CG Infinity
Principal ETRM/Endur Consultant
Houston, TX - Contracted to Full Time
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Principal ETRM / Endur Consultant to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) solutions using Openlink Endur.
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to trading, risk, operations, and technology stakeholders, translating complex business requirements into scalable solutions. This role combines hands-on Endur expertise with solution leadership, delivery accountability, and the ability to mentor multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities
Client Advisory and Solution Leadership
We are seeking an experienced Principal ETRM / Endur Consultant to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) solutions using Openlink Endur.
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to trading, risk, operations, and technology stakeholders, translating complex business requirements into scalable solutions. This role combines hands-on Endur expertise with solution leadership, delivery accountability, and the ability to mentor multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities
Client Advisory and Solution Leadership
- Act as the principal advisor for Endur engagements, aligning solution design with clients’ commercial, operational, and technology objectives
- Lead discovery workshops, requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, and business process design
- Define end-to-end solutions across front-, middle-, and back-office functions
- Evaluate design alternatives and clearly communicate trade-offs, dependencies, risks, and recommendations
- Establish configuration, customization, integration, and documentation standards
- Lead Endur implementations, upgrades, enhancements, and transformation initiatives from discovery through deployment and stabilization
- Oversee configuration for deal capture, trade lifecycle management, pricing, valuation, risk reporting, settlements, and accounting interfaces
- Translate requirements into functional specifications and technical designs
- Guide integrations with market data providers, trading platforms, scheduling systems, enterprise applications, and downstream reporting solutions
- Review custom development and promote maintainable solutions that limit unnecessary customization
- Identify opportunities to improve application performance, operational efficiency, and platform reliability
- Own solution quality and delivery outcomes across assigned workstreams
- Develop estimates, implementation plans, and resource requirements in collaboration with project leadership
- Lead system integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, and defect resolution
- Oversee data migration, reconciliation, cutover planning, go-live readiness, and transition to support
- Proactively manage technical risks, cross-functional dependencies, and delivery issues
- Mentor consultants, business analysts, developers, and solution leads
- Review deliverables and provide hands-on guidance on complex functional and technical challenges
- Contribute reusable assets, delivery methodologies, and Endur best practices
- Support proposals, solution demonstrations, effort estimation, and client presentations
- Build long-term client relationships and identify opportunities for additional value
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Typically 10+ years of experience in ETRM/CTRM delivery, including substantial hands-on experience with Openlink Endur
- Demonstrated experience leading complex Endur implementations, upgrades, or major enhancement programs
- Strong understanding of the energy trading lifecycle across front, middle, and back office
- Deep expertise in at least one relevant commodity market, such as power, natural gas, LNG, crude oil, or refined products
- Strong knowledge of Endur configuration, deal modeling, pricing, valuation, risk, settlements, and reporting
- Experience translating business requirements into robust functional and technical solutions
- Proven ability to lead client workshops, manage senior stakeholders, and resolve complex design decisions
- Experience leading teams and maintaining delivery quality across multiple workstreams
- Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Hands-on development or technical oversight experience with OpenJVS, OpenComponents, Java, C#, and SQL, as relevant to the client’s Endur environment
- Experience with physical and financial commodity products, derivatives, hedging, and position management
- Familiarity with market and credit risk concepts, P&L attribution, exposure reporting, and valuation controls
- Experience with market data integration, trade interfaces, scheduling, accounting, and enterprise reporting
- Experience with Endur performance tuning, production troubleshooting, and application support
- Familiarity with automated testing, release management, and CI/CD practices
- Experience contributing to consulting sales, proposals, and practice development
