Senior Risk Specialist, Analytics Infrastructure

About the Role The Senior Risk Specialist, Analytics Infrastructure will act as the foundational lead for our analytics infrastructure in TMX's Post Trade Risk Management team. You will own core deployment pipelines, database management, and version control systems that empower quantitative developers, and serve as the main bridge between the Risk team and TMX GTS to ensure a robust, scalable technical environment for complex financial calculations. What You'll Do

• Infrastructure & CI/CD Management: Design, maintain, and optimize automated deployment pipelines and artifact repositories (Git, Nexus, Jenkins, Vault) for the Risk Integration team.
• Platform Engineering & Deployment: Oversee containerization and delivery of Python-based calculation applications to application servers and production environments.
• Database Administration & Architecture: Manage the risk analytics databases, ensuring data integrity, optimized schema design, and seamless ingestion of monitoring data from GTS transactional systems.
• Quantitative Development & Risk Analytics (Hybrid Focus): Act as a versatile quantitative developer by designing, building, and maintaining risk calculation applications, financial models, or BI tools during periods of lighter infrastructure demand.
• Cross-Functional Technical Liaison: Serve as the primary technical contact with TMX GTS, translating risk team's architectural needs and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
• Automation & Governance: Establish and enforce best practices for code versioning, environment management, and automated deployments across the quantitative development lifecycle. What We're Looking For
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Financial Engineering, or related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of hybrid experience spanning Platform/Data Engineering and quantitative or risk application development, ideally within a financial institution.
• Risk Management Knowledge: Solid understanding of core financial risk concepts (market, credit, liquidity) and financial products.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency with CI/CD and version control tools (Git, Nexus, Jenkins, Vault); strong database management, schema design, and SQL; experience with containerization and deployment (Docker, Kubernetes); advanced Python (including Pandas, NumPy) for data analysis and risk models. Nice to Have
• Certifications: FRM or PRM designation.
• Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with financial market infrastructures (CDS/CDCC) and post-trade clearing.
• Tools: Experience with BI tools (Tableau) and Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence). Compensation & Benefits
• This role highlights a cloud-first, hybrid workstyle with generous time-off and leaves, plus wellness, growth opportunities, and a mission-driven culture. TMX emphasizes connectivity across diverse hubs and supports employee-led initiatives through Team Impact.