Murex Consultant

London 

Harrington Starr are currently working with a leading financial institute who are looking for a Murex Technical Consultant. You will be an active member of the first post-trade derivatives platform utility.

This platform will allow worldwide investment banks to leverage IT services, to decrease significantly their cost base, while increasing their ability to invest and increasing their operational efficiency.

You will act as Murex Subject Matter Expert in a Technical Support for several Murex instances (MxG2000 and MX.III) – that includes EOD chain support, weekend releases preparation and coordination, incident solving, configuration management for development/integration environments.

Responsibilities:

• Provide quality technical support on / around the entire Murex production chain.
• Analyze and manage incidents and propose solutions
• Identify underlying root causes for recurring problems. Promote and implement improvements on IT processes.
• Monitor technical services activity. Propose improvement for performance.
• Manage the Technical Releases
• Manage all Murex environments (excl. production environments) v2 and v3.
• Propose and develop enhancements to improve the technical support team work, where possible.
• Write and update documentation covering technical aspects of/around the Murex platforms.
• Write troubleshooting procedures, ‘’How to’s’’ and other technical advanced documentation.
• Share knowledge and coach newcomers, leverage your expertise through a continuous training program

Expected experience and knowledge:

• At least 7 years of relevant technical experience around Murex.
• Strong knowledge of MxG2000 v2.11 and v3.1 architecture, main services and around audit/debugging functionalities.
• Good knowledge of Real Time, Datamart, MxMl Exchange, Workflows and End of Day chain
• Understanding of Bonds, Repos and Credit Derivatives is a plus.
• Strong skills in either UNIX or Linux.
• Strong SQL skills (query building and performance analysis).
• Past experience with a scheduler is a must.
• Good scripting Skills (Unix shell, …).
• Programming Skills (Java, C, XML) is a plus.
• Client orientation is a must.
• Strong sense of cross group collaborative work and team spirit.
• Past experience with offshore is a plus.
• Fluent in English
• Fluent in French is a plus.

Sound interesting please contact James Platt on  0203 587 7007

Murex Consultant

London 

Harrington Starr are currently working with a leading financial institute who are looking for a Murex Technical Consultant. You will be an active member of the first post-trade derivatives platform utility.

This platform will allow worldwide investment banks to leverage IT services, to decrease significantly their cost base, while increasing their ability to invest and increasing their operational efficiency.

You will act as Murex Subject Matter Expert in a Technical Support for several Murex instances (MxG2000 and MX.III) – that includes EOD chain support, weekend releases preparation and coordination, incident solving, configuration management for development/integration environments.

Responsibilities:

• Provide quality technical support on / around the entire Murex production chain.
• Analyze and manage incidents and propose solutions
• Identify underlying root causes for recurring problems. Promote and implement improvements on IT processes.
• Monitor technical services activity. Propose improvement for performance.
• Manage the Technical Releases
• Manage all Murex environments (excl. production environments) v2 and v3.
• Propose and develop enhancements to improve the technical support team work, where possible.
• Write and update documentation covering technical aspects of/around the Murex platforms.
• Write troubleshooting procedures, ‘’How to’s’’ and other technical advanced documentation.
• Share knowledge and coach newcomers, leverage your expertise through a continuous training program

Expected experience and knowledge:

• At least 7 years of relevant technical experience around Murex.
• Strong knowledge of MxG2000 v2.11 and v3.1 architecture, main services and around audit/debugging functionalities.
• Good knowledge of Real Time, Datamart, MxMl Exchange, Workflows and End of Day chain
• Understanding of Bonds, Repos and Credit Derivatives is a plus.
• Strong skills in either UNIX or Linux.
• Strong SQL skills (query building and performance analysis).
• Past experience with a scheduler is a must.
• Good scripting Skills (Unix shell, …).
• Programming Skills (Java, C, XML) is a plus.
• Client orientation is a must.
• Strong sense of cross group collaborative work and team spirit.
• Past experience with offshore is a plus.
• Fluent in English
• Fluent in French is a plus.

Sound interesting please contact James Platt on  0203 587 7007

Senior FX Post Trade Developer (Java) - Low Latency

Leading Investment Bank. London.

£85,000 + Benefits + Bonus

A leading Investment Bank is looking to add a Senior FX Post Trade Developer (Java), with experience working on low latency, high volume systems, to their electronic FX trading team in London.

As the Senior FX Post Trade Developer (Java) you will be working in a front office, FX trading environment and will be given extensive training on the systems and the financial industry as a whole. They are looking for someone who wants to take their technical skills to the next level and work on some challenging projects.

The Senior Java Software Engineer (Low Latency, Tuning, Linux) will need:

• Strong experience with Core Java development, ideally up to Java 10 – Essential
• Experience working on low latency systems – Essential
• Experience FX – Highly Beneficial
• Experience developing on a Linux platform – Beneficial

Please get in touch with Kashasa Barreto-Inman at Harrington Starr for more information.

Senior FX Post Trade Developer (Java) - Low Latency

Leading Investment Bank. London.

£85,000 + Benefits + Bonus

A leading Investment Bank is looking to add a Senior FX Post Trade Developer (Java), with experience working on low latency, high volume systems, to their electronic FX trading team in London.

As the Senior FX Post Trade Developer (Java) you will be working in a front office, FX trading environment and will be given extensive training on the systems and the financial industry as a whole. They are looking for someone who wants to take their technical skills to the next level and work on some challenging projects.

The Senior Java Software Engineer (Low Latency, Tuning, Linux) will need:

• Strong experience with Core Java development, ideally up to Java 10 – Essential
• Experience working on low latency systems – Essential
• Experience FX – Highly Beneficial
• Experience developing on a Linux platform – Beneficial

Please get in touch with Kashasa Barreto-Inman at Harrington Starr for more information.

Front Office Application Support Analyst – Linux – Python - £50,000

I am looking to speak to Front Office Application Support Analysts to hit the ground running with a global financial institution in London. You will be required to bring all aspects of user/strategy support, working closely and communicating well with back office teams.

Good knowledge of financial services and previous experience working in this space, ability to build relationships and demonstrate good technical knowledge in Linux, Python and Shell scripting. You will bring good market data knowledge to this role and troubleshooting mentality

Skills and experience for this Front Office Application Support role:

• Good front office knowledge
• Strong Linux skills
• High Python skills  
• Good market data knowledge

To recap I am looking to speak to Front Office Application Support professionals to hit the ground running with a global financial institution in London, if this is of interest please get in touch, Anthony.Mills@harringtonstarr.com

Front Office Application Support Analyst – Linux – Python - £50,000

Front Office Application Support Analyst – Linux – Python - £50,000

I am looking to speak to Front Office Application Support Analysts to hit the ground running with a global financial institution in London. You will be required to bring all aspects of user/strategy support, working closely and communicating well with back office teams.

Good knowledge of financial services and previous experience working in this space, ability to build relationships and demonstrate good technical knowledge in Linux, Python and Shell scripting. You will bring good market data knowledge to this role and troubleshooting mentality

Skills and experience for this Front Office Application Support role:

• Good front office knowledge
• Strong Linux skills
• High Python skills  
• Good market data knowledge

To recap I am looking to speak to Front Office Application Support professionals to hit the ground running with a global financial institution in London, if this is of interest please get in touch, Anthony.Mills@harringtonstarr.com

Front Office Application Support Analyst – Linux – Python - £50,000

Harrington Starr has partnered with a leading financial technology company within London, where they are currently looking for a technical software support engineer, to maintain and support their platform.

You will ideally come from a software and infrastructure background working within a DevOps environment. You will be AWS certified, with solid Python experience. You will also have excellent customer service skills and empathy for clients’ needs.

You will learn new technologies as well as building on your current experiences. You will work in a fast-paced environment with a mix of financial developers, DevOps and infrastructure engineers, and application developers to provide front line support to our clients and staff. In this role, you will work directly with the teams to triage and analyze technical issues logged into our ticketing system.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collect and triage production support incident tickets and follow documented standard operating procedures
• Maintain and create support documentation and knowledgebase
• Own production support issues and collaborate with support engineers to resolve issues within designated SLAs
• Provide regular updates to internal and external stakeholders on outstanding issues
• Interact directly as needed with clients and stakeholders
• Provide daily and weekly issue reports
• Be an active participant at production support meetings
• Monitor environment logs for errors and troubleshoot accordingly
• Flexibility to work additional hours as needed

Required Skills

• Infrastructure Engineering
• A relevant Information Technology qualification such as Microsoft certifications or AWS certifications
• Proven hands-on experience with Linux servers (Ubuntu/RedHat Enterprise Linux)
• Familiarity with cloud Infrastructure such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• Exposure to DevOps tools such as Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management

Software Development

• Experience with Python
• Exposure to at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, C, C++, Golang
• Exposure to coding/scripting or automating manual tasks
• Essential Criteria
• Desire to learn other programming languages to help support the environment
• A degree or active pursuance of a degree in a relevant STEM field
• Attention to detail
• Excellent customer service skills and empathy for clients’ needs
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage workload
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical problems to non-technical audiences

 Desired Skills

• Familiarity with test-driven code development and SCM tools such as Git
• Experience with and interest in financial markets
• Experience with SecDB/Athena/Quartz
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus

This is a rare opportunity to work for a leading financial technology company who is currently growing. Joining currently means huge scope to build out a team or progress into different parts of the business. If you are looking for a new challenge, progression and working in a fast-paced environment using the latest technologies then please apply now. For immediate enquiries please contact Jake Browne at Harrington Starr.

Harrington Starr has partnered with a leading financial technology company within London, where they are currently looking for a technical software support engineer, to maintain and support their platform.

You will ideally come from a software and infrastructure background working within a DevOps environment. You will be AWS certified, with solid Python experience. You will also have excellent customer service skills and empathy for clients’ needs.

You will learn new technologies as well as building on your current experiences. You will work in a fast-paced environment with a mix of financial developers, DevOps and infrastructure engineers, and application developers to provide front line support to our clients and staff. In this role, you will work directly with the teams to triage and analyze technical issues logged into our ticketing system.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collect and triage production support incident tickets and follow documented standard operating procedures
• Maintain and create support documentation and knowledgebase
• Own production support issues and collaborate with support engineers to resolve issues within designated SLAs
• Provide regular updates to internal and external stakeholders on outstanding issues
• Interact directly as needed with clients and stakeholders
• Provide daily and weekly issue reports
• Be an active participant at production support meetings
• Monitor environment logs for errors and troubleshoot accordingly
• Flexibility to work additional hours as needed

Required Skills

• Infrastructure Engineering
• A relevant Information Technology qualification such as Microsoft certifications or AWS certifications
• Proven hands-on experience with Linux servers (Ubuntu/RedHat Enterprise Linux)
• Familiarity with cloud Infrastructure such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• Exposure to DevOps tools such as Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management

Software Development

• Experience with Python
• Exposure to at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, C, C++, Golang
• Exposure to coding/scripting or automating manual tasks
• Essential Criteria
• Desire to learn other programming languages to help support the environment
• A degree or active pursuance of a degree in a relevant STEM field
• Attention to detail
• Excellent customer service skills and empathy for clients’ needs
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage workload
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical problems to non-technical audiences

 Desired Skills

• Familiarity with test-driven code development and SCM tools such as Git
• Experience with and interest in financial markets
• Experience with SecDB/Athena/Quartz
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus

This is a rare opportunity to work for a leading financial technology company who is currently growing. Joining currently means huge scope to build out a team or progress into different parts of the business. If you are looking for a new challenge, progression and working in a fast-paced environment using the latest technologies then please apply now. For immediate enquiries please contact Jake Browne at Harrington Starr.