Production Support Engineer

Role Responsibilities: The following are key responsibilities fulfilled by a production support engineer in this role * Point of contact between traders, developers, risk, and QA teams * Monitoring and alerting of critical trading system environments * Proactive identification and resolution of problem hotspots * Development of tools and driving efficiency/stability improvements/ automation with scripting * Troubleshooting of complex systems issues * Batch processing/monitoring * Script solutions, monitor diagnostics * Release implementation and post-release testing * Build and maintain strong partnerships with business stakeholders, application development personnel, and infrastructure contacts * Accurate tracking of support effort to enable effective management reporting Required Skills: * High level: Unix/Linux background (some Solaris or Windows) * Intermediate to high level: SQL (writing multiple queries, joining tables, stored procedures) * Intermediate to high level scripting skills: Perl, Shell , Python * 5+ years experience in a trade application or production support position * Financial or Trading background a must have Full medical/dental and 401K plans included. This company is looking to bring this employee on as soon as possible. If you feel that you are a good fit for this position, please submit your resume highlighting your technical experience as it relates to this description. Please contact Lindsay Haddock at Huxley Associates at 312-453-9099 with questions.

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