Dev-Ops Engineer

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Our Oil and Gas client in Houston has a Dev Ops contract position open – it’s for their Trading & Derivatives department.

Contract Duration: 6 months. Hybrid within their Houston office.

• Minimum of 8 years of knowledge of Real Time Market Data distribution platforms, individual Feed handlers and Enterprise level real time consolidated feeds
• Minimum of 8 years of knowledge of time series analytic frameworks including kdb, shakti or similar technologies
• 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 – to bring credible externalization of mindset and approach and ensure we are cost/value competitive
• Knowledge of market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, etc.) and liquidity aggregation platforms

As Dev Ops Engineer, you will be a hands‑on Engineer and a member of a small high‑performing team responsible for global derivatives trading production environments. Your work will be driven both by product teams but also engineering team 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 rotation working as part of a global team of development engineers

• 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, Power Shell, C#, SQL or other programming languages
• 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, Trading Screen)
• Experience in messaging systems, and experience debugging network protocols such as TCP, multicast
• 8 years+ operational experience in supporting market data distribution platforms such as Real Time Distribution Systems (RTDS) knowledge for 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

• Excellent communication skills to interact with traders, developers, and stakeholders
• Thrives in high‑pressure situations while working alongside traders, developers 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

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