Systems Engineer

You will be part of the Operations team that demonstrates a high level of technical ability, delivering mission-critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security. The Operations team maintains Trayport’s core application platforms, both on-premise and cloud along with having deployment, maintenance and observability responsibilities for several of them.

The role will involve delivering and supporting projects and BAU work streams. The team works closely with the Development team and customer-facing support teams.

You will be part of the Operations team that demonstrates a high level of technical ability, delivering mission-critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security. The Operations team maintains Trayport’s core application platforms, both on-premise and cloud along with having deployment, maintenance and observability responsibilities for several of them.

The role will involve delivering and supporting projects and BAU work streams. The team works closely with the Development team and customer-facing support teams. 

Responsibilities

• Maintenance and monitoring of existing on premise infrastructure.

• Support client facing teams with provisioning of new client infrastructure, upgrades and troubleshooting.

• Use Infrastructure as Code to provision new resources and infrastructure.

• Work closely with Information Security to remediate risks and vulnerabilities in a timely manner.

• Undertake BAU systems administration tasks and processes using automation such as Powershell

• Support development teams with deployment and maintenance of business critical client facing applications.

• Support wider project goals relating to key business objectives. 

 

The Person

Technical

Essential:

• Infrastructure and OS background, Windows & Linux.

• Powershell knowledge.

• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code/Automation concepts.

• Knowledge of Virtualisation.

• Understanding of Microsoft SQL principles.

• Ability to troubleshoot networking issues.

• Experience with supporting and troubleshooting applications.

• Understanding of GIT, code reviews etc. 

Desirable:

• Containerisation knowledge.

• Cloud awareness in Microsoft Azure or AWS.

• Exposure to observability tooling.

Non-technical

• Basic knowledge of Agile frameworks.

• Knowledge of DevOps methodologies.

• Be able to work in a multi talented team.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Knowledge of ITIL framework.

• Out of hours work is required.

Trayport is committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide accommodations for applicants and employees who require it.