Trading Application Support

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Trading Application Support team is an integral part of the wider IT Production department. The team is split across London and Sydney and responsible for providing application support for CMC Markets’ award winning web- based trading platforms. This role reports into the regional Trading Application Support Team Leader, who provides support, management and escalation for the role.

Tasks come via monitoring alerts or tickets raised by internal CMC teams. You will work closely with peers in London and Sydney, following current support processes to ensure that all incidents are resolved efficiently, and any changes are implemented successfully.

The teams work in a mixed operating system environment (Red Hat 70% and Windows 30% of estate) with the London team primarily focusing on Red Hat trading applications and Sydney the Windows equivalents. You will also work to identify and implement new processes, procedures and automated solutions, ensuring an excellent and professional service is provided at all times. It is a fast-paced, process driven environment.

Responsibilities:

• Using our ‘follow the sun’ support model, ensure maximum availability and performance of the company’s trading applications across web, mobile and API channels;

• Provide 1st and 2nd line support for the trading platforms;

• System monitoring with real time monitoring tools. (Nagios, Splunk, AppDynamics, Geneos and Bespoke tools);

• Provide proactive and reactive support to application and operational issues across both production and non-production environments;

• Proactively fix support issues, provide or suggest remedial actions or route issues to developer for remediation;

• Liaise with external vendor, other support teams (Business Operations, 3rd Tier Support, DBA, Security, Infrastructure) and development departments to ensure incidents are resolved;

• Review and implement improvements to support process and monitoring where appropriate, as well as ensuring operational documentation is maintained;

• Follow our release and change process to complete deployments and change successfully;

• Plan, execute and review maintenance tasks and deployments between IT and development teams;

• Participating in DR and BCP testing;

• Shifts on a weekly rotational basis – this will include some weekend on call work, rotated through the team;

• Maintain personal/professional development to meet the changing demands of the role, including all relevant regulatory and legislative training;

• When dealing with all customers, clients or colleagues ensure that we provide a clear, fair and  consistent high quality service that presents a professional and positive image of CMC Markets;

• Take all reasonable steps to ensure appropriate confidentiality;

• Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Self-starter with passion for IT

• Experience of IT Support

• Sufficient experience of using Red Hat Linux (or others Unix flavours) including scripting in a commercial environment

• Experience supporting applications (Java, .NET, Apache, IIS);

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server.

• Experience with working within financial industry;

• Experience with working within an ITIL framework;

• Experience with working with market data, FIX protocol

KEY OBJECTIVES/KPIS

• TBC upon commencement of employment

COMPETENCIES

·       Communication

·       Team Work

·       Customer Focus

·       Resilience & Adaptability

·       Problem Solving