Senior DevOps Engineer
(AWS)

Job Description

We are seeking a remote, full-time Senior DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of DevOps experience in an AWS environment to join the development team of our U.S. client. You will create and maintain the infrastructure and operations required to deliver the best financial software on the planet!

Our client is a fintech company that provides commodities managers with task automation and timely insights on their trades including risk exposure, positions, and profits and losses. With over 5 million trades in its SaaS platform, the company is a award-winning industry leader that counts some of the worlds largest financial firms as customers. Our client is growing rapidly and is looking for smart, bold risk-takers to further its product strategy of market disruption and expansion.

Responsibilities

  • Continually improve DevOps and GitOps tools, processes, and procedures
  • Design, implement, and manage the client's AWS infrastructure driving scalability, availability, and performance
  • Build, maintain, and scale cloud-native infrastructure for production, QA, and development environments
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure as a code (IaC) using Terraform, ensuring versioning and reproducibility of all cloud resources
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for projects and technologies, ensuring fast, reliable deployment processes
  • Maintain and nurture a Docker / Kubernetes ecosystem on AWS
  • Maintain and nurture a CI/CD deliver pipeline use GitLab
  • Design and build a GitOps infrastructure use GitLab integrated into Kubernetes
  • Ensure the appropriate level of application observability is in place using technologies like Prometheus and Grafana
  • Ensure the required security testing and security controls are in place at both an infrastructure and application level
  • Maintain a strong desire to automate everything
  • Be a key member of the client's engineering team to continue moving infrastructure and operations capabilities forward in a fast-changing landscape

Experience

Required

  • Excellent English communication and teamwork skills
  • 5+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer in AWS cloud environment
  • Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes, and scripting languages, such as Python and Bash
  • Experience with DevOps and cloud native environments — specifically AWS
  • Experience with GitOps integrated with Kubernetes clusters as well as CI/CD tools, such as GitLab
  • Background in static and dynamic security testing of infrastructure and application layers
  • Familiarity with security practices in cloud environments and an understanding of network fundamentals
  • Experience with enterprise-class systems, IaC, and a disciplined approach to development, documentation, and code structure
  • Experience with Agile software development practices
  • Embraces diversity
  • Maintains a client-centric approach to building products
  • Strives to maintain a world-class organization
  • Loves technology
  • Gives back to the community
  • Proven ability to stay self-motivated, work hard, own problems from start to finish, and bring order from chaos
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently or within a broader team
  • Trustworthy, team-oriented, transparent, and fun

Desired

  • University degree in computer science, related field of study, or equivalent experience
  • Experience in finance and/or energy, commodities, or equity trading

Additional Info

  • Knowing your ideas are heard and matter – think big!
  • You get to own your job and be recognized for your contributions
  • Work with smart and creative people
  • Making mistakes is human. Let’s learn from them. Be transparent!
  • We recognize you as an individual – no presumptions or judgment. Be the extraordinary you!
  • 15 days Paid Time Off (PTO), 1 floating day, 3 sick days, and designated national holidays
  • Start: ASAP

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