Site Reliability Engineer - eFX/ Crypto

Location: Gland, VD, ch

Company Description

At Swissquote, we’re all in.
All in to shake things up. All in to build the bank people actually want to use. All in to make finance less boring — and a lot more powerful.

We’re Switzerland’s leading digital bank — 1,400+ people across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, building real financial solutions for over a million clients worldwide. From trading and investing to everyday banking, we cover the full picture. We move fast, but we build things we’re genuinely proud of. Have a look behind the scenes by checking Humans of Swissquote on Instagram.

Growing fast creates room. Room to try things, own things, and grow at a pace most places can’t offer. Whether you like the spotlight or prefer to just put your head down and do great work, there’s space for both here.

We’ve ditched the dress code — but never the chance to celebrate. Big win or small, we make it count. The kind of place where the atmosphere takes care of itself.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join our team and contribute to our shared success.

Feeling it? It’s a good start. Apply.

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help ensure the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of our production eFX/Crypto platforms.

The role has a strong focus on Kubernetes, production operations, automation, observability, and infrastructure reliability. You will work closely with Infrastructure and Development engineers to operate and continuously improve our production environment across on-premise and private cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor production systems, respond to incidents, and ensure optimal uptime and performance of applications and infrastructure.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in production, and on-premise infrastructure.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions.
• Automate IT and operational processes to reduce manual work and improve efficiency.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Monitor and improve system observability using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic/Kibana.
• Analyse faults, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Perform stress, resilience, disaster recovery, and BCP testing to validate platform stability.
• Work closely with Infrastructure and Development teams to improve production readiness and system reliability.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and provide operational support for production systems.
• Continuously improve operational processes, automation, monitoring, and reliability practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Systems Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a similar production engineering role.
• Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments — mandatory.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture and day-to-day operations, including:
  • Services mesh and Istio
  • Users management
  • Health checks and probes
  • Kubernetes networking and DNS
  • Troubleshooting and performance issues
• Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Docker and container technologies.
• Hands-on experience with on-premise infrastructure and/or private cloud environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic/Kibana.
• Good programming and scripting skills in Python and Shell.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTPS, HTTP, and load balancing.
• Good understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, availability, reliability, and service performance.
• Good understanding of Java web applications and web servers such as Spring Boot and Apache Tomcat.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken, with willingness to learn French.

Nice to Have

• CKA or CKAD certification.
• Experience with Helm, ArgoCD, Github Actions , or Kubernetes operators.
• Knowledge of Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Knowledge of MT4/MT5.
• Experience with Windows Server 2016/2022.
• Experience in eFX, trading, cryptocurrency, banking, or other financial services.
• Experience working with high-availability or low-latency production systems.

Who You Are:

• A team player who loves helping colleagues and bridging gaps between departments,
• Detail-oriented and meticulous in your work,
• Fluency in English (spoken and written) and willing to learn french.
• Passionate about technology and eager to stay up-to-date with AI innovations.

Additional Information

Please note that Swissquote never requests sensitive personal information or payment of any kind during the recruitment process. Any such request is fraudulent.

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