Overview
On Site
Full Time
Skills
Scripting
Physical Layer
Data Link Layer
Front Office
Application Support
Quality Assurance
Technical Support
SOD
Back Office
BMC Remedy
Finance
Unix
Linux
Database
Sybase
SQL
Python
Shell Scripting
Trading
Workflow
Financial Information eXchange
Incident Management
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Computer Science
Job Details
Job title: Trade Application Support Engineer
Comp: 200-500k total comp, candidate dependent.
Work Model: in office, midtown Manhattan
Summary: A successful hedge fund is looking for an accomplished application support engineer to join their electronic trade team. You will be scripting in Python to create automation and make trading more efficient. You will also troubleshoot their trading applications.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Comp: 200-500k total comp, candidate dependent.
Work Model: in office, midtown Manhattan
Summary: A successful hedge fund is looking for an accomplished application support engineer to join their electronic trade team. You will be scripting in Python to create automation and make trading more efficient. You will also troubleshoot their trading applications.
Responsibilities:
- Provide L1 and L2 support for Front Office staff (Traders, Investment Professionals) to quickly identify and resolve issues as they arise and ensure continuity of the business.
- Gather business requirements and liaise with various IT teams to ensure delivery of functionality.
- User / strategy application support
- Assist in the deployment, checkout, and QA testing of applications.
- System support & SOD/intraday health checks.
- Work closely with the back office teams to remedy issues related to security setups, trade booking, corporate actions, price breaks, and book keeping entries.
Qualifications:
- Experience supporting trading systems within the finance industry
Experience with Unix, Linux
Experience with databases such as Sybase or SQL
Proficiency in Python and shell scripting language
Deep understanding of trading workflows and the ability to troubleshoot breaks - FIX protocol knowledge
- Experience with incident management, problem solving outages and breaks
Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical colleagues - Bachelors Degree in engineering or computer science or related field of study
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