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Title: DevOps Engineer Location: Houston, TX 77079 United States (Onsite) Job Type: Contract Job Duration: Approx. 07 months (High possibility of longer extensions) Client: Energy Sector Job Description: Required Industry Knowledge: Understanding of all major global futures exchanges Knowledge of full exchange-traded derivatives trade lifecycle Minimum of 8 years experience in Commodity Trading & Capital Markets / Investment Banks to bring credible externalization of mindset and approach and ensure we are cost: value competitive Knowledge of market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, etc.) and liquidity aggregation platforms. [Minimum of 8 years of knowledge of Realtime Market Data distribution platforms, individual Feedhandlers and Enterprise level Realtime consolidated feeds] [Minimum of 8 years of knowledge of timeseries analytic frameworks include KDB, Shakti or similar technologies] Role Overview: As DevOps Engineer , you will be a hands-on Engineer and be a member of a small high performing, team responsible for global derivatives trading production environments. Your work will be driven both by product teams but also engineering team backlogs of improvements and tech debt. Work includes - Ensure proactive management of critical endto-end workflows, continuously improving stability and resilience through close collaboration with delivery and infrastructure teams Assist with troubleshooting and issue resolution across development, support, and technical business users. Serve as a subject matter expert for trading systems initiatives. Hands-on experience in supporting scalable algorithmic trading technology in a compliant and flexible way. Experience of Algo regulation, audit and compliance & RTS6) is highly desirable Being part of the on-call rotation working as part of a global team development engineer Key Skills and Experience required: Solid track record in application deployment best practices 10 years+ experience with Front Office application support and vendor management Rapid incident response to maintain continuous trading operations, turning quick fixes into robust, scalable solutions Proactive system monitoring and troubleshooting, owning reliability improvements and ensuring their successful delivery Understanding of trading lifecycle, including order capture & execution, allocation workflow, settlement, and compliance requirements Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data sets and propose innovative solutions. Must have strong technical skills in scripting, Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or other programming languages 8 years+ solid relevant FIX Engineering experience Proven experience with exchange and vendor certification Knowledge of Third-Party Networks and EMS/OMS software vendors. (e.g., TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen) Experience in messaging systems, and experience debugging network protocols such as TCP, multicast, would be highly regarded. [8 years+ operational experience in supporting market data distribution platforms such as, Real Time Distribution Systems (RTDS) knowledge for DACS, ADH & ADS components] [Knowledge of Multicast data traffic management, arbitration, and message queueing] [5 years+ operational experience in supporting time series frameworks such as KDB, Shakti] Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills to interact with traders, developers, and stakeholders. Thrives in high-pressure situations while working alongside traders, developers, and other engineering teams. Proactive, self-motivated, and flexible with a positive attitude. Ability to work under demanding deadlines with changing priorities in a trading room environment.