SRE Platform Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

SRE Platform Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes): Ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of mission-critical IAM secrets management infrastructure with an accent on high-availability architecture and cloud security. Focus on automating infrastructure provisioning via Terraform, managing Kubernetes orchestration, and optimizing observability for high-throughput systems.

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

A leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm providing a wide range of services to a diversified client base.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure systems on AWS cloud services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment using Terraform to reduce toil.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to streamline secure software delivery.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across all environments and own root cause analysis and incident post-mortems.
• Collaborate with development, product, and security teams to ensure seamless service integration.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to foster a culture of continuous improvement and security awareness.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Platform infrastructure roles.
• Deep understanding of high-availability systems architecture and AWS Cloud Services.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code, specifically Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Experience with observability tools for monitoring and logging (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Ability to support both Windows and Linux environments.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience working in finance or another highly regulated industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion.
• Extensive training and professional development opportunities.
• Wellness, personal finance offerings, and mindfulness programs.
• Access to firmwide networks and a supportive global work environment.