Contract role
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse, design, develop, implement, and support Market Data EDMEquities Trading systems, Digital Voice/Recording systems within a Banking and Financial Institutions environment.
- Participate in end‑to‑end system solution delivery, including:
Business and technical requirement analysis
Functional and technical design
System integration and interfacing
Development and configuration
Unit testing, SIT, UAT, and production deployment
Post‑implementation and production support
- Design, implement, and support FIX protocol-based interfaces for order routing, execution, and trade processing.
- Implement and support message‑driven architectures using Message Queue (MQ) platforms for internal and external system integration.
- Provide hands‑on support for systems running on Java, MSSQL,Oracle databases and Linux/Unix platforms.
- Support equities trading functions including order management, executions, trade capture, confirmations, and downstream settlement feeds.
- Work closely with business users, application vendors, project managers, and infrastructure teams to deliver stable and scalable solutions.
- Perform production support, troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and performance tuning for trading systems.
- Ensure all solutions comply with security, risk, regulatory, and architectural standards.
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and handover materials.
Requirement
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in Banking & Financial Services IT.
- Proven experience in implementing and supporting Equities Trading systems in a front‑office or market technology environment.
- Strong experience with FIX Protocol for trading and market connectivity.
- Hands‑on experience with Message Queue (MQ) technologies for system integration.
- Solid working experience with Oracle databases (SQL, performance tuning, data analysis).
- Strong exposure to Linux / Unix environments, including shell scripting.
- Strong understanding of the equities trading lifecycle and capital markets operations and Global markets Treasury systems
- Experience supporting mission‑critical, low‑latency trading applications.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a high‑pressure trading environment.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Good communication skills for interaction with both technical and business stakeholders.
Essential:
- Database & Platform: SQL, Oracle, Windows, Linux / Unix, Shell Scripting
- Integration & Middleware: FIX Protocol, Message Queue (MQ)
- Domain: Equities Trading Systems, Capital Markets Technology
