Software Engineer - Openlink

Millennium•Houston, TX

13d

About The Position

We are building out the OpenLink development team and looking for a candidate to join the firm’s middle-office development team. The successful candidate will work with OpenLink Endur, a third-party application, and the in-house processes that have been built around it. Responsibilities will include building and expanding data access to and from Endur, develop tasks, scripts and workflow to extend the functionality of existing applications. Additional responsibilities will include Openlink Endur release management, configuration, testing and production troubleshooting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field
Experience of working in global financial organisation is essential
Advanced proficiency in with OpenLink Endur/Findur is essential
Experience with GIT and JIRA is essential
Experience with Oracle and SQL is essential
Advanced proficiency in C# and the ability to write supportable, readable C# code is essential
Ability to support Windows environments
Minimum 5+ years support an OpenLink Endur/Findur implementation including:
Connex Gateways and Schedulers
JBroker and Connex
APM/RTPE services (preferably APM)
OpenLink’s Grid
Open Components code based deployments
Oracle (sql experience is a must)
ADS
Candidate will need to be able to demonstrate the following competencies
Troubleshooting within an Endur environment for failed simulations
Experience in configuring and running end of day tasks
Experience in adding new templates, tickers, curve and grid point definitions, new portfolios etc.
Experience in diagnosing and resolving Oracle issues such as query plan flips
Must have previous experience supporting business facing applications
Strong communication and interpersonal skills and a desire to work in a collaborative environment
Delivery oriented – understand the important of delivering enhancements to users in an agile way.
Detail oriented - Demonstrates thoroughness and strong ownership of work
Able to communicate complex problems
Highly analytical with excellent problem solving ability
Self-starter with ability to quickly pick up new concepts and technologies

Nice To Haves

Background in another language/scripting such as Java/Angular/PowerShell is desirable
Preference given to those with monitoring setup and configuration using ITRS Geneos or Data Dog

Responsibilities

Design and development of applications following Agile and continuous delivery practices
Extend Endur functionality to support middle and back office processes
Create or enhance new and existing OpenLink Scripts/Tasks or Workflows to meet specific business requirements
Create or enhance new and existing OpenLink Scripts/Tasks or Workflows for publishing or receiving data from in house applications
Help with the on boarding of new products for Portfolio managers
Provide level three support for Openlink and processes developed by the group
Participate in capacity planning and performance/throughput analysis
Consuming and publish transaction data in AVRO over Kafka
Automation of system maintenance tasks, end-of-day processing jobs, data integrity checks and bulk data loads/extracts
Release planning and deployment
Build strong relationships with support and end-users/clients
Focus on client service and delivery