Role : Market Data Engineer

Role : Market Data Engineer

Reporting to : Market Data Solutions Manager

Job Description

Market Data Engineer required to work in the Market Data Solutions team which manages the low-latency market data platforms for Fixnetix including Wombat/SR Labs/Vela and an in-house developed platform called iX-Max. The role covers both support and engineering functions and operates a shift pattern covering core European business hours 7am – 7pm. There will be project work alongside the on-boarding of new clients to the platforms which includes exchange upgrades and hardware benchmarking. There is also an on-call rota which runs on a weekly basis.

Roles and Responsibilities

·  First, second & third line support for low latency market data platforms.

·  Part of a team that will help architect the growth of our clients’ high availability, low-latency market data platforms and exchange connectivity network across multiple global regions.

·  Client, Exchange & ISV relationship management.

·  Full ownership of issues and projects.

·  Co-ordinate and carry out systems and user testing, including preparation of test plans where necessary.

·  Keep abreast of regulatory and exchange changes that affect Fixnetix environment.

·  Complying with Fixnetix internal processes.

·  Shift pattern covering 7am to 7pm

Key Performance Indicators

·  The successful delivery of tasks and projects on time

·  Customer service satisfaction

·  Ensuring system availability as per agreed SLA’s

Essential Skills

·  Demonstrable analytical and problem solving ability

·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills

·  Strong leadership and people skills

·  Low latency market data feed management (eg, Nyse Tech/Wombat/Vela, Thomson Reuters – RDFD)

·  Knowledge of Linux (RedHat ES Preferable)

·  TCP/Multicast Networking/Routing and ability to debug issues with the aid of tools such as tcpdump

·  Scripting (Perl, Bash)

·  Previous experience working with Exchange Native Protocols (eg, UTP, ITCH, MITCH)

·  Experience with supporting low latency / high throughput / high availability / distributed market data platforms.

Desirable Skills

·  Good functional knowledge of Equities and Futures.

·  Exposure to monitoring tools such as Geneos/Sentinel/Zabbix

·  Exposure to market data reporting tools such as DACS/DART