Senior DevOps Engineer (with AWS and Python)

Luxoft

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience to join our team developing trading software for a top-tier hedge fund. You will be responsible for building and supporting automation tools, troubleshooting outages, standardizing workflows across QA, UAT, and PROD environments, and working closely with traders, portfolio managers, developers, and QA engineers. The role requires strong experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Python, Jenkins, and Unix shell scripting. You should be comfortable working under pressure and have a passion for process re-engineering and automation. Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Docker is a plus.

Must Have

  • 3-5 years Python automation (Jenkins)
  • 5+ years Unix shell scripting
  • 2+ years SRE/DevOps (production systems)
  • AWS & Kubernetes experience
  • Process re-engineering & automation
  • Good communication skills

Good to Have

  • AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, SageMaker)
  • Jenkins Groovy pipelines
  • Docker Containers, Ansible
  • CI/CD pipeline setup
  • Trading applications experience

Job Description

Project description

We've been developing trading software for our partner - a top-tier hedge fund - for over 10 years.
One of the teams develops deployment pipelines. With evolving tech stack we are looking for a new DevOps engineer join it.
You will work with traders and portfolio managers, developers, QA engineers, and other fellow DevOps.

Responsibilities

Build automation tools and support them

Troubleshoot inquiries and outages

should be able to work under pressure.

Standardize workflows and keep QA, UAT, and PROD in sync.

Skills

Must have

3-5 years of python development in automation using Jenkins

5+ years of Unix shell scripting experience

2+ years of experience as an SRE/DevOps engineer responsible for deployment and maintenance of production systems

Experience with Cloud technologies (AWS) and Kubernetes

An appetite for process re-engineering and automation

Good communication skills

Nice to have

AWS specific experience in EC2, Lambda, RDS and SageMaker

Building pipelines in Jenkins using Groovy

Docker Containers, Ansible

Experience with systems and IT support on setting up CI/CD pipelines

Experience with trading applications, financial instruments, trade lifecycle

Other

Languages

English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Senior

11 Skills Required For This Role

Shell Jenkins Ci Cd Kubernetes Containers Unix Aws Python Docker Ansible Communication