Job Description
An Insight Global client is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Project Manager to lead initiatives across their trading technology stack. You will own complex infrastructure projects that span OMS (order management system) /EMS (execution management system), market data, order routing, risk controls, and post-trade/STP (straight through processing), partnering closely with Trading, Product, Engineering, and Compliance. The ideal candidate has deep domain expertise in electronic trading infrastructure and a proven record delivering high-availability, low-latency platforms in regulated markets. Responsibilities include:
-Own infrastructure delivery for strategic trading technology programs
-Build and manage project plans and deliverables with a focus on infrastructure
-Drive end-to-end SDLC: business case, requirements, design, implementation, testing, UAT, cutover, and operations.
-Govern change/release management with robust runbooks, rollback plans, and production readiness criteria.
-Spearheading HA (high availability) / DR (disaster recovery) implementations
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Required Skills & Experience
-8–12+ years of project/program management, including 5+ years delivering trading system infrastructure in buy-side or sell-side environments.
-Strong financial domain experience: Knowledge of market data, connectivity and protocols, post-trade flows, multi asset programs
-Demonstrated delivery in high-availability, low-latency environments with strong resiliency and failover practices.
-Excellent stakeholder management from trading desks to engineering leaders and compliance.
-Proficiency with Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery; tools such as JIRA/Confluence, Monday
-Solid understanding of SDLC, QA/UAT, and production change control; ability to read logs and basic SQL for triage.
-Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field; or equivalent experience.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
-Certifications: PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, CSM; CFA/FRM or capital markets coursework.
-Cloud and data streaming exposure (AWS/Azure/GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka), CI/CD pipelines, observability (Grafana, Splunk)
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.