FIX/SWIFT Production Support Engineer

Dallas/Jersey City,

Pay is flexible, ideally 70-90/hour W2. (C2C is possible)
This is a hybrid role, onsite work is expected in Jersey City, NJ or Dallas, TX 2-x/week.

Primary Responsibilities
  • Installation, configuration, maintenance, debugging and resolving FIX (Appia, TradeScope, QuickFIX) or SWIFT
  • Alliance product implementations on Linux. Maintain stability of the production environment.
  • Provide advanced production support and assistance to development staff in troubleshooting application issues with respect to the use of FIX, SWIFT and Linux. Perform root cause analysis.
  • Provide immediate support for production Appia, QuickFIX or SWIFT Alliance implementations.
  • Participate in weekend on-call support rotations.
  • Provide support for weekend implementations and Disaster Recovery tests.
  • Manage patching, upgrades and other various infrastructure operations on FIX or SWIFT servers.
  • Create and maintain clearly detailed system documentation and diagrams to be used as job aids and knowledge transfer material. P
  • Analyze system performance and capacity statistics. Provide recommendations.
  • Maintain, author and debug administrative utilities using shell programs (bash, perl).
  • Work with development staff and teammates to architect implementation and support solutions.
  • Use of Jira, Bit Bucket, Ansible for project and software management.
  • Work both independently and in a Team as an energetic team member.
  • Lead, provide and implement automated solutions.
  • Recommend process and technological changes.
  • Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately.
  • Effectively complete complex projects and installations within aggressive time frames and budget parameters.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering.
  • Minimum of 8 years of related experience with FIX or SWIFT.
  • Strong knowledge of Client Appia, Open-source QuickFIX or SWIFT Alliance Access products.
  • Good administrator knowledge of Linux and networking with good command over any scripting language such as
  • Shell, Perl, Python, etc.
  • Experience in handling Critical and Major production incidents.
  • Hands-on experience in support of a real-time trading environment
  • Good knowledge of solutions that support applications using high-performance messaging/middleware.
  • Experience developing automated solutions in a distributed computing environment.
  • Strong ability to diagnose and fix problems with middleware FIX or SWIFT products.
 

Who We Are:
The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.
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The Fountain Group
3407 W Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Tampa, FL 33607
“We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people.”

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