·Understanding of all major global futures
exchanges
·Knowledge of the full exchange-traded derivatives
trade lifecycle
·Minimum of 8 years' experience in Commodity
Trading & Capital Markets / Investment Banks – to bring credible
externalisation of mindset and approach, and ensure we are cost: value
competitive
·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 time series analytic framework, including KDB, Shakti, or similar technologies
Role Overview
As a DevOps Engineer, you will be a hands-on Engineer and be
a member of a small, high-performing team responsible for global derivatives
trading production environments. Your work will be driven by product teams, but also the engineering team's backlogs of improvements and tech debt. Work includes
·Ensure 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.
·Hands-on experience in supporting scalable
algorithmic trading technology in a compliant and flexible way.
·Experience of Algo regulation, audit , and
compliance & RTS6) is highly desirable
·Being part of the on-call rota, working 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,
owning reliability improvements, and ensuring their successful delivery
·Understanding of trading lifecycle, including
order capture & execution, allocation workflow, settlement, and compliance
requirements
·Strong analytical and problem-solving skills,
with the ability to analyze complex data sets and propose innovative solutions.
·Must have strong technical skills in scripting,
Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, L, or other programming languages
·Proven experience with exchange and vendor
certification
·Knowledge of Third Party Networks and EMS/OMS
software vendors. (e.g., TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen)
·Experience in messaging systems, and experience
debugging network protocols such as T andP, multicast, would be highly regarded.
·8 years+ operational experience in supporting
market data distribution platforms, such as Real Time Distribution Systems
(RTDS) , knowledge of DACS, ADH & ADS components
·Knowledge of Multicast data traffic management,
arbitration, and message queueing
·5 years+ operational experience in supporting
time series frameworks such as KDB, shakti
Soft Skills:
• Excellent communication skills to
interact with traders, developers, and stakeholders.
• Thrives in high-pressure situations
while working alongside traders, developers,s and other engineering teams
• Proactive, self-motivated, and flexible
with a positive attitude
• Ability to work under
demanding deadlines with changing priorities in a trading room environment
Information
Locations Houston, TXPosition Open to Only localsIndustry UtilitiesStatus OpenJob Age 19 Day'sCreated Date 05/29/2026No.of Positions 1Duration 5 MonthsZip Code
