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IT Operations Engineer, Application Support

UKFull-time2026-11-10

Core

Lead support for macro trading applications, serving as a senior escalation point for complex incidents and ensuring production stability for investment professionals.

Role type

Senior IC application support engineer (trading systems)

Builds

Macro trading applications and support workflows for front-office investment professionals

Domain

Financial services / Trading technology

Required skills

Application support in financial services, SQL, scripting languages, Unix-based environments, incident management, order management workflows, asset class knowledge, mentoring

Preferred skills

Team lead experience, automation of support activities, knowledge base creation, root cause analysis

Technologies

SQL, Unix, scripting languages

Responsibilities

Lead support for macro trading applications, serve as senior escalation point for complex incidents, monitor critical application workflows, partner with front-office teams to translate issues into improvements, design onboarding processes, automate repeatable support activities, mentor support engineers, review incident trends and service metrics