Senior DevOps Engineer - Front Office Trading Systems
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Senior, Expert
Houston, TX, USA
In PersonHouston-based contract position.
IT Operations
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required
About the job
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in commodity trading, capital markets, or investment banking technology environments.
- Extensive experience supporting front-office trading applications and production environments.
- Strong hands-on FIX protocol engineering experience, including exchange connectivity and vendor certification.
- Understanding of global futures exchanges and exchange-traded derivatives workflows.
- Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, C#, or SQL.
- Experience with application deployment, production monitoring, incident response, and troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of EMS/OMS platforms, including Trading Technologies, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen, or comparable systems.
- Strong understanding of network protocols, messaging systems, and trading application integrations.
- Ability to work directly with traders and technical teams in a high-pressure production environment.
- Willingness to participate in global on-call support.
Responsibilities
- Maintain the stability, availability, and performance of global derivatives trading applications.
- Provide rapid incident response and troubleshooting for business-critical trading systems.
- Support front-office trading workflows, including order capture, execution, allocation, and settlement.
- Work directly with traders, developers, and infrastructure teams to resolve production issues.
- Participate in a global on-call rotation to support trading operations.
- Improve application deployment processes, production monitoring, and system reliability.
- Develop scripts and automation using Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or similar technologies.
- Identify recurring incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable technical solutions.
- Support engineering improvements, application releases, and technical debt reduction.
- Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to improve operational efficiency.
- Support FIX protocol connectivity, exchange integrations, and vendor certification activities.
- Troubleshoot trading connectivity, messaging, and network communication issues.
- Support EMS/OMS platforms and third-party trading technologies.
- Maintain and troubleshoot real-time market data distribution systems.
- Support market data feeds, multicast messaging, and time-series analytics platforms.
Desired Qualifications
- At least 10 years of front-office application support and vendor management experience.
- Experience supporting real-time market data distribution platforms, including RTDS, DACS, ADH, or ADS.
- Experience with time-series analytics technologies such as kdb+ or Shakti.
- Knowledge of multicast traffic management, message queuing, and TCP/IP troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and liquidity aggregation platforms.
- Experience supporting algorithmic trading platforms.
- Knowledge of algorithmic trading regulations, audit requirements, and RTS 6 compliance.
About the company
ECI Group through Enduraclad International provides wear protection solutions, including wear steel and ceramic liner plates, as well as steel, ceramic and polymer linings and smooth overlays. Its products extend equipment life by supplying durable wear-resistant surfaces for harsh industrial service, manufactured in two ISO-certified workshops in Western Australia with a direct national and international supply chain. The company prioritizes quality with ISO 9001:2015 certification and Equal Assurance verification to standardize processes and maintain product quality. It differentiates itself as a one-stop shop for wear solutions with in-house manufacturing and a broad product range, aiming to deliver reliable wear protection to industrial customers across Australia and beyond and help reduce downtime.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
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Founded
2011
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What believers are saying
- ECI acquired Ardmore at Flowers in Clayton, N.C., first Almanac-backed deal.
- ECI provided a $17.66 million mezzanine loan for Davenport, Florida, proving lending traction.
- ECI won 2026 Best Places to Work in Multifamily, aiding recruiting and retention.
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What makes ECI Group unique
- ECI and ApexOne have acquired or developed 50,000 units across 160 communities.
- Almanac committed $350 million in 2024, plus ECI's integrated own-develop-manage-lend model.
- ECI targets existing multifamily assets, workforce housing, and value-add redevelopments, not pure ground-up.
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