Production Support
Company Description
Over the last twenty years, MarketAxess has completely revolutionized the fixed-income market by creating a single platform using proprietary technology that connects the world’s most influential financial institutions. Today, more than 1,800 institutional investors and broker-dealer firms rely on us to bring them accurate market data to assist with their trading decisions, connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing and technology services to optimize trading environments. As a Wall Street FinTech firm, we believe in disruptive innovation and the endless pursuit of efficiency.
Qualifications
We are seeking a Production Support Engineer to augment the Production Support Group – a team responsible for providing server and application support to the production and non-production trading environments. The candidate will be expected to provide technical support to external Dealer and Client users of the MarketAxess GUI application and API connections along with our Cloud based applications; track and resolve issues in the production and non-production trading environments; provide technical support for internal operations and sales groups; review and improve existing support processes, monitoring, and alerting
The candidate will work closely with application developers, the release engineering team, infrastructure, and business analysts to identify and resolve issues, and promote change within the environment.
The candidate will be part of a global support team, providing support to our trading environment between the hours of 7 AM and 6 PM EST (hours are staggered and set in advance). There will also be a requirement for the candidate to work outside of normal business hours, including rotating night and weekend on-call responsibility. It is vital that the candidate possess strong problem-solving, time-management, and communication skills.
What You’ll Do
- Act with a sense of urgency on identified issues in all environments, with priority given to problems in the production trading environments.
- Raise and track issues through the use of the Ivanti helpdesk ticketing system and answer internal and external inquiries related to the production trading environment.
- Liase with support and technical staff at Dealer/Client sites.
- Work closely with the Client Services and other MarketAxess teams to resolve technical issues in a timely manner.
- Participate in global support meetings as requested.
- Participate in night and weekend support and software releases.
What You Bring to the Table
- College Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or some other relevant discipline is preferred
- Strong working knowledge of Windows and Linux Operating systems
- 2-4 years of experience working in the Financial Services Industry or Equivalent
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to shift gears as needed
- Experience with FIX 4.2, 4.4, 5.0 SP2, API messaging, TCP/IP and Networking fundamentals
- Working knowledge of the ITRS monitoring Geneos solution
- Knowledge writing basic SQL queries
- Ability to write basic scripts in ex. Perl, Python, Batch or Shell
- Control-M Batch Scheduling Experience (both administration and scheduling)
- Experience using JIRA Service Desk
What's in It for You
- Flexible work from home policy alongside a polished office at 55 Hudson Yards
- Dress for your day policy
- 401(k) match and employee stock purchase matching plan
- Healthcare options (medical, vision, dental) with access to on-site care at 55 Hudson Yards
- Training and tuition assistance
- Trading holidays and generous time-off policies
- ·Other perks include stipends for gym memberships (and similar) and commuter benefits
Additional Information
MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal and state law