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ION · 1 week ago

Technical Consultant - Openlink

Houston, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$70K/yr - $95K/yr

2+ years exp

ION is a rapidly expanding company that provides trading and workflow automation software to various sectors including financial institutions and governments. The Technical Consultant will support client requests, maintain client extensions and interfaces, and ensure adherence to best practices throughout the engagement.

AccountingAsset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesSoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Assume hands-on Center of Excellence (COE) duties for Openlink Endur and/or Findur throughout the engagement

Attend Product trainings to gain knowledge of the system’s functionality, architecture, and technical components

Gain proficiency in one or more business areas

Follow documentation standards and resolution process flow for all deliverables

Follow delivery methodology standards

Track deliverables to estimates and deliver on time

Keep Manager and engagement owner(s) informed regarding the status of assigned responsibilities

Maintain full chargeability on client account(s) as assigned

Travel to customer site to work on projects as needed

Participate in requirements analysis, custom code development (design/configuration/testing) and provide support for the client’s business needs with some assistance from the team lead

Gather and document technical requirements with guidance from lead, code to specifications

Demonstrate strong reporting and development skills

Adhere to ION’s best practices

Participate in Product deployment and configuration at client site or ION Cloud with some assistance from the team lead

Gather and document system requirements, test plans/results, and any other deliverables required by the engagement

Gain proficiency in one or more technical area for the system (interfaces, deployment, performance tuning, database analysis, etc.)

Setup internal ION Product Environments for testing and validation as needed

Some travel to client site may be required

For EOD support, must overlap with US clients’ EOD run hours typically from 6pm to 11pm US Central Time

For BAU support, must completely overlap EMEA CET hours and some US Eastern time coverage up to 12pm ET

Qualification

Openlink Endur/FindurJavaRDBMS OracleRDBMS MS SQLC# .NETC++SQL scriptingInterface implementationIntegrated Development environmentsAnalytical skillsFast learnerCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsTeam player

Required

Openlink Endur/Findur Product experience in BAU and EOD support activities per role profile

BAU support for lower complexity items such as reports and running internal processes

Running EOD and troubleshooting as needed, loading prices, familiar with Openlink troubleshooting steps, log viewer configurations, reruns, etc

Connex message hospital troubleshooting and reprocessing is a plus

Worked on at least Openlink V18+

Some exposure to OpenJVS

Java knowledge as a foundation is required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a directly related IT field

2+ years' industry experience in Software Design and Development or deployment

Experience with one or more of the following technologies: C# .NET, Java, C++, Soap Webservices

Minimum 2-year experience with one or more of the ION products or another ETRM/CTRM

Experience in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting installations of enterprise software in client environments is preferred

Experience with RDBMS such Oracle or MS SQL Server is required

Experience with writing SQL scripts in Oracle or MS SQL

Experience with Interface implementation following industry standard integration patterns

Fundamental networking knowledge

Ability to follow system deployment steps with little guidance from senior team members

Ability to follow design specifications with little guidance from senior resources

Experience working with Integrated Development environments such as Visual Studio, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code

Experience with source control and continuous integration tools (GIT, TFS, Confluence, Bamboo) and issue tracking systems (Jira, NetSuite) is required

Experience with office productivity tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint

Strong understanding of relational database concepts

Strong Object-Oriented Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Good written and oral communication skills

For on-site consultants, ability to work onsite at client locations as needed

Ability to work as part of a project team structure

Fast learner and self-starter

Company

ION

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ION Group provides solutions for electronic trading, position management, pricing, risk management, and downstream processing for clients.

Founded in 1998

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

https://iongroup.com

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