Lead Devops Engineer

Overview

Lead DevOps Engineer – Houston, United States

Qualifications (Required)

• 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
• 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
• 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

Responsibilities

• As a DevOps Engineer, you will be a hands-on member of a small, high-performing engineering team supporting global production trading environments. Responsibilities will be shaped by product delivery requirements, operational priorities, platform improvements, and technical debt initiatives.
• 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
• Participate in a global on-call rotation alongside development and production engineering teams
• Experience working with algorithmic trading regulations, audit requirements, compliance controls, or RTS 6 would be beneficial

Key Skills and Experience

• 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

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.