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Server Engineer
Infrastructure Financial Services City of London (EC1)
Location: City of London (EC1) onsite
Type: Contract Inside IR35
Rate: Rate as per experience Inside IR35
Sector: Financial Services
About the Role
Youll be joining the infrastructure team at a major global financial services firm working hands-on across their full technology stack. The scope is broad PoC and RFP/RFE initiatives day-to-day operations and support of live IoT systems including building management lighting controls occupancy monitoring and air quality.
This isnt a narrow specialism role. Youll move between networking server administration automation scripting and IoT/OT device support depending on what the day demands.
Requirements
What Youll Be Doing
Leading and supporting infrastructure PoC RFP and RFE initiatives across diverse platforms
Managing and troubleshooting network and security configurations routers switches proxies firewalls DMZ RBAC Kerberos SSO LDAP AD
Server administration across Windows Linux Mac and vendor ecosystems (CA BMC IBM DataPower)
Writing and maintaining automation scripts in PowerShell Python Perl or Shell
Supporting troubleshooting and upgrading IoT/OT devices across Android Windows Linux Unix iOS
Working with SecDesign teams to apply appropriate controls for integrated solutions
Ensuring production systems stay compliant within the Hygiene programme
What We Need
Strong network and security background you understand layers configs and authentication flows inside out
Server administration across multiple OS and vendor ecosystems platform-agnostic is the expectation
Real scripting ability in PowerShell Python Perl or Shell production experience not surface-level
Experience supporting IoT/OT devices in enterprise environments
Clear confident communication and stakeholder management skills
CI/CD pipeline and cloud technology exposure
Nice to Have
BFSI or Capital Markets domain background
CCNA AWS or Azure certifications
Experience working in globally distributed teams
Required Skills:
Required skills & competencies Skill / area Level Notes Application administration Excellent End-to-end request flow with network integration Network & security Excellent Deep understanding of network layers configs and authentication flows Server administration Excellent Platform-agnostic including vendor-specific systems Automation scripting Excellent PowerShell / Python / Perl / Shell strong logic and scripting Communication skills Excellent Clear concise and effective with senior stakeholders Customer / stakeholder management Excellent Strong interpersonal and engagement skills CI/CD & DevOps Proficient Familiarity with DevOps practices and tooling Cloud technology Proficient Exposure to cloud platforms and services IoT / OT devices Excellent Platform-agnostic troubleshooting and support
Required Education:
Preferred qualificationsBachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related certifications in networking security or cloud technologies (CCNA AWS Azure etc.) are a strong experience in BFSI Capital Markets or similarly regulated enterprise environments is highly ability to operate in a global team environment across time zones and technology partner ecosystems.
