Lead Desktop Engineer (5-10 Years) - Up to £150k + Bonus - Elite Buy-SideTrading Firm

Hunter Bond
Greater London, UK
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
£150,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Cloud Storage Information Technology Consulting Hyper-V Windows PowerShell Software Engineering Office365 Information Technology Vmware

Job description

Lead Desktop Engineer (5-10 Years) - Up to £150k + Bonus - Elite Buy-Side Trading Firm

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Job Title: Lead Desktop Engineer

Client: Elite Buy-Side Trading Firm

Salary: Up to £150k + Bonus

Location: London (Hybrid)

Sells: Cutting-edge tech, ownership of multiple greenfield projects, no red tape, a friendly/collaborative environment, beautiful offices, personal projects on Fridays!

An Technology Driven Trading Firm is looking for a highly talented Lead Desktop Engineer with financial services experience to join and lead an elite group in group of individuals.

This team have an unlimited tech budget, promote a great culture and are made up of fantastic like-minded individuals.

Role

  • Leading a small team across all L1-L3 issues
  • Spending time working on mission-critical infrastructure projects
  • Automating anything and everything
  • Continuing to expand both their on-prem and cloud storage offering
  • Working across different OS.

Skills

  • 6+ years of experience as a Desktop Engineer/Systems Administrator within financial services - ideally for a trading firm
  • Some experience leading a small team and being the contact point to the business for that team
  • Strong knowledge of automation e.g. PowerShell
  • Good understanding of the Windows Infrastructure stack (Server, O365, AD)
  • Experience with VMware or Hyper V
  • Familiarity with storage is a plus (both on-prem and cloud)
  • A Computer Science Degree is heavily advantageous but not essential

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology, Finance, and Engineering

Industries

Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Software Development

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Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience as a Desktop Engineer/Systems Administrator within financial services - ideally for a trading firm
  • Some experience leading a small team and being the contact point to the business for that team
  • Strong knowledge of automation e.g. PowerShell
  • Good understanding of the Windows Infrastructure stack (Server, O365, AD)
  • Experience with VMware or Hyper V
  • Familiarity with storage is a plus (both on-prem and cloud)
  • A Computer Science Degree is heavily advantageous but not essential

About the company

Sells: Cutting-edge tech, ownership of multiple greenfield projects, no red tape, a friendly/collaborative environment, beautiful offices, personal projects on Fridays!

An Technology Driven Trading Firm is looking for a highly talented Lead Desktop Engineer with financial services experience to join and lead an elite group in group of individuals.

This team have an unlimited tech budget, promote a great culture and are made up of fantastic like-minded individuals.

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