Site Reliability Engineer (London) - Banking & Finance

Hamilton Barnes

Greater London, UK

7 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience required

1 year minimum

Compensation

£90,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.collegerecruiter.com

Tech stack

Algorithmic Trading Linux Linux System Administration Reliability Engineering Scripting System Availability Kubernetes

Job description

The team is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer (London) to build, monitor, and optimise mission-critical trading systems. The role will focus on automation, system scalability, and incident response to maintain maximum uptime and efficiency in a fast-paced, high-availability environment., * Support traders and trading applications, providing real-time troubleshooting to keep systems running at peak performance.

Collaborate with traders, developers, and other key stakeholders to address system challenges, from low-latency issues to new system rollouts.
Plan and execute exchange migrations, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transitions in this critical environment.
Build, release, and support new trading systems, continuously improving the infrastructure.
Drive automation and operational excellence by leveraging your Linux expertise, Kubernetes, and Python scripting skills.
Monitor and ensure high availability and reliability of trading applications while being on top of system alerts and incidents.

Requirements

1-5 years working experience
The right candidate will come from a financial services background, ideally supporting traders
Solid experience with Linux Systems administration and troubleshooting.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
Proficient in Python scripting for automation and system management.
A mindset focused on site reliability and performance.
Strong troubleshooting skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.