FIX Connectivity Engineer - 4592
Job Summary
Job Description
FIX Connectivity Engineer at ION Markets. Responsibilities include implementing new connections, analyzing and certifying services, and liaising with clients and vendors. Must have strong communication, analytical skills, and experience with FIX protocol.
Must have:
- FIX protocol
- Strong communication
- Analytical skills
- Problem solving
Good to have:
- UNIX/Linux
- SQL/database
- Financial markets
- Client interaction
Perks:
- Global footprint
- Cutting edge
4 skills required
Job Details
The Role:
The FIX Connectivity Engineer works part of a global operations team responsible for on-boarding and maintaining services for buy-sides / sell-sides on ION’s FIX Network at an application level. These buy-sides / sell-sides use both ION trading solutions as well as 3rd party OMS/EMS solutions. The engineer engages directly with clients and external vendors in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple requests from small daily tasks to larger multi-team projects.
Key Responsibilities
- To implement new application level connections between clients on the ION network
- To analyse, implement and certify new client / services on the ION network using the FIX protocol
- To liaise with clients, third party vendors, and internal teams regarding FIX-based projects
- To offer 3rd line support to the ION Support department
- Participates in the team shift patterns and assists with weekend work and out of hours escalation when required
Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience
- The candidate must be able to demonstrate the following:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- A strong analytical approach to problem solving
- Initiative, good attention to detail, and strong organisational skills
- The ability to manage multiple projects at any one time, whilst prioritising conflicting requirements
- The ability to work as part of a team, whilst also assuming responsibility for your own work
- The ability to follow detailed processes and procedures
- Eagerness to learn new skills
- Experience of interacting with internal and external clients in a confident manner
- Experience with UNIX or Linux
- Experience with SQL or other database management
- Knowledge of the financial markets
Preferred
About us
We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.
• Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.
• Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.
ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe,
Our ever-expanding global footprint, cutting edge products, and over 40,000 customers worldwide provide an unparalleled career experience for those who share our vision.
ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.
ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.
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About The Company
We’re visionary innovators who are delivering mission-critical trading and workflow automation software to financial institutions, corporations, central banks, and governments. By combining our passion for automation with a strategic view on the industries we serve, we design solutions that improve decision-making, simplify complex processes, and empower people. Simply put, we help our customers do more, faster and better than before. We believe our investments in research and development are shaping the future of automation and enabling our customers to transform their business. And we embrace the power of community, working with each other and with our customers to succeed through a positive culture of continuous improvement.
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