Application and Platform Engineer

Key info: Salary: £65,000-£75,000 Location: City of London Hybrid pattern: 3 days onsite a week The role: A global financial markets client is looking for an SRE to join its Production Services team. you''ll support mission-critical trading, clearing, and market data platforms - environments where reliability genuinely isn t optional. The role blends application support, platform engineering and SRE practice. It suits someone who leans toward automation and observability over reactive firefighting. Responsibilities: Managing OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters across physical, virtual, and containerised environments Operating observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk) and driving proactive monitoring Automating operational tasks using Python, Bash, or PowerShell Supporting CI/CD pipelines (Bamboo, Bitbucket) and IaC delivery via Ansible Tower Responding to production incidents and contributing to problem and change management Participating in DR exercises and on-call rotation Key Requirements: Hands-on Kubernetes and/or OpenShift experience in production Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell Familiarity with observability tooling and SRE principles SQL and database knowledge (MySQL, Oracle, or similar) Experience supporting .NET, Java, or microservices applications It would be great if you had: ITIL v3/v4 certification or ServiceNow experience Knowledge of Swift payment flows or financial clearing processes £65,000-£75,000 base ..... full job details .....