Senior DevOps Engineer

Tech in Motion; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation Time

Stock Options

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer in Chicago, IL, for a full-time role with a leading financial services and trading firm.

The position focuses on scaling Kubernetes environments, enhancing the observability stack, and Terraform-based infrastructure provisioning. Collaboration with trading desks and cross-functional teams is essential to support platform adoption and onboarding.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana.
• Ability to work directly with trading desks and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Scale Kubernetes environments to support mission-critical trading operations.
• Enhance the observability platform for reliable, real-time insights.
• Drive infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support platform adoption and onboarding.

Skills

DevOps experience

Kubernetes in production

Prometheus/Grafana

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

A large financial services and trading firm is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer for a full-time opportunity based in Chicago, IL. This engineer will play a key role in scaling Kubernetes environments and enhancing the organization's observability platform. As a technology-driven trading shop, the company relies on highly available, scalable infrastructure to support mission-critical trading operations.

The team leverages GitLab for Kubernetes deployments, and this position will work closely with cross-functional teams to support platform adoption and onboarding efforts. The role will also focus on infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering experience
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana
• Ability to work directly with trading desks and business stakeholders

Desired Skills

• Experience with Airflow or Kubeflow
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Previous experience working at a trading firm or within financial services
• Experience working on a small, collaborative engineering team

Offer

• Bonus eligibility
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation Time
• Stock Options

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.