Market Data Infrastructure & Administration Specialist

The Market Data Infrastructure & Administration Specialist sits at the intersection of infrastructure, data services, and operational governance, ensuring the stability, integrity, and efficiency of market data platforms across the organization.
This hybrid role combines technical enablement of market data applications and infrastructure with administrative oversight of inventory, vendor management, and exchange compliance. It plays a key part in supporting platform reliability, driving automation, and providing transparency on market data usage and costs.
The position works in close collaboration with infrastructure teams, Market Data teams, offshore operations, and external vendors, acting as a bridge between technical environments and business requirements to support efficient service delivery and continuous improvement.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR DAY-TO-DAY?

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

1. Infrastructure Support & Technical Enablement
•    Provide operational and technical support for market data applications, services, and internal tools
•    Partner with Infrastructure teams on application hosting, environment stability, server migrations, and platform changes
•    Support production environments and ensure the reliability and performance of market data services
•    Contribute to automation, scripting, and tooling improvements supporting allocation, reporting, and control processes
•    Identify opportunities to reduce manual processes through automation and system integration

2. Market Data Inventory & Operational Governance
•    Maintain a comprehensive and accurate inventory of market data contracts, products, services, permissions, users, invoices, and cost allocations using MDSL (MDM) and internal tools
•    Ensure data integrity and consistency across all systems and report outputs
•    Support invoice validation, investigation, and resolution in coordination with vendors, business lines, and offshore teams

3. Reporting, Usage & Exchange Compliance
•    Produce monthly and quarterly reporting on market data usage, cost analysis, and vendor consumption
•    Run entitlement, permissions, and usage reports to support exchange compliance and audits (DACS, Bloomberg EMRS, GRIP, etc.)
•    Monitor usage trends, identify anomalies, and highlight deviations to support governance and cost control
•    Distribute recurring reports (e.g., CME) with clear insights and commentary on key movements

4. Dashboards, Data & Reporting Enablement
•    Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards for usage tracking, cost analysis, and management reporting
•    Ensure dashboards are reliable, scalable, and aligned with underlying data sources and infrastructure standards
•    Provide actionable insights to support business reviews and strategic decision-making

5. Operational Support & Stakeholder Coordination
•    Provide day-to-day support to Market Data teams across regions (New York, Bangalore), including RIC requests, entitlement inquiries, and audit reporting
•    Act as an escalation point for offshore teams on procurement, invoices, costs, and MDM-related questions
•    Support senior administrators with exchange reporting, mappings, and ad-hoc initiatives
•    Participate in regional and global governance and operational calls

6. Documentation, Risk & Compliance
•    Maintain and update functional and technical documentation for applications and processes
•    Support vendor due diligence, risk assessments, and regulatory/compliance reviews
•    Coordinate infrastructure-driven changes, ensuring proper testing, communication, and documentation
 

Must Haves:
•    Operational Excellence – Delivers accurate and reliable support across market data services
•    Technical Awareness – Understands infrastructure dependencies and system behaviors
•    Attention to Detail – Ensures data quality and consistency across systems and reporting
•    Collaboration – Works effectively across technical and business teams globally
•    Accountability – Owns issues end-to-end from investigation through resolution
•    Problem Solving – Identifies and addresses both operational and technical challenges
•    Continuous Improvement – Drives automation, efficiency, and process enhancements
•    Communication & Organization: 
             o    Ability to manage competing priorities across technical and operational activities
             o    Strong communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with business users, infrastructure teams, and vendors
•    Ability to translate technical topics into clear business and operational impact

Competencies:
•    Technical & Analytical Skills
             o    Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong experience with Power BI dashboards
             o    Exposure to automation, scripting, or data processing workflows
             o    Understanding of exchange reporting, audit trails, and vendor compliance

Nice to Haves:
•    Technical exposure to:
             o    Cloud environments and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
             o    Container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
             o    Networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP, multicast/broadcast)
             o    Programming/scripting languages (Python, Bash)

Languages: French and English

Due to US Federal Securities law applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
 

LANGUAGE: 

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States. 

Due to US Federal Securities law that may apply to this position, candidates who will apply for this position may be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.

OUR CULTURE: 
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/)

D&I: 
Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.
Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-diversity/)