Endur Technical Architect
Eandpconsulting
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
1 month ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
EnglishJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Java
Agile Methodologies
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
C Sharp (Programming Language)
Cloud Computing
Databases
Continuous Integration
Data Migration
Software Design Patterns
DevOps
JSON
MongoDB
Openshift
Ansible
Webui
Distributed Caching
Swagger
React
Caching
GIT
Containerization
Kubernetes
Grid Computing
Tools for Reporting
Api Design
Terraform
Docker
Microservices
Job description
- Work directly with subject matter experts and product owners. Designers, technical leads and other architects to re-architect/design the needs of the next-generation Gas and Power trading platform with modern technologies, consistent with business and technology strategies. Deep knowledge of energy trading and risk management processes across front, middle and back-office functionalities with an emphasis on physical trading.
- Expert in designing the architecture of modern, bespoke Energy trading systems, including documenting and agreeing key design decisions and trade-offs across diverse stakeholders.
- Perform requirement gathering, analysis and design across functional, non-functional, technical, and operational domains.
- A thought leader in the respective domain will be the key advisor for delivering and designing reviews.
- Handling business changes and managing stakeholder expectations
- Manage communication across multiple teams, vendors, and consulting staff
- Knowledge of the deal lifecycle
Requirements
- Strong functional understanding of physical trading, preferably Gas and/or Power, ideally including complex contract optionality and portfolio and schedule optimisation, Knowledge of Options modelling and Dependency graphs.
- Demonstrated capability across most of the following architecture facets:
- Data - Deep knowledge of data modelling for both transactional and analytic use cases, familiarity with real-time reporting techniques (including distributed caching), vendor and bespoke reporting tools, data migration and reconciliation techniques and tools. Familiarity with MongoDB unstructured Database.
- Technical - Hands-on Expert with demonstrated experience in architecture and design patterns, their usage, implementation and implications, including documenting and agreeing on the design, inclusive of the trade-offs for commodity trading systems. Familiarity with core AWS product offerings; code development (C#/Java); microservice containerization tools (Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes); web UI development (React). Must understand Infrastructure as a Code (Terraform)
- Integration - Expert experience with integration techniques, including real-time messaging (AMQ), API design (JSON, Swagger), and batch techniques.
- Infrastructure and Operational - Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD, automated deployments via Ansible, and Git Repositories. Cloud infrastructure offerings, Grid Computing elasticity, and cost optimisation.
- Thorough understanding of Agile delivery methodology
- The candidate must be able to work effectively in small teams or independently to deliver projects.
- The candidate should demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills, delivering high-quality solutions to clients.
- The candidate should be able to liaise with other teams to resolve cross-functional issues.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Technical Must-Have Skills: Familiarity with Microservices architecture and related technologies (containerization, messaging, caching). Familiarity with Cloud hosting (AWS).
- Functional Must-Have Skills: Full Lifecycle Physical Energy Trading Experience, ideally in Power and/or Gas markets.
