Technical Murex PAC Consultant/Lead/Architect (Production/Architecture/Configurati, English speaking
EMEA resourcing
Description
Technical Murex PAC Consultant/Lead/Architect (Production/Architecture/Configuration), English speaking
Remote working: candidate must BASED IN CANADA
Technical Murex PAC Consultant/Lead/Architect (Production/Architecture/Configuration), English speaking
Key Skills:
The ideal candidate will have:
Deep technical knowledge of Murex MX.3 architecture, including service distribution, clustering, failover and scalability;
Proven expertise in hardware sizing and technical architecture design;
Deep understanding of OS-level administration (Linux/Unix), networking and performance tuning;
Familiarity with firewall, DMZ, VPN and Proxy configurations;
Experience with resource monitoring tools (eg Nagios, Prometheus, ELK, AppDynamics);
Ability to debug Java/C++ binaries, read logs and identify root causes;
The Assignment
One of our clients is a capital markets consultancy whose Murex practice is one of its fastest-growing divisions, having expanded rapidly over the past year. The practice is building out nine high-impact streams spanning Front Office, Back Office, Risk, Integration, Production & Architecture and Environment Management, and serves Tier 1 investment banks, hedge funds and global asset managers. The client is now strengthening its Production & Architecture capability with a Murex PAC Consultant. You will work as part of a collaborative ecosystem, alongside Quantitative and Front Office Pricing experts, rather than in a silo. The role is client-facing: you will gather requirements, design solutions and resolve production-critical issues, and you will be trusted as a thought partner and problem-solver. The client offers a clear career path, both vertically into leadership and horizontally into adjacent specialisms.
Role and Responsibilities
We are looking for a Murex PAC Consultant with deep MX.3 technical architecture expertise to own the platform and infrastructure side of Murex delivery. You will be:
Defining and validating the technical architecture for Murex environments, whether on-premise or cloud;
Performing hardware sizing based on client needs, expected load and Murex requirements;
Designing system engineering blueprints, including network layout, server communication and load balancers;
Solving technical platform issues, including low-level system and connectivity problems;
Debugging Murex binaries and troubleshooting system crashes and performance degradation;
Setting up and configuring resource monitoring tools covering CPU, RAM, disk and network I/O;
Optimising system performance, ensuring high availability, scalability and resilience;
Collaborating with CEM, DevOps and client IT teams on firewall, DMZ, Proxy and security setup;
Supporting disaster recovery (DR) and backup infrastructure planning.
12 months extendable contract
Flexible start date (ie immediate to 3 months notice)
Working for well established company
(If this position do not fit within your experience or is of no interest to you we offer a recommendation fee for any consultant you refer we successfully make a placement with).