Summary
The Software Engineering and Automation team, part of the Design and Engineering function of Global Network Services within LSEG, is tasked with the development of software solutions for the automatic instantiation of network connectivity and network services such as DNS, IPAM, load balancers, and firewalls. The software produced is used to translate user requirements for network services into actions which are applied on the network infrastructure to fulfil the user request. This can take various forms, from the allocation of a current DNS record to a complex configuration for a network connectivity service applied to one or more network devices. Development is primarily in the form of software applications using the ‘micro-service’ architecture style, and various other software artefacts such as infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipeline code.
The primary development activities supported by the team are:
Front-end business-facing applications providing a front-door APIs and Web UIs for our user community to request network services.
Development of backend services which integrate north-bound with the business front-end app(s), and south-bound with the network service layer. The backend tier automates all logic, workflow, and life-cycle maintenance of attributes required to handle a global network of devices and services
Development of abstract models and code describing network connectivity services and their various components such as routing instances, interfaces, and VLANs
Key Responsibilities
This is a senior role with the successful candidate encouraged to take a leading position in developing software to meet LSEG’s ambitions for fully automated network service provisioning.
Responsibilities include:
Identify high-level functional and technical requirements on the basis of interactions with product owners and architects.
Build software to support the total requirements, as well as to provide for present and future multi-functional requirements and interf