Front Office Trading Systems Support (Perl/SQL)

Old Greenwich, CT
$130,000- $175,000 + Bonus

This is a trading systems specialist role and is a unique opportunity to join a sophisticated quantitative trading firm. We are seeking professionals with strong technical background for this role.

Successful candidates will be responsible for understanding, extending, monitoring, configuring, and troubleshooting a complex and distributed trading platform. We are looking for bright individuals who thrive in being in the middle of the action while seeking challenges beyond traditional IT.

Candidate will need to possess acute troubleshooting skills and a natural attention to details. To enjoy the challenges and rewards that this position offers, the candidate must be able to juggle multiple simultaneous critical tasks while keeping focused under high pressure.

Responsibilities:
- Handle configuration, testing, installation, monitoring of trading applications and Back End processes of a complex trading platform
- Handle position or execution breaks and resolve them
- Work with other groups on resolving issues
- Handle numerous requests sent by users
- Communicate and follow-up with users
- Respond and resolve issues based on severity
- Identify ways to improve workflow processes for efficiency
- Develop and extend software tools which analyze, automate and monitor business processes

Requirements:
- Experience in querying large databases using SQL language
- Experience in Linux Shell commands
- Ability to script in Perl
- Must be able to solve problems in a high pressure environment, prioritize tasks, and learn on the go
- Ability to understand complex systems and be in command of the details to provide solutions
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Results oriented, organized, and highly flexible

Interested and qualified candidates should apply