Key Roles and Responsibilities
As a Murex DevOps, your primary focus will be on deploying and managing Murex software for client projects. This involves utilizing Murex tools and scripts to ensure seamless deployment and management of environments.
* Deploy and manage Murex software using Murex tools and scripts
* Perform basic smoke tests before delivering products
Additionally, you will act as the first-level support for deployed Murex products, redirecting and following up on issues with corresponding support teams.
Key aspects of this role include:
* Performing system health checks and diagnostics to ensure optimal performance and uptime
* Automating routine tasks such as database sanitization and purging procedures
* Migrating sequence execution and stabilization by setting methodologies and procedures
Contribution to creating environment and configuration management methodologies, conversion processes, communication workflows, and needed templates and documentation is also a significant part of this role.
Delivering training and best practices for Murex clients and project teams, managing internal streams by creating tools, measuring related KPIs, and analyzing potential issues are also key responsibilities.
Key Collaborations:
* Ensuring good collaboration with the project team
* Ensuring good collaboration with customers
Capitalizing on Issues:
* Capitalizing on issues not related to a specific client
* Contributing to product evolution by providing feedback to product teams, following up on defects and issues
Required Skills:
* Degree in Computer Science Engineering or Information Technology Engineering (or related discipline)
* Experience with scripting languages
* Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure
* Strong communication skills
* Knowledge of technical machine specifications
* Knowledge of XML manipulations
* Knowledge of UNIX Operations with hands-on expertise in command-line operations
* Knowledge of RDMS Operations
* Understanding of the Financial markets
Desirable Skills:
* Strong working knowledge of Murex Configuration and Environment management
* Strong knowledge of scheduler software (e.g. Tidal, Autosys, JAMS, etc.)
* Good understanding of MXTest
* Good product knowledge/understanding in IRD, CRD, EQD, FXD
* Good understanding of Workflows, Operations, Fixings process, Confirmations, and Trade Life Cycle
* Strong functional and technical understanding of Murex
* Good knowledge of the different post-trade interactions between the various actors of capital markets including service providers
Essential Requirements:
* Previous experience, min 2yrs, with Murex Environment management
* MXTest Module (a plus)
* Must have strong personality, logical and analytical skills
* Be detailed-oriented, a quick learner and self-starter
* Possess good verbal and written communication skills
* Must have strong organization skills
* Good SQL, Unix, Scripting, Sybase and Oracle skills
Languages: English: B2 Upper Intermediate