenges pertaining to its complexity, geographic distribution, and scale.

The architecture team that supports this platform has responsibility for the high-level design, technology strategy and governance of this platform, and assures its reliability, scalability, extensibility, and sustainability.

The responsibilities of a Real-Time architect within the team are summarised below.

ROLE SUMMARY:

• Define and deliver our technology strategy to meet our customers’ requirements.
• High level design and definition of a global technology platform that must hit well defined SLA’s and targets to assure resiliency and low latency delivery of real time market data
• collaborate with business and product teams to translate high-level requirements into an executable design.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with internal customers, management and peers across the globe.
• Develop a broad knowledge of LSEG business strategies and our product portfolio.
• Innovate on new and improved uses of technology to meet business objectives.
• Understand the impact of new technologies and their technical impacts to supported systems.
• Collaborate with peers, architects and managers to understand strategy and how best to operationalize it across our cloud and on-prem environments.
• Knowledge of Multicast data traffic management, arbitration and message queueing
• Real Time Distribution Systems (RTDS) Operational knowledge for DACS, ADH & ADS components

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Responsible for the key areas in the global design standards, governance, buildout & automation for Real-Time Managed Distribution Services (RTMDS) public Cloud deployment by delivering Full Tick to these public cloud environments, systems integration, corporate and custom monitoring, asset and automation systems, etc
• Work closely with key partners in the Real Time Architecture team
• Responsible for feature rollout for Testing as a Service public Cloud deployments
• Provide support for our internal Real Time Traffic Management System (TMS) as and when required
• Provide project implementation support during business and occasionally off business hours
• Create and update design and associated technical reference documentation
• Provide recommendations to the manager of the Architecture team to define / refine practices to meet team's objectives
• Train/Coach/mentor others in the Architecture team or partners

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Experience of designing large scale compute infrastructure-based applications
• Exchange feed connectivity
• Networking technologies, especially IP Multicast, IGMPv3, PIM/SSM WAN, LAN, SDN, DNS, TCP/IP
• Cloud native, cloud enabling and cloud adjacent technologies, including large-scale Kubernetes architecture and design, SR-IOV, eBPF, containerisation, container network interfaces.
• Large scale, highly distributed application design.
• How to optimize NIC, OS, BIOS and applications for low latency.
• Compute infrastructure especially HPE Proliant, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge
• STEM degree or equivalent qualification
• Network vendor qualification such as CCNA
• Cloud vendor qualifications such as AWS or Azure Certified Solutions Architect.

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:

• This is a fantastic opportunity to be a very key player in a multi-year program to deliver the next generation of Market Data platform for LSEG customers globally, both internal and externally, working with various team members and vendors to ensure our deliveries are achieved or exceeded.
• LSEG prides itself on meeting delivery expectations and by doing so means you will gain the respect and reward, as well as great personal achievement and development within a leading organization.
• In order to be flexible and realizing the requirements to work with diverse teams, this role is offered as Digital First to allow you to make best use of your time.