Automation Engineer (Python)

Automation Engineer (Python)  

Full time, perm - NYC 

Hedge Fund - Onsite 

In this role, the candidate will be applying technology expertise to business and commercial needs, working alongside sales & trading teams and exposing infrastructure to hundreds of institutional clients. Must have strong Python / BASH scripting skills.

Objectives

· Manage the configuration of multiple production silos, covering multiple asset classes

· Improve uptime, capacity, and performance of trading systems

· Diagnose and resolve critical production issues, managing incident tracking, analysis and reporting

· Work with development and QA teams in regression testing functionality and stress testing application servers

· Build automation and processes that reduce the impact of mistakes and eliminate recurring incidents

· Revise software designs to mitigate failures in other parts of the stack

· Contribute to service quality by participating in product development from idea and inception

· Manage critical and direct communication lines with traders, business managers, and development leads on all aspects of projects

Skills and Preferred Qualifications

· Significant experience in UNIX/Linux and troubleshooting network connectivity problems

· Experience in developing in a high-level scripting or object-oriented programming language such as Python

· Experience in writing SQL database queries in MS SQL Server or other common SQL database platforms

· Exposure to CI/CD, SDLC, testing methodologies and test tools

· Proven experience in building, deploying and supporting large-scale, distributed applications

· Knowledge of trading systems and applications, including order management systems and FIX engines