Infrastructure Engineer - London, United Kingdom - GFO-X

Description

Job Description

Infrastructure Engineer – London, UK

"Global Futures and Options Ltd (GFO-X)", a UK FCA-authorised and regulated MTF, is seeking a Junior Quantitative Analyst to join our growing team in London, UK.

GFO-X is the UK's first regulated and centrally cleared trading venue dedicated to digital asset derivatives. GFO-X has partnered with LCH SA which will offer clearing of Bitcoin index futures and options contracts traded on GFO-X, subject to regulatory approval. This will be made available through a new segregated clearing service, LCH DigitalAssetClear. GFO-X services large global institutional participants who require a regulated, institutional-grade trading venue for digital asset derivatives, including bitcoin index futures and options.

The successful candidate will join the Infrastructure team, report to the Head of Infrastructure, work with developers and project stakeholders, and build out the infrastructure for an institutional grade fully UK-regulated trading venue for digital asset futures and options.

Role

• Provision of Exchange infrastructure, including server hardware, Linux OS and applications
• Second-line support of exchange infrastructure
• Provision of monitoring, management and alerting of Exchange infrastructure
• Provision of support to the Exchange Operations team to assist in daily exchange operations and resolving operational issues
• Working with the Security team to implement corporate security policies to ensure our IT environments adhere to internal and industry-standard policies and practices
• Propose and lead projects that improve our production environments
• Creation of technical documentation
• Contribution to Exchange design and architecture discussions
• Working shifts may be required, as may on-call support

Requirements

• No more than 7-10 years administering and deploying Debian and Redhat-based Linux solutions
• Practical exposure to Ansible, Puppet or similar configuration management tools
• Experience with configuring and managing resilient, low-latency environments is particularly welcome
• Experience with deployment and operations of virtualization platforms
• Demonstratable skills with orchestration and automation tools, including scripting languages such as Bash/Shell, Perl, and Python
• Exposure to configuring and extending the Zabbix monitoring platform or similar
• Familiarity with firewall and VPN appliance management
• Exposure to Redhat IdM or similar Identity Management platforms, including practical LDAP skills
• Self-starter and independent, able to work within a team. Detail-oriented with a structured approach to managing workload
• Capable of interacting with different teams throughout the organization and also with external clients to identify/resolve technical issues in a professional and effective manner
• Ability to write clear, concise and comprehensive documentation for processes and systems
• Practical experience with managing vendors and in proposing and evaluating new hardware and software solutions and their associated processes
• Strong command of spoken and written English
• Previous working experience in an Exchange or HFT environment

This role is to be based at our London office. GFO-X is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Competitive benefits included.

If you are interested in any of our roles, please apply through the link provided in the job posting. Inquiries from agencies should be directed to -x.com. Please refrain from sending recruitment inquiries to any other email address or individual within our organization. GFO-X does not guarantee employment or engagement based solely on inquiry. Any unsolicited CVs from agencies shall be treated as such.