My client is an investment bank based in London; they are looking for a e-trading specialist with expertise in the ION platform to join their team e-trading team on a permanent basis. Successful candidates with have in depth knowledge of the ION platform and expertise in e-trading processes. You would be working on extending and supporting the electronic trading systems associated with the bank’s Rates Derivates and Cash desks through a mixture of individual and team-based tasks from small enhancements through to large scale implementations. The ideal candidate will be an ION SME capable of working in a multi-disciplinary team who can clearly communicate with IT teams, traders, sales and research.
Scope:
The e-trading team are responsible for Sourcing market data from external vendors, pricing of vanilla and custom IRS/Cash products, publication to B2C venues, Intraday Realtime Risk (IRS), limits and controls, and providing valuations to downstream systems
Responsibilities:
As an eTrading ION Specialist you would –
· Provide subject matter expertise in the ION platform
· Design and upgrade MMI layouts for traders
· Performing mandatory updates for ION components as required by external venues
· Monitor, support and upgrade existing ION platform and components
· Understand existing ION platform and ensure that it is up to date
· Collaborate with Java developers who create custom components
· Gather, understand, and analyse functional requirements directly from the Front Office Trading & Sales desks
· Work with business and product leaders to understand their key drivers and help them understand how technology should influence their strategy
· Contribute to architecture decisions and planning sessions
· Support all implemented solutions including incident, problem, and defect management, and appropriately cross train other members within the team
· Trader support
Key skills:
· Familiarity with all stages of the software development lifecycle
· Expert level knowledge of the General ION Platform
· Daemons, Router
· VMO/VMQ
· PXE
· Experienced in both D2C and D2D markets
· Experience in Bloomberg Market Data
· Experience in Bloomberg TOMS
Please apply now to Ryan Camp for immediate consideration and further details.
Keywords: Investment Bank, ION Specialist, ION Support, ION trading, MarketView, e-Trading, D2C, D2D, MMI, Bloomberg TOMS, Bloomberg Market Data, VMO/VMQ, ION Daemons, ION Routers, PXE.
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