FIX/SWIFT Production Support Engineer

Pay is flexible, ideally 70-90/hour W2. (C2C is possible)
This is a hybrid role, onsite work is expected in Jersey City, NJ or Dallas, TX 2-x/week.
Primary Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration, maintenance, debugging and resolving FIX (Appia, TradeScope, QuickFIX) or SWIFT
• Alliance product implementations on Linux. Maintain stability of the production environment.
• Provide advanced production support and assistance to development staff in troubleshooting application issues with respect to the use of FIX, SWIFT and Linux. Perform root cause analysis.
• Provide immediate support for production Appia, QuickFIX or SWIFT Alliance implementations.
• Participate in weekend on-call support rotations.
• Provide support for weekend implementations and Disaster Recovery tests.
• Manage patching, upgrades and other various infrastructure operations on FIX or SWIFT servers.
• Create and maintain clearly detailed system documentation and diagrams to be used as job aids and knowledge transfer material. P
• Analyze system performance and capacity statistics. Provide recommendations.
• Maintain, author and debug administrative utilities using shell programs (bash, perl).
• Work with development staff and teammates to architect implementation and support solutions.
• Use of Jira, Bit Bucket, Ansible for project and software management.
• Work both independently and in a Team as an energetic team member.
• Lead, provide and implement automated solutions.
• Recommend process and technological changes.
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately.
• Effectively complete complex projects and installations within aggressive time frames and budget parameters.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with FIX or SWIFT.
• Strong knowledge of Client Appia, Open-source QuickFIX or SWIFT Alliance Access products.
• Good administrator knowledge of Linux and networking with good command over any scripting language such as
• Shell, Perl, Python, etc.
• Experience in handling Critical and Major production incidents.
• Hands-on experience in support of a real-time trading environment
• Good knowledge of solutions that support applications using high-performance messaging/middleware.
• Experience developing automated solutions in a distributed computing environment.
• Strong ability to diagnose and fix problems with middleware FIX or SWIFT products.

Who We Are:
The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.
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The Fountain Group
3407 W Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Tampa, FL 33607
"We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people."