Front Office Support Engineer

Harvey Nash Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is seeking a Front Office Support Engineer to join their team. The role involves supporting buy-side members with a variety of technical skills including FIX and Linux. Candidates should have strong experience in financial institutions and a solid understanding of the FIX protocol. Apply now to join a dynamic working environment.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on support experience within a financial institution.
• Solid application support experience within a Linux environment.
• Excellent working knowledge of the FIX protocol.

Responsibilities

• Support a growing number of buy-side members.
• Utilise FIX, Linux, Windows Server, DevOps skills.

Skills

Hands-on support experience in financial institutions

Application support in Linux environments

Knowledge of the FIX protocol

Understanding of European Equity markets

Ability to convey algorithm behaviours

Automation and scripting experience

Experience with MSSQL, Oracle, Sybase

Support for Windows Server environments

Job description

Front Office Support Engineer - Sought by Leading Financial Services - London - Permanent

About the role: We're looking for an Application Support engineer to work within the EMEA Front Office Support team. The team requires a motivated self-starter who has the technical skills to support a growing number of buy-side members utilising their FIX, Linux, Windows Server, DevOps, database and networking skills.

Required Experience:

• Strong hands-on support experience within a financial institution (buy-side, sell-side, venue/platform provider)
• Solid application support experience within a Linux environment.
• Excellent working knowledge of the FIX protocol.
• Good understanding of European Equity market structure, mechanics and flows.
• Ability to convey expected behaviour of industry-standard algorithms (VWAP, TWAP, IS, POV etc)
• Automation and scripting experience.
• Proven experience of MSSQL, Oracle and Sybase database environments, including complex query-writing.
• Experience supporting Windows Server environments.

If this sounds like an interesting opportunity, please feel free to apply or send me your CV at [e-mail]