Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Managed Systems Operability | London, UK

Bloomberg; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial technology is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to enhance the stability of critical infrastructure services. The role involves automating processes, managing server fleets, and collaborating with various teams to implement best practices in systems operability.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Linux/Unix production environment.
• Ability to build and maintain Linux systems through automation.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to CI/CD frameworks and pipelines.
• Diagnose and resolve critical system issues.
• Enhance monitoring and alerting solutions.

Skills

Python

Process Automation

Collaboration

Tools

Salt

Chef

Jenkins

Ansible

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Managed Systems Operability

As a Systems Operability Engineer, you will join a highly motivated, experienced, and dynamic team responsible for providing automatic remediation solutions, stability efforts, and self-service tooling to manage Bloomberg's server fleet. Our team offers a low-friction customer experience by providing tooling that integrates Appliance and Datacenter server environments, regardless of the underlying infrastructure. We leverage the latest automation technologies to reduce operational toil, enhance the stability of our critical infrastructure services, and facilitate maintenance of Bloomberg's server fleet at scale.

You will work closely with Software Developers, Frontline teams, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with business strategies and best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to CI/CD frameworks and pipelines
• Draft process flow charts and procedures, perform capacity planning, and implement changes
• Diagnose and resolve critical system issues
• Refine processes and procedures with a focus on standardization and automation
• Enhance monitoring and alerting solutions

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience programming in Python (or related languages) and a good understanding of software development methodologies, open-source systems, and familiarity with Git repositories
• Process automation experience
• Expertise in analyzing, diagnosing, and solving problems in a Linux/Unix production environment
• Ability to build and maintain Linux systems through automation software (e.g., Salt, Chef, Jenkins, Ansible)
• Eagerness to work collaboratively and share knowledge

Preferred Qualifications:

• RHEL System Administrator level of competency
• Knowledge of configuration management, orchestration, CI/CD, infrastructure monitoring, and telemetry
• Experience using Agile methodologies (e.g., Kanban or Scrum)
• Familiarity with telemetry tools such as Splunk and Grafana
• Experience with web frameworks (BENTO, REACT, Angular, DJANGO)