Head of Infrastructure

JustMarkets is looking for an experienced Head of Infrastructure to lead our engineering operations and maintain a highly loaded, globally distributed trading infrastructure. In this role, you will be solving complex architectural challenges within our hybrid platform, bridging our on-premise trading core (Windows, MetaTrader) with an evolving Linux and Cloud-native ecosystem. You will drive infrastructure automation, as well as lead, mentor, and scale a team of highly skilled engineers.

Responsibilities

Manage team capacity, resource allocation, and establish effective 24/7 on-call rotation processes for incident response.
Take ownership of the infrastructure budget (FinOps), optimizing cloud costs across AWS, Azure, and Alibaba
Lead, mentor, and scale a team of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers
Define the hiring strategy, interview candidates, and scale the infrastructure team as the business grows.
Set up, maintain, and ensure the high availability of the global trading infrastructure.
Guide the architectural vision of our hybrid infrastructure, balancing established on-premise trading cores with scalable Cloud-Native environments.
Build and maintain comprehensive platform solutions tailored for our software development teams або
Drive the automation of infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible) and build robust CI/CD pipelines.
Implement and maintain enterprise-level network information security, including DDoS mitigation and infrastructure hardening.
Collaborate closely with Engineering teams, Product Owners, and C-level stakeholders to align infrastructure roadmaps with business goals.
Draw up documentation, disaster recovery plans, and instructions for infrastructure operations.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, System Administration, or Infrastructure Engineering in high-load environments.
3+ years of proven experience in a leadership role (managing teams of 20+ engineers).
Solid experience with Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Alibaba Cloud) and understanding of global network routing.
Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform, Ansible) and managing CI/CD pipelines.
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and a desire to drive Cloud-Native transformation.
Strong background in network information security and implementing monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
Solid experience in administrating relational databases (MySQL).
English level: Upper-Intermediate or higher (crucial for stakeholder management and technical documentation).

Will be a plus

Experience in the FinTech, CFD domain, or High-Frequency Trading.
Experience managing and scaling MetaTrader (MT4/MT5) server environments.
Expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server environments and proficiency in PowerShell scripting.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages
Experience with PostgreSQL databases.
Experience working with enterprise network architectures (BGP, bare-metal servers) and geo-distributed latency optimization.

We offer

20 paid vacation days per year
10 paid sick leave days per year
Public holidays as per the company’s approved Public holiday list
Medical insurance
Professional education budget
Language learning budget
Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)

Details

Experience

Min. 8 years

Technologies

Responsibilities

Manage team capacity, resource allocation, and establish effective 24/7 on-call rotation processes for incident response.
Take ownership of the infrastructure budget (FinOps), optimizing cloud costs across AWS, Azure, and Alibaba
Lead, mentor, and scale a team of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers
Define the hiring strategy, interview candidates, and scale the infrastructure team as the business grows.
Set up, maintain, and ensure the high availability of the global trading infrastructure.
Guide the architectural vision of our hybrid infrastructure, balancing established on-premise trading cores with scalable Cloud-Native environments.
Build and maintain comprehensive platform solutions tailored for our software development teams або
Drive the automation of infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible) and build robust CI/CD pipelines.
Implement and maintain enterprise-level network information security, including DDoS mitigation and infrastructure hardening.
Collaborate closely with Engineering teams, Product Owners, and C-level stakeholders to align infrastructure roadmaps with business goals.
Draw up documentation, disaster recovery plans, and instructions for infrastructure operations.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, System Administration, or Infrastructure Engineering in high-load environments.
3+ years of proven experience in a leadership role (managing teams of 20+ engineers).
Solid experience with Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Alibaba Cloud) and understanding of global network routing.
Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform, Ansible) and managing CI/CD pipelines.
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and a desire to drive Cloud-Native transformation.
Strong background in network information security and implementing monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
Solid experience in administrating relational databases (MySQL).
English level: Upper-Intermediate or higher (crucial for stakeholder management and technical documentation).

Will be a plus

Experience in the FinTech, CFD domain, or High-Frequency Trading.
Experience managing and scaling MetaTrader (MT4/MT5) server environments.
Expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server environments and proficiency in PowerShell scripting.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages
Experience with PostgreSQL databases.
Experience working with enterprise network architectures (BGP, bare-metal servers) and geo-distributed latency optimization.

We offer

20 paid vacation days per year
10 paid sick leave days per year
Public holidays as per the company’s approved Public holiday list
Medical insurance
Professional education budget
Language learning budget
Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)