Site Reliability Engineer – Finance Tech, DataOps, Cloud

Barclays UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer to optimize the performance and reliability of systematic trading algorithms. This role requires expertise in DevOps and DataOps, particularly with Linux, Python, and Bash for task automation. Responsibilities include ensuring system availability, resolving outages, and developing automation tools. Ideal candidates will also possess knowledge of data streaming technologies such as KDB/q and Kafka, and demonstrate strong collaboration skills to enhance system performance within an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in DevOps and DataOps, using SRE best practices.
• Expertise in Linux in an Enterprise setting.
• Knowledge of Data Streaming technologies like KDB/q, Kafka, and Solace.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the availability, performance, and scalability of systems.
• Resolve system outages and disruptions.
• Develop tools and scripts for automating operational processes.
• Optimize system performance and resource usage.
• Collaborate to integrate reliability best practices.

Skills

Experience in DevOps and DataOps

Expertise in Linux

Expertise in Python and Bash programming

Job description

A leading financial institution is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer to optimize the performance and reliability of systematic trading algorithms. This role requires expertise in DevOps and DataOps, particularly with Linux, Python, and Bash for task automation. Responsibilities include ensuring system availability, resolving outages, and developing automation tools. Ideal candidates will also possess knowledge of data streaming technologies such as KDB/q and Kafka, and demonstrate strong collaboration skills to enhance system performance within an agile environment.