SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR - Robert Walters

(Ref: CGJ/271760)

Global financial services giant seeks skilled Systems Administrator to join regional support team for ongoing maintenance and projects of its Equities trading platform.

Key Responsibilities

Support and manage platform and infrastructure for Equities applications covering Asia Pacific and Japan
Tibco EMS administration - 1st line or 2nd line support. Day-to-day processing of user requests, perform administration, maintenance and system optimisation. Collect user requirements on new projects. Troubleshooting and monitoring. Upgrade and migration. Work with offshore support also
Application DBA - work closely with application development teams to design, tune and implement trading platforms. There is a separate production DBA team. The application DBA does not have SA rights in production. Basic knowledge of RDBMS system (especially Sybase ASE) is required
Work closely with off-shore production support teams to provide high-level support of issues related to system infrastructure. Work as a bridge between application development teams and infrastructure support teams
Fine-tune and troubleshoot performance or production problems related to Tibco EMS, Sybase, MQ, UNIX/Linux servers
Assist project teams on project implementation regarding infrastructure and architecture. Assist on capacity planning

Key Requirements

Three to seven years' or more system administrator/architecture experience
Experience in the financial industry or related business on equity trading systems infrastructure is an advantage
Strong knowledge in Sun Solaris (or other UNIX systems) and Redhat Linux platform. Knowledge on SAN and clustering is an advantage. Ability to fine tune and troubleshoot performance on UNIX/Linux systems
TIBCO EMS (Enterprise Messaging) administration skill is strongly preferred
administration and maintenance
server optimisation, routes and bridges
knowledge of the JMS Framework or Admin API is an advantage
Good understanding of Sybase ASE Database Server and Replication server is strongly preferred
Knowledge and experience on Websphere MQ is a plus
Experience with systems and applications monitoring using an enterprise monitoring tool (e.g. ITRS Geneos, Tivoli, Patrol)
PERL or UNIX shell script programming. Sybase Transact-SQL
Ability to work under pressure and work well with both business and developers onshore, offshore globally
Fluent in written and verbal English
If you would like to apply for this role or find out more, please contact Cleo Guilford at Robert Walters on 2103 5300 or cleo.guilford@robertwalters.com.hk quoting the Job Reference CGJ/271760.

For more information, please visit our website: www.robertwalters.com.hk