Sr DevOps production engineer W2 ONLY

United Global Technologies, Inc.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem

Job summary

United Global Technologies, Inc. is seeking a senior hands-on DevOps/production engineer with extensive front-office trading experience to support global derivatives systems.

You will own incident response, optimize connectivity, and help maintain live trading environments while working with traders and development teams. The role emphasizes FIX protocol engineering, exchange connectivity, and real-time market data distribution, with a global on-call rotation and hybrid onsite work in Houston.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in commodity trading, capital markets, or investment banking tech environments.
• 10+ years of front-office application support and vendor management preferred.
• Strong FIX protocol engineering experience (8+ years) with exchange connectivity and vendor certification.
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, C#, and SQL scripting; incident response and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain stability, availability, and performance of global derivatives trading apps.
• Provide rapid incident response for business-critical systems.
• Support front-office trading workflows: order capture, execution, allocation, settlement.
• Collaborate with traders, developers, and infra teams to resolve production issues.
• Participate in a global on-call rotation to support trading operations.

Skills

Front-office trading experience

FIX protocol engineering

Real-time market data

Scripting: Python/PowerShell/C#/SQL

Live trading operations support

On-call rotation

Tools

Trading Technologies

NYFIX

Bloomberg

TradingScreen

Job description

Hybrid 3 days onsite weekly in Houston, TX,

Can pay w-2 + per diem if you qualify.

NO SUBS, NO SPONSORSHIP, NO SUBCONTRACT COMPANIES

• Senior hands-on DevOps/production engineer with 8+ years supporting front-office commodity trading, derivatives, or capital markets systems;


• 10+ years of front-office application support and vendor management preferred.


• Must have strong FIX protocol engineering experience (8+ years), exchange connectivity and vendor certification, and knowledge of the exchange-traded derivatives lifecycle, including order execution, allocation, and settlement.


• Strong Python/PowerShell/C#/SQL scripting, production incident response, application deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting.


• Experience supporting EMS/OMS platforms, trading networks, and business-critical trading environments.


• Knowledge of real-time market data feeds, multicast/TCP networking, and market data distribution platforms.


• Must be comfortable supporting live trading operations, working directly with traders, and participating in a global on-call rotation.

Automatic rejections reasons candidate not qualified for this role/team:

• General DevOps/cloud engineers with no front-office trading experience;


• candidates with only back-office or downstream trade processing experience;


• no FIX protocol engineering or exchange connectivity experience;


• infrastructure-only profiles without hands-on application support or scripting;


• trading analysts or business users without technical production engineering experience;


• no experience supporting live, business-critical trading systems;


• candidates unfamiliar with exchange-traded derivatives and order execution workflows;


• primarily managerial profiles without recent hands-on engineering experience;


• candidates unable to work on-site in Houston or participate in on-call support.

This hands-on engineering role focuses on maintaining production stability, supporting exchange connectivity, resolving complex technical incidents, and improving the performance and reliability of front-office trading applications.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in commodity trading or capital markets, FIX protocol engineering, real-time market data distribution, and production application support.

Key Responsibilities

Trading Systems & Production Support

• Maintain the stability, availability, and performance of global derivatives trading applications.


• Provide rapid incident response and troubleshooting for business-critical trading systems.


• Support front-office trading workflows, including order capture, execution, allocation, and settlement.


• Work directly with traders, developers, and infrastructure teams to resolve production issues.


• Participate in a global on-call rotation to support trading operations.

DevOps & Application Engineering

• Improve application deployment processes, production monitoring, and system reliability.


• Develop scripts and automation using Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or similar technologies.


• Identify recurring incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable technical solutions.


• Support engineering improvements, application releases, and technical debt reduction.


• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to improve operational efficiency.

Exchange Connectivity & Market Data

• Support FIX protocol connectivity, exchange integrations, and vendor certification activities.


• Troubleshoot trading connectivity, messaging, and network communication issues.


• Support EMS/OMS platforms and third-party trading technologies.


• Maintain and troubleshoot real-time market data distribution systems.


• Support market data feeds, multicast messaging, and time-series analytics platforms.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in commodity trading, capital markets, or investment banking technology environments.


• Extensive experience supporting front-office trading applications and production environments.


• Strong hands-on FIX protocol engineering experience, including exchange connectivity and vendor certification.


• Understanding of global futures exchanges and exchange-traded derivatives workflows.


• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, C#, or SQL.


• Experience with application deployment, production monitoring, incident response, and troubleshooting.


• Knowledge of EMS/OMS platforms, including Trading Technologies, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen, or comparable systems.


• Strong understanding of network protocols, messaging systems, and trading application integrations.


• Ability to work directly with traders and technical teams in a high-pressure production environment.


• Willingness to participate in global on-call support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting real-time market data distribution platforms, including RTDS, DACS, ADH, or ADS.


• Experience with time-series analytics technologies such as kdb+ or Shakti.


• Knowledge of multicast traffic management, message queuing, and TCP/IP troubleshooting.


• Familiarity with Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and liquidity aggregation platforms.


• Experience supporting algorithmic trading platforms.


• Knowledge of algorithmic trading regulations, audit requirements, and RTS 6 compliance.

Ideal Candidate

A senior, hands-on trading technology engineer who combines deep front-office production support experience with FIX connectivity expertise, strong scripting capabilities, and the ability to troubleshoot and improve complex, business-critical trading systems.