Luxoft has one of the world's leading Calypso practices.
We are a top-tier Calypso Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration.
We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered Calypso projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, and insurance.
Project Description :
Support and additional build-out (projects) for a greenfield Calypso instance.
Salary for New York - $95,000 - $200,000 dependent on knowledge and experience.
Salary for other locations dependent on market standards, knowledge, and experience.
Responsibilities
- Establish a comprehensive and integrated approach to defining, setting up, or troubleshooting issues arising from day-to-day activities on a greenfield Calypso instance.
- Manage Bloomberg AIM feed - trades feed & security definitions download, reprocessing of trades or events as needed.
- Create and monitor SOD / EOD Scheduled Tasks; troubleshoot failures.
- Configure Calypso reports scheduled via scheduled tasks, including custom reports.
- Handle FTP transfer of MSFTA files from Guardian to Calypso, troubleshoot load or generation failures.
- Troubleshoot issues with files sent to SFTP for Recon and Grid Mapper, including missing files or process failures.
Address SWIFT connection issues, monitor market quote updates, and troubleshoot errors or exceptions in Calypso.
- Assist with adding new accounts, books, or brokers, including necessary internal configurations and scheduled tasks.
- Develop technical solutions for Calypso on the cloud as per requirements.
- Create and deliver projects and tasks, revising as needed.
- Establish methodologies and best practices for Calypso technical requirements.
- Ensure supporting documentation is complete and properly stored.
- Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders for effective project implementation.
- Provide status reports and updates to stakeholders and steering committees.
- Work with key stakeholders to achieve clear outcomes aligned with strategic objectives.
- Manage deliverables with transparency regarding risks, issues, and dependencies.
You may also act as a business analyst to gather and write requirements and acceptance criteria.
Sample Tasks :
- Configure standard & custom interfaces within Calypso.
- Set up quote feeds from Bloomberg.
- Configure holiday calendars and interest rate curves.
- Set up equity volatility surface feeds and translate historical volatility data for use in Calypso.
- Perform end-of-day processing and monitoring.
Skills and Experience :
- 3+ years of experience in Capital Markets and Calypso.
- Strong knowledge of financial products across assets.
- Expertise with front-to-back Calypso derivatives solutions, including accounting, preferably within the insurance industry.
Additional Skills :
- Ability to work independently, quickly learn, and collaborate effectively.
- Resourcefulness and initiative.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to train stakeholders.
- Track record of successful implementation/migration projects.
- Experience with Calypso integrations, reporting, and technical development.
- Knowledge of trade flow, trading systems, valuation, and risk management.
- Strong analytical, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Comfort with technical and business communication at all levels.
- Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.
- Experience working in collaborative, dynamic environments.