Junior Production Support Analyst - Real Time Market Data - Hong Kong
Role Overview – Market Data Site Reliability and Engineering (SRE)
This team ensures the high availability and performance of systems that distribute real-time, historical, and reference market data across the firm. These platforms handle extremely high message volumes - over 10 million/second with microsecond latency - and support global financial instruments including equities, fixed income, FX, and derivatives.
Key Responsibilities
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Maintain and optimize global market data distribution systems
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Monitor capacity, manage latency, and ensure platform stability and security
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Collaborate with users and developers on integration, migrations, and compliance
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Support production operations, test new releases, and perform system upgrades
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Identify automation and efficiency improvements in daily operations
Required Skills
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Strong knowledge of UNIX/Linux, including scripting and performance tuning
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Proficiency in shell scripting and Python (Java/C++/Perl a plus)
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Understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, multicast preferred)
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Experience managing global, high-availability systems
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Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Preferred Skills
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Familiarity with Agile, CI/CD, project management
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Knowledge of database technologies
The successful candidate should have
- Excellent communication skills, broad sense of ownership and proactiveness
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM subject (science, technology, engineering, maths).
- Good grades 2.1 and above. We look for potential, not prestige, but it’s important that you enjoy pushing yourself to pick up new ideas.
- A passion for Financial Markets
- Solid communication skills for facing off both to IT and business teams
- Strong understanding of server, storage, MQ, and application technologies (Java, .NET, C++)
- Able to troubleshoot, problem solver, analytical
- Proficiency with Linux
- Strong SQL databases experience such as Sybase, DB2, Oracle); able to search log files and compose SQL queries.
- Network diagnostic skills and experience with networks and real-time messaging technologies (multicast, TCP/IP, UDP, SNMP)
- Strong scripting skills, like Perl, Python, or UNIX shell.
- Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.
Nice to have Skills
- Exposure to incident management in an IT environment
What you'll get
- interactive training before your placement
- A generous graduate salary
- Pay rises every 12 months to reflect your progress.
- Ongoing training and support.
- Valuable industry experience. Ultimately, a foot in the door to build your career in an in-demand niche.
How to apply
- Apply below to tell us a bit about you.
- Complete the online assessment (we’ll send you a link by email).
- Complete the interviews with our friendly talent team over the phone and video.
- Lastly, you’ll interview with our client.
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