Description
Summary: This role involves working within the Grid Engineering team to develop and maintain the Grid technology platform utilized by various financial sectors, including Rates and Equities. The position focuses on enhancing the underlying technology, managing infrastructure, and optimizing cloud performance while ensuring compliance and cost efficiency. The engineer will also provide technical support and collaborate with multiple teams to resolve issues and improve processes.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and build the Grid platform in line with strategic IT architecture
Manage and maintain the Grid platform
Optimize cloud engine performance on Azure and AWS for efficient workload execution
Monitor and optimize the deployment of workloads in cloud environments
Develop and maintain automation tools using Python and Powershell
Manage infrastructure expansions and compliance
Make cost efficiency recommendations
Collaborate with business, quant and other IT teams to deliver on projects
Provide third-line technical support for the technology platform
Act as an escalation point for troubleshooting and resolve production issues
Collaborate with developers to investigate and fix grid-related issues impacting grid applications
Create and maintain detailed documentation for processes, tools and troubleshooting procedures
Key Skills:
5+ years' experience with large scale Grid computing environments (DataSynapse|Tibco GridServer/IBM Platform Symphony or similar)
Experience developing and supporting grid applications, using Grid APIs, Java/C#/C++
Experience with Azure and/or AWS and coding in Python and Powershell
Strong expertise in Tibco GridServer 7.X on Windows Server
Log Analytics (Elasticsearch/SQL/Kibana/Grafana)
Proficiency in cloud platforms, specifically AWS and Azure
Advanced scripting skills using Python and Powershell for automation
Developer knowledge of Java/C#/C++ with experience in client driver API integration
Windows Server 2019/2022
Enterprise monitoring tools, Geneos
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT