Infrastructure Engineer / SRE (Cloud AWS)

Equisoft is a global provider of digital solutions for insurance and investment, recognised by over 250 of the world's leading financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive ecosystem of scalable solutions that help our customers meet all the challenges brought about by this era of digital transformation.

With 950+ employees, we are a stable organisation that offers career advancement opportunities and fosters a stimulating environment.

Hiring Location: UK (Bath office)

Internal job title: Infrastructure Engineer

The position is hybrid, 2 days at the office and 3 days remote. Full-time Permanent Role. Salary between: £41,000 to £47,000.

Benefits: Day 1: private medical insurance, life insurance, pension matched contribution, etc.

Number of hours per week: 37.5

Educational Support: LinkedIn Learning & Equisoft University

Role: The Infrastructure Engineer / SRE (Cloud AWS) reports to the Infrastructure Manager and works closely with 3 other Infrastructure Engineers, the Support, Business Analyst and Development teams. In this role you will help to deliver new and existing software products to the industry and ensure our clients can continue to depend on our services. Responsibilities will primarily be concerned with infrastructure for our SaaS offering, the internal development environment and occasionally assisting with our clients’ own infrastructure.

Your Day with Equisoft:

• Provide infrastructure cover during the following shifts: 0730 to 1600, 0830 to 1700, 0930 to 1800.
• Maintain hosting infrastructure to ensure the integrity and availability of all web, DB and messaging systems to satisfy client expectations and SLAs.
• Manage servers in development, test and production environments.
• Monitor and respond proactively to infrastructure events including availability and capacity management.
• Evaluate, recommend, and perform infrastructure design, upgrades and changes.
• Own, investigate and resolve production infrastructure issues.
• Assist the DBA with database administration activities.
• Work with clients and the development team to define infrastructure requirements and implementation configurations.
• Provide technical support to the Service Delivery and Development teams.
• Contribute to project delivery, owning specific infrastructure tasks such as impact and performance evaluation of new software.
• Identify areas for process improvement, driving automation initiatives to streamline workflows, reduce manual work, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Work closely with development and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment.
• Provide scheduled out of hours cover including future 24/7 on-call availability.

Requirements:

Technical:

• 2 to 3 years of experience in a similar role with prior 4-5 years of experience in IT Support role.
• Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure, particularly AWS.
• Practical experience of Windows Server and Linux server.
• NginX, firewalls, IIS, web services and virtualisation.
• Experience managing Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPOs etc.
• Knowledge of administering MS SQL server.
• Using and maintaining PowerShell scripts, functions and modules.
• SFTP Server administration.
• Good understanding of core network principles.
• Containerisation, particularly Docker.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.

Soft Skills:

• Strong awareness of modern information security risks, policies and procedures.
• Willingness to learn.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong sense of organisation and prioritisation.
• Ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced environment.
• Enthusiasm for what we are trying to achieve and the self-motivation to make a difference.
• Reliable and dependable.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience in the Financial Services industry.
• Experience of working in a software development environment.

Equisoft is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.