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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Equity Trading / Fidessa / FIX Introduction:

We are seeking a highly motivated Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join the Equity Trading Platform Engineering team supporting mission-critical trading applications and Fidessa OMS/EMS workflows used by internal business users and external clients.

The SRE will be responsible for the stability, resiliency, performance, availability, and production support of front-office equity trading systems.

• Provide front-line SRE and production support for Equity Trading Systems, including Fidessa workflows.
• Support critical trading workflows such as order routing, FIX connectivity, and algorithmic trading.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex application, infrastructure, connectivity, and database issues.
• Monitor application and infrastructure health and develop/enhance monitoring and observability solutions.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortems.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and operational tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve production issues and improve platform stability.
• Identify opportunities to improve monitoring, automation, operational processes, and platform architecture.
• Participate in global production support, including on-call rotations.

• Trading / Capital Markets: Strong production support experience with front-office trading systems. Hands-on experience with the Fidessa OMS/EMS platform. Strong understanding of FIX Protocol and trading workflows. Experience supporting multiple asset classes.
• Operating Systems & Scripting: Strong troubleshooting experience with Linux, Unix, Windows Server, and databases. Strong scripting/automation experience with Python, Bash, SQL, and more.
• Monitoring & Observability: Experience with tools like Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and more.
• Databases: Experience with databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
• Messaging & Integration: Working knowledge of messaging platforms like IBM MQ, Kafka, and more.
• Networking: Strong understanding of networking concepts like TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast, and more.
• DevOps / CI/CD: Hands-on experience with tools like Jenkins, Git, Ansible, and more.
• Cloud & Containers: Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and more.
• Soft Skills: Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to work effectively within a global team. Strong ownership, prioritization, and time-management skills. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

• Experience supporting front-office Equity Trading platforms.
• Strong Capital Markets and trading workflow knowledge.
• Experience with SRE practices, automation, and observability.
• Experience working within a 24x7 global production support organization.

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