Site Reliability Engineer - eFX/ Crypto — Swissquote

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We are looking for a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help ensure the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of our production eFX/Crypto platforms. The role has a strong focus on Kubernetes, production operations, automation, observability, and infrastructure reliability . You will work closely with Infrastructure and Development engineers to operate and continuously improve our production environment across on-premise and private cloud infrastructure. Key Responsibilities

• Monitor production systems, respond to incidents, and ensure optimal uptime and performance of applications and infrastructure.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in production, and on-premise infrastructure .
• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions.
• Automate IT and operational processes to reduce manual work and improve efficiency.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Monitor and improve system observability using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic/Kibana .
• Analyse faults, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Perform stress, resilience, disaster recovery, and BCP testing to validate platform stability.
• Work closely with Infrastructure and Development teams to improve production readiness and system reliability.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and provide operational support for production systems.
• Continuously improve operational processes, automation, monitoring, and reliability practices.
• 3+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Systems Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a similar production engineering role.
• Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments — mandatory.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture and day-to-day operations, including:
• Services mesh and Istio
• Users management
• Health checks and probes
• Kubernetes networking and DNS
• Troubleshooting and performance issues
• Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Docker and container technologies.
• Hands-on experience with on-premise infrastructure and/or private cloud environments .
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible .
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic/Kibana .
• Good programming and scripting skills in Python and Shell .
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTPS, HTTP, and load balancing .
• Good understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, availability, reliability, and service performance.
• Good understanding of Java web applications and web servers such as Spring Boot and Apache Tomcat .
• Fluent English, both written and spoken, with willingness to learn French.

Nice to Have

• CKA or CKAD certification .
• Experience with Helm, ArgoCD, Github Actions , or Kubernetes operators.
• Knowledge of Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ .
• Knowledge of MT4/MT5 .
• Experience with Windows Server 2016/2022 .
• Experience in eFX, trading, cryptocurrency, banking, or other financial services .
• Experience working with high-availability or low-latency production systems.

Who You Are

• A team player who loves helping colleagues and bridging gaps between departments,
• Detail-oriented and meticulous in your work,
• Fluency in English (spoken and written) and willing to learn french.
• Passionate about technology and eager to stay up-to-date with AI innovations.

Please note that Swissquote never requests sensitive personal information or payment of any kind during the recruitment process. Any such request is fraudulent. SQ2