Technical Operations Engineer

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Xantium is seeking a Technical Operations Engineer to monitor, support and optimize the critical trading infrastructure that powers the firm, in a role that partners closely with Engineering and Trading teams to enhance stability, performance and reliability. You should bring 3+ years of experience supporting trading systems, strong Unix/Linux and Bash skills, Python and SQL for automation, and a solid handle on FIX, networking basics, and monitoring tools. You will own end-to-end incident management, drive post incident reviews, coordinate with vendors and exchanges, and help automate tasks and runbooks. To apply, highlight concrete incident outcomes, automation projects, and willingness to work onsite in Abu Dhabi or Hawaii.

The Role

We are seeking a Technical Operations Engineer to monitor, support, and optimize the critical trading infrastructure that powers Xantium's operations. In a highly visible role, you will be working closely with our Engineering and Trading teams and directly contributing to the stability, performance, and reliability of the fund.

We are looking for a multi-faceted operations engineer who is willing and able to pick up new challenges. We are open to hiring someone in Hawaii or Abu Dhabi.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Provide primary technical support to the trading systems through proactively monitoring, investigating and resolving production issues
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external vendors/exchanges/brokers to manage connectivity, integrations and system changes
• Contribute to automating daily tasks and extending the monitoring and observability tools to help investigate issues and identify improvements
• Collaborate with technical teams to optimise system performance and manage the change control process
• Own the end-to-end incident management, ensuring best-practice response and driving post-incident reviews to identify and deliver preventative actions
• Create documentation, build runbooks and automate actions to mitigate future incidents

Requirements

• 3+ years experience supporting trading systems
• Comprehensive working knowledge of Unix/Linux environments with exposure to Bash scripting
• Foundational understanding of core trading concepts and workflows (orders, executions, allocations, FIX messages, market data)
• Strong problem-solving ability with an interest in troubleshooting technical issues
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to manage priorities under pressure
• Demonstrated skill in Python and Bash for task automation
• Working knowledge of FIX protocol and exchange connectivity
• Basic networking familiarity, including TCP/IP, multicast, DNS and network troubleshooting tools
• Proficiency in SQL including query construction and experience making changes to databases
• Knowledge of common monitoring tools, metric collection and log scanners