Infrastructure Engineer London
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Do you have experience in operations and support? Are you ready to gain more experience in cloud? Want to work for an established and growing financial software house? Our client is recruiting an Infrastructure Engineer to support thier software delivery and expansion into the cloud.
This is a varied and challenging role to manage and maintain their infrastructure in office, hosted at a major London data centre, and also in the cloud. They use a wide range of technology, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Hyper V, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes / containers and make extensive use of SQL Server and PostGreSQL databases. Future focus will be on further developing our cloud computing infrastructure.
About the Role:
The role has a wide range of responsibilities including but not restricted to the following tasks:
- Set up and management of cloud infrastructure
- Design, build and management of application services to support the business and server infrastructure (real and virtual)
- System Monitoring and Maintenance
- Troubleshooting and Fault Investigation
- Firewall and Switch Configuration
About you
You will have five or more years’ of relevant experience working in an IT Infrastructure role for a company using some or all of the technologies listed above, but essential to have some experience in cloud infrastructure.
You must be self-motivated, able to use your own initiative and thrive on learning new technologies and taking ownership of projects to achieve infrastructure objectives.
You should be someone who enjoys fixing things, building structure where it is lacking but can also be flexible where necessary to meet the changing needs of the company.
You are a practical person with a can-do, hands-on approach to new issues.
Benefits
- Six-monthly profit-related bonus scheme
- Service-related bonus scheme
- Remote/office flexible working
- Private health insurance
- Income protection plan
- Workplace pension scheme
- MSc support programme
- Self-directed time for personal development
- Company social events
- Weekly staff lunches in the office
- Home office equipment and furniture provided
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Cycle friendly – CWS, shower, secure bike storage
Essential Skills
Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:
- Experience with AWS
- 3rd Line support of Windows infrastructure
- Knowledgable in Linux
- Knowledge of database servers (SQL ideally)
- Familiarity with containerisation and Kubernetes
Desired Skills
Your attributes
- An enthusiasm for getting the job done without compromising accuracy or quality
- A pride in your work and an excellent attention to detail
- Effective time management and organisational skills
- Good interpersonal skills, friendly and approachable
- Good verbal and written communication
- A flexible attitude to work with the ability to handle changing priorities
About Company
Our client is a London-based software house delivering innovative and reliable solutions to leading exchanges, financial institutions and market data vendors. Founded in 1989, they have grown steadily and promote trusted partnerships with their clients.
They have built up a successful track record as a financial systems developer, supplying their own software products and software development services. The systems they develop require high levels of technical expertise; for example, real-time trading and market data handling, complex database requirements and interfaces to internal or external systems.
Essential Requirements
Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:
- Experience with AWS
- 3rd Line support of Windows infrastructure
- Knowledgable in Linux
- Knowledge of database servers (SQL ideally)
- Familiarity with containerisation and Kubernetes
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