Lead Infrastructure Engineer – HFT – £250,000 + Bonus

Role: Infrastructure Engineer (Regional/Global lead)

Client: FinTech

Location: London (Regional/global lead – multiple headcount)

We’re partnering with a leading global investment firm to hire a hands-on Trading Infrastructure Support Tech Lead to oversee a distributed support function across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.

This is a leadership role for someone who enjoys staying close to technology while driving operational excellence, automation, and team performance in a fast-paced trading environment.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and coordinate a global 24×5 support team, including on-call rotations
• Ensure high availability and performance of critical trading infrastructure and platforms
• Define and improve support processes, SLAs, and operational best practices
• Drive automation, tooling, and self-service capabilities with engineering teams
• Own major incident management and recovery, minimising business impact
• Identify inefficiencies and continuously optimise workflows and operations
• Mentor and develop a high-performing technical support team

Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on Linux/Unix administration experience (RHEL/CentOS/OEL preferred)
• Proven experience leading technical or infrastructure support teams
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, automation, and modern infrastructure practices
• Experience with tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Good knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, multicast, packet analysis, time sync protocols)
• Familiarity with storage systems (e.g., NFS; GPFS is a plus)
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and organisational skills
• Ability to operate effectively in a high‑pressure, time‑sensitive environment
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• ITIL knowledge is advantageous

Benefits

• Work in a globally distributed, high‑impact environment
• Blend of leadership and hands‑on technical ownership
• Opportunity to shape tooling, automation, and support strategy
• Exposure to mission‑critical trading systems

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