Trade Support Analyst (IL) in Chicago, IL
$100K-$160KThe successful candidate will work very closely with traders and will have the opportunity to learn the business while providing support to Front Office users. This position provides support for the current trading applications, while performing deployment tasks such as software builds, installations, patch upgrades, code deployments, coordinating with external application vendors on software changes, and other related tasks.Roles and Responsibilities:Responsible for the production environment for core business applications covering electronic trading, pricing and risk systems across multiple product groups.Day-to-Day Support of Production Environment: hands-on assistance to ensure issues are handled quickly and effectively.Pro-actively managing resolution of issues.Management of the software release process including regression testing and co-ordination with IT Development and Quantitative Research.Escalate hot issues pro-actively and ensure all stakeholders are kept abreast of issues and development.Work on tactical technical solutions for business.Provide trader with Tactical fixes and enhancements.Analysis and Small Project Development: work with the business to generate small-scale development and/or configuration changes.Assist Disaster Recover/Business Continuity planning and execution for respective businesses.Develop Tools to manage the production environment.Required Skills: Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate the following:Prior experience supporting traders and trading desks is a must.Proven experience with application support and administration.2-3 years UNIX/Linux, Shell Scripting (sh, ksh), problem solving and support experience in a financial markets environment. Python Scripting is desirable.Strong SQL skills. Sybase ASE and IQ a plus.Experience managing the software life cycle from build through deployment. Must be able to trace and correct build errors, identifying or making code changes as necessary. Knowledge of the make utility and source-code control expected. Knowledge of Clearcase a plus.Experience with C and C# is desirable.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Knowledge of the Credit business desirable.Desired Skills: UNIX/Linux, sh, ksh Scripting, Python, Strong SQL, Make Utility, Source code Control, ClearCase, C , C# To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here