Linux Site Reliability Engineer - London

Claremont Consulting Solutions Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Claremont Consulting Solutions Ltd is seeking a Production Support / Systems Engineer to drive patching and automation across Linux environments, both on premises and in the cloud. You will monitor and resolve issues on a 24x7 trading platform and contribute to runbooks that cut manual work.

You'll bring 3+ years in a demanding setting, solid Linux and scripting skills, and a reliability mindset with a passion for automation. Exposure to observability tooling and AWS is a plus.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in production support or systems engineering in a demanding environment.
• Solid Linux fundamentals and scripting (Python or Bash).
• A reliability mindset with drive to automate and reduce manual work.

Responsibilities

• Drive patching and automation across the Linux environment, on premise and in the cloud.
• Monitor, triage and resolve production issues on the systematic trading platform.
• Contribute to automation, tooling and runbooks to reduce manual work and prevent repeat incidents.
• Take part in follow-the-Sun on-call rota and handovers with other regions.
• Grow ownership of services and depth across the platform.

Skills

Linux fundamentals

Python

Bash scripting

Reliability mindset

Communication

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Observability tools

AWS familiarity

Job description

Our client is a leading global alternative investment manager. Its technology runs a sophisticated, systematic trading platform across a 24x7 global estate, held to a high bar for engineering, security and talent. You will work in a small, senior team where ownership is real and your work reaches the business directly.

What you'll do

• Drive patching and automation across the Linux environment, on premise and in the cloud
• Monitor, triage and resolve production issues on the systematic trading platform
• Contribute to automation, tooling and runbooks that reduce manual work and prevent repeat incidents
• Take part in the follow-the-Sun on-call rota and handovers with other regions
• Grow your ownership of services and your depth across the platform

What you'll bring

• 3+ years in production support or systems engineering in a demanding environment
• Solid Linux fundamentals and Scripting (Python or Bash)
• A genuine reliability mindset and an appetite to automate and improve
• Clear communication and a calm head under pressure

Nice to have

• Exposure to observability tooling and CI/CD
• Interest in trading or market-data systems
• AWS familiarity