DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

DevOps Engineer

Location: Owings Mills, MD

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic Quant Analytics Platforms team within the CDO (Chief Data Office). You will have experience operationalizing cloud-native (AWS) systems at scale. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a high-impact, greenfield project to scale and evolve the advanced analytics platform infrastructure and capabilities powering our Research, Investments and Trading quant analytics workloads across the client's global Equities, Fixed-Income and Multi-Asset desks.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate operational tasks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools: Terraform and/or Terragrunt, and Helm for charting K8s deployments.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines and streamline deployment processes.
• Ensure platform high availability and reliability.
• Implement robust observability and alerting.
• Implement security best practices in compliance with regulation and enterprise standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in test and production environments.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry trends and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement.

Required Skills

• 5 years' experience with the following technologies and competencies:
• AWS: IAM | EC2: AMIs, EBS, EFS | Networking (VPC) | DNS (Route53) | EKS | CloudWatch | CloudWatch Alerts
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Terragrunt
• Helm
• Git
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Splunk
• OTel
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• AlertManager
• Python
• Shell scripting
• Agile
• Problem-solving skills
• Strong written and oral communication
• Experience with any distributed file storage technologies, e.g. NFS, FSx for OpenZFS, etc.

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge of financial markets and instruments.
• Front Office engineering experience with an Asset Manager, Hedge Fund, or IB.
• R coding experience with RStudio.
• Go coding experience.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a leading financial services and asset management organization operating across global Equities, Fixed-Income, and Multi-Asset desks, with a presence spanning markets worldwide. The firm employs more than thousands of professionals and supports enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure, advanced analytics, and data-driven investment operations. Teams include senior AWS engineers, infrastructure engineers, fixed income data analysts, and business systems analysts who collaborate across technology and financial services functions to power cutting-edge quant analytics platforms.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-09927 Industry: Software Engineering

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Company Description

Global Technical Talent is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation ( with over 1.3 billion US$ in revenue and 5800 US employees. We provide Total Talent Solutions, Global staffing, SOW, RPO, Direct Sourcing, and Global Payroll with physical offices in US, Canada, and India. GTT Digital headquartered in Toronto specializes in providing high-tech digital and banking talent to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. As a leader in the staffing industry for over 22 years, we have become one of the largest staffing firms in the New England region, working with Fortune 500 clients and cutting-edge, technology-driven recruiting infrastructure.

We are a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation that highly values diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients and partners are among the most successful and innovative organizations in the world. Our top clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, and financial services firms, some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies, and prestigious educational institutions in the Ivy League tier.

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Awards

SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firm: 2023 and 2015
SIA’s Best Staffing Firm to Work for: 2019 -2023
Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company: 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015
Randstad Preferred Supplier: 2020 - 2023
TechServe Alliance Excellence Award. 2019
NH Business Magazines Fast 5 fastest growing companies
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist: 2015

Company Description

Global Technical Talent is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation ( with over 1.3 billion US$ in revenue and 5800 US employees. We provide Total Talent Solutions, Global staffing, SOW, RPO, Direct Sourcing, and Global Payroll with physical offices in US, Canada, and India. GTT Digital headquartered in Toronto specializes in providing high-tech digital and banking talent to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. As a leader in the staffing industry for over 22 years, we have become one of the largest staffing firms in the New England region, working with Fortune 500 clients and cutting-edge, technology-driven recruiting infrastructure.\r\n\r\nWe are a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation that highly values diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients and partners are among the most successful and innovative organizations in the world. Our top clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, and financial services firms, some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies, and prestigious educational institutions in the Ivy League tier.\r\n \r\nThere is always a new opportunity for success when you look through all of the open job opportunities on our website’s career page. Just click on this link: \r\n \r\nAwards\r\n\r\nSIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firm: 2023 and 2015\r\nSIA’s Best Staffing Firm to Work for: 2019 -2023\r\nInc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company: 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015\r\nRandstad Preferred Supplier: 2020 - 2023\r\nTechServe Alliance Excellence Award. 2019\r\nNH Business Magazines Fast 5 fastest growing companies\r\nErnst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist: 2015