Job Description

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!When you join EDF Trading youxe2x80x99ll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches and think outside the box.Energy markets evolve rapidly so our team needs to remain agile, flexible and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in: power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil and environmental products.EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management. Trading for over 20 years, itxe2x80x99s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.Most of all, we value our people. Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits which include hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessment, corporate gym memberships, electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities and much more. We even provide free fruit to keep you healthy.Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 800 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo and Houston. Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group, a world leader in low-carbon sustainable electricity generation partnered with JERA, one of Japanxe2x80x99s largest utilities; the perfect organisation at which to begin or progress your career in the commodities sector.Join us, make a difference and help shape the future of energy.:Your team and positionYou will be working in a team of passionate engineers who are responsible for all aspects of infrastructure. Collaborating with Development and Operational teams on producing solid implementations to drive change and improvements.We run active/active data centres, which allow us to move services seamlessly between them. To accompany this we also have resources deployed across multiple regions in Azure, we are always looking for opportunities to enhance our environment with automation and cloud services.As a platform operations engineer, you will help driver and delivery our modern infrastructure and best practises. Our strategy is to take advantage of cloud services to enhance our end product, you will help to drive this strategy, working closely with the stakeholders on new application architectures and streamlining their deployment processes.You must be must be curious and willing to learn new skills, keep pace with technology trends, thrive in a culture of continuous improvement and be used to a robust and hands-on engineering culture to help us relentlessly evolve the services we offerAbout the roleKey Accountabilities:

• Responsible for the day to day installation, configuration, management and monitoring of the server infrastructure, and the installation, configuration and maintenance of physical Microsoft clusters (Windows Server 2016 and later), Linux (Ubuntu) and VMware (ESXi 7x) based virtual & physical servers.
• Management and monitoring of the multi-forest active directory and physical hardware support.
• Monitor the enterprise environment managing performance and capacity highlighting any issues
• To provide 2nd and 3rd line support at the required service levels for all IT enterprise solutions that are within this portfolio in line with the infrastructure services technical support strategy.
• Responsible for enterprise backup and monitoring of the current Windows & growing Linux estate including associated hardware.

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management, monitoring, maintenance and provisioning of the following services:

• Microsoft Azure Cloud environment
• Windows Server 2016 and later, build, configuration and troubleshooting skills
• VMware ESXi 7x
• Ubuntu build, configuration and troubleshooting skills
• Configuration management
• Entra ID identity management
• Citrix XenApp
• Championing opportunities to automate regular tasks and take advantage of cloud services
• At the direction of the Platform Operations Manager, engage with the other teams in the IT Department to ensure that our policies and procedures are implemented, in particular those procedures relating to:

• Disaster Recovery
• Operational Acceptance Testing
• Change Management
• Engage with stakeholders to plan and coordinate solution transition and application of upgrades
• For any incidents that arise perform root cause analysis to identify any enterprise solutions that if implemented would resolve the issue and its root causes. Engage with IT Delivery in order that these requirements may feed into the target enterprise solution strategy.
• Draft and maintain documentation and local working instructions that detail the processes and procedures that are implemented to manage, monitor, maintain and provision the services within the portfolio outlined for this role.
• Keep abreast of industry technological developments and identify opportunities to implement new or improved enterprise solutions to provide a more efficient and effective service to the business. Discuss any potential advancement or any recommendations for new designs and technologies with your line manager so that these can be passed to stakeholders and incorporated within the IT Strategy if required.

Skills and ExperienceExperience Required:

• Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Automation via PowerShell or other scripting languages
• Windows Server 2016 and later clustering, installation and maintenance
• VMware ESXi (7.x and later) configuration and monitoring
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP configuration and management in a multi-forest design
• ADFS and SAML
• Physical hardware configuration and support

Desirable

• Knowledge of Brocade switches and Pure storage systems
• Ansible configuration management
• Ubuntu installation and maintenance
• Cohesity
• Monitoring software such as PRTG and Quest
• Citrix 7.x
• Load balancing
• Kubernetes

Ideally the above knowledge and experience will have been gained in a top tier trading house, investment bank or a leading software house specialising in providing software based solutions.Business Knowledge:The following business knowledge is desirable:

• Experience in trading and risk management systems for commodities
• Knowledge of the full trade life-cycle
• An understanding of physical and financial commodities trading

Person specification

• A passionate and curious technologist, striving to deliver solutions and continuous improvement
• Proactive at continually improving his/her sphere of influence
• Demonstratable interest in automation, infrastructure as code and scripting
• Ability to deliver results by working effectively with all levels of stakeholders in a high pressure environment
• Ability to challenge design and operations where availability and performance are at stake
• Can communicate highly complex concepts to non-technical staff
• Will fully participate in a multi-faceted team environment
• Excellent communication skills

Hours of work:Core hours are 8.30am xe2x80x93 5.30pm;Rota: We have a 24 x 7 rota to support business critical activities outside normal working hours xe2x80x93 you should be willing to work on this rota. Please note we operate a shift system from 7am-6:30pm on a rota basis.

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