Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

TheStaffed • New York, NY

13h

About The Position

Our client is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 10–15 years of experience to support front-office trading systems in a production environment. This role focuses on troubleshooting complex trading infrastructure, managing observability, and collaborating across trading and technology teams to ensure system reliability and performance.

Requirements

• 10–15 years of experience supporting front-office trading systems, OMS/EMS platforms, and order management infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of FIX Protocol (4.2, 4.4, 5.0), order routing, trade lifecycle, and client connectivity
• Proficiency with Linux/Unix , Windows Server , networking fundamentals, and database troubleshooting
• Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools: Splunk , Grafana , Prometheus , Nagios , Datadog , OpenTelemetry , CloudWatch , or ELK Stack
• Scripting expertise: Python , Bash/Shell , PowerShell , Perl , and SQL
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Fidessa or similar trading systems platforms is a plus

Responsibilities

• Support front-office trading systems in production, troubleshooting across Linux/Unix, Windows Server, networking, databases, messaging, and application layers
• Monitor and maintain production trading environments using observability and monitoring technologies; assess business and operational impact of incidents
• Analyze FIX Protocol messages (4.2, 4.4, 5.0) and session behavior; support order routing, client connectivity, and post-trade processing workflows
• Collaborate with traders, business users, technology teams, and infrastructure teams to resolve issues and optimize system performance
• Perform client onboarding flows and support Equities and Capital Markets trading operations
• Develop and maintain monitoring dashboards, alerts, and logging infrastructure
• Use scripting and automation (Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell, Perl, SQL) to improve operational efficiency and system reliability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed