VP, Site Reliable Engineer (SRE) for Equity Trading Platform

Jefferies Financial Group • New York, NY

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About The Position

Jefferies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to support Equity Front Office trading applications, risk and middle-office real-time products, and Equity Cash and ETS applications. As part of the wider platform engineering team, the role works closely throughout the day with business users and technical, analysis, and testing colleagues. The business is a growth area with ongoing investment in technology, business, and middle-office functions.

The position provides front-line site reliability engineering and support for equity trading systems used by Jefferies clients and internal users. It includes global production support, incident response, platform management, capacity planning, automation, monitoring, infrastructure and deployment work, and collaboration with business, application, development, and infrastructure teams. Weekend availability and participation in on-call rotations are required to support production systems and 24/7 availability.

Requirements

• Strong experience with Windows and Linux/Unix services.
• Strong experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and SQL.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring tools such as Nagios, Splunk, OTEL, and Datadog.
• Strong knowledge of the FIX protocol.
• Working experience in capital markets across modules and instruments, especially Cash, ETS, bonds, options, futures, and swaps.
• Experience in Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) domain applications and a proper understanding of the trade lifecycle.
• Excellent communication, time management, and project management skills.
• Availability to provide weekend production support and participate in on-call rotations.

Responsibilities

• Provide front-line site reliability engineering and support for equity trading systems used by clients and internal users.
• Build monitoring tools for application and infrastructure components.
• Implement and manage scalable infrastructure using cloud-native technologies and tools.
• Gather and analyze operating-system and application metrics to support performance tuning and fault finding.
• Partner with business, development, and infrastructure teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment processes.
• Deploy new systems expediently.
• Perform capacity planning, platform management, and support for increasing volumes and business growth.
• Create sustainable systems and services through automation.
• Collaborate with application teams to establish and enforce production and development standards.
• Document procedures, best practices, and troubleshooting FAQs.
• Resolve complex application and technical problems.
• Debug systems and fix production-related issues.
• Escalate and follow up on permanent fixes for development-related issues.
• Lead incident response efforts and post-mortem analysis to prevent future occurrences.
• Handle complex operational tasks and recommend process and technology changes.
• Provide global support, including weekend availability to troubleshoot production issues and perform checkouts.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 system availability and support.
• Support compliance and legal queries.
• Work independently and collaboratively in an energetic, diverse environment.

What This Job Offers

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