Technical Support Analyst, Toronto - 4363

Who Are We?

Fidessa (part of the ION Group) offers exceptional trading, investment and information solutions for the world's financial community. New technology, new regulation, new challenges: making money in today's financial markets is all about staying ahead of the curve. Having the capability to spot new trends and act fast turns change into opportunity. That's why 85% of the world's premier financial institutions trust Fidessa to provide them with their multi-asset trading and investment infrastructure, their market data and analysis, and their decision making and workflow technology. It's also why $10 trillion worth of transactions flow across our global network each year. Because we're the market leader, we can also offer unique access to the world's largest and most valuable trading community of buy-side and sell-side professionals, from global institutions and investment banks to boutique brokers and niche hedge funds. 

The Americas Technical Support team provides technical application support to equities and derivatives customers and forms part of ION Markets global support team. The team is responsible for technical investigation, keeping customers updated and reporting potential software defects to Development teams. Technical Support also takes the lead in service restoration in the event of software or hardware failures, capacity planning and Business Continuity testing of the Hosted environment. Our team is faced-paced, keeping up with regulations and changes in technology.

Role

We are looking for a Technical Support Analyst to assist in the support of the Fidessa applications (first level and second level application support). We work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Members of the team will provide hands-on support in a production environment, and will be challenged to use their technical knowledge and out-of-the-box thinking to solve complex problems. Ideal candidates will need to demonstrate their technical skillset and must have a desire to work in the financial industry, with a focus on equities and futures & options asset classes. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent grad or someone with up to 3 years of experience. We have a growth culture from within and this role provides a career track for anyone who has an interest in technology, financial products, trading, client support, product management, or technical account management.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Fidessa employees and clients in order to provide an effective and high quality technical support service.
• Develop personal skill set in the financial trading world, with a dual emphasis on both the technology and the business of trading 
• Learn the business and compliance regulations which shape the financial industry 
• Develop knowledge of futures and options trading, including order and business flows, market data, etc.
• Master industry-wide protocols used to communicate with exchanges around the globe
• Communicate highly technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences 
• Investigates incidents assigned to them, particularly as they relate to millisecond latency.
• Prioritizes incidents and keep them up to date on the internal incident tracking system.
• Communicates updates effectively and promptly to the client.
• Builds up and maintains a knowledge of the software supported, including database structure and configuration files to assist in issue investigation.
• Deals with unexpected events or failures which limit clients use of the supported systems
• Carries out application system checks, aiming to identify and resolve issues before they impact clients
• Develops strong working relationships with other departments to assist with the delivery of our service to clients
• Adheres to "best practice" and department procedures for client communications, incident progression and investigation
• Participates in the team shift patterns and assists with weekend work and out of hours escalation when required

Required Experience, Skills and Competencies

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree.
• Ability to read and understand code in one or more of the following: C++, TCL, UNIX/Shell Scripting. Exposure to Java or other mainstream programming languages would also be acceptable.
• Candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills, be flexible, enthusiastic, and have a good aptitude for software applications
• Applicants should possess an ability to understand code and localize specific points of failure in code 
• Have an enquiring mind with an analytical and proactive approach to problem solving, even when under pressure
• Good grounding in and desire to develop technical skills in areas such as database technologies and system performance.
• Ability to troubleshoot and approach problem solving in a logical manner
• Dynamic, resilient and objective, delivering rapid and accurate solutions to the incidents raised by customers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a confident and professional manner
• Able to manage own time and a changing workload
• Co-operative approach to working with team members and other departments
• Able to view situations from a customer perspective and act accordingly
• A strong desire to develop a deep understanding of financial markets and business flows and system functionality
• Working knowledge of networks and network infrastructure is desirable

About ION

We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. More than 40% of the world’s largest companies use our solutions. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.

Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.

Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.

With 10,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe, ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group.

At ION, we offer careers that provide many opportunities: To invent. To design. To collaborate. To build. To transform businesses and empower people around the world to do more, faster and better than before. Imagine what you can do and experience. This is where you can do your best work.

Learn more at iongroup.com. 

ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.

ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.