Position Description

This role is part of the Global FIX connectivity team responsible for handling FIX connectivity requests from clients, vendors, brokers and exchanges.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Daily trading operations support for various trading desks of High Touch & Low Touch cash Equities, SWAP desk and F&O desk. 
• FIX testing & certifications of FIX clients, FIX vendors, FIX brokers, internal & external dark & lit pools & exchanges.
• Work with infra teams to setup connectivity between external parties with the firm and able to maintain FIX network relationship. 
• Lead Support Analyst will also be working in shifts to support Asia / US and Europe markets.
• Lead Support analyst will be working in close with FIX team in CLSA Pune, US and Australia
• Perform other trade support functions when needed

Requirements

• Degree holder in Computer Science or related discipline(s)
• Minimum of 5 years proficiency in FIX technology with good experience in FIX certification and FIX client on-boarding, preferably in Broker / Dealer environment
• Proven experience in Cameron FIX or Appia or other FIX engines
• Excellent knowledge of Cash Equity business, SWAP, Future & Options business in a DMA/DSA, Agency and Program FIX environment
• Good understanding of Trade Flow systems needed for DMA/DSA trade booking especially in ID markets like CONNECT, Korea, Taiwan and India
• Good knowledge of exchange rules of Asian markets
• Good understanding of Order Management Systems like Fidessa, Flextrade etc
• Good understanding of Front end systems like Bloomberg, ITG etc
• Good exposure in FIX testing tools like VeriFIX
• Good exposure in FIX monitoring tools like KIBANA, Grafana, Logstash, Elastic search, ITRS, etc
• Good exposure in change & incident management tools like SNOW
• Must be self-starter and be able to work independently
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to interact with Vendors and Traders

Technology skills:

• Knowledge in FIX protocol (FIX versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 etc), and automated tools
• Knowledge in ORACLE (user level)
• Knowledge in Unix and Shell scripting
• Programming knowledge of Java, Python will be value addition
• Awareness of SRE concepts is an added advantage

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