Project description
Luxoft has one of the world's leading Murex practices. We are a top-tier Murex Alliance Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade and migration. We provide end-to end project services and have delivered over 200 successful Murex projects across all major asset-classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury and insurance.
Whether you possess a background in finance, technology or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry would be of high interest to us.
Responsibilities
Environment Operations Consultant:
Environment deployment and Management Operations
- Deploy and manage Murex Software needed for Murex client projects using Murex tools and scripts.
- Perform basic smoke tests before delivering the needed products.
- Act as a first-level support for already deployed Murex products, re-directing and following the issues with the corresponding support teams.
- Performing system health checks and diagnostics (RAM, CPU, processes, etc.) to ensure optimal performance and uptime
- Automating routine tasks
Conversion of a customer database
- Perform database sanitization and purging procedures
- Migration sequence execution and stabilization
Setting Methodologies and Procedures
- Contribute to creating the environment and configuration management methodologies, conversion processes, communication workflows, and needed templates and documentation
- Customize and document the installation and the conversion/upgrade procedures
- Deliver needed training and best practices for Murex Clients and project teams
- Manage internal streams: contribute to creating tools, measure related KPIs, and analyze potential issues
Collaboration
- Ensures good collaboration with the project team
- Ensures good collaboration with customer
Capitalization
- Capitalizes on issues not related to a specific client
- Contributes to product evolution (feedback to product teams, follow-up on defects and issues)
Technical 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
Skills must have:
- 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
Must:
- 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