IT Operations Engineer / Specialist

Rothschild & Co

Rothschild & Co is one of the world's largest independent financial advisory groups. We offer a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients’ business and wealth.

With a team of 4,600 talented financial services specialists on the ground in 40 countries across the world, we provide independent advice on M&A, strategy and financing, as well as investment and wealth management solutions to large institutions, families, individuals and governments. As a family-controlled business that has been at the centre of the world’s financial markets for over 200 years, we can rely on an unrivalled network of specialists and are known for our track-record of outstanding execution in financial services.

Rothschild & Co Wealth Management

For over 200 years, Rothschild & Co’s freedom to offer objective advice and our commitment to personal service have combined to shape and grow our private clients’ wealth, building value for generations. Our dynamic growth and ambitious targets in relation to quality, innovation and reliability have created a need for the role.

Overview of Role

Rothschild & Co is an organization that demands a high-quality, responsive and agile IT service to meet the needs of its banking professionals. Committed to excellence and discretion in the services it provides to clients, upholds the same high standards in supporting its own staff. We are looking for a Senior IT Operations Engineer to help drive and support our ambitious business and IT strategic objectives.

The successful candidate will take on a diverse, engineering and hands-on role in IT Operations, overseeing the operation, maintenance, and support of the bank's client facing and internal applications and services.

The candidate should be a proactive problem solver, capable of taking ownership and working independently as part of a team.

Main Responsibilities & Tasks

(including, but not limited to)

• Execution of day-to-day 'business as usual' tasks to ensure availability and stability of the bank's business applications and services.
• Engineering and implementation of smart solution (Automation, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code / IAC) that align with organizational goals.
• Troubleshoot technical issues also by engaging with our service providers and development teams.
• Ensuring application and system processes are correctly scheduled and monitored both during and outside of business hours.
• Onboarding, Installing and Updating applications and interfaces while adhering to banking security standards.
• OS Administration, Windows & Linux, OpenShift Container Platform.
• Continuous improvement of the bank's applications and systems and processes.
• Collaboration with external parties who provide infrastructure and/or services.

Education and Qualifications

• IT education or advanced training in IT with several years of relevant experience

Required Experience, Skills and Competencies

• Proven experience in a similar role / environment.
• 'Run the Bank' knowledge and ability to drive forward operational efficiency and improvement.
• Expert knowledge of Windows & Linux Application administration/operation, Scripting (PowerShell) and Web Servers (IIS, Apache).
• Knowledge of Networks and System Security (Hardening, Firewalls, WAF, Load Balancers).
• Strong team player with an ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust and confidence amongst peers and colleagues.
• Flexible and willing to get involved where required, keen to face new challenges on a daily basis; learning new tools and technologies.
• Ability to solve problems independently, efficiently and completely, providing clear updates to management and business users.
• Ability of managing small projects.
• Solid written and spoken communication skills in English (German is a plus).

Beneficial Skills

• Container Platforms (Openshift / Kubernetes)
• Cloud Technology (Azure, Oracle OCI)
• CICD concepts, DevOps and toolsMonitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, OEM)
• Active Directory, SSO, SAML
• PKI Infrastructure, Kerberos
• Managed File Transfer concept and tools (Tibco, File Express)

Benefits

• Rothschild & Co is committed to safeguarding and enhancing the health and wellbeing of all its employees. To support this, Rothschild & Co provides all employees with a range of healthcare services and benefits that aim to support their overall wellbeing.
• We are conducive to creating a working environment and culture where people can succeed.
• We provide a variety of inhouse trainings, as well as tuition assistance for further education and training courses.
• Everyone can choose to incorporate agile working principles into their working week.
• We believe there are opportunities for all of us to enhance our working lives and outcomes, by applying a more flexible approach to where and when we work and up to 40% of your work time can be performed from home, after probation period.

If you are curious to learn more about us and offer valuable experience in a similar role, please submit your CV along with a cover letter through our recruitment tool.