Arvind Rathore
Edison,NJ
Summary
Experienced SRE & DevOps professional with a strong background in systems engineering and software development, prepared to assume a position focused on ensuring the high availability and reliability of applications. Demonstrates expertise in automation, monitoring, and performance optimization. Proven track record of success through effective team collaboration and a results-driven approach, with the ability to adapt to changing needs. Possesses advanced skills in scripting, cloud services, and incident management, highly regarded for reliability and exceptional problem-solving abilities.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
BLOOMBERG LP
07.2014 - Current
- Managed and contributed to market data teams, including feeds, ticker plant, and real-time distribution platforms, with 11 years of experience
- Developed tools to automate compute resource allocation for feed handler processes, improving operational efficiency and resource distribution
- Automated firewall policy assignments for new clusters across multiple security zones
- Led machine orchestration efforts for new builds, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create ansible playbooks and automate deployments
- Designed and implemented a pluggable QC framework to continuously monitor a large-scale cluster for unexpected behaviors
- Streamlined routing configurations by building a centralized configuration server for a complex distributed system
- Developed REST APIs and microservices on AWS to automate repetitive tasks and reduce manual effort
- Built tools to automate the recovery process in the market data teams
- Led the decommissioning of legacy infrastructure and its replacement with modern, scalable solutions
- Built a log file centralization system to dynamically track feed handler processes, chunk log files, and upload them to Amazon S3 in real-time
- Designed and implemented metrics dashboards for real-time system monitoring
- As a member of the Resiliency Guild, designed and executed chaos testing scenarios to identify failure points and improve system robustness
- Provided global on-call support, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues and conducting post-mortem analysis to prevent recurrence
Officer | Fidessa Developer | L3 Support
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
12.2010 - 05.2014
- Managed front-end and back-end development, BAU activities, and Level 3 support for the Fidessa Trading application
- Collaborated with traders and business analysts to gather requirements, document specifications, and enhance application features, leading Algo flow integration for the Japan region
- Designed and implemented static data loading, client order routing, and migration of Fidessa to the NextGen Algo platform
- Onboarded financial clients by implementing and configuring FIX protocols, ensuring seamless integration and efficient data transmission between trading platforms and financial systems
- Led an offshore QA team, overseeing testing, defect resolution, and quality assurance
- Directed end-to-end project delivery, including change management, release processes, and infrastructure support
- Automated production health checks to enhance system reliability and efficiency
- Participated in exchange mock tests to ensure regulatory compliance and system readiness
Fidessa Specialist
MITSUBISHI UFJ MORGAN STANLEY SECURITIES | WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
12.2007 - 12.2010
- Developed and maintained tools interfacing Pegasus with Fidessa front-office trading applications for equity trading, ensuring low latency and order management system efficiency
- Led the full project lifecycle, including proposal, estimation, requirements gathering, design, development, testing (UAT, HKEX, TSE), and production deployment
Fidessa Developer
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (EX ABN AMRO) | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
06.2006 - 12.2007
- Led development and provided L3 support for the Fidessa Order Management System, ensuring optimal system performance
- Managed client onboarding processes, implementing FIX protocols for seamless integration
- Oversaw release management, ensuring smooth deployment and updates of system enhancements
- Coordinated Quality Assurance (QA), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and ongoing maintenance for the Fidessa OMS to ensure reliability and efficiency
Level 2 Support Engineer
P&O NEDLLOYD | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
10.2004 - 06.2006
- Collaborated with teams to identify and track defects in DSCM and Focus 5 systems.
- Developed test plans, automated tests, and managed environment setups.
- Oversaw weekly application releases, including components and database updates.
- Resolved customer requests through Service Delivery Managers.
- Monitored and ensured system performance.
Education
Bachelors of Engineering - Computer Science
BVBCET
Hubli, Karnataka06-2004
Skills
- Proficient in Python
- Unix shell scripting
- Perl
- Golang
- TCL/TK
- Vbnet
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Jenkins
- Git
- Vscode
- Splunk
- Humio
- Grafana
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Prometheus
- PaaS
- Amazon S3
- AWS
- Redis
- React
- Typescript
- Sql
- Postgresql
- Sybase
- Cassandra
- Pl/sql
- Jira
- Comdb2 (Bloomberg)
- Databricks
- Bloomberg
- Rapid (Bloomberg)
- Fidessa (OMS)
- Incident management
- Slack
Certification
- Importing and Managing Financial Data in Python - DataCamp
- Intermediate Python for Data Science Course - DataCamp
- Intro to Python for Data Science Course - DataCamp
Timeline
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
BLOOMBERG LP
07.2014 - Current
Officer | Fidessa Developer | L3 Support
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
12.2010 - 05.2014
Fidessa Specialist
MITSUBISHI UFJ MORGAN STANLEY SECURITIES | WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
12.2007 - 12.2010
Fidessa Developer
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (EX ABN AMRO) | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
06.2006 - 12.2007
Level 2 Support Engineer
P&O NEDLLOYD | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
10.2004 - 06.2006
Bachelors of Engineering - Computer Science
BVBCET