We are looking for a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help ensure the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of our production eFX/Crypto platforms.
The role has a strong focus on Kubernetes, production operations, automation, observability, and infrastructure reliability. You will work closely with Infrastructure and Development engineers to operate and continuously improve our production environment across on-premise and private cloud infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor production systems, respond to incidents, and ensure optimal uptime and performance of applications and infrastructure.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in production, and on-premise infrastructure.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions.
- Automate IT and operational processes to reduce manual work and improve efficiency.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Monitor and improve system observability using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic/Kibana.
- Analyse faults, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Perform stress, resilience, disaster recovery, and BCP testing to validate platform stability.
- Work closely with Infrastructure and Development teams to improve production readiness and system reliability.
- Participate in the on-call rotation and provide operational support for production systems.
- Continuously improve operational processes, automation, monitoring, and reliability practices.
- 3+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Systems Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a similar production engineering role.
- Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments — mandatory.
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture and day-to-day operations, including:
- Services mesh and Istio
- Users management
- Health checks and probes
- Kubernetes networking and DNS
- Troubleshooting and performance issues
- Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with Docker and container technologies.
- Hands-on experience with on-premise infrastructure and/or private cloud environments.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic/Kibana.
- Good programming and scripting skills in Python and Shell.
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTPS, HTTP, and load balancing.
- Good understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, availability, reliability, and service performance.
- Good understanding of Java web applications and web servers such as Spring Boot and Apache Tomcat.
- Fluent English, both written and spoken, with willingness to learn French.
Nice to Have
- CKA or CKAD certification.
- Experience with Helm, ArgoCD, Github Actions , or Kubernetes operators.
- Knowledge of Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- Knowledge of MT4/MT5.
- Experience with Windows Server 2016/2022.
- Experience in eFX, trading, cryptocurrency, banking, or other financial services.
- Experience working with high-availability or low-latency production systems.
Who You Are:
- A team player who loves helping colleagues and bridging gaps between departments,
- Detail-oriented and meticulous in your work,
- Fluency in English (spoken and written) and willing to learn french.
- Passionate about technology and eager to stay up-to-date with AI innovations.
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