Linux Network and System Administrator (426jc) vacancy in West London ()

My client is a highly specialised and fast growing FX trading boutique. They were formed in 2006 and specialize in short term trading strategies in the world’s biggest market. They are one of the biggest players in FX, and their expertise in trading strategies and programming skills is the heartbeat of their business and the people and reputation of my client is their key assets.

My client is a professional, dynamic and entrepreneurial team with a diverse range of experience and backgrounds. Integrity, efficiency and hard work are hallmarks of our people. They have created a dynamic environment where all members of the team work closely together sharing their ideas and are hungry for success and growth in their careers and their personal lives. They run algorithmic electronic trading models. Their platform is based on distributed low latency systems involving multiple trading platforms and where performance is key.

Job Purpose
They are looking for a Senior IT administrator to support, manage and administrate our whole IT infrastructure (market places, servers, network, databases, PCs etc). They are looking for team players who enjoy working under pressure in a dynamic environment and who want to be part of a progressive company.

Typical Tasks
• Establish, monitor, and troubleshoot connections to market places
• Manage the company internal network, and trading equipment
• Assist the traders and the operations team with any IT related matters
• Work on remote sites setup (US and Asia) and connectivity to new Exchanges
• Constantly monitor and improve the performance of all equipment
• Ensure a high level of security at all time
• Manage the shared resources
• Administrate the Linux servers and the Windows PCs
• Disaster Recovery
• Support the team

Skills

Essential
• Fluent with Systems and Network administration
• In depth experience in IT support
• Linux administration (install and config)
• Network monitoring
• Troubleshooting experience
• Performance tuning
• Flexible and hard worker

Desirable
• Financial infrastructure knowledge

In return they are offering an excellent salary package as well as working within an expanding company where they look to develop and grow their teams knowledge, experience and qualifications.