At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and engineer a global CentOS Linux platform in cloud environments.
- Company: Exciting fintech start-up disrupting the foreign exchange market.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, ongoing training, and structured career path.
- Other info: Dynamic team atmosphere with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Join a relaxed, innovative environment and shape cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Experience with RedHat Linux/CentOS and cloud services like GCP or AWS.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Linux Platform Engineer- Fintech NO FINANCE EXPERIENCE NEEDED Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Linux Systems Engineer to join our high profile client in their main development team.
Our client fintech start-up on a mission to disrupt the foreign exchange market, applying innovation to tap FX liquidity The environment is that of Facebook or Google, relaxed open with time to think and make the right decisions.
The atmosphere is calm and relaxed with an open dress code.
This is a role for techies, those who are motivated by the sharp end of technology and the possibility of making serious money doing something you are passionate about.
On a day to day basis the Linux Systems Engineer will
- Managing and engineering a global Cent OS Linux platform estate in both its private and public cloud environments The globally distributed, high-available, cloud-hosted SAAS platform processes 7 billion messages per day.
Some of our platforms already run on the Google Cloud Platform and we have aspiration to diversify into alternative cloud providers including AWS.
- The hosted server architecture and systems administration, which is currently Cent OS running on Dell hardware.
Once you have understood and reviewed the existing server architecture and production footprint, you will work closely with existing platform architect and parent company to architect, develop, implement and support a separation strategy for server infrastructure.
- You will be able to troubleshoot issues, handle incident escalations (sometimes out-of-hours) while promoting production change management processes and procedures.
- You will leverage the best of the open source community, sometimes substituting your own solutions where greater performance is needed.
You will be encouraged to evangelise and prototype new technologies and through doing so you will help shape the architecture.
- Linux Systems Engineers
- Must
- Ideally
Have
- System administration of Red Hat Linux / Cent OS
- Server hardware architecture
- VMware, KVM or o Virt
- Managing hosts via a framework using technologies such as Satellite, Foreman, Puppet, Chef and Ansible
- Disk interfaces, NFS, i SCSI
- Volume management and RAID
- DNS, Mail
- PTP
- Server backups
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or AWS compute services
- Scripting languages – Python and Bash
- Monitoring solutions such as Collectd, Nagios, Graphite, Grafana or other
- TCP/IP and basic network troubleshooting
- Basic NAT and firewall concepts You will be joining a progressive and exciting company committed to excellence.
They offer an excellent working environment with ongoing training and a structured career path.
You can also expect an excellent salary and benefits package.
My client is based near Covent Garden
Linux Platform Engineer- Fintech employer: Quant Capital
Quant Capital is an excellent employer for those looking to thrive in the fintech sector, offering a vibrant work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. With substantial training and development opportunities, employees can enhance their skills while enjoying a flexible hybrid work model in the heart of London. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that values growth and cutting-edge technology.
