DRW · 4 hours ago
Lower Environments Team Lead (UAT & Development)
Chicago
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $275K/yr
7+ years expDRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. As the Lower Environments Team Lead, you will take ownership of the stability, reliability and production parity of non-production environments, leading a support team to reduce outages and foster a collaborative culture.
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Responsibilities
Increasing and maintaining parity between lower and production environments by standardizing tooling, infrastructure and configurations
Implementing monitoring, alerting and incident response for UAT and Development
Reducing environment downtime and improving reliability during testing
Tracking and reporting on environment performance, including outage metrics and improvements delivered
Collaborating with production operations and development teams to share best practices and ensure consistent operations
Leading and mentoring the lower environments team to deliver operational excellence
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related STEM field
7+ years of experience managing and troubleshooting Linux-based environments
Experience with scripting / automation (Python, Java, or JavaScript)
Demonstrated knowledge of network communications, including use of multicast networking
Prior experience in a leadership, team lead, or supervisory capacity
Proven record of implementing operational best practices in Dev and UAT settings
Experience with incident response and root cause analysis
Ability to coordinate multiple priorities under time pressure
Excellent written and verbal stakeholder communication skills
Familiarity with programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell) for basic automation tasks
Competence in a broad range of technologies, spanning cloud platforms, containerization, monitoring/alerting systems, and distributed messaging platforms (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, RabbitMQ)
Preferred
Prior experience supporting electronic trading systems preferred
Benefits
Group medical
Pharmacy
Dental and vision insurance
401k (with discretionary employer match)
Short and long-term disability
Life and AD&D insurance
Health savings accounts
Flexible spending accounts
Company
DRW
DRW is a diversified trading firm that combines technology, research, and risk management to capture trading and investment opportunities.
1001-5000 employees
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