Senior Platform Engineer Linux IaC - Hedge Fund

Client Server; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £150k

Bonus

Pension

Self development and career progression opportunities

Job summary

A leading financial technology company is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer (Linux IaC) to build and enhance their technology platform in London. This role includes managing infrastructure and automating processes in a high availability environment. Candidates should have strong Linux skills, experience in finance sectors, and a good grasp of Infrastructure-as-Code. The role offers a salary up to £150k, a bonus, and opportunities for career progression, with a flexible work from home arrangement.

Qualifications

• Skilled Infrastructure technologist with strong Linux experience.
• Experience in a similar Hedge Fund or finance environment requiring high availability.
• Good understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and containerisation.

Responsibilities

• Provision and configuration of physical and virtual servers.
• Manage the virtual infrastructure on a hypervisor.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose systems at various levels.

Skills

Linux experience

Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

CI/CD pipelines

Containerisation (Nomad, Kubernetes, OpenShift)

Automation skills

Network equipment understanding

Collaborative skills

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer (Linux IaC) – London / WFH – £150k

Are you a technologist Platform Engineer with experience of working in high availability finance environments?

You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands‑on Platform Engineer role at a Hedge Fund with complex work and substantial bonus earning potential.

As a Senior Platform Engineer you will join a globally distributed team as the first hire in London to expand and build out the technology platform to deliver a best‑in‑class environment to power all of the company’s workloads within a Linux on‑premise environment.

This will include provision and configuration of physical and virtual servers, management of the virtual infrastructure on a hypervisor, Linux administration both manual and using automation tools, coding new automation and scripting Infrastructure as Code service configuration and deployment as well as troubleshooting and diagnosing systems at application, operating system and virtual or physical hardware level.

Location / WFH: You’ll join colleagues in the impressive Central London office with flexibility to work from home twice a week. When you’re in the office you can enjoy a range of facilities including onsite catered lunch and gym.

About you

• Skilled Infrastructure technologist with strong Linux experience
• Experience in a similar Hedge Fund or finance environment requiring high availability
• Good understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines
• Containerisation experience; Nomad used, Kubernetes or OpenShift also acceptable
• Automation skills and deep understanding of computer hardware, networks and network equipment
• Collaborative and pragmatic, able to push back if necessary

What's in it for you

• Salary to £150k
• Bonus
• Pension
• Self development and career progression opportunities

Apply now to find out more about this Senior Platform Engineer (Linux IaC) opportunity.

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