Automation and Tooling Engineer
Full Time
Permanent
Remote WFH (London office twice per month)
£85-100K basic + benefits
Are you an experienced Automation and Tooling Engineer looking for a new challenge?
Do you have a strong background in Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Automation and DevOps in the financial services sector along with Ansible, JIRA, CI/CD pipelines, SNOW and Unix/Linux experience?
Here at ARM we are recruiting for a full time permanent Automation and Tooling Engineer for a global IT services and consultancy client of ours.
Our client:
They're a leading business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and they undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Their advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.
Overview:
We are seeking an experience Automation & Tooling Engineer to join us on a permanent basis. This role is predominantly remote with travel to London required a couple of times per month.
Responsibilities:
- Understand and implement data fabric principles and methodologies to enhance data ingestion and processing.
- Design and implement compliance scanning solutions on on-prem/cloud along with automated ticketing systems.
- Leverage engineering experience within the financial services industry to address specific needs and challenges.
- Apply strong knowledge of IT tooling and automation products for continuous compliance testing with Chef Inspec and configuration management with Ansible/Ansible-Tower integrated along with SNOW, and JIRA.
- Manage configuration and engineering of UNIX and Windows platforms.
- Develop and maintain SNOW ticketing workflows and remediation automation using Inspec controls and Ansible playbooks.
- Integrate AWS native scanning capabilities with internal security standards, ensuring compliance and security.
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment.
- Perform thorough testing and validation to ensure the reliability and performance of implemented solutions.
Qualifications:
Skills/Experience-
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 8yrs+ of experience in Infrastructure DevOps and Automation within the financial services industry.
- Strong understanding of data lake principles, data fabric, and related methodologies.
- Deep expertise in Infrastructure As Code (IaC) principles and best practices.
- Proficiency with IT tooling and automation products, including Chef Inspec, Ansible/Ansible tower, SNOW, and JIRA.
- Extensive experience in configuration management on Windows platforms with experience on PowerShell scripting, Windows registries and Active Directory and policy objects
- Extensive experience in configuration management on Unix/Linux platforms with experience on bash/shell scripting, system administration.
- Strong Proven experience with SNOW ticketing, workflows, and remediation automation.
- Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong testing and validation skills to ensure high-quality infrastructure compliance implementations.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to addressing challenges.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in an Agile team environment.
- Contribute to the design and scrum meetings.
- Work independently and as part of the team.
- Deliver documentation and all deliverables to a high standard
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in financial services industry-specific applications and compliance requirements.
- Advanced knowledge of cloud security practices and standards.
- Knowledge around Ruby/python scripting and containers.
Some of the benefits include:
- Healthcare and dental insurance
- Company pension is matched up to 5%
- 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays and the option to purchase 5 extra days
- Life assurance - 4 x annual salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- Client prioritises internal development opportunities and offer access to our Udemy training platform with over 5000 training courses
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Disclaimer:
This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.