Vice President, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 organization
• 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
• Own 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
• 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 TR’s 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

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 TR’s 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

• 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
• Prominent 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
• Able 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
• 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
• Nice to have: Graduate degree in Computer Engineering or a related field

What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve 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 tomorrow’s 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 and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprisecentric factors.
• 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.