Senior Infra Engineer: Virtualization, Storage & Automation

IG KnowHow; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits 12%

Private medical cover

Life insurance

Gym membership contribution

25 days holiday + birthday + volunteer

Job summary

IG Group in London is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to oversee and support virtualisation, storage and backup systems within our global fintech environment. You will act as an escalation point for production issues and drive improvements across our infrastructure stack.

The role requires deep hands-on expertise with Nutanix HCI, large-scale server estates, automation, and strong collaboration across teams. We offer a flexible benefits package and a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience across virtualisation, backup & storage.
• Experience of mid- to large enterprise environments with thousands of servers.
• Knowledge of Nutanix HCI (deploy, manage, lifecycle management).
• Good networking knowledge for infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across compute, storage, networking and virtualization.
• Automate tasks using PowerShell, Python, Terraform or Ansible.
• Team player with strong communication skills.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and SOPs.
• Act as escalation point for critical production issues.
• Proactive approach with continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Maintain infrastructure by regularly updating to the latest software versions.
• Monitor vulnerabilities closely and implement timely patching and firmware upgrades.
• Adopt a proactive approach to minimise incidents and issues.

Skills

Virtualisation

Backup & storage

Nutanix HCI

Networking

Automation

Teamwork

Documentation

Tools

Nutanix HCI

Job description

IG Group in London is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to oversee and support virtualisation, storage and backup systems within our global fintech environment. You will act as an escalation point for production issues and drive improvements across our infrastructure stack.

The role requires deep hands-on expertise with Nutanix HCI, large-scale server estates, automation, and strong collaboration across teams. We offer a flexible benefits package and a hybrid work model.