Technology Lead – Infrastructure & Database Administration
Location: Weehawken, NJ
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week
No visa sponsorship available.
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Technology Lead specializing in Infrastructure and Database Administration with strong hands-on expertise in FIS ClearVision, Oracle PL/SQL, Couchbase, and Azure Cloud/Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
The ideal candidate will have experience supporting financial trading platforms, particularly Exchange-Traded Derivatives (ETD) clearing systems. This role requires strong database engineering capabilities, production support experience, infrastructure knowledge, and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues across distributed systems.
Candidates should have a solid understanding of financial market operations, multi-exchange connectivity, trade processing, and cloud infrastructure orchestration.
Key Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership and operational support for FIS ClearVision and financial trading platforms.
Develop, troubleshoot, debug, and maintain Oracle PL/SQL procedures and batch processes.
Manage Couchbase NoSQL database operations, including data pruning, archiving, updates, and lifecycle management.
Support production environments and troubleshoot infrastructure, database, and application-related incidents.
Analyze application and infrastructure logs to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
Develop and maintain operational runbooks, incident documentation, and postmortem reports.
Automate operational activities using shell scripting.
Support Azure Cloud infrastructure and SRE-related activities.
Manage Kubernetes workloads and infrastructure orchestration.
Implement and maintain KEDA autoscaling configurations and Helm deployments.
Collaborate with application, infrastructure, database, and trading operations teams.
Required Skills & Experience
1. FIS ClearVision & Financial Systems
Strong hands-on knowledge of FIS ClearVision.
Understanding of cleared derivatives trade clearing.
Knowledge of Exchange-Traded Derivatives (ETD) clearing systems.
Understanding of financial trading platforms and trade lifecycle processing.
2. Oracle Database & Couchbase
Strong Oracle PL/SQL development and administration experience.
Ability to write, debug, and troubleshoot complex batch procedures, loops, and database fixes.
Hands-on experience with Couchbase NoSQL.
Experience managing Couchbase data lifecycle activities, including pruning, archiving, and updating.
3. Financial Markets & Trading Operations
Understanding of multi-exchange gateway operations, including:
Knowledge of market data flows, including CCP versus non-CCP.
Experience with trade data processing and clearing operations.
4. Production Support & SRE
Strong log analysis and production incident troubleshooting skills.
Experience preparing operational runbooks and postmortem documentation.
Shell scripting and automation experience.
Familiarity with SRE principles and documentation-driven operational workflows.
Secondary / Preferred Skills
Cloud Infrastructure & Orchestration
Azure Cloud infrastructure knowledge.
Kubernetes administration, including:
KEDA autoscaling implementation using time-based and Cron triggers.
Experience with timezone-sensitive scheduling.
Helm chart authoring and deployment.
Hands-on experience with values.yaml, Helm templates, and environment-specific overlays.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Strong combination of financial services domain knowledge and infrastructure/database engineering.
Hands-on experience supporting mission-critical trading and clearing platforms.
Strong Oracle PL/SQL and Couchbase expertise.
Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, and SRE practices.
Ability to troubleshoot production issues and drive operational improvements.
Work Location & Eligibility
Location: Weehawken, New Jersey.
Work Model: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week.
Visa Sponsorship: Not available.
