Urgent requirement for Senior Technical Lead – Market Surveillance(Banking/Finance Domain) is required for one of biggest financial company in Abu Dhabi , UAE

Successful integration, onboarding, and ongoing operational support of our market surveillance platform.- -Must

Strong understanding of market structure, trade lifecycle, and regulatory surveillance needs across asset classes.-- Must

Exposure to major market surveillance platforms (e.g., Nasdaq SMARTS, Eventus Validus, Scila, ACA, etc.).--- Must

Experience working with third-party SaaS or managed surveillance platforms and external data providers (e.g., exchanges, brokers)-- Must

Regulatory frameworks such as CAT, MAR, MiFID II, and SEC Rule 15c3-5. ---Must

BFSI Domain ---Must

Job Purpose

We are seeking a highly capable and proactive Senior Technical Lead – Market Surveillance to drive the successful integration, onboarding, and ongoing operational support of our market surveillance platform. This role is essential in ensuring seamless collaboration with exchanges and trading venues, coordinating data integrations, and managing the performance and change lifecycle of the surveillance solution. You will be the technical focal point between internal teams, the platform vendor, and external counterparties to ensure the platform operates reliably and meets evolving business and regulatory needs.

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.
  
  

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.
  
  

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.).
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as CAT, MAR, MiFID II, and SEC Rule 15c3-5.
• Experience managing vendor relationships in a regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of monitoring and observability tools, and cloud/SaaS operations.
  
  

Skills: stakeholder management,regulatory compliance,saas,market,technical,operational support,vendor management,integration,data integration,surveillance,market surveillance

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