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# DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £90,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Configuration Management, Protocol Stack, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Database Queries, Linux, DevOps, Ethernet, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Multicasting, Routing, Ansible, Shell Script, SQL Databases, TCP/IP, Git, Information Technology, Hardware Infrastructure, Software Version Control, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/26870

## About the Role

* A degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
 * A senior engineer's capability, whether you come from DevOps, systems engineering on Linux, network engineering, or a combination
 * Python tools development, shell scripting, SQL for database queries and updates, and potentially C++ coding
 * A good understanding of the Linux OS, its network stack and system configuration
 * A good understanding of networking, concepts and issues, including packet routing, ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP and multicast
 * Close familiarity with CI/CD, configuration management and source control (e.g. Jenkins, Ansible, Git)

Additional familiarity with the financial sector, for instance pricing and trade protocols, would be beneficial but is not essential.

This full-time role is based in Cambridge, UK and requires existing work permission without sponsorship. In exchange for generous remuneration and a broad remit, some "on call" work will be required.

## Description

Join a growing tech company which provides advanced trading technology for use by leading financial firms. Manage deployment on advanced hardware, develop monitoring tools, and supervise. Over time, a global network of bespoke high-speed systems will be established at financial exchanges worldwide.

You'll be responsible for a mission-critical production environments at increasingly global scale. Advanced hardware and optimised software means low level and bespoke deployments. Growing your understanding of this technical area, monitoring the network, pre-empting and resolving issues, and minimising risk will be key. You'll be in touch with developers, traders, brokerage firms and exchanges.


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