Platform Engineer

Why Mizuho

At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone.

It's the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have the same ambition and drive, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world.

Overview:

In this role, you will interact directly with trading, compliance and risk, and IT functions to primarily operate and enhance capabilities of the existing trading systems leveraging modern technologies and data & software architectures.

Required skills

• Familiar with Linux: command line, standard file editing/searching/manipulation, shell scripting, etc.
• Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL: understanding of tables, views, indexes; how to query and modify data; query performance/optimization
• Working experience with job automation tools such as Tidal, Autosys, Control-M, etc.
• Good communication skills, able to: express concerns/risks, document and communicate corrective and preventative action plans to stakeholders, etc.
• Methodical approach to problem solving and incident management
• Able to define and document operational procedures and runbooks
• Familiarity with release packaging and deployment: rundeck, ansible, etc.
• Understanding of SDLC and Agile frameworks.

Typical assignments:

• Implementing pre-release and post-deployment verifications
• Integrating with Rundeck or Azure DevOps for application deployment
• Implementing application control solutions (start/stop scripts)
• Integrating with monitoring solutions (OpsRamp, Grafana, Splunk, etc.)
• Supporting annual DR/BCP testing requirements
• Provisioning and setup of new servers
• Supporting user authentication and authorization processes and workflows
• Configuring authentication, Service Accounts, etc.
• Following up on production incidents and problem tickets
• Troubleshooting trading and market data production issues.
• Recommending and implementing infrastructure improvements.
• Working knowledge of python scripting.

Intangibles

• Industry experience - Enthusiasm to learn regulatory and trading workflows.
• Takes ownership and drives solutions to completion.
• Amenable to shift gears on Regulatory Ops business priorities.
• Ability to multitask and troubleshoot L3 Support during NY hours.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 4-8 years experience in IT industry and preferably in Investment Banking Technology

Organization Overview:

Mizuho Global Services (MGS), Pune is an integral part of Mizuho Financial Group, one of the world's leading financial institutions with a strong global presence across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. Based in India, MGS Pune supports Mizuho's international businesses by delivering high-quality, scalable, and resilient services across multiple functions.

MGS Pune plays a critical role in driving operational excellence, standardization, and innovation for Mizuho Americas. By combining deep domain expertise with strong process, technology, and analytical capabilities, it partners closely with regional and global teams to support corporate and investment banking, capital markets, and corporate services functions, while adhering to the highest standards of risk management, regulatory compliance, and control.

MGS Pune offers competitive compensation and benefits package aligned with industry standards and local market practices.

MGS Pune is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Employment is subject to applicable background verification checks in accordance with Indian laws and company policies.