Site Reliability Engineer

Methodhub; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

MethodHub is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support mission-critical Equity Trading Platforms and front‑office trading applications in Jersey City. The role requires on‑call production support and in‑person collaboration.

You will work with Fidessa, FIX, OMS/EMS, and messaging stacks, ensuring high availability through Linux/Windows troubleshooting, scripting, and modern CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Git, Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD) on AWS with Docker and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Fidessa, FIX protocols, and equity trading systems.
• Experience with OMS/EMS, FIX connectivity, order routing, DMA, and drop-copy flows.
• Deep knowledge of capital markets and the equity trading lifecycle.
• Strong troubleshooting across Linux/Unix, Windows, networking, and databases.
• Scripting and automation with Python, Perl, Bash/Shell, or PowerShell.
• Proficient in monitoring tools like Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or Dynatrace.
• Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka, IBM MQ, Tibco EMS, or ActiveMQ.
• CI/CD and DevOps tooling: Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and production incident management.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-call production support for front-office trading applications.
• Troubleshoot FIX connectivity and ensure high availability of trading systems.

Skills

Fidessa, FIX Protocol 4.2/4.4/5.0

Equity Trading Systems

OMS/EMS, FIX connectivity, order; DMA,

Capital Markets & Equity lifecycle

Linux/Unix, Windows, networking, DBs

Scripting: Python, Perl, Bash, Power​S

Monitoring: Splunk, Grafana, PromQL

Messaging: Kafka, IBM MQ, Tibco EMS, A

CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, Git, Bitbuc,

AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, incident mgt

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

ArgoCD

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

Dynatrace

Kafka

IBM MQ

Tibco EMS

ActiveMQ

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Must be available for IN-PERSON interviews and work in Jersey City.

Must be comfortable with evening/weekend production support and on-call rotations.

Location: Jersey City, NJ / NYC

Duration: Long-term Contract

We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support mission-critical Equity Trading Platforms and front-office trading applications.

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong hands‑on experience with Fidessa, FIX Protocol (4.2/4.4/5.0) and Equity Trading Systems.
• Experience with OMS/EMS, FIX connectivity, order routing, DMA, and drop‑copy flows.
• Strong understanding of Capital Markets and the Equity Trading Lifecycle.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills across Linux/Unix, Windows, networking, and databases.
• Scripting and automation using Python, Perl, Bash/Shell, or PowerShell.
• Monitoring tools: Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Dynatrace, or similar.
• Messaging platforms: Kafka, IBM MQ, Tibco EMS, or ActiveMQ.
• CI/CD and DevOps tools: Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, Terraform, Ansible, and ArgoCD.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and production incident management.

What We're Looking For:

A strong production support/SRE professional with hands‑on experience supporting front‑office trading applications, troubleshooting FIX connectivity, managing production incidents, and ensuring high availability of critical trading systems.