Experience

CobaltFX

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior QA / Test Analyst

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  At Cobalt I am a senior tester and responsible for owning and driving the processes and execution of testing the Cobalt platforms with a strong emphasis on functional testing and assisting in writing of automation test scripts. In addition, to this my role also involves supporting the Head of Engineering with outlining and documenting product scope, enhancements, test scenarios and ensuring product delivery. The key functions of the role are: • Testing all aspects of the Cobalt system from the GUI to various APIs (in and out) • Build test plans, script writing for automation (Gherkin scripts) where appropriate • Aid in the documentation and analysis of product enhancements • Working closely with product and development teams • Assisting with business requirements gathering and writing functional specs The main areas of responsibility are: • Functional testing • Enhancing automation framework • Non-Functional (including stress and performance) testing • Preparation/review of test plans • Preparation/review of test cases • Execution of manual tests • Preparation of test reports • Web based GUI Testing • End to end API testing (FIX and JSON) • Documenting and analysing product enhancements • Supporting the needs of the Head of Product Show less



Fixnetix Ltd

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• FIX QA Engineer

  • Aug 2014 - Apr 2018

  At Fixnetix I work in the QA team and responsible for debugging software products through systematic tests to develop, apply and maintain quality standards for company products such as iX-Eye, which is a multi-market pre-trade risk management system that maintains a real-time view of all trading activity for our clients. Other responsibilities include: • Maintaining and developing client relationships • Develop, maintain, and execute software test plans. • Manage documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software. • Analyse test results to ensure existing functionality still operates. • Consult with development for the resolution of problems. • Assist support team with release information. • Test script writing Show less



Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• FIX On-Boarding and support specialist - Futures (Contract)

  • Dec 2012 - Aug 2014

  At Barclays I work in the Client Services Group (BCS) and responsible for the service and support of all Barclays Electronic Trading Clients. This covers all aspects of connectivity and On-Boarding across the Futures asset class, migration projects, dealing with production support requests from clients as well as production issues. At Barclays I work in the Client Services Group (BCS) and responsible for the service and support of all Barclays Electronic Trading Clients. This covers all aspects of connectivity and On-Boarding across the Futures asset class, migration projects, dealing with production support requests from clients as well as production issues.



SS&C Technologies

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• FIX On-Boarding Connectivity Specialist / Technical Account Manager

  • May 2012 - Dec 2012

  At SS&C I'm the prime contact for all technical and business related issues. I'm responsible for a new FIX project implementations and all certification onto the SS&C FIXLink hub (Tradware), as well as migration projects. The role also involves appropriate escalation procedures for issue resolution and for ensuring overall customer satisfaction. Maintaining and developing client relationships. Cover all aspects of FIX connectivity. Increase revenue of new services, partnerships and products as they are announced or released. Show less



Thomson Reuters

• Canada
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electronic Trading - Fix On-Boarding Connectivity Specialist / Project Manager

  • May 2008 - Dec 2011

  I'm a highly motivated FIX On-Boarding Connectivity Specialist working with FIX protocol versions 4.0 and 4.2. Responsible for On-Boarding, certification and migration of global BUY and SELL side clients connecting into the Thomson Reuters FIX 4.2 Electronic Order Routing Platform. Instruments traded over this platform are Equities Derivatives, Options and Futures. •Full UAT certifcation using Thomson Reuters RTEx OMS GUI and Verifix. •Monitor FIX raw logs using basic UNIX skills. •Manage go-live process. •Internal bug identification and Q&A testing of new releases roles out in UAT. •Closely work with internal and external teams, such as firewalls teams, network providers, data teams and software vendors. •DMA, CARE and Algorithmic order flow testing. •Excellent knowldge of FIX - analysis of trade investigation, connectivity and routing issues. •Knowledge of Hub to Hub and 3rd Party connectivity networks as well as specific routing requests. •I have excellent customer facing and strong communication skills, as well as being a primary point of contact for client connectivity. •All problems / issues are raised with the relevant teams through our tracking tool called BizBuz. •In-depth knowledge of the Financial Markets. •Provide pre sales consultancy in response to clients questions about connectivity, certifcation and final go-live process. •Knowledge of Transact Tools products (TM FIX 4.2 build on this technology) •Knowlegde of Exchange Connectivity - set up and managed FIX connections for clients on our Market Gateway Hub (MGH) which has direct links into the exchanges and RSP's. •Extensively worked on Migration projects - FIX 4.0 to FIX 4.2, and Radianz FCE to MPLS. •My work ethic and positive mental attitude has lead to a long list of satisfied clients Show less



Deutsche Bank

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Jan 2007 - May 2008

  •1st line trade floor support for all GME (Global Market Equities) applications across the Equity Derivatives/CASH Equities/Program Trading businesses. •Ensuring high availability of trading / OMS systems at both client and server level. •Verifying data integrity and consistency between systems. •Providing ad-hoc reports to different business areas. •Rapid response to resolving variety of user and trading issues •Working closely with traders in order to facilitate their business goals •Excellent communication skills Show less



Creditex

• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Client Support Analyst / Unix Systems Administrator

  • Jun 2006 - Nov 2006

  •Daily support of approximately 400 traders and brokers from top financial institutions using the Creditex Real Time application, which is a global market leader in e-trading of Credit Derivatives. •This includes day to day management of the OMS, including configuration changes, software releases and troubleshooting all application related problems / issues. •Other responsibilities are maintaining our Unix servers which include server builds, hardware maintenance, OS maintenance etc. •Daily support of approximately 400 traders and brokers from top financial institutions using the Creditex Real Time application, which is a global market leader in e-trading of Credit Derivatives. •This includes day to day management of the OMS, including configuration changes, software releases and troubleshooting all application related problems / issues. •Other responsibilities are maintaining our Unix servers which include server builds, hardware maintenance, OS maintenance etc.



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Support Analyst

  • Nov 2004 - Jun 2006

  •My main role was supporting application called ORCA (Options Risk Comprehensive Analysis) which is a multifunctinal suit of tools used for trade capture, processing, valuation and production of risk and P&L of the interest rate options business. •Instruments types supported on ORCA are Bond Payments, Cap Floater, Cap/Floor, FRA, FX, Options on Futures, Swaps / Swaptions and inflation trades. •Other applications supported included ODR/GDA (On Demand Risk/Global Debt Analytics), Swapswire and VMaster. •Principal users supported include Front Office - Trading and Desk Support, Finance and CIRO (Complex Interest Rates Options) Complex Client Services. •Daily monitoring tasks include resolving error messages of general trading problems, out of hours support and confirmation that the end of day / Intraday ORCA batch jobs have successfully completed. •Daily usage of ORCA suite of tools to monitor that all relevant currencies have had a raw rate grabbed. (Via Telerate / Reuters) •D&R testing •Monitoring of Disk and database space •Manually produce reports for desk support / traders and Finance using SQL •Implementing new code changes and enhances to provide the business with critical data. •Investigating business queries and proving data on request has further sharpened my analytical and problem-solving skills. Being a key point of contact for Fund Managers and other business-oriented staff has furthered my communications skills. Project experience:- • Migration project to change counterparties on certain trades so that they could be booked to the Dublin office as well as the London Office. Trades were exploded so that you had 1 parent (London) and two childs (Dublin) Show less



Abbey National Treasury Services

• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Solaris / Sybase Administrator (Within an application support role)

  • Apr 2000 - Nov 2004

  •My role included day-to-day support for over 600 users within the Treasury Operations and Finance departments. Looking after application such as Kondor +, Summit, General Ledger, Scrittura, Document Management System, SWIFT messaging processes. •This included Unix (Solaris) and Sybase database support utilizing SQL queries and Korn shell scripts. •Daily monitoring of intraday and overnight batch jobs. Resolving error messages of general trading problems. •Manually produced reports for Tops and Finance by querying various Sybase database. Other responsibilities:- •Database administration - creating databases, tables, user logins, granting users access to specific data, •Threshold monitoring and database activity, initialising new devices, performing backs / restores. •Use of Legato software to backup and restore data. •Use of ControlM software, to create, amend, update batch jobs. •Used ODS to increase disk size. •OST / Essbase Application testing and support. •Creating and maintaining test environments for clients using perl scripts. Project experience:- •Completed a Unix Audit project, which involved installing a Solaris security software package called JASS across all our Back Office Solaris servers. •Upgraded Sybase 11.9.2 – 12.5 and configured Sybase servers •General project documentation •System testing for back and front office applications, including writing DR procedures. •Decommissioning of database tables to increase performance and improve SLA time, which was critical to the business. •Decommissioning of unwanted reports, responsibilities included - Impact analysis, liaising with the various Desks impacted by the decommissioning Show less