Application Support Engineer

A global US based Tech Trading Firm is looking for an Application support engineer for their Mumbai office. They are looking for someone who holds experience in supporting front office trading applications.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide first and second level support for trading desks to quickly identify and resolve issues as they arise and ensure continuity of the business

• Work closely with trading to gather business requirements and liaise with various IT teams to ensure delivery of functionality

• Work in all aspects of user / strategy application support for our Asset Manager

• Assist in the deployment, checkout, and QA testing of applications. Also involved in the training and marketing of applications as appropriate

• Participate in global coverage of system support & SOD/intraday health checks.

• Work closely with the back-office teams to remedy issues related to risk p&l, security setups, trade booking, corporate actions, price breaks, and book-keeping entries.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science or related field of study

• 5 -7 years or direct experience working with Traders

• Strong knowledge of trading systems

• Strong knowledge of Python

• Experience with databases such as Sybase or SQL

• Proficiency in shell scripting language

• Knowledge of FIX protocol

• Understanding of trading workflows

• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical colleagues alike

• Proficient communication skills (written & verbal)