Lead Desktop Engineer (5-10 Years) - Up to £150k + Bonus - Elite Buy-Side Trading Firm

Job Title: Lead Desktop Engineer

Client: Elite Buy-Side Trading Firm

Salary: Up to £150k + Bonus

Location: London (Hybrid)

Sells: Cutting-edge tech, ownership of multiple greenfield projects, no red tape, a friendly/collaborative environment, beautiful offices, personal projects on Fridays!

An Technology Driven Trading Firm is looking for a highly talented Lead Desktop Engineer with financial services experience to join and lead an elite group in group of individuals.

This team have an unlimited tech budget, promote a great culture and are made up of fantastic like-minded individuals.

Role:

• Leading a small team across all L1-L3 issues
• Spending time working on mission-critical infrastructure projects
• Automating anything and everything
• Continuing to expand both their on-prem and cloud storage offering
• Working across different OS.

Skills:

• 6+ years of experience as a Desktop Engineer/Systems Administrator within financial services - ideally for a trading firm
• Some experience leading a small team and being the contact point to the business for that team
• Strong knowledge of automation e.g. PowerShell
• Good understanding of the Windows Infrastructure stack (Server, O365, AD)
• Experience with VMware or Hyper V
• Familiarity with storage is a plus (both on-prem and cloud)
• A Computer Science Degree is heavily advantageous but not essential