Endur Technical Architect

JR United Kingdom; Reading; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Power and Gas industry is seeking a skilled architect for their next-generation trading platform. This role involves working closely with various stakeholders to design and implement bespoke energy trading systems. The ideal candidate must have a strong functional understanding of physical trading, architecture design experience, and be proficient in modern cloud technologies and methodologies.

Qualifications

• Experience in physical energy trading systems (Gas/Power).
• Proficiency in data modeling, architecture design patterns.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design the architecture of modern energy trading systems.
• Perform requirement gathering and analysis.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communication.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Stakeholder Management

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

MongoDB

Ansible

Terraform

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Contract Length: Until 31st December 2025 (Possibility of extension)

Industry: Power and Gas

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.

What you will do:

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

What you will have:

• 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.
• Demonstrated capability across most of the following architecture facets:
• 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.
• 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)
• Integration - Expert experience with integration techniques, including real-time messaging (AMQ), API design (JSON, Swagger), and batch techniques.
• 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.
• Thorough understanding of Agile delivery methodology
• Candidate must be able to work in small teams, or alone, for project delivery
• Candidate should be able to exhibit strong analytical and problem-solving skills, to deliver high quality solutions to clients
• Candidate should be able to liaise with other teams to resolve cross functional issues
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Technical Must Have Skills: Familiarity with Microservices architecture and related technologies (containerization, messaging, caching). Familiarity with Cloud hosting (AWS).
• Functional Must Have Skills: Full Lifecycle Physical Energy Trading Experience, ideally in Power and/or Gas markets.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.