Vice President, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering
Job Summary
About the Role
Thomson Reuters is investing in a modern Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering technology stack as a core capability across its Legal Tax Risk News and Corporates businesses. We are seeking a senior Technology Leader to define and drive the technical direction for how Infrastructure and Multi-Cloud platforms are built governed and scaled across the organization.
This role leads a global organization of Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering professionals responsible for delivering a broad portfolio of services across our cloud and co-location estate. You will build and grow a diverse global team of 150 engineers with end-to-end accountability for hiring performance management and talent development while driving engineering excellence across service design delivery and operations.
You will also play a critical role in elevating technical standards across Thomson Reuters by coaching and mentoring Principal and Staff Engineers strengthening architectural rigor and ensuring the consistent delivery of production-grade systems at scale.
As Vice President Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering you will report to the Head of Platform Engineering and join a high-performing fast-paced Platform Engineering organization at the heart of Thomson Reuters technology strategy. You will own:
Platform & Tooling Integration
- Define and drive the technical direction for platform capabilities engineering across Thomson Reuters including cloud infrastructure and evaluation platforms ensuring seamless integration with the broader platform estate
- Be an Infrastructure and Cloud platform evangelist advocate to push the envelope on what is possible and translate vision into executable roadmaps
- Provide technical leadership and guidance for all Platform Engineering Infrastructure teams setting standards and driving engineering quality across the organisation
- Own Cloud architecture governance and partner on cloud transformation initiatives and hybrid identity strategy; ensure secure scalable and compliant cloud environments across multi-cloud estates
- Oversee compute server environments and lifecycle management; manage virtualization platforms (Hyper-V) including performance and capacity planning
- Provide technical leadership across enterprise networking (LAN/WAN firewalls VPNs SD-WAN)
- Own storage backup and disaster recovery strategy and execution; define and manage RTO/RPO targets across platforms; lead DR planning testing and continuous improvement
- Maintain financial accountability for managing budget forecasts and actuals
Performance & Scalability
- Own the quality bar for security scalability and reliability of Platform Systems; define and enforce observability and performance standards for core product workloads operating at enterprise scale
- Define publish and evolve TRs cloud-native engineering standards including reference implementations; support adoption through office hours and direct engagement with product engineering teams
- Lead architecture reviews for core infrastructure systems entering the production estate driving standards compliance and shaping the Platform Engineering portfolio ahead of demand
- Lead platform development and delivery across multiple cloud vendors (AWS Azure GCP OCI) ensuring consistent operational excellence across the estate
- Provide proactive technical guidance on engineering platforms and oversight to delivery teams fostering DevSecOps scalable microservices and design patterns optimised for scale stability security and operational efficiency
- Lead technical evaluations and build-vs-buy decisions for core infrastructure evaluation platforms and developer tooling
Collaboration & Leadership
- Collaborate with senior leadership to collectively define and own the vision for the set of capabilities and services aligning to company strategy and evangelising throughout Thomson Reuters
- Collaborate with engineering leaders across Thomson Reuters to drive cohesion standards and best practices fostering a strong culture of engineering excellence
- Partner with Product Engineering Service Management Security InfoSec Legal Privacy and Standards & Governance teams to ensure engineering practices are auditable compliant and production-ready
- Drive engineering productivity and developer experience initiatives including Consumer Success engagements
- Represent Platform Engineering in M&A technical due diligence where cloud posture and modern engineering practices are in scope
- Support infrastructure integration for acquisitions including migrations and network design; ensure alignment with enterprise standards as the environment scales
- Hold direct line management responsibilities for global teams delivering performance reviews and defining annual department goals and metrics
- Represent Thomson Reuters externally at engineering platform and architecture forums to learn from and influence industry best practices
Infrastructure & Technology Areas in Scope
Engineering for the following capabilities is currently within scope of the role:
Infrastructure Platforms Technology Capability Areas
Cloud Landing Zones: AWS Landing Zone Azure Landing Zone Google Cloud Landing Zone Oracle Cloud Landing Zones Enterprise Cloud Operations
Compute Services: AMS Cloud Provisioning Azure Compute Services Image Factory and Endpoint Management Multi Cloud and Linux Platform Operating Systems
Data Services: Database Enablement Relational Database Non-Relational Data Services Database Operations
Storage Services: Cloud Storage On-Prem Storage Big Data
Network Services: Network Architecture Cloud Network Services Network Tools / Automation Enterprise Network Services
Container Platform: Container Platform Management and Support
Mainframe: Mainframe Platform and Workflow Management
Location
This hybrid role can be based in any of the following hub locations: Eagan MN; Frisco TX or New York NY.
About You
Your are a fit for the VP Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering role if you possess the following skills and experience:
- 15 years of experience building and operating enterprise-scale systems including 5 years in Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering focused on production environments
- Deep technical credibility with hands-on experience in cloud and infrastructure with the ability to lead architecture reviews set standards and drive engineering quality at scale
- Proven track record designing and operating multi-cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP OCI) with strong understanding of the full cloud lifecycle from architecture through operations
- Strong expertise in cloud migrations tenant and service integration and applying security principles across complex environments
- Deep knowledge of enterprise networking (LAN/WAN cloud networking) and high-availability system design
- Experience managing complex multi-vendor infrastructure environments (e.g. Cisco Arista Palo Alto Fortinet Juniper)
- Demonstrated success leading and scaling global engineering organizations with the ability to translate complex challenges into production-ready outcomes
- Strong leadership capability in building developing and retaining high-performing teams
- Ability to operate effectively across all levels of the organization engaging with senior leadership and cross-functional partners including Product Security Legal and Procurement
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience producing technical standards and architectural decision records
- Proven ability to drive execution and deliver results in fast-paced innovative environments
Nice to Have
- Graduate degree in Computer Engineering or a related field
- Prior experience leading infrastructure and Cloud engineering teams at large enterprise-scale organisations
- Experience running large projects or workstreams including exposure to large-scale technology transformation programmes
- Experience in legal tax financial services or other regulated information businesses
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Whats in it For You
Hybrid Work Model: Weve 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 tomorrows 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 26000 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.
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