FX eTrading Application Production engineer – Investment Banking Full Time

Adlam Consulting Ltd

FX eTrading Application Production engineer – Investment Banking

Role is to be in charge of Linux global migration for the main FX Spot Market Making platform. This is a critical strategic migration for FX global business. It involves coordination of multiple teams globally to deliver the infrastructure, OS tuning expertise to optimize the performance, global deployment of NATS, a new messaging technology being introduced within the Bank.

Essential skills:

• Scripting (Python, Shell, SQL….) and development skills for administration, monitoring and support tools
• Knowledge of FIX protocol
• Knowledge of Broadway Technology TOC product
• Knowledge of Azul Zing product
• Knowledge of ITRS Geneos monitoring systems
• Good network and Firewall infrastructure understanding
• Good understanding of multicast messaging in a Tibco RendezVous environment
• Ability to analyse network captures
• Project management skills to deliver medium scale projects

Candidate profile:

• Strong all-around IT background and proven experience in electronic trading markets on similar global FX eTrading environments
• Strong understanding of Linux (Redhat) operating systems to be able to tune platforms for optimum performance (core pinning, Kernel bypass, )

The team provides technical support for all Back End components running on FX eTrading environments (more than 600 application Servers – Windows and Linux).

The team also manages connectivity to many electronic trading venues (EBS, Reuters FX Matching, Currenex, CBOE-HotSpot, LMAX, Euronext FastMatch, Bloomberg, MOEX …) and external clients.

Production systems are mainly installed in London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore, most of them live 24/5.

Follow-the-Sun support model is in place, involving teams in London, New York, Montreal, Singapore and Mumbai.

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