DevOps Engineer Intern

Job Title: DevOps Engineer Intern - Cloud Infrastructure & Deployment (Paid)

Company: GoQuant Technologies Inc.

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Start Date: Immediate

Primary Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Management (40%)

• Design and implement multi-cloud infrastructure solutions across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for reproducible deployments
• Configure and manage cloud resources including compute, storage, networking, and security services
• Implement cost optimization strategies across multiple cloud providers
• Design high-availability and disaster recovery architectures for critical trading systems

Client Deployment & Automation (35%)

• Develop and maintain automated deployment pipelines for individual client environments
• Create client-specific infrastructure configurations while maintaining standardization
• Build self-service deployment tools and documentation for client onboarding
• Implement configuration management using Ansible for consistent environment setup
• Manage secrets and credentials securely across multiple client deployments
• Automate client environment provisioning, scaling, and teardown processes

Container Orchestration & CI/CD (20%)

• Design and maintain Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers
• Build Docker containerization strategies for microservices and trading applications
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment
• Monitor and optimize container performance and resource utilization
• Manage service mesh and networking configurations for distributed systems
• Implement blue-green and canary deployment strategies

Monitoring & Operations (5%)

• Build comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems for infrastructure and applications
• Develop operational runbooks and incident response procedures
• Implement log aggregation and analysis pipelines
• Create dashboards for infrastructure health and performance metrics
• Troubleshoot production issues across cloud environments and client deployments

Key Technical Challenges

• Multi-Cloud Complexity: Manage consistent infrastructure across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud
• Client Isolation: Ensure secure, isolated deployments for multiple clients while maintaining operational efficiency
• High Availability: Design resilient systems for 24/7 trading operations with minimal downtime
• Scalability: Support rapid scaling of infrastructure to handle varying trading loads
• Security: Implement robust security controls across multiple cloud providers and client environments
• Cost Optimization: Balance performance requirements with cost efficiency across diverse cloud platforms

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 3+ years of professional DevOps/SRE experience
• Strong proficiency with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
• Extensive experience with at least two major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba Cloud)
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration
• Proficiency with Docker for containerization
• Strong scripting skills in Bash and Python
• Experience with Ansible or similar configuration management tools
• Understanding of CI/CD principles and tools (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.)

Infrastructure & Operations

• Experience designing and managing production cloud infrastructure
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and compliance in cloud environments
• Ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues
• Experience with infrastructure automation and self-service tooling
• Knowledge of secrets management and security best practices
• Understanding of disaster recovery and business continuity planning

Software Engineering

• Ability to write clean, maintainable infrastructure code
• Experience with version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Comfortable working in fast-paced startup environment
• Self-directed with excellent documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying and managing infrastructure for financial or trading systems
• Knowledge of digital assets, cryptocurrency, or blockchain infrastructure
• Proficiency in C++ or Rust programming languages
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Background in security engineering or DevSecOps practices
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.)
• Experience with multi-region and multi-cloud disaster recovery strategies
• Knowledge of database administration and optimization (PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.)
• Previous work on high-frequency or low-latency trading infrastructure
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure or DevOps projects

Equal Opportunity Employer

• GoQuant Technologies Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.