Credit MAPS Analyst - Chicago, IL

Job Summary:

• The Credit MAPS Analyst is a dynamic problem solver working in a high-pressure trading environment that demands global partnerships, well developed technical and financial expertise, and a strict adherence to process guidelines. Position may have some weekend/evening coverage hours based on support rotation.
• The ability to quickly and independently develop expertise is a highly valued attribute of the analyst. An effective analyst commonly exhibits the following behaviors:
• The ability to rationalize the impact of multiple concurrent issues/requests and prioritize work accordingly
• An independent sense of motivation to continuously improve themselves and their environment
• An intuitive problem solving ability which leads to solution alternatives that reflect the analyst?s diverse foundation of knowledge, skills and experiences
• The confidence, focus, and adaptable communication style required to effectively coordinate restoration efforts for high-impact technology incidents

Responsibilities:

The following are key responsibilities fulfilled by a Credit MAPS Analyst (although not limited to):

• First point of contact for business requests and reported impact (Business facing)
• Monitoring and alerting of critical trading system environments
• Release implementation and post-release testing
• Build and maintain partnerships with business stakeholders, application development personnel, and infrastructure contacts
• Troubleshooting of complex systems issues
• Proactive identification and resolution of problem hotspots
• Development of tools and driving efficiency/stability improvements
• Accurate tracking of support effort to enable effective management reporting
• Enforcement of change management policy

Qualifications:

REQUIRED:

• The core set of technical skills that are beneficial in the role are:
• Operating systems: Solaris, Linux, Windows
• Programming languages: Python, .NET, Java
• Scripting languages: Unix Shell, Perl, Python
• SQL (Intermediate level: multi-table joins, grouping results, etc...)
• Well rounded understanding of infrastructure disciplines (network, server, storage, messaging)
• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 8 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors

Skills:

Relevant areas of business expertise would include:

• Product knowledge Fixed Income, Currencies, Commodities, Credit, Mortgage-backed Securities, Interest Rate Derivatives
• Electronic trading and exchange connectivity
• Market data distribution
• Risk and P/L delivery
• Python
• Java
• Unix Shell
• SOLARIS
• Linux
• Windows
• Operations Analyst