Technical Trading Support Analyst

METRIX IT SOLUTIONS INC
Chicago, IL

Key Responsibilities

Provide production support for brokerage trading applications in a high pressure trading environment

Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents, escalating as required

Partner with business users to resolve issues in compliance with IT and business control standards

Drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives

Produce operational metrics, audit support, and application status reporting

Maintain disaster recovery documentation and participate in DR exercises

Collaborate with technology, business, compliance, audit, and vendor teams

Participate in on-call rotations, including evenings and weekends, to manage high severity incidents end-to-end

Required Qualifications

5 years of experience in financial services or capital markets

2–3 years of experience with Azure Platform, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, Jenkins, etc.

Advanced SQL expertise (Oracle, MS SQL, or Sybase)

Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Perl, PowerShell)

Working knowledge of infrastructure components

Strong communication skills and ability to operate independently in a trading environment

Essential Skills

Provide production support for brokerage trading applications in a high pressure trading environment

Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents, escalating as required

Partner with business users to resolve issues in compliance with IT and business control standards

Drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives

Produce operational metrics, audit support, and application status reporting

Maintain disaster recovery documentation and participate in DR exercises

Collaborate with technology, business, compliance, audit, and vendor teams

Participate in on-call rotations, including evenings and weekends, to manage high severity incidents end-to-end

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