L3 Windows Systems Analyst

Job Title: L3 Windows Systems Analyst

Duration: 36 Months

Location: Rutherford, NJ

Description:

The role of an Infrastructure Technology System Analyst within the High Frequency Trading environment is responsible for activities relating to the implementation, maintenance and migration of platforms which are uniquely configured in support of the High Frequency Markets and Trading applications. You will have the opportunity to work with our global internal and external partners to drive future improvements in the performance of our technology infrastructure platforms, ensuring that we are increasing the reliability and optimizing its capacity. The overall objective is to assist with infrastructure migrations to build a secure, stable and efficient operating environment for our business to function and grow.

Responsibilities:

• Provide sound understanding of technology infrastructure concepts and principles to provide support to supported platforms and sectors within technical domain.
• Apply basic understanding of how multiple areas collectively integrate within technology infrastructure to support the operations environment.
• Build, configure and tune servers as per the application requirement
• Review requirement documents, define hardware requirements and update processes and procedures as necessary.
• Co-ordinate with various teams to resolve issues and deliver project on time.
• Provide Root Cause Analysis (RCA) post restoration of service.
• Design testing approaches, complex processes, reporting streams, and assist with the automation of repetitive tasks.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Willing to work after hours and weekends or be on-call if needed
• Conduct project related research
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Handle issues and escalations, as well as resolve production problems, reporting to management on status and technical matters.
• Plan and implement improved processes, backup and recovery plans, and uniform methodologies and standards

Technical Requirements:

• RHEL 7/8 CoreOS, Windows Operating Systems and Openshift.
• Active Directory, KDC and Domain Services (AD, DNS), FTP, Data Protection (Netbackup), Clustering (Veritas)
• Virtualization environment based on VMware, OpenShift
• x86 server hardware Dell \ HP \ Lenovo, Solarflare, SSD and FPGA
• Be able to create simple automation scripts using PowerShell or other scripting language like VBS, Python, Bash, etc.
• Network protocols and tools used to troubleshoot issues
• Familiar with Sysinternals and tools that allow deep system/process troubleshooting
• Good to have and a willingness to learn Microsemi, Ansible, VMware, Windows RDS, Centrify, IBM BigFix, Ansible, PTP\NTP, Splunk, ePo, SCCM, Twistlock, Crowdstrike, SCOM, Dell, ITC, Lenovo, HP \ DELL \ Lenovo servers, and EMC \NetApp storage

Additional skills/experience level:

• Ability to work with virtual / in-person teams, and work under pressure / to a deadline
• You have good communication skills with the ability to articulate clearly in high stress situations.
• You work independently and are self-directed.
• You are a detail oriented and perseverant individual.
• You have a positive attitude with the drive to get the work done.
• You enjoy collaborating and working as part of a cross discipline team.
• You’re a self-starter with good problem-solving skills, and you continuously look for ways to improve things.
• You understand the importance of prioritization of your work.
• Providing a great experience to the users of your platform is important to you.
• You have skills and proficiency with MS PowerPoint, Excel, Access or other analytical tools.
• You have a Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science or Engineering degree preferred) or equivalent work experience.
• 6 years of experience

“Tekgence is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. U.S. citizens and Green Card holders are strongly encouraged to apply”