Senior DevOps Engineer

Description

ABOUT HEX TRUST

Hex Trust is Asia’s leading provider of digital asset custody solutions for Banks & Financial Institutions, using leading-edge Blockchain technology. Led by innovators from the financial services industry, Hex Trust has built a proprietary platform that delivers a new way for financial institutions, asset managers, and corporations to safely and efficiently operate in the Blockchain ecosystem. Institutional adoption of digital assets and DeFi requires a fundamental shift in the way banks and financial institutions operate. Hex Trust is the link that connects the traditional financial world to the digital assets ecosystem.

POSITION OBJECTIVE

At Hex Trust, we’re building trust In the digital ecosystem and we’d like you to help us deliver on that promise. Providing enterprise-grade custody services like ours requires an unwavering commitment to security and an understanding of the importance of maintaining a secure infrastructure. We’re a small, but growing group looking for an engineer able to help put the right tools and processes in place and help take our business to the next level

We are looking for a Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer to be responsible for managing and overseeing our microservice, containerised cloud infrastructure hosted within AWS, GCP, and on-premises. In addition, a Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for leading the team alongside other senior engineers, driving projects, supporting junior developers and managing advanced platform configuration tasks and assignments.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

PLATFORM & INFRASTRUCTURE

**Manage advanced on-premise and cloud infrastructure**:
On-premise Kubernetes Clusters
Additional container orchestration with Nomad
Codify all infrastructure components using IaC such as Terraform, Terragrunt, and Pulumi
Advanced monitoring and alerting configurations using FOSS tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alert-Manager
Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers

**DEVOPS**: Developer Productivity and Operations

Programmatic and automated Load and Pen Testing

**Creating and curating various support systems including**: DB backups/restores, developer diagnostic tooling, system logging and error tracing, performance and system monitoring

**TECH-SEC-OPS**: Delivery Management + Security
Integration of Security / Compliance checks into Application and Infrastructure delivery pipelines - ensuring production deployments are resilient, stable, and secured
Leverage FOSS and SAAS Pen Test platforms for constant system testing

**SRE**: Monitoring and Observability

**RESILIENCY**: Resilient, Scalable Infrastructure Management
Able to configure advanced scalability models leveraging infrastructure provisioned by the platform team and monitoring components provided by SRE
Delivering cross-regional, HA infrastructure models with global mesh
Chaos Engineering principles for testing
**Requirements**:
Deep understanding of Kubernetes
Helm and Kustomize
Network Policy + Service Mesh
Proficiency in the following tools/frameworks/languages is highly recommended:
Golang/Python/Javascript/Typescript
Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi
Kubernetes CLI (kubectl/kubeadm)
AWS CLI
Hashicorp Configuration Language (HCL),
Experience in BOTH AWS and GCP; some on-premise infrastructure management experience a plus (IBM ESXi, Proxmox, etc.)
Knowledge of Docker and multi-stage/multi-architecture builds, registries, and best image practices
Experience with GitOps development workflow and infrastructure as code (IAC) approach
Diploma/Degree in Information Technology or related disciplines
You love the console and are not afraid to read man pages

**6-10 years of experience and deep knowledge of**:
Linux/Unix Server System Administration
Network Administration
Network infrastructure management and maintenance experience

**Hands-on experience with relational database structures**: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL
Solid knowledge of standard network communication protocols such as DNS, HTTP(S), LDAP, SMTP, SNMP
Understanding and capabilities to manage, monitor, and optimise network traffic: TCP and UDP; comfortable diagnosing problems on the wire.

**Benefits**:
WHY HEX TRUST?

Make a difference and get yourself noticed in a rapidly growing company, providing multiple opportunities for career and personal development. We are a dynamic, multi-cultural team of smart, motivated people based in brand new offices in the heart of Hong Kong’s Central business district. We’ll give you tough challenges, while offering rewarding results to match, as well as regular team and social events and flexible working arrangements when needed.

**Diverse and inclusive team**: A diverse and international team who come from over 15 countries with diversity of both thought and background on a mission to disrupt the digital asset industry. We support each other and take pride in our achievements. We attract talent from well known glob