Infrastructure – DevOps Engineer – Cryptocurrency Trading – London

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About us:

Founded in 2013, GSR is a crypto market maker with more than 300 employees in 5 countries
We provide billions of dollars of liquidity to cryptocurrency protocols and exchanges on a daily basis
We build long-term relationships with cryptocurrency communities and traditional investors by offering exceptional service, expertise and trading capabilities tailored to their specific needs
GSR works with token issuers, traders, investors, miners, and more than 60 cryptocurrency exchanges around the world
In volatile markets we are a trusted partner to crypto native builders and to those exploring the industry for the first time
 Our team of veteran finance and technology executives from Goldman Sachs, Two Sigma, Citadel, and Tower Research among others, has developed one of the world’s fastest and most robust trading platforms designed to navigate issues unique to the digital asset markets
We have continuously improved our technology throughout our history, allowing for our clients to scale and execute their strategies with the highest level of efficiency
Working at GSR is an opportunity to be deeply embedded in every major sector of the cryptocurrency ecosystem
We are looking for an Infrastructure DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer who can be responsible for designing, and supporting highly available systems across a diverse technology stack
 The successful candidate will work on GSR’s systems engineering and performance, configuration management, and the day to day technology operations
 You will look to automate wherever possible, in order to improve efficiency and support Infrastructure as a Service
We will require the Infrastructure/DevOps Engineer to use best practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, branching strategy, and environment decoupling) and manage and maintain a multi-cloud environment (AWS)

Your Profile:

    • Demonstrable experience in a DevOps engineering role working with HFT/Trading systems
    • Experience with cloud technologies (preferably AWS)
    • Programming knowledge for automation, in Shell scripting
    • Good knowledge and understanding of systems and network hardening, as well as Security principles
    • Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) and best practices experience
    • Knowledge of container technologies such as Docker/Kubernetes is required
    • Genuine passion for systems/network engineering with a touch of development
      Not afraid of moving up and down the stack, from the physical to the application layer
    • 2+ years experience in Linux system administration and technical operations
      Must know how to tune for performance and monitor for failures
    • Practical working knowledge of UDP, TCP/IP, routing protocols and VPN technologies
    • Ability to dive deep and understand the full network stack
    • Religious about Infrastructure as Code
      Experience with tools such as Terraform, Ansible/Puppet is required
      Must have a passion for automation
    • Self-starter with fluent communication in written and spoken

Nice to have:

    • Familiarity with Maven or a similar toolchain is an added bonus
    • Experience with micro-service designs and deployments is desirable
    • Python coding

What we offer:

 A collaborative and transparent company culture founded on Integrity, Innovation and Performance
  Competitive Salary with two discretionary bonus’ payments a year
Benefits such as Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Retirement Planning, 30 days holiday and free lunches when in the office
 Hybrid working pattern in all of our offices from London, New York, Singapore, Zug and Malaga
Regular Town Halls and off-sites, team lunches and drinks
 A Corporate and Social Responsibility program as well as charity fundraising matching and volunteer days
   Immigration and relocation support where required
GSR is proudly an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
We do not discriminate based upon any applicable legally protected characteristics such as race, religion, colour, country of origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression or age
We operate a meritocracy, all aspects of people engagement from the decision to hire or promote as well as our performance management process will be based on the business needs and individual merit, competence in the role
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