Overview

Graduate IT Operations Engineer – Trading / Market Data

This range is provided by Intellect Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Are you a bright, technically curious graduate looking to break into one of the most demanding and exciting areas of tech? We’re hiring a Graduate IT Operations Engineer to join a highly specialised team working on real-time network performance monitoring for global financial trading systems. This is a fast-paced, low-latency environment where precision and speed are critical, and the systems you support play a key role in market data delivery and trade execution at scale. You’ll be working alongside some of the sharpest minds in the industry, gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge infrastructure, tooling, and observability platforms.

What you'll work with

• Bash & Python scripting
• Networking fundamentals (switches, routers, packet analysis with tcpdump, Wireshark)
• InfluxDB, Kapacitor, Telegraf, Grafana

What you'll get

• Exposure to real-time, mission-critical systems
• A chance to grow in a high-performance, collaborative engineering environment
• Mentorship from experienced engineers in a domain where milliseconds count
• Hybrid working model with occasional office visits

This is a fantastic opportunity to kick-start your career in trading tech, working on systems that truly make an impact.

Ready to level up your career and learn from the best? Apply now or get in touch to find out more.

Qualifications / Skills

• Entry level / recent graduate
• Foundational scripting ability in Bash and Python
• Strong interest in networking fundamentals

Job details

• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: Financial Services and Technology, Information and Media
• Employment type: Full-time

Basildon, England, United Kingdom