Infrastructure Operations Specialist - Ergonia

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Infrastructure Operations Specialist - Ergonia

Ergonia is is an independent crypto asset trading firm funded by DRW focusing on DeFi markets. Leveraging DRW and Cumberland's experience in crypto markets since 2014, Ergonia Ltd deploys innovative technology to pursue a range of trading strategies. We are looking to hire an Infrastructure Operations specialist for our London offices.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure continuous operation of production server applications

Perform server administration tasks and troubleshoot issues as they arise

Manage and maintain logging, monitoring, and alerting systems such as Splunk Telegraph/Prometheus, Grafana, and PagerDuty.

Manage our non-production trading data, services, and servers.

Oversee and optimize build and release cycles for our trading applications

Understand and manage our networking environment to optimize performance

Continuously improve infrastructure reliability, scalability, and efficiency

Infrastructure automation via tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, etc.

Required Skills and Experience

Financial services background is key

5+ years of experience in infrastructure operations or similar roles

Strong knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS strongly preferred )

Good knowledge of Linux systems administration

Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or similar

Familiarity with build and release processes, preferably in a trading environment

Good understanding of networking concepts and troubleshooting

Ability to script in languages such as Python, Bash, or similar

Key Personal Skills

Solid organisational skills with high attention to detail.

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

What would make you stand out?

Experience in high-frequency trading or financial services industry

Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience running any blockchain node(s)

Understanding of security best practices in infrastructure management

Experience with Github Actions

Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.

Solid understanding of modern software development practices, like CI/CD, service instrumentation, and multi-site software systems.

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