Trading Application Support Engineer
Role Overview
Join CMC Markets’ IT Production team in London on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Support mission-critical trading applications across web, mobile and API channels in a global, follow-the-sun environment.
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Role overview
Join CMC Markets’ IT Production team in London on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Support mission-critical trading applications across web, mobile and API channels in a global, follow-the-sun environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide first- and second-line application support and help maintain platform availability and performance.
- Monitor live systems, respond to alerts and incidents, diagnose issues, implement fixes where appropriate and escalate to development teams as needed.
- Coordinate with global Development, Infrastructure, DBA, Security, Business Operations and vendor teams.
- Support releases, deployments and change activities; improve monitoring, automation, documentation and support processes.
- Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity testing.
- Work rotational shifts, including some weekend on-call support.
Essential requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in an IT or application support environment.
- At least 2 years with Red Hat Linux or other Unix variants, including scripting.
- At least 2 years supporting applications such as Java, .NET, Apache or IIS.
- Proactive, self-motivated approach and genuine passion for technology.
Desirable experience
- Financial services or trading experience is desirable.
- Windows Server knowledge, ITIL familiarity, and exposure to market data and the FIX protocol are desirable.
Monitoring tools
- Tools include Nagios, Splunk, AppDynamics, Geneos and bespoke platforms.
About CMC Markets
CMC Markets describes itself as a global online trading provider with technology teams responsible for platform stability, performance and availability.
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