Production Support Engineer - Rates Front Office Technology (VP)

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Overview of Citi:

Citi, the leading global financial services company, does business in over 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a range of financial products and services. Our Markets & Banking business is a global leader in banking, capital markets, and transaction services, with a presence in many countries dating back more than 100 years. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity. Citi is a leader in financial services technology, building and operating innovative systems that process millions of transactions and trillions of dollars daily.

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Role / Position Overview

The team is largely client facing and has a significant amount of interaction with the Rates Trading desks and E-Commerce.

You will have the opportunity to further develop knowledge of financial markets – including the Marketview trading platforms, as well as in-house developed processes and applications. These provide electronic trading functionality for the Fixed Income Front Office business groups for pricing analytics, offering generation and execution.

Candidate will become a senior member of the team, responsible for ensuring a high level of service to our clients and helping to manage BAU workloads. They will also have the opportunity to drive / manage projects implementing and maintaining automated tools and monitoring solutions used by the Support team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage customer relations when dealing directly with both internal and external users of the systems.
• Liaise with users and developers and other technical support services (i.e. Unix SA’s, Market Data Teams)
• Diagnosis and resolution of users issues and escalation of problems using the problem management tools

• Other key responsibilities (not exhaustive):
  • Assist in development / scripting / maintenance of tools that can be used by team both to automate manual tasks and assist in monitoring of key business / application analytics
  • Understanding and documenting business requirements
  • Proactive monitoring of the E-Trading platform with on-going maintenance of monitoring
  • Interaction with business support groups (e.g. E-Commerce / Middle Office / Quant Analysts)
  • Working as a senior member within the team responsible for the delivery and support of IT services to the following Capital Markets Products Line, providing 1st and 2nd line trade floor support.

You will work with the below niche areas:

Trading products to include (but not an exhaustive list) :

• Government Bond / US Treasuries
• Interest Rate Swaps
  • Inflation Linked Securities

• Specific systems within Rates E-Trading areas that that the team is responsible for are:- (non-exhaustive list)
  • ION / Marketview
  • Citi Velocity
  • ITRS (Monitoring Software for platform)

• Providing functional and technical help around the relevant systems to users by (not exhaustive)
  • Ensure correct pricing of instruments
  • Dealing with Risk & PnL Issues reported by users
  • Dealing with trade execution & processing / booking
  • Work within the 24x7 rota, this is on an “on-call” basis.

Development Value:

• Ability to work as part of a truly global technology team.
• First class technical and business training from well-established team.
• Gain experience in liaising with Trading/Sales and Middle Office Counterparts.

Opportunity to work with new and cutting edge technologies such as OpenShift/Docker/Kibana, and well as expanding skillset in established technologies such as TIBCO EMS/Oracle/Unix/Linux/Gemfire to name a few.

Essential Technical Experience:

• Advanced knowledge of Sybase SQL. (Able to build ad hoc SQL queries)
• Advanced knowledge of UNIX (Solaris/Linux). (Able to navigate the system and know the core administration functions with ease)

Desirable

• Basic Business knowledge/ understanding of financial markets and products.
• Coding / scripting experience preferable (any language)

Experience with real-time monitoring systems such as ITRS Netagent.

Skills:

• Strong analytical skills & attention to detail
• IT (spreadsheet/analytical/modeling skills)
• Positive attitude and keen to learn.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under stress and time constraints.

Desirable

• Job scheduling tool such as Autosys.
• Issue tracking and reporting using tools such as JIRA
• Knowledge/ experience of problem Management Tools.
• Strong all-round PC skills. (I.e. Windows OS / Networks / General Hardware)

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Support

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

New York New York United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$142,320.00 - $213,480.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Apr 25, 2025

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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