Site Reliability Engineer

Stellent IT LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellent IT LLC is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support mission-critical Equity Trading platforms, Fidessa OMS/EMS, and related infrastructure in New York.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in production support with Capital Markets experience, hands-on FIX, Linux/Unix, monitoring, CI/CD, and cloud technologies. This on-site role in NYC offers exposure to 24x7 operations and collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SRE / Production Support experience.
• Strong Capital Markets / Equity Trading experience.
• Fidessa OMS/EMS and FIX Protocol experience.
• Linux/Unix and Windows Server.
• Python, Shell/Bash, SQL, PowerShell, or Perl.
• Monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Nagios, or ELK.
• Messaging: IBM MQ, Kafka, Tibco EMS, ActiveMQ, or AWS SQS/SNS.
• Jenkins, Git, Terraform, Ansible, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow.
• AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Helm.
• Strong troubleshooting, incident management, RCA, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide L3 production support for Equity Trading platforms and Fidessa OMS/EMS.
• Support trading workflows including Order Routing, FIX Connectivity, DMA, Algorithmic Trading, Drop-Copy, and Client Connectivity.
• Troubleshoot complex application, infrastructure, and trading issues and perform RCA.
• Monitor and improve platform availability, performance, and reliability.
• Develop automation using Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell, SQL, or Perl.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and production releases.
• Create and maintain runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and support documentation.
• Collaborate with traders, developers, QA, infrastructure, Middle Office, and global support teams.
• Participate in incident management, post-mortems, and global on-call rotations.

Skills

SRE/Production

Capital Markets

Equity Trading

Fidessa OMS/EMS

FIX Protocol

Linux/Unix

Windows Server

Python

Shell/Bash

SQL

PowerShell

Perl

Monitoring

CI/CD

Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

IBM MQ

Kafka

Tibco EMS

ActiveMQ

AWS SQS/SNS

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Helm

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

Datadog

Nagios

ELK

IBM MQ

Kafka

Tibco EMS

ActiveMQ

AWS SQS/SNS

Job description

Role: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Equity Trading Platform

Location: New York, NY
Experience: 5+ Years
Interview: Virtual, following the final round on-site

Job Overview

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support mission-critical Equity Trading platforms and Fidessa OMS/EMS. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in production support, FIX Protocol, Linux/Unix, monitoring, automation, CI/CD, cloud technologies, and Capital Markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L3 production support for Equity Trading platforms and Fidessa OMS/EMS.
• Support trading workflows including Order Routing, FIX Connectivity, DMA, Algorithmic Trading, Drop-Copy, and Client Connectivity.
• Troubleshoot complex application, infrastructure, and trading issues and perform RCA.
• Monitor and improve platform availability, performance, and reliability.
• Develop automation using Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell, SQL, or Perl.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and production releases.
• Create and maintain runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and support documentation.
• Collaborate with traders, developers, QA, infrastructure, Middle Office, and global support teams.
• Participate in incident management, post-mortems, and global on-call rotations.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of SRE / Production Support experience.
• Strong Capital Markets / Equity Trading experience.
• Fidessa OMS/EMS and FIX Protocol experience.
• Linux/Unix and Windows Server.
• Python, Shell/Bash, SQL, PowerShell, or Perl.
• Monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Nagios, or ELK.
• Messaging: IBM MQ, Kafka, Tibco EMS, ActiveMQ, or AWS SQS/SNS.
• Jenkins, Git, Terraform, Ansible, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow.
• AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Helm.
• Strong troubleshooting, incident management, RCA, and communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience supporting Front Office Equity Trading platforms.
• Knowledge of trade lifecycle, post-trade processing, DMA, and algorithmic trading.
• Experience in highly available 24x7 production environments.
• Strong understanding of SRE and operational excellence practices.