Job Description
3rd Line Application Support/ Java Developer - Market Data
A Global Investment Services firm are looking to hire a Java Developer with good SQl skills to work within the BAU Development and 3rd Line Support team.
Responsibilities:
- Focus on acknowledgement and closure of production issues - incidents and problems
- Analyse problems, perform RCA and develop fixes to real-time systems
- Liaise with Service management to ensure top issues are quickly resolved
- Work with developers on system enhancements and more fundamental issues to incorporate changes in major releases as required
- Review Alerting & Monitoring requirements from prod perspective are addressed in every project and system under change
- Get involved in small Development projects
Required Skills:
- Strong background in core java and server based development
- Experience with optimisation of Java for high performance, caching techniques and JVM garbage collection tuning
- Experience with high volumes of real-time data (e.g. market data feeds) preferred but not required
- Good experience in database development in ASE or SQL Server with strong SQL essential
- Strong Linux knowledge and scripting skills preferred
- Must be able to work under pressure and prioritise conflicting tasks to complete them in the most effective way
- Good experience in supporting critical systems in challenging environments and deadlines
