Director, Network Automation in London

ABOUT US

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open‐access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve supported the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open‐access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

OUR PEOPLE

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence 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 70 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 SUMMARY

We are seeking a visionary and strategic Director of Network Automation to lead the transformation of our global network into a programmable, self‐healing, and highly resilient platform. This is a critical leadership role responsible for defining the enterprise‐wide strategy and product roadmap for network automation. You will own the vision for automating our entire network stack—including WAN, LAN, Data Center, Firewall, Load Balancer, and DDI systems—across our global, low‐latency, financial markets infrastructure. You will lead and manage a comprising product owners, software developers, devops engineers, and automation architects to build a center of excellence that empowers our entire organization. Your mission is to eliminate manual toil, enforce security and compliance through code, and dramatically accelerate service delivery, ensuring LSEG's network remains a competitive advantage.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Strategic Leadership & Product Vision
  • Develop and own the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for the Network Automation platform, aligning with LSEG's business and technology objectives.
  • Champion an "automation-first" culture across the Network Products and Services organization with key stakeholders in Security, Cloud, and Application teams.
• Team Building & Organizational Leadership
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of product owners, devops engineers and software developers.
  • Manage the resourcing (devops and developers) to support the business needs for the development of network automation products.
  • Foster a collaborative and innovative environment, breaking down silos between network engineering, architecture, and software development.
• Platform Architecture & Governance
  • Establish and govern the enterprise standards, frameworks, and best practices for network.
  • Oversee the architecture of a scalable, secure, and reusable automation platform using technologies such as Java/Spring, C#, Python, Terraform, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps methodologies for the entire network estate.
  • Finalize technical decisions and ensure the automation platform meets the stringent requirements for reliability and security demanded by a financial markets infrastructure.
• Execution & Cross-Functional Partnership
  • Oversee the design, development, and deployment of robust automation solutions for network provisioning, migrations, configuration management, compliance auditing, and self-healing remediation.
  • Partner with the Cybersecurity team to embed security controls and compliance checks directly into the automation fabric.
  • Ensure all automation code and processes are well-documented, tested, and version-controlled.
  • Communicate the program's progress, challenges, and successes to executive leadership.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Essential Skills & Experience
  • Progressive experience in network engineering, architecture, and automation, with significant experience in a leadership role managing global technical teams.
  • Proven experience in a financial services or service provider environment, with an understanding of the criticality of low-latency, high-availability networks.
  • Demonstrable experience designing and delivering a large-scale network automation roadmap in a complex, mission-critical environment.
  • Deep technical knowledge of the network domains to be automated is a MUST: WAN, LAN, Data Center, Firewalls, Load Balancers, and DDI.
  • Expert-level proficiency in automation tools and languages: Python is essential, plus Java/Spring, C#, Terraform, and Git.
  • Deep understanding of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
  • Strong knowledge of network security principles and how to automate compliance.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a technical vision to both engineers and senior executives.
• Preferred Experience
  • Direct experience in a market venue, exchange, or high-frequency trading environment.
  • Experience with cloud networking and automation in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Advanced certifications such as CCIE, JNCIE, or relevant cloud/security credentials.
  • Experience with container networking (Kubernetes) and API-driven infrastructure.
  • Experience in developing cross-domain understanding and alignment between developers, architecture, and end user stakeholders for new capability development using Event Storming and End User story mapping techniques.

CAREER STAGE

Director

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.

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.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.