FIX/SWIFT Production Support Engineer

The Fountain Group

Jersey City, NJ, United States

18 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

8 years minimum

Compensation

$145,600.0 - $187,200.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.thefountaingroup.com

Tech stack

Microsoft Access JIRA Bash Shell Software Documentation Software Debugging Linux Disaster Recovery Distributed Computing Environment Middleware Perl (Programming Language) Python (Programming Language) Open Source Technology

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Ansible Software Project Management Scripting Information Technology Bitbucket

Job description

Installation, configuration, maintenance, debugging and resolving FIX (Appia, TradeScope, QuickFIX) or SWIFT
Alliance product implementations on Linux. Maintain stability of the production environment.
Provide advanced production support and assistance to development staff in troubleshooting application issues with respect to the use of FIX, SWIFT and Linux. Perform root cause analysis.
Provide immediate support for production Appia, QuickFIX or SWIFT Alliance implementations.
Participate in weekend on-call support rotations.
Provide support for weekend implementations and Disaster Recovery tests.
Manage patching, upgrades and other various infrastructure operations on FIX or SWIFT servers.
Create and maintain clearly detailed system documentation and diagrams to be used as job aids and knowledge transfer material. P
Analyze system performance and capacity statistics. Provide recommendations.
Maintain, author and debug administrative utilities using shell programs (bash, perl).
Work with development staff and teammates to architect implementation and support solutions.
Use of Jira, Bit Bucket, Ansible for project and software management.
Work both independently and in a Team as an energetic team member.
Lead, provide and implement automated solutions.
Recommend process and technological changes.
Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately.
Effectively complete complex projects and installations within aggressive time frames and budget parameters.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering.
Minimum of 8 years of related experience with FIX or SWIFT.
Strong knowledge of Client Appia, Open-source QuickFIX or SWIFT Alliance Access products.
Good administrator knowledge of Linux and networking with good command over any scripting language such as
Shell, Perl, Python, etc.
Experience in handling Critical and Major production incidents.
Hands-on experience in support of a real-time trading environment
Good knowledge of solutions that support applications using high-performance messaging/middleware.
Experience developing automated solutions in a distributed computing environment.
Strong ability to diagnose and fix problems with middleware FIX or SWIFT products.