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# Site Reliability Engineer (London) - Banking & Finance

- **Company:** Hamilton Barnes
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Salary:** £90,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Algorithmic Trading, Linux, Linux System Administration, Reliability Engineering, Scripting, System Availability, Kubernetes
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815112783-site-reliability-engineer-london-banking--finance

## About the Role

* 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.

## 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.


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