Contract

CTI Consulting; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CTI Consulting in Boston, MA seeks a senior Systems Analyst/PM to become a subject matter expert for applications delivering electronic trading analytics. You will represent the development team in discussions with business stakeholders and explain complex systems to non-technical audiences.

You will learn new technologies, build architecture diagrams, and gather data using KDB+/Q while analyzing large datasets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.
• 9+ years of Systems Analyst and Project Management experience
• Experience in complex distributed systems, especially trading systems
• Experienced in SDLC tools like JIRA, Confluence, etc.
• Experienced in collaboration tools
• Experienced in crafting architecture and system workflow diagrams, using tools like Visio, Draw.io, etc
• Data modeling and design background
• Experienced in SQL and worked on large data sets for data analytics
• Experience in applications on Linux/Unix environments and scripting
• Experience in cloud patterns and deployments especially in AWS
• Familiarity with AI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy
• Experience in Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, trading analytics is a big plus
• KDB+/Q experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert for the electronic trading analytics applications.
• Learn the electronic trading domain.
• Represent the development team in discussions with business stakeholders.
• Communicate how the application works to non-technical audiences.
• Learn new technologies and use GenAI tools to document source code.
• Build architectural and system workflow diagrams.
• Gather data by writing queries (KDB/Q) and drill into business scenarios with large data sets and system architecture.
• Lead system design, translate business requirements to technical details with developers and product owners.
• Breakdown and manage work items (JIRA epics and stories) for developers and QA.
• Facilitate discussions with stakeholders on team initiatives.
• Support production and non-production environments, respond to inquiries from business support teams.

Skills

System architecture

Data modeling

SQL

KDB+/Q

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Visio

Draw.io

GitHub

Maven

Jenkins

Artifactory

uDeploy

Job description

Boston, United States | Posted on 10/14/2026

Become a subject matter expert for the applications that provide electronic trading analytics capabilities.

Learn the electronic trading domain

Represent the development team in discussions with business stakeholders

Understand low level details of the applications, understand source code, be able to communicate how the application works to non-technical audience

Learn new technologies and use GenAI tools to help understand and document source code

Be able to build architectural and system workflow diagrams

Gather data by writing queries (KDB/Q) and be able to drill into business scenarios by understanding data from a very large data set along with the system architecture

Lead system design, translate business requirements to technical details working with developers and product owners

Breakdown and manage the work items (JIRA epics and stories) for developers and QA

Facilitate discussions with different stakeholders on team initiatives

Support production and non-production environments, be able to answer inquiries from the business support teams

The Expertise You Have:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.

9+ years of Systems Analyst and Project Management experience

Experience in complex distributed systems, especially trading systems

Experienced in SDLC tools like JIRA, Confluence, etc.

Experienced in collaboration tools

Experienced in crafting architecture and system workflow diagrams, using tools like Visio, Draw.io, etc

Data modeling and design background

Experienced in SQL and worked on large data sets for data analytics

Experience in applications on Linux/Unix environments and experienced in user commands or scripting

Experience in cloud patterns and deployments especially in AWS

Familiarity with AI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot).

Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.

Experience in Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially trading analytics is a big plus

KDB+/Q experience is a plus

The Skills You Bring:

Ability to understand complex, end-to-end systems and identify performance, scalability, or resilience bottlenecks.

Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a collaborative team environment.

Self-driven innovation and comfort working with leadership.

Willingness to support production systems and applications releases, including occasional weekend support.