Cloud/DevOps Engineer (Energy Trade Risk Management (ETRM) experience)

Start - 14th April

End - 30th September + option for extension

Mostly remote working, occasional onsite visits to Essen, Germany

Onsite hours: 150

Remote hours: 850

Project description:

Market Dynamics
Aim of Market Dynamics (MD) is to develop an integrated portfolio optimization function. MD brings a new Retail and Energy Market operating model and builds on 'One team', stronger interfaces and harmonized risk governance.

Functional changes in EM (Energy Market) information flow required for Market Dynamics:

• EMDP footprint enhanced by introduction of Portal for applying hedge path, calculating VWAP HOP, and calculating Transfer Price
• New component introduced for portfolio and position management (Evolio), reducing Allegro Horizon footprint as well as replacing HPT and HEX
• Exxeta/Trayport, order entry for RPM changed, RPM to GPM will go through Evolio, and RPM - T&O will require manual entry into Exxeta
• Decommissioning of Legacy applications including TRMTracker, SQT, CLAP

The PTT (Portfolio & Trade life cycle Technologies) team is looking for an experienced DevOps engineer (as external resource) with strong technical expertise in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with configuration management tools, a solid understanding of DevOps practices, and a working knowledge of internal Back End systems. They should be able to coordinate and bridge gaps between the software development and operation teams, ensuring a smooth workflow.

Tasks:

• Design and maintain continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines to automate code testing and deployment
• Track software performance, fix errors, troubleshoot systems, implement preventive measures for smooth workflows, and build automated processes
• Optimize cloud resources and implement cost-effective solutions
• Implement and manage infrastructure using code rather than manual processes, using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) management
• Collaborate between teams to resolve issues quickly and deploy new features smoothly
• Monitor and create new processes based on performance analysis
• Manage the software development process and implement configuration management tools
• Automate repetitive tasks to improve team efficiency
• Implement security best practices, including automated compliance checks and secure code deployment

Skills:

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools
• Good experience in infrastructure as code tools
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools
• Knowledge of secure coding and Agile software product development techniques
• Experience in the operations of modern cloud infrastructure such as Docker, Kubernetes
• ETRM/Energy domain background
• Experience with MS SQL server/Oracle DB technologies
• Knowledge of different vendors' DevOps products, pros & cons of industry DevOps