Senior Database Administrator / Engineer (Sybase DBA) London to £200k+ 12 month FTC

Do you have expertise with Sybase database?

You could be progressing your career at a hugely profitable Hedge Fund.

As a Senior Database Administrator / Engineer you will be responsible for managing and improving a mission-critical, diverse data platform as part of a small, talented team. You’ll have a broad scope from providing operational support through to leading continuous design and implementation to enhance scalability, reduce redundancy and ensure fault tolerance of data systems.

You will construct and manage integrations with monitoring and alerting systems to increase internal visibility and automatically respond to incidents in various environments, building and enhancing security controls, governance processes and management interfaces to reduce permitter and improve risk profile.

As a senior team member you’ll also act as a subject matter expert and mentor more junior DBAs and developers to ensure the platform is supported and used appropriately, including designing and building tools to automate operational processes.

Location / WFH:

You’ll join colleagues in prestigious Central London offices (with onsite restaurant, gym etc.) with flexibility to work from home once a week.

About you:

• You have achieved a 2.1 or above in a relevant field e.g. Data, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analysis or other quantitative discipline
• You have commercial experience in a similar role at an investment firm or asset manager with a good understanding of various asset classes such as Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Commodities
• You have strong RDBMS experience, including Sybase expertise, Postgres and SQL
• You have a good knowledge of Linux OS
• You have experience with modern tools such as Kafka, MongoDB, SAP IQ, Ansible and Python
• You have excellent communication and client facing skills
• You enjoy learning and seeking continuous improvement

What’s in it for you:

*Please note this role is on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract basis, with benefits\

As a Senior Database Administrator / Engineer (Sybase DBA) you will earn a highly competitive salary plus a fully comprehensive benefits package including:

• Salary to £200k
• Generous Pension contribution
• Life Assurance, Critical Illness cover
• Childcare vouchers
• Enhanced Paternity package and Adoption Assistance
• Charitable fund raising matching and much more

Apply now to find out more about this Senior Database Administrator / Engineer (Sybase DBA) opportunity.

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We’re an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.

A leading financial institution is currently seeking an experienced Market Risk Business Analyst to join their Risk Transformation team. This role will support the development and enhancement of market risk platforms, working closely with business stakeholders and technical teams across multiple regions.Job Details:

• Start date: ASAP
• Duration: Initial 12 months
• Rate: £700-£800pd Inside IR35 via Umbrella
• Location: London
• Hybrid: 3 days in the office

Key Requirements:

• Strong experience working across large-scale business and technology change programmes within financial services.
• Deep understanding of market risk measures, including Greeks, sensitivities, VaR and Expected Shortfall.
• Familiarity with a broad range of asset classes (fixed income, equities, derivatives).
• Ability to gather and document business and functional requirements, achieving consensus among global stakeholders.
• Experience producing functional specifications, interface specifications, and supporting documentation to established standards.
• Skilled in supporting UAT, including test planning, manual testing, defect triage and coordination with development teams.
• Proficiency in SQL for querying relational databases; experience with tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, engage senior stakeholders, and operate across multiple jurisdictions.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with FRTB (SA or IMA) implementations.
• Exposure to vendor integration and mixed delivery (vendor + in-house development).
• Knowledge of counterparty credit risk measures.
• Experience with ActivePivot, MDX queries or MongoDB.
• Exposure to Python for scripting or data analysis.

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Windows Site Reliability Engineer £110K Hybrid LondonOverview:A leading global investment bank is seeking a skilled Windows Site Reliability Engineer to join their London-based Technology team. This is a senior-level leadership role focused on driving platform reliability, automation strategy, and infrastructure modernisation across mission-critical banking systems. This is an excellent opportunity to join an investment banking powerhouse.Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead Platform Engineering and SRE strategy across the organisation
• Build scalable, self-service, and resilient infrastructure platforms
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD adoption, automating manual tasks
• Define SLOs and optimise system performance, latency, and scalability
• Lead root cause analysis and remediate technical debt
• Partner with development teams to improve testing, releases, and deployments
• Shape cloud and hybrid migration strategies
• Ensure regulatory, audit, and security compliance
• Act as senior escalation point for high-severity incidents
• Identify cost and efficiency improvements; deputise for senior leadership

Skills and Experience:

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Windows Server internals
• Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and Kerberos
• Extensive experience tuning low-latency, enterprise-scale systems
• Strong background in SRE, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code principles
• Advanced scripting and development capability (PowerShell, Python, C#)
• Clustering, high-availability, replication, and disaster recovery expertise
• Experience with Git, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and TeamCity
• Strong understanding of security hardening (CIS) within regulated environments
• Deep knowledge of performance monitoring, system internals, and optimisation techniques
• Experience working within financial services or other regulated industries

Desirable:

• Kubernetes and Docker orchestration
• Major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Nutanix HCI and VMware ESX
• Enterprise databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase ASE, MongoDB, Snowflake)
• Enterprise monitoring tools (Splunk, Netcool)

Package

• Circa £110,000 + Excellent Package
• London / Hybrid x3 days onsite
• Flexible working considered

Windows Site Reliability Engineer £110K Hybrid London

Windows Site Reliability Engineer | £110K | Hybrid | London

Overview:
A leading global investment bank is seeking a skilled Windows Site Reliability Engineer to join their London-based Technology team. This is a senior-level leadership role focused on driving platform reliability, automation strategy, and infrastructure modernisation across mission-critical banking systems. This is an excellent opportunity to join an investment banking powerhouse.

Role and Responsibilities:

Lead Platform Engineering and SRE strategy across the organisation
Build scalable, self-service, and resilient infrastructure platforms
Drive Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD adoption, automating manual tasks
Define SLOs and optimise system performance, latency, and scalability
Lead root cause analysis and remediate technical debt
Partner with development teams to improve testing, releases, and deployments
Shape cloud and hybrid migration strategies
Ensure regulatory, audit, and security compliance
Act as senior escalation point for high-severity incidents
Identify cost and efficiency improvements; deputise for senior leadershipSkills and Experience:

Deep expertise in Microsoft Windows Server internals
Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and Kerberos
Extensive experience tuning low-latency, enterprise-scale systems
Strong background in SRE, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code principles
Advanced scripting and development capability (PowerShell, Python, C#)
Clustering, high-availability, replication, and disaster recovery expertise
Experience with Git, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and TeamCity
Strong understanding of security hardening (CIS) within regulated environments
Deep knowledge of performance monitoring, system internals, and optimisation techniques
Experience working within financial services or other regulated industriesDesirable:

Kubernetes and Docker orchestration
Major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Nutanix HCI and VMware ESX
Enterprise databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase ASE, MongoDB, Snowflake)
Enterprise monitoring tools (Splunk, Netcool)Package

Circa £110,000 + Excellent Package
London / Hybrid x3 days onsite
Flexible working consideredWindows Site Reliability Engineer | £110K | Hybrid | London

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to play a key role in an excellent client’s large-scale platform migration programme focused on consolidating multiple payment and card-processing systems into a unified global ecosystem. The successful candidate will bring expertise in system migrations, ETL/data transformation pipelines, and cross-functional collaboration. You will work with engineering, product, operations, compliance, and partner teams to define and govern architecture that delivers secure, compliant, resilient, and high-performing outcomes.

This can either be a mainly remote or hybrid role depending on what the successful candidate prefers. As well as competitive salary’s, our client offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for the migration and consolidation of regional card-processing and payments platforms into a modern, unified global environment.
• Design and own large-scale data migration and ETL processes, including data mapping, transformation logic, orchestration, validation, lineage, and implementation.
• Translate complex business requirements into:

• Data models and data flow diagrams
• Sequence diagrams
• Migration runbooks
• Integration specifications and architectural patterns

• Provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering teams during solution buildout, ensuring alignment to architectural standards.
• Collaborate with compliance functions to ensure architectural designs meet regulatory obligations (e.g., PCI-DSS, PSD2, AML, GDPR, electronic money regulations).
• Promote security-by-design across all components, focusing on card data handling, encryption, tokenisation, and access controls.
• Facilitate technical workshops and architecture design reviews with internal teams and external partners.

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience as a Solution Architect in fintech, payments, card issuing/acquiring, or financial services.
• Demonstrated experience with large-scale platform, system, and data migrations.
• Hands-on expertise in designing ETL and data integration pipelines (Python, SQL-based orchestration, cloud-native ETL tools, messaging ingestion).
• Solid understanding of data engineering concepts with practical experience in SQL Server, MongoDB, Synapse, Fabric, and Snowflake.
• Familiarity with card-processing systems, scheme integrations, authorisation flows, transaction life cycles, and settlement processes; knowledge of cryptographic key migrations (e.g., EMV, PEK) is advantageous.
• Experience architecting microservices, REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and secure cloud services (Azure).
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, capable of working with senior stakeholders, external partners, and technical teams.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical problem solving.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

As a Technical Lead, you ll work directly with the founder to shape the technical vision and execution of a high-growth startup backed by a larger, established group. You ll lead a talented engineering squad, drive architectural decisions, and deliver scalable backend systems that support thousands of users-all while influencing the strategic direction of the product.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you ll combine deep technical expertise with mentorship, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-moving startup environment.

The Role Technical Strategy & Leadership

• Work alongside the founder to define and evolve the technical roadmap
• Lead architectural design and critical technology decisions
• Champion engineering best practices, code quality, and technical excellence
• Mentor, coach, and grow engineers at all levels
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and innovation

Backend Architecture & Development

• Architect, build, and scale backend services and RESTful APIs
• Design, optimise, and maintain MongoDB database solutions
• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability
• Resolve complex production issues with robust solutions
• Implement microservices and modern backend patterns

Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with Product, Design, and the founder to deliver high-impact outcomes
• Participate in hiring and technical interviews to grow the engineering team
• Drive improvements in processes, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Ensure effective planning, estimation, and execution across initiatives

Core Technical Expertise

You ll thrive in this role if you have strong experience with:

• MongoDB (data modelling, indexing, aggregation pipelines, performance tuning)
• Node.js and the wider JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem
• Express.js and/or Fastify
• RESTful API design and distributed systems
• AWS or similar cloud platforms
• Microservices architecture
• Testing frameworks (Vitest, Jest, Mocha, etc.)
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices
• GitHub workflows
• Observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog)
• Docker and Kubernetes

Tech Stack

You ll be working with:

• Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Express.js, Fastify
• MongoDB
• AWS
• Vue.js, Nuxt.js

Nice to Have AI Experience

Not essential, but highly desirable:

• Integrating AI/ML models into production systems
• Working with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)
• Prompt engineering
• AI workflow tools (LangChain, Flowise)
• Building internal AI-powered automation tools

Why This Role is Exciting

• Work directly with the founder on a startup backed by a larger, established group
• Influence the technical and product direction from the ground up
• Hands-on leadership in a fast-moving, high-impact environment

Benefits

We genuinely invest in our people. You ll enjoy:

• Remote-first working (offices in London and Manchester)
• Flexible working hours
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 2 Christmas shutdown days
• Option to purchase an additional week of leave

Interested? Please Click Apply Now! Technical Lead - TypeScript / Node.js

Windows Site Reliability Engineer 110K Hybrid London

Overview:
A leading global investment bank is seeking a skilled Windows Site Reliability Engineer to join their London-based Technology team. This is a senior-level leadership role focused on driving platform reliability, automation strategy, and infrastructure modernisation across mission-critical banking systems. This is an excellent opportunity to join an investment banking powerhouse.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead Platform Engineering and SRE strategy across the organisation
• Build scalable, self-service, and resilient infrastructure platforms
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD adoption, automating manual tasks
• Define SLOs and optimise system performance, latency, and scalability
• Lead root cause analysis and remediate technical debt
• Partner with development teams to improve testing, releases, and deployments
• Shape cloud and hybrid migration strategies
• Ensure regulatory, audit, and security compliance
• Act as senior escalation point for high-severity incidents
• Identify cost and efficiency improvements; deputise for senior leadership

Skills and Experience:

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Windows Server internals
• Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and Kerberos
• Extensive experience tuning low-latency, enterprise-scale systems
• Strong background in SRE, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code principles
• Advanced scripting and development capability (PowerShell, Python, C#)
• Clustering, high-availability, replication, and disaster recovery expertise
• Experience with Git, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and TeamCity
• Strong understanding of security hardening (CIS) within regulated environments
• Deep knowledge of performance monitoring, system internals, and optimisation techniques
• Experience working within financial services or other regulated industries

Desirable:

• Kubernetes and Docker orchestration
• Major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Nutanix HCI and VMware ESX
• Enterprise databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase ASE, MongoDB, Snowflake)
• Enterprise monitoring tools (Splunk, Netcool)

Package

• Circa 110,000 + Excellent Package
• London / Hybrid x3 days onsite
• Flexible working considered

Windows Site Reliability Engineer 110K Hybrid London