Trade Application Support Engineer
Location: London
Experience: 1–7 Years
Industry: Market Making / Proprietary Trading / Capital Markets
**Applicants who come from should come from a buy side / trading / capital markets environment will be given strong preference**
Responsibilities
* Act as the first point of escalation for any technical issues arising from the trading system
* Manage production environments daily, including monitoring, capacity management, problem resolution, and change management
* Ensure efficient resolution of issues while working closely with internal users and external counterparts
* Coordinate, organise, and implement changes with external vendors
* Plan, schedule, implement, and document change activities
* Improve documentation, create runbooks, and automate recurring processes
Skills and Experience
* Prior experience in financial services (preferred)
* Networking skills to CCNA level (preferred)
* Strong Linux system administration knowledge
* Experience maintaining Microsoft SQL Server
* Exposure to AWS (preferred)
* Experience with monitoring systems such as Grafana/Elasticsearch
* Coding experience, particularly in Python or Java
Desired Traits
* Ability to perform effectively in high-pressure trading environments, acting quickly and with urgency
* Strong communication skills, with the ability to bridge trading and technology
* Curiosity and appetite to learn new skills and technologies
* Willingness to start early (7:15 am)