DevOps Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and maintain secure, scalable environments for fixed-income trading systems.

• Develop robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Git, and Octopus Deploy.

• Implement containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, LXC) and manage microservices-based deployments.

• Administer cloud infrastructure in Azure and AWS , optimizing for performance and uptime.

• Utilize Azure Batch for large-scale compute tasks, integrate Azure ML for machine learning ops, and manage Azure Databricks for data analytics workflows.

• Support a hybrid infrastructure with minimal downtime and high reliability.

• Manage development environments and tooling for Python, TypeScript, React, and JavaScript.

• Collaborate with development teams to enhance testing, deployment, and local development workflows.

• Maintain both Linux and Windows systems, ensuring operational stability.

• Tune and manage SQL and NoSQL databases supporting critical trading operations.

• Oversee messaging and queueing systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Celery) for background job processing.

• Orchestrate and monitor complex workflows and ETL pipelines using Airflow and related tools.

• Implement monitoring/logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, etc.

• Uphold security and compliance practices with regular audits and remediation processes.

• Partner with stakeholders to troubleshoot infrastructure issues and streamline processes.

• Drive automation and adopt emerging technologies to enhance operational efficiency.

• Participate in agile workflows, continuously refining and improving the deployment pipeline.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field from a top-tier university.

Experience:

• 5-10 years of hands-on experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering roles, ideally within the financial or trading sector.

• Deep experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.

• Proven success managing hybrid cloud/on-prem environments, especially within Azure and AWS.

• Strong background supporting software teams using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and C++.

• Demonstrated experience migrating legacy systems to the cloud.

• Skilled in database optimization, infrastructure monitoring, and network/messaging configuration.

Technical Skills:

• DevOps & Infrastructure:

  • Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation)

  • Hybrid cloud experience with Linux/Windows systems

  • Container orchestration with Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, on-prem) and Docker

• CI/CD & Developer Tooling:

  • Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab, Octopus Deploy, TeamCity

  • Python tooling: pip, poetry, conda

  • Deployment strategies: blue/green, IaC-CI/CD integration

• Observability & Monitoring:

  • Tools like Datadog, Prometheus, ELK Stack, Grafana, Splunk

• Programming & Scripting:

  • Strong scripting in Python and Bash

  • Backend processing using Celery, RabbitMQ

• Data & Workflow Management:

  • Apache Airflow, ETL pipeline design

  • Azure Batch, Azure ML, and Azure Databricks

• Database & Networking:

  • Deep knowledge of SQL and database tuning

  • Security best practices, compliance, and performance tuning in distributed environments