Application Support Analyst - IRD - Orchestrade

QUANTEAM - North America (RAINBOW PARTNERS Group); New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

QUANTEAM - North America (RAINBOW PARTNERS Group) seeks an experienced Application Support Analyst to analyze, develop, implement, and support IRD IT and Securitization systems. You will bridge technology and business, supporting Front Office users while coordinating with the development team.

Role requires strong domain knowledge of fixed income and derivatives products, plus hands-on experience with Summit/Orchestrade and Sybase DBMS. NY-based, cross-time-zone collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• 6-year undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related field.
• Hands-on proficiency with Summit and/or Orchestrade; solid command of Sybase DBMS and stored procedures.
• Strong scripting and programming skills: Unix Shell, SQL, Perl, Python, and VBA/Excel.
• Familiarity with electronic markets and trading infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide application support and subject matter expertise for IRD and Securitization systems, including after-hours coverage for nightly batch processes and non-business-hours operations.
• Support Front Office users throughout their daily activity; serve as a reliable point of escalation for system and functional queries.
• Deliver functional and technical solutions in response to user and management requests; design and develop systems tailored to business problems.
• Conduct feasibility studies and systems design analyses; make recommendations on technical approaches.
• Contribute to general architecture decisions — hardware, network, tools, and software.
• Gather and formalize new requirements from business stakeholders; follow up on special management requests.
• Analyze and coordinate with the development team; ensure alignment between NY needs and offshore delivery.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with business lines and third-party providers; mentor junior team members.
• Support Business Continuity Planning (BCP) activities.

Skills

Unix Shell

SQL

Perl

Python

VBA/Excel

Fixed Income Knowledge

Derivatives

Education

6-year undergraduate degree in CS/Finance/related field

Tools

Summit

Orchestrade

Sybase DBMS

Job description

As the founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, Quanteam is a consulting firm specialized in Banking, Finance, and Financial Services. Through our core human values – proximity, teamwork, diversity, excellence – our 1000 expert consultants, hailing from 35 different nationalities, collaborate across 13 international offices: Paris, Lyon, New York, Montreal, London, Brussels, Luxembourg, Geneva, Lisbon, Porto, Casablanca, Madrid and Singapore.

Context:

We are seeking an experienced Application Support Analyst to analyze, develop, implement, and support systems related to Interest Rate Derivatives (IRD) IT and Securitization — including interfaces to other platforms, end-user communities, and all aspects of systems operation. The candidate will act as a key liaison between technology and the business, supporting Front Office users while coordinating with the development team. This role requires both strong technical depth and solid domain knowledge of fixed income and derivatives products

Responsibilities:

• Provide application support and subject matter expertise for assigned IRD and Securitization systems, including after-hours coverage for nightly batch processes and non-business-hours operations
• Support Front Office users throughout their daily activity; serve as a reliable point of escalation for system and functional queries
• Deliver functional and technical solutions in response to user and management requests; design and develop systems tailored to specific business problems
• Conduct feasibility studies and systems design analyses; make recommendations on appropriate technical approaches
• Contribute to general architecture decisions — hardware, network, tools, and software
• Gather and formalize new requirements from business stakeholders; follow up on special management requests
• Analyze and coordinate with the development team; ensure alignment between NY needs and offshore delivery
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with business lines (FO, MO/Risk, BO) and third-party providers; mentor junior team members
• Support Business Continuity Planning (BCP) activities

Profile:

• Prior experience in application support within a capital markets or investment banking environment — ideally covering IRD, Fixed Income, or FX products (CDs, CPs, Bonds, Repo, Futures, Interest Rate Swaps, FX Spot/Forwards/Swaps, Derivatives)
• Hands-on proficiency with Summit and/or Orchestrade; solid command of Sybase DBMS and stored procedures
• Strong scripting and programming skills: Unix Shell (awk, sed), SQL, Perl, Python, and VBA/Excel
• Familiarity with electronic markets and trading infrastructure
• Comfortable coordinating across time zones and working in a cross-cultural NY/Paris environment
• Organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously under time pressure
• 6-year undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related field