You will deep knowledge of Linux engineering to kernel-level, with secondary expertise in one of high-performance computing, storage, or networking, as well as a strong understanding contemporary containerised, infrastructure-as-code technologies, to play a key role in the build of a sophisticated, highly performant, highly optimized, low latency, hybrid on-premise/cloud-based infrastructure.
You should apply for this role if you are/have:
*15+ years systems, infrastructure and/or platform engineering in financial markets or similar high/capacity performance environments
*Deep understanding of Unix/Linux systems engineering to Kernel level, for high performance/low latency requirements
*Expertise in one of: storage, networking, or high-performance computing cluster (design and implementation)
*Strong systems design and optimisation, low latency turning and/or GPU processing  
*Strong automation and/or containerisation in in Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Kubernetes and similar tools
*Scripting experience in Shell, Bash and Python; C++ desirable but not required
*Platform engineering / site reliability engineering experience preferred
*Degree educated or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related
This is a £800-£1100/day contract role (highly dependent on experience), based London, initially for six months. Hybrid working.