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Genesis is a global software company with a pioneering vision, technical innovation, and team that is changing IT delivery. Permanently. We've just completed our Series B funding round, backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures), Salesforce Ventures, Citi, Illuminate Financial and Tribeca Early Stage Partners and due to growth, we're recruiting now for Application Support Analysts. Interested? Read on to find out more.
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What are we looking for
We are currently recruiting for an Application Support Analyst to join our Support function at an exciting time of our rapid expansion. Reporting to the Head of Support, our vision is to create a world class global support team for our clients and to support their LCAP infrastructure and platforms.
The role will suit a technical minded individual who loves to problem solve and has great communication skills - you will have to speak to customer IT teams and business users, alongside our internal Dev and product teams. Our support analysts must also be keen to understand the wider business flows and systems at the customer site to provide a first class support experience.
The main purpose of the role is to ensure and maintain business application stability as well as action client/user requests/problems.
How you'll play your part
1st and 2nd front line support of Low-Code Application Platform applications and infrastructure
Liaison between 2nd and 3rd line teams, as well as development and other IT infrastructure departments
Regular communications with an extensive client base to provide status updates, successful solutions as well as documenting all activities for future reference
Responsible for the recording of issues and actions and being able to provide incident and problem management (understanding of ITIL processes)
Tracking and monitoring of all our clients hosted platforms (Prometheus / ITRS)
Act in a strict change management regime, involving testing in UAT and like-live environments
Capacity management and tracking and management of audit requests
Small scale application upgrade, configuration and patching across multiple environments in line with requirements
Oversight, QA and sign off for all go live and production changes/upgrades
Contribute to departmental and company-wide process improvement
Operate as part of a shift rota, covering the hours of 07:00 - 18:30 including bank holidays
Weekend and evening pager cover on rota
Requirements
The experience you'll bring
Proven industry experience as a Support Analyst with at least 3-5 years experience in supporting capital markets solutions that process financial instruments
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical persons with proven experience of working with business stakeholders and external clients.
Willingness to take ownership for problem resolution and additional responsibilities where applicable
Extensive scripting and programming skills (esp Java)
Groovy, Kotlin, JavaScript and SQL advantageous but not essential
High proficiency with Linux environments (Redhat and CentOS)
Good understanding of networking and client/server technology (http vs websockets and ports), FIX connectivity is also a bonus.
Worked with and have an understanding of cloud computing and environments, ideally AWS hosting
Proven industry experience following Agile Software Development practices
Knowledge of the typical flows and functionality associated with handing business flows in one or more asset types; equities, fixed income, FX, listed future and option, OTC derivatives
The ability to constructively participate and critique in technical and functional discussions with talented technical architects and lead developers
Process excellence - a passion to achieve results though effective organization and process disciplines
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Ability to maintain confidence and composure in all situations.
Self-starter with strong sense of ownership.
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What a role with Genesis offers
25 days holiday + 8 days bank holidays
Private Healthcare
Pension Plan
Company Bonus Plan
A tailored personal development and training programme.
Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to deliver and be your best.
Think you can help us change the FinTech industry? Apply now and we'll be in touch once we've reviewed your CV.
Genesis - Code Less, Do More
About Us
We are technology pioneers with a clear purpose of being the Low-Code Application Platform (LCAP) for financial markets - changing IT delivery across the entire industry. We work faster, harder and smarter than the competition so that we can solve some of the biggest and most complex challenges to deliver innovation and digital transformation.
We value every one of our employees and everyone in the company makes a difference. The diversity of our people makes us who we are and we work hard to make everyone feel included, no matter your background. Come join and be part of the Genesis family of pioneers and lets Code Less and Do More!