Lead Database Risk and Compliance

Role Overview

As a Database Risk and Compliance Lead, you will ensure that LSEG Database systems adhere to security policies, regulatory requirement and internal LSEG prescribed policies and guidelines.

You will work with the Database team to translate security policies and standards and incorporate them into Database system design and controls.

We are seeking a collaborative and detail-oriented Engineer to join our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team focused on Risk and Compliance. This role supports critical infrastructure and governance initiatives, ensuring operational excellence, regulatory alignment, and inclusive innovation across our technology landscape.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive compliance, improve reliability, and support continuous improvement efforts. We value diverse perspectives and encourage candidates from technical backgrounds to apply.

Key Responsibilities

 Project & Delivery Support   

• Analyse current heterogenous LSEG database estate, identify risks and trends and plan and prioritize actions.   
• Assist in planning, tracking, and delivering IT infrastructure and compliance-related projects. Strategize and drive critical initiative and help the team embed security, stability and scalability by design into the Database Estate
• Deep Dive into technical issues, builds automation, and drives long‑term fixes
• Use project management tools to supervise achievements, dependencies, and results.
• Facilitate inclusive meetings, prepare accessible documentation, and follow up on action items.

Governance, Risk & Compliance:

• Identify and design Database Key controls and implement requisite solutions and design patterns across the LSEG Database estate to ensure alignment with regulatory, security and internal policies and standards while aligning with the risk appetite of LSEG Organization.

• Define and document policies which facilitate complaint data structures and provide in-depth clarity to design solutions for easier provisioning and maintenance of evolving LSEG database estate.

• Periodically Review and Remediate gaps and disparities in Database systems by introducing critical database services and controls.
• Ensure adherence to ITIL and other relevant frameworks, promoting transparency and accountability.
• Support delivery of key programs such as DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act), PAM (Privileged Access Management), and Service Management (SM) implementation. Coordinate audit walkthroughs, evidence collection, and remediation tracking with a focus on equitable process participation.
• Supervise audit governance frameworks and drive improvements in closure rates and response quality.
• Improve Risk Culture in the database team with training, strategizing apt design and key database controls, define and document policies and guidelines to secure and regulate the evolving database estate

⚠ Risk Oversight & Issue Management:

• Sustain daily risk oversight, control monitoring, and regulatory reporting. Proactively identify operational and project risks, offering short-term solutions while tracking long-term resolutions.
• Call out issues appropriately, ensuring inclusive communication across all levels. Operational Excellence Develop a strong understanding of unit processes and promote team-wide compliance.
• Drive reduction in incidents and problems while supporting safe and effective change delivery.
• Represent the team in forums such as CAB (Change Advisory Board), incident reviews, and problem reviews.

Collaboration & Partnership

• Collaborate with Database Solutions and Engineering, Cyber / IT Security and Business stakeholders to develop and embed privacy, security and resilience by design.
• Partner with business and technology interested parties, fostering inclusive collaboration. Work with architecture teams to assess operational impacts of design decisions.
• Act as an operational SME for assigned products, while building knowledge of database infrastructure and observability tools

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Advocate for new tools, processes, and technical developments that improve CI/CD and system reliability.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and inclusive innovation. Ensure documentation and communication practices are accessible to all team members.

What We’re Looking

• A technologist with prior engineering and operations experience across platforms with Database systems.
• Strong Fundamentals of Database, Database Structures and Database Architecture. Experience of working on different RDBMS and fundamental understanding of Semi and Unstructured Databases will be added advantage.
• Fundamental Understanding of Risk Management Framework is essential while understanding of Financial Risk Management will be an added advantage
• For A passion for reliability, compliance, and inclusive engineering practices. Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Familiarity with ITIL, risk frameworks, and modern SRE principles.
• Clear communicator and effective collaborator who can coordinate with Requisite stakeholders and Business to drive critical initiatives and work.
• Ability to work optimally in diverse teams and adapt to evolving priorities.
• Commitment to equity, transparency, and respectful collaboration

Career Stage:

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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