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Application Support for Front Office (DevOps)
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Working as an Application Support specialist means you'll use both creative and critical thinking skills as well as problem solving skills to maintain and continuously improve our global application systems You would support application systems that are crucial to the daily operations of the firm You will also your technical skills (mostly Python and DevOps) to deep dive into front office flow related application issues and build/enhance software solution to improve the support experience for our business users.
What do we do?
The CCEM (Commodities, Currencies & Emerging Markets) Production Management team is a DevOps modelled application support team responsible for the front-office trade floor support and stability & resiliency of the global CCEM applications (Athena) We are a truly global team of 25+ members with the presence in AMER, EMEA and Asia and we use follow-the-Sun model
In New York and Houston, we interact directly with the Front Office traders, Middle office users as well as with our Application Development (AD) and Global Infrastructure partners The CCEM business is a fast growing one and it relies heavily on the technology - agility and high availability (stability) of our application software Our team's key focus is automation and tooling using DevOps principals that will continuously eliminate repeat work and enhances our productivity on YOY basis.
Athena is the client's cross-market risk management and trading system that provides functionality for traders, salespeople and operations staff globally It is used in our FX, commodities, fixed income and credit businesses Athena includes a globally replicated object-oriented database, a powerful dependency graph and a fully integrated stack across pricing, risk and trading tools The code is a combination of Python and C++: C++ for speed, and Python for flexibility and rapid but controlled releases Athena is designed to provide a continuous deployment environment, and pull developers close to the business to help increase revenues, while improving operational processes and controls to reduce costs.
Requirement:
Qualifications
BS/BA degree or equivalent industry experience
Trade floor support and Problem solving - Primary role is problem solving, application and trade floor support
Knowledge of business concepts related to front office trading, risk, pricing and booking would be a plus, especially in FX and Commodities areas.
Basic working knowledge of production incident management, root cause analysis (RCA) and related follow ups to ensure closure of the issue would be a plus
Collaboration - Role implies collaboration with all levels of seniority including the developers, business users (including traders) and global production management teams Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships at work.
Development and debugging skills - Ability to debug production issues by digging into the application code (mostly Python) and software development using DevOps methods would be a plus.
Additional Skills:- Problem solving and application support
- Basics of finance industry
- Basic programming skills, Python preferred
- Knowledge of front office trading would be a plus
- Good communication skills
Summary
Working as an Application Support specialist means you'll use both creative and critical thinking skills as well as problem solving skills to maintain and continuously improve our global application systems You would support application systems that are crucial to the daily operations of the firm You will also your technical skills (mostly Python and DevOps) to deep dive into front office flow related application issues and build/enhance software solution to improve the support experience for our business users.
What do we do?
The CCEM (Commodities, Currencies & Emerging Markets) Production Management team is a DevOps modelled application support team responsible for the front-office trade floor support and stability & resiliency of the global CCEM applications (Athena) We are a truly global team of 25+ members with the presence in AMER, EMEA and Asia and we use follow-the-Sun model
In New York and Houston, we interact directly with the Front Office traders, Middle office users as well as with our Application Development (AD) and Global Infrastructure partners The CCEM business is a fast growing one and it relies heavily on the technology - agility and high availability (stability) of our application software Our team's key focus is automation and tooling using DevOps principals that will continuously eliminate repeat work and enhances our productivity on YOY basis.
Athena is the client's cross-market risk management and trading system that provides functionality for traders, salespeople and operations staff globally It is used in our FX, commodities, fixed income and credit businesses Athena includes a globally replicated object-oriented database, a powerful dependency graph and a fully integrated stack across pricing, risk and trading tools The code is a combination of Python and C++: C++ for speed, and Python for flexibility and rapid but controlled releases Athena is designed to provide a continuous deployment environment, and pull developers close to the business to help increase revenues, while improving operational processes and controls to reduce costs.
Requirement:
Qualifications
BS/BA degree or equivalent industry experience
Trade floor support and Problem solving - Primary role is problem solving, application and trade floor support
Knowledge of business concepts related to front office trading, risk, pricing and booking would be a plus, especially in FX and Commodities areas.
Basic working knowledge of production incident management, root cause analysis (RCA) and related follow ups to ensure closure of the issue would be a plus
Collaboration - Role implies collaboration with all levels of seniority including the developers, business users (including traders) and global production management teams Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships at work.
Development and debugging skills - Ability to debug production issues by digging into the application code (mostly Python) and software development using DevOps methods would be a plus.
Additional Skills:- Problem solving and application support
- Basics of finance industry
- Basic programming skills, Python preferred
- Knowledge of front office trading would be a plus
- Good communication skills
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Summary
Working as an Application Support specialist means you'll use both creative and critical thinking skills as well as problem solving skills to maintain and continuously improve our global application systems You would support application systems that are crucial to the daily operations of the firm You will also your technical skills (mostly Python and DevOps) to deep dive into front office flow related application issues and build/enhance software solution to improve the support experience for our business users.
What do we do?
The CCEM (Commodities, Currencies & Emerging Markets) Production Management team is a DevOps modelled application support team responsible for the front-office trade floor support and stability & resiliency of the global CCEM applications (Athena) We are a truly global team of 25+ members with the presence in AMER, EMEA and Asia and we use follow-the-Sun model
In New York and Houston, we interact directly with the Front Office traders, Middle office users as well as with our Application Development (AD) and Global Infrastructure partners The CCEM business is a fast growing one and it relies heavily on the technology - agility and high availability (stability) of our application software Our team's key focus is automation and tooling using DevOps principals that will continuously eliminate repeat work and enhances our productivity on YOY basis.
Athena is the client's cross-market risk management and trading system that provides functionality for traders, salespeople and operations staff globally It is used in our FX, commodities, fixed income and credit businesses Athena includes a globally replicated object-oriented database, a powerful dependency graph and a fully integrated stack across pricing, risk and trading tools The code is a combination of Python and C++: C++ for speed, and Python for flexibility and rapid but controlled releases Athena is designed to provide a continuous deployment environment, and pull developers close to the business to help increase revenues, while improving operational processes and controls to reduce costs.
Requirement:
Qualifications
BS/BA degree or equivalent industry experience
Trade floor support and Problem solving - Primary role is problem solving, application and trade floor support
Knowledge of business concepts related to front office trading, risk, pricing and booking would be a plus, especially in FX and Commodities areas.
Basic working knowledge of production incident management, root cause analysis (RCA) and related follow ups to ensure closure of the issue would be a plus
Collaboration - Role implies collaboration with all levels of seniority including the developers, business users (including traders) and global production management teams Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships at work.
Development and debugging skills - Ability to debug production issues by digging into the application code (mostly Python) and software development using DevOps methods would be a plus.
Additional Skills:- Problem solving and application support
- Basics of finance industry
- Basic programming skills, Python preferred
- Knowledge of front office trading would be a plus
- Good communication skills
Summary
Working as an Application Support specialist means you'll use both creative and critical thinking skills as well as problem solving skills to maintain and continuously improve our global application systems You would support application systems that are crucial to the daily operations of the firm You will also your technical skills (mostly Python and DevOps) to deep dive into front office flow related application issues and build/enhance software solution to improve the support experience for our business users.
What do we do?
The CCEM (Commodities, Currencies & Emerging Markets) Production Management team is a DevOps modelled application support team responsible for the front-office trade floor support and stability & resiliency of the global CCEM applications (Athena) We are a truly global team of 25+ members with the presence in AMER, EMEA and Asia and we use follow-the-Sun model
In New York and Houston, we interact directly with the Front Office traders, Middle office users as well as with our Application Development (AD) and Global Infrastructure partners The CCEM business is a fast growing one and it relies heavily on the technology - agility and high availability (stability) of our application software Our team's key focus is automation and tooling using DevOps principals that will continuously eliminate repeat work and enhances our productivity on YOY basis.
Athena is the client's cross-market risk management and trading system that provides functionality for traders, salespeople and operations staff globally It is used in our FX, commodities, fixed income and credit businesses Athena includes a globally replicated object-oriented database, a powerful dependency graph and a fully integrated stack across pricing, risk and trading tools The code is a combination of Python and C++: C++ for speed, and Python for flexibility and rapid but controlled releases Athena is designed to provide a continuous deployment environment, and pull developers close to the business to help increase revenues, while improving operational processes and controls to reduce costs.
Requirement:
Qualifications
BS/BA degree or equivalent industry experience
Trade floor support and Problem solving - Primary role is problem solving, application and trade floor support
Knowledge of business concepts related to front office trading, risk, pricing and booking would be a plus, especially in FX and Commodities areas.
Basic working knowledge of production incident management, root cause analysis (RCA) and related follow ups to ensure closure of the issue would be a plus
Collaboration - Role implies collaboration with all levels of seniority including the developers, business users (including traders) and global production management teams Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships at work.
Development and debugging skills - Ability to debug production issues by digging into the application code (mostly Python) and software development using DevOps methods would be a plus.
Additional Skills:- Problem solving and application support
- Basics of finance industry
- Basic programming skills, Python preferred
- Knowledge of front office trading would be a plus
- Good communication skills
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
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