As a DevOps Engineer in the Global Markets division of a leading investment bank, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automation frameworks to support trading, risk, and regulatory applications.
This role requires hands-on expertise in CI/CD automation using Tekton and Harness, cloud-native technologies, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). You will collaborate with software developers, SREs, security teams, and trading technology specialists to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable deployments for mission-critical financial systems.
Your work will directly impact low-latency trading operations, risk management platforms, and post-trade systems, ensuring high availability and performance across global markets.
Key Responsibilities:
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Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Tekton and Harness for automating deployments of trading and risk applications.
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Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Ansible to manage cloud and on-prem environments.
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Work with containerization and orchestration technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, and OpenShift to deploy and manage microservices.
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Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize build, test, and deployment workflows to enhance reliability and performance of global trading applications.
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Integrate observability, logging, and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and Datadog for real-time infrastructure monitoring.
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Automate cloud provisioning, scaling, and resource optimization in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
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Implement DevSecOps best practices, including security scanning, policy enforcement, and compliance automation within CI/CD pipelines.
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Work closely with trading technology, quant, and risk teams to optimize DevOps workflows for real-time data processing and algorithmic trading.
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Participate in incident response and root cause analysis, ensuring high availability and rapid recovery of trading services.
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Stay updated with emerging DevOps and cloud-native technologies, contributing to innovation and process improvements.
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Must have hands on experience working with tools like Udeploy/Jenkins, BitBucket, Github tools.
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Proficient in programing languages like Python, Shell scripting to created automated solution for repetitive tasks.
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Must have clear understanding of Linux OS and Fundamentals.
Key Skills & Qualifications:
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4+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering within a financial services or capital markets environment.
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Strong expertise in CI/CD automation using Tekton and Harness, with a deep understanding of pipeline orchestration and GitOps workflows.
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Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
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Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes orchestration (K8s, OpenShift).
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Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) with hands-on experience in provisioning and optimizing cloud resources.
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Experience integrating monitoring, observability, and logging solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog).
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Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Shell scripting, or Go for process automation.
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Understanding of networking concepts related to low-latency trading environments, including service mesh architectures. Basic understanding of certificates, networking and load balancers.
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Experience troubleshooting build, deployment, and runtime issues in complex distributed systems.
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Ability to work effectively in high-pressure, real-time trading environments with cross-functional teams.
Education:
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Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
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Job Family Group:
Technology
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Job Family:
Applications Development
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Time Type:
Full time
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