Senior DevOps Engineer
Trading & Supply
ago
Location
Waterloo, London
Hybrid
Salary
Competitive
Employment Type
Contractor
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Our Client
Global Energy Company
SPECIALTY
Upstream/Downstream, Bio-Fuels, Integrated Gas, New Energies, Chemicals, Energy and Trading
INDUSTRY
Energy
Company Size
80000+ Employees
Aubay's Take
Our client is one of the Super Major global energy companies with who are working to power progress through cleaner energy solutions. You will have the opportunity to work in a challenging but rewarding environment that is fast paced and changing fundamentally, and work towards transforming the business of a Super Major energy company to meet the ambition to be a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, whilst delivering a world class business case that has a strong societal license to operate. In your role you will be expected to enact change and deliver value globally across business lines and geographies.
Role Summary
Aubay UK is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer – Trading & Supply to join a high-performing global team supporting business-critical derivatives trading platforms and production environments. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the stability, performance, and resilience of trading systems, working closely with traders, developers, infrastructure teams, and technology vendors. This is a hands-on position requiring strong operational support, troubleshooting, automation, and engineering capabilities within fast-paced trading environments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience supporting exchange-traded derivatives platforms, market data systems, FIX connectivity, and front-office trading applications, with a proven ability to manage incidents, improve platform reliability, and deliver robust technical solutions that support continuous trading operations.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years' experience within Commodity Trading, Capital Markets, or Investment Banking environments
- Strong knowledge of exchange-traded derivatives and the full trading lifecycle
- Experience supporting front-office trading applications and production trading environments
- Strong FIX protocol engineering and connectivity experience
- Experience with market data distribution platforms and market data providers
- Strong scripting and development skills using Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or similar technologies
- Experience with application deployment, production support, incident management, and operational excellence
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills within complex trading environments
- Experience working with global futures exchanges, trading platforms, and vendor integrations
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Experience with Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and liquidity aggregation platforms
- Knowledge of OMS/EMS platforms such as TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, or TradingScreen
- Experience supporting real-time market data distribution technologies
- Knowledge of time-series data platforms such as kdb, Shakti, or similar technologies
- Understanding of TCP, Multicast networking, and messaging technologies
- Experience with exchange and vendor certification processes
- Knowledge of algorithmic trading environments and related regulatory requirements
- Experience working within global DevOps and on-call support models
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Support and maintain global derivatives trading production environments
- Monitor critical trading workflows and drive improvements in platform stability and resilience
- Troubleshoot and resolve application, infrastructure, connectivity, and market data issues
- Respond rapidly to production incidents to minimise business impact and maintain trading continuity
- Work closely with developers, traders, infrastructure teams, and vendors to resolve issues and deliver improvements
- Serve as a subject matter expert for trading systems, market connectivity, and production support initiatives
- Support application deployments, upgrades, and production releases following DevOps best practices
- Manage and support FIX connectivity with exchanges, brokers, and third-party vendors
- Support market data distribution platforms and ensure timely delivery of real-time trading data
- Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency and reduce risk
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including platform monitoring, reliability, and performance optimisation
- Participate in a global on-call support rota and provide out-of-hours production support when required
- Maintain strong operational controls, documentation, and compliance with governance standards
- Contribute to engineering backlogs, technical debt reduction, and platform modernisation initiatives
- Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable, supportable, and business-focused solutions
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