Citigroup

Citigroup

FX Application Infrastructure Engineer, VIce President

Mississauga Ontario Canada, CA · Exec · Full-time

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PythonJavaC++RubyBash.NETDistributed SystemsLinuxDevOpsProject ManagementSystems EngineeringTCP/IPFirewallCollaboration

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About the role

  • Position Overview FX Technology is focused on delivering IT solutions to the FX Sales & Trading business.
  • We have around 400 people with the core of our development effort based in the financial hubs of London, New York and Singapore where we face off directly to the trading desks.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, maintaining and supporting the application infrastructure used by FX Technology.

Responsibilities

  • Liaise with multiple application teams and infrastructure teams to translate application requirements into an infrastructure design and then track the deployment of the agreed solutions.
  • Performance engineering: measure, identify opportunities to improve performance and efficiency through hardware tuning, topology changes, application design.
  • Some L3 Support for our FX eTrading platforms in particular for OS/connectivity/middleware issues.
  • Work in concert with the business, development teams and Production Support to investigate issues and prevent production defects.
  • Work in collaboration with DevOps Engineers to support DevOps initiatives.

Requirements

  • Experience / Background
  • Extensive experience and knowledge supporting these Messaging Middleware technologies: Solace, TIBCO EMS or TIBCO Rendezvous either as a Systems Engineer or Application Developer
  • Extensive Expertise (sufficient to act as an FX-wide Subject-Matter Expert) in at least one of these other areas: Linux, TCP/IP Networking, Low-latency Performance Engineering, Firewalls, Server hardware

Nice to have

  • Any general infrastructure knowledge or hands-on skills in the areas of Message-Oriented Middleware (Solace, Tibco EMS, Tibco Rendezvous, Aeron) and Networks
  • The candidate should show a clear understanding of the banking environment and have a strong interest in financial markets.
  • High attention to detail
  • Proactive, and able to work independently
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Results-oriented and client-focused
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritize work and well organized

Skills

  • Solid knowledge of basic networking concepts.
  • Shell scripting and Python/Perl/Ruby/Groovy scripting
  • SSL/TLS cryptographic protocols
  • Any UI development of custom monitoring or management tools
  • General knowledge, interest and skills around infrastructure technologies (Linux, Networks, Storage…)
  • Solace, TIBCO EMS or TIBCO Rendezvous either as a Systems Engineer or Application Developer
  • Experience in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, C++,.NET
  • Experience with Distributed Systems: Scaling, Fault-Tolerance, Load-Balancing, Networking, Security, etc.
  • Experience in at least one of the following scripting languages: Bash/Bourne Shell, Python, Perl
  • In addition, the following would be an advantage:
  • Experience with high-volume low-latency highly available IT systems, understanding of their architecture and SLAs
  • Any hands-on experience with Linux administration

Compensation

  • $120,800.00 - $170,800.00

Company info

  • We are committed to hiring the brightest and best technical experts and in return can offer roles with direct business interaction on projects from electronic and algorithmic trading to grid based computation of real-time risk metrics.
  • As part of a team of Infrastructure engineers, provide guidance and direction to other members in your capacity of Lead Engineer

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