Lead Cloud Database Engineer — Secure, Scalable & Automated

LSEG; Paris; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is seeking a Lead Cloud Database Engineer to join the LCH SA Infrastructure & Cloud Team in Paris. You will design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable database systems and serve as the SPOC for all database-related subjects.

You will mentor a growing team, implement DR, backup, and recovery strategies, and ensure high availability across cloud and on-premises environments. Strong collaboration with IT and security teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years managing DB infrastructure in regulated/high-availability environments.
• Expertise in Oracle Enterprise, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, Google) for at least 3 years.
• Automation and scripting with Python/Bash and Ansible for at least 3 years.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Management of a growing team in charge of databases management.
• Implement and manage cloud-based database systems, ensuring secure and efficient access control.
• Develop, manage, and optimize database policies and procedures to ensure compliance with ANSSI standards and other security standards.
• Serve as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all database-related subjects, coordinating with various teams to address security concerns.
• Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to identify and address potential weaknesses in database systems.
• Design, implement and regularly validate Disaster Recovery (DR), backup, and recovery strategies for database platforms, ensuring high availability, data integrity, and compliance with defined RTO/RPO objectives.
• Manage database lifecycle operations, including patching, upgrades, replication, and migration activities, ensuring minimal service disruption, security compliance and operational resilience across cloud and on-premises environments
• Develop and maintain incident response plans to quickly address and mitigate security breaches related to databases.
• Work closely with IT and security teams to align database operations with organizational goals.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity regulations and best practices.
• Provide mentorship to team members on database best practices and security measures.
• Maintain database services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
• Lead sustainable and efficient incident response for database-related issues.
• Scale database systems sustainably through automation, advocating for changes that improve reliability and security.
• Write highly optimized and accurate code for database solutions.
• Proactively build and apply relevant domain knowledge related to database workflows, policies, configurations, and constraints.
• Support essential database processes while ensuring high-quality standards are met

Skills

Database engineering

Cloud architecture

Security & compliance

Incident response

Leadership

Automation

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Oracle DBA certification

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Oracle Enterprise

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

VMware

Job description

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is seeking a Lead Cloud Database Engineer to join the LCH SA Infrastructure & Cloud Team in Paris. You will design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable database systems and serve as the SPOC for all database-related subjects.

You will mentor a growing team, implement DR, backup, and recovery strategies, and ensure high availability across cloud and on-premises environments. Strong collaboration with IT and security teams is essential.