Site Reliability

Fasanara Digital was established 7 years ago and is the crypto arm of Fasanara Capital, a 14year-old boutique alternative asset manager. We are a Quantitative Investment fund applying a scientific approach to investing in crypto assets. Our goal is to achieve exceptional risk-adjusted returns. We pursue a range of diversified and highly sophisticated investment strategies that seek to profit from ineAiciencies in the market structure and range from market making to cross-exchanges arbitrage.

Our Culture

We are strong believers in meritocracy, and we reward people based on impact and excellence. There is no bureaucracy of large organisations, the environment is collaborative, entrepreneurial, and is based on trust. We set ambitious goals, work hard, stress teamwork, and adhere to the highest level of excellence in everything we do. We are only as good as our team. Thus, we are building the firm around exceptional talent.

Position Overview

The Junior Site Reliability & Network Engineer will be working alongside the head of the SRE team to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our trading platform. This role will blend traditional system administration with software development and require expertise in cloud network engineering, particularly with AWS. The ideal candidate will understand network routing and networking stacks.

Key Responsibilities

System Reliability and Performance

• Monitor, maintain, and optimize the performance, availability, and scalability of our trading platform.
• Respond to and resolve system incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and swift recovery.
• Collaborate with the development team to design and implement system enhancements.

Infrastructure Management

• Under the supervision of the team lead, manage and maintain our hybrid cloud and onprem infrastructure with a heavy focus on cloud network engineering.
• Implement and manage containerisation solutions using Docker and Compose. Ensure system security through best practices and proactive measures.
• Design and manage AWS infrastructure, including an understanding of AWS datacentres and network architecture.

Development and Automation

• Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline system management tasks.
• Collaborate with the development team to integrate and deploy new features and services.

Continuous Improvement

• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and best practices.
• Recommend and implement improvements to our infrastructure and development processes.
• Participate in post-mortem reviews to identify areas of improvement after incidents.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or similar role.
• Strong experience with hybrid cloud and on-prem system management. Expertise in cloud network engineering, particularly with AWS.
• Proficiency in containerisation platforms, especially Docker and Docker Compose.
• Solid experience with Linux system administration and maintenance. Strong programming skills in object-oriented languages, especially Python (and Java preferable).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Familiarity with digital asset trading or financial systems is a plus.

• Competitive bonus scheme.
• Bupa health & dental, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced pension, and generous annual leave.
• Enhanced parental leave, special leave allowances, and charity giving options.
• Regular team events, legendary summer & Christmas parties, knowledge sharing sessions, and quarterly town halls.
• Team lunches, dinners, Friday drinks, team sport activities.