Staff Windows Powershell Engineer

Staff Windows PowerShell Engineer – Quant Trading

Industry Competitive salary

Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Windows PowerShell Engineer to join our high-profile client.

This is an environment of Google or a startup where tech is number 1 with a huge budget allocated towards technology. The firm is known globally for its attitudes and rigour more importantly, you will be surrounded by smart people deeply interested in learning and in teaching what they know, as well as learning from you.

My client is a very well-known quantitative trading firm and marketmaker. This team has some of the best minds in Windows and Powershell Engineering.

My client has a mixed Windows and Linux environment, spread across physical and virtual machines. This position suits a talented Windows Engineer with an appetite to find the best way to solve a problem and a strong level of Powershell programming and automation focus.

As an Engineer you will focus on platform engineering designs, maintaining the firm's operating systems, authentication systems, databases, virtualization infrastructure, core network services, and messaging as well as endpoints on Windows and Linux in both our internal- and external-facing environments.

You will be tasked with the design, implementation, and integration of infrastructure systems, on Windows-based systems

The ideal Windows Engineer will have:

A STEM degree

Significant Windows systems automation experience is required.

Technical leadership experience

Project management experience

Excellent Powershell

An in-depth understanding of the Windows platform and related technologies (e.g., Active Directory and Failover Clustering) is required, as are excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, and familiarity with a variety of tracing tools.

Experience with common Windows Server applications and management tools (e.g., Exchange, SQL, SCCM, Hyper-V, and ADFS, etc.) is also preferred.

A working knowledge of network protocols, Linux, and information security concepts is

Experience integrating systems across on-premises and cloud-based environments

Experience working with containers on Windows and Linux is preferred.

This role suits a candidate who has had responsibility early on in their career, someone who has worked in smaller agile companies with continual change. You must be hands-on and have excellent experience of working in a demanding jack-of-all-trades environment but with deep understanding of Windows Engineering and automation. You will also be a techie motivated by technology. In return, you will be rewarded with an excellent culture, work-life balance, benefits and remuneration.

My client is based in London