Engineering Manager - DevOps

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineering Manager to lead our platform engineering and DevOps organisation. This role is responsible for building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams while driving the strategy, reliability, scalability, security, and automation of our cloud infrastructure and developer platforms. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with people leadership, operational excellence, and strategic thinking to enable engineering teams to deliver software faster, more reliably, and securely.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Platform/Cloud Engineering:

• Define and execute the platform engineering roadmap.
• Build and evolve internal developer platforms (IDPs) and self-service infrastructure.
• Standardise infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment patterns.
• Drive platform adoption across engineering teams.
• Improve developer experience through automation and reusable platform capabilities.
• Own cloud infrastructure strategy across the AWS cloud.
• Ensure infrastructure is scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-efficient.
• Lead Kubernetes, container platforms, networking, storage, and compute architecture.
• Drive infrastructure modernisation initiatives.

Infrastructure Management and Scalability:

• Design, deploy, and manage high-availability, low-latency cloud infrastructure on AWS (or GCP/Azure) tailored to the demands of a high-volume crypto trading platform.
• Architect and optimise network paths and data flows to achieve ultra-low latency - including direct interconnects, proximity to exchange gateways, and optimised caching strategies.
• Oversee the management of Kubernetes clusters (EKS or equivalent) and container orchestration to support microservices and real-time trading systems.
• Optimise resource utilisation and drive cost-effective scaling strategies to support peak trading volumes while maintaining ultra-low latency.

CI/CD and Automation:

• Lead the development and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable deployments of trading platform components, smart contracts, and backend services.
• Champion Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Helm, ensuring reproducibility and automation across environments.
• Implement GitOps practices to streamline code-to-deployment cycles and minimise latency introduced by deployment processes.

Ultra-Low Latency Systems:

• Collaborate with system architects to design infrastructure with an emphasis on reducing end-to-end latency from API gateways to internal microservices and database layers.
• Work on optimising network configurations, using technologies like AWS Global Accelerator, low-latency load balancers, and custom routing protocols to achieve near real-time data processing.
• Ensure that system monitoring includes detailed latency tracking, and drive improvements using techniques such as micro-caching, optimised container orchestration, and hardware acceleration where applicable.

Security and Compliance:

• Establish and enforce robust security best practices across the trading platform, including network security, container hardening, and data encryption.
• Collaborate with the security team to maintain compliance with regulatory standards relevant to the crypto industry.
• Ensure that critical systems, such as trading engines and wallet services, are secured against DDoS, API abuse, and other potential threats.

Monitoring, Incident Response and Reliability:

• Develop and maintain end-to-end observability using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, and other monitoring tools.
• Set up SLOs/SLIs and alerting systems to proactively monitor system performance, including ultra-low latency metrics, and respond to incidents, ensuring minimal downtime during critical trading periods.
• Lead post-mortem analysis and drive continuous improvement in incident management processes.

Team Leadership and Collaboration:

• Mentor and lead a high-performing team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and security, to align infrastructure strategies with business goals.
• Drive best practices for automation, scalability, and reliability across the organisation.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps with proven expertise in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
• Extensive experience in CI/CD pipeline design and implementation using tools like Jenkins, ArgoCD, or GitHub actions.
• Deep knowledge of IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) and GitOps methodologies.
• Proven experience designing ultra-low latency systems, including network optimisation, load balancing, and proximity computing.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Go for automation tasks.
• Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems and real-time trading platforms.

Security and Compliance:

• Strong understanding of network and container security, encryption, and security compliance in regulated industries.
• Familiarity with blockchain and crypto-specific security concerns is a plus.

Leadership and Soft Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in a leadership role managing a DevOps team.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Industry Knowledge:

• Experience in the crypto or fintech sectors is highly desirable.
• A passion for cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology is a plus.