Trading Systems Integration Engineer

Job Number:

3234750

DESCRIPTION

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Technology works as a strategic partner with Morgan Stanley business units and the world's leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. Morgan Stanley's sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative trading systems, cutting-edge modelling and simulation software, comprehensive risk and security systems, and robust client-relationship capabilities, plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools. Our insights, our applications and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients' businesses and to our own.

Job Description

The Index and Structured E-Trading Practice Area is hiring for an integration role, preferably with experience in a Front-Office Sales & Trading environment to join its global team. A successful candidate will have system integration experience, balanced with development experience in other technologies such as SQL, XML/SOAP, python, etc. We are most interested in people who have thorough understanding of the flows in their area of business expertise and are eager to learn. Good communication is also critical.

Responsibilities

Management of the QA and production plant.
Requirements gathering and validation from the business unit.
Working with the team's developers to build new business critical functionality/production bug fixes.
Configuration, testing and deployment of changes.
Interfacing with other tech, ops teams and projects team to facilitate end-to-end testing.

Working with the L1/L2 application support teams and providing L3 support when necessary.

Flexible work statement:

Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.

Equal opportunities statement:

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

3+ years relevant working experience.
Worked with Linux based distributed systems.
Solid linux user skills.
Shell script/Python skills.
Good communication skills.

Good teamplayer/contributor.

Desired:

Financial technology experience.
Understanding of the FIX protocol.
Basic networking knowledge (TCP/IP)
Basic understanding of C++ or another object-oriented programming language

Database technologies such as SQL

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