Devops Engineer

The hiring client is an upstart proprietary trading fund operating under the umbrella of a global operator. The DevOps Engineer will build and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and data solutions, primarily within AWS.

Responsibilities:

• Implement DevOps infrastructure projects
• Design and implement secure automation solutions for development, testing, and production environments
• Design, develop and scale infrastructure-as-code
• Build and deploy automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions
• Manage our continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency
• Implement industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management
• Secure, scale, and manage Linux virtual environments
• Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring
• Continuously evaluate existing systems with industry standards, and make recommendations for improvement
• Deploy and maintain critical applications on cloud-native microservices architecture
• Implement automation, effective monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments
• Support and work alongside a cross-functional engineering team on the latest technologies
• Iterate on best practices to increase the quality and velocity of deployments
• Sustain and improve the process of knowledge sharing throughout the engineering team
• Maintain infrastructure as a Service (laaS) using infrastructure as code frameworks such as Terraform, AWS SDK, and CloudFormation
• Build ETL/ELT solutions for large scale data pipelines within AWS Cloud
• Deploy Kubernetes platform in AWS EKS (Managed Kubernetes Services) and assist the Product Team in solution design, configuring Helm charts, migrating environments variables and secrets from non-AWS sources

Requirements:

• Experience maintaining and deploying highly available, fault-tolerant systems at scale
• A drive towards automating repetitive tasks (i.e.: scripting with Python, etc.)
• Proficiency in scripting languages including Python
• Practical experience with Docker containerization and clustering (e.g., Kubernetes/ECS)
• Expertise with AWS
• Version control system experience (i.e.: Git)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (i.e.: Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Ability to drive to goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Full understanding of software development lifecycle best practices
• Understanding of monitoring tools (i.e.: CloudWatch Datadog, etc.)
• Strong understanding of micro-services and related architectures
• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain professional, friendly, and cordial relationships with team members, other departments, and external partners
• Prior experience in the cryptocurrency industry is considered an asset