Junior IT Engineer: £50k + Bonus​/benefits (Fintech

We're working with a leading global options market maker - a highly entrepreneurial, collaborative trading firm with global offices across to hire an IT Operations Analyst to join their Infrastructure team.

This isn't a standard helpdesk role. You'll be the face of technology on a live trading floor, working alongside dedicated Windows, Unix, and Networks teams, with a clear mandate to automate yourself out of repetitive work using scripting and AI tooling.

• First point of contact for IT support on a live, market-critical trading floor
• Desktop support across Windows and Unix/Linux workstations
• Trading desk setups, multi-monitor rigs, and dealer boards
• End-to-end user onboarding/offboarding in a Hybrid AD / Entra t
• Administering Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), Teams, and Slack
• Hunting down manual, repetitive BAU work and scripting it away (Power Shell, Bash, Python)
• Using AI coding assistants and agentic workflows to move faster
• Building self-service and ticket-deflection into how the team operates

• 1-4 years in IT support / operations / desktop support
• Hands-on Unix/Linux, comfortable at the command line
• Strong scripting ability - Power Shell, Bash, or Python
• Active Directory user management + SaaS/collaboration tool admin
• Solid grounding in networking fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, VPN)
• Genuine automation-first mindset with real examples
• Calm under pressure, strong ownership, great communicator