Barclays · 5 hours ago
Equities Trading System Engineer - AVP
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$115K/yr - $160K/yrBarclays is on a transformative journey to redefine the future of banking by crafting innovative solutions. The Equities Trading System Engineer - AVP will monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure while resolving complex technical issues to minimize operational disruption.
BankingConsumerFinancial ServicesWholesale
Responsibilities
Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders
Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance
Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing
Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes
Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management
Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues
Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes
Qualification
Required
Experience in Equities Derivatives Trading in a related front-office application support role within investment banking
Considerable knowledge of supporting applications on Unix platforms and exposure to SQL scripting
Fundamental understanding of ITIL concepts and their implementation in the working environment
Preferred
Experience with scheduling tools such as Autosys
Knowledge of ITRS Geneos, including deployment of netprobes and Gateway configuration
Bash/Perl scripting and/or Python/Java programming experience will be an added advantage but not mandatory
Company
Barclays
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank with global reach, offering products, and services.
Founded in 1690
10001+ employees
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Funding
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unknown1986-09-09IPO
Leadership Team
Geoffrey Belsher
Chief Executive Officer for Canada
David Morris
Head of Engineering, Colleague Platforms
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