Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer

About the role

We are a leading trading platform expanding globally and seeking a Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer to own our cloud and on‑premise environments. In this hands‑on role you will design, build and operate highly available, secure infrastructure that powers real‑time trading for millions of users.

Key responsibilities

• Design, deploy and maintain scalable AWS cloud infrastructure ensuring high availability, performance and security.
• Own and evolve Kubernetes cluster management, including bare‑metal deployments, and ensure reliable containerised workloads using Docker and Helm.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI and implement GitOps practices using FluxCD or ArgoCD.
• Define and manage Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, keeping all changes version‑controlled and reviewed.
• Lead monitoring and observability initiatives: create dashboards, alerts and log pipelines using VictoriaMetrics/Prometheus, Grafana and the ELK stack.
• Operate and optimise Apache Kafka ecosystems (Strimzi, Kafka Connect, MirrorMaker) to support real‑time data pipelines.
• Drive incident response, root‑cause analysis and post‑mortem processes to continuously improve reliability.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Security and Product teams to embed DevOps best practices across the organisation.
• Mentor junior engineers and raise the overall engineering bar for infrastructure reliability and automation.

Required profile

• 6+ years of hands‑on DevOps or SRE experience.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services (VPC, EC2, EKS, S3, ECR, EBS, RDS, ElastiCache, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store, CloudWatch, MSK, SNS, SQS, Route 53, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, ELB/ALB/NLB).
• Solid Linux administration skills with deep understanding of system internals.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, including bare‑metal cluster deployment and day‑2 operations, plus proficiency with Docker and Helm.
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform as the primary IaC tool.
• Proven experience building GitLab CI pipelines and familiarity with GitOps using FluxCD or ArgoCD.
• Strong background in monitoring and observability (VictoriaMetrics or Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Experience operating Apache Kafka ecosystems (Strimzi, Kafka Connect, MirrorMaker).

Required skills

• AWS
• Linux
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Helm
• Terraform
• GitLab CI
• FluxCD
• ArgoCD
• VictoriaMetrics
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK stack
• Apache Kafka
• Strimzi
• Kafka Connect
• MirrorMaker