Aligne/ETRM Platform Support Engineer
Quick facts
- Pay
- USD $110,000 - $140,000
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Houston, Texas
- Skills
- Python, SQL, Linux
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Job Description
Location: Houston, Texas, (Hybrid – at least 3 days onsite/week). For the first 3 months for onboarding, client may ask that the consultant comes in 5 days a week.
Visa Sponsorship: We offer sponsorship under specific treaty-based U.S. work visas, including TN and E-2 (for eligible Canadian, Mexican, and French citizens). We do not support or transfer other visa types (e.g., H-1B).
We are looking for an US Energy - Aligne/ETRM Specialist to join our team as a consultant and support one of our clients in the power and energy industry.
The consultant will play a key role in supporting the transition from Aligne to Orchestrade, providing day to day production and operational support throughout the implementation.
As a functional and technical subject matter expertise for the FIS Aligne Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) platform, the consultant will act as a primary liaison between frontend commercial trading desks, middle-office risk management, backend financial accounting, and internal IT delivery teams. The position is responsible for day-to-day production support, system configuration, functional specifications mapping, and driving critical platform transformations or version upgrades.
FIS Aligne / ETRM Technical Support
Provide L2/L3 technical and functional production support for FIS Aligne/ETRM applications supporting commodity trading, risk management, scheduling, settlements, and back-office operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide 24×7 production support, incident triage, troubleshooting, escalation, and resolution in accordance with SLAs.
- Support the complete commodity trade lifecycle, including trade capture, amendments, positions, scheduling, nominations, confirmations, settlements, invoicing, risk, valuation, and P&L.
- Troubleshoot FIS Aligne application issues, configuration problems, data discrepancies, workflow errors, batch failures, and application performance issues.
- Use SQL/Oracle to investigate trades, positions, transactions, reference data, settlements, and production data issues.
- Perform Unix/Linux troubleshooting, log analysis, process monitoring, shell scripting, and file-system investigation.
- Monitor and troubleshoot EOD/EOM batch jobs, Control-M/Autosys processes, scheduled tasks, and dependent workflows.
- Support integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, XML/JSON, SFTP, messaging, and file-based interfaces between ETRM and downstream/upstream systems.
- Investigate market-data, pricing, curve, position, valuation, MTM, and P&L discrepancies.
- Perform root-cause analysis (RCA), problem management, incident reviews, and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Coordinate with traders, risk, scheduling, settlements, accounting, developers, DBAs, infrastructure teams, and FIS/vendor support.
- Manage ServiceNow incidents, problems, changes, releases, and production deployments following ITIL/change-management processes.
- Support application upgrades, patches, releases, testing, and production validation.
- Create technical documentation, knowledge articles, support procedures, and provide user/vendor communication.
Qualifications
Required Skills
- FIS Aligne / ETRM
- Commodity/Energy Trading & Trade Lifecycle
- Production/Application Support – L2/L3
- SQL, Oracle, Unix/Linux, Shell Scripting
- Batch Processing / Control-M / Autosys
- REST/SOAP APIs, XML/JSON, SFTP
- Market Data, Risk, P&L, Valuation, Settlements
- ServiceNow / ITIL
- Incident, Problem, Change & Release Management
- Root Cause Analysis and troubleshooting
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skill
Preferred: Experience supporting energy/commodity trading environments, physical and financial commodities, EOD/EOM processing, application upgrades, automation using Python/Shell, and vendor management.
Company’s Benefits
At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including:
- 💵 Competitive salary between USD $110,000 - US$140,000
- 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
- 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
- ❤️🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
- 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD
- 🚍 Commuter/transit benefits
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Visa sponsorship record: Talan LLC
Sponsors occasionally| Fiscal year | H-1B LCAs | USCIS approvals | USCIS denials | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — |
| FY2025 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| FY2024 | 1 | — | — | — |
This exact kind of role (Engineers, All Other) isn't among the roles Talan LLC sponsored most often.
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Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Engineers, All Other (SOC 17-2199) — estimated from the job title.
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Engineer” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
- Green card (EB-2 / EB-3 via PERM)
Filed 1 PERM labor certification: they have a track record of sponsoring permanent residence.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level II (qualified)Engineers, All Other · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $78,520 | ~15% |
| Level II | $105,186 | ~31% |
| Level III | $131,872 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $158,538 | ~61% |
This job pays $110,000–$140,000 a year — that's Level II (qualified). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level II registration gets 2 entries; estimated selection chance about 31%.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.