We are seeking a talented DevOps Platform Engineer to join our Client's dynamic Capital Markets IT Department!
As a DevOps Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our infrastructure and automation tools. You will work closely with development teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of our applications. You will be a key contributor to our continuous improvement efforts, ensuring our environments are always reliable, secure, and efficient.
Capital Markets IT involves technology solutions and systems used in financial markets for trading, investment, and related activities. This includes electronic trading platforms, risk management systems, market risk, counterparty risk, algorithmic trading, data analytics, and regulatory measures. The use of advanced technologies like API's, artificial intelligence and cloud solutions are also becoming increasingly prevalent in capital markets to enhance efficiency and decision-making processes.
Main Responsibilities
- Research, design, and develop computer software or specialised utility programs.
- Develop and maintain automation tools for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment.
- Collaborate with development teams to implement CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes.
- Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure and application performance issues.
- Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest DevOps technologies and trends.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of our DevOps culture and processes.
Qualifications and Profile
Technical
- Good knowledge in UNIX platform and database management systems such as SQL, Oracle, Sybase and BigData.
- Experience with automation frameworks and libraries.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Shell script andPowerShell.
- Good exposure to DevOps tools & technologies like Gitlab, Ansible, Jenkins, Maven, Elastic Search, Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Control-M, KAFKA, Confluence, Jira, and MQ Series.
- Experience with Docker/Kurbernetes
- Experience with AWS Cloud platforms and services
Functional
- Experience in supporting capital market applications and trading systems, ideally within the dynamic landscape of Market Risk/Front Office operations with a commendable grasp of financial products (Treasury, FX, Credit, IRD, Bonds, RSF etc.)
Nice to Have
- Experience in supporting banking applications and trading systems
- Any Object-oriented language: Java, .Net
- Domain-Driven design and Microservices: Springboot
Other Professional Skills and Mindset
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Appetite to follow technology trend and participate to communities.
- Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
- Strong perseverance and diligence towards attaining goals and effective time management
- Passion for sharing expertise and grow team members skills.
- Autonomous, self-motivated and excellent team player
Experience & Education Requirements
- Candidates should have 1-3 years experience in relevant activities.
- Master or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Programming & Systems Analysis/ Science (Computer Studies) faculties.
