Engineering Manager, IG Group

• Substantial experience as a senior DBA or data platform engineer, with a proven track record of managing engineering teams in a regulated, high-availability environment
• Demonstrable experience managing large, heterogeneous database estates at scale across multiple engines
• Experience operating in a regulated financial services or high-availability domain
• Track record of leading distributed / offshore teams and 24/7 operational support models
• Proven delivery of large-scale migration or transformation programmes with minimal business disruption
• Vendor and licence management experience, including Oracle, with a track record of cost optimisation
• Experience defining and delivering automation / self-service platforms that reduce operational toil
• Cloud migration experience (AWS and/or GCP), including lift-and-shift vs. re-platform trade-offs
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; able to produce clear, concise updates, incident reports and business cases independently
• Able to translate technical detail into business outcomes for non-technical senior stakeholders
• Calm, organised and methodical under pressure, with proactive communication habits and the ability to build trust across cultures and time zones
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent professional experience
• Deep, hands-on expertise across Oracle and PostgreSQL in production, including HA/DR, performance tuning and security
• Track record of line-managing engineering teams and operating mission-critical systems to high availability standards
• Strong understanding of regulatory, audit and security obligations in a regulated environment
• Databases: Oracle (RAC, Data Guard, licensing), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS RDS
• Infrastructure: Nutanix HCI / NDB, on-premises and hybrid-cloud hosting, DR/failover design
• MFT: GoAnywhere MFT or equivalent
• Cloud: AWS and/or GCP – database services, cost modelling, migration patterns
• Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Python / SQL / shell scripting, self-service platform design
• Operations: monitoring and observability, ITSM tooling, backup/recovery processes
• Commercial: Oracle licensing, capacity planning, FCA / MiFID II audit frameworks

Desirable

• You’ll be joining the Data Services & MFT team within IG Group’s Data Platforms function
• Data Platforms sits at the core of a global, FCA-regulated online trading and financial services group, accountable for the data infrastructure that underpins trading, pricing, risk, compliance, reporting and analytics across the firm
• The Data Services & MFT team owns and operates:
• A heterogeneous database estate of 500+ databases spanning Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and AWS RDS, hosted on-premises (Nutanix) and in cloud
• Managed File Transfer (GoAnywhere MFT) operations, moving business-critical and regulated data securely between internal systems, counterparties and regulators
• 24/7 operational support across a follow-the-sun model spanning London and Bangalore
• The team is a key enabler of the firm’s regulatory obligations (FCA, MiFID II), operational resilience commitments, and cost-efficiency targets
• It combines deep operational ownership with platform-engineering and automation work, including a self-service database provisioning platform and large-scale migration programmes
• This is a delivery-focused management role. You’re expected to stay close to the technology, guide engineers on complex issues, and maintain clear alignment with a line manager based in London
• The best candidate will be technically credible, calm under pressure, highly organised, and able to build trust across geographies
• Leadership & People:
• Lead, coach and develop a distributed team of ~8 engineers across London and Bangalore, including DBAs, platform engineers and MFT engineers
• Own hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development and succession planning for the team
• Maintain a sustainable and resilient 24/7 support model, including on-call rotation, handoffs and follow-the-sun coverage
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, automation-first thinking, ownership and continuous improvement
• Operational Ownership:
• Be accountable for the availability, reliability, performance and recoverability of 500+ databases across Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and AWS RDS
• Own MFT (GoAnywhere) operations, including secure file transfer workflows, partner connectivity, patching and vulnerability remediation
• Own incident, problem and change management for the estate; drive root-cause analysis and permanent fixes over recurring toil
• Ensure robust backup, recovery, HA and DR arrangements, including cross-data-centre replication and failover testing
• Platform Engineering & Automation:
• Drive the self-service database provisioning platform strategy and roadmap, reducing manual effort and freeing engineering capacity
• Champion infrastructure-as-code and automation tooling to reduce operational overhead and accelerate delivery
• Define and enforce database standards, guardrails, security baselines and operating procedures across engines
• Strategy, Migration & Transformation:
• Set the multi-year technical roadmap for the data services estate, balancing modernisation, risk and cost
• Lead major migration programmes end-to-end, managing risk, sequencing and stakeholder communication
• Define and execute cloud migration strategy, including lift-and-shift vs. re-platform decisions, and own capacity planning and investment cases
• Cost, Vendor & Licensing Management:
• Own and optimise Oracle licensing and support costs, including de-scope, consolidation and rebuy strategies, while managing compliance risk
• Manage strategic vendor relationships (Oracle, Nutanix and others) and own the team’s operational and capital budget
• Governance, Risk & Compliance:
• Ensure the estate meets regulatory and audit requirements (FCA, MiFID II and equivalent) and lead remediation of audit findings
• Embed security, data-protection and operational-resilience controls into day-to-day operations, and maintain documentation and runbooks to audit standard