Overview:

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’ s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Required Experience & Skills

• Overall experience of 5-7 years working on design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible & Python to provision Infrastructure resources
• Proficiency in automating system configuration and deployment using Ansible playbook
• Good working experience & hands-on knowledge of AWS (3-5 years). Certified AWS Solution Architect – Associate preferred
• Hand-on experience with Git and CI/CD pipeline (Gitlab/Jenkins) to integrate automation workflows and streamline deployment.
• Strong programming/scripting using Python
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Experience on Backups / storage systems is an added advantage
• Documenting system designs & process workflows
• Clear & precise communication

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop, maintain, and optimize IaC scripts and modules using Terraform for provisioning and managing Backup cloud resources on the Public Cloud
• Configuration Management: Design, build, and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and custom modules to automate server provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD (and potentially Jenkins or others) to facilitate automated software deployment, testing, and integration.
• Scripting and Automation: Utilize Python to automate complex tasks, build custom automation libraries, integrate various tools via APIs, and streamline operational processes.
• Version Control: Manage all infrastructure code and automation scripts using Git and maintain repositories within GitLab, ensuring version control standards and collaboration best practices are followed.
• Collaboration and Troubleshooting: Work closely with development and operations teams to define infrastructure standards, troubleshoot complex issues efficiently, and ensure seamless software releases.
• Documentation and Best Practices: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all automated systems and processes and drive the adoption of DevOps and SRE best practices.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Nomura is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees (including promotion, transfers, assignments and beliefs). We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, career’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age. Our objective is to attract job applications and applications for development from the best possible candidates and to retain the best people.