DRW

Network DevOps Specialist

DRW  •  London, GB (Hybrid)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital, and crypto assets

We operate with respect, curiosity, and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation, and a willingness to challenge consensus.

Objectives of this role:

  • Be a force for automation within the low latency network team at DRW
  • Bring Devops best practices to the Low latency network team
  • Automate software release processes for software and new hardware
  • Build CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, manage infrastructure as code, and optimize network engineering workflows
  • Become the SME for our virtualized and containerized/cloud deployments
  • Own the single source of truth and its network data models
  • Design, prototype and bring to production any framework required to achieve your mandate

Day to Day responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for network configurations and changes (repo, test, validate, deploy).
  • Collaborate with Network Engineering team to standardize network designs, device catalogs, and topology models (e.g., NetBox, IPAM).
  • Develop automation for day-to-day network tasks (device onboarding, upgrades, backups, policy enforcement) and self-service capabilities for internal teams.
  • Advocate and work with the operations team on best practices around automation
  • Support all of our VM, cloud and bare metal deployments
  • Own our automation backlog to identify and automate repetitive tasks
  • Ensure security and compliance in automation pipelines (RBAC, secrets management, least privilege, audit logging, change control).
  • Create automated tests, dry-runs, and validation steps to prevent unintended changes (linting, pre-change checks, anomaly detection).
  • Maintain runbooks, standard operating procedures, and documentation for network automation and procedures.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation
  • Support scheduled after-hours maintenance

Required skills and qualifications

  • At least 5 years of experience working as a DevOps, NetDevOps or as a site reliability engineer
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Networking, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Devops certified with at least one of the following providers: AWS, Azure, GCP, DCA, CKA, Red Hat, LFCS or Cisco Devnet
  • Proficiency in Python (or another scripting language) for automation and tooling.
  • Strong Linux system administration skills
  • Proficiency with git, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
  • Strong experience in configuration management/automation (Ansible or similar) or Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Experience with cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid cloud architectures.
  • Experience with Virtualization / Hypervisors: Proxmox , VMware
  • Experience with containerization tools such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Telegraf, ELK/Elastic, Splunk)
  • Solid understanding of network fundamentals (BGP, VLANs/VXLANs, VRF, ACLs, QoS) and device ecosystems (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, etc.)

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About DRW

At DRW, we identify and capture trading and investment opportunities globally. What sets us apart is our diversified approach—trading across many asset classes and instruments, in markets around the world, with horizons from seconds to years. We succeed by leveraging technology, research and risk management.

We offer the best of both worlds: the opportunity and spirit of a startup and the benefits and stability of an established, experienced firm. Our employees work hard to solve interesting problems, and their results are rewarded. We value continuous learning—from our outcomes, from the environment and from each other. It’s a place of high expectations, deep curiosity, and constant collaboration, with some of the smartest, most passionate people you’ll meet.

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Chez DRW, nous identifions et saisissons les opportunités de négociation et d'investissement au niveau mondial. Ce qui nous différencie, c'est notre approche diversifiée : nous négocions sur de nombreuses classes d'actifs et d'instruments, sur des marchés du monde entier, avec des horizons allant de quelques secondes à plusieurs années. Nous réussissons en nous appuyant sur la technologie, la recherche et la gestion des risques. Nous offrons le meilleur des deux mondes: les opportunités et l'ésprit d’une entreprise en démarrage, et les avantages et la stabilité d'une entreprise établie et expérimentée. Nos employés travaillent dur pour résoudre des problèmes intéressants et leurs résultats sont récompensés. Nous valorisons l'apprentissage continu – de nos résultats, de l’environnement et de chacun de nous. C’est un lieu où les attentes sont élevées, la curiosité est profonde et la collaboration est constante, et où l’on retrouve quelques-uns des individus les plus intelligents et les plus passionnés que vous puissiez rencontrer.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
drw.com
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