Endur Technical Architect

Harvey Nash Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy is seeking an Endur Technical Architect to design the architecture of modern energy trading systems. This role involves working with various stakeholders to re-architect a Gas and Power trading platform using modern technologies. The ideal candidate should have robust experience in energy trading, data modeling, and be familiar with AWS and microservices architecture.

Qualifications

• Strong functional understanding of physical trading.
• Deep knowledge of data modeling for transactional and analytic use cases.
• Expert in architecture and design patterns for trading systems.

Responsibilities

• Re-architect/design needs of the Gas and Power trading platform.
• Manage communication across teams and vendors.
• Handle business changes and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Physical trading understanding (Gas/Power)

Data modelling for analytics

Architecture and design patterns

Integration techniques

DevOps practices

Agile delivery methodology

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Numerate degree

Tools

AWS

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Terraform

MongoDB

Ansible

CI/CD tools

Job description

Job Title: Endur Technical Architect

Location: 60/40 with 3 days in Canary Wharf OR Remote

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Length/End Date: 31st December with possibility of extension

Working hours: 40 hrs/week

Role Overview

Work directly with subject matter experts, Product owners, designers, technical leads and other architects to re-architect/design needs of next generation Gas and Power trading platform with modern technologies, consistent with business and technology strategies. Deep knowledge of energy trading and risk management processes across front, middle and back-office functionalities with an emphasis on physical trading.

1. Expert in designing the architecture of modern, bespoke Energy trading systems, including documenting and agreeing key design decisions and trade-offs across diverse stakeholders.
2. Perform requirement gathering, analysis and design across functional, non-functional technical, and operational domains.
3. Thought leader in respective domain, will be the key advisor to delivery and design reviews.
4. Handling business changes and managing stakeholder expectations
5. Manage communication across multiple teams, vendors, and consulting staff
6. Knowledge of deal lifecycle

Qualifications

Numerate degree

Key Skills

1. Strong functional understanding of physical trading preferably Gas and/or Power, ideally including complex contract optionality and portfolio and schedule optimization, Knowledge of Options modelling and Dependency graphs.
2. Data - Deep knowledge of data modelling for both transactional and analytic use cases, familiarity with real-time reporting techniques (including distributed caching), vendor and bespoke reporting tools, data migration and reconciliation techniques and tools. Familiarity with MongoDB unstructured Database.
3. Technical - Hands-on Expert with demonstrated experience in architecture and design patterns, their usage, implementation and implications, including documenting and agreeing the design inclusive of the trade-offs for commodity trading systems. Familiarity with core AWS product offerings; code development (C#/Java); microservice containerization tools (Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes); web UI development (React). Must understand Infrastructure as a Code (Terraform)
4. Integration - Expert experience with integration techniques, including real-time messaging (AMQ), API design (JSON, Swagger), and batch techniques.
5. Infrastructure and Operational - Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD, automated deployments via Ansible, GIT Repositories. cloud infrastructure offerings, Grid Computing elasticity, and cost optimization.
6. Thorough understanding of Agile delivery methodology
7. Candidate must be able to work in small teams, or alone, for project delivery
8. Candidate should be able to exhibit strong analytical and problem-solving skills, to deliver high quality solutions to clients
9. Candidate should be able to liaise with other teams to resolve cross functional issues
10. Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
11. Technical Must Have Skills: Familiarity with Microservices architecture and related technologies (containerization, messaging, caching). Familiarity with Cloud hosting (AWS).
12. Functional Must Have Skills: Full Lifecycle Physical Energy Trading Experience, ideally in Power and/or Gas markets.