Senior Infrastructure Engineer (UK Based Only)
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Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently
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Salary
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£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2133 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and Trust Payments is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2139 (Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified, DevOps/platform focus on deployment and cloud-native technologies could fit n.e.c.). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers Most likely code | £38,400 | £43,900 | £49,400 | £54,900 |
2139 Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified Also possible | £36,600 | £41,800 | £47,100 | £52,300 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Company Description:
Trust Payments is an MFSA-regulated in Malta; and an FCA-regulated company in the UK. We provide a range of payments and commerce solutions, with market-leading technology and data insights.
We offer innovative payment methods and cutting-edge technologies, with a truly global presence. Our global offices cater to the most demanding business sectors, including retail, travel, hospitality, forex, and financial services.
Driving value for our clients and demonstrating genuine care for their success, is a core value of ours. We also believe in striving to build a better, more sustainable tomorrow and believe in conducting our business ethically, driving social and environmental change.
We have a passionate, collaborative, and diverse culture that recognizes that every employee contributes to our business success.
Find out more at www.trustpayments.com.
Trust Payments have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our Technology department.
Location: Remote- Bangor, United Kingdom (This role is predominantly remote, however occasional travel to our technology headquarters in Bangor, UK will be required)
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
How will you make an impact in this role?
Our infrastructure team sits at the centre of two complementary challenges: keeping business-critical production services running reliably, and actively modernising how those services are built and deployed. You'll be doing both.
This is a meaningful, high-visibility role: by maintaining and evolving business-critical services in scope of PCI-DSS, you will have a direct impact on the success of Trust Payments and will grow your wide-ranging expertise across both established and modern infrastructure practices.
Working within a collaborative engineering team, you will:
- Maintain business-critical services running in AWS.
- Improve business-critical services running in AWS by enhancing their reliability, scalability, security, and by further adopting fully managed cloud-native technologies.
- Maintain and enhance an internal Platform that supports the development and deployment of business-critical services.
- Maintain full compliance with relevant standards (including PCI DSS Level 1 and GDPR).
Working within a collaborative engineering team, you will:
- Maintain business-critical services running in AWS.
- Improve business-critical services running in AWS by enhancing their reliability, scalability, security, and by further adopting fully managed cloud-native technologies.
- Maintain and enhance an internal Platform that supports the development and deployment of business-critical services.
- Maintain full compliance with relevant standards (including PCI DSS Level 1 and GDPR
What We Expect of You, Day To Day:
- Contribute to architectural design and discovery work.
- Identify issues and enhancements, and propose realistic, achievable solutions.
- Improve the maintainability, reliability, performance, and security of our systems.
- Resolve operational issues in a timely and communicative manner: identify root causes, provide interim mitigations, and follow up with long-term solutions.
- Join an on-call rota (Monday–Sunday; once per month on average).
- Maintain awareness of all relevant best practices and apply them consistently.
- Participate constructively in code reviews.
- Support and mentor junior and mid-level colleagues; provide all team members with appropriate guidance.
- Design, build, maintain, and improve the functions of our internal Platform.
No job description can cover every situation that may arise. To maintain an effective service, you may be asked to undertake reasonable tasks broadly consistent with those above, as directed by your line manager.
Qualifications
- AWS Services – Including (among others): VPC; EC2; ELB; Network Firewall; CloudWatch; RDS; KMS; IAM; S3; Lambda; Route53.
- Networking – Working knowledge of the OSI model; ability to securely design and debug networks in the cloud using the Linux command line and, where appropriate, cloud technologies.
- Linux System Administration.
- Shell Scripting.
- Configuration Management.
- IaC Tools (ideally Terraform).
- Version Control Software.
- The Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Security – Including CIS Benchmarks, AWS Security Hub, and OWASP.
- Experience with monitoring and observability products.
- Ability to design, test, and implement appropriate solutions to business problems in the AWS Cloud.
Desired exposure
- Experience in financial services, ideally with payment gateways.
- Experience facilitating annual PCI-DSS Level 1 audits.
- Ability to develop modern, secure, and testable software using high-level languages (ideally Python).
- Ability to write test code at all levels of the testing pyramid.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools.
- Experience designing synchronous and event-driven architectures that are highly available, fault-tolerant, and performant.
- Cloud-Native Containerization – Experience running production services using cloud-based container orchestration technologies.
We offer comprehensive benefits to support our team members and their families' well-being.
Our robust benefits package includes (subject to local office benefits policy):
- Be part of a dynamic, market-leading Fintech experiencing rapid growth
- Flexible work arrangements tailored to role requirements and business needs
- Comprehensive wellness initiatives, including mental health resources supported by internally qualified mental health first aiders
Offer of employment with Trust Payment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Get a glimpse into the exciting world of Trust Payments through:
- Our Careers Page
- Our LinkedIn Life Pages
Next Steps:
Ready to revolutionize fintech? If you're excited about this opportunity, we'd love to hear from you!
Our Talent Acquisition Team will review your application promptly. We'll contact successful candidates via email and phone to discuss the next steps, including our inclusive interview process.
Additional Information:
Trust Payments is an Equal Opportunities Employer
We are a growing business with an aspiration to create a truly inclusive working environment, where each employee can reach their full potential. We celebrate the differences that exist within our teams. We encourage our people to bring their own opinions and thoughts to work, to be authentic and help us to innovate. We do this by embracing people as individuals, and appreciating that what works for one person, doesn’t work for everyone. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all, regardless of race, heritage, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other protected characteristic.
If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to enable you to apply for a role with us or wish to provide feedback about the accessibility of this website, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team.
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Where this offer sits in the market
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2133) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~187k in sample- Middle half £45,136–79,976
- Median £60,216
- Going rate £54,900
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,400–49,400
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Trust Payments holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.