ADSS is a successful retail and institutional brokerage headquartered in Abu Dhabi. The firm is undergoing a multi-year transformation to become a high-growth, purpose-driven, data-led organization that delivers market-leading personalized content, offerings, and experiences to traders. To strengthen its client-centric focus, ADSS is redesigning its structure, technology, and operations, while embedding a high-performance culture shaped by ‘The ADSS Way’. The goal is for ADSS to emerge as a dynamic, innovative, and trusted market leader—reflected in the perceptions of its clients, talent, shareholders, and competitors.
As a DevOps Systems Engineer, you will monitor, support, and maintain computer systems and financial trading platforms, operating as part of the global support team and providing coverage across all sites and data centres. You will develop and implement tools (bespoke and third-party) to automate key areas of software engineering and delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and maintain all trading applications alongside the development and implementation of tools to automate software engineering processes such as monitoring, continuous integration, testing, and releases.
- Support, monitor, enhance, and operate both retail and institutional financial trading platforms, as well as other in-house applications.
- Manage service delivery in line with ITIL standards for incident and problem management.
- Collaborate closely with in-house Development and QA teams.
- Administer and improve monitoring tools to ensure optimal application availability and performance.
- Develop and deploy automated scripts to standardise routine operational checks and tasks.
- Provide both onsite and remote user support as required.
- Troubleshoot issues across core, trading, and niche applications from end to end.
Experience Required:
- Proven experience supporting both Windows and Linux-based applications.
- Hands-on support experience with Windows and Linux servers in various environments.
- Development and scripting skills in one or more of the following: Python (preferred), C++, C#, Java, PowerShell, Ruby.
- Minimum of six years’ experience in user support and systems management within multicultural and multinational environments.
- Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Grafana, Kibana, Puppet, Docker, Bamboo, Terraform, Kubernetes, and GitLab.
- Prior experience supporting Forex and Equity trading platforms is an added advantage.
Skills:
- Strong multitasking ability with a track record of delivering applications and projects on time.
- Proven experience with Azure and AWS platforms, including deployment, monitoring, and automation.
- Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills, with a customer-focused service orientation.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication abilities.
This job offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with a strong emphasis on collaboration and high performance. Flexibility in work hours, including evenings and weekends, is required based on operational needs.
