Fluent Trade Technologies is a global fintech software firm, recognized as a market leader in the eFX space. For over a decade, weve been delivering ultra-low-latency trading and market data solutions to the worlds largest banks, hedge funds, and non-bank institutions. Our modular and scalable platform empowers clients to achieve faster, smarter trading decisions, improve execution certainty, and grow their market share across multiple asset classes – including eFX, eFutures, eFixed-Income, Cryptocurrencies, and eMetals. With development centers in Europe and a collaborative, innovation-driven culture, Fluents mission is simple: to eliminate barriers to the most advanced trading technology and make it accessible to all market participants. Learn more about us at www.fluenttech.net We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who specializes in database infrastructure, with deep, hands-on expertise in MySQL. In this role, you will own the entire database infrastructure lifecycle-from infrastructure solution design, database cluster and replication installation and setup, performance tuning, automation, production deployment, and support.
Responsibilities:
* Be a key part of rapid development cycles to deliver high-quality infrastructure and products.
* Hands-on database infrastructure management, optimization, and maintenance, utilizing DevOps best practices and automation.
* Own and manage all databases across the organization, including Development, Staging, and high-availability Production environments.
* Cover critical database admin aspects: Security, Failover/Replication architectures, Scaling, and Performance Optimization.
* Incorporate modern DevOps tools, work procedures, best practices, and infrastructure-as-code architecture.
* Cooperate closely with R&D, QA, and the core DevOps teams to streamline DB deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
* Serve as the in-house subject matter expert on databases, mentoring and guiding developers and QA teams. Location: This is a full-time, on-site position in Jerusalem.
Responsibilities:
* Be a key part of rapid development cycles to deliver high-quality infrastructure and products.
* Hands-on database infrastructure management, optimization, and maintenance, utilizing DevOps best practices and automation.
* Own and manage all databases across the organization, including Development, Staging, and high-availability Production environments.
* Cover critical database admin aspects: Security, Failover/Replication architectures, Scaling, and Performance Optimization.
* Incorporate modern DevOps tools, work procedures, best practices, and infrastructure-as-code architecture.
* Cooperate closely with R&D, QA, and the core DevOps teams to streamline DB deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
* Serve as the in-house subject matter expert on databases, mentoring and guiding developers and QA teams. Location: This is a full-time, on-site position in Jerusalem.
Requirements:
Desired Skills & Experience:
* 5+ years of experience in DevOps /Infrastructure roles, with at least 3 years of dedicated experience specializing in MySQL administration and optimization.
* Strong hands-on experience with MySQL high-availability configurations, failover replication, security, backup, and performance tuning.
* Strong hands-on experience with Linux operating systems (administration and troubleshooting).
* Strong SQL skills, including 2+ years of experience in writing complex queries
* Proficiency in automation and scripting using Python and Bash.
* Mandatory – good English, both written and spoken Advantage
* Developed in C ++, specifically calling mysql from it
* Financial background: FIX protocol, FX trading,
* Experience with Jira, SVN, Jenkins
Desired Skills & Experience:
* 5+ years of experience in DevOps /Infrastructure roles, with at least 3 years of dedicated experience specializing in MySQL administration and optimization.
* Strong hands-on experience with MySQL high-availability configurations, failover replication, security, backup, and performance tuning.
* Strong hands-on experience with Linux operating systems (administration and troubleshooting).
* Strong SQL skills, including 2+ years of experience in writing complex queries
* Proficiency in automation and scripting using Python and Bash.
* Mandatory – good English, both written and spoken Advantage
* Developed in C ++, specifically calling mysql from it
* Financial background: FIX protocol, FX trading,
* Experience with Jira, SVN, Jenkins
This position is open to all candidates.
