Front Office Application Support Analyst, Fixed Income and Equities Trading

Front Office Application Support Analyst, Fixed Income and Equities TradingGlobal Bank, U.S. Securities BusinessMidtown Manhattan | Four days onsite, one day remoteLong-term contract

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The OpportunityThe U.S. securities arm of a global bank is adding a Front Office Application Support Analyst to its Front Office Solutions technology group. You'll sit close to the fixed income and equities trading desks and own production support for the platforms they rely on every day: order management, electronic trading, market connectivity, and the systems behind regulatory reporting.This is a hands-on technology role, not an operations, trade support, or middle office seat. You'll be the engineer traders call when an order won't route or a FIX session drops. You'll diagnose it across the application, server, and connection, fix it fast, and then write the script that keeps it from happening again.
What You'll DoProvide production support for fixed income and equities trading applications, working directly with traders, sales, and business stakeholdersTroubleshoot and resolve application, server, and FIX connectivity issues in real time across Unix/Linux and WindowsWrite and maintain shell scripts and automation in Python or another language to improve monitoring, health checks, and recurring manual workQuery and analyze trade data in SQL for investigations and root-cause analysisSupport the systems and data feeds behind regulatory reporting, including TRACE, CAT, and TRF/ORFTake part in releases, upgrades, testing, and change management across front office systemsPartner with development and infrastructure teams on projects and platform changes
What We're Looking ForHands-on scripting in shell (bash, ksh) and programming experience in one of Python, Java, C#, or C++Solid SQL, with experience in Oracle, Sybase, or similar databasesStrong troubleshooting across Unix/Linux and WindowsApplication support or development experience on front office trading systems at a broker-dealer or bank, ideally with credit, rates, or electronic trading desksWorking knowledge of fixed income and equity trading workflows xzbcwsv and the trade lifecycleCalm under pressure and able to talk directly to traders when something is brokenBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experienceAble to work onsite in Midtown four days a week
Preferred ExperienceFIX Protocol (4.2 to 5.0) and order routing platformsBloomberg TOMS, Ullink Bridge, FlexTrade, or a similar OMSFixed income regulatory reporting systems (TRACE) or equity reporting (CAT, TRF/ORF, Rule 606)MongoDB or other NoSQL databasesAdvanced Excel, including macros
This is a desk-facing technology seat with real ownership of the trading platforms a growing securities business runs on.