FIX Developer

Position Summary

The DS (Distributed Systems) Engineering and Integration team is primarily responsible for engineering and supporting select middleware solutions on distributed Linux and appliances.   Products used and supported in this effort include but are not limited to:

-Broadridge Appia and TradeScope FIX (Financial Information eXchange) software.

-Open-source QuickFIX FIX (Financial Information eXchange) software.

-SWIFT Alliance Access, Gateway, RMA, HSM and TDA.

Responsible for design, installation, configuration and support of a set of software products and working with other infrastructure teams (Linux, Networking, Data Center), Application Development and Client Connectivity to implement, maintain and debug solutions using those products.

-Participate in weekend implementations and on-call rotations and disaster recovery.

Primary Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration, maintenance, debugging and resolving FIX (Appia, TradeScope, QuickFIX) and 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 and 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 and SWIFT servers.
• Create and maintain clearly detailed system documentation and diagrams to be used as job aids and knowledge transfer material.  Provide cross-training to team members.
• Analyze system performance and capacity statistics.  Provide recommendations.
• Maintain, author and debug administrative utilities using shell programs (bash, perl).
• Conformance to DTCC Incident, Change and Problem management policies and procedures.
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with FIX and SWIFT.
• Strong knowledge of Broadridge Appia, Open-source QuickFIX and SWIFT Alliance Access products.
• Good knowledge of FIX protocol and FIX order flow.
• Good administrator knowledge of Linux and networking with good command over any scripting language such as Shell, Perl, Python, etc.

Talents Needed for Success:

• 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.
• Understanding of FIX client and Exchange connectivity support.
• Experience developing automated solutions in a distributed computing environment.
• Strong ability to diagnose and fix problems with middleware FIX and SWIFT products.
• Experience in cloud environments like AWS.
• Strong ability to multitask.
• Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills.