About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.
Job information:
Functional title - Senior Associate, Infrastructure Unix Support
Department - 7100 - Infrastructure Management
Corporate level - Technology
Report to - Glen Kroon
Location - HXO (night shift 23:00 - 07:30) +40% salary allowance on base salary.
What you will be doing:
- Provide operational shift support for Production, Test and Development Linux Infrastructure. Responsibilities include Linux backup/restores, daily health checks, maintenance tasks, break/fix, server builds and server patching.
- Manage and escalate problems as appropriate.
- Provide 24/7 on-call cover on a rotational shift basis.
- Ensure that the BAU service is prioritised and all incidents, problems and service requests are responded to in an efficient manner without negatively impacting SLA’s and reporting metrics in place.
- Work closely with 3rd party vendors to provide support for products such as RedHat Linux, Veritas Cluster Server, etc.
- Investigate defects or problems; work with internal CLS teams and external vendors to Identify solutions and support any fixes that are required as part of service improvement.
- Participate in periodic corporate Disaster Recovery testing activities.
- Follow the CLS Change Management procedure and other standard practices in installing, configuring and supporting Linux Infrastructure, Veritas Cluster Server and related items in Dev, Test and Prod environments.
- Upgrade or maintain software at a time when the impact to the business is minimised. Execute the failover for the Linux and application services as required.
- Create, maintain and review operational process and support documentation.
- Perform daily/weekly/quarterly system checks. Ensure any issues identified are tracked and addressed.
- Participate in planned weekend work as required and as part of the on-call responsibilities
- Support periodic patching activity(usually quarterly)
What we’re looking for:
- Possess a strong service-oriented mind set who can consistently deliver a high level of service to the business.
- Be able to manage their time effectively and prioritise their own workload in order to meet changing demands from the business.
- Self-motivated to exceed management expectations and objectives.
- Demonstrate good technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- A high level of presentation and communications skills with the ability to communicate confidently with both business and technical staff at all levels.
- Ability to engage with the business to effectively support the environment with some oversight.
- Good understanding of ITIL practices
- Good working Knowledge of Linux Operating Environment, Clustering Technologies, Virtualization, Cloud Computing(AWS), DevOps Tooling, TCP/IP Networking
- Experience in Shell Scripting, Ansible Playbooks, Python
Professional Qualifications/Certifications:
Essential
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Prior IT operational support experience across business-critical Production infrastructure support, applications and database services.
Desired
Industry Standard IT certification – AWS / Linux (Redhat)/ VMware/ Symantec VCS
ITIL certification
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
What We Do
In 2022, we celebrate 20 years of delivering unprecedented levels of risk mitigation, liquidity optimization and operational efficiencies.
Trusted by thousands of counterparties within the global FX ecosystem, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivaled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so you can put your capital and resources to better use.
Our complementary products are designed to enable you to manage your risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
