Middle Office Systems & Data Lead

​​This is a CONTRACT POSITION.​ 

​​Your employment will be held by a third-party company of ENGIE’s choosing.​ Any offered contract role will not constitute an offer for nor guarantee of future employment with ENGIE. 

 

​​Duration:​ 

• ​​Six to Twelve Months​ 

 

​​Compensation:​ 

• ​​Pay Rate​: ​$65.00/hr.​ 

 

Location: 

• ​​Houston​ 

 

​​What You Can Expect​ 

​​The Middle Office Systems & Data Lead is a critical control and enablement role responsible for owning the end-to-end data, systems, and automation layer supporting Middle Office activities across power and gas trading portfolios. 

• ​Own Middle Office data flows across trading, risk, and finance systems (e.g., Orchestrade and downstream platforms) 

• ​Ensure data completeness, accuracy, and timeliness for: 

• • ​P&L 

• • ​Valuation adjustments 

• • ​Reconciliations and controls 

• ​Act as first-line technical escalation for Middle Office system and data issues before central IT involvement 

• ​Design, build, and maintain SQL- and Python-based automation for: 

• • ​Reconciliations 

• • ​Break detection 

• • ​Data quality checks 

• • ​Control monitoring 

• ​Reduce manual processes and key-person dependencies 

• ​Embed preventive and detective controls aligned with internal risk and audit expectations 

• ​Serve as the primary Middle Office counterpart to: 

• • ​IT (system changes, prioritization, incidents) 

• • ​Market Risk (positions, reserves, metrics consistency) 

• • ​Trading (P&L explain, close processes, valuation governance) 

• ​Translate business and control requirements into clear technical specifications 

• ​Support system migrations, enhancements, and process transformations 

• ​Strengthen Middle Office resilience by: 

• • ​Eliminating single-point-of-failure processes 

• • ​Supporting documentation and knowledge transfer 

• • ​Enforcing consistent control standards 

• ​Support audit requests, control testing, and remediation actions 

• ​Contribute to RCSA and operational risk mitigation initiatives​ 

 

 

​​What You’ll Bring​ 

• ​​Five years of experience in: 

• • ​Energy trading systems 

• • ​Middle Office, Risk, or Trading Operations 

• • ​Systems, data, or quantitative operations roles 

• ​Direct experience with power and/or gas markets strongly preferred 

• ​Hands-on experience supporting or operating trading systems (e.g., Orchestrade, Endur, Aligne, Murex, or equivalent) 

• ​Experience in North American ISOs (ERCOT, PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, CAISO) 

• ​Exposure to operational risk, audit, or control frameworks 

• ​Prior experience acting as a bridge between business teams and IT 

• ​Experience in automation or process transformation initiatives 

• ​High-visibility role with direct impact on trading integrity and risk control 

• ​Exposure across Front Office, Risk, Finance, and IT 

• ​Opportunity to build and own the systems backbone of Middle Office 

• ​Platform role for future growth into Risk, Trading Operations leadership, or Systems architecture​ 

 

​​Additional Details​ 

• This role is eligible for our hybrid work policy  

• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies 

 

Why ENGIE? 

ENGIE North America isn’t just par