Platform Operations Infrastructure Engineer. £65,000-£70,000 + Bonus and Benefits. Commodities/[...]

CommuniTech Recruitment Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy trading firm in London is seeking a Platform Operations Infrastructure Engineer to manage and enhance their infrastructure using cloud services. The role involves day-to-day infrastructure management, collaborating with IT teams, and automating tasks to drive continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will have robust experience in Windows and Linux systems, as well as a passion for technology and improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience with Windows Server 2016 and clustering.
• Knowledge of VMware ESXi 7.x configuration.
• Familiarity with automation via PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Management and monitoring of server infrastructure including physical clusters.
• 2nd and 3rd line support for IT solutions.
• Documentation of processes for service management.

Skills

Automation

Configuration Management

Scripting

Tools

VMware

Windows Server

Linux

Active Directory

Job description

Platform Operations Infrastructure Engineer. £65,000-£70,000 + Bonus and Benefits. Commodities/ Energy trading. Central London. Hybrid 3 days a week in the office.

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Platform Operations Infrastructure Engineer. £65,000-£70,000 + Bonus and Benefits. Commodities/ Energy trading. Central London. Hybrid 3 days a week in the office.

My client is a top tier energy trading firm based in central London. They are looking for a platform engineering infrastructure engineer.

Job Description:

Your team and position

You will be working in a team of passionate engineers who are responsible for all aspects of infrastructure. Collaborating with Development and Operational teams on producing solid implementations to drive change and improvements.

They un active/active data centres, which allow them to move services seamlessly between them. To accompany this they also have resources deployed across multiple regions in Azure, they are always looking for opportunities to enhance their environment with automation and cloud services.

As a platform operations engineer, you will help drive and deliver their modern infrastructure and best practises. Their strategy is to take advantage of cloud services to enhance their end product, you will help to drive this strategy, working closely with the stakeholders on new application architectures and streamlining their deployment processes.

You must be must be curious and willing to learn new skills, keep pace with technology trends, thrive in a culture of continuous improvement and be used to a robust and hands-on engineering culture to help them relentlessly evolve the services they offer.

About the role

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for the day to day installation, configuration, management and monitoring of the server infrastructure, and the installation, configuration and maintenance of physical Microsoft clusters (Windows Server 2016 and later), Linux (Ubuntu) and VMware (ESXi 7x) based virtual & physical servers.
• Management and monitoring of the multi-forest active directory and physical hardware support.
• Monitor the enterprise environment managing performance and capacity highlighting any issues
• To provide 2nd and 3rd line support at the required service levels for all IT enterprise solutions that are within this portfolio in line with the infrastructure services technical support strategy.
• Responsible for enterprise backup and monitoring of the current Windows & growing Linux estate including associated hardware

Main Responsibilities:

Responsible for the management, monitoring, maintenance and provisioning of the following services:

• indows Server 2016 and later, build, configuration and troubleshooting skillsV
• Mware ESXi 7xU
• buntu build, configuration and troubleshooting skillsC
• onfiguration managementE
• itrix XenAppC

hampioning opportunities to automate regular tasks and take advantage of cloud services.

A

t the direction of the Platform Operations Manager, engage with the other teams in the IT Department to ensure that our policies and procedures are implemented, in particular those procedures relating to:D

• isaster RecoveryO
• perational Acceptance TestingC
• hange ManagementE

ngage with stakeholders to plan and coordinate solution transition and application of upgrades.

F

or any incidents that arise perform root cause analysis to identify any enterprise solutions that if implemented would resolve the issue and its root causes. Engage with IT Delivery in order that these requirements may feed into the target enterprise solution strategy.

D

raft and maintain documentation and local working instructions that detail the processes and procedures that are implemented to manage, monitor, maintain and provision the services within the portfolio outlined for this role.

K

eep abreast of industry technological developments and identify opportunities to implement new or improved enterprise solutions to provide a more efficient and effective service to the business. Discuss any potential advancement or any recommendations for new designs and technologies with your line manager so that these can be passed to stakeholders and incorporated within the IT Strategy if required.

E

xperience Required:·

Automation via PowerShell or other scripting languages·

Windows Server 2016 and later clustering, installation and maintenance·

VMware ESXi (7.x and later) configuration and monitoring·

Active Directory, DNS, DHCP configuration and management in a multi-forest design·

ADFS and SAML·

Physical hardware configuration and supportD

• nowledge of Brocade switches and Pure storage systemsA
• nsible configuration managementU
• buntu installation and maintenanceC
• onitoring software such as PRTG and QuestC
• itrix 7.xL
• oad balancingK

deally the above knowledge and experience will have been gained in a top tier trading house, investment bank or a leading software house specialising in providing software based solutions.

B

usiness Knowledge:T

he following business knowledge is desirable:E

• xperience in trading and risk management systems for commoditiesK
• nowledge of the full trade life-cycleA
• n understanding of physical and financial commodities trading
  

P

erson specificationA

• passionate and curious technologist, striving to deliver solutions and continuous improvementP
• roactive at continually improving his/her sphere of influenceD
• emonstratable interest in automation, infrastructure as code and scriptingA
• bility to deliver results by working effectively with all levels of stakeholders in a high pressure environmentA
• bility to challenge design and operations where availability and performance are at stakeC
• an communicate highly complex concepts to non-technical staffW
• ill fully participate in a multi-faceted team environmentE

I

f you are interested and to learn more, please send a CV for immediate consideration.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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