Website HSBC Bank

Job Description:

The candidate will be responsible for client integration and operation of the infrastructure and systems which support the electronic Foreign exchange (FX) services for HSBC.

Job Responsibilities:

Capacity planning / management
Working with key stakeholders to discuss new requirements or improvements to existing applications
Monitoring production services and following up on queries or reported issues
Vulnerability remediation
Debugging applications and root cause analysis of incidents or problems
Plan, schedule and implement changes
Communication with various teams including the clients, quants, voice traders, development teams, management and vendors
Development and testing of functional and non-functional requirements
Ensuring that all services are stable for internal and external users
Configuration management of servers and applications
Certifying new clients or existing clients for new features
Maintain internal documentation
Onboarding new clients to production systems

Job Requirements:

SQL and NoSQL exposure (oracle, postgres, mongodb)
Comfortable operating on command line only interface (UNIX/LINUX )
Strong skills in system engineering concepts, UNIX/Linux, networking, query language (KDB/Q/SQL)
Understanding of co-location environment model
Knowledge of virtualisation and containerisation concepts
Must be analytical and have excellent troubleshooting skills
Experience managing 3rd party suppliers
Experience in some modern development languages (Java, Python, JavaScript)
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree ideally in quantitative field (CS/Maths/Physics/Finance) and should have good written and verbal communication skills
Customer facing skills – to be able hold one’s own in discussions with demanding front office users
Understanding of FX Cash products (Spot, Outright, Forwards, NDFs)
Knowledge of scripting and programming (esp. SQL, BASH, HTML, XML)
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues: Network, Disk space, High CPU
Consistent with the international profile of the bank, this is an extremely diverse global team – in terms of many things including tools and processes used, geographic location, language and culture and relationship and proximity to the users.
Consequently, a successful candidate will need to be pragmatic and flexible with an open minded approach to dealing with teams with these differences. Whilst this requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills and is a challenging proposition, the role offers excellent opportunities for personal development and professional experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, must be able to interact and work well with traders, back office personnel, vendors, futures business and other IT teams
Scripting and programming knowledge to assist in troubleshooting
Experience working with Production/DR model
Graduate level computing technology qualification(s)
Basic scripting and programming skills
Understanding of Capacity Management with ability to analyse current and future performance requirements
Ability to work unsupervised and under pressure for periods, individually and as part of a team
Willingness to take ownership for problem resolution and additional responsibilities where applicable
Maintain effective business partnerships with peer support & operations groups
Experience with deploying applications onto public cloud
Process excellence – a passion to achieve results though effective organisation and process disciplines
Experience with installing and configuring open source software
Understanding of production management (ITIL) concepts
Strong investment banking background that includes application support in a front-office environment
Understanding of the FX trading business, FX trading, pricing and risk platforms
Working knowledge and understanding of FIX Protocol
Understanding of networking and TCP/IP family protocols

Job Details:

Company: HSBC Bank

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, CA

Application Deadline: N/A

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