26967678 Applications Support Sr Analyst

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced [ 8+ years ] and highly motivated Assistant vice president [ AVP ] to join our Production/Application support team in a dynamic Fintech/Liquidity reporting environment. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of strong technical skills [ Unix, SQL, Big Data technologies] and deep domain expertise in financial services

[ e.g: Securities, secured financing, rates, Liquidity reporting, Derivatives, front office/back-office system, trading lifecycle ]

This role requires someone who thrives in a high-pressure environment, can troubleshoot complex production issues, understands the full trade lifecycle, and can bridge the gap between critical business users and technical teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide L2/L3 production support for mission critical liquidity reporting and financial applications, ensuring high availability and performance.

• Monitor and resolve incidents related to trade capture, batch failures, position keeping, market data, pricing, risk and liquidity reporting.

• Engage with operations, traders, quants, development teams to understand and resolve production outages/issues.

• Proactively manage alerts, logs and jobs using Autosys, Unix tools, and monitoring platforms [ ITRS/AWP ].

• Execute advance SQL queries and scripts for data analysis, validation, and issue resolution.

• Support multiple applications build on stored proc, SSIS, SSRS, Big data ecosystems [ hive, spark, Hadoop] and troubleshoot data pipeline issues.

• Maintain and improve knowledge bases, SOPs, and runbooks for production support.

• Participate in change management and release activities, including deployment validations.

• Lead root cause analysis [ RCA] , conduct post incident reviews, and drive permanent resolutions.

• Collaborate with infrastructure teams on capacity, performance, and system resilience initiatives.

• Contribute to continuous service improvement, stability management and automation initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualification:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• 8+ Years of experience in application or production support with 2+ years at a lead level.

• Strong hands-on experience with.

• Unix/Linus [ scripting, file manipulation, job control]

• SQL [ MSSQL/Oracle or similar, Stored proc, SSIS, SSRS ]

• Big Data technologies [ Hadoop, Hive, Spark ]

• Job Schedulers like Autosys.

• Log analysis tools.

• Solid understanding of financial instruments and trade lifecycle [ Equities, Fixed incomes, Secured Financing, Derivatives, Liquidity management ]

• Familiarity with CUSIP, ISINs and other instrument identifiers.

• Knowledge of front office/back office and reporting workflows and operations.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills , with the ability to work in a time-sensitive environment.

• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills across business and technical teams.

• Experience with ITIL processes, including incident, problem and change management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to cloud platforms and containerization [ Docker, Kubernetes ]

• Experience with scripting languages [ Python, Shell ]

• Knowledge of messaging services , middleware [ Kafka, MQ ]

• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance reporting tools and processes.