Platforms Admin & DevOps Manager
Location: Limassol, fully onsite
Salary range: 6000 to 7000 euro gross/month (depending on experience)
As a Platform Admin and DevOps Manager, you will play a key role in managing trading platform infrastructure, collaborating with development and trading teams to build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and efficient trading platforms.
Your responsibilities will include administering, configuring, and maintaining MT4 trading servers, plugins, and integrations, as well as streamlining DevOps infrastructure by automating deployments, managing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring system reliability, and optimizing cloud infrastructure (Windows and Linux servers).
Success in this role requires expertise in GitLab, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and cloud platforms.
The company:
A leading financial technology company at the forefront of online trading. Join a passionate team driven by innovation, committed to providing our clients with the best possible trading experience.
Responsibilities:
Platform Administrator
- Administer, configure, and maintain MT4 trading servers, plugins, and integrations.
- Troubleshoot trade execution issues, latency, server performance bottlenecks and perform/coordinate any required changes for trading infrastructure (VMs, architecture, applications).
- Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to improve platform stability.
- Monitor the platforms health and resources to ensure stability and expected performance.
- Design and implement failover procedures and automated backups for trading platforms and FIX engines.
- Develop automation scripts for trade monitoring, reporting, and system alerts.
DevOps Manager
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab to automate software deployment.
- Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) to support scalable and resilient applications.
- Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes for scalability.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform/Ansible for consistent and scalable environments.
- Monitor and optimize system performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.
- Enhance security and compliance by integrating best practices within CI/CD workflows.
- Automate routine system administration tasks with Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Continuously improve deployment strategies, fault tolerance, and system reliability.
Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience in a DevOps role and/or Platform Administrator, in financial or trading environments.
- Expertise in GitLab CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Experience with monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack, Datadog).
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation and scripting.
- Hands-on experience with Windows/Linux administration and network security (firewalls, VPNs, DDoS protection).
- Hands-on MT4 Platform Administration.
- FIX API, and liquidity provider integrations is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
- Extensive hands on experience with Linux and Windows operating systems.
What They Offer:
- Salary range, depending on experience: 6000 to 7000 euro gross/month
- Private medical insurance
- Annual self-development fund for personal and professional growth.
- Birthday Gifts, corporate Events and other perks.
To apply for the Platform Admin & DevOps Manager role via Emerald Zebra, email Margarita Savva at margarita.savva@emeraldzebra.com.
