Overview
At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is a strategic priority to attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put stakeholders at the heart of everything they do, helping us make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand, supported by leading technology and talent. Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each focusing on meeting evolving client needs.
* interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
* Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
* Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have strength and scale to capitalise on key market themes, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.
About the Role
This Workload Automation Engineer role is responsible for supporting the design, implementation, and management of our Enterprise Workload Scheduling Automation tool used across key batch workloads and business platforms. This role initially focuses on managing our current Autosys toolset – Autosys Workload Automation and Automation Analytics and Intelligence on our premise and cloud architecture.
The Workload Automation Engineer will ensure the platform is performant, scalable, secure, resilient and integrated with our business applications and modern workflows. The role will build platform integrations into key business systems and support the domain teams, providing technical guidance on workload creation, tuning and troubleshooting.
Experience with other Workload Automation tools like BMC or Redwood is beneficial. A key focus will be the future strategic direction of the tooling, driving towards a Modern Orchestration capability aligned with our Cloud Transformation strategy to reduce time to market using Agile Tooling and DevSecOps.
The engineer will optimise performance, ensure workloads are cost-efficient and manage the total cost of ownership across the platform and business teams.
Key Responsibilities
* Proven experience with Broadcom Autosys, Redwood RMJ or BMC Control-M platforms
* Ability to automate, schedule and manage workflows including batch processes, file transfers and end-to-end business processes
* Strong understanding of batch processing, job dependencies, and scheduling best practices
* Proficiency in scripting languages including PowerShell
* Familiarity with ITIL processes and enterprise monitoring tools
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address operational challenges
* Strong understanding of security concepts, risk, disaster recovery, software compliance and vulnerability management
* Familiarity with SLA monitoring, real-time alerts and centralised dashboards
* Experience in large-scale enterprise environments
* Core Infrastructure Skills in:
o Core Operating Systems and technologies – Microsoft, Linux, DNS, LDAP
o SQL Server
o Base Azure knowledge
About the Candidate
* Certifications in Autosys, Control-M, or Redwood RMJ
* Experience with cloud-based scheduling or hybrid environments
* Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
* Experience in ServiceNow
* Knowledge of Agile Framework
* Familiarity with financial industry regulations
* Experience with Secure Message File Transfer systems (MFT)
* Ability to create and maintain relationships with internal leadership and key business stakeholders, as well as third parties or suppliers
* Knowledge of Azure technologies including Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Fabric
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
There’s more to working life than a good salary. We offer an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.
When you join us, your reward will include 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can read more about what we do here.
An inclusive way of working
Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you. At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a blended working approach, combining face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connection in offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, teams, clients and the business.
An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help. We’re committed to an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity broadly and welcome enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.
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