Senior EUC & Container Solutions Engineer

We're Synechron, a global consultancy Laser-focused on accelerating digital initiatives in financial services. With over 14,500 members of staff across 17 countries and a unique mix of end-to-end digital, business and technology services, we help clients solve complex challenges with modern and innovative solutions.

We're big enough to be taken seriously, yet small enough to operate with an agile, open, relationship-driven approach. Our clients come to us with problems that need genuine thought, intelligence and knowledge; we're not just putting bodies on seats.

One of our key clients, a global financial institution is looking for a Senior EUC & Container Solutions Engineer to join their team in London.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting with issue triage, ensuring users are responded to and kept informed of progress
• Ability to work independently, analysing each issue as it is presented in order to effectively route to the correct teams for resolution
• Dev Container issue analysis and remediation, including assisting with creating new Dev Containers for use within WSL
• Dev Container engineering work, including updating the base image to support new tools and technologies required by developers
• Working with developers to understand their container requirements, engineering solutions to support their workloads, helping to accelerate the uptake of containerisation

EUC Technical Skills:

• Level 2 desktop troubleshooting for Windows, macOS and Ubuntu operating systems.
• Knowledge of End User Computing architecture (including virtual and physical devices, modern management technologies and zero trust principles)
• Privilege management software application
• Understanding of software installation via standard channels
• Experience with Linux/WSL
• General awareness of developer workflows and tooling, including best practice and general industry trends

Container Developments Skills:

• Experience with the design and development of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, and being able to apply this knowledge to assist others undertaking similar tasks
• Work with other teams to create portable packages that contain bundled code, tools, libraries
• Owning and maintaining a catalogue of container build images, with differing target programming languages, for use by developers, optimising for security and performance
• Support of base images, being able to identify problems and performing routine updates (eg certificate changes, configuration changes) where necessary
• Develop CI/CD pipelines, particularly to validate changes to container build definition/base image before rollout
• Implement centralised logging solutions of containerized environments, allowing them to be used within the parameters set by Cyber
• Contribute to development of container strategies and best practices

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Container cluster architecture
• 3+ years of experience with container technologies (Docker, WSL, Kubernetes) for Linux and Windows
• Good understanding of and experience with creating and maintaining Dev containers
• Awareness of container procurement, secure pipeline scanning and best practice
• Good understanding of and experience in Programming languages (Python, Java, Powershell,C#)
• Strong knowledge with cloud platforms

Recruitment London Boilerplate

Synechron's stunning top floor offices are located in London's bustling Square Mile, close to Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Bank. We're a stone's throw from the Bank of England and a five-minute walk from St. Paul's Cathedral.

Our open-plan offices feature breakout areas, innovation spaces and a stunning roof terrace with great views of the city! We're a friendly bunch and host regular summer and Christmas parties, and team-building activities.

Our flexible working policy means three days in the London office and two days at home - and we're happy to accommodate individual circumstances like school drop-offs and pick-ups (this will need to be worked out with your line manager).

Synechron's Diversity Statement

Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.