Systems Analyst Job in Chicago 60606, Illinois US
We are looking for a Systems Analyst with Linux experience to join the Support and Operations team for our state of the art electronic options trading system.
About us:
OptionsCity® is a software company specialized in building the next generation of electronic trading solutions for professional options traders and market makers. OptionsCity is committed to building a company where highly talented, challenge-hungry people thrive.
We’ve been in the news a lot lately; maybe you’ve noticed:
OptionsCity wins "Best options trading platform" award – Wall Street Letter
OptionsCity CEO Hazem Dawani: How to Drive Success in Slow Economy - Small Biz Chicago
About the job:
• This person will be responsible for investigating, debugging and solving customer questions and problems.
• This person will acquire an in-depth knowledge of our trading system and trading industry, in general.
• During the daily duties, this person will reference our internal knowledge base, gather information from production log files, production databases, etc. while working closely with our Trading Support Specialists, development, project management, the customers, along with engineers at the various exchanges, vendors, and clearing firms, in order to ensure that the customers’ questions and problems are resolved in a satisfactory manner.
• This person will also be responsible for contributing to the knowledge base database along with working the other groups within OptionsCity (development, project management) in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the Level 2 process.
What you have to look forward to:
• Entrepreneurial culture (no office politics, friendly people)
• Fast-paced environment where serious efforts are noticed and will result in serious reward
• Casual, flexible work atmosphere
• Growing company with lots of growth potential
• Outstanding benefits: Equity incentives, health and dental plan, 401K plan, tuition reimbursement, lunch and beverages provided DAILY by the company, and comfy orange couches!
What we want from you:
• A personality that will fit in with our hard-working, casual culture and a desire to learn new things
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• 2+ years of Unix / Linux server administration experience.
• Working knowledge of scripting languages
• SQL skills
• Some knowledge of a high level programming language like Java, C++, C#...
• Knowledge and/or interest in the trading industry, especially options
• Computer Engineering or Computer Science BS is a plus
• Experience within the trading industry is a plus
• No sponsorship available at this time (US citizens or permanent residents only)
Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Downtown Chicago
Pay Rate: Based on experience + bonus + equity incentives
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