Company: | Connections Personnel of New York, Inc. |
Job Category: | IT/Software Development |
Location: | New York, NY 10001 |
Job Title: | Trading Systems Administrator/Support |
Phone: | 212-564-3300 |
E-mail: | unix@connectionsny.com |
Job Description:
Company seeks Trading Systems Support Analyst to work on proprietary trading desk within the firm. Candidate will provide daily support of trading, risk, and analytics applications. Candidate will work directly with the business unit on the trading floor and serve as a liason between the business unit and developers. Responsiblities further include overseeing and correcting data used in several trading strategies as well as monitoring automated trading systems throughout the day to detect any errors. The individual can be involved with developing, modifying and maintaining applications as well as coding, testing and documenting programs to support various asset classes. End of day reporting of trading activity will be an additional daily requirement.
Candidate must have experience with FIX, UNIX Systems and have desire to work in fast paced exciting trading environment. Sybase and Derivatives knowledge is a plus
The academic requirement for the post is a bachelor’s degree. Strong computing skills are desired, with emphasis placed on advanced proficiency in scripting within a production environment like Perl or Shell scripting. The associate will work closely with traders to understand business needs in detail. Series 7, 63 & 55 licenses are a plus.