We are currently looking for Senior Technical Lead – Market Surveillance for our UAE operations with the following Skill set and terms & conditions. 

Skill Sets :

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Integration & Exchange Onboarding:

• Lead technical efforts to integrate new exchanges, venues, and data sources into the

surveillance platform, coordinating across vendor, internal infrastructure, and external exchange

teams.

• Facilitate onboarding of new data feeds (e.g., order, trade, drop copy, market data) including

format validation, protocol mapping (e.g., FIX), normalization, and certification.

• Manage and support testing cycles with exchanges and venues, including coordination of system

integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and issue triage.

• Understanding of exchange architecture in terms of OMS (Order management system),

data matching engines, FIX node processes, data validators, FIX tag / value pairs, FIX

message types and their usage within session / application level management.

Vendor Coordination & Change Management:

• Act as the primary technical point of contact with the market surveillance provider, ensuring the

vendor delivers against SLAs and functional requirements.

• Oversee release coordination, environment management (e.g., test, UAT, prod), and feature

deployments in partnership with the vendor and internal teams.

• Drive change request processes, track enhancement requests, and validate rule and

configuration changes prior to production deployment.

• Ensure the SaaS platform continues to meet operational, regulatory, and security expectations.

Confidential

Operational Oversight:

• Monitor platform availability, data completeness, and alert performance to ensure continuous

surveillance coverage.

• Support incident triage and resolution in collaboration with the SaaS vendor, DevOps, and

compliance stakeholders.

• Establish and maintain dashboards, operational runbooks, and incident response protocols.

• Drive regular vendor review sessions to review KPIs, issues, and platform roadmap alignment.

Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Partner with Compliance, Surveillance Operations, Legal, and IT Security to ensure surveillance

capabilities align with regulatory mandates and internal controls.

• Represent technical interests in vendor governance meetings, regulatory audits, and internal

control assessments.

• Translate compliance requirements into actionable technical tasks and track their delivery with

vendor and internal teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in financial services technology, including 3+ years in a technical

leadership or systems integration role.

• Strong understanding of market structure, trade lifecycle, and regulatory surveillance needs

across asset classes.

• Proven experience working with third-party SaaS or managed surveillance platforms and external

data providers (e.g., exchanges, brokers).

• Familiarity with integration protocols such as FIX, SFTP, REST APIs, and data

transformation/validation processes.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to major market surveillance platforms (e.g., Nasdaq SMARTS, Eventus Validus, Scila,

ACA, etc.).

• Experience in network architecture and an understanding of end-to-end firewall policies, static

routes and troubleshooting.

• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as CAT, MAR, MiFID II, and SEC Rule 15c3-5.

• backend server side management is a bonus - understanding of OS management and

Linux.

8 to 10 Years.

Joining time frame: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month) 

Terms and conditions: 

Joining time frame:   maximum 4 weeks