Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for Equity Trading Platform

Jefferies; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment banking firm is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to support their Equity Front-office trading application. This role involves collaborating with various teams, developing monitoring tools, and ensuring the stability of critical systems. The ideal candidate should possess strong skills in Windows and Linux services, scripting languages, and monitoring tools. This position also requires participation in on-call rotations to maintain systems availability. Candidates should have experience in the BFSI domain and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Windows and Linux/Unix services.
• Strong experience in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and SQL.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring tools.
• FIX protocol knowledge
• Capital Markets domain experience across CASH, ETS, Bonds, Options, Futures and Swaps
• BFSI domain understanding of trade lifecycle
• Excellent communication, time-management and project-management skills

Responsibilities

• Support Equity trading systems used by Jefferies clients.
• Build monitoring tools for application and infrastructure components.
• Implement and manage scalable infrastructure using cloud-native technologies.
• Gather and analyze OS and application metrics for performance tuning and fault finding
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments
• Lead incident response and post-mortem analyses to prevent recurrence

Skills

Windows Services

Linux/Unix Services

PowerShell

Python

SQL

Nagios

Splunk

OTEL

Datadog

FIX Protocol

Tools

Nagios

Splunk

OTEL

Datadog

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for Equity Trading Platform

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. ("Jefferies," "we," "us" or "our") is a U.S.-headquartered global full‑service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker‑dealer, was founded in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker‑dealer, was established in 1986. We focus on building out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses, and continuing to develop our Leucadia Asset Management platform. Our expertise spans equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Job Description

Jefferies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to play an instrumental role in supporting the Equity Front‑office trading application, risk and middle‑office real‑time products that are developed and used for Equity Cash and ETS applications.

As part of the wider platform engineering team, you will work closely with business users throughout the day, along with technical, analysis and testing colleagues. Investigation and resolution of the work items at hand will require competent technical skills and a keen intellect. The business is a growth area, with current investments taking place in all the technology, business and middle‑office areas.

Job Duties:

• Front‑line Site Reliable Engineering and Support functions for Equity trading systems used by Jefferies clients as well as internal users.
• Build monitoring tools for application and infrastructure components.
• Implement and manage scalable infrastructure using cloud‑native technologies and tools.
• Gather and analyze metrics from operating systems as well as applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding.
• Partner with business, development and infrastructure teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment processes.
• Expedient deployment of new systems; capacity planning, platform management, and support for increasing volumes and business growth.
• Create sustainable systems and services through automation.
• Collaborate with application team to establish and enforce production and development standards.
• Document procedures, best practices and troubleshooting FAQs.
• Resolve complex application and technical problems.
• Debug system and fix production‑related issues.
• Escalate or follow up for permanent fixes for development‑related issues.
• Lead incident response efforts and post‑mortem analysis to prevent future occurrences.
• Handle complex operational tasks and recommend process and technology changes.
• Provide global support, including weekend availability to troubleshoot production‑related issues and perform checkouts.
• Work independently and in groups in an energetic, diverse environment.
• Participate in on‑call rotations to ensure 24/7 system availability and support.
• Support compliance and legal queries.

Experience / Skills Required:

• Strong experience in Windows and Linux/Unix services.
• Strong experience in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python and SQL.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring tools – Nagios, Splunk, OTEL, Datadog.
• Strong knowledge of FIX protocol.
• Domain skills – experience in Capital Markets across modules and instruments, especially CASH, ETS, Bonds, Options, Futures and Swaps products.
• Experience in the BFSI (Banking and Financial Services Industry) domain with a proper understanding of the trade lifecycle.
• Excellent communication, time‑management and project‑management skills.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We are committed to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live.

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