
Platform Engineer
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
💰 Salary: Market Rate/Competitive
🏠 Working Arrangement: Hybrid - 3 days on-site per week
📍Office Location: Mayfair, LondonThis is an exceptional opportunity for a senior Infrastructure Platform Engineer to revolutionise technology platforms for a rapidly expanding commodities trading powerhouse. You'll spearhead cutting-edge platform engineering initiatives, delivering lightning-fast, bulletproof infrastructure that powers multi-billion dollar trading operations across private cloud, containerised environments, and sophisticated hybrid architectures, while collaborating with elite DevOps and technical teams.⚡ Responsibilities
- Lead the charge in architecting, deploying, and operating next-generation platform services encompassing advanced Kubernetes environments, intelligent server provisioning, and game-changing High-Performance Computing systems.
- Master the art of infrastructure construction through cutting-edge code-driven methodologies utilising industry-leading Terraform, Ansible, and Helm technologies.
- Engineer bulletproof platform frameworks that enable lightning-fast containerised workloads, distributed systems, and performance-critical trading applications that process millions of transactions.
- Drive innovation through standardised automation, seamless resource provisioning, and intelligent configuration oversight across multiple high-stakes operational environments.
- Champion collaboration with elite DevOps, development, and quantitative research teams to unlock platform capabilities and deliver game-changing project outcomes.
- Bridge worlds by connecting on-site infrastructure with hybrid and public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) to supercharge computational capacity and resource federation.
- Own performance excellence through advanced platform optimisation, real-time monitoring, and rapid incident resolution to maintain mission-critical system availability.
- Orchestrate seamless operations by coordinating infrastructure updates, security hardening, data protection, and rock-solid business continuity procedures for essential platform components.
- Champion security excellence by upholding stringent security protocols and regulatory compliance standards within fast-paced commodities trading operations.
- Shape the future through comprehensive system documentation, cutting-edge operational procedures, and technical specifications that accelerate team knowledge transfer.
- Minimum of 5 years proven excellence in Infrastructure Platform Engineering roles within high-performance environments
- Master-level expertise with Kubernetes orchestration platforms (including VKS/Tanzu, EKS Anywhere, Rancher, OpenShift variants) in production-scale deployments
- Deep technical mastery of Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks with Terraform, Ansible, and Helm being absolutely essential.
- Advanced wizardry in Linux systems management, virtualisation technologies, containerisation platforms, and VMware orchestration tools (vRealize/Aria suite).
- Exceptional coding prowess in automation development and scripting languages: Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go, and Git workflows that drive efficiency.
- Battle-tested experience with continuous integration/deployment pipelines and IaC integration across GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps platforms.
- Comprehensive mastery of network architecture principles, storage systems management, and system performance optimisation that delivers results.
- Razor-sharp analytical abilities and troubleshooting superpowers with capacity for autonomous operation in demanding, adrenaline-fueled trading environments.
- Exceptional leadership qualities and cross-functional collaboration skills to champion platform adoption and drive transformational technical process enhancements.
- Bachelor's qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent technical discipline.
- Work with bleeding-edge technology in a high-stakes, high-reward environment where your innovations directly impact global markets
- Join a collaborative team of 7 elite engineers where knowledge-sharing and technical excellence are the standard
- Shape the technological future of a market-leading commodities trading organisation during a period of rapid expansion
- Immediate impact - your platform engineering decisions will support systems processing billions in daily transactions
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