Senior DevOps Engineer

Overview

Senior DevOps Engineer - Trading & Supply Sector: Trading & Supply Location: Hybrid, 2 days a week in London

Day rate: £650 - £750 (potentially higher for the right candidate) IR35: Inside

Role Overview

As a DevOps Engineer, you will be a hands-on member of a small, high-performing team responsible for global derivatives trading production environments. Both product teams and engineering backlogs will guide your work focused on improvements and technical debt.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage critical end-to-end workflows, improving stability and resilience through close collaboration with delivery and infrastructure teams.
• Assist with troubleshooting and issue resolution across development, support, and technical business users.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for trading systems initiatives.
• Support scalable algorithmic trading technology in a compliant and flexible manner.
• Participate in the global on-call rotation alongside other development engineers.

Required Industry Knowledge

• Understanding of all major global futures exchanges.
• Knowledge of the full exchange-traded derivatives lifecycle.
• Minimum 8 years' experience in Commodity Trading & Capital Markets / Investment Banking.
• Familiarity with market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv) and liquidity aggregation platforms.
• Understanding of financial regulations such as MiFID II, EMIR, and FCA guidelines.
• 8+ years' experience with real-time market data distribution platforms, feed handlers, and enterprise-level consolidated feeds.
• 8+ years' experience with time-series analytic frameworks (kdb, shakti, or similar technologies).
• Front office application support and vendor management (10+ years).
• FIX engineering, including vendor and exchange certification (8+ years).
• 8 years+ operational experience in supporting market data distribution platforms such as Real Time Distribution Systems (RTDS) knowledge for DACS, ADH & ADS components.
• Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or other scripting/programming languages.
• 5+ years' operational experience supporting time-series frameworks (kdb, shakti).
• Experience with messaging systems and debugging network protocols (TCP, multicast).
• Knowledge of third-party networks and EMS/OMS software vendors (TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen).
• Strong understanding of the trading lifecycle.
• Minimum 8 years' experience in Commodity Trading & Capital Markets / Investment Banking.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills, able to interact with traders, developers, and stakeholders.
• Thrives in high-pressure trading environments alongside traders, developers, and engineering teams.
• Proactive, self-motivated, flexible, with a positive attitude.
• Ability to work under demanding deadlines with changing priorities in a trading room environment.