CFD Trading Operations Architect

Traze; Dubai; On-site; AED 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Zeal Group in Dubai is seeking a hands-on Trading Operations professional to keep our CFD environment running. You will manage MT4/MT5 configurations, pricing, and instrument setup while ensuring accurate risk and compliance controls in a fast-paced market.

Responsibilities include live rollout of new instruments, monitoring liquidity and execution quality, investigating incidents, and producing daily P&L and reconciliations. A degree in finance or CS is required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in Dealing, Trading Operations or Dealing Support at a CFD/FX broker.
• Hands-on MT4/MT5 administration — not user-level familiarity
• Working knowledge of CFDs, FX, indices and commodities
• Practical experience configuring swaps, dividends, expiries, leverage/margin and instrument specs
• Advanced Excel
• High precision under time pressure — a configuration error here is a financial loss
• Availability for early, late, weekend and public holiday shifts
• SQL and/or Python for reporting, reconciliation or automation
• VBA (advantageous)
• Experience with bridges (PrimeXM, oneZero, Centroid, Brokeree), LP connectivity or FIX
• MT5 Manager/Web API exposure
• Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or similar

Responsibilities

• Administer MT4/MT5 groups, symbols, securities, managers and routing configurations
• Configure swaps, dividends, expiries, corporate actions, sessions, leverage and margin
• Lead operational setup of new instruments and products through to live rollout
• Monitor pricing, spreads, liquidity, execution quality and platform health; escalate anomalies
• Investigate execution incidents — slippage, rejections, requotes, off-market fills
• Track economic releases, rollovers and holiday schedules; implement session adjustments
• Support Risk Management with operational implementation of approved risk and trading decisions
• Produce daily P&L reporting, reconciliations and exception reports
• Monitor third-party providers, bridges and connectivity; manage escalation with Technology and vendors
• Maintain shift handover, incident logs, SOPs and audit trails for Compliance
• Test new dealing tools, plugins and automation; identify manual processes to automate
• Work daily with Risk, Risk Intelligence, Technology, Compliance and Sales

Skills

MT4/MT5 administration

CFDs/FX knowledge

Advanced Excel

SQL/Python reporting

Attention to detail

Bridges/ FIX experience

MT5 Manager/Web API exposure

Shift work

VBA (advantageous)

Education

Finance/Economics/Mathematics/CS/Engineering degree

Tools

PrimeXM

oneZero

Centroid

Brokeree

Job description

Zeal Group in Dubai is seeking a hands-on Trading Operations professional to keep our CFD environment running. You will manage MT4/MT5 configurations, pricing, and instrument setup while ensuring accurate risk and compliance controls in a fast-paced market.

Responsibilities include live rollout of new instruments, monitoring liquidity and execution quality, investigating incidents, and producing daily P&L and reconciliations. A degree in finance or CS is required.