Our client is a growing Digital Asset exchange, this role is to lead the risk management function for the exchange. You will be tasked to develop risk management policies, help put in place risk metrics and reporting, risk exposures etc.. You will be heading exchange-wide risk management for the group in Asia.

You shall be driving the over-riding vision, direction and plan for risk management for the business. This role reports directly to the Board and will be responsible for providing the risk agenda to the board on all risk matters.

You should possess a strong understanding of statistics and quantitative data analytic methods, as well as a good understanding of different risk management related software applications. Experience gained in or exposure to regulatory processes would be highly beneficial. A strong understanding of regulatory compliance requirements and knowledge in global regulatory environments would be highly preferred. A strong understanding of MAS regulatory compliance requirements is key. Experience gained within a traditional financial institution or market is needed, meaning exposure to multi-asset class instruments. Any experience in or exposure to digital assets, cryptos and relatable products is highly beneficial.

From a cultural perspective the ability to work as part of a winning team yet be able to operate in an entrepreneurial environment is required. This is a fantastic fast growing business with strong backing, foundations and infrastructure.

EC1 Partners are working with VC-backed Crypto Custodian who are in search for a Tech Ops Lead where you will be operating on their core platform.

This is an exciting hands-on technical role, which also involves stakeholder management and team leadership abilities. You will also be familiar with delivering and operating applications on Microsoft Azure in a regulated industry.

Security of a digital asset custodian’s infrastructure is of the upmost importance, as a result, you will be expected to work closely with the security team to help implement security policies.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Azure Platform Operations – own, maintain, and operate the Azure cloud services supporting business development, test, and production environments. Ensure that the platform is available and secure.
Technical Support – provide technical support of business applications and Microsoft estate (Azure and 365) for client services and internal teams. Develop and monitor support metrics to ensure excellence in client service. Collaborate with engineers and vendors providing third-line application support
Team leadership – coach junior technology support staff. Build out the function and team as the platform and activity scales
Incident management – reproduce customer issues, file bug reports, and escalate to engineering with proper and detailed documentation
Technical Documentation – create, update, and disseminate relevant technical policy, process and design documentation and support knowledge-base
Cost Management – effective cost management of the business’s usage of Azure
Security Policy Implementation – apply and maintain security policies in Azure estate, including integration with: Zscaler / Cloudstrike / Qualysis / SNOW and MS Defender / Azure Policies

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

You will have multiple years of experience providing Technology Operations for mission-critical business applications on Azure infrastructure, including:

Support practices and procedures to monitor and operate secure, cloud-native application infrastructure and troubleshoot technical issues in real-time
Technology vendor relationship management
Hands-on experience of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 (including Teams and SharePoint)
An “automation-first” approach in how you build and operate services with a proven track record of championing a DevOps mindset
Understanding of security concepts in a cloud environment
Understanding of networking CCNA/Azure networking
Understanding of hybrid multi-cloud and containerisation
Managing Kubernetes clusters / AKS and network components in a production environment
Cloud security services (Zscaler / CloudStrike / Qualys / SNOW)
DevOps toolchain (e.g. IaC such as Terraform, Jenkins for software CI/CD automation)

EC1 Partners are exclusively partnered with a Digital Asset Market Maker, who are in search for a C++ Tech Lead/Hands-on Engineering Manager to build out their OTC Desk. 

Development skills

API building experience (Websocket) – Ideally, this profile has built API for crypto exchanges;
C++ websocket experience (uwebsocket for instance)
C++ crypto exchange experience (e.g., they have developed back end: matching engine, transactor, drop copy interfaces, transactions storage and processing: ledger, margin computer, etc.)
Knowledge of building reliable and fast internet/cloud based systems (i.e., some understanding of network, TCP, etc.)

Field experience

(High Frequency) Trading experience – e.g., some understanding of types of orders (Limit, Market, RFQ, etc.) and how an order book works

Moreover, we are interested in additional type of skills (which could lead to other profiles to work with):

AWS gateway / load balancer / api / sre, etc.;
IAM / SSO / Cognito / authentication mechanism (JWT etc.)