MFT Engineer I

Job Title

MFT Engineer I

Job Description

So, who are we?
IG Group is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof. We didn't pivot to innovation; it's how we've always operated. What that means for the people who work here is real: genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scope that's rare in established businesses.

Your Team

You’ll be joining the Managed File Transfer team within IG Group’s Data Infrastructure & Platforms function. Data Infrastructure & 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 team runs GoAnywhere MFT operations, moving business-critical and regulated data securely between internal systems, counterparties and regulators, with 24/7 coverage for the transfers the business depends on.

This is a specialist team with end to end ownership of the platform. You won’t be siloed into a narrow lane, your work is visible across the firm, and everyone’s opinion on how we do things counts.

Your role in the Team’s Success

The transfers this team runs are ones the business cannot operate without. Here’s what success looks like:

• You get to the root cause. When a transfer fails, you’re not satisfied with a restart that makes the symptom go away. You want to know why it broke, and you fix it so it stays fixed.

• You make sense of what you inherit. This is a live estate built over several years. Some of it is documented well, some of it isn’t. You’re comfortable reading logs, configuration and workflows to work out how something was meant to run, and you improve the documentation as you go.

• You unblock people. Application teams across IG depend on MFT to move their data. You understand what they’re trying to achieve and help them get there rather than handing back a ticket.

• You automate what you repeat. If you’ve done something manually three times, you’re already thinking about how to script it.

• You leave a clear trail. Your notes are what let a colleague pick up where you left off. You write clearly and you keep people informed while you work a problem.

• You ask early. The expensive mistake is spending two days stuck on something a colleague could have unblocked in ten minutes.

The best person in this role will be curious about how things work, calm when something breaks, and will leave the platform in a better state than they found it.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Keep the GoAnywhere MFT platform available and performing, supporting file flows the business depends on

• Monitor transfer jobs, investigate failures and resolve incidents, driving permanent fixes over recurring toil

• Support application teams integrating with MFT services, and review workflow designs against best practice

• Manage security configurations including PGP and GPG keys, SSH keys, SSL certificates and user access controls, in line with IG security policy

• Tune and optimise file transfer jobs, and automate routine operational work to free up engineering time

• Maintain clear documentation and runbooks covering operational, security and recovery processes

• Work within incident, problem and change management processes to the standard a regulated environment requires

• Participate in the team’s on-call rota, providing 24/7 coverage for business-critical transfers

What you’ll need for this role

You’ll need solid experience in:

• 1 to 3 years in a technical operations, infrastructure, integration or support engineering role, working with production systems

• Linux or Unix and Windows administration, with confident command-line use across both

• Scripting with Python, Shell (bash or ksh) or PowerShell to automate routine tasks and improve operational efficiency

• File transfer protocols (SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS) and the security technologies around them, including PGP or GPG encryption, SSH keys and SSL/TLS

• Handling file-based data, including flat files, CSV, fixed-width formats and encrypted archives, and verifying integrity end to end

• Analysis and problem solving, with the ability to work through a complex workflow and diagnose issues quickly

• Excellent written and verbal English. You’ll work with application teams and stakeholders across Bangalore and London, so clear, concise updates and incident notes are a primary selection criterion

It would be a bonus if you have:

• Hands-on experience with GoAnywhere MFT, or an equivalent such as IBM Sterling, MOVEit or Axway

• Experience in fintech, financial services or another regulated industry

• Exposure to a 24/7 operational support model in a production environment

• Familiarity with ITSM tooling and formal change and incident management processes

• Exposure to cloud platforms, particularly GCP

How we work

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office – which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm

• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes

• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs

• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;

• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We’re committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.

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

• 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!

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