Junior Infrastructure Engineer

The Role
As our Junior Infrastructure Engineer, you will:

• Help build and support the cloud infrastructure that underpins our SaaS products and internal tooling – this will be your primary focus.
• Support our Oracle RDBMS and middleware and our end user computing estate – for example, database patching and backups, user requests, and device management through Intune – learning these technologies and helping the wider team support them (no prior experience needed).
• Plan, implement and test solutions with growing independence, knowing when to ask for help.
• Learn how our infrastructure works and suggest improvements.
• Help build proof-of-concept solutions to evaluate new technologies.
• Write clear documentation so others can understand and build on your work.
• Learn from experienced engineers, who will mentor you on technology, architecture and best practices.

What you’ll bring

• A proactive, self-starting attitude and a willingness to ask questions.
• Curiosity and an appetite for exploring new technologies.
• A genuine enjoyment of learning from others and sharing what you learn.
• A belief that constant improvement underpins good engineering.

Requirements
Essential:

• 1–2 years’ experience in an infrastructure, cloud, or IT operations role, or a relevant degree plus around a year of industry experience (for example, a placement year or internship). Certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner are a plus.
• An understanding of how cloud infrastructure supports production services.
• Some hands-on experience with core AWS services such as EC2, VPC, ECS, RDS, and IAM, alongside a basic understanding of cloud security and networking fundamentals (for example, VPCs, subnets, and firewall rules).
• Exposure to, or a strong interest in, Infrastructure-as-Code tools (for example, Terraform or similar) and version control such as Git.
• A basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines that enable automated, reliable delivery of infrastructure changes.
• Awareness of monitoring and observability concepts, including metrics, logging, and alerting.
• Basic scripting ability in a language such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell to automate operational tasks and workflows.

Desirable:

• Exposure to Microsoft 365 services such as Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and Conditional Access.
• Experience with Oracle RDBMS, Oracle middleware, or PostgreSQL.
• Some experience using Linux and Windows, including the command line; exposure to Ansible is a bonus.
• Familiarity to containers (for example, Docker or ECS, our current platform) or Kubernetes/EKS.

Link Financial Group is one of Europe’s leading servicers of consumer, SME and leasing credit, operating out of 12 offices across 10 European countries and employing more than 900 people. For over 25 years, our scale, professionalism and expertise in the sector have made us the partner of choice for many of the world’s leading banks and providers of credit.

We service more than 7 million accounts including consumer finance, credit cards, auto loans, asset finance and leases, mortgages, student loans and commercial (SME) receivables, and have bought more than 6,000 portfolios since 1998.

Our industry-leading systems and data analytics combined with excellence in customer service, compliance and technology make Link Financial Group the trusted credit expert for Europe’s lenders.

The Group was founded on firmly ethical principles, with the fair treatment of customers embedded in all processes and training.

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