Senior Technical Deployment IT Consultant

Senior Technical Deployment IT Consultant (Client Facing) - 60-80K+ Benefits + Bonus

Sector: Financial Services

Location:London+ some European travel

A market leader in trading and financial risk management systems is looking to hire a technical deployment and IT consultant to join their technical consultancy team that work closely with their rapidly growing client base. The team offer infrastructure architecture guidance to clients, preparing, installing and offering pre and post implementation technical support both remotely and onsite.

This is a multidimensional role covering the whole spectrum of IT Infrastructure deployment and support so the consultant will have ownership over the whole process and lifecycle. Training will be provided for their bespoke financial and commodities trading software and components, however a strong broad infrastructure knowledge is important. Experience deploying and supporting complex interlinked system infrastructures in a consultative fashion is therefore ideal.

While technical expertise is important, strong client facing communication skills are imperative as the technical team are consultants to key clients, with a high level of functional understanding and proficiency and the ability to tailor and deliver to clients needs. Flexibility and European travel is essential as clients are split betweenLondonand mainlandEurope.

Ideal skill set and experience:
* Broad Infrastructure knowledge: Windows, Virtualisation/VMware, Citrix/XenApp, Networks, Storage, SOA/Tibco/MQ/JMS, Databases, Oracle and MS-SQL
* IT Project lifecycle: planning, architecture, implementation and maintenance
* Strong Troubleshooting and problem solving skills
* Strong Communication skills and ability to develop relationships
* Any exposure to Development including .Net/C# or Java is desirable
* Knowledge/exposure to front/middle/back office financial/commodities environments