Senior Software Engineer

TORA

India
Permanent
Full-time

30 days ago

Project Summary and position overview:The qualified individual will be part of a team providing L2/L3 support for fixed income information and analytics products.The team is responsible for enabling the core infrastructure for fixed income reference data, used by internal and external LSEG content clients worldwide.Successful applicant will be responsible for light development, ongoing support and maintenance of software systems consisting of web applications, automated processes, and databases during US hours.This support is critical to the success of our products.These roles will also be a training ground for larger developer roles within the same organization.The position will work with staff in multiple locations including Mexico, Beijing, and Bangalore.Day to Day Responsibilities:

Position is a Support engineer in the Unix environment.
Primary skills used will be Unix, Autosys, SQL, and Perl.
Candidate will perform a wide array of tasks: support of AutoSys automated jobs, data entry web pages and automated data feeds; May be involved in wider calls, finding resolution to system-wide outages and urgent issues; answering data analyst and business group questions; performing bug fixes; helping to prototype new systems on new hardware.
Position includes full support (including monitoring) of our test and pre-production environments, and as-needed on-call support of production and disaster recovery environments that are supervised by operations staff.
This position is not an operations position and entails some light-weight development activities, debugging, providing software fixes
All communication is performed through tickets and the support engineer will be part of a small team performing this function.
Support engineer will also be expected to track ongoing problems, come up with potential solutions for them, automate repetitive or manual tasks, participate in post-mortem discussions, and build tools that make support easier and lessen the risk of future service outages.

Additional Information

Position must work in US hours during initial training of 1-2 months.
We will be moving into Rotational shifts soon after.

At LSEG, we deliver intelligent information quickly and efficiently, so professionals have knowledge to act. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial markets, powered by the world's most trusted financial data provider organization.Education Qualification:Bachelors degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience.Required Skills:

Two or more years experience working in UNIX or Linux variant is needed as all our systems are Sun Solaris.
SQL of any type (Sybase is preferred) is very advantageous but not required. Knowledge of at least one scripting language (Perl is preferred).
Must be diligent and careful in production activities.
Candidate loves to automate their work when appropriate and knows how to build tools to make their job easier.
Must have excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
Must have the ability to write clearly and concisely.
Attention to detail and ability to work on multiple important tasks at the same time is needed.
Very strong analytic and critical-thinking skills.
Candidate must be both creative to come up with solutions for difficult problems, but also display partnership, whenever needed

Desired Skills

Familiarity with agile development techniques beneficial. Optional languages: XML, HTML, Java, Python, Ruby.
Optional products: SQL Server, Apache, modperl, Mason, CGI Autosys, Wiki, CVS, Subversion.
Knowledge of fixed income or other financial markets valuable.
Previous experience providing on-call support for actual production processes advantageous.
Experience using a defect management tool such as Bugzilla useful.
Confluence is useful as our internal documentation uses Confluence.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.Please take a moment to read this carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, .If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.

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