System Administrator – Hedge Fund recruitment

The successful Systems Administrator will work within the Systems team on not only frontline call logging but also supporting all aspects of the company’s systems.  All members of the team have an agreed amount of time to spend on project work and training.

From day 1 the successful candidate will be dealing with a huge range of technologies and take on responsibility in looking after our systems and responding to alerts, including:

• Monitoring complex in-house systems and our automated trading systems

• Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange management

• Desktop PC upgrades and deployments, including Windows XP and Windows 7

• Server upgrades and deployments, including Server 2003 and 2008

• Server and workstation hardware, diagnostics and repair

• Security issues, including boundary protection and AV alerts

• Software upgrades, including trading and general infra applications

• Backup infrastructure and disaster recovery plans

• Perl scripts and PowerShell cmdlets to automate daily tasks

• Website design and continual updating of our in-house systems

• Sharepoint and other major server applications

The Individual should:

• Hold a computing or sciences degree, (a 2:1 degree or better and 3 A-Levels equivalent to 3 B or better) either being a recent graduate or with some experience within an IT role

• Up to 4 years of experience in the right environment would be suitable

• Financial institution experience in a trading environment is preferable but not required.

• Experience of Windows 7 desktop and Windows 2008 Server, standard server and workstation hardware,

• Linux infrastructure, networking and major desktop applications such as Microsoft Office will all be of benefit.

Benefits:

Excellent support from senior team members who will be able to help with advice, troubleshooting, training and project work. 

The company has very few ‘users’ relative to normal deployments – there is much more technology than there are people.

As the firm manages systems trading many millions of dollars daily in an automated way on world markets, the exposure to finance and trading is significant.

Package: Competitive base salary, excellent bonus, fun working environment, full benefits package.

Vanessa Lofts- vlofts@kaizenpartnership.co.uk for more information