Senior Technical Lead â Market Surveillance
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Job Description
We are currently looking for Senior Technical Lead Market Surveillance for our UAE operations with the following Skill set and terms & conditions.
Skill Sets :
Key Responsibilities:
Platform Integration & Exchange Onboarding:
Lead technical efforts to integrate new exchanges venues and data sources into the
surveillance platform coordinating across vendor internal infrastructure and external exchange
teams.
Facilitate onboarding of new data feeds (e.g. order trade drop copy market data) including
format validation protocol mapping (e.g. FIX) normalization and certification.
Manage and support testing cycles with exchanges and venues including coordination of system
integration testing (SIT) user acceptance testing (UAT) and issue triage.
Understanding of exchange architecture in terms of OMS (Order management system)
data matching engines FIX node processes data validators FIX tag / value pairs FIX
message types and their usage within session / application level management.
Vendor Coordination & Change Management:
Act as the primary technical point of contact with the market surveillance provider ensuring the
vendor delivers against SLAs and functional requirements.
Oversee release coordination environment management (e.g. test UAT prod) and feature
deployments in partnership with the vendor and internal teams.
Drive change request processes track enhancement requests and validate rule and
configuration changes prior to production deployment.
Ensure the SaaS platform continues to meet operational regulatory and security expectations.
Confidential
Operational Oversight:
Monitor platform availability data completeness and alert performance to ensure continuous
surveillance coverage.
Support incident triage and resolution in collaboration with the SaaS vendor DevOps and
compliance stakeholders.
Establish and maintain dashboards operational runbooks and incident response protocols.
Drive regular vendor review sessions to review KPIs issues and platform roadmap alignment.
Cross-Functional Leadership:
Partner with Compliance Surveillance Operations Legal and IT Security to ensure surveillance
capabilities align with regulatory mandates and internal controls.
Represent technical interests in vendor governance meetings regulatory audits and internal
control assessments.
Translate compliance requirements into actionable technical tasks and track their delivery with
vendor and internal teams.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Engineering or related field.
8 years of experience in financial services technology including 3 years in a technical
leadership or systems integration role.
Strong understanding of market structure trade lifecycle and regulatory surveillance needs
across asset classes.
Proven experience working with third-party SaaS or managed surveillance platforms and external
data providers (e.g. exchanges brokers).
Familiarity with integration protocols such as FIX SFTP REST APIs and data
transformation/validation processes.
Excellent organizational communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Skills:
Exposure to major market surveillance platforms (e.g. Nasdaq SMARTS Eventus Validus Scila
ACA etc.).
Experience in network architecture and an understanding of end-to-end firewall policies static
routes and troubleshooting.
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as CAT MAR MiFID II and SEC Rule 15c3-5.
backend server side management is a bonus - understanding of OS management and
Linux.
8 to 10 Years.
Joining time frame: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month)
Additional Information :
Terms and conditions:
Joining time frame: maximum 4 weeks
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
