Principal Systems Analyst

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  Become a subject matter expert for the applications that provide electronic trading analytics capabilities.
  
  

  
  


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  Learn the electronic trading domain
  
  

  
  


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  Represent the development team in discussions with business stakeholders
  
  

  
  


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  Understand low level details of the applications, understand source code, be able to communicate how the application works to non-technical audience
  
  

  
  


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  Learn new technologies and use GenAI tools to help understand and document source code
  
  

  
  


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  Be able to build architectural and system workflow diagrams
  
  

  
  


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  Gather data by writing queries (KDB/Q) and be able to drill into business scenarios by understanding data from a very large data set along with the system architecture
  
  

  
  


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  Lead system design, translate business requirements to technical details working with developers and product owners
  
  

  
  


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  Breakdown and manage the work items (JIRA epics and stories) for developers and QA
  
  

  
  


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  Facilitate discussions with different stakeholders on team initiatives
  
  

  
  


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  Support production and non-production environments, be able to answer inquiries from the business support teams
  
  

  
  

The Expertise You Have:

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  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.
  
  

  
  


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  9+ years of Systems Analyst and Project Management experience
  
  

  
  


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  Prior hands-on software development experience
  
  

  
  


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  Experience in complex distributed systems, especially trading systems
  
  

  
  


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  Experienced in SDLC tools like JIRA, Confluence, etc.
  
  

  
  


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  Experienced in collaboration tools
  
  

  
  


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  Experienced in crafting architecture and system workflow diagrams, using tools like Visio, Draw.io, etc
  
  

  
  


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  Data modeling and design background
  
  

  
  


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  Experienced in SQL and worked on large data sets for data analytics
  
  

  
  


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  Experience in applications on Linux/Unix environments and experienced in user commands or scripting
  
  

  
  


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  Experience in cloud patterns and deployments especially in AWS
  
  

  
  


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  Familiarity with AI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot).
  
  

  
  


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  Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.
  
  

  
  


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  Experience in Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially trading analytics is a big plus
  
  

  
  


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  KDB+/Q experience is a plus
  
  

  
  

The Skills You Bring:

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  Ability to understand complex, end-to-end systems and identify performance, scalability, or resilience bottlenecks.
  
  

  
  


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  Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
  
  

  
  


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  Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a collaborative team environment.
  
  

  
  


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  Self-driven innovation and comfort working with leadership.
  
  

  
  


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  Willingness to support production systems and applications releases, including occasional weekend support.