Vice President @ CLS Group

DevOps & Infrastructure (2)
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DevOps & Infrastructure (2)

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

Pivotal purpose
Trusted guardian
Targeted innovation
Facilitate connections
Delivering excellence
Inclusive culture

Job information:

Functional title - Infrastructure Architect
Department - Technology
Corporate level - Vice President
Report to - Director, Infrastructure Architect
Location - London, on-site 2 days per week

Job Overview:

The Infrastructure Architect plays a key role in CLS’s, possessing broad knowledge in Data Centre, Cloud Infrastructure & Platforms, with a focus on capability enhancements and continuous improvement. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, providing technical leadership, and ensuring the design meet CLS architectural principles and security standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Author High Level Solution Design, Solutions Overview and Conceptual Architectures.
Design and architect solutions based on technical and business requirements.
Develop and document architecture blueprints and best practices.
Act as a lead Architecture on projects
Contribute to the development & management of Infrastructure Strategy
Contribute to the continuous improvement of Architecture within CLS
Contribute to product roadmaps & reference architectures

Key Competencies

Experience in Architecture
Strong Experience in Cloud platforms, Data Centre and hosting technologies
Ability to communicate solutions to other stakeholders
Broad knowledge of Networks & Security
Good knowledge of Risk management
Work closely with other architecture disciplines including Enterprise, Application and Security, as well Engineering and Operations
Provide technical guidance to team members and stakeholders.
Identify & recommend opportunities for efficiency.
Stay updated on new features and capabilities & best practices.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and manage diversity.
Share knowledge with the team and contribute to the organization's learning culture.

Qualifications:

Proven experience Architecting Infrastructure solutions.
Industry recognised certifications (such as Togaf, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) in conjunction with application in previous roles are highly desirable.
Strong understanding of infrastructure concepts, principles and best practices.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Skills:

Experience in IaC (nice to have)
Knowledge of Compute virtualization and hypervisors.
Knowledge of Operating systems (Windows and Linux) & Database Technologies
Knowledge of networking design and principles in both public cloud and traditional data center
Knowledge of hybrid cloud architectures.
Ability to assess and recommend third-party tools and services to complement AWS offerings.
Knowledge of 3rd party storage and firewall desired.
Stakeholder management.
Knowledge of cloud security.

Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
Annual flu vaccinations.
Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.

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