IT Operations Engineer – Trading / Market Data

Intellect Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector is seeking a Senior IT Operations Engineer to enhance the performance and reliability of their trading infrastructure. This role requires expertise in low-latency environments and a problem-solving mindset. You will work with advanced observability tools and collaborate with various teams to ensure optimal system performance. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about trading technology, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Autonomy to drive improvements

Exposure to high-frequency trading systems

Qualifications

• Strong infrastructure and networking experience in trading or market data.
• Experience in low-latency environments.

Responsibilities

• Real-time performance monitoring and troubleshooting across trading infrastructure.
• Enhancing observability with custom tooling and integrations.

Skills

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Tools

tcpdump

Wireshark

Corvil

Job description

IT Operations Engineer – Trading / Market Data

IT Operations Engineer – Trading / Market Data

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IT Operations Engineer – Trading Infrastructure / Market Data

We're hiring a Senior IT Operations Engineer to join a high-impact team supporting the performance and reliability of real-time trading infrastructure. This is a hands-on role in a low-latency environment where milliseconds matter—and where your expertise can directly influence market data delivery and trade execution at scale.

You'll be working with cutting-edge observability tooling and complex distributed systems, helping to ensure uptime, optimise performance, and troubleshoot across the full tech stack—from the network layer through to application metrics.

This role is ideal for an engineer with strong infrastructure and networking experience, particularly in trading, market data, or similarly demanding environments. You'll bring a problem-solving mindset, attention to detail, and a passion for systems that operate at speed.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Real-time performance monitoring and telemetry systems
• Troubleshooting network and systems-level issues across trading infrastructure
• Enhancing observability with custom tooling and integrations
• Collaborating closely with infrastructure, DevOps, and engineering teams
• Network protocols and analysis tools (tcpdump, Wireshark, Corvil)

What You’ll Get

• A key role in a fast-paced, technically advanced environment
• Autonomy to drive improvements in system performance and reliability
• Exposure to high-frequency, low-latency trading systems
• Hybrid working model with flexibility and occasional office visits
• Opportunity to collaborate with expert engineers in a performance-critical domain

If you're ready to take the lead on challenging infrastructure problems and thrive in a trading tech environment where quality and speed are paramount—get in touch or apply now.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Financial Services and Information Services

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