• Manage the configuration of multiple production silos, covering multiple asset classes
• Improve uptime, capacity, and performance of trading systems
• Diagnose and resolve critical production issues, managing incident tracking, analysis and reporting
• Work with development and QA teams in regression testing functionality and stress testing application servers
• Build automation and processes that reduce the impact of mistakes and eliminate recurring incidents
• Revise software designs to mitigate failures in other parts of the stack
• Contribute to service quality by participating in product development from idea and inception
• Manage critical and direct communication lines with traders, business managers, and development leads on all aspects of projects Significant experience in UNIX/Linux and troubleshooting network connectivity problems
• Experience in developing in a high-level scripting or object-oriented programming language such as Python
• Experience in writing SQL database queries in MS SQL Server or other common SQL database platforms
• Exposure to CI/CD, SDLC, testing methodologies and test tools
• Proven experience in building, deploying and supporting large-scale, distributed applications
• Knowledge of trading systems and applications, including order management systems and FIX engines
• Prior experience in supporting a trading desk
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills