DevOps Engineer - Platform - Paris- Systematic Quant Fund - Oxford Knight

Oxford Knight; Paris; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A global investment manager in Paris is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design and maintain infrastructure for research and trading systems. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in AWS and Kubernetes, focusing on automation and system reliability. Strong communication skills in English are essential, and French is a plus. This role offers a collaborative environment and the opportunity to work on complex infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in DevOps & automation, with a focus on cloud and containerized environments.
• Expertise in AWS, including services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda and EKS.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for deploying and managing workloads.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Flux CD or similar.
• Experience with data pipelines and ETL workflows, including tools like Airflow, Kafka or AWS StepFunction.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience using Terraform.
• Strong scripting abilities in Bash, Python or similar languages.
• Monitoring & logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or AWS CloudWatch.

Responsabilités

• Designing, implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing.
• Managing and optimizing AWS cloud infrastructure, with a focus on EKS for container orchestration.
• Building and maintaining data pipelines to support real-time and batch processing needs.
• Ensuring system reliability, monitoring and performance optimization.
• Implementing security best practices across infrastructure and deployments.
• Collaborating with development teams to improve automation and system integration.

Connaissances

DevOps & automation experience

AWS expertise

Kubernetes hands-on experience

CI/CD tools proficiency

Data pipelines and ETL workflows experience

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform

Scripting abilities (Bash, Python)

Monitoring & logging tools knowledge

Problem-solving mindset

Collaborative approach

Strong communication skills in English

Outils

CI/CD tools like GitLab CI

AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS)

Kubernetes

Airflow, Kafka, or AWS StepFunction

Terraform

Prometheus and Grafana

AWS CloudWatch

Description du poste

My client is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. A technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped the collaborative mindset, enabling them to solve the most complex challenges. They have a culture of innovation which continuously drives their ambition to deliver high quality returns for investors.

About the role

As a DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining scalable and efficient infrastructure for our research and trading systems. You will collaborate closely with developers and quant researchers to ensure seamless deployment and data flow while improving automation across environments.

Your responsibilities will include :

• Designing, implementing and maintaining CI / CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing.
• Managing and optimizing AWS cloud infrastructure, with a focus on EKS for container orchestration.
• Building and maintaining data pipelines to support real-time and batch processing needs.
• Ensuring system reliability, monitoring and performance optimization.
• Implementing security best practices across infrastructure and deployments.
• Collaborating with development teams to improve automation and system integration.
• Working closely with teams across global offices, including in Europe, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and other locations, to ensure seamless collaboration on infrastructure and deployment initiatives.

Requirements

Strong experience in DevOps & automation, with a focus on cloud and containerized environments.

Expertise in AWS, including services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda and EKS.

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for deploying and managing workloads.

Proficiency in CI / CD tools such as GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Flux CD or similar.

Experience with data pipelines and ETL workflows, including tools like Airflow, Kafka or AWS StepFunction.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience using Terraform

Strong scripting abilities in Bash, Python or similar languages.

Monitoring & logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or AWS CloudWatch.

A problem-solving mindset and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

A collaborative approach, working closely with developers, quants and IT teams.

Strong communication skills in English (French is a plus but not required).

A passion for automation, efficiency and continuous improvement.

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