Senior DevOps Engineer - Cryptocurrency

Company Overview:

Auros Trading is a proprietary firm specializing in medium and high frequency trading strategies within the global cryptocurrency markets. With a presence in Hong Kong and trading digital assets internationally, our team, comprising talent from 5 countries, is at the forefront of the evolving industry. We are renowned for our rapid market growth and sophisticated trading approaches.

Job Summary:

Auros is seeking a proficient DevOps engineer to contribute to the management and enhancement of our high-performance infrastructure supporting digital asset trading. Responsibilities include system deployment for executing trades on various platforms while addressing security, resilience, and operational tasks within a dynamic environment. Collaboration with internal teams and the development of infrastructure-related tools will be pivotal to this role.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Uphold and enhance global infrastructure identified by high performance and reliability criteria.
• Enhance company-wide security infrastructure given the high-risk operational landscape.
• Collaborate with various teams on system design and DevOps process enhancement.
• Create internal tools and automate tasks to meet infrastructure objectives.
• Perform application tuning and troubleshooting, advising developers on enhancing application performance.
• Engage closely with developers, traders, and internal staff to achieve organizational objectives.

Requirements:

• Proficiency in DeFi and cryptocurrencies with practical skills working on RPC nodes and APIs.
• 5+ years of experience in managing Linux systems within high-performance environments.
• Hands-on experience in cloud management, particularly with Terraform and knowledge of AWS and Azure.
• Strong familiarity with Linux administration and configuring systems via Ansible.
• Proficient in container management, deployment, and orchestration, with Kubernetes experience preferred.
• Competency in setting up Prometheus/Grafana stack for observability improvement.
• Sound knowledge of TCP/IP and host-level networking.
• Experience in performance tuning across hardware, cloud instances, and network latency.
• Strong programming skills in Python and bash; familiarity with Javascript/Typescript or Go is beneficial.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity practices, including cloud security, SIEM, network security, endpoint security, and software supply chain security.

This role presents the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse, experienced international team. Remote work is supported, with interactions scheduled via virtual platforms such as Zoom and Slack.