Platform Operations Engineer

When you join EDF Trading, you’ll 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, it’s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.

Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits, which include (location dependent) hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessments, corporate gym memberships, an electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, a cycle-to-work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities, and much more.

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 750 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, 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.

Join us, make a difference, and help shape the future of energy.

Job Description:

EDF Trading is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to join our collaborative and skilled team designing, building and running our infrastructure, platforms and systems.

The IT Infrastructure at EDF Trading covers High Availability Trading systems, high performance computing (HPC), big data, public cloud and on-prem servers based in our data centres.

Our systems are split between on-prem and Azure cloud, they are primarily VMWare and Windows based, but knowledge of Linux is beneficial as we also run Linux, Kubernetes and Kafka amongst many other systems.

Your Impact

• Opportunity to have outsized impact in a small team, contribute to infrastructure design and see the results of your work.
• Work across a broad a range of technologies in a diverse role covering Support, project work and design.
• Take ownership of complex technical issues through to resolution, collaborating with your colleagues, users and other IT Teams.
• Ensure the highest level of availability and performance on critical trading infrastructure.
   

About the Role

• Responsible for day-to-day management, supporting, and monitoring of our server estate, comprising primarily of Windows Servers, VMWare, Azure and On-Prem Servers.

• Participate in projects including upgrades, continuous improvement of our infrastructure, and collaborating with the wider business to design and deliver Infrastructure as required.
• Automate common tasks and processes to reduce overhead and improve reliability.
• Ensure the availability of all Infrastructure, from design, operation, and including DR and DR tests.
• Monitor the enterprise environment managing availability, performance and capacity.
• Management, and support of other infrastructure systems, including Backup, SAN Storage, Citrix

Essential Skills

• Broad technical knowledge of modern IT Infrastructure technologies, and strong desire to continue to learn and expand your knowledge.

• Technical troubleshooting of complex issues and owning issues through to resolution.
• Experience working in a complex and fast-moving environment where system availability is critical.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders in IT and across the wider business and build positive and professional relationships.
• In depth understanding and experience of Windows server, VMWare ESX, Microsoft Azure and related technologies (Including Active Directory, PowerShell, Failover Clustering, DFS, Entra ID, etc).

Technologies Used at EDFT

• Microsoft Windows Server version 2016 to 2025
• VMWare version 8
• Microsoft Azure cloud
• Ubuntu Linux, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Grafana
• Automation via Ansible, PowerShell, bash or other scripting languages
• MS Active Directory, and Entra ID
• Pure Storage Flash Array and Flash Blade, Brocade Fibre Channel switches, and Cohesity backup appliances.
• Configuration Management, Infrastructure as Code, and Automation
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops