IT Infrastructure Project Manager
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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.
Requirements
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)