Jobs › Companies › FirstRand › Trade Support Specialist

Über diese Trade Support Specialist Stelle bei FirstRand

FirstRand · Vor Ort · Johannesburg

Job Description

The purpose of the role is as follows:

Provide specialist technical and operational support for business-critical electronic trading and market-data platforms, ensuring availability, stability, performance and operational resilience. The role supports trading applications and associated infrastructure, market and exchange connectivity, production incidents, monitoring, releases, access and change, working closely with trading desks, internal technology teams, exchanges and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities


Trading systems support


  • Provide L1/L2 technical and operational support for electronic trading and market-data platforms
  • Troubleshoot complex production issues across application, server, database, network and integration layers
  • Support trading desks with time-sensitive system, connectivity, order-flow, execution and market-data issues
  • Own incidents from diagnosis and service restoration through root cause analysis and permanent resolution
  • Coordinate major incidents across business, technology teams and vendors

Monitoring, automation and service improvement


  • Maintain proactive monitoring, alerting, dashboards and operational health checks
  • Identify stability, performance and monitoring gaps and implement preventative improvements
  • Develop scripts and automation to reduce manual work and improve operational efficiency
  • Maintain support playbooks, procedures and technical documentation, and drive recurring-issue remediation

Trading connectivity and platform administration


  • Support exchange connectivity, FIX sessions, order routing, execution, market access and market-data services
  • Troubleshoot integrations between trading platforms, exchanges, vendors and downstream systems
  • Administer application access, entitlements, trading sessions, reference/static data and approved configuration
  • Support exchange releases, certifications and mandatory market changes

Change, release and operational readiness


  • Coordinate production and non-production changes, upgrades, patches and application releases
  • Support UAT, regression testing, implementation and post-release validation   Support new-platform onboarding, migrations and production stabilization  
  • Ensure monitoring, documentation, access, support processes and escalation arrangements are in place for new services
  • Participate in disaster recovery, resilience and business-continuity testing

Risk, governance and vendor management


  • Coordinate vendors and technology partners for incidents, defects, upgrades and service improvements
  • Support technology risk, audit, regulatory and control requirements for supported platforms
  • Maintain controls relating to access, production change and platform administration
  • Identify and escalate operational, security and technology risks
  • Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, network, database, architecture and development teams

Qualifications and Experience


  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Finance or a related field
  • 3-5 years' experience in a technology or production-support environment, ideally with exposure to trading systems or financial-markets technology
  • Experience supporting business-critical enterprise applications and integrated technology environments
  • Experience with incident, problem, change and release management   Experience working with technology vendors and cross-functional technical teams

Technical and Functional Skills


  • Electronic trading systems, financial markets and trade lifecycle
  • Order routing, execution, market connectivity and market-data flows
  • FIX protocol and electronic trading connectivity
  • Linux/Unix, SQL, networking and application troubleshooting
  • Scripting, automation, monitoring and alerting technologies
  • Cloud platforms and infrastructure
  • Access management, cybersecurity and operational controls
  • Disaster recovery and operational resilience 

Key Competencies


  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting capability
  • Ownership and problem-solving mindset
  • Calm, effective delivery in time-sensitive trading environments
  • Clear technical and business communication
  • Stakeholder and vendor management
  • Ability to balance BAU, incidents, change and project priorities
  • Continuous-improvement and automation mindset
  • Strong focus on operational risk, control and stability

#Post

#RMB

#LI-ZM1

 

Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

23/10/26

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.

Bereit, sich bei FirstRand zu bewerben?
Bei FirstRand bewerben

Über FirstRand

FirstRand provides a comprehensive range of financial services in South Africa and certain markets in broader Africa. The group also offers certain niche products and services in the UK and India. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX), FirstRand Limited is the largest financial institution by market capitalisation in Africa. The group follows a multi-branding approach. Its portfolio of financial services businesses includes FNB, RMB, WesBank, Ashburton Investments, Aldermore, MotoNovo and DirectAxis. Many are leaders in their respective segments and markets, offering transactional, lending, investment and insurance products and services The Fir

Alle Jobs bei FirstRand ansehen →

Ähnliche Jobs

Registrieren für Vorschläge, die auf die von Ihnen geöffneten Jobs und gespeicherten Suchen zugeschnitten sind.

Mehr Jobs bei FirstRand

Alle Jobs bei FirstRand ansehen →

Jetzt bewerben
🤖

Moment — langsam

JobsRadar wurde für echte Menschen gebaut, die eine schwere Zeit bei der Jobsuche haben — nicht für automatisierte Anfragen. Sie klicken viel zu schnell und sind jetzt vorübergehend blockiert.

Kommen Sie später wieder. Wenn Sie wirklich auf Jobsuche sind, stehen wir hinter Ihnen — verhalten Sie sich einfach wie ein Mensch.

Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

Create free account

Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

Verschaffe dir einen Vorsprung bei der Jobsuche.

Tritt unserem Telegram-Kanal bei für das, was dir hilft, die Stelle zu bekommen — Gehaltsbenchmarks, den wöchentlichen Marktpuls und neue Feature-Drops. Kein Spam, nur Signal.

Dem Kanal beitreten — kostenlos