DevOps Engineer - Global Delta Fixed Income Team

Venture Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to enhance their Global Delta Fixed Income team. This role involves developing and supporting a robust build system for Python applications, automating processes for reliability and scalability, and collaborating closely with developers and quants. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and play a crucial role in maintaining production-critical applications. If you're passionate about technology and eager to drive process improvements in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems is crucial.
• Strong scripting abilities in Python and Bash are required.
• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support the build system for Python-based applications.
• Automate processes to enhance reliability and scalability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and develop preventive solutions.

Skills

Python

Bash

YAML

Powershell

Troubleshooting

CI/CD pipelines

Version control

Communication skills

Self-management

Attention to detail

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science

Equivalent experience

Tools

Gitlab

Conda Package

Checkmk

Grafana

Prometheus

Tidal

Airflow

Cron

Job description

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Our client, a leading global prop trading firm, are looking for a talented DevOps Engineer to join the Global Delta Fixed Income team.

The Global Delta Fixed Income (GDFI) team is responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting systems which are fundamental to our clients success and competitiveness in the current trading environment. These systems include quantitative study environments and data pipelines, the generation/visualisation of trading data and publication of trading signals. They constantly improve these systems, so they are stable, fast and easy to use by their Quants and Traders. As our clients suite of applications expands and becomes increasingly critical to their trading, they have identified a need to introduce a dedicated DevOps role.

The successful candidate will work closely with Developers and the Quants to improve their CI/CD process, incrementally enhancing our ability to deploy their systems quickly to production in a secure, stable and scalable manner. There will be opportunities to collaborate with Developers as new solutions are developed to ensure applications are designed with production monitoring and supportability considered from the outset.

Job Summary

• Part of the GDFI Development team
• Develop and support the build system and continuous delivery infrastructure for Python-based systems
• Proactively automate to improve the reliability, scalability and supportability of an ever-growing suite of applications
• Work with Developers and Quants to ensure that solutions are implemented with reliability, scalability and supportability as key design requirements from the outset
• Work with Developers on source code repository creation and management (Gitlab)
• Implement monitoring using third-party systems (Checkmk, Grafana, Prometheus) and develop bespoke solutions
• Work with GDFI Support to schedule production jobs (Tidal, Airflow, Cron)
• Take action to ensure our production-critical applications are available from pre-trading sessions throughout the trading day, with minimal downtime and disruption
• When problems do occur, troubleshoot, identify the root cause and develop preventive solutions
• Build and maintain tools, scripts, and processes to aid in the support of our systems
• Create and maintain documentation for internal use

What we're looking for

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience
• Experience with Conda Package, dependency and environment management
• Experience with version control, build servers and CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab)
• Strong scripting abilities (e.g. Python, Bash, YAML, Powershell)
• Excellent troubleshooting ability
• Experience working in Linux environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for interacting with Developers, Quants and Traders
• Ability to self-manage, self-motivate and seek process improvement opportunities
• Attention to detail and ability to react to changing priorities
• Willingness to learn new technologies and to propose novel technical solutions
• Willingness to participate and provide assistance in the support of our production software when required

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Capital Markets and Financial Services