Infrastructure Engineer (Initial 12 Month FTC) in London

BTG Pactual is seeking an Infrastructure Specialist to join its Technology team in London. The role is hands-on, demanding strong technical grounding across corporate server infrastructure, VMware, Dell server hardware, and Pure storage, and the ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and resolve complex issues. A core component of the position is ownership of the firm’s disaster recovery capability — design, implementation, testing, runbook development, and ongoing refinement of recovery procedures to meet RTO and RPO targets. The successful candidate will also apply AI-powered tools to develop automation scripts, infrastructure-as-code templates, and streamline operational workflows. This is a temp-to-perm opportunity for an initial 12-month fixed-term contract, with the potential to transition to a permanent role upon successful completion. The role is hybrid, requiring a minimum of three days per week in the London office and the flexibility to increase on-site attendance to four or five days when business needs or critical incidents arise.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate infrastructure tasks across global environments, acting as an escalation point for complex technical issues.
• Liaise with stakeholders and technical teams worldwide; manage vendor relationships and escalate hardware/software issues as required.
• Design and implement high-availability architectures across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring minimal downtime and service continuity.
• Build VMware hosts; troubleshoot ESX hosts and SAN-related issues, and manage guest OS provisioning.
• Administer Microsoft Windows Server environments (Active Directory, Entra ID, Exchange, GPO, DNS/DHCP, Print Servers, NTFS permissions, iSCSI SANs).
• Plan, execute, and validate cloud migration projects, moving workloads to AWS with minimal disruption; design and manage hybrid cloud environments spanning on-premises, AWS, and Azure.
• Implement and maintain AWS security best practices, including network segmentation, IAM policies, and encryption.
• Leverage AI-powered coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) to develop and optimise automation scripts, PowerShell/Python code, and infrastructure-as-code templates.
• Configure server monitoring alerts, VM backups on Rubrik, and execute daily monitoring checks to ensure storage/backup procedures function correctly.
• Design and build high-availability and DR architectures; perform capacity planning; manage and test backup and recovery plans.
• Automate daily operational tasks; define and apply GPOs; control access permissions and privileges; manage Office 365 configurations.
• Participate in an on-call support rota to provide after-hours and weekend coverage for critical infrastructure incidents; execute planned production environment changes outside standard business hours.

Technical Skills

• VMware vSphere ESXi 8+: host provisioning, command-line administration, storage provisioning, Veeam; deep understanding of virtual infrastructure and its link to the physical environment.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019–2025: Active Directory, Entra ID, Print Servers, GPO, DNS/DHCP, User Management, NTFS file permissions, Rubrik, Veeam Backup Exec, Dell servers, RAID, Security, internal/public key infrastructure, iSCSI SANs.
• Experience configuring high-performance/high-availability SQL Servers in virtual and physical environments.
• Strong knowledge of disaster recovery solutions and technologies; Zerto replication and failover experience.
• AWS IaaS experience: EC2, VPC, EBS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch and related services; design and implementation of Azure and AWS cloud infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Experience operating in hybrid cloud environments spanning on-premises data centres, AWS, and Azure.
• Infrastructure-as-code mindset: PowerShell/Python, configuration management (DSC, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Citrix CCA or equivalent; SolarWinds Orion configuration and monitoring; Azure cloud services management.
• Management of backup and restore applications such as Veeam; troubleshooting and maintaining server hardware; escalating hardware problems to manufacturer as required.

Professional Qualifications

• Certified in one or more of the following: MCSA Windows Server 2016+, MCITP Enterprise Administrator, or MCITP Server Administrator.
• AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or AWS SysOps Administrator are highly desirable.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code is required.

Experience & Behavioural Competencies

• 10+ years of professional experience in a financial services technical role.
• Team player with excellent consultative and communication skills; proven ability to work effectively with management, staff, vendors, and consultants.
• Ability to work independently to meet goals and objectives with minimal supervision; strong problem-solving, prioritisation, and time-management skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure, responding to critical requests calmly and efficiently; managing own workload effectively, balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Proactive mindset towards infrastructure resilience, focusing on continuous improvement of HA and DR capabilities.
• Enthusiasm for adopting AI-assisted development tools with demonstrated ability to integrate them into daily infrastructure workflows to drive efficiency and innovation.
• Commitment to a hybrid working model with a minimum of three days per week in the office, with flexibility to attend four or five days when required.

Benefits

• Professional, international working environment.
• Challenging, rewarding career.
• Collaborative environment.
• Competitive compensation package.