Linux DevOps Engineer

Tradition is the interdealer broking arm of Compagnie Financière Tradition and one of the world's largest interdealer brokers in over-the-counter financial and commodity related products. CFT is represented in over 28 countries, employing over 2,500 people.

Tradition’s goal is to provide superior client services. It believes its business success is a direct reflection of its employees and recruits. As such, teamwork, creativity, reliability and integrity are components of a work ethic taken very seriously since the company was founded in 1959.

Tradition is currently seeking to appoint a Linux DevOps Engineer to be based within the London office.

Main responsibilities within the Linux DevOps Engineer position include:

• This is a hands-on role working with a range of internal stakeholders.
• Primary responsibility is the operational management of Tradition’s electronic trading platforms to ensure maximum system availability.
• To provide a secure and scalable technology platform.
• Monitoring, maintaining and supporting the underlying Linux, hypervisor and storage infrastructure.
• Dealing with requests and queries from both internal and external customers in a timely and professional manner.
• To develop, maintain and follow operational guidelines for the support of current infrastructure.
• Assist with planning and implementing major projects focused around infrastructure architecture.
• Ensure compliance to Company & Regulatory requirements.
• Form part of a team rota to support weekday shifts from 07:00-16:00 and weekend work (approximately 1 a month).

Key skills, experience and competencies required to be successful in this role:

Essential

• Experience managing systems infrastructure, including using infrastructure as code
• Strong depth of proficiency in Linux, including Bash
• Solid grasp of data structures & algorithms, e.g. patterns and RESTful APIs
• Experience with Python, Ansible, Puppet and automation tools
• Good network knowledge, e.g. protocols
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment, able to communicate with a diverse range of colleagues across the business
• Keen to step outside your comfort zone and pick up new skills

Desirable

• Experience with Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes for application deployment and orchestration
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as; Nagios, Zabbix
• Familiar with log aggregation and visualization tools such as; OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Prometheus, and Grafana

Tradition do not accept agency CV’s. Please do not forward CV’s to our employees or Talent team. Tradition are not accountable for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. The Talent team will reach out to trusted agents when required.

Please note, due to the large volume of applications for this position, only suitable candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us within 14 days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful.

Tradition welcome all suitable applications and are an equal opportunity employer who value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications and merit.

By applying for this role, you agree that we may retain your details on our system for a period of 6 months and may contact you for any future vacancies that may arise within the Tradition Group.