Trading Infrastructure Engineer

SIG Susquehanna; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SIG Susquehanna in Sydney seeks a Trading Infrastructure engineer to own architecture and design of automation tooling for deployment, monitoring and operations. You will lead production resilience and streamline processes across diverse environments, collaborating with developers and production engineers in a fast-paced trading context.

The role emphasizes scripting, CI/CD orchestration, and cloud infrastructure management, with opportunities to shape critical systems used on the financial

Qualifications

• Experience in infrastructure support, deployment and monitoring.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, PowerShell).
• Experience with Windows or Linux OS environments.
• Experience with messaging systems and debugging TCP/multicast networks.
• Hands-on with CI/CD orchestration tools and deployment platforms.
• Proficiency with Git-based version control (GitLab).
• Knowledge of RBAC security models.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and manage CI/CD pipelines across platforms and environments.
• Collaborate with production engineers and developers in a tight-knit team.
• Automate processes to improve efficiency and quality.
• Administer and monitor environments and system health.
• Manage and configure cloud infrastructure services.
• Adopt an automation-first approach in trading systems and development lifecycles.
• Troubleshoot issues during testing and provide production launch support.
• Diagnose and resolve post-deployment issues, patch servers and apply automated hardening policies.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

CI/CD

Windows

Linux

Networking

Octopus Deploy

GitLab

RBAC

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Octopus Deploy

GitLab

Job description

Overview

As a Trading Infrastructure engineer, you play a key role in the delivery of critical technology solutions that support Susquehanna's business objectives. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the software development life cycle, IT operational processes, and strong systems thinking. The expectation is that you’re able to own the architecture and design of the systems and tools that enable automating and optimizing our operations and processes, build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations, as well as troubleshooting and resolving issues across our environments. Your work will focus on:

• Improving resilience of our systems in production
• Provide technical leadership and direction for the Trading Infrastructure team
• Unblock strategic projects across the team
• Improve developer productivity

In this role, you will:

• Design, implement and manage our CI/CD pipelines on different platforms and environments.
• Work closely with production engineers and developers in a tight knit business facing team
• Automate processes to gain efficiency and quality.
• Administer and monitor different environments and systems health.
• Manage and configure cloud infrastructure services.
• Take an automation first approach in responsible areas including trading systems and development lifecycles systems and backup operations.
• Help troubleshoot issues during testing and provide production launch support.
• Provide support and troubleshooting on production systems including diagnosing and resolving post deployment issues, patching servers, implementing automated server hardening policies, investing / resolving and downtime incidents.

What we're looking for

• Strong experience in infrastructure support, deployment and monitoring.
• Must have strong technical skills in scripting (e.g. Python, PowerShell etc.).
• Experience in either Windows or Linux operating systems
• Experience in messaging systems, and experience debugging network protocols such as TCP, multicast, would be highly regarded
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD orchestration tools
• Exposure to deployment orchestration platforms (e.g.Octopus Deploy)
• Proficiencywith enterprise version control platforms (e.g.GitLab)
• Understanding and practical application of security models (e.g., RBAC)
• B.S. in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Financial trade floor experience is a plus but not essential, training will be provided

Personal Skills

• Initiative – proven record of seeking continuous improvement and implementing best practice in technology environment
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Self-motivated and creative
• Strong communication (verbal and written) – ability to convey technically complex subjects in a clear and concise manner
• Attention to detail – thorough in work carried out
• Interpersonal – friendly and approachable
• Teamwork – working together to meet deadlines
• Excellent time management, organization and prioritization skills
• Flexibility – all members of the team participate in early morning and out of hours support schedules
• Desire to learn and improve skills and knowledge

Susquehanna is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruitment process, please contact us.