Job Description

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don\'t tick every box. If you\'re excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we\'re looking for, please go ahead and apply. We\'d love to hear from you!

About the role

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) are now recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our team! At HL, our Linux and UNIX based systems are the backbone of our mission critical client facing infrastructure. The role will be a mixture of working on short and long term projects to deliver new client facing products. The Infrastructure SysOps team also work with multiple on-premise, SaaS solutions and third party cloud providers.

This is a great role for someone who enjoys owning a problem but working with other teams to resolve it. This individual will be one who wants to automate and document everything. As well as the day-to-day project tasks, you will be expected to take part in the on-call rota to provide out of hours support of IT systems.

What you\'ll be doing

Responsible for building and deploying new project infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code methodology.

Troubleshooting complex problems, finding root causes, and putting long term fixes in place.

Adhering to tight operations, security, and procedural models.

Implementation of system changes.

Increase efficiency within the team through automation and process improvement.

Working with architecture and project management teams to help design and delivering change to the business in relation to your area.

Taking ownership for delivering projects on time.

About you

Previous experience of cloud computing, specifically AWS.

Substantial experience writing Puppet modules.

Experience with orchestration tools (Chef or Ansible).

Extensive experience with Linux administration (Centos or Redhat).

Strong understanding of virtualization technologies e.g. VMware.

System monitoring (e.g. Opsview / Nagios).

Solid understanding of networking e.g. DHCP/DNS/NTP/TCP.

Apache HTTPD.

Strong programming and scripting skills (Bash, Python, Puppet).

Ability to read and understand Java exceptions.

Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to prioritise tickets and projects.

Demonstrate a high level of technical expertise to support complex Unix systems across all tiers & under minimal supervision.

Interview process

The interview process for this role will be a two-stage process including a technical task.

Working Schedule

This role is based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we\'re the UK\'s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we\'ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We\'re steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What\'s on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus & annual pay review
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL\'s future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
• Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
• An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
• Join HL\'s sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

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