Support Analyst-Trading Application Support

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment management firm is looking for a Support Analyst specializing in trading application support. This role involves managing the global trading platform's readiness, providing crucial transaction flow support, and collaborating with multiple teams to enhance operations. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in Linux and scripting, along with strong problem-solving and communication skills. This position offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Trade flow support experience is a must.
• Proficient in Linux, Bash, and a scripting language such as Python or Perl.
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering or related subject required.

Responsibilities

• Manage global trading platform readiness: pre-trading & post-trading.
• Provide monitoring and support for transaction flow across the trading platform.
• Incident management: create and send reports following established process.

Skills

Linux OS

Bash

Python

Perl

SQL

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Service Desk

Confluence

Elastic Stack

Nagios

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Client:

Squarepoint

Location:

slough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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Job Description:

Squarepoint is a global investment management firm that utilizes a diversified portfolio of systematic and quantitative strategies across financial markets that seeks to achieve high quality, uncorrelated returns for our clients. We have deep expertise in trading, technology and operations and attribute our success to rigorous scientific research. As a technology and data-driven firm, we design and build our own cutting-edge systems, from high performance trading platforms to large scale data analysis and compute farms. With offices around the globe, we emphasize true, global collaboration by aligning our investment, technology, and operations teams functionally around the world. Building on our quantitative research platform and process-driven approach, Squarepoint also runs discretionary strategies to augment our systematic approach and monetize opportunities which may not be suitable to be traded in a systematic strategy.

Role: Trade Flow Support - Trading Application Support

Team: Technology Operations

Location: London

Position Overview:

• Manage global trading platform readiness: pre-trading & post-trading
• Provide monitoring and support for end to end transaction flow across the trading platform
• Quickly identify, analyze and correct alerts & issues and/or escalate to minimize trade flow impact and preempt outages
• Incident management: create and send reports following established process
• Intensive interaction with trading community, back office operations, brokers, exchanges, development and infrastructure teams
• Support scheduled changes: application deployments, network implementations and server maintenance
• Oversee automated processes, scheduled jobs and regular reports
• Identify inefficiencies such as repetitive activities, manual processes and suboptimum tools/workflows to drive continuous improvements via automation, collaboration with internal and external teams

Required Qualifications:

• Hands on trade flow support experience a must
• Proficient in Linux OS
• Proficiency with Bash and a scripting language such as Python or Perl required
• Detailed practical knowledge of FIX. Ideally, familiarity with native exchange protocols
• Experience in SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL)
• Familiarity with Kdb+ is a plus
• Working knowledge with TCP/IP, multicast, tcpdump, clocking (PTP, NTP) – a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related subject
• Highly organized, detailed, control oriented, enjoys solving problems and brings in a "take charge" attitude
• Strong verbal/written communication skills required to support daily interaction with brokers, exchanges, and internal teams
• Self-motivated individual that takes initiatives and has an ownership & accountability mindset
• Must show the ability to make quick decisions and establish priorities in a multi-tasking & fast-paced environment
• Experience with the Atlassian stack (JIRA, Service Desk, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo), Elastic Stack and Nagios