Application Support Analyst

Location:

City of London (EC2M) – London City and West End, London, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Finance, Banking & Insurance Jobs

Other Industries & Skills: 

Information Technology, Media

Advertiser:

Scotiabank

Job ID:

131058969

Posted On: 

06 September 2024

Requisition ID: #

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Role Overview:
The incumbent will be an important member of a strong team who support, manage and maintain the capital markets electronic trading platform for the London & Dublin sales and trading desks. The role will directly interface with FX, Equities and Fixed Income business users.

This position will have responsibilities supporting business units in both Dublin and London. 

What You’ll Do:

•    Provide application support to the European trading desks. 
•    Troubleshoot problems with day to day technical and functionals operations raised by the trading desks and provide clearly defined solutions.
•    Monitor and proactively maintain the electronic trading platforms primarily made up of ION Trading’s MMI and Anvil software components. 
•    Effectively liaise with other front and back-office teams.
•    Incident management and communication of the status of all incidents to both business and technology management.
•    Prepare maintenance plans and upgrade schedules for the front office platforms.
•    Troubleshoot complex pricing and risk calculation issues 
•    Work closely with the other teams within GBME and Technology Infrastructure.
•    Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery exercises, executing cutover procedures, identifying areas for improvement, and maintaining accurate DR documentation.
•    Clear, accurate and current support procedures for addressing common tasks, identifying, and designing permanent solutions and automation ideas.

What You’ll Bring:
•    Experience working with trading desks.
•    Experience with the Linux operating system and basic scripting and SQL knowledge
•    Knowledge of networking technologies, common operating systems, hardware and protocols.
•    Intermediate knowledge of ION Trading’s MMI & Anvil server and front-end components.
•    Experience with dealing with market exchanges and electronic brokerage platforms for example MTS, Eurex and Bloomberg.
•    Proactive problem-solving skills.
•    People orientated individual with a team focus.
•    Drive and determination to own issues through to resolution.
•    Experience writing technical guides and documentation.
•    Awareness of ITIL and IT service management principles.

Interested? 
If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you – you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!  
 
At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences. That’s why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture. 
 
 

What’s in it for you? 
Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work – and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs. 

Location(s):  England : Greater London : London 
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: “for every future”, we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  
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