Trading Platforms ION Specialist/Support - New York, United States - Phyton Talent Advisors

    Phyton Talent Advisors
    Phyton Talent Advisors New York, United States

    1 month ago

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    Trading Platforms ION Specialist/Support - Investment Bank (New York, NY)

    The new resource will be responsible for delivering solutions to the Rates and Credit business supporting both cash and derivatives execution flow globally connecting to 30+ exchanges which provide real time trades and market data. They have extensive experience working in ION technology such as MMI/Sysadmin and front Office trading systems and processes, Pricing and Risk Management, Operations and TRACE reporting.
    Main Purpose of the role:
    • The Front Office eTrading group is responsible for integrating, developing, and supporting the firm's electronic trading and pricing platforms, CRM system, and straight through trade processing infrastructure.
    • The group consists of a team of developers and support staff that deliver solutions through proprietary development and the integration of third-party applications.
    • we are working on a new generation of trade processing and reporting solutions to support all Fixed Income products.
    • The team is responsible for delivering solutions to the Rates and Credit businesses supporting both cash and derivatives execution flows globally.
    • This is a real time trade processing system that handles activities like trade and position management, risk management, fees and commissions, market processing and reporting. our systems connect to 30+ exchanges globally to provide real time trades and market data.
    Essential Skills & Responsibilities:
      • Experienced ION system consultant along with development experience is required to join our front office development team responsible for building and Integration the Credit /Rates trading platform.
      • Experience of the entire ION stack including Daemons, Routers, Refdata, MMI, custom field development, D2C and D2D gateways, Bloomberg MData (Bpipe), PXE, CTS, VMO, VMO_spread, VMQ, MMS, Autohedger, STP, Tradeserver, SDP, Position and risk servers, Trvet/Poskeep, Entitlements server, Excel plugin, Perfmeter, ITAS and the ION Stress Tester.
      • Strong understanding of FI markets across cash, futures and swaps including in-depth understanding of the various workflows; pricing, quoting, RFQ negotiation, STP, settlement and regulatory reporting.
      • Experience in supporting in-house developed eTrading platforms and integration points.
      • Experience in supporting ION Marketview, ION PXE, ION gateways and custom pricing components.
      • Extensive experience working in ION technology MMI/SysAdmin, TPRM, D2C and D2D workflow.
      • ION technologies, familiarity with ION api, component installation and configuration, Core java
      • Experience developing multi-threaded, low latency applications, experience working in the Fixed Income space, particularly in rates and credit, as well as good general market knowledge. Working knowledge of databases
      • Experience designing and developing enterprise grade software. Good knowledge of test-driven development and experience using agile development practices. Knowledge and appreciation of automated unit testing
      • Engage with the trading and sales desks to provide support for all aspects of pre and post trade execution.
      • Maintain an expertise in allutilized trading platforms and Bloomberg TOMS
      • Extensive experience working in ION technology MMI/SysAdmin and Front Office trading systems and processes, Pricing and Risk Management
      • Act as the support contact for internal and external clients.
      • Interface with senior support and development personnel to recommend solutions and initiate corrective actions.
      • Exercise sound judgment while problem solving client issues and implement resolutions in a timely manner.
      • Troubleshoot application and data related errors.
      • Manage trading system enhancement projects across internal stakeholders (such as Compliance, Operations, and Technology teams) and vendor platforms.
      • Act as a liaison for the trading desk with other internal teams (including Operations, Compliance, Client Onboarding, and Legal) and external vendor platforms.
      • Maintain functional documentation of trading systems and vendor platforms for handling production support issues, facilitating on-boarding, and implementing enhancement projects.
      • Functional requirements gathering and act as a business analyst in conjunction with Asset Class representatives and associated IT/Operations teams.
      • Review issues with the client to establish the true source of the problem (i.e., a software issue or configuration/ set-up error)
      • Assist with coordination and execution of implementations of the system across global sites.
      • Work closely with the associated Development Manager to schedule deliveries, set timelines and coordinate deliverables.
      • Assist with training and configuration of new users on the system.
      • Manage, and in various cases, execute testing phases for deliverables including associated support and coordination across various stakeholder groups.
      • Develop an expert-level understanding of major global and local systems.