Job Description

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Upskills provides expert financial software consulting to investment banks and leading financial institutions in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe. With a strong, Front to Back expertise in the cash and derivatives markets, coupled by an in-depth knowledge of financial markets technologies, we provide smart and efficient solutions.
We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps/ProdOps Lead with deep expertise in Web2.0 and Web3.0 technology to manage and optimize our cutting-edge distributed infrastructure. Risk appetite for Technology is extremely low (0 unavailability, 4h RTO, 0 RPO) for systems , initially designed as low-volume/high amount will be transformed overtime to deal with Retail market.
The ideal candidate will blend advanced cloud engineering skills with robust security practices to setup and maintain the infrastructure-DEV, QA following state of the art ITSM practices. Dev/ProdOps Lead also has responsibility over the SDLC practice, including but not limited to CI/CD pipeline, for both the infrastructure and Digital Asset Platform with key responsibilities given as below:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure for Web3 applications, integrated with API banking systems and partners' systems.

• Design Software Development Life Cycle practice, covering code review, code scanning, build and deployment.

• Document Branching strategy and Environment strategy.

• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines tailored for smart contract, core platform and channels deployments.

• Conduct comprehensive security assessments and vulnerability analyses across blockchain infrastructure.

• Implement and maintain robust security protocols for Web3 environments.

• Create and manage containerized micro-services architectures using Kubernetes.

• Design and optimize cloud infrastructure with a focus on high availability and performance,

• Support the design and implementation of the security and cyber-security measures. Act as first line of defense holistically for ICS Tech risks.

• Develop across the IT department a culture and mindset proper to effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

• Implement Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform and CloudFormation.

• Develop ITSM practice, including but not limited to monitoring, incident management, change management, key management, and prepare the platform for launch.

• Support the auditing and pen-testing processes.

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree, preferably from Information Technology, Computer Network, Computer Science or relevant disciplines.

• At least 10 years of DevOps and ProdOps experience with Web3 background.

• In-depth knowledge of computer hardware, software, and OS (Windows and macOS).

• Hands-on experience with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployment practices.

• Solid understanding of microservice architecture and experience deploying and managing distributed systems.

• Experienced in design, develop and deploy CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu.

• Familiarity with API gateways (e.g., Kong), message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL).

• Expert-level knowledge of blockchain platforms (Ethereum, Solana or others).

• Proficiency in container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), IAM, including user permission federation- Key Management System, Message Queuing systems, high availability architecture and backup/archival (read-replicas, point in time recovery).

• Deep understanding of cryptography, and security principles.

• Advanced skills in vulnerability assessment and penetration testing

• Experience with pentesting programs - preparation, execution, remediation- for Web, Back-End and smart contract security auditing.

• Expertise in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) methodologies.