Senior DevOps Engineer (Top Prop Trader!)

at  Robert Half

Senior DevOps Engineer (Top Prop Trader!)
Are you looking to work on the latest technologies?
This is an outstanding opening for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a world class team!
There is no legacy involved and all the systems are built in microservices!
Do you have experience working in fintech? Or in finance? Are you looking for an opening where you can work in a small but growing team?
Do you want to become the next tech lead? Or DevOps manager?
This is a hybrid working role with Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays in the office and Thursday and Friday from home! Which is great as it allows you two set days where you can have flex to work. HQ Based in Central London.
Currently expanding our operation in one of the fastest developing industry sectors, we are looking for an experienced and talented professional for the role of:
Senior DevOps Engineer

Your Role:

• Work closely with Developers, QA and DevOps
• Configure, document, optimize and support the components of the DevOps infrastructure
• Design and develop the business’s infrastructure architecture
• Build automated deployments using configuration management technologies
• Provide support and maintain Production, Staging and Dev environments
• Conduct technology evaluations and research

Qualifications & Competences

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure
• Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration, with a solid understanding of networking
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience organizing infrastructure and configuration as code using Ansible, Cloudformation or equivalent
• Experience working with modern development pipelines using Bamboo, ArgoCD or similar tools
• Proficiency in code and scripting languages (Bash, Python)
• Ability to design systems from scratch and integrate components into existing designs

Considered as a plus:

• Working knowledge and experience running PostgreSQL and/or MySQL databases in production, including basic installation, configuration and backup-restore operations
• Experience with Kafka, Redis, MongoDB
• Experience with ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

Our technical stack: AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, ArgoCD, Kustomize, Sealed Secrets, CloudFormation, Ansible (AWX), Linux, Windows (10% of infrastructure), Applications on Java and JavaScript, Postgresql, Mysql, Influxdb, Mongodb, Kafka, Redis, ELK, Sentry, Prometheus, Checkmk, Opsgenie, Appdynamics, Testrail, SSO (ActiveDirectory, Okta), Atlassian stack (Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jira, Confluence), Artifactory, Imperva CDN, Fortigate firewall

The Project is a great opportunity to deal with:

• Interesting domain in the financial industry
• Implementation of applications for one of the biggest and respectable brokerage companies
• Friendly team - work with open-minded, remarkable and skilled people
• An Agile ‘startup’ environment within a well-established international company

Work Pattern
3days in the office and 2 days at home. (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the office and two days back to back to work from home, which are Thursdays and Fridays This is great if you need flex to work from home. HQ Based in City of London.
Interview process
there will be 2 interviews maximum, one technical one with the product owner.
Excellent Benefits on offer:
25 days holidays
Pension
Bonus
Healthcare
Training allowance
Free food on Wednesdays!
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• Work closely with Developers, QA and DevOps
• Configure, document, optimize and support the components of the DevOps infrastructure
• Design and develop the business’s infrastructure architecture
• Build automated deployments using configuration management technologies
• Provide support and maintain Production, Staging and Dev environments
• Conduct technology evaluations and researc