Infrastructure Engineer - London, UK

GFO-X; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital asset derivatives is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer for their London office. The ideal candidate will possess strong Linux administration skills, experience in managing resilient systems, and the ability to collaborate with diverse teams. Emphasizing diversity and inclusion, GFO-X offers competitive benefits and opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in administering and deploying Linux solutions.
• Experience with low-latency environments and virtualization platforms.
• Strong command of spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Provision of exchange infrastructure for trading activities.
• Implement security policies and manage technical operations.
• Creation of technical documentation and contribution to infrastructure design.

Skills

Linux Administration

Ansible

Puppet

Bash/Shell

Python

Zabbix Monitoring

LDAP

Job description

Infrastructure Engineer - London, UK

"Global Futures and Options Ltd (GFO-X)", a UK FCA-authorised and regulated MTF, is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to join our growing team in London, UK.

GFO-X is the UK's first regulated and centrally cleared trading venue dedicated to digital asset derivatives. GFO-X has partnered with LCH SA which will offer clearing of Bitcoin index futures and options contracts traded on GFO-X. This will be made available through a new segregated clearing service, LCH DigitalAssetClear. GFO-X services large global institutional participants who require a regulated, institutional-grade trading venue for digital asset derivatives, including bitcoin index futures and options.

The successful candidate will join the Infrastructure team, report to the Head of Infrastructure, work with developers and project stakeholders, and build the infrastructure for an institutional grade fully UK-regulated trading venue for digital asset futures and options.

Role

• Provision of Exchange infrastructure, including server hardware, Linux OS, and applications
• Second-line support of exchange infrastructure
• Provision of monitoring, management, and alerting of Exchange infrastructure
• Provision of support to the Exchange Operations team to assist in daily exchange operations and resolving operational issues
• Working with the Security team to implement corporate security policies to ensure our IT environments adhere to internal and industry-standard policies and practices
• Propose and lead projects that improve our production environments
• Creation of technical documentation
• Contribution to Exchange design and architecture discussions
• Working shifts may be required, as may on-call support

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in administering and deploying Linux solutions in similar industries
• Practical exposure to Ansible, Puppet, or similar configuration management tools
• Experience with configuring and managing resilient, low-latency environments is particularly welcome
• Experience in deployment and operations of virtualization platforms
• Demonstratable skills with orchestration and automation tools, including scripting languages such as Bash/Shell, Perl, and Python
• Exposure to configuring the Zabbix monitoring platform or similar
• Exposure to IPA or similar Identity Management platforms, including practical LDAP skills
• Self-starter and independent, able to work within a team. Detail-oriented with a structured approach to managing workload
• Capable of interacting with different teams throughout the organization and with external clients to identify/resolve technical issues in a professional and effective manner
• Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive documentation for processes and systems
• Experience in managing vendors
• Experience in proposing and evaluating new hardware and software solutions and their associated processes
• Strong command of spoken and written English
• Previous working experience in an Exchange or HFT environment

This role is to be based at our London office. Application from any region is acceptable, but candidates based in the United Kingdom will be given preference. GFO-X is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Competitive benefits included.

If you are interested in any of our roles, please apply through the link provided in the job posting.

Inquiries from agencies should be directed to [e-mail]. Please refrain from sending recruitment inquiries to any other email address or individual within our organization. GFO-X does not guarantee employment or engagement based solely on inquiry.

All unsolicited CVs from agencies shall be treated as such and will not be counted as submissions.