Trade Application Support

Trade application support, low latency market data, order management systems, Linux, FIX trading protocol, Python, Linux, SQL, Excel, AWS, DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Docker

Working with a leading Hedge Fund to secure the services of a Trade Application Support Engineer to join the London team. The Trade Application Support analyst is a key member of the operations and investment teams supporting full trade life cycle trade processes, including but not limited to: startup, live trading system monitoring and triage, outages, data cleanliness, reporting, and trade analysis functions.

This person will work closely with the portfolio managers, software/network/systems engineers, and various operations teams.

The candidate is required to have a strong technical background in Linux environment, experience in front and Back Office trade support, attention to detail, ability to multitask with changing requirements, and urgency to tackle live production issues.

Responsibilities:

Live trade life cycle monitoring and management with attention to follow up tasks and postmortems Post trade processing and resolving trade settlement issues in a timely manner System integration with development teams and external counterparties Software Deployment, Client Reporting Support, Investment and Operational Projects as needed Ownership of production footprint, eg identify system improvements, automate daily tasks, document existing and new workflows

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university Hands on experience with low latency market data and order management systems, internal or third party Working knowledge of FIX trading protocol Technical proficiency with Python, Linux, SQL, Excel, AWS, ability to debug scripts and code DevOps experience with Jenkins, Ansible, Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Docker is a plus Strong analytical and detail-oriented aptitude; a high degree of accuracy is required Excellent communication and organizational skills with friendly demeanor

Ability to manage time effectively, set priorities and meet deadlines, mentorship of junior members

Nice to Have:

Heightened awareness for production alerts and adhere to SLA for remediation
Experience in low latency trading platforms with integration utilizing FPGA's, microwave networks, multicast broadcast and point-to-point connections
Experience with New Relic/Zabbix/PagerDuty and application monitoring frameworks
Experience with Redwood RunMyJob and familiarity with Cron, or similar job scheduling frameworks
Ability to troubleshoot network, authentication, and file transfer issues
Familiar with AWS STS and S3, navigation on AWS console or equivalent cloud service
Ability to work independently and automate daily tasks as much as possible in Bash and Python