Senior Trade Operations | Dubai
Our client, a top proprietary trading firm, is looking for a Trading Operations Engineer to join their Dubai office. This role focuses on ensuring the smooth operation of high-frequency trading systems and optimizing low-latency performance. You'll collaborate with traders and developers to automate workflows and solve complex problems. The position involves shift work (16-hour coverage, 7 days a week) and participation in an on-call rotation.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and manage the real-time operations of high-frequency trading systems.
- Troubleshoot, resolve, and escalate system issues to maintain high availability.
- Automate processes and manage deployments with A/B testing.
- Analyze system performance metrics using tools like Grafana and Prometheus.
- Handle configurations using tools like Ansible and support CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop system documentation and suggest process improvements.
- Work with software engineers, traders, and infrastructure teams to enhance system reliability.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to manage critical incidents.
- Proactively identify areas for improvement and implement solutions.
- Potential to lead the team in the future.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 8-10 years of experience in IT or software engineering.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Proficient in Python scripting for automation.
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems, including shell scripting and networking tools.
- Experience with high-frequency trading or latency-sensitive distributed systems.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, ElasticSearch, or ClickHouse.
- Experience with AWS cloud services.
- Proficiency with configuration management tools like Ansible and CI/CD systems.
Bonus Points:
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of incident management frameworks and best practices.
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