Desired Skills and Experience

  • Troubleshoot any issues effecting trading floor in relation to the low latency system
  • Test firmware upgrades, feedhandler updates, new exchange access
  • Notify the business of any potential impact before market opens or during the business day
  • Build and maintain existing monitoring systems
  • Escalate issues to the vendor’s management team
  • Understand market data & exchange driven changes and data
  • Document and sharing information with the team
  • 3-5 years of experience in Exchange connectivity (CoLo site, Direct feeds)
  • Knowledge of market data distribution platforms (ie Bloomberg, Reuters & Exegy)
  • Knowledge of networking (10GbE, TCP/UDP)
  • Some knowledge of scripting / programming
  • Perl and Python programming knowledge
  • Experience working with different low latency system providers
  • Experience in low latency connections (RoCE, Solarflare)