Senior DevOps Engineer | Front Office Trading Systems
Engineers and Constructors International Inc.1 day ago
Houston, TX, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Maintain the stability, availability, and performance of global derivatives trading applications.
- Provide rapid incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and sustainable technical solutions for business-critical production issues.
- Support front-office trading workflows involving order capture, execution, allocation, and settlement while working with traders, developers, and infrastructure teams.
- Improve application deployment, production monitoring, system reliability, operational efficiency, and technical debt reduction.
- Develop scripts and automation using Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or similar technologies.
- Participate in a global on-call rotation supporting trading operations.
- Support FIX protocol connectivity, exchange integrations, vendor certification, trading messaging, and network communications.
- Maintain and troubleshoot real-time market data distribution, market data feeds, multicast messaging, and time-series analytics platforms.
- Support EMS/OMS platforms, third-party trading technologies, and algorithmic trading platforms.
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 Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or comparable scripting or programming languages.
- Experience with application deployment, production monitoring, incident response, and troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of EMS/OMS platforms such as 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.
- Preferred experience with RTDS, DACS, ADH, ADS, kdb+, Shakti, multicast traffic management, message queuing, TCP/IP troubleshooting, Bloomberg, Refinitiv, liquidity aggregation platforms, algorithmic trading platforms, and RTS 6 compliance.
Benefits
- Houston-based contract position with an estimated duration of 8 weeks, from November 9, 2026 through December 31, 2026.
- Participation in a global on-call rotation is required.
- The employer uses AI-assisted tools during early application review, with human oversight and GDPR-compliant data protection practices.
About Engineers and Constructors International Inc.
Engineers and Constructors International Inc. (ECI Group) is a multi-discipline engineering consultancy that provides process design, detailed engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) for polymer, chemical, and industrial plants, plus technical staffing. It serves owners and operators across full plant lifecycles, from revamps to greenfield facilities. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the privately held firm operates globally and covers instrument/control, electrical/power, mechanical/piping, civil/structural, and process engineering.