TechOps Analyst, Equities
London, Hybrid
£competitive + excellent bonus + benefits
International Capital Markets firm is scaling its London Equities platform and is hiring a TechOps Associate to drive platform reliability, low-latency performance, and controlled change across OMS/EMS, eTrading/algo, market data, and exchange connectivity. You will sit close to the desk and act as the go-to owner for stability, incident response, and release safety.
Key Responsibilities:
* End-to-end production reliability for equities trading systems (OMS/EMS, FIX gateways, algo/eTrading, market data, post-trade).
* Reduced MTTD/MTTR via automation, clear SLAs, and robust RCAs/post-mortems.
* Safer, faster releases (blue/green, canary, feature flags) in partnership with Trading, Quant, and Engineering.
* Mature observability (logs/metrics/traces), capacity planning, and performance tuning for low-latency flows.
* Strong production hygiene and controls aligned to MiFID II/MAR/best-ex.
* Leadership of the London on-call rota and contribution to a follow-the-Sun model.
Key Requirements:
* TechOps/Production Engineering/SRE experience supporting equities trade floor.
* FIX protocol experience.
* Unix experience.
* Practical understanding of market microstructure, exchange connectivity, and TCA/controls.
* Composed, commercially aware communicator with traders and senior leadership.
Package & set-up
* Competitive base + performance bonus, benefits, and flexible hybrid working.
* A clear runway to platform ownership and team leadership.
* London HQ; hybrid model.
Nice to haves
* Low-latency tuning experience.
* Experience with TCA and post-trade analytics.
* Follow-the-Sun/on-call leadership.
For a full consultation on this exciting new role, get in touch with Arc IT Recruitment today!