At GBST, we're inspiring wealth innovation for wealth management and advice organisations globally. Our commitment to excellence, ongoing investment in technology, and track record of successful delivery has earned us the trust of many of the world's leading financial services organisations. We're continuing to transform our technology stack to deliver a modern, digital experience across front and back-office wealth management solutions, and we're looking for talented people to help us support and evolve these platforms.
The opportunityWe’re now looking for a Software Engineer to join our UK Production Support team. Your primary focus will be supporting our live client environments, investigating complex technical issues, performing root cause analysis, and working closely with development teams to drive resolution. You'll play a critical role in ensuring the stability, performance, and reliability of GBST's wealth management platforms.
Your day-to-day may include:Investigating and resolving complex production incidents across client environments.
Performing root cause analysis and providing detailed technical findings to development teams.
Analysing application, infrastructure and integration logs to identify system issues and performance bottlenecks.
Supporting software deployments, upgrades and client testing activities, including UAT.
Collaborating with developers, business analysts and client stakeholders to deliver timely solutions.
Contributing to ongoing improvements in system reliability, monitoring and support processes.
Participating in incident response and out-of-hours support activities when required.
You'll ideally hold a relevant technical qualification and have experience supporting enterprise applications in a production environment. Success in this role requires strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Essential ExperienceExperience supporting business-critical applications within a production support, application support or software engineering environment.
Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
Experience working with Java-based enterprise applications.
Strong SQL skills, including data analysis, reporting and data correction scripting.
Experience reviewing application logs and diagnosing application or integration issues.
Understanding of APIs, web services and system integrations.
Experience working with cloud-based environments, preferably AWS.
Excellent communication skills and experience working directly with clients and stakeholders.
Experience with some or all of the following technologies will be highly regarded:
AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, Lambda and AWS MQ.
Java, J2EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot and Hibernate.
SOAP and REST web services using XML and JSON.
SQL Server and stored procedures.
Docker and Kubernetes.
CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
Monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch, Grafana and Prometheus.
Messaging technologies including RabbitMQ and AMQP.
Knowledge of FIX protocol and financial markets or trading platforms.
2 days flexible/hybrid working arrangement. Office is in Central London
Instant savings and discounts on major retailers across the country
Private Health Insurance including Dental and Optical Cover
Non-contributory Pension Scheme
Salary Sacrifice Schemes – Car, Cycle to Work and Additional Pension Contributions
Additional GBST & U day off every year
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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If you’re looking for a role where you can be a part of exciting innovation, we want to hear from you! Apply now or connect now if you would like to hear more about our career opportunities in the future
Skills Required
- Relevant technical qualification
- Experience supporting business-critical applications in production support, application support, or software engineering environments
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
- Experience working with Java-based enterprise applications
- Strong SQL skills, including data analysis, reporting, and data correction scripting
- Experience reviewing application logs and diagnosing application or integration issues
- Understanding of APIs, web services, and system integrations
- Experience working with cloud-based environments, preferably AWS
- Excellent communication skills and experience working directly with clients and stakeholders
- Experience with AWS services, Java frameworks, web services, application servers, databases, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, messaging, or FIX protocol
What We Do
GBST delivers technology and digital solutions to enable, support, and scale wealth management and advice organisations globally. The company creates vital back, middle, and front-office solutions for wealth managers, life and pension companies, stockbrokers, and fund managers, supporting over 5.5 million investor accounts worldwide through its leading-edge technology stack.
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