Lead Market Data Engineer, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Location:
United Kingdom, City of London

Category:
IT - Administration

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Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Market Data Engineer to join our Global Market Data Technology team. In this critical role, you will provide operational support, manage infrastructure, and apply engineering expertise to our real-time market data platforms. Your contributions will ensure the seamless delivery of financial data supporting Wells Fargo’s trading, risk management, and analytics systems.

Job Responsibility:

Provide operational support, troubleshooting, and issue resolution for market data platforms
Monitor and optimise market data infrastructure to ensure low-latency, high-availability performance
Partner with business stakeholders, trading desks, and vendor support teams to resolve data and connectivity issues
Execute market data infrastructure upgrades, patches, and migrations outside US business hours
Implement and manage failover testing, hardware/software refreshes, and configuration changes
Work closely with global engineering teams on TREP architecture improvements and cloud migration initiatives
Perform scheduled BCP/DR tests, ensuring system reliability and compliance with regulatory requirements
Support failover events and contingency planning for market data platform resiliency
Develop scripts and tools using Python, Bash, or Ansible to automate deployments, monitoring, and failover processes
Provide incident management and escalation for US business units
Ensure follow-the-sun support by working closely with US-based teams to handoff and resolve ongoing issues
Maintain comprehensive documentation on system configurations, troubleshooting guides, and best practices

Requirements:

Experience in Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions
Experience in market data infrastructure, engineering, or support within a financial institution
Strong expertise in LSEG TREP (Refinitiv RMDS, MDDP) – installation, administration, and tuning
Experience with Bloomberg (server, desktop, data feeds) and ACTIV Financial (OptionsIT) platforms
Familiarity with market data entitlements, permissioning, and feed distribution
Linux/Unix Administration (Red Hat preferred) – experience managing market data servers
Networking knowledge – multicast, TCP/IP, firewalls, and network troubleshooting
Scripting & Automation – hands-on experience with Python, Bash, Ansible, or similar tools
Experience with infrastructure upgrades, software deployments, and configuration changes
Experience participating in failover events, BCP drills, and disaster recovery planning
Strong understanding of risk management principles in a financial services environment

Nice to have:

Experience with Cloud Market Data Solutions (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Knowledge of middleware technologies for market data processing
Familiarity with DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 16, 2025

Expiration:
June 04, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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