Sr.Devops engineer with FIX Engineering experience

CGI•Houston, TX

35d•Hybrid

About The Position

We're growing rapidly and are looking for a Devops Engineer responsible for analyzing business processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. This role involves working closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and translating them into actionable requirements. Role Description The role centers on engineering, operating, and improving real‑time market‑data and trading‑workflow platforms that support global derivatives trading. It requires deep industry experience, strong technical capability, and the ability to operate in mission‑critical production environments. The engineer works as part of a small, high‑performing global team responsible for ensuring stability, resilience, and continuous improvement across trading systems, market‑data distribution, and time‑series analytics. This role is based out of Houston and is three days onsite(Hybrid role) Future Duties and Responsibilities . Own the reliability and performance of end‑to‑end derivatives‑trading workflows, driving proactive improvements across infrastructure and application layers . Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues spanning development teams, support groups, and technical business users . Act as a subject‑matter expert for trading‑system initiatives, market‑data platforms, and exchange‑connectivity workflows . Support scalable algorithmic‑trading environments with a strong focus on compliance, auditability, and regulatory requirements . Participate in a global on‑call rotation, ensuring uninterrupted trading operations across time zones

Requirements

Deep understanding of major global futures exchanges and the full exchange‑traded derivatives lifecycle
Minimum 8 years in commodity trading, capital markets, or investment‑bank environments
Strong knowledge of market‑data providers and liquidity‑aggregation platforms
Extensive experience with real‑time market‑data distribution platforms, feed handlers, and enterprise consolidated feeds
Long‑term experience with time‑series analytics frameworks such as kdb or shakti
Proven ability to deploy, operate, and improve production trading systems
10+ years supporting front‑office applications and managing vendor relationships
Rapid incident‑response capability with a focus on turning tactical fixes into durable solutions
Strong monitoring, troubleshooting, and reliability‑engineering mindset
Understanding of order capture, execution, allocation, settlement, and compliance workflows
Strong analytical skills and comfort working with complex data sets
Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or similar languages
8+ years of FIX engineering experience, including exchange and vendor certification
Familiarity with EMS/OMS platforms such as TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen
Experience with messaging systems and debugging TCP, multicast, and related network protocols
Operational experience with RTDS components (DACS, ADH, ADS) and multicast data‑traffic management
Hands‑on support of time‑series platforms such as kdb or shakti

Responsibilities

Own the reliability and performance of end‑to‑end derivatives‑trading workflows, driving proactive improvements across infrastructure and application layers
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues spanning development teams, support groups, and technical business users
Act as a subject‑matter expert for trading‑system initiatives, market‑data platforms, and exchange‑connectivity workflows
Support scalable algorithmic‑trading environments with a strong focus on compliance, auditability, and regulatory requirements
Participate in a global on‑call rotation, ensuring uninterrupted trading operations across time zones