Front Office Application Management Support with and Investment Group in Zurich.

This position covers front office to back office services, including trading platforms, market
connectivity and real time applications (Reuters and Bloomberg). You will be working in one of the fastest growing areas of the bank and support our traders and sales people in their daily business making sure all systems and functions needed are available. Reacting fast to trader's and sales' specific needs, e.g. by developing Excel sheets using real time data, creation of special reports using script languages etc. is part of the job.

The applications used are developed in-house and by third parties, they run on Windows
and Solaris servers, also including Oracle and Informix databases. The system will
provide real-time trading facilities including internet and market connectivity.

As a member of the IT trading systems team, you will be overseeing the application
health state in test and production environments from a functional point of view, test new
releases, including planning of configuration changes. With your analytical skills, you
will assist in the analysis of problems and their resolution. Working directly with the
users (traders, sales, operations, and others), you will help to use the front office systems
in the best possible ways.

Requirements:

• A degree or higher education in information technology
• 3 – 5 years experience in the financial industry
• Knowledge in derivative instruments and Front Office (trader) support
• Experience with Unix shell scripting and Windows application management
• Experience with Oracle or other RDBMS
• Familiarity with Microsoft VBA, Excel etc.
• Good communication skills in English
• Good analytical skills for root cause analysis

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