Application Support Engineer Trading Linux Finance London

  • Joseph Harry Ltd
  • 22/09/2022
Contractor Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Application Support Engineer (Trading 2nd Line Application Support Analyst Engineer Middle Back Office Clearing Settlements SWIFT Trade Commodities Commodity Contract Front Office Finance Financial Services Banking Settlements Technology Technical Software) required by our financial services client in London.

You MUST have the following:

  • Extensive experience as a Trading Application Support Analyst/Engineer
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) grade knowledge of the trade process from front to Back Office
  • Good knowledge across Linux, UNIX and Windows operating systems
  • Scripting (Python, Perl, Korn, Bash or other)
  • Excellent ability to build relationships with Front Office trading stakeholders

The following is DESIRABLE, not essential:

  • Knowledge of commodities
  • Experience with in house built trading applications

Role: Application Support Engineer (Trading 2nd Line Application Support Analyst Engineer Middle Back Office Clearing Settlements SWIFT Trade Commodities Commodity Contract Front Office Finance Financial Services Banking Settlements Technology Technical Software) required by our financial services client in London. You will join a team of middle and Back Office application support analysts working on operational BAU queries, faults and escalations. You will be an expert in trading applications and have worked in this position before. There may be some project work as part of the position too. You will be excellent at addressing technical issues on UNIX, Windows and Linux based applications. Ideally, you will be able to script in Python, Bash, Perl, Borne, Korn, VB, Java, C++ or another Scripting language.

The company is based in The City of London and operates a hybrid working scheme- working in the office 2 days a week.

Duration: 6-12 months initially

Rate: £600-750/day inside IR35