Trading System Lead (Perl)

Since its founding in 1990, Citadel has grown into one of the world's most sophisticated alternative investment institutions. Our team of professionals allocates investment capital across a highly diversified set of proprietary investment strategies in nearly every major asset class. Through a combination of world-class talent and the use of advanced technology to support them, we relentlessly seek to initiate and capitalize on change in the global financial markets with the goal of remaining at the forefront of the industry. 

 

Trading System Lead

 

 

Description:

The Trading System Lead will be responsible for managing Front Office trading systems within the organization. The successful candidate will be working very closely with the traders and business team, and lead a small team of Trading System Administrators. This position leads the support initiatives for the current trading applications, while managing deployment tasks such as software installations, patch upgrades, code deployments, coordinating with infrastructure teams and external vendors.

 

Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate the following: Experience managing production & support on key financial markets systems, bug-fixing, development, code enhancement Prior experience supporting traders, trading desks is a must Solid knowledge of Trading Systems Applications, OMS, FIX engines.Proven experience of application support and administration 6-8 years UNIX/Linux, Perl, Scripting, problem solving & support experience in a financial markets environment Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Experience of C++ is desirable



Role and Responsibilities Responsible for the production environment for core business applications across front office covering electronic trading, pricing and risk systems across multiple product groupsDay-to-Day Support of Production Environment: hands-on assistance to ensure issues are handled quickly and effectively Pro-actively managing resolution of issue Analysis and Project Development: work with the business to generate small-scale development and/or configuration changes. Escalate hot issues pro-actively and ensure all stakeholders are kept abreast of issues and development. Manage direct communication with FO users of respective business. Work on tactical technical solutions for business. Assist DR/BCP planning and execution for respective businesses. Develop Tools to manage the production environment. Provide trader with Tactical fixes and enhancements

Please send resumes to itjobs0015@citadelgroup.com