Head of DevOps.
About us:
We are a global fintech software company providing ultra-low latency trading and market data solutions to the worlds largest banks and hedge funds. We specialize in cutting-edge technology that powers mission-critical financial systems. With a major R&D center in Jerusalem and development hubs across Europe and Asia, Fluent offers a dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative environment driven by innovation and excellence. Company Website: www.fluenttech.net
Position Overview We are seeking a hands-on Head of DevOps to lead and scale our global DevOps team. In this strategic role, you will transform our very complex setup and configuration process, which is currently text-based and manual, into a semi-automated and scalable.. You will be responsible for shaping our DevOps culture, driving automation, and managing the allocation of DevOps resources.. This is a high-impact leadership role requiring deep technical expertise, operational excellence, and strong collaboration with engineering, QA, and client delivery teams. Revolution / transformation
Key Responsibilities
* Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of DevOps engineers.
* Oversee environment versioning, configuration management, and infrastructure automation.
* revolutionize our text-based configuration into a generator-based process, supporting a quick span to multiple servers and flexibility to development expansions.
* Drive DevOps knowledge collection and team training - the DevOps team should be the Gold standard as to how to configure and deploy any component or module.
* Manage the team - recruit, train, allocate tasks, supervise delivery. (Note that you are not expected to be the technical leader).
* Drive adoption of DevOps best practices, including monitoring, incident response, and security hardening.
* Continuously evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance reliability, scalability, and speed of delivery. Location:
* This is a full-time, on-site position in Jerusalem
Requirements: Requirements
* 7+ years of DevOps /SRE experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or managerial capacity
* Experience working with multiple external customers.
* Strong knowledge of version control systems: Git and SVN.
* Strong background in Linux systems administration (preferably RedHat 8).
* Experience with Database applicative versioning
* Experience with large, non-cloud-based systems
* Proficiency in scripting languages ( Python preferred).
* Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
* Experience managing production systems in a mission-critical environment.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience in the financial industry, especially low-latency trading systems.
* Familiarity with RPM packaging and software delivery processes.
* Hands-on experience with MariaDB/MySQL, including DBA -level management and tuning.
* Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Solace), Solarflare network cards, and BigData tooling.
* Background in optimizing C ++ applications on Linux is a strong advantage.
* Knowledge of security best practices on-prem environments.
* Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, etc.).
* Expertise in automation tools (Ansible preferred) and infrastructure scripting.
* Experience writing internal technical documentation and release notes.
* Deep understanding of container technologies, especially Docker.
This position is open to all candidates.