Location: Bangalore, India

About Us
OptimusPrime Research is a quantitative and high-frequency trading (HFT) firm. We build ultra-low latency trading systems in C++ and Python and operate across multiple global venues, including colocated environments at exchanges. Our trading edge depends on a world-class infrastructure that is quick, secure, and highly reliable.

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer with more than 2 years of experience to join our Bangalore team. This role is central to automating and securing the infrastructure that powers our research and live trading systems.

Key Responsibilities
• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS infrastructure for research, backtesting, and production workloads.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for C++ and Python applications to ensure rapid and reliable delivery.
• Automate provisioning and monitoring for colocation environments, including server deployments and low-latency system tuning.
• Implement and enforce cybersecurity best practices across both on-prem and cloud systems.




• Manage LDAP/Active Directory for centralized authentication and fine-grained access control.
• Partner with developers to optimize build/test pipelines for performance-critical C++/Python codebases.
• Automate infrastructure tasks using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Ensure high availability and proactive monitoring of mission-critical trading systems.
• Respond to incidents, perform troubleshooting, and deliver long-term preventive solutions.

Required Qualifications
• 2+ years of DevOps/SRE experience, ideally in finance, trading, or other high-performance domains.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS services (IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Solid experience in Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals.
• Practical experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions).
• Experience managing LDAP/Active Directory environments.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity practices — IAM, intrusion detection, encryption,

📌 DevOps Engineer (India)
🏢 OptimusPrime Securities and Research
📍 India