Hybrid L2/L3 Trading Systems Support Engineer

Synechron; Woodbridge Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Healthcare insurance

Retirement savings plans

Education benefits

Commuter benefits

Training opportunities

Udemy for Business access

Career coaching

Global mobility opportunities

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a technology professional to support and enhance existing trading systems using modern technologies, data architectures, and software engineering practices. You will work with Trading, Compliance and Risk, and IT teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and operational effectiveness of critical platforms.

The role involves production support, automation, and deployment initiatives in a fast-paced trading environment, with hybrid work in Iselin, NJ.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Linux, including command-line tools, file editing, searching and manipulation, and shell scripting.
• Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL: tables, views, indexes, querying/modifying data, performance analysis.
• Experience with job scheduling and automation tools such as Tidal, AutoSys, or Control-M.
• Methodical problem-solving, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
• Ability to define, document, and maintain operational runbooks and procedures.
• Familiarity with release packaging and deployment tools such as Rundeck and Ansible.
• Understanding of the SDLC and Agile methodologies; working knowledge of Python scripting.

Responsibilities

• Implement pre-release and post-deployment validation and verification processes.
• Integrate application deployments with tools such as Rundeck and Azure DevOps.
• Develop and maintain application control solutions, including start, stop, and restart scripts.
• Integrate applications with monitoring and observability platforms such as OpsRamp, Grafana, and Splunk.
• Support annual Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning testing.
• Provision and configure new servers and application environments.
• Support user authentication and authorization processes and workflows.
• Configure authentication mechanisms, service accounts, and related access controls.
• Track and resolve production incidents, problem tickets, and follow-up actions.
• Troubleshoot trading and market data production issues, including Level 3 support.
• Recommend and implement infrastructure, automation, and operational improvements.
• Develop and maintain scripts and tooling to improve system reliability and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support regulatory, trading, and operational priorities.

Skills

Linux basics

SQL querying

Python scripting

Incident response

Root-cause analysis

Runbooks/documentation

Tools

Rundeck

Ansible

Azure DevOps

Tidal

AutoSys

Control-M

Job description

Synechron is seeking a technology professional to support and enhance existing trading systems using modern technologies, data architectures, and software engineering practices. You will work with Trading, Compliance and Risk, and IT teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and operational effectiveness of critical platforms.

The role involves production support, automation, and deployment initiatives in a fast-paced trading environment, with hybrid work in Iselin, NJ.