Technical Specialist - Platform Engineering

Technical Specialist- Platform Engineering

About the Opportunity

Job Type: PermanentApplication Deadline: 04 May 2026

Job Description

                                                                                                

Title                  Technical Specialist- Platform Engineering

Department      ISS Development

Location          Gurgaon, Bangalore

Reports To       Full Stack Development Lead

Level                Grade 4

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we.  We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more.

As a flexible employer, we trust our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our clients and our business. We are a disability-friendly company and would welcome a conversation with you if you feel you might benefit from any reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond.

About your team

The ISS Development team leads the design, build, and ongoing evolution of technology solutions supporting the Investment Solutions and Services business. Within this function, the Distribution team delivers scalable, high-impact Salesforce solutions to stakeholders across all asset classes and regions, enabling efficient distribution, stronger client engagement, and data-driven decision-making.

About your role
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic engineer for our Platform Engineering Team to support CRD Platform. CRD Platform is Fidelity’s core trading platform, used by Portfolio Managers, Traders, Compliance and Post Trade. This individual will play a pivotal role in future planning and designing of platform to maintain long term sustainability and supportability.The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of working knowledge of CRD platform or similar financial application concepts, and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams globally. Key responsibilities of the role are:

• Provide comprehensive non‑production support, including critical batch monitoring, morning readiness checks, application health assessments, environment validations, and routine maintenance activities.
• Lead problem and change management initiatives by driving improvements that enhance the stability, performance, and reliability of non‑production environments.
• Support application releases, infrastructure upgrades, environment refreshes, and preventive maintenance activities such as DR role swaps to ensure operational continuity.
• Contribute to automating tasks, CI/CD pipelines, and scripting using Shell and Python.
• Participate in the Autosys batch orchestration setup project to fulfil platform data requirements.
• Partner with business users, Product Owners, QA teams, and CRD stakeholders on a day‑to‑day basis to understand requirements, triage issues, support testing activities, and ensure timely delivery across all lower environments.
• Collaborate with development teams, infrastructure teams, and cross‑functional platform groups to ensure smooth deployment, integration, and ongoing support of CRD services and components.
• Manage and maintain Non-Prod CRD platform configurations, Middle-Tier and other Kubernetes components that support the CRD ecosystem.
• Participate in platform modernization initiatives, including automation improvements and environment

optimization efforts.

• Proactively identify issues and reduce operational noise.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by recommending and implementing best practices for environment stability, performance tuning, deployment automation, and operational efficiency.
• Support readiness efforts for CRD SaaS and other digital transformation for core platform, ensuring environments, integrations, and operational processes align with SaaS architecture and standards.

About you

You are a passionate and energized engineer who brings a positive, solutions‑oriented mindset to the team. You are naturally curious, proactive, and comfortable taking initiative without needing step‑by‑step direction. As a self‑starter, you stay motivated, continuously look for opportunities to improve the platform, and are keen to push boundaries to drive modernization and innovation.

You excel at problem solving — approaching challenges logically, creatively, and with a strong sense of ownership. You are an effective communicator who can articulate technical concepts clearly and collaborate confidently with engineering teams, product partners, and business stakeholders.

You value teamwork, transparency, and accountability, and you bring a collaborative spirit that helps elevate the people around you. You are resilient, adaptable, and committed to delivering high‑quality outcomes, even in fast‑paced or ambiguous situations.

Essential Skills and Experience

• 7+ years of total experience, preferably in platform engineering roles supporting or integrating with the Charles River Development (CRD) platform across Trading, Compliance, IBOR/ABOR, or OMS modules.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Unix/Linux scripting, Oracle and SQL Server databases, including performance tuning and complex query troubleshooting.
• Proficiency with enterprise scheduling tools such as Autosys and Control‑M.
• Experience with IBM MQ, message‑oriented middleware, and enterprise messaging patterns.
• Ability to automate operational tasks and build utilities using Python.
• Experience working with Jenkins, UrbanDeploy, JIRA, and reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Ability to troubleshoot CRD issues related to trading workflows, compliance rule evaluations, reference data, benchmarks, and pricing feeds.
• Knowledge of the Financial Services domain, specifically Investment Management, Wealth Management.
• Understanding of Fixed Income and Equity trading workflows, order management lifecycle, trade flow, and post‑trade processes.
• Experience in using AI tools in your engineering process, Like AI-based log analysis or observability platforms to support faster troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with automation tools that use AI/ML to reduce manual effort in monitoring, or environment checks.
• Collaborative team player who contributes to continuous improvement and drives innovation across the platform.

Feel rewarded

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

Experience Level

Senior Level