DevOps Engineer

iSAM TM is a trademark of International Standard Asset Management. International Standard Asset Mana; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable financial technology firm based in London is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to enhance their cloud infrastructure and automation processes. The successful candidate will have expertise in AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining AWS infrastructure, developing Infrastructure-as-Code, and collaborating with development teams. This role offers a dynamic work environment within a cutting-edge tech firm.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and operating AWS infrastructure in production.
• Strong understanding of networking.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems administration.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AWS infrastructure for development and production environments.
• Automate system provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure expertise

Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Container orchestration

Linux systems administration

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Opensearch

Job description

iSAM is an innovative, financial technology firm specialising in quantitative trading, compromised of iSAM Funds and iSAM Securities.

iSAM Securities regulated by the FCA, SFC, and CIMA registered, is a leading algorithmic trading firm and trusted electronic market maker, providing liquidity, technology and prime services to institutional clients and trading venues globally. The firm offers full-service prime brokerage and execution via its cutting-edge proprietary technology, as well as market leading analytics, cleared through the group’s bank Prime Brokers.

iSAM Funds is an alternative asset manager specialising in systematic investing. Each strategy is unique, provides a specialist quantitative approach and is designed to deliver highly diversifying absolute returns for institutional portfolios.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, and modern software delivery practices. This role involves working closely with developers to design, automate, and optimize deployment workflows, ensuring a smooth and scalable development experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate secure, scalable, and cost-effective AWS infrastructure for development and production environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Automate system provisioning and image builds using Packer and Ansible.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.
• Develop automation tools and scripts using Python and/or Golang.
• Deploy, manage, and scale containerised workloads using Kubernetes.
• Design and maintain Helm charts following best practices.
• Configure and manage ArgoCD applications, ApplicationSets, and custom manifests.
• Collaborate with development and other infrastructure teams to improve tooling and deployment workflows.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, networking, and deployment issues.
• Proactively troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, networking, deployment, and application issues across the stack.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience designing and operating AWS infrastructure in production.
• Strong understanding of networking
• Strong hands‑on experience with Linux systems administration.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Opensearch.
• Proven experience with Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.
• Clear and effective communication skills.