Senior Network Platform Engineer - Cloud & Automation

Bluecrestcapitalmanagement; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueCrest is seeking a Platform Engineer focused on networks to manage and evolve our global network infrastructure across on‑prem, colocation, and cloud. You will work within the Infrastructure Platform team on secure, scalable network services and automation initiatives.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in finance or fast‑paced settings, strong Cisco/IP networking, Unix skills, and cloud networking experience with Azure/AWS.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a financial institution or fast-paced environment.
• Strong Cisco networking skills across data centres and enterprise networks.
• Experience with next-generation firewalls, Palo Alto.
• Unix operating system knowledge and experience.
• Azure and AWS cloud networking experience.
• Experience planning and delivering network automation using IaC.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, support, and maintain BlueCrest’s global networks and related systems.
• Carry out BAU changes across all network systems in line with the change control process.
• Design and build network products for on-premises data centres, colocation trading, offices, WAN, and cloud infrastructure.
• Responsible for network security area, with experience operating and maintaining next-generation firewall platforms.
• Develop and maintain network systems and associated code, following Infrastructure as Code and SRE practices.
• Design and deliver project work across all networking disciplines and wider infrastructure platforms.
• Contribute to the architecture and roadmap for BlueCrest’s networks and platforms.
• Maintain data centre and communications room environments, including racking and patching network equipment.
• Manage third-party vendors, data centre providers, and telecoms providers.

Skills

TCP/IP

Cisco switching

Cisco routing

Cisco ACI

IOS-XE

Palo Alto firewalls

Unix knowledge

Azure networking

AWS networking

Infrastructure as Code

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Rest APIs

CI/CD

VoIP / Teams

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

BlueCrest is seeking a Platform Engineer focused on networks to manage and evolve our global network infrastructure across on‑prem, colocation, and cloud. You will work within the Infrastructure Platform team on secure, scalable network services and automation initiatives.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in finance or fast‑paced settings, strong Cisco/IP networking, Unix skills, and cloud networking experience with Azure/AWS.