Senior Infrastructure & Database Engineer

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About Rimes Rimes provides enterprise data management solutions to the global investment community. Driven by our passion for solving the most complex data problems, we provide our clients with investment intelligence that powers more than US$75 trillion in assets under management annually. The world's leading institutional investors, asset managers and service providers rely on Rimes to help them make better investment decisions using accurate information and industry‑leading technology.

The Opportunity

The Rimes Technologies Infrastructure Team is the very heart of the Technology Organization, with primary objectives to ensure that the technology in use by Rimes customers is innovative, reliable, performant, scalable and secure. We deliver world‑class customer experience for both external and internal users of the Rimes Corporation. We operate global services, with teams passionate and committed to our customers, ensuring we are innovative and proactive in delivering technology and mission‑critical data within SLA. Rimes delivers its technology from both our own data center and the Cloud.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer to join our global technology team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well‑established firm with a global presence and significant growth potential.

Responsibilities

  • Act as technical lead for infrastructure and cloud projects, owning delivery from planning through to implementation.
  • Own and support SQL and database platforms, ensuring performance, reliability and scalability across production environments.
  • Drive architectural decision‑making within the infrastructure team, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure and aligned to best practices.
  • Build, configure and maintain infrastructure across Microsoft Azure and on‑premise environments.
  • Support and optimise VMware‑based platforms, including compute, storage and associated services.
  • Lead incident response for complex issues, acting as an escalation point and driving root‑cause analysis.
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (development, data) to deliver reliable and high‑performing platform services.
  • Accurately track and update work in Jira and Tempo, ensuring visibility of progress, discovered work and blockers.

Key Requirements

  • Strong understanding of supporting SQL environments and data platform infrastructure.
  • Strong experience supporting hybrid infrastructure environments (cloud and on‑premise).
  • Hands‑on expertise with Microsoft Azure, including core infrastructure services.
  • In‑depth experience with VMware virtualization and enterprise infrastructure platforms.
  • Strong understanding of Windows Server and core services.
  • Experience using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Proven experience leading technical projects and leading architectural decisions.

Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible).
  • AWS exposure.
  • Databricks or data‑platform adjacent experience.
  • Relevant certifications (Azure, VMware, Networking).

What We Offer

  • 28 days of annual leave.
  • AXA Gym Membership Discount.
  • Healthshield Cashback plan.
  • Healthshield Perks platform (Breeze).
  • MetLife Afterlife Support.
  • Metalife GP 24‑hour virtual GP service.
  • Annual 'purchase holiday' scheme.
  • Chubbs Travel Insurance.

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility.

Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment.

Rimes is committed to promoting the values of diversity and inclusion throughout the business. Whether it's through recruitment, retention, career progression or training and development, we are committed to improving opportunities for people regardless of their background or circumstances.

Visit our Careers page to see our complete listings.

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Job Description:

About Rimes Rimes provides enterprise data management solutions to the global investment community. Driven by our passion for solving the most complex data problems, we provide our clients with investment intelligence that powers more than US$75 trillion in assets under management annually. The world’s leading institutional investors, asset managers and service providers rely on Rimes to help them make better investment decisions using accurate information and industry‑leading technology.

The Opportunity

The Rimes Technologies Infrastructure Team is the very heart of the Technology Organization, with primary objectives to ensure that the technology in use by Rimes customers is innovative, reliable, performant, scalable and secure. We deliver world‑class customer experience for both external and internal users of the Rimes Corporation. We operate global services, with teams passionate and committed to our customers, ensuring we are innovative and proactive in delivering technology and mission‑critical data within SLA. Rimes delivers its technology from both our own data center and the Cloud.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer to join our global technology team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well‑established firm with a global presence and significant growth potential.

Responsibilities

  • Act as technical lead for infrastructure and cloud projects, owning delivery from planning through to implementation.
  • Own and support SQL and database platforms, ensuring performance, reliability and scalability across production environments.
  • Drive architectural decision‑making within the infrastructure team, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure and aligned to best practices.
  • Build, configure and maintain infrastructure across Microsoft Azure and on‑premise environments.
  • Support and optimise VMware‑based platforms, including compute, storage and associated services.
  • Lead incident response for complex issues, acting as an escalation point and driving root‑cause analysis.
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (development, data) to deliver reliable and high‑performing platform services.
  • Accurately track and update work in Jira and Tempo, ensuring visibility of progress, discovered work and blockers.

Key Requirements

  • Strong understanding of supporting SQL environments and data platform infrastructure.
  • Strong experience supporting hybrid infrastructure environments (cloud and on‑premise).
  • Hands‑on expertise with Microsoft Azure, including core infrastructure services.
  • In‑depth experience with VMware virtualization and enterprise infrastructure platforms.
  • Strong understanding of Windows Server and core services.
  • Experience using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Proven experience leading technical projects and leading architectural decisions.

Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible).
  • AWS exposure.
  • Databricks or data‑platform adjacent experience.
  • Relevant certifications (Azure, VMware, Networking).

What We Offer

  • 28 days of annual leave.
  • AXA Gym Membership Discount.
  • Healthshield Cashback plan.
  • Healthshield Perks platform (Breeze).
  • MetLife Afterlife Support.
  • Metalife GP 24‑hour virtual GP service.
  • Annual ‘purchase holiday’ scheme.
  • Chubbs Travel Insurance.

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility.

Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment.

Rimes is committed to promoting the values of diversity and inclusion throughout the business. Whether it’s through recruitment, retention, career progression or training and development, we are committed to improving opportunities for people regardless of their background or circumstances.

Visit our Careers page to see our complete listings.

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Posted: May 9th, 2026