Front Office Equities Trading Support Specialist (Unix / Linux, SQL, Banking)

SMART INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IMS Inc is hiring a Front Office Equities Support Specialist in Singapore to maintain production stability for critical trading platforms and collaborate with traders and cross-functional teams. You will monitor platforms, diagnose issues, and contribute to automation initiatives while supporting a large-scale enterprise environment.

Prior front-office equities experience is essential. The role offers exposure to global markets technology, with opportunities to work across multiple time

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of Front Office Equities Trading Application Support experience in financial services or investment banking.
• Strong Unix/Linux administration skills with solid SQL troubleshooting experience.
• Hands-on scripting experience (Unix Shell, Perl) and familiarity with monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide Front Office production/application support for Front Office Equities applications, ensuring stability and performance of trading/risk platforms.
• Collaborate with traders and stakeholders to investigate and resolve issues including trade flow problems and production incidents.
• Monitor platforms, health checks, batch processes, and workflows to ensure system availability.
• Manage incidents and problem management processes.
• Perform start of day, end of day, and start of week checks.
• Analyze logs and batch/activity logs using scripting and SQL for troubleshooting.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual tasks through scripting.

Skills

Unix/Linux administration

SQL

Scripting

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Tools

Unix Shell

Perl

ITRS Geneos

Splunk

Elastic

Dynatrace

Job description

Executive Summary

Smart IMS Inc provides Digital technology & Cloud transformation services, Application & Infrastructure Management Services, Unified Communications and Insurance implementation services to customers across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. As the trusted technology and business partner of leading MNCs, including Global Investment Banks, Smart IMS is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Oracle Platinum Partner and AWS MSP Partner.

We are looking to hire a Front Office Equities Support Specialist to provide frontline production support for our client in Singapore which is a leading global investment bank.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting Front Office Equities applications, ensuring the stability, availability, and performance of critical trading and risk platforms. The role requires close collaboration with Front Office users, Application Development teams, Infrastructure Support teams, Global Production Support groups, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality support and maintain operational excellence.

In addition to day-to-day support responsibilities, the role provides opportunities to contribute to automation initiatives, process improvements, monitoring enhancements, AI-enabled operational tooling, and platform onboarding activities. The successful candidate will gain broad exposure to Global Markets technology and develop a strong understanding of Front Office Equities trading and risk platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Front Office production/application support for Front Office Equities applications, ensuring the stability, availability, and performance of critical trading and risk platforms


• Work closely with traders and business stakeholders to investigate and resolve application, trade flow, and production issues.


• Monitor trading platforms, application health, batch processes, and operational workflows to ensure system stability and availability.


• Manage Incidents and Problem management.


• Perform start of day, End of Day and start of week checks.


• Analyze application logs, activity logs, and batch logs using scripting and SQL queries for troubleshooting and issue investigation.


• Identify opportunities for automation and automate (scripting) manual tasks being performed by team.

Key Requirements:

• Possess 4-5 years of relevant Front Office Equities Trading Application Support experience within investment banking or financial services environments.


• Strong Unix/Linux administration skills.


• Strong SQL knowledge and troubleshooting experience.


• Hands‑on experience with scripting languages, including Unix Shell and Perl.


• Experience working in a large‑scale enterprise environment.


• Experience in Monitoring tools e.g. ITRS Geneos, Splunk, Elastic, Dynatrace etc


• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.


• Ability to work in a fast‑paced Front Office support environment with direct business user interaction.


• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Good to Have Skills

• Python


• Tableau

Shift Coverage Requirements

This position supports business-critical applications across multiple time zones and requires flexibility to participate in a rotational support model. The successful candidate will be expected to work shifts (early/late), as well as providing weekend and public holiday coverage on a rotational basis, in accordance with business requirements. Appropriate compensatory time off will be provided in line with company policies.