Hi I have an urgent requirement of ‘FIX Support’ please send me your resumes along with your contact details.
Title: FIX Support Location: New York, NY Duration: 6 – 12 months *****MUST BE LOCAL FOR A FACE TO FACE***** *****BASICALLY JUST NEED SOMEONE WITH A FEW YEARS OF FIX EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH TRADING SYSTEMS***** * * *Description: (Just see the Basic Qualifications towards the end)* Client Facing Technology (CFT) is responsible for globally supporting and facilitating Barclays Capital’s clients’ trading strategies. Our clients are typically hedge funds or similar organizations responsible for product discovery. They require a significant degree of customization, have high expectations, and demand very rapid turnaround. The key to success is ensuring our applications form an integrated gateway to the capabilities of the entire firm. This means not only joining forces and sharing data with each other, but building the bridge between Prime Services and the firm’s risk, regulatory, accounting and centralized data services Why apply? CFT is a global team responsible for building and delivering trade management, Client Relationship Management (CRM), Management Information System (MIS) and productivity tools for clients, salespeople and bankers. Our tools are used by thousands of client-facing staff in the front and middle office across all products. The diversity of our user base presents us with unique challenges as we tailor solutions that are both specific to our business users and are reusable by others. The BARX Client Services group (CSG) is responsible for the service and support of all of Barclays Capital electronic trading clients. This includes trade support, IT Support, Connectivity and Onboarding across all the major asset classes. The FIX Connectivity team specifically focuses on the integration of FIX clients. This involves managing the Onboarding process of electronic trading applications to Barclays Capital trading systems; testing and certifying new client connections; provisioning connectivity and vendor access and providing third line support on any FIX related issues to the relevant business/application support teams. The team is located in New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore, and supports the Onboarding process for FIX clients for the following key businesses within Barclays Capital: High frequency DMA Equities Futures and Options FX Commodities Each Connectivity Manager is assigned to one of the business functions on joining the team. The Barclays Capital FIX Connectivity team was recently awarded the “IT Team of the year” for its cross-asset FIX delivery by European Banking Technology. The team works directly with internal/external clients/vendors and works closely with the Sales and trading Desks during the client Onboarding process. The FIX Connectivity team also works closely with Business Development, IT and QA teams on releases and new product functionality. *Main Function * Responsibility for managing the entire Client Onboarding and connectivity process from start to finish. · Project managing the FIX implementation between the client/vendor and Barclays Capital and reporting on your pipeline to the business · Testing and integration of vendor/client side FIX OMS and Order Routing infrastructure. · Managing external connectivity for clients and permissioning firewalls and networks infrastructure (Radianz, Savvis, TNS, VPN, SSL etc) · Liaising with sales to keep them informed of client progress and developments · Providing development and integration advice and support on Barclays’ FIX API, and supporting the client/vendor through testing and certification against Barclays’ electronic trading infrastructure. Being a subject matter expert on FIX/Connectivity and electronic trading to support CSG, Sales and IT with client service *Main Duties* Activities involved in the Onboarding life-cycle include: · Running kick off calls with clients and vendors to determine connectivity and trading requirements · Managing the configuration of the Barclays Capital FIX Gateway that provide our clients with access to proprietary front-end trading applications, strategy engines and direct market exchange links. · Managing and coordinating Change Management in Service Now to deploy production FIX configs and infrastructure. · Setting up client entitlements and configurations in the production environments. Testing LIVE order flows with clients and trading desks. · Configuring and deploying FIX Sessions and FIX specific behaviors to UAT and LIVE environments · Conformance testing client requirements against standard FIX test cases with vendors and client IT · Maintaining Client Certification Environments and upgrading relevant components and binaries as required. This position involves working very closely with the Sales teams, clients, IT, Infrastructure and third party vendors to establish strong relationships and deliver the highest level of service for our clients. The candidate will be expected to manage the planning, execution and delivery of upgrades to new and existing infrastructure and maintain existing simulation and test environments. The ideal candidate will be technically competent in both Windows and UNIX/LINUX environments, and come from a strong background working with FIX from either an application support or client testing role. They should be experienced in the management and delivery of small projects and will be expected to take ownership for either tactical or strategic projects within the team. Good communications skills are essential, and we are looking for someone who is confident and mature with their knowledge of FIX and electronic trading in order to support the business at Barclays *Person Requirements Basic Qualifications*: Bachelor’s degree 2 years+ FIX Protocol messaging and integration. 2 years+ Client Onboarding and connectivity experience. 2 years+ Application support or Development background working with electronic trading systems. 1+ years working in Investment Bank or financial brokerage firm. Preferred Qualifications Bsc in Computer Science or Business or Information Systems 3 – 5 years experience in FIX Support/Onboarding at a leading investment bank Skills and knowledge: FIX protocol 4.0, 4.2. 4.4 Connectivity, Networks and TCP/IP, Firewalls, Cross Connects and SSL. UNIX/Linux with Shell Scripting. SQL and databases. Windows XP/2003 Server. Change Management and Release Management process. Electronic trading systems and architecture. Cash Equities /Programs/ Algos/ DMA execution. Future and Options. Foreign Exchange. Commodities. Fixed Income. Experience working with extranet connectivity providers and FIX hubs. HP Service Centre with ITIL training. 3 years+ Experience with a specific vendor OMS product Works well under pressure. Proven track record in a client facing environment. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong Business/Markets knowledge in either Equities or Futures, FX. Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Confident and presentable. Highly motivated. Self starter. Good team player. Works well under pressure. 3 years+ in client facing role. Thanks and Regards Andy Talent Acquisition Team Glomark International LLC* *Direct: 908-333-5191 Fax: 908-688-8831* Email: *a...@glomark-llc.com / *Gtalk: ** glomarka...@gmail.com* <glomarka...@gmail.com> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to us_itgroups+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to us_itgroups@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/us_itgroups. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
