Fixed Income Swap Desk Technology Support and Implementation

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is seeking a Director for the Fixed Income Swap Desk Technology Support and Implementation to ensure stable, scalable technology platforms for Rates and Swap trading.

You will own production operations, drive incidents to resolution, and coordinate across Front Office, Technology, and risk groups. The role emphasizes leadership, continuous improvement, and automation to support trading growth and regulatory obligations.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting Fixed Income, Rates, or OTC Derivatives trading businesses.
• Strong understanding of Swap trading workflows and lifecycle processing.
• Proven production support, incident management, and technology operations.
• Knowledge of market connectivity, vendor platforms, and front-office trading systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience leading cross-functional technology initiatives in a mission-critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for Fixed Income Rates and Swap trading platforms.
• Monitor critical production systems, interfaces, pricing feeds, and electronic trading workflows.
• Lead root cause analysis and drive corrective actions after incidents.
• Coordinate onboarding and certification with trading venues, brokers, and vendors.
• Lead technology initiatives for new products and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure production readiness and release planning for new deployments.
• Communicate platform status and risks to senior management.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team.

Skills

Fixed Income experience

Incident management

Production support

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Cross-functional delivery

Problem solving

Tools

SQL

Scripting

Monitoring tools

Job description

Director – Fixed Income Swap Desk Technology Support and Implementation

In this role you will be responsible for the stability, support, and continuous improvement of the technology platforms that enable the Rates and Swap trading businesses. You will serve as the primary liaison between Front Office users, technology teams, infrastructure groups, vendors, and control functions, ensuring the reliable operation of critical trading, pricing, risk, and electronic execution platforms. This position combines hands‑on production support, platform ownership, incident management, project delivery, and business engagement, with a strong focus on maintaining a high‑availability trading environment and delivering technology solutions that support business growth and regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities

Trading Platform Support & Operations

• Provide day‑to‑day support for Fixed Income Rates and Swap trading platforms.
• Monitor critical production systems, interfaces, market connectivity, pricing feeds, and electronic trading workflows.
• Manage and resolve production incidents, coordinating across development, infrastructure, networking, market data vendors, and business users.
• Lead root cause analysis and drive corrective actions following production issues.
• Ensure adherence to support procedures, escalation protocols, and operational controls.

Business Engagement

• Act as a primary technology contact for Swap traders, sales personnel, middle office, and operations teams.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements, prioritize enhancements, and identify opportunities for automation.
• Communicate platform status, incidents, project updates, and operational risks to senior management and business leadership.
• Produce regular operational and service‑level reporting for stakeholders.

Electronic Trading & Connectivity

• Support electronic trading platforms and client connectivity solutions utilized by the Swap business.
• Coordinate onboarding and certification activities with trading venues, brokers, vendors, and counterparties.
• Monitor electronic order flow, trade execution performance, and connectivity health.
• Work with development teams to implement and validate enhancements to electronic trading capabilities.

Project Delivery & Change Management

• Lead technology initiatives supporting new products, regulatory requirements, infrastructure upgrades, and platform modernization efforts.
• Coordinate testing, release planning, deployment activities, and post‑implementation validation.
• Partner with developers and business users to define requirements and successfully deliver technology solutions.
• Ensure production readiness and operational supportability of new releases.

Risk, Controls & Governance

• Maintain strong operational controls across supported platforms.
• Support audit, compliance, SOX, and user access review activities.
• Document support procedures, recovery processes, and system dependencies.
• Identify operational risks and implement preventative controls to improve platform resilience.

Vendor & Third‑Party Management

• Engage with external technology vendors and trading venues to resolve issues and coordinate upgrades.
• Oversee vendor incident escalations and service delivery performance.
• Manage technology relationships that support the Swap trading ecosystem.

Leadership

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to support personnel and junior team members.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, monitoring, observability, and operational efficiency.
• Foster strong collaboration across Front Office Technology, Infrastructure, Operations, Risk, and Compliance teams.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting Fixed Income, Rates, or OTC Derivatives trading businesses.
• Strong understanding of Swap trading workflows, trade lifecycle processing, and electronic trading environments.
• Proven experience in production support, incident management, and technology operations.
• Knowledge of market connectivity, vendor platforms, and front‑office trading systems.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience leading cross‑functional technology initiatives in a mission‑critical environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Rates, IRS, Swaps, Futures, or related Fixed Income products.
• Familiarity with electronic execution venues and market data platforms.
• Working knowledge of SQL, scripting, monitoring tools, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Experience with regulatory and control frameworks applicable to Front Office technology organizations.

Success Measures

• Production platform stability and availability.
• Timely resolution of business‑impacting incidents.
• Successful delivery of business and regulatory initiatives.
• Positive stakeholder feedback from trading and sales desks.
• Reduction of operational risk through automation and process improvements.
• Strong audit and control outcomes.

The expected base salary ranges from $150k-$240k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organisational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

#LI‑Hybrid

Other requirements Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in‑office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.

Company Overview Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com. Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package. We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran. We participate in the E-Verify program. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and reserve the right to require pre‑ and post‑hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.

#LI‑MIZUHO Why Mizuho

Mizuho is in growth mode as we are climbing the league tables, disrupting the status quo, and attracting top talent. Positions are available across our corporate functions, and on our corporate and investment banking, capital markets, advisory, research, sales & trading, derivatives, and financing teams. We are looking for candidates who want to contribute to our entrepreneurial culture where people at all levels are inspired to share ideas. Our creativity sets us apart, and our perseverance drives results in creating bespoke, client‑focused solutions. If you are interested in advancing your career working for a firm with a growth mindset and the resources of a global financial services team, we would like to hear from you. For more information, please view our Recruiting Brochure.