Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst

The Rates Data Services Technology Team is responsible for the management and efficient delivery of trade and market data to front office users (e.g. trading) and Risk and Pricing applications. In order to achieve our mission we maintain and enhance a data stack built around data streaming and distribution technologies as well as microservices. We handle large data volumes on a daily basis and work closely with the business.

We are seeking a senior professional to join our team and help extend our platform. The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies. Required qualifications include deep expertise in the VMware Gemfire data caching application, strong problem-solving capabilities, and a clear understanding of how our team collaborates with others to achieve its objectives. A solid knowledge of banking systems and the financial domain is also essential.

This challenging role offers an excellent opportunity to work on complex technical problems while also gaining an understanding of the Rates business. This is a mixed role of business analyst, application config manager, and L3 support who would like to augment and diversify their skillset with additional business knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and enhance existing system logic by evaluating potential improvements and implementing configuration changes to optimize performance and maintainability.
• Define the scope and objectives for system changes by conducting research, gathering facts, and leveraging a strong understanding of business systems and industry requirements to document technical and functional specifications.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and cross-functional technology teams, particularly within the Rates and broader Markets domains.
• Analyze current business processes to design and deliver effective technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, including release notes, user manuals, and internal team reference materials.
• Partner with development leads to manage enhancements and defects, providing expert troubleshooting to resolve application issues efficiently.
• Oversee application deployment, configuration, and release management, contributing to CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth delivery through automated processes.
• Provide post-release support to business users, developers, and support groups to ensure seamless operations and timely issue resolution.

Knowledge/Experience:

Technical skill:

• VMware GemFire Expertise: Extensive, hands-on experience supporting the VMware GemFire data caching platform, including:
  • Customization and Business Logic: Ability to customize and extend GemFire's core functionality to meet specific business requirements.
  • Data Modeling: Expertise in designing efficient data models for optimal caching performance within GemFire.
  • Performance Tuning: Deep understanding of GemFire architecture to configure and tune data regions, eviction policies, and persistence settings for maximum performance and low latency.
  • Maintenance and Support: Proven experience in troubleshooting, monitoring, and maintaining the stability and health of production GemFire clusters.
• DevOps and Automation: Solid understanding of DevOps principles with hands-on experience using automation tools, particularly Ansible.
• Operating Systems: Proficiency in Unix and Linux environments.
• Job Scheduling: Experience with enterprise job schedulers such as Control-M or Autosys.
• Monitoring Tools: Knowledge of monitoring tools, including ITRS, Grafana, and Prometheus.

Software engineering skills:

• Experience working on a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery environment. Familiarity with TeamCity, UrbanDeploy, Sonarqube and Jenkins
• Experience with the SDLC lifecycle and in working within an Agile environment
• Proficiency in using Jira for task management and backlogs, and Confluence for documentation.

Business facing and interpersonal skills:

• Strong communication skills, oral and written.
• Ability to apply sound technical skills and knowledge of the Rates business to develop creative solutions to meet client and business needs.
• Responsible, agile and collaborative team worker.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with others, effectively influencing peers and business partners.
• Self-motivated and organised, with determination to achieve goals; ability to work autonomously when required.
• Ability to face off to all business users (traders, financial controllers, risk managers, etc.)
• Flexible and able to deliver quality results in the required timeframe
• Flexibility to work with a global team, across geographies and time zones

Qualifications / Education:

• Strong academic record, ideally with a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, or related technical/quantitative discipline. Demonstrable success in designing and delivering multi-tiered applications
• Ideally, an understanding of financial derivatives (rates or other) or willing to learn about this area.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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