Description:
Our client, a leading technology-driven Financial Services company, is seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to join their team. Specialising in fixed income securities, they have built a reputation for innovation, performance, and a highly collaborative culture.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in designing, customising, and deploying scalable DevOps solutions across a sophisticated infrastructure landscape.
The Role
You will be instrumental in building and enhancing DevOps capabilities, working across data platforms, orchestration frameworks, infrastructure automation, and cybersecurity. The position suits someone with a strong engineering mindset who thrives in high-performance environments and is passionate about scalability, resilience, and secure systems design.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and customise DevOps tools, leveraging open-source technologies and programming languages such as Java, Python, and/or Go
- Manage, optimise, and secure diverse data stores, including object storage, inverted index systems, and relational databases
- Deploy and maintain distributed querying engines across multiple data platforms
- Design and extend orchestration frameworks, including DAG-based workflows and containerised environments
- Configure and manage dynamic container systems across OS and application layers
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to map and manage physical and virtual resources
- Enforce robust data governance practices, including encryption and data classification strategies
- Build and maintain reliable backup and archival solutions across on-premise and cloud environments
- Establish and manage configuration and asset management systems
Key Requirements
- Strong software engineering background with experience in DevOps tooling and automation
- Proficiency in at least one of the following: Python, Java, or Go
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code and modern DevOps ecosystems
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, data platforms, and orchestration tools
- Strong focus on security, scalability, and system reliability
- Experience working with containerisation and cloud/on-prem hybrid environments
Why Apply?
- Join a high-performing, technology-first trading firm
- Work in a collaborative, supportive environment where people genuinely enjoy working together
- Gain exposure to complex, large-scale infrastructure and cutting-edge technologies
- Competitive compensation and strong career progression opportunities
Due to the volume of applications, we can only respond to those that match these requirements.
