Description
Senior Production Support Analyst - Investment Banking/Exchange/Connectivity
Birmingham
A leading Investment Bank in Birmingham is looking to recruit a senior production support analyst to join their connectivity team which connects the bank to every exchange in which it trades on every location of the world across all asset classes. The team also manages 3 rd part vendor software as well as internally developed software platforms that connect us to the exchanges and allow us to submit trades to those markets, or receive trades from clients of the bank. This position is for an exchange and production management specialist to own the following areas of responsibility:
Key Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be responsible for the stability of the trading environment in London, outage management, post deployment checkouts and acting as a senior mentor/provide guidance to more junior members of the team located in the UK.
The candidate will have:
Key Responsibilities:
- Solid understanding of the Windows server platform
- Solid understanding of the Unix/Linux server platform
- Solid understanding of networking - DMZs, Unicast/Multicast
- Experience with release/deployment management solutions such as Perforce
- Strong analytical mindset
- Must be able to demonstrate excellent problem solving abilities, and be able to think quickly on their feet
- Experience working on a trading floor is a plus
- Detailed knowledge of 3 or more of the following exchanges: LIFFE, EUREX, IDEM, MEFF, ICE, CME, TSE, HKFE, ISE, Montreal
- 3+ years in the financial industry - focused on electronic trading
- Strong communication skills - with experience communicating to Front Office staff
- Working on large projects/programs (covering many regions/many business areas)
- Specific exchange experience - to be listed by region.
- In depth knowledge and hands on experience with at least one of the following ISV platforms: ORC, OTL, ION, TT, FastTrack, GL or an internally developed equivalent.
Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency and is listed in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 list of the UK 's fastest growing private companies for 2006, 2007 and 2008.