DevOps Engineer

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 into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

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.

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our Security Engineering team. In this role, you will help design, build, and operate the infrastructure and tooling that enables secure, scalable, and reliable systems across the firm. You will work closely with platform, security, and development teams to embed security into our infrastructure without slowing down innovation.

This role is hands-on and ideal for someone who enjoys building systems, automating workflows, and improving the developer and operator experience while maintaining a strong security posture.

What you’ll be doing:

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines or implementing GitOps workflows

Build and implement tooling to support initiatives like data pipelines

Help design and work with various security engineers to provide solutions to help with development pipelines, including DAST, SAST, etc.

Support security tools like HashiCorp Vault

Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting for security and infrastructure systems

Automate operational and security processes to reduce manual effort and risk

Support containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker) with a focus on secure configuration and runtime protections

Assist in incident response and remediation efforts related to infrastructure and deployment systems

Continuously evaluate and improve system reliability, scalability, and security posture

What we’re looking for:

Strong programming/scripting skills

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD systems

Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)

Experience working with Kubernetes and containerized environments, across multiple clusters and environments

Solid understanding of Linux systems and networking fundamentals

Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid environments

Understanding of security fundamentals (e.g., secrets management, least privilege, vulnerability management)

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to independently drive work to completion

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

Bonus Points For:

Experience integrating security tools into CI/CD pipelines

Familiarity with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel, etc.)

Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.)

Background in high-performance or low-latency environments

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