Lead Devops Engineer

Lead DevOps Engineer – Houston, United States

Required Industry Knowledge:

* Strong understanding of the major international futures and derivatives exchanges

* Knowledge of the complete exchange-traded derivatives lifecycle, from order execution through clearing and settlement

* Minimum of 8 years of experience within commodity trading, capital markets, financial institutions, or similar trading environments

* Familiarity with financial data vendors such as Bloomberg and Refinitiv, along with liquidity and execution platforms

* [Minimum of 8 years of experience supporting real-time market data systems, including exchange feed handlers and enterprise consolidated data platforms]

* [Minimum of 8 years of experience with time-series data and analytics technologies such as kdb+, Shakti, or comparable platforms]

As a DevOps Engineer, you will work as a hands-on member of a small, high-performing engineering team responsible for supporting global production trading environments. Your responsibilities will be shaped by product delivery requirements, operational priorities, platform improvements, and technical debt initiatives. Work includes:

* Proactively oversee business-critical workflows and improve platform availability, stability, and resilience in partnership with engineering, delivery, and infrastructure teams

* Investigate and resolve technical issues affecting developers, production support teams, and business users

* Act as a technical specialist for initiatives involving electronic and front-office trading platforms

* Support reliable and scalable algorithmic trading systems within a controlled and regulated environment

* Experience working with algorithmic trading regulations, audit requirements, compliance controls, or RTS 6 would be beneficial

* Participate in a global on-call rotation alongside development and production engineering teams

Key Skills and Experience Required

* Demonstrated experience implementing effective application deployment and release practices

* 10+ years of experience supporting front-office applications and managing relationships with external technology vendors

* Ability to respond quickly to production incidents, restore trading services, and convert temporary resolutions into sustainable engineering improvements

* Strong experience with system monitoring, root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, and delivering long-term reliability enhancements

* Understanding of trading processes, including order entry, execution, allocation, settlement, and regulatory controls

* Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to assess complex technical information and develop practical solutions

* Strong scripting and programming experience using Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or similar technologies

* 8+ years of relevant experience working with FIX connectivity, messaging, or integration

* Proven experience completing exchange connectivity and third-party vendor certification processes

* Knowledge of external trading networks and execution or order management platforms such as TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen, or comparable systems

* Experience with messaging technologies and troubleshooting network protocols such as TCP and multicast would be highly valued

* [8+ years of operational experience supporting real-time market data distribution platforms, including technologies or components comparable to DACS, ADH, and ADS]

* [Knowledge of multicast traffic management, feed arbitration, data sequencing, and message-queue technologies]

* [5+ years of operational experience supporting time-series databases or analytics platforms such as kdb+, Shakti, or similar technologies]

Soft Skills:

* Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with traders, developers, technical teams, and business stakeholders

* Comfortable operating in high-pressure production environments alongside trading and engineering teams

* Self-motivated, adaptable, and proactive, with a collaborative and solutions-focused approach

* Able to manage demanding deadlines and shifting priorities within a fast-paced trading environment

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.