FIX Solution Specialist
We are currently partnered with an Investment Banking client in NYC who is currently seeking a motivated and talented FIX Solution Specialist to join their Global Trading Support team based in New York. This role is critical to ensuring the smooth operation of their Equity/Options trading desk.
You be working closely with Trading, Vendors, Support and Engineering teams to develop, monitor and troubleshoot solutions. This role will require you to leverage your FIX and Trading System Support experience to enhance the firm's Global Trading Support team. You will need to identify root causes of production issues using SQL like language and analysis of FIX logs.
Responsibilities / expectations for this role:
- Ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities/deadlines.
- Strong analytical, strategic, and facilitation skills.
- Experience with F.I.X client on-boarding, regression testing and exchange certifications.
- Maintain accurate records of Client on-boarding.
- Monitor and maintain the production environment, creating metrics and dashboards to oversee platform capacity/load, data quality, and overall system health.
- Install, configure, test, deploy, and upgrade software on the Raptor trading platform.
- Coordinate the release of new applications and FIX configurations and enhancements with internal//external clients, execution venues or vendors.
- Onboard clients and exchange routes on FIX gateways.
Basic Qualifications
- Proven Securities and trading industry experience/strong background in technology operations in the financial markets industry.
- Extensive demonstrated experience with FIX protocol 5+ years.
- Ability to process multiple client communication streams and make high-quality decisions under pressure.
- Desire and ability to learn new skills and tools, and enthusiastically take on new opportunities and tough challenges.
- Global support availability to troubleshoot production related issues and perform checkouts.
- Available for occasional weekend and holiday work.
- Previous exposure to a high-frequency trading (High Frequency Trading) environment.
**Sponsorship Offered**
**Hybrid 3 days in office**
**140k-180k base salary**
If you're interested in hearing a bit more over the phone, please feel free to apply directly and attach the most up-to-date copy over your resume with some availability to chat!
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