Average Application Analyst salary in City of London

CMC are hiring a Trading Application Support Analyst to work in the IT Production department. The trading application support Team is split across London and Sydney and responsible for providing application support for CMC Markets’ award winning web- based trading platforms. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Trading Application Support Analyst to work for a leading fintech. This is an onsite role Tasks come via monitoring alerts or tickets raised by internal CMC teams and you have the opportunity to work closely with your peers in London and Sydney, following current support processes to ensure that all incidents are resolved efficiently, and any changes are implemented successfully. The teams work in a mixed operating system environment (Red Hat 70% and Windows 30% of estate) with the London team primarily focusing on Red Hat trading applications and Sydney the Windows equivalents. You will have the opportunity to identify and implement new processes, procedures and automated solutions, ensuring an excellent and professional service is provided at all times. It is a fast-paced, process driven environment. Responsibilities: Using our 'follow the sun’ support model, ensure maximum availability and performance of the company’s trading applications across web, mobile and API channels;Provide 1st and 2nd line support for the trading platforms;System monitoring with real time monitoring tools. (Nagios, Splunk, AppDynamics, Geneos and Bespoke tools);Provide proactive and reactive support to application and operational issues across both production and non-production environments;Proactively fix support issues, provide or suggest remedial actions or route issues to developer for remediation;Liaise with external vendor, other support teams (Business Operations, 3rd Tier Support, DBA, Security, Infrastructure) and development departments to ensure incidents are resolved;Review and implement improvements to support process and monitoring where appropriate, as well as ensuring operational documentation is maintained;Follow our release and change process to complete deployments and change successfully;Plan, execute and review maintenance tasks and deployments between IT and development teams;Participating in DR and BCP testing; KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Essential: Self-starter with passion for ITProven experience in working in Application Support/Production environments.Experience of using Red Hat Linux (or others Unix flavours) including scripting in a commercial environmentExperience supporting applications (Java, .NET, Apache, IIS); Desirable: Knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server.Experience with working within financial industry;Experience with working within an ITIL framework;Experience with working with market data, FIX protocol; CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

Senior Application Support Analyst - Front Office Trading Fantastic opportunity for an experienced Application Support Analyst with a background in financial services or trading to grow their career in a fast-growing and hugely successful commodities trading business based in the centre of London. 6-Figure package, uncapped cash Bonus Hybrid working model, with excellent working culture and colleagues at the top of their game. The successful Application Support Analyst will have prior experience working in a similar role supporting high-functioning trading or similar front office teams. You will be working with the latest technology and exposed to exciting business area. Key skills for the Application Support Analyst are: - great relationship and interpersonal skills - background in application support within a financial services or trading - Good SQL and Scripting skills Please apply now for a confidential discussion about the role and your future career Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Tradition is the interdealer broking arm of Compagnie Financière Tradition and one of the world's largest interdealer brokers in over-the-counter financial and commodity related products. CFT is represented in over 28 countries, employing over 2,500 people. Tradition’s goal is to provide superior client services. It believes its business success is a direct reflection of its employees and recruits. As such, teamwork, creativity, reliability and integrity are components of a work ethic taken very seriously since the company was founded in 1959. Tradition is currently seeking to appoint a Trading Application Support Analyst to be based within our London office. Working as part of the STP Operations function responsible for providing 1st and 2nd level operational support for a large portfolio of Post Trade systems. A Trading Application Support Analyst is required to join the team to support the expansion of global responsibilities. The role will be based in London and will involve working closely with the principal teams globally. Main responsibilities within the Trading Application Support Analyst position include: Operational support to order management, trade booking, affirmation, confirmation, reporting, clearing and settlement processesOperational support for Regulatory Reporting (Transaction Reporting, Pre & Post Trade Transparency, Commodity Position Reporting, SFTR, SEF etc.)Operational Support of all Rates, Fixed Income and Post Trade Systems supporting the Post Trade flow for all venues like Trad-X EU MTF, TRAD-X UK MTF, Voice trades on UK OTF (TCDS) and TSAF OTF (TSAF)Application monitoring for all key Post Trade systems used by Rates, Credit, FX and Bond trading desks.Perform testing with internal and external clientsMan support desk between allocated hoursAttend and fix any 1st and 2nd line Post Trade System problemsWork with project team and 3rd line support when requiredInvestigate long term issues and report findings to relevant partiesSupplier and client relationsControls (policy/process/procedures) associated with aboveAny other duties that may reasonably be requested Key skills, experience and competencies required to be successful in this role: Excellent FIX knowledgeAwareness of Financial Products (Rates, FX and Fixed Income)Awareness of Front Office Systems and workflows for Financial Products (Rates, FX and Fixed Income)Awareness of Post trade systems and workflows used by above product areas (e.g. MarkitWire/RTNS/VCON/ICELink/IDT/Traiana etc.)Excellent knowledge of SQLAwareness of Microsoft Server Operating systems.Awareness of Windows networking and TCP/IPAwareness of WAN/LAN technologies Please note, due to the large volume of applications for this position, if you have not heard from us within 14 days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful. By applying for this role, you agree that, we may retain your details on our system for a period of 6 months and may contact you for any future vacancies that may arise within the Tradition Group.