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 commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. 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 contributed to supporting 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.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

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 Profile

We are looking for a Senior Specialist – Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to strengthen the Production Management function and drive service reliability, automation, and operational excellence across our technology landscape. This role demands a proactive, hands-on engineer with deep technical expertise and the ability to influence across teams. You will ensure stability, resilience, and performance of production systems while driving SRE transformation initiatives—including automation, cloud adoption, KPI improvement (“Path to Green”), and continuous improvement of support processes.

Key Responsibilities

SRE & Automation Strategy

• Lead SRE transformation work, implementing SLIs/SLOs, reducing toil, and improving production maturity.
• Automate manual BAU and operational processes, including monthly reporting automation, dashboards, and runbooks.
• Champion observability, proactive monitoring, runbook culture, and continuous improvement.

Incident & Problem Management

• Provide leadership during high‑severity incidents, ensuring end‑to‑end coordination, communication, and root cause analysis.
• Drive permanent fixes, eliminate repeat issues, and uplift problem‑management maturity.

Performance Engineering & Databases

• Lead performance tuning, scalability planning, and optimisation across SQL Server and other data platforms.
• Ensure application and infrastructure performance budgets are monitored and met.

Cloud Engineering & New Technology Adoption

• Bring proven hands-on experience in AWS or Azure, working with platform teams to optimise deployments and adopt modern capabilities (including AI assisted tooling where appropriate).
• Support cloud governance, compliance, and reliability patterns.

Cross‑Team Collaboration

• Work alongside Cross-Functional Team to deliver key reliability improvements across LCH

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Education:

• Degree educated or equivalent work experience

Required skills and experience

• 5+ years hands-on experience in SRE or Application Support functions, including BAU and production support.
• Deep technical expertise in SQL (and /or Oracle) including performance tuning, optimisation, diagnostics, and scalability.
• Proven experience delivering automation at scale using Python, scripting languages, CI/CD, IaC, and observability tooling like DataDog
• Experience defining and implementing SLOs/SLIs, incident management frameworks, and proactive reliability patterns.
• Strong track record of reducing toil using automation, event-driven remediation, and self-healing mechanisms.
• Experience working across multi-cloud environments (AWS or Azure).
• Understanding of change management, risk posture, CAB governance, and production readiness processes.
• Experience contributing to or leading performance engineering initiatives.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly under pressure.
• Experience working with development teams using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Familiarity with regulatory, compliance, or reporting systems is advantageous.

Person Specification

• Ability to manage teams and stakeholders across multiple global locations and time zones.
• Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and problem‑solving capability.
• Strong technical background spanning cloud, databases, automation, and performance engineering.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with technical and non‑technical stakeholders, including senior management.
• Able to translate complex technical issues into clear, concise language and action plans.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory or post‑trade environments is advantageous.
• Familiarity with financial products and terminology is desirable.

Career Stage:

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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Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Time Type: Full time