Application Support Engineer - Equity Front Office IT

Job Description

Company
Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for over 50 years. Headquartered in New York with its European head office in London and staff in over 30 global cities, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, and wealth and asset management. Jefferies provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, foreign exchange, futures and commodities markets, and a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, merger and acquisition, restructuring and recapitalization.

Responsibilities :

• Part of a growing team in Asia supporting APAC equity trading desks across Hong Kong, Japan, Sydney, Singapore and India
• Equity products covered: Cash, Portfolio Trading, DMA, DSA, Swaps and Convertible Bonds
• Conduct business requirements analysis on Asia specific trading operations and work with vendors and in-house developers to deploy, upgrade and enhance systems in Asia
• Part of the regional application support team to provide production support on the global equity trading platform and handle FIX connectivity issues related to clients, vendors and internal users
• Work closely with regional and global teams on understanding business needs / new initiatives and define proposed solutions
• Manage systems implementation and upgrade projects; liaise with vendors regarding change requests
• Engage in technical discussions with vendors and in-house developers regarding business requests
• Coordinate and participant in system implementation, upgrade and enhancements testing
• Prepare application system flow, operation and user documentations

Person Specification :

• At least 5 years of experience in equity front office IT space with strong application support, project management and business analysis skills
• At least 3 years of experience with Order Management System application, preferably the Fidessa Trading Platform
• At least 3 years of experience in FIX protocol and applications, preferably ULLink client connectivity and order routine
• Project management and implementation experience in regional front office trading platform for Asia markets is a strong advantage
• Clear understanding of Asian equities order flow life cycle
• Familiar with trading system workflow for both high-touch (single stock, basket trading, swap, converts) and low-touch (DMA and Algo) trading
• Knowledge of Swap and Convertible Bonds trading is a strong plus
• APAC market knowledge e.g. auction mechanism in HK/JP, short sell rules is an added advantage
• Expertise in operating windows and Linux environment with good command of scripting language such as Shell, Perl, Python, etc.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring tools - Nagios, Splunk, OTEL, Datadog
• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databased (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL) for troubleshooting, data investigation and performing production support analysis.
• Able to independently manage multiple tasks, detail oriented, proactive, with strong sense of ownership and urgency
• A strong team player able to collaborate across teams and comfortable working with equity front office users in a global operating model
• Highly competent and effective in both verbal and written English communication

About Us

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.