| Location: | Chicago IL |
| Shift: | Varies - 5+ Openings |
| Description: | Responsibilities: •Production support for investment banking sales and trading applications in the fixed income area •Provide business support, technical troubleshooting, configuration and deployment for both the applications and their underlying infrastructure •Partner with India support teams to support users across the globe •Automate and streamline support processes •Strong problem diagnosis skills •Strong desire to jump in and investigate issues, resolve problems, and communicate status •Ability to work as part of a team - Candidate will work closely with both the Front Office and Development Organization. Required Skills: oExperience with hands-on support of trading systems based on a service-oriented architecture (2 years minimum) oUNIX admin and/or scripting (2 years minimum) oStrong Perl background (minimum 2 years intense usage) oStrong SQL – debugging Stored Procedures oStrong MS excel skills oApplication server – Weblogic, Borland Enterprise (setting up, integration, J2EE deployment, and managing is strongly desired) Desired Skills: oJava/OO or .NET programming (minimum 1 year Java, familiarity with a structured development environment strongly desired) oCross-platform OS/infrastructure experience (preferred) oUnderstanding of networking protocols, TCP/IP (nice to have) oStrong background in C and/or C++ (minimum 2 years intense usage) oJMS and Sybase (desired) oXML-based system integration oApplication server – Weblogic, Borland Enterprise (setting up, integration, J2EE deployment, and managing is strongly desired) Business knowledge •Understand Bonds, Interest rates and derivatives and trading strategies •Experience in a large financial institution |









