Lead Cloud Engineer
Thomson ReutersWe are currently seeking a highly motivated cloud software engineer with strong technical credentials for the position of Lead Cloud Engineer within our Platform Engineering team.
In this role, you will collaborate with technology peers and business partners to build and deploy the foundation for the next generation of modern cloud-native software applications and services for Thomson Reuters.
Are you passionate about using cloud technologies, open-source tools, and working with the latest innovations in a dynamic environment? Do you thrive on moving fast and being bold? Then we want you on our team!
About the Role
As Lead Cloud Engineer, you will:
Develop and refine solutions for Cloud Landing Zones, focusing on GCP, while also collaborating with teams working on AWS and Azure
Provide architectural direction and guidance to engineering teams
Collaborate with application, technology, and security teams to align architecture with business and compliance requirements
Participate in incident management and continuous improvement of service offerings
Script infrastructure automation for continuous integration and delivery
Ensure consistency with cloud architectural principles and best practices
Stay current with emerging cloud technologies across GCP, AWS, Azure, and open-source ecosystems
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team development
Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Champion cloud-native development best practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automation, and security
Work in a collaborative, agile, and geographically distributed team environment
Demonstrate ownership, accountability, and proactive problem-solving
About You
To be considered for the role of Lead Cloud Engineer, you will need:
GCP Certified with strong experience designing and implementing cloud-native applications
Experience with GCP Landing Zones, IAM, Networking, VPC, Cloud DNS, Security, and Monitoring
Knowledge of other cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and OCI
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and secure deployments
8+ years of software engineering experience
5+ years of cloud experience, including scripting (Python, Bash), Terraform, and cloud-native architecture
Strong communication, problem-solving, and time management skills
Customer-first mindset and a passion for innovation
Experience working in both Windows and Linux environments
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What’s in it For You?
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.
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