Junior DevOps Platform Engineer
Who we are
Our client is the corporate and investment banking arm of one of the world's largest banking groups by total assets.
- Our Singapore center is a leading IT hub for the group's worldwide business. We work daily with international branches located in 30 countries by:
- Envisioning and preparing the Bank's futures information systems
- Collaborating and supporting core banking flagships and transverse areas in theirlarge-scale development projects.
- Providing premium In-house Banking applications
- This unique positioning empowers us to bring our core banking business a sustainable competitive advantage on the market.
- We seek innovative and agile people sharing our mindset to support ambitious and forthcoming technological challenges.
Department and Position
We are seeking a talented DevOps Platform Engineer to joinour dynamic Capital Market IT (CMI) 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 deploymentand operation of our applications. You will be a key contributor to our continuous improvement efforts, ensuring our environments are always reliable,secure, and efficient.
CMI involves technology solutions and systems used infinancial 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 marketsto 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
- Candidates should have 1-3 years experience in relevant activities.
Technical
- Good knowledge in UNIX platform and database management systems such as SQL, Oracle, Sybase and Big Data.
- Experience with automation frameworks and libraries.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Shell script and PowerShell.
- 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 / Kubernetes
- Experience with AWS Cloud platforms and services
- Familiarity with AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and willingness to learn best practices for their effective use
- Basic understanding of AI/ML concepts and eagerness to develop skills in prompt engineering and responsible AI usage
- Ability to critically review AI-generated code and outputs with guidance from senior team members
- Interest in exploring how AI tools can improve development workflows and problem-solving approaches
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: Spring Boot
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 teamplayer
