Trading Support Specialist
Chicago, IL
We are seeking Trading Support Specialist for trading technologies department utilizes Microsoft technologies largely. Software is in .Net, databases on SQL Server and applications run on Windows Server. In addition to this infrastructure, the development, testing and operations teams use various modern tools and techniques to deliver a reliable trading platform.
Trading Support Specialist will:
- Proactively learn product functionality
- Support a 24/5 trading operation
- Configure and monitor the production trading system
- Build and maintain virtual environments for the QA group and UAT testing
- Deploy software to various environments per our processes
- Maintain and test disaster recovery mechanisms
- Assist the software testing group as necessary
Trading Support Specialist Qualifications:
Required:
- Excellent social and communication skills
- 3+ years of experience in a trading environment
- Enthusiastic about support
- Ability to take on projects and operate with minimal oversight desired
- Ability to learn complex systems
Desired:
- 3+ years of experience supporting a trading systems
- Programming skills to assist in automation
- Experience with VMWare and Azure environments
- Experience with the FIX protocol