MarketAxess · 2 hours ago
Senior DevOps Engineer
New York, New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $225K/yr
8+ years expMarketAxess Corporation is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets. They are seeking a hands-on Senior DevOps Engineer to join their Data and Analytics Platform team, driving the design and implementation of a cloud-based, streaming Data Mesh platform to enable scalable, data-driven products and advance application modernization.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Design and Implement Cloud Infrastructure: Architect and deploy scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to support our Data Mesh platform. Experience with major cloud providers (AWS/Azure) and modern IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) is essential
Build Automation Pipelines: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data products, ensuring reliable deployment, testing, and monitoring of data infrastructure and applications. Experience with tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions is required
Implement Platform Observability: Design and deploy comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions across the data platform. Experience with tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar technologies is crucial
Enable Self-Service Infrastructure: 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
Security and Compliance Automation: 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
Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize platform performance, Implement auto-scaling solutions design for high availability and disaster recovery, Optimize cost through infrastructure efficiency
Lead Platform Re-Architecture: 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
Drive Release Excellence: 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
Enable Technical Success: 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
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2004-11-05IPO
2001-03-28Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Ilene Fiszel Bieler
Chief Financial Officer
Tony DeLise
CFO
Recent News
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