Application Support Analyst

**Looking for local candidates**

Want to work in technology in the financial industry?

Looking to hire for our client at a large investment bank requiring an Application Support Analyst to join their Front Office facing Equity Trading group providing 1st / 2nd line support, stability and enhancement to their electronic execution, pricing and associated infrastructure solutions for the vanilla derivatives business.

Candidates will be responsible for facing off to traders, risk managers and external clients providing Trading Support Analyst expertise, increasing of systems performance, infrastructure systems deployment, extensions and analysis of the implementation and integration requirements for the global trading system.

Candidates will be expected to hold an understanding of Front Office production environments across large scale distributed global systems gained from either an Investment Bank, Software House or Hedge Fund within a Linux environment.

About mthree:

Since 2010, mthree has been helping clients solve their business and technological challenges. We are a technology and business consultancy with a global workforce delivering significant business and IT projects in some of the largest financial services organizations worldwide.

• Core Services
• Consulting and Advisory
• Managed Services
• Alumni Graduate Program
• Alumni Pro Program

We have a global presence and are experts in delivering exceptional quality to our client base, providing consulting services across Risk, Regulation & Compliance; Vendor Products; Application Support; Application Development; Cyber & Information Security; Data Science and DevOps areas.

Our Expert program offers experienced professionals access to top roles in tech, finance, aviation and insurance. Join us to work on groundbreaking technology projects, from international trading platforms to critical applications for leading airlines. We recruit professionals who are eager to fast-track their careers in technology or operations within prestigious global organizations.

Responsibilities:

The candidate will be responsible for support of the Equity Linked Business and will also need to coordinate activities with the Production Support and Infrastructure teams. Activities will include:

• First and Second Line Support of Tier 1 Applications
• Responsible for both Linux, Unix and Windows based applications
• On-going maintenance, release and deployments on all applications
• Responsible for managing Business Continuity Planning (ensure all hardware in both Production and Non- production sites are inline from both a hardware and software perspective)
• Capacity reviews (ensure applications and hardware are correctly sized for sudden increase in business volumes),
• Drive Process Improvements and plant automation
• Liaise with ELT Development teams and drive application stability
• Work closely with the Integration team on application on boarding and provide specifications for tools needed within the operational space to minimise time taken on manual tasks
• Mentor and train offshore teams and continue handover of tasks and out of hours business support

Experience Required:

• Front Office Support experience; ability to display that candidate can multitask and perform in a time pressured environment
• Experienced in UNIX, Linux and Windows environments. Scripting is a plus
• SQL skills
• Understanding of infrastructure components, networking
• Strong written and verbal communications
• Team player
• ITIL

Preferred Attributes:

• Application monitoring and maintenance tool knowledge
• Knowledge in equity trading and derivative products
• CI/CD Tools
• Python, Shell/Bash Scripting

At mthree, our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees.  We take great pride in celebrating the diversity of each individual who contributes to making mthree the company it is today and will be in the future. We value diversity both within mthree and with our partner companies, and we're proud to provide an environment where all our colleagues can flourish. That means promoting a strong culture of equality but, most importantly, inclusion.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package.  The base pay rate for this position is $100,000- $125,000 USD.  

This pay rate represents mthree's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting and based on the locations listed in the job advertisement. It is anticipated that qualified candidates selected for a placement will receive this pay rate as a starting salary once onsite with the mthree client, however, the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. 

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The Company will not sponsor applicants for work visas.