Infrastructure Project Manager – Trading Tech & Colocation

Qube Research & Technologies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating across liquid assets worldwide. As an Infrastructure Project Manager, you will join the IT Infrastructure team responsible for driving the evolution of QRT's next generation systems infrastructure.

You will lead end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent infrastructure projects supporting the expanding trading footprint.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years’ experience delivering electronic trading infrastructure implementations.
• Experience in the financial technology industry is a must.
• Knowledge of trading colocation environments is a must.
• Strong knowledge of trading infrastructure (Linux, Networking).
• Good working knowledge of exchange connectivity (market data/order entry).

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from initial engagement with requestors, translating business requirements into technical solutions, then implementing end-to-end delivery.
• Plan and manage end-to-end infrastructure delivery of new trading sites in colocation at proximity venues through effective project/task management and resource planning.
• Assist the networking team in gathering requirements and coordinating with vendors, brokers and exchanges for new connectivity/access to markets.
• Manage infrastructure provisioning and deployment across colocation and regional data centres, ensuring performance and scalability.
• Assist QRT infrastructure team in managing allocation of compute resources across all QRTs colocations and datacentres.
• Build up working knowledge of QRT’s business and technology stack.
• Ensure project stakeholders are kept up to date on status / timelines / project blockers using the Atlassian JIRA system.
• Ensuring infrastructure projects are delivered on time and to the highest quality.

Skills

Electronic trading infra

Project management

Linux

Networking

Colocation knowledge

Vendor coordination

Communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating across liquid assets worldwide. As an Infrastructure Project Manager, you will join the IT Infrastructure team responsible for driving the evolution of QRT's next generation systems infrastructure.

You will lead end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent infrastructure projects supporting the expanding trading footprint.