Lead Devops Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 15, 2026. Salt scores C on the Alion truth index.
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Lead Devops Engineer
Ref: JO-2607-362190
IT
1,000 - 4,999 Employee
Environment:
Hybrid
Contract Type:
Contract
Starts:
2026-08-07
Duration:
6-12
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.