L3 DevOps Production Support Engineer - Fixed Income Trading

Key skills: Linux (RH8), Trading Floor Experience (Fixed Income) , Azure, Python, Java Logs, Tidal

This DevOps role is mostly working w/ traders and developers to deploy software for production

Location is New York City 2-3 days/week (1271 Avenue of the Americas)

Junior candidates needed (4-7 years of experience )

Local candidates strongly preferred, possible f-f for final round : 3 interviews, call w/ manager, tech interview (scripting and how to resolve deployment issues), then f-f

Level 3 Support Role -- Job Description

Overview:

In this role, you will interact directly with trading, compliance and risk, and IT functions to primarily operate and enhance capabilities of the existing trading systems leveraging modern technologies and data & software architectures.

Required years of experience: 5 years

Required skills

Familiar with Linux: command line, standard file editing/searching/manipulation, shell scripting, etc.

Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL: understanding of tables, views, indexes; how to query and modify data; query performance/optimization

Working experience with job automation tools such as Tidal, Autosys, Control-M, etc.

Good communication skills, able to: express concerns/risks, document and communicate corrective and preventative action plans to stakeholders, etc.

Methodical approach to problem solving and incident management

Able to define and document operational procedures and runbooks

Familiarity with release packaging and deployment: rundeck, ansible, etc.

Understanding of SDLC and Agile frameworks.

Typical assignments

Implementing pre-release and post-deployment verifications

Integrating with Rundeck or Azure DevOps for application deployment

Implementing application control solutions (start/stop scripts)

Integrating with monitoring solutions (OpsRamp, Grafana, Splunk, etc.)

Supporting annual DR/BCP testing requirements

Provisioning and setup of new servers

Supporting user authentication and authorization processes and workflows

Configuring authentication, Service Accounts, etc.

Following up on production incidents and problem tickets

Troubleshooting trading and market data production issues.

Recommending and implementing infrastructure improvements.

Working knowledge of python scripting.

Intangibles

Industry experience - Enthusiasm to learn regulatory and trading workflows.

Takes ownership and drives solutions to completion.

Amenable to shift gears on Regulatory Ops business priorities.

Ability to multitask and troubleshoot L3 Support during NY hours.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.