Description:
TEKsystems are currently working with one of our global banking clients, who are looking for a Commodities Application Support Specialist in a contract position.
The EMEA Commodities team are responsible for providing client-facing and server-side support to back to front applications used by the Commodities line of business in London and Paris. We are looking an Application Support Specialist for the front office trading desks.
The Support team member will work in close collaboration with the Infrastructure Support, Application Developers, Offshore Core support resources and Application Managers. This is a high-profile role working in an ever-changing environment and demands an individual with flexibility, acumen and the ability to assimilate lots of information quickly, with focus on Incident and Problem Management. This is a critical role requiring a highly motivated and dedicated staff who can provide procedural and technical support within the support team to the Commodities Business and relevant stakeholders. The role provides an opportunity within a front office desk facing team to gain a strong understanding of several technology areas. The depth and breadth of the support offered by this team makes it an excellent environment in which to learn or to train others. The successful candidate has the chance to enhance capabilities of the support team and provide a leading example within the team and take delivery to the Business to the next level. As a Support Team member, the candidate will have the responsibility of making sure that all calls are logged, updated and followed up to resolution in a timely manner. Monitoring and Technical document updates would also be considered part of BAU for this role, thus ensuring consistency across the applications and business lines supported.
Key Skills
*       Hands on experience providing support for Trader’s execution, Risk & P&L issues
*       Product knowledge of Commodities, understanding of Oil and Gas, Power, Index, Base and Precious Metals (Openlink Endur experience preferable)
*       Understanding of Market data – yield curves, funding curves, volatility / correlation matrices (general understanding / familiarity)
*       Graduate degree. Preference: Computer Science or Electronics
*       Unix & SQL
*       Grid computing
*       Scripting languages such as Unix Shell scripting, Perl scripting etc.,
*       Python (added advantage)
*       Tableau (added advantage)
*       Monitoring Tools: Exposure to Geneos, ITRS and Splunk
*       Familiar with TIBCO. FIX messaging systems
Employee Value Proposition:
Hybrid with 3 day a week in the London office.
Job Title: Commodities Application Support Specialist
Location: London, UK
Job Type: Contract
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