Application Support Engineer - Commodities

Millennium Management LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Application Support Engineer to join their dynamic Commodities Technology team. In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining applications that support portfolio management, risk, and analytics tools. You will ensure system stability and uptime, automate alerts, and provide L2/L3 support for key business lines. This position requires a proactive individual with extensive experience in Python, Unix/shell scripting, and SQL, along with a basic understanding of Commodities products. If you're motivated to take ownership of your work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Python, Unix/shell scripting, and SQL required.
• Basic knowledge of Commodities products is a must.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and automate application and infrastructure alerts.
• Ensure system stability and uptime for all tools and applications.

Skills

Python

Unix/Shell Scripting

SQL

Commodities Knowledge

Self-starter

DevOps Tools

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Maven

AWS

Job description

Application Support Engineer - Commodities

Commodities Technology is responsible for building, managing, and maintaining applications and fundamental data for Commodities Portfolio management groups which allows them to manage their Risk and PnL.

We are assembling a strong technology team to build and support our next generation in-house risk and analytics tools. This team will provide L2/L3 support and have full ownership of the production environment for several key business lines (risk, analytics, trading, portfolio visualization, and market data).

Principal Responsibilities

1. Monitor and automate application and infrastructure alerts and be able to react quickly.
2. Ensure system stability and uptime for all tools and applications under this team’s management. This includes application and infrastructure/cloud monitoring and checkouts, troubleshooting, and user queries support.
3. Identify and develop areas of improvement and be able to accurately assess business risk to help prioritize remediation.
4. Administer outstanding issues that are handed off to other regions and necessary follow-ups.
5. Flexible to work over weekends and shifts for releases and meetings.
6. Become the go-to person for your area of responsibility - Build subject matter expertise.

Qualifications/Skills Required

1. Basic knowledge of Commodities products is a must.
2. Experience with Portfolio Manager/traders interaction.
3. 5+ years of professional experience in Python, Unix/shell scripting, and SQL is a must.
4. Knowledge around DevOps tools, ideally Docker/Kubernetes, Kafka, Maven, and AWS is good to have, but not mandatory.
5. Self-starter with ability to quickly pick up new concepts and technologies (Public Cloud, Serverless architecture, etc.).
6. Highly motivated to take ownership of tasks until completion.