Application Support Engineer

6 month contract - Inside IR35 - Inside IR35

• Good knowledge on financial services with a focus on EQD products, pricing and algorithmic trading principles
• Good Knowledge on systems (Unix, Linux, Windows)
• Good Knowledge of IBM Websphere MQ and Tibco RV
• Good knowledge on Web application servers and portals
• Good Databases skills : Oracle SQL queries writing and analysis
• Basic knowledge on scripting (eg. Python)
• Practical understanding of production processes, including change and release management

Skills:

• Good incident and problem management skills
• High motivation to learn a huge and complex environment
• Analytical and able to solve complex problems
• Must have driven, enthusiasm and be committed to work.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and be able to use own initiative
• Has enough expertise to grasp the key functional issues of the proposed solutions.
• Ability to understand complex functionalities and end to end chain of applications.
• English fluent

Experience:

First class degree of top university

Candidates must have relevant experience in a similar role, the majority of which should have been gained within Front Office Trading environments. They must be experienced in providing support as part of a team, and have practical understanding of the criticality of trading applications.