FIX Onboarding Engineer

This contract has an initial duration of six months with a likely extension

Key skills: FIX Onboarding Python scripting

Location is New York City (1 day WFH per week and that starts after the first 3 months are completed)

Any visa status is fine (GC USC strongly preferred)

Senior candidates needed (510 years total is idea) rate is NOT determined yet

Local candidates strongly preferred but not necessary (can do video interview for this one)

This is for a foreign bank

FIX Onboarding Engineer

MUST be local to New York City.

Major Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting connectivity requirements for the Equities Trading desk.
• Setting up connectivity & onboarding clients for Equity Trading platform using FIX and other similar protocols;
• Performing electronic trading connectivity testing & certifications.
• Monitoring electronic trading systems and serverside software to ensure systems are working correctly.
• Identifying troubleshooting and responding to emergency situations impacting live trading.
• Working with the traders to understand & implement client connectivity requirements.
• Develop test plans for enhancements & new modules of vendor provided software. Work with users to certify enhancements.
• Escalating problems proactively and ensure all stakeholders are kept aware of issues and their development.
• Working with the vendor testing & deploying enhancements to the Equities trading systems.
• Creating and maintaining a knowledge base support scripts documentation and procedures.
• Supporting the applications that are used on trading desks.

Required Qualifications:

• 2 years IT support experience in the Equities electronic trading environment.
• 2 years of experience in FIX client connectivity and onboarding clients.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a strong customer service orientation.
• Must be comfortable using standard UNIX utilities to debug trace and problemsolve.
• Very strong troubleshooting debugging and analysis skills.
• Knowledge of FIX messaging protocol and be able to conduct client testing.
• Experience with and understanding of databases.
• VB/Excel/Perl/Bash and/or other scripting experience.
• Understanding of trade and market data feeds.
• Experience working on a trading floor supporting mission critical applications
• Strong educational background with BS / MS in Computer Science Engineering or related area.

Other Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Java ability to read code and make modifications is a plus.