Senior DevOps Engineer

Exegy; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Exegy is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join the newly formed DevOps team within the Market Data Engineering organization. You will design, build, automate, and scale our developer enablement ecosystem, partnering with engineering and product teams to accelerate software delivery in a security-focused environment.

You will implement AI-enabled automation using LLMs, improve CI/CD pipelines, and help manage software supply chains with Artifactory and AWS.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Git, GitLab CI/CD, and Jenkins.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Hands-on Linux administration and Docker-based containerized applications.
• Experience with JFrog Artifactory and artifact lifecycles.
• Experience deploying workloads in AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM).
• Knowledge of secure SDLC, vulnerability management, and container security.
• Collaborating with agile software development teams using Scrum or Kanban.
• Ability to translate inefficiencies into scalable automation and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple teams.
• Implement AI-enabled automation and developer tooling.
• Manage software supply chain security and artifact lifecycles.
• Integrate security scanning into delivery pipelines (SAST/DAST, container scanning, secrets).
• Develop automation scripts using Python.
• Manage Linux/VMS and Docker-based container environments.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM).
• Collaborate with Agile teams and advise on deployment strategies.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Linux administration

Docker

AWS

DevSecOps

Agile/Scrum

Security scanning

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

JFrog Artifactory

Docker

Terraform

AWS

Job description

About Exegy

Exegy is a global leader in intelligent market data, advanced trading systems, and future-proof technology. Exegy serves as a trusted partner to the complete ecosystem of the buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, and financial services technology firms around the globe. Headquartered in St. Louis with regional offices in North America, the UK/Europe and Asia Pacific, Exegy has the global footprint to deliver world-class support and managed services to its customer base of elite financial market participants.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced, forward-thinking Senior DevOps Engineer to join our newly formed DevOps team within our Market Data Engineering organization. In this role, you will be a critical resource working with Engineering and Product teams to re-design, build, automate, and scale our developer enablement ecosystem.

You will partner with multiple agile development teams building complex, high performance computing solutions, championing a modern, security-focused DevOps culture. Beyond traditional CI/CD, you will explore and implement AI-enabled automation using LLMs like Claude or Gemini to optimize pipelines, build developer self-service tooling, and accelerate software delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• CI/CD & Pipeline Engineering: Design, build, optimize, and maintain robust, high-performing CI/CD pipelines across multiple agile development teams using Git, GitLab CI, and Jenkins

• AI-Driven Automation: Research, design, and implement automated workflows, pipeline triaging, and developer tooling using AI models (such as Claude and Gemini) integrated via Model Context Protocol (MCP)

• Software Supply Chain Security: Design and manage software supply chain workflows using JFrog Artifactory, ensuring secure dependency management, artifact caching, and license compliance

• DevSecOps & Secure SDLC: Integrate automated security scanning (SAST/DAST, container scanning, secret detection) directly into delivery pipelines, driving a "shift-left" security culture

• Automation & Tooling: Develop clean, maintainable, and reliable automation scripts and custom integrations using Python

• Infrastructure & Platform Management: Manage and optimize Linux operating environments across both traditional virtual machines (VMs) and modern containerized platforms using Docker

• Cloud Infrastructure: Provision, monitor, and scale cloud infrastructure on AWS, utilizing core services such as EC2, S3, VPCs, and IAM

• Agile Collaboration: Serve as a DevOps champion within agile sprint teams, participating in ceremonies, advising on deployment strategies, and removing operational bottlenecks

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering, ideally supporting multiple agile software development teams

• Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Git, GitLab CI/CD, and Jenkins, including pipeline-as-code and shared libraries

• Strong proficiency in Python for software development, systems automation, internal tooling, or integration development

• Hands‑on experience administering Linux environments and working with virtual machines and Docker-based containerized applications

• Practical experience managing binary repositories, dependencies, and artifact lifecycles using JFrog Artifactory or a comparable platform

• Proven experience deploying and managing workloads in AWS, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, security groups, and related networking concepts

• Practical understanding of secure software development lifecycle principles, vulnerability management, container security, and secrets management

• Demonstrated success collaborating with agile software development teams using Scrum, Kanban, or similar methodologies

• Experience identifying operational inefficiencies and translating them into scalable automation, tooling, or platform improvements

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience using large language models for code generation, log analysis, pipeline triage, developer support, or workflow automation

• Experience building, integrating, or consuming Model Context Protocol services, AI agents, or similar AI-enabled development tools

• Experience supporting high-performance, low-latency, financial technology, or other technically complex software environments

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools and container orchestration platforms

• Relevant AWS, DevOps, security, or cloud certification

What We Offer

• Foundational Impact: The opportunity to help shape Exegy’s DevOps strategy, architecture, automation practices, and supporting toolset

• Modern Technology: Work at the intersection of DevOps, software security, developer enablement, and AI-enabled automation

• Professional Growth: Opportunities to expand your expertise through hands‑on technical challenges, collaboration, and continued learning

• Collaborative Culture: A supportive environment where DevOps partners directly with Engineering, Product, Security, and other technical teams to improve how software is built and delivered