As a Site Reliability Graduate Engineer at SIG, you will be working at scale from the start on challenging DevOps problems. A graduate engineer will get the opportunity to be responsible for a number of key areas. These include Infrastructure provisioning, support, monitoring, and troubleshooting, across a mix of virtual, containerised and physical workloads, all while applying a devops approach.

This role is specifically aimed at students who wish to pursue a career in Infrastructure, and is designed to develop your technical and engineering knowledge. There will be an initial focus on honing your infrastructure skills such as Server builds, Windows/Linux Administration, Python and Power shell scripting, Monitoring and DevOps practices. You will work with experienced engineers and given exposure to support and project work in our production environment.

Who you are:

• Technical:
• You will be studying towards a degree in a computer related or engineering discipline
• Some operating Systems & network troubleshooting skills, an understanding of infrastructure architectures,
• A scripting language like PowerShell/Python would be desirable
• A proven track record of extracurricular interest in technology
• Problem Solver: When it comes to solving problems, you use clear and sound reasoning. You’re rational and like to use numbers and data to come up with sensible solutions
• Curious: You’re eager to learn and develop new technologies. You’re inquisitive and creative, questioning the status quo. You have a fascination with the why and are unable to accept that things “just work”.
• Communicator: You enjoy building relationships with those you work closely with. You enjoy sharing ideas, expressing your thoughts, and listening to the views of others.
• Ambitious: You constantly set yourself goals in life and give your all to achieve them. You’re not afraid to put in the effort to reach your full potential

What’s in it for you:

• Education: We are renowned for our market-leading education and training programmes. Getting a “big picture” perspective of our technology is important. You will also join industry lectures to understand trading, and delve deeper into the crucial role that technologists play in SIG. We provide a variety of technical classes to get you up to speed on any technologies that will be needed for success in your role
• Real Impact: Through a combination of hands-on and classroom discussion, you will learn how we solve the real technical challenges of building and maintaining the best trading systems. You will learn about our use of leading-edge hardware and software technologies. With other technologists you will collaborate on live challenges, improvements, and technical issues which are key to the ongoing success of the business.
• Culture: Our non-hierarchical culture allows employees of every level to thrive. We are not your typical trading firm – the environment is casual, collaborative and we focus on continuous development, no matter how long you’ve been in SIG.
• Perks: Based in the heart of Ireland’s Financial Services Centre, and a 10-minute walk from Dublin’s city centre, our employees avail of free onsite catering, a games room, and a large in house gym, to name but a few of our favourite perks. You will have the opportunity to attend multiple social events hosted by SIG, where you will get the opportunity to meet recent graduates, and senior leaders from across the business.

Interview Process:

Apply > Technical Screen > Recruiter Interview >Technical Interview(s) > Final Interview > Offer

Note: We hire for this programme on a rolling basis, therefore interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply early.