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IT Ops Engineer – Windows Linux

IT Ops Engineer – Windows Linux

£70,000

Quant Capital is urgently looking for a IT Operations Engineer to join our high profile client.

Our client is a well known global High Frequency Trading firm. They value technology especially the opensource variety as well as scalability and robust performance (much like their track record).

This is a bleeding edge role as close as it gets to the market. You will participate in providing financial and operational support to the firm.

The primary responsibility of the IT Operations Engineer is to ensure the availability of all the IT systems that are used by all colleagues throughout the trading day. This includes the end user computing, the applications that run on them and the back-end infrastructure from the office to the exchanges.

In addition to this your responsibilities will include; building and deploying new PCs, managing resource utilisation of IT systems, patching and maintaining Windows Server environment, patching and maintaining of Linux systems and ensuring regulatory compliance reporting is carried out.

The role:

Infrastructure & Identity

• Administer Active Directory, Office 365, and identity/access control.
• Manage AWS services and infrastructure.
• Perform Linux system administration.

Support & Monitoring

• Troubleshoot hardware, software, and network issues (on-site and remote).
• Monitor systems using Grafana and Elastic to ensure performance and availability.
• Document processes, create runbooks, and automate repetitive tasks.

Collaboration & Impact

• Work closely with traders and developers to ensure systems are ready for pre-market activities (~7:15 am start).
• Own issues from detection through resolution, keeping downtime to a minimum.

IT Ops Engineers MUST have:

• Ideally prior experience working in financial services
• Experience managing a Windows Server environment (ideally Server 2016)
• Experiencing building and maintaining Window 10 desktops
• Linux
• Experience maintaining Microsoft SQL Server

The environment is that of Facebook or Google, relaxed open with time to think and make the right decisions. The atmosphere is calm and relaxed with an open dress code. This is a role for techies, those who are motivated by the sharp end of technology and the possibility of making serious money doing something you are passionate about.

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