# Forward Deployed Engineer - Infrastructure

**Company**: Thought Machine
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Thought Machine's mission is to rid the world's banks of legacy technology by developing modern banking foundations through core and payments technology that run natively in the cloud.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be the primary technical interface with clients, embedding with their engineering teams to design, build, and deliver production-ready implementations of Vault and associated products.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Hands-on cloud infrastructure consulting on client sites and remotely

- Designing and preparing suitable cloud infrastructure for Thought Machine Vault products to be tested and run successfully at scale

- Deploying and configuring Thought Machine Vault products on client, SaaS, and internal cloud infrastructure

- Advising clients on optimising cloud infrastructure for Vault implementation

- Supporting and troubleshooting client infrastructure remotely and on-site

- Working closely with internal product and engineering teams to incorporate client feedback into product improvements

- Supporting the Thought Machine Commercial Team and Cloud Provider Partners in answering infrastructure queries during the presales cycle

The ideal candidate will have:

- Tangible infrastructure experience

- Ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

- Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix administration, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Istio, and automation/configuration management tools like Terraform, Puppet, Chef, or Ansible

- Experience with AWS or GCP

Desirable skills include:

- Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, and associated certifications

- Enterprise secrets management systems experience

- Supporting production systems for high-profile, mission-critical systems

- Experience with hybrid cloud technologies, Go, Python, or Java

Benefits include:

- Highly competitive salary

- Pension plan with up to 5% match

- Life insurance (three times annual salary)

- Competitive maternity and paternity leave

- 25 days holiday and bank holidays

- Flexible working hours

- Cycle-to-work scheme

- Electric car scheme

- Season ticket loan

- Access to outstanding learning materials and courses

- Sports and hobby clubs

- Fresh fruit and cereals, healthy snacks, smoothies, and drinks

- Two charity days a year

- Weekly food pop-up

## Skills

### Required
- Linux/Unix administration
- Kafka
- PostgreSQL
- Kubernetes
- Istio
- Terraform
- Puppet
- Chef
- Ansible
- AWS
- GCP

### Nice to have
- AWS certification
- GCP certification
- Azure certification
- Enterprise secrets management systems
- Hybrid cloud technologies
- Go
- Python
- Java
- CockroachDB
- AlloyDB
- Aurora
- Prometheus
- Grafana

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