Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Houston, United States (On‑site)

Industry Knowledge

• Understanding of all major global futures exchanges
• Knowledge of full exchange‑traded derivatives trade lifecycle
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in commodity trading & capital markets / investment banks
• Knowledge of market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, etc.) and liquidity aggregation platforms
• Minimum of 8 years of knowledge of realtime market‑data distribution platforms, individual feedhandlers, and enterprise‑level realtime consolidated feeds
• Minimum of 8 years of knowledge of timeseries analytic frameworks such as kdb, Shakti, or similar technologies

Role Overview

• Hands‑on engineer on a small, high‑performing team responsible for global derivatives trading production environments
• Proactive management of critical end‑to‑end workflows, continuously improving stability and resilience through close collaboration with delivery and infrastructure teams
• Assist with troubleshooting and issue resolution across development, support, and technical business users
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert for trading‑systems initiatives
• Support scalable algorithmic trading technology in a compliant and flexible way
• Experience with algorithmic regulation, audit, compliance & RTS6 is highly desirable
• Participate in the on‑call rotation as part of a global team of development engineers

Key Skills and Experience Required

• Solid track record in application deployment best practices
• 10 + years experience with front‑office application support and vendor management
• Rapid incident response to maintain continuous trading operations, turning quick fixes into robust, scalable solutions
• Proactive system monitoring and troubleshooting; ownership of reliability improvements and successful delivery
• Understanding of the trading lifecycle, including order capture & execution, allocation workflow, settlement, and compliance requirements
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; ability to analyze complex data sets and propose innovative solutions
• Strong technical skills in scripting and programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or others
• 8 + years solid relevant FIX engineering experience
• Proven experience with exchange and vendor certification
• Knowledge of third‑party networks and EMS/OMS software vendors (e.g., TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen)
• Experience with messaging systems and debugging network protocols such as TCP and multicast
• 8 + years operational experience supporting market‑data distribution platforms (e.g., Real‑Time Distribution Systems, DACS, ADH, ADS components)
• Knowledge of multicast data‑traffic management, arbitration, and message queueing
• 5 + years operational experience supporting time‑series frameworks such as kdb or Shakti

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills for interacting with traders, developers, and stakeholders
• Thrives in high‑pressure situations while collaborating with traders, developers, and engineering teams
• Proactive, self‑motivated, and flexible with a positive attitude
• Ability to work under demanding deadlines and shifting priorities in a trading‑room environment