Engineering Manager – Data Services & Managed File Transfer

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.

What you’ll do

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.

What you’ll need for this role

Experience

• 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.

Communication & Interpersonal Skills

Given the distributed nature of this role, with the line manager based in London, communication skills are a primary selection criterion.

• 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.

Qualifications – Must Have

• 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.

Qualifications – Good to Have

• Relevant certifications (Oracle Certified Professional, AWS / GCP, ITIL, people-leadership credentials).

• Experience with Nutanix / NDB, GoAnywhere MFT, MongoDB, Redis or AWS RDS in production.

• Experience producing infrastructure investment cases for executive (CDO/CTO) audiences.

Technical Environment

Candidates should have working knowledge across the following stack:

• 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.

The Perks

Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.

• Matched giving for your fundraising activity

• Flexible working hours and work-from-home opportunities

• Performance-related bonuses

• Insurance and medical plans

• Career-focused technical and leadership training in-class and online, incl. unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning platform

• Contribution to gym memberships and more

• Free Lunch/Snacks/Fruits

• A day off on your birthday

• Two days’ volunteering leave per year.

Learn more about the Perks here!

Join us for this exciting journey. Apply now!