Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Role: Senior AWS DevOps Engineer (Strong EKS, AWS, Kubernetes)

Location: London, UK (3 days/Week Onsite)

Duration: Permanent

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer with a strong background in containerization & Kubernetes to enhance our cloud infrastructure for commodities trading applications. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions in AWS, using tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services. You will collaborate with our software engineering teams to streamline our CI/CD pipeline, optimize infrastructure performance, and enable seamless deployment and scaling of containerized applications.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Manage the team of DevOps engineers and support the ongoing design, development, and management of an advanced data and analytics platform on AWS.
2. Work on POCs and solution architecture for new platform components.
3. Provision and automate AWS Infrastructure using IaC.
4. Collaborate with data engineers and data scientists while working on CI/CD pipelines and MLOps.
5. Implement platform observability, security, and telemetry to ensure proactive monitoring and alerting of Cloud applications.
6. Provide application and environment support for cloud infrastructure.

Technical Skillsets:

• Strong experience in containerization and container orchestration engines like ECS, EKS.
• Experience with Cloud ecosystem, K8s, and GitOps continuous delivery tools.
• Experience with programming using Python, Bash.
• Experience working with IaC frameworks like AWS CDK, Terraform, Cloud Formation.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools like Ansible or equivalent.
• Strong experience working with AWS IAM, data, and analytics services.
• Experience with automation, monitoring, and implementing CI/CD.
• Experience in building container images securely and image lifecycle management.
• AWS certifications are a plus.

Experience:

• Minimum 5-10 years of hands-on Cloud DevOps experience.
• Minimum 2-5 years of technical leadership experience.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering.
• Experience of 2-4 years in Investment Banking.

Competencies:

• Team management and mentorship.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Capable of working in groups as well as independently.
• Professional management of employee relationships at all levels.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Team player with an enthusiastic approach to fresh challenges.

Key Relationships:

• Internal: Technical and Functional stakeholders based in Geneva, UK, and other Client locations. Work closely with data engineers and data scientists.
• External: Strategic outsourcing partners.