Site Reliability Engineer - eFX/ Crypto
Swissquote12 hours ago
Gland, SwitzerlandMid Level
Responsibilities
- Monitor production systems, respond to incidents, and maintain application and infrastructure uptime and performance.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters, containerized applications, and on-premise infrastructure.
- Design and implement scalable, reliable infrastructure solutions and automate operational processes.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Build and improve observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic/Kibana.
- Perform fault analysis, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, resilience testing, disaster recovery testing, and business continuity testing.
- Collaborate with Infrastructure and Development teams to improve production readiness and reliability.
- Participate in the production on-call rotation and provide operational support.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Systems Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a similar production engineering role.
- Mandatory hands-on production Kubernetes experience, including Kubernetes architecture, service mesh and Istio, user management, health checks and probes, networking and DNS, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
- Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, plus experience with Docker and container technologies.
- Experience with on-premise infrastructure or private cloud environments, Infrastructure as Code, and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and observability or monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic/Kibana.
- Good programming and scripting skills in Python and Shell.
- Strong networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTPS, HTTP, and load balancing.
- Understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, availability, reliability, and service performance.
- Understanding of Java web applications and web servers such as Spring Boot and Apache Tomcat.
- Fluent written and spoken English and willingness to learn French.
- CKA or CKAD certification and experience with Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, or Kubernetes operators are preferred.
- Knowledge of Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, MT4/MT5, or Windows Server 2016/2022 is preferred.
- Experience in eFX, trading, cryptocurrency, banking, financial services, or high-availability and low-latency production systems is preferred.
Benefits
- The company offers opportunities to try, own, and grow in a fast-growing organization.
- The workplace has no formal dress code and celebrates both major and small successes.
- The employer is an equal opportunity organization welcoming candidates from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache KafkaDockerGitHub ActionsGrafanaHelmIstioKibanaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonRabbitMQSpring BootTerraform
Categories
Site Reliability
About Swissquote
Swissquote is a Swiss online bank and brokerage serving retail and institutional clients with trading, investing, and everyday banking. Its platforms cover stocks, ETFs, derivatives, forex and cryptocurrencies, plus robo-advisory, mortgages, and custody/prime services; revenue comes from commissions, interest, and fees. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Gland, it is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SQN) and provides access to 60+ markets and millions of instruments.