Trading Application Support Engineer Senior Associate
State Street
Trading Application Support Engineer Senior Associate
State Street
Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds
State Street Markets is the investment research and trading arm of State Street, providing specialized research, trading, securities lending and innovative portfolio strategies to owners and managers of institutional assets.
DMC Production Support is seeking a technical Production Application Support candidate to support FX business applications. The person in this position will be responsible for the active monitoring of trading, settlement and reporting applications as well as support of maintenance and application release activities. The person is this role will work directly with both the business and application development teams in addressing and resolving application issues.
Responsibilities
Provide direct technical trading floor application support to our DMC business partners
Troubleshoot/analyze and triage application and trading issues
Monitor application environment for issues
Assist in application maintenance and deployment activities
Provide Disaster Recovery Testing support
Participate in a rotational support schedule for critical production systems.
Attributes
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, work with schedules / resources while remaining focused on team goals
Strong debugging and analytical skills; Core problem solving skills, ability to analyze available data and potential solutions, eliminate possible solutions and select an optimal solution
Ability to work and co-ordinate with multiple remote teams
Ability to work independently and excellent problem-solving skills are a must
Willingness to take ownership of issues and ability to see them thru to resolution
Education & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems
Experience supporting large scale, 24/7, real time mission critical systems
Experience in financial business processes
1-2 years Linux, SQL, WebSphere, Windows Cloud technologies, Incident management
Familiarity with programming/scripting languages
Strong knowledge of Oracle and MS SQL
Working knowledge of Middleware (WebSphere, MQ Series, Autosys, etc.), and J2EE a plus
Experience supporting trading, financial, or other mission-critical enterprise applications is preferred
Salary Range:
$52,000 - $91,000 AnnualThe range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
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Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds
State Street holds and services investments for pension funds, insurers, fund companies, and other large institutions, and it also runs index funds through State Street Investment Management. It launched the first US-listed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, in 1993, and in 1924 it became custodian of the first US mutual fund. As a custody bank, it safekeeps clients' stocks and bonds, completes their trades, calculates what their funds are worth, and lends their securities to other investors. It earns fees on the assets it services and manages, plus income from currency trading and from interest on client cash. State Street traces its roots to a bank chartered in 1792 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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