Platform Specialist - Scheduler and Orchestrators

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Platform Applications Specialist, where you will play a crucial role in delivering mission-critical platform infrastructure. This position offers the chance to work with both internal and external stakeholders, building and maintaining automated solutions that enhance operational efficiency. You will design and scale platform infrastructure while mentoring junior team members, ensuring excellence in compute-intensive systems. If you are passionate about technology and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• Deep knowledge of HPC or orchestration technologies like Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, monitor, and scale platform infrastructure using DevOps methodologies.
• Automate tasks with scripting and configuration management tools.

Skills

DevOps

Python

Git

Bash

Linux

Containerization

HPC

Kubernetes

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Gitlab

Ansible

Terraform

Elasticsearch

Prometheus

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Platform Specialist - Scheduler and Orchestrators, London

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Client:

Squarepoint Capital

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

5

Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

Department: Application Engineering

Position Overview:

As a Platform Applications Specialist at Squarepoint, you will play a crucial technical role in delivering mission-critical platform infrastructure using the DevOps methodology.

In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with internal and external stakeholders to build and maintain automated platform solutions and services used across the firm. You will also be responsible for designing, monitoring, and scaling Platform infrastructure, and automating everyday tasks with scripting and configuration management tools. Your experience will be valuable to the more junior team members.

As a member of the Schedulers stream, you will be responsible for ensuring the excellence of the most compute-intensive pieces of infrastructure in the company. You will have the opportunity to shape both the architecture and user experience to offer the most out of our platform.

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or similar discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• Experience with software development (Python, Git)
• Experience with system administration (Bash, Linux, Containerization)
• Deep knowledge of HPC (e.g. Slurm) or orchestration technologies (e.g. Kubernetes)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have:

• Experience with other orchestration technologies (Prefect, Airflow)
• Experience with advanced software engineering concepts.
• Experience with modern software development tooling, such as Gitlab, Artifactory or Docker.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management, such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience with Observability systems, such as Elasticsearch, Prometheus.