Trade Support Engineer (Assistant Vice President)

Trade Support Engineer (AVP) - SRE / Trading Systems
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid / Trading Floor Presence Required)
Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President
Interested?
If this role aligns with your experience, feel free to connect or share your profile at:
Overview
We are hiring a Trade Support Engineer (AVP) to support Rates trading and risk platforms within a fast-paced front-office environment. This role applies Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of business-critical trading systems.
You will act as a key liaison between Trading, Quant/Strats, and Engineering teams, ensuring seamless production support, rapid incident resolution, and continuous platform improvement through automation and observability.
This is a hands-on, high-impact role on the trading floor, suited for candidates who thrive under pressure and can operate with strong ownership and technical depth.
Key Responsibilities
Provide L1/L2 production support for Rates (Fixed Income) trading applications
Manage and resolve real-time production incidents, minimizing business impact
Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and lead post-incident reviews with actionable improvements
Own monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks (e.g., Geneos, Prometheus, Splunk)
Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and operational risk
Partner with developers to build scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant systems
Perform capacity planning and system optimization for performance and cost efficiency
Communicate effectively with traders, business stakeholders, and senior technology leadership
Required Skills & Experience
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience)
Proven experience supporting front-office trading systems (Rates / Fixed Income preferred)
Strong hands-on expertise in:
Linux/Unix environments
SQL and database troubleshooting
Scripting (Shell, Python, etc.)
Experience working within SRE / DevOps frameworks
Solid understanding of incident, change, and problem management processes
Ability to operate in a high-pressure trading floor environment
Preferred Qualifications
Programming experience in Python or Java
Knowledge of Fixed Income products (Rates, Credit) and trading lifecycle
Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Geneos)
Familiarity with market data systems and event-driven architectures
Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
A proactive mindset with focus on automation and continuous improvement
Work Environment & Structure
Based on the New York trading floor (5 days onsite currently)
Small, high-impact team covering Rates & Credit desks
Close collaboration with global teams and development leadership
Fast-paced, collaborative, and mission-critical production environment
Desired Skills and Experience

Trade Support Engineer (AVP) - SRE / Trading Systems
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid / Trading Floor Presence Required)
Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President
Interested?
If this role aligns with your experience, feel free to connect or share your profile at: Mohd.zafar@dexian.com

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Overview
We are hiring a Trade Support Engineer (AVP) to support Rates trading and risk platforms within a fast-paced front-office environment. This role applies Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of business-critical trading systems.
You will act as a key liaison between Trading, Quant/Strats, and Engineering teams, ensuring seamless production support, rapid incident resolution, and continuous platform improvement through automation and observability.
This is a hands-on, high-impact role on the trading floor, suited for candidates who thrive under pressure and can operate with strong ownership and technical depth.
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Key Responsibilities
* Provide L1/L2 production support for Rates (Fixed Income) trading applications
* Manage and resolve real-time production incidents, minimizing business impact
* Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and lead post-incident reviews with actionable improvements
* Own monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks (e.g., Geneos, Prometheus, Splunk)
* Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and operational risk
* Partner with developers to build scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant systems
* Perform capacity planning and system optimization for performance and cost efficiency
* Communicate effectively with traders, business stakeholders, and senior technology leadership


Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.

Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
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