Job description
We are currently seeking a Linux Production Support Engineer for one of our automated trading desks. As a part of this team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with trading strategy and infrastructure development teams and be an important part of getting new technologies and strategies configured and deployed.
You will work directly with our technologists, traders and quantitative research analysts to develop tools to monitor and support the production environment on a highly automated trading desk as well as developing and maintaining software build tools on Linux. You will have the opportunity to learn market microstructure and how the system setup and system risk relates to the trading.
You will work directly with our technologists, traders and quantitative research analysts to develop tools to monitor and support the production environment on a highly automated trading desk as well as developing and maintaining software build tools on Linux. You will have the opportunity to learn market microstructure and how the system setup and system risk relates to the trading.
In this role you will:
Develop scripts for monitoring the state of the production environment and its dependencies for an automated trading desk- Work with the Platform Engineering team to assist in server imaging, testing and deployment
- Act as a liaison between the trading desk and network, security, market data and platform teams for system level production issues and new setups
- Monitor and support a highly distributed production system
- Provide multi-level support for traders, strategists and quantitative researchers
What we're looking for
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Demonstrated proficiency in scripting languages(Python, shell) is strongly preferred
- Experience with messaging systems (Tibco/RV, LBM) is a plus
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for working with traders, quants and other developers are required
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment is required
- Excellent quantitative skills are strongly preferred
- Good understanding of financial instruments and markets is a plus
SIG does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or search firms. Any resume or referral submitted in the absence of a signed agreement will become the property of SIG and no fee will be paid.
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