MarketAxess · 3 days ago
Senior DevOps Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $225K/yr
8+ years expMarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets. They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their Data and Analytics Platform team, focusing on the design and implementation of a cloud-based, streaming Data Mesh platform to enable scalable, data-driven products.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Architect and deploy scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to support our Data Mesh platform
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data products, ensuring reliable deployment, testing, and monitoring of data infrastructure and applications
Design and deploy comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions across the data platform
Develop automated provisioning systems for data infrastructure
Create and maintain infrastructure templates and patterns
Implement GitOps workflows for infrastructure management
Build developer portals and self-service tooling
Implement security controls and compliance checks as code
Automate security scanning and vulnerability management
Design and implement IAM and access management solutions
Maintain audit trails and compliance reporting automation
Monitor and optimize platform performance
Implement auto-scaling solutions design for high availability and disaster recovery
Optimize cost through infrastructure efficiency
Transform our existing data platform architecture to align with Data Mesh principles
Design and implement our Apache Iceberg adoption strategy, enabling ACID transactions and time travel capabilities
Create standardized patterns for teams to effectively adopt and optimize Iceberg tables
Establish automated release processes that balance agility with platform stability
Build deployment frameworks with comprehensive validation, monitoring, and rollback capabilities
Implement coordinated release strategies across distributed domains
Design reference architectures and implementation patterns for domain teams
Lead technical design reviews and architecture governance
Provide technical guidance during the transition to Data Mesh architecture
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in DevOps/Platform Engineering roles within a data operations team
Extensive experience with AWS, particularly EKS and EKS Anywhere
Deep expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration
Strong background in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt
Experience with GitOps practices using ArgoCD
Knowledge of distributed systems and event-driven architectures
Strong knowledge of logging, monitoring, APM tracing and alerting tools (ELK, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
Proficient in Java development and JVM optimization
Experience with build tools (Maven/Gradle) and dependency management
Strong background in unit testing frameworks and testing practices
Expertise in Git version control and collaborative development
Experience with Apache Kafka and Kafka Streams
Background in monitoring and performance optimization for Java applications
Experience designing and managing Jenkins/Github/Gitlab pipelines
Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash)
Understanding of DevOps practices and automation principles
Preferred
Experience with data mesh or similar distributed data architectures
Relevant cloud certifications
Experience building developer platforms or portals
Background in DataOps practices
Benefits
Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks
Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500
Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers
Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
Company
MarketAxess
MarketAxess operates electronic trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants for trade corporate bonds.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Ilene Fiszel Bieler
Chief Financial Officer
Tony DeLise
CFO
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