AUTOMATION / INTEGRATION ENGINEER (BASH/PERL/PYTHON) – TRADING SYSTEMS – SYD recruitment
- Market Leading Trading Firm With Casual Culture That Pioneers Latest Technology.
- Highly Technical role – UNIX, Linux, Shell, SQL, Perl, Python.
- Excellent Remuneration, Pool Table, Table Tennis, Sydney CBD.
We are working with a Market Leading Global Trading Organisation that is renowned for utilsing bleeding edge technology, creating innovative solutions and attracting / rewarding the best technologists the markets have to offer. They have been consistently growing their Sydney operations organically with exceptional retention staff rates over the last few years and now, again, due to more growth they are looking for another talented Automation / Integration Engineer to join their Sydney team.
The Integration Team is essentially the glue that brings and holds this complex and dynamic environment together. The trading systems are in-house developed and modified by very gifted developers who write very lean, efficient, low-latency code, these modules or enhancements are then tested and handed over to the team to integrate into the live environment using an array of technologies (UNIX, Linux, Shell, SQL, Perl, Python etc. Deployment is now evolving to a “continuous delivery” model and thus there's now a larger focus on automation and a shift from Bash and Perl to using more Python. As such we're looking for UNIX / Linux System Administrators / Application Support Engineers with advanced scripting skills or Perl / Python Developers with a strong Unix/Linux base.
In a nutshell the role itself is to deploy applications and tune the production software environment in order to achieve the best possible performance. You’ll draw on your advanced knowledge of UNIX / Linux systems and scripting skills (Bash, SQL, Perl and Python) to integrate low-latency solutions into this complex, dynamic environment and in doing so liaise frequently with Traders, Developers, Infrastructure Engineers and externally: Vendors, Brokers and Securities Exchanges.
Requirements of the role
- Advanced UNIX / Linux command line skills.
- Advanced SQL querying / scripting skills for troubleshooting.
- Advanced Bash, Perl or Python scripting skills for automation / delivery.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Superior organizational / prioritization skills, drive and motivation.
- Tertiary qualifications in IT, Business Information Systems/Technology, Computer Science or another related degree.
- Knowledge of financial products, particularly derivatives in equity markets (Desirable).
- Knowledge of businesses processes and the work-flows and of securities trading (Desirable).
As the company has a very flat management structure they look for innovative individuals whom are able to work autonomously and are comfortable taking responsibility for projects and managing their own day.
Key Skills: unix, linux, shell, bash, sql, perl, python, integration, deployment, automation, trading systems, finance, banking, system administration, application support.
If this position interests you, please submit your resume via the 'Apply Now' button or email. Or for further information please contact Andrew Boyce quoting reference 154282 AB.
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