Application Engineer

Job Description

Location: Stockholm Employment type: Full time permanent Start date: Spring 2015 Apply before: 15th of February 2015 Nasdaq Global Technology Services (GTS) is committed to maintaining Nasdaq’s technology leadership position by developing and delivering innovative, cost efficient and short time-to-market technology solutions to our business partners and customers around the world. A key responsibility for the Operations Support EU team is to operate several of Europe’s fastest and largest trading and clearing solutions. These are complex systems with very high quality requirements, and Nasdaq is now looking to add highly skilled Application Engineers to the team. This is an extraordinary opportunity to join the world’s leading exchange company Nasdaq; growing professionally and intellectually while working at the forefront of finance and technology. Reporting to the System Operations Director, you will belong to an international team that designs, plans, builds, tests and implements new technical solutions. Your main responsibility will be to ensure 100% uptime on the trading and clearing system as well as making sure that Nasdaq always delivers within the SLA agreements. You will take the lead role in Major Incidents at exchanges that need immediate attention. In order to solve upcoming issues, you will collaborate closely with other internal teams (e.g. development, project management, system management teams) on a global scale. The team provides support 24 hours 7 days a week, and as part of the second line support you will be on call for any unresolved issues on a rotating schedule. Furthermore, you will be involved in internal projects, configuring, installing, maintaining and upgrading the trading and clearing application as well as plan and execute failover- and performance testing. We are looking to get in touch with candidates that have a broad experience of application management of large complex platforms. We expect you to have around 3-5 years of experience, preferably from working with financial systems.  You are expected to have knowledge in technologies ranging from infrastructure to functionality, including SQL database, Scripting languages and General Operating Systems knowledge. If you also have previous experience working as a tester of large high availability real-time installations that required failover and performance testing, this would be a plus. Furthermore, we are expecting you to be customer centered, with an agile and analytical mindset; as well as a strong drive to achieve results, ensure high quality and solve complex problems. If you are interested in joining our team, please apply in English via our website.NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading, exchange technology, information and public company services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, NASDAQ OMX enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today’s global capital markets. As the creator of the world’s first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. NASDAQ OMX is home to more than 3,400 listed companies with a market value of over $8.5 trillion and more than 10,000 corporate clients. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com .
NASDAQ OMX is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief or any other status protected by applicable law.