Connectivity Engineer

Responsibilities :

• Part of a growing team in the global and regional connectivity team to support the global equity trading platforms
• Equity products covered: Cash, Portfolio Trading, Futures & Options, DMA, DSA
• Business requirements analysis on Japan specific trading operation and work with vendors and in-house developers to deploy, upgrade and enhance systems
• Handle ad-hoc FIX/connectivity change requests
• Work closely with regional and global teams on understanding business needs / new business initiatives and defining proposed solution
• Manage systems implementation and upgrade projects and liaise with system vendors on change requests 
• Co-ordinate and participant in system implementation, upgrade and enhancements testing
• Handle connectivity request
• Prepare application system flow, operation and user documentations 
• Managing projects / enhancements priorities and costs with stakeholders 

Person Specification:

• At least 6 years of experience in equity front office IT space with strong application support skill
• At least 6 years of experience in FIX protocol and application, preferably ULLink client connectivity and order routing platform
• Implementation experience in regional front office trading platform for Asia markets a definite plus
• Knowledge of JAVA programming a must
• Have clear understanding of cash trading order flow life cycle 
• Familiar with trading system workflow on both high-touch (single stock, basket trading, futures & options) and low-touch (DMA and Algo) trading
• Japan market knowledge e.g. auction mechanism in JP, short sell rules, an added advantage
• Good in documentation especially on flow diagrams – MS Powerpoint, Visio
• Able to independently manage multiple tasks, detail oriented, proactive, good sense of ownership and urgency
• A strong team player able to collaborate smoothly with own and cross team members as well as well-versed in working with equity front office users at various locations with a global driven technology operation model
• Highly competent and effective in both verbal and written communication in Japanese and English 

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

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