Web Application Architect

Job Title: Murex DevOps (CEM) Consultant

Location: New York City, NY (Remote)

Project description

• Our client has one of the world's leading Murex practices.
• We are a top-tier Murex Alliance Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration.
• We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered over 200 successful Murex projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, and insurance.
• Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry would be of high interest to us.

Responsibilities

• Environment Operations Consultant:
• Environment deployment and Management Operations
• Deploy and manage Murex Software needed for Murex client projects using Murex tools and scripts.
• Perform basic smoke tests before delivering the needed products.
• Act as a first-level support for already deployed Murex products, re-directing and following the issues with the corresponding support teams.
• Performing system health checks and diagnostics (RAM, CPU, processes, etc.) to ensure optimal performance and uptime
• Automating routine tasks
• Conversion of a customer database
• Perform database sanitization and purging procedures
• Migration sequence execution and stabilization
• Setting Methodologies and Procedures
• Contribute to creating the environment and configuration management methodologies, conversion processes, communication workflows, and needed templates and documentation
• Customize and document the installation and the conversion/upgrade procedures
• Deliver needed training and best practices for Murex Clients and project teams
• Manage internal streams: contribute to creating tools, measure related KPIs, and analyze potential issues
• Collaboration
• Ensures good collaboration with the project team
• Ensures good collaboration with customer
• Capitalization
• Capitalizes on issues not related to a specific client
• Contributes to product evolution (feedback to product teams, follow-up on defects and issues)

Skills Must have

• Strong working knowledge of Murex Configuration and Environment management
• Strong knowledge of scheduler software (e.g. Tidal, Autosys, JAMS, )
• Good understanding of MXTest
• Good product knowledge/understanding in IRD, CRD, EQD, FXD
• Good understanding of Workflows, Operations, Fixings process, Confirmations, and Trade Life Cycle
• Strong functional and technical understanding of Murex
• Good knowledge of the different post-trade interactions between the various actors of capital markets including service providers

Must:

• Previous experience, min 2yrs, with Murex Environment management
• MXTest Module (a plus)
• Must have strong personality, logical and analytical skills
• Be detailed-oriented, a quick learner and self-starter
• Possess good verbal and written communication skills
• Must have strong organization skills
• Good SQL, Unix, Scripting, Sybase and Oracle skills

Nice to have

• BS or higher degree in Finance, Mathematics or equivalent
• Implementations and upgrades
• Test management
• Trade life cycle management
• Market Data management
• Knowledge in SQL (Oracle and/or Sybase) and Unix commands is a plus
• Good understanding of Market Risk Management (including VaR, stress-tests, back-testing)
• Client focus
  : understands clients' businesses; identifies and understands the needs and objectives of clients, both on an individual and corporate basis; builds strong relationships to aid client aim of being a trusted partner to the clients.
• Communication skills:
  expresses ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing; adjusts language, terminology and non-verbal communication as appropriate.
• Teamwork:
  works effectively with others; helps to build strong teams and networks.
• Personal leadership: realistically identifies own skills, experience, knowledge and other personal attributes; displays confidence and resilience.
• Planning and organizing: identifies and meets milestones; understands and articulates deliverables; assesses and mitigates risks; sticks to the scope of work and manages any changes.
• Analytical decision-making: identifies and solves problems using insight and experience to make good decisions; gathers relevant information, identifying important issues and drawing conclusions.