GBM - Public Dept-New York-Vice President-Systems Engineering
About The Position
The Electronic Trading Platform (ETP) team is responsible for the firm's low latency trading infrastructure. We are a dynamic and innovative global technology group dedicated to ensuring robust, secure, and high-performance trading environments. By leveraging the latest technology, we optimize trading performance for our clients, helping them manage risk while enhancing the trading infrastructure. We are seeking a skilled and hands-on Technical Project Manager to join our ETP team. In this role, you will be instrumental in driving the delivery of critical trading infrastructure projects, overseeing client onboarding, and ensuring the stability and performance of our low latency trading platform. You will work closely with engineering, trading and client-facing teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Technical Project Manager, preferably in a financial services or trading environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
- Understanding of networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, switching).
- Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems.
- Familiarity with server, network hardware and data center environments.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Appetite to grow outside comfort zone
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively
Nice To Haves
- PMP or other project management certifications.
- Understanding of trading infrastructure (e.g., colocation, low-latency networks, high-performance servers)
- Experience managing large scale environments
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end delivery of infrastructure projects including planning, financials, scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management
- Oversee onboarding of exchanges, venues, vendors, clients, etc. into the trading environment
- Manage hardware provisioning: requirements gathering, procurement, logistics and deployment into data centers
- Comfortable accessing servers and network switches to perform basic configuration tasks, troubleshoot issues, and verify connectivity
- Develop and maintain documentation of the infrastructure, including network diagrams, server configurations, and standard operating procedures
- Collaborate with broad domain of developers, networks and system engineers to ensure the infrastructure is optimally configured
- Manage relationships with vendors to ensure technical, commercial and support issues are effectively handled
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus
- Competitive benefits and wellness offerings
- Training and development opportunities
- Firmwide networks
- Mindfulness programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
