An asset manager in New York City is actively seeking a self-motivated and hardworking professional to join their staff as their new DevOps / SRE. Responsibilities The DevOps / SRE will:
- Build and maintain the infrastructure that supports the firm's trading systems
- Collaborate with development teams to design and implement automated build and deployment pipelines
- Drive the rapid adoption of new processes/systems
- Provide hands-on support to the trading team
Qualifications
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
- 5+ years' experience in the Platform, SRE, Production, or Systems Engineering fields
- Excellent knowledge of all aspects of the software engineering process, including Coding, Testing, Deployment, Scalability, Security, and Maintainability
- Ability to set-up and manage CI/CD activities and tools (e.g. Gitlab, Bitbucket), as well as build you own solutions (e.g. Java/Gradle)
- Track record of working with distributed systems in a trading environment e.g. Aeron, Kafka, and RabbitMQ
- Deep understanding of best practices, design patterns, and principles for highly decoupled and scalable systems
- Good knowledge of Unix systems / Bash / networks
- Experience with infrastructure and application observability tooling e.g. Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana
- Strong knowledge in coding/scripting (Java, Python, Go, or Bash)
- Experience with automation/configuration frameworks using Terraform, Kustomize, Ansible, Helm, or an equivalent
Desired skills
- Experience with cloud platforms (ideally AWS)
- Experience in API Management (routing, gateways, versioning) with profound understanding of API Development aspects
- Ability to apply strategies for efficient communication, data consistency, and resilience across micro services, including experience with API design, message-based communication, and event-driven architectures
- Experience in defining and enforcing architectural patterns (SOA, CQRS, Event Sourcing etc.)
- Experience in performance/stress test and system tuning