Senior Linux Systems Engineer in City of London

Senior Linux Systems Engineer– Linux – Institution FX Brokerage – London. 3 days in the clients offices are required – remote work is not available – Technology-driven FX brokerage, with five offices globally, employing 1000 staff across these locations seeks to hire a Senior Linux Systems Engineer as part of their growth. The organisation is a highly profitable traditional financial trading group offering sophisticated electronic-trading solutions.Travel opportunities are available within this position – Scope to work in the North and South America.

The Senior Linux Systems Engineerwillbe responsible for:

• Leading globally visible projects in 2026 – Building environments and managing the creation of these.
• Become technical authority across companies underlying IT infrastructure.
• Designing and supporting on-prem and cloud-based environments – servers and applications.
• Adopting and implementing new technologies to improve and automate manual tasks.
• Resolve complex systems and operational issues in a time-pressured environment.
• Work within a split BAU and project-based environment.
• Partner with internal QA and Development teams to automate tasks.
• Monitor systems and performance and automated tasks.

Senior Linux Systems Engineerskill requirements:

• A degree in a STEM-related subject.
• 8 + years of commercial systems engineering – Systems Administration.
• Solid CI/CD build experience.
• Proven Scripting experience is essential – Python – Bash.
• Virtualisation experience – Nutanix /VMWare.
• Networking experience – multicasting.

Desirable Skills for the Senior Linux Systems Engineer

• Ansible.
• GIT.
• FIX Protocol.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to join an industry leading FX Brokerage, offering high performance on premise and SaaS based solutions for their clients to utilise. The Senior Linux Systems Engineer benefits package: Competitive bonus, profit share scheme, share options, 26 days holiday, private medical, pension, life insurance, wellness package.