Solace Messaging Architect – FX & Fixed Income

We are seeking an experienced VP to join our Engineering Advisory practice, focused on delivering application service engineering for low‑latency FX & Fixed Income platforms to clients.

As part of your responsibilities, you will:

Solace Platform Ownership

• Own and administer the enterprise Solace PubSub+ messaging platform supporting real‑time trading flows
• Architect, design, and implement Solace messaging patterns for ultra‑low‑latency trading applications
• Define and enforce Solace best practices, messaging standards, and governance frameworks
• Tune performance of Solace brokers, queues, and topic hierarchies for sub‑millisecond latency requirements
• Manage Solace high‑availability configurations, disaster recovery, and failover mechanisms
• Plan capacity and scale Solace infrastructure to support peak trading volumes

Trading Middleware Integration

• Design and implement intra‑ and inter‑application messaging architectures using Solace
• Integrate trading applications with Solace message VPNs, bridges, and DMR (Dynamic Message Routing)
• Configure multicast messaging standards within ENET for market data distribution
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize message publishing/subscribing patterns
• Implement Solace guaranteed messaging for critical trade execution flows

Monitoring & Performance

• Deploy specialist monitoring systems (Corvil, ITRS Geneos) for Solace infrastructure
• Monitor message latency, throughput, and queue depths in real time
• Manage alerts and escalation for messaging infrastructure issues
• Perform analytics and bottleneck identification across trading message flows

Market Connectivity

• Manage market connectivity infrastructure for FX and FI venues
• Document and standardize connectivity patterns through Solace
• Integrate market data feeds and execution venues via Solace messaging
• Own the ENET application on‑boarding process, with a focus on Solace integration
• Define messaging connectivity, platform, network, and monitoring requirements
• Establish Solace messaging patterns and standards for new trading applications

Data & Tooling

• Manage data pipelines from Solace message streams to analytics platforms
• Engineer databases for trade data persistence and analysis
• Implement tooling for message flow analysis and trade reconstruction

Technical

• Python
• Expert‑level knowledge of the Solace PubSub+ platform (appliances and software brokers)
• Deep understanding of Solace messaging patterns: direct messaging, guaranteed messaging, request‑reply, publish‑subscribe
• Hands‑on experience configuring Solace message VPNs, queues, topic endpoints, bridges, and DMR
• Proven ability to tune Solace for ultra‑low‑latency trading environments (microsecond requirements)
• Experience with Solace high‑availability configurations, replication, and disaster recovery
• Knowledge of Solace monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting tools (PubSub+ Manager, CLI, SEMP API)
• Understanding of Solace client APIs and integration patterns with trading applications

Middleware & Messaging

• Strong knowledge of complementary messaging middleware technologies (TIBCO RV, MQ Series)
• Deep understanding of multicast messaging protocols and their implementation on Linux
• Ability to diagnose multicast data loss, network congestion, and messaging performance issues at the OS level
• Familiarity with message serialization formats used in trading (FIX, JSON, Protobuf, Avro)
• Understanding of Global Markets products and Geneos monitoring systems
• Experience analyzing network packet captures (Wireshark, tcpdump) for message flow troubleshooting
• Strong Linux/Unix administration skills, with a focus on network and messaging performance tuning

Behavioural

• Strong communication, team spirit, and ability to collaborate with relevant stakeholders (e.g., Trading, Structuring, Technology, Risk, Finance)
• Strong leadership and drive
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical thinking

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