Application Support - Derivatives Trading

Our client a growing financial firm is adding to their support team on the Derivatives desk. This role supports a cross-asset portfolio management platform. The application is a suite of .NET applications that feeds the bank's systems. As a member of the Application Support team, you bring a solid expertise supporting complex derivatives platforms. You diagnose and resolve technical problems with applications used in Capital Markets. Escalate issues to internal developers, external vendors, or to the infrastructure team. Provide timely updates to the affected traders and to technology managers. Gather business requirements, for trading a new product. Liaise with the business analyst and project management teams. Act as an advocate for the front office. ITIL practices for incident, change, and problem management. Skills:

• Requires strong technical skills and an interest in capital markets.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced trade floor environment.
• Expertise supporting complex Derivatives Platforms.
• You demonstrate strong, hands-on experience with Derivatives.
• Proven ability to support technology solutions across asset classes.
• Familiar with the full lifecycle of a Derivative Trade.
• Advanced experience working with market data systems like Bloomberg and other industry-standard data sources.
• Experience with a programming language like Python, Java, or C#.
• Broad technical knowledge of Windows or Linux.
• High-level understanding of computer infrastructure.
• Experience with SQL and/or MongoDB.
• Experience with ITIL, and change management tool like ServiceNow.
• Experience with software testing and issue management using JIRA to track defects.
• Experience with an application monitoring tool, e.g. Dynatrace.
• Bachelors Degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or finance required.
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation a plus.

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