Systems Engineer

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business is partnering with a quantitative, multi-strategy investment firm to recruit a Systems Engineer for its Infrastructure team in London. You will work across networking, servers and application services in a modern, highly automated environment.

The role starts with day-to-day systems administration and end-user support, with the potential to extend into broader infrastructure projects, a large Linux-centric AWS environment, automation, containerised

Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience in a tech-related field.
• Experience with cloud, particularly AWS.
• Strong scripting abilities using Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar.
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Degree in CS, EE or related field.

Skills

AWS

Scripting (Python/Bash/Powershell)

IaC (Terraform & Ansible)

Troubleshooting

Linux

Cloud infrastructure

Education

Degree in CS, EE or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Linux

Job description

We are working with a quantitative, multi-strategy investment firm that combines systematic research with discretionary strategies across global financial markets.

They are looking for a Systems Engineer to join their Infrastructure team, working across networking, servers and application services within a modern, highly automated environment.

As a Systems Engineer, you will initially focus on day-to-day systems administration and end-user support, with the opportunity to grow into broader areas of infrastructure and eventually take ownership of larger infrastructure projects. The role offers exposure to a large Linux-centric AWS environment, infrastructure automation, containerised workloads, databases and a range of cloud and user-facing technologies.

Key Requirements:

• 3-7 years of experience in tech-related field
• Experience working with cloud, particularly AWS
• Strong scripting abilities using python, bash, powershell or similar
• Experience working with IaC tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Degree in CS, EE or related field

Desireable Requirements:

• Experience with containerised workloads such as AWS ECS
• Exposure to relational, columnar and NoSQL databases