Job Details

FIX Support Specialist

NEW YORK-10016, NY, US
12/11/2018

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Required Skills

    Scripting
Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

3 to 5 Year(s)

Job Description

We are looking for a Financial Application Support Specialist (FIX and other systems) to support our suite of products.

The individual will be responsible for ensuring the reliability of our business' critical application processes and their associated infrastructure.

They will be assisting internal and external clients by acting as a first point of contact for both application and data queries.

Ideally, the hired individual will have experience installing, administering, and supporting equities FIX connectivity and related applications.

We are proud to offer a casual working environment in an airy loft office space in SoHo part of Manhattan, one of the most exciting and creative places in the world.

We are committed to building a company where highly talented, creative people thrive.
Therefore, we invest heavily in employee satisfaction and offer a competitive compensation package designed to entice the best.

As a dynamic, growing company that fosters an open culture, we emphasize autonomy, responsibility, innovation and self-discipline.

We are looking for someone who wants to make an impact at a small company with an established reputation for quality.

This role will work with engineering, the business stakeholders and at times senior management, therefore exposure within the organization is high.

Responsibilities:

• FIX trade support and FIX connectivity production troubleshooting.

• Installing, administering, and supporting trading system applications

• Documenting and maintaining run-books and recovery procedures for applications and services

• Monitoring of processes, connections, and trade flows

• Onboarding new client FIX connectivity. Assisting certification of new releases with clients

• Serve as SME on application support and liaise with other teams with regards to incident escalations, application rollouts, and integrating applications with production and nonproduction infrastructure

• Communicating client requirements, issues, and feedback regarding FIX specs and requirements

• Help identify methods to improve service resiliency

Qualifications:

• We are seeking candidates with a thorough understanding of the trading lifecycle. Our suite of products requires extensive knowledge of financial industry terminology and an understanding of the underlying finance workflows

• An ideal candidate would have 3-5 years prior exposure to providing clients with technical support, troubleshooting and/or application support. We may also consider individuals who have experience in Client Trade Operations within a Financial Service firm.



Required Skills:

• FIX protocol/FIX application support

• Trade support experience

• UNIX/Linux command line knowledge

• Scripting/programming (bash, Perl, Python, or equivalent)



Preferred Skills:

• OTC trade support experience and/or application support experience

• Unix/Linux systems administration

• Market data feed/multicast experience

• Tibco/ZeroMQ middleware support

• Knowledge of SQL

• TCP/UDP troubleshooting experience

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Excellent communication skills—very important!



Education:

• Bachelor Degree highly preferred; CS degree a plus.



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Candidate Requirements
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Bachelors

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Recruiter Details
Doug Klares
1350 Broadway, Suite 2205, NEW YORK-10018, NY, US
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