Oracle & Linux Systems Engineer / Application Engineer - Equities Trading System
Responsibilities:
· Analyse, design, develop, implement, and support Equities Trading systems within a Banking and Finance environment.
· Participate in end‑to‑end system solution delivery, including:
o Business and technical requirement analysis
o Functional and technical design
o System integration and interfacing
o Development and configuration
o Unit testing, SIT, UAT, and production deployment
o Post‑implementation and production support
· Design, implement, and support FIX protocol based interfaces for order routing, execution, and trade processing.
· Implement and support message‑driven architectures using Message Queue (MQ) platforms for internal and external system integration.
· Provide hands‑on support for systems running on Oracle databases and Linux/Unix platforms.
· Support equities trading functions including order management, executions, trade capture, confirmations, and downstream settlement feeds.
· Work closely with business users, application vendors, project managers, and infrastructure teams to deliver stable and scalable solutions.
· Perform production support, troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and performance tuning for trading systems.
· Ensure all solutions comply with security, risk, regulatory, and architectural standards.
· Prepare and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and handover materials.
Requirements:
.Education
· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience
· Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in Banking & Financial Services IT.
· Proven experience in implementing and supporting Equities Trading systems in a front‑office or market technology environment.
· Strong experience with FIX Protocol (e.g. FIX 4.x / FIX 5.x) for trading and market connectivity.
- Strong technical and platform expertise in Equity/FX trading systems, market data platforms, SaaS/cloud implementations, and mobile application development.
- Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server, Oracle, Windows, Linux, shell scripting, messaging queues, JBoss, Apache, Tomcat, Java, J2EE, JSP/Servlets, FIX messaging, CORBA, React Native, iOS/Android deployment, DevOps tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket), and scheduling tools (Control-M).
- Skilled in setting up applications within newly provisioned environments, including network, storage, agents, databases, Aldon, Control-M, Splunk, Geneos, and other monitoring tools.
· Hands‑on experience with Message Queue (MQ) technologies for system integration.
· Solid working experience with Oracle databases (SQL, performance tuning, data analysis).
· Strong exposure to Linux / Unix environments, including shell scripting.
Essential Skills & Competencies
· Strong understanding of the equities trading lifecycle and capital markets operations.
· Experience supporting mission‑critical, low‑latency trading applications.
· Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a high‑pressure trading environment.
· Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and troubleshooting skills.
· Good communication skills for interaction with both technical and business stakeholders.
Advantage / Preferred
· Knowledge or hands‑on experience with DZH Equities Trading systems or any other brokerage trading applications in the market will be a strong advantage.
· Experience working with vendor trading platforms and market data feeds.
Prior exposure to regional or global trading system rollouts.
Key Domain/ Technical Skills:
· Database & Platform: Oracle, Linux / Unix, Shell Scripting
· Integration & Middleware: FIX Protocol, Message Queue (MQ)
· Domain: Equities Trading Systems, Capital Markets Technology