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# Direct contractor engagement only - no agencies or teams # Copy-paste proposals will be ignored - show us your infrastructure expertise # Seeking senior DevOps/SREs who architect 24/7 systems with strict performance SLAs # Must have hands-on experience with high-frequency data infrastructure or real-time systems 📈 About iYurek iYurek is a fast-growing fintech company providing AI-powered market analysis for stocks, crypto, and forex trading. Our platform delivers real-time market sentiment analysis, advanced trading strategies, and comprehensive market data to thousands of active traders globally. We operate 24/5 to support global trading hours and require enterprise-grade infrastructure reliability. Our Infrastructure Needs: • Real-time market data processing supporting sub-second response requirements • 24/5 availability across global time zones for continuous trading operations • Scalable AWS architecture handling variable load from market volatility • Financial services compliance and security standards 💡The Opportunity We're seeking a senior platform/SRE engineering contractor to partner directly with our CTO in transforming our AWS infrastructure from startup-grade to enterprise financial services standards. You'll take complete ownership of our platform reliability, security posture, and scalability architecture. ℹ️ Why This Role Matters: • Direct CTO Partnership: Lead infrastructure strategy and compliance roadmap decisions • Complete Infrastructure Ownership: Full autonomy to redesign AWS architecture with industry best practices • Financial Services Complexity: Support 24/5 trading operations with stringent SLA and compliance requirements • Green-Field Optimization: Implement enterprise-grade practices on existing foundation for maximum impact • Business-Critical Impact: Enable Series A readiness through infrastructure maturity and scalability 🤖 TInfrastructure Challenges Financial-Grade AWS Architecture: • Transform existing AWS environment into compliant, secure, multi-environment infrastructure • Implement financial services security standards with comprehensive encryption, access controls, and audit trails • Design and deploy 24/5 high-availability architecture supporting global trading hours across multiple time zones Real-Time Trading Infrastructure: • Optimize AWS infrastructure for sub-second market data processing and trading execution requirements • Architect auto-scaling systems capable of handling variable load patterns from market open volatility • Implement zero-downtime deployment strategies for trading systems that cannot tolerate service interruption Observability & Compliance: • Design comprehensive monitoring systems for financial SLAs with proactive alerting and incident response • Implement compliance logging and audit trails meeting fintech regulatory requirements (SOC 2, financial regulations) • Build disaster recovery and business continuity procedures specifically for financial services operations Cost & Performance Optimization: • Optimize AWS costs for high-volume market data processing and storage without compromising performance • Right-size infrastructure for trading workloads with comprehensive performance monitoring and capacity planning • Implement infrastructure as code for consistent, auditable deployment and configuration management 👨🏻‍💻 Required Experience Essential Background: • 8+ years platform engineering with 3+ years financial services infrastructure experience • AWS financial services - deep hands-on experience with fintech compliance, security, and high-availability requirements • Real-time systems - infrastructure supporting high-frequency trading, financial data processing, or similar low-latency applications • Kubernetes & containerization - orchestrating microservices specifically for financial applications and compliance • Financial compliance - practical experience with SOC 2, PCI, and fintech regulatory infrastructure requirements Technical Expertise: • AWS Services: EC2, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation/Terraform for financial workloads and compliance • Container Orchestration: ECS/Kubernetes for microservices managing real-time financial data processing and trading operations • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform or CloudFormation with GitOps workflows and compliance automation • Observability Platforms: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or AWS CloudWatch for financial SLA monitoring and alerting • CI/CD Systems: Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline with financial services compliance and audit requirements Preferred Qualifications: • Trading platform or financial services infrastructure architecture experience • Multi-region deployment experience for 24/5 financial services operations • Financial data security implementation - encryption, key management, secure data handling for trading platforms • Disaster recovery and business continuity planning for financial services with specific RTO/RPO requirements