Site Reliability Engineer - eFX/ Crypto

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.

Please note that Swissquote never requests sensitive personal information or payment of any kind during the recruitment process. Any such request is fraudulent.

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