Junior DevOps Platform Engineer

LUXOFT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in Singapore seeks a talented DevOps Platform Engineer to join their Capital Market IT department. The candidate will design, implement, and maintain infrastructure, ensuring seamless deployment and operation of applications. Responsibilities include developing automation tools, collaborating on CI/CD pipelines, and improving DevOps practices. Ideal candidates possess a degree in Computer Science and strong skills in automation, UNIX, and cloud technologies. This position offers opportunities to work on innovative financial technology projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Master or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related fields.
• Experience with implementation of automation tools.
• Strong background in UNIX, SQL, Oracle, and Big Data.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop specialized utility programs.
• Maintain automation tools for infrastructure provisioning.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

UNIX platform knowledge

SQL

Automation frameworks

Python scripting

DevOps tools experience

Docker

AWS

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS Cloud

Job description

Project description

Our client is the corporate and investment banking arm of The Group, world's 10th largest bank by total assets.

Their Singapore center is the 2nd largest IT setup (after Paris head office) for their worldwide business. They work daily with international branches located in 30 markets by:

• Envisioning and preparing the Bank's futures information systems.
• Partnering and supporting core banking flagships and transverse areas in their large-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.

We are seeking a talented DevOps Platform Engineer to join our Capital Market 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.

CMI 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.

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.

Skills

Must have

• Master or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Programming & Systems Analysis/ Science (Computer Studies) faculties.
• 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
• 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.)
• 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

Nice to have

• Experience in supporting banking applications and trading systems
• Any Object-oriented language: Java, .Net
• Domain-Driven design and Microservices: Spring Boot