Senior DevOps Engineer - MySQL Database Infrastructure

Description Fluent Trade Technologies is a global fintech software firm, recognized as a market leader in the eFX space. For over a decade, we’ve been delivering ultra-low-latency trading and market data solutions to the world’s largest banks, hedge funds, and non-bank institutions. Our modular and scalable platform empowers clients to achieve faster, smarter trading decisions, improve execution certainty, and grow their market share across multiple asset classes — including eFX, eFutures, eFixed-Income, Cryptocurrencies, and eMetals. With development centers in Europe and a collaborative, innovation-driven culture, Fluent’s mission is simple: to eliminate barriers to the most advanced trading technology and make it accessible to all market participants. Learn more about us at www.fluenttech.net. We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who specializes in database infrastructure, with deep, hands-on expertise in MySQL. In this role, you will own the entire database infrastructure lifecycle—from infrastructure solution design, database cluster and replication installation and setup, performance tuning, automation, production deployment, and support. Responsibilities: Be a key part of rapid development cycles to deliver high-quality infrastructure and products. Hands-on database infrastructure management, optimization, and maintenance, utilizing DevOps best practices and automation. Own and manage all databases across the organization, including Development, Staging, and high-availability Production environments. Cover critical database admin aspects: Security, Failover/Replication architectures, Scaling, and Performance Optimization. Incorporate modern DevOps tools, work procedures, best practices, and infrastructure-as-code architecture. Cooperate closely with R&D, QA, and the core DevOps teams to streamline DB deployments and CI/CD pipelines. Serve as the in-house subject matter expert on databases, mentoring and guiding developers and QA teams. Location: This is a full-time, on-site position in Jerusalem. Requirements Desired Skills & Experience: 5+ years of experience in DevOps/Infrastructure roles, with at least 3 years of dedicated experience specializing in MySQL administration and optimization. Strong hands-on experience with MySQL high-availability configurations, failover replication, security, backup, and performance tuning. Strong hands-on experience with Linux operating systems (administration and troubleshooting). Strong SQL skills, including 2+ years of experience in writing complex queries Proficiency in automation and scripting using Python and Bash. Mandatory - good English, both written and spoken Advantage Developed in C++, specifically calling mysql from it Financial background: FIX protocol, FX trading, Experience with Jira, SVN, Jenkins