Description
This role is part of the Market Data Site Reliability and Engineering (SRE) team, which ensures high availability and performance of systems distributing real-time, historical, and reference market data across the firm.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and optimize global market data distribution systems
- Monitor capacity, manage latency, and ensure platform stability and security
- Collaborate with users and developers on integration, migrations, and compliance
- Support production operations, test new releases, and perform system upgrades
- Identify automation and efficiency improvements in daily operations
Required Skills:
- Strong knowledge of UNIX/Linux, including scripting and performance tuning
- Proficiency in shell scripting and Python (Java/C++/Perl a plus)
- Understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, multicast preferred)
- Experience managing global, high-availability systems
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Preferred Skills:
- Familiarity with Agile, CI/CD, project management
- Knowledge of database technologies
The successful candidate should have:
- Excellent communication skills, broad sense of ownership and proactiveness
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM subject (science, technology, engineering, maths)
- Good grades 2.1 and above
- A passion for Financial Markets
- Solid communication skills for facing off both to IT and business teams
- Strong understanding of server, storage, MQ, and application technologies (Java, .NET, C++)
- Able to troubleshoot, problem solver, analytical
- Proficiency with Linux
- Strong SQL databases experience such as Sybase, DB2, Oracle); able to search log files and compose SQL queries
- Network diagnostic skills and experience with networks and real-time messaging technologies (multicast, TCP/IP, UDP, SNMP)
- Strong scripting skills, like Perl, Python, or UNIX shell
- Excellent spoken and written English communication skills
What you'll get:
- Interactive training before your placement
- A generous graduate salary
- Pay rises every 12 months to reflect your progress
- Ongoing training and support
- Valuable industry experience