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Market Data Support - Global Investment Bank - J12906

Pinpoint Asia Hong Kong
Full time Permanent On-site HK$60k per month

About the job

Our client is an elite, top-tier global investment bank recognized worldwide for technological innovation and market leadership. Operating within a high-performance, low-latency trading ecosystem, this position offers a highly collaborative, globally distributed tech culture that champions continuous learning, internal mobility, and the adoption of modern operational frameworks.

The Role & Landscape

As a Market Data Production Support Engineer, you will join a world-class team responsible for the availability, health, and optimization of real-time market data distribution platforms. You will directly face the fast-paced trading environment, managing direct exchange feeds, major vendor systems, and sophisticated in-house distribution pipelines.

  1. Proactive Production Management: Conduct daily "Ready For Business" (RFB) health checks, End of Day (EOD) validations, and weekend testing to ensure seamless global trading operations.
  2. Incident & Problem Management: Take ownership of high-severity incidents, perform rapid fault-finding across complex networks and OS layers, and drive follow-up investigations to completion using Jira.
  3. Global Collaboration: Partner closely with feed integration teams and international counterparts under a seamless "follow-the-sun" support model.
  4. Infrastructure Optimization: Create and refine global monitoring processes, automate manual checks via scripting, and manage Disaster Recovery (DR) simulations.
  5. Vendor Liaison: Act as the technical point of contact with global stock exchanges and premier data vendors to resolve complex feed and content discrepancies.

What We Are Looking For

  1. Systems Expertise: Strong foundational knowledge of Unix/Linux operating platforms, system administration principles, and command-line utilities.
  2. Automation Mindset: Proven capability in Unix Shell scripting; proficiency in Python or Perl is highly advantageous for automating routine monitoring workflows.
  3. Networking Fundamentals: Solid grasp of network diagnostic tools and real-time messaging technologies, including TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast, and SNMP.
  4. Domain Awareness (Preferred): Exposure to financial market data concepts (Equities, Options, Futures, Level 1 vs. Level 2 data structures, order books).
  5. Vendor Familiarity (Preferred): Prior experience handling market data feeds or terminals from leading providers such as Bloomberg and Reuters/Refinitiv.
  6. Soft Skills: Outstanding communication skills, a proactive attitude, and a strong sense of ownership over a mission-critical environment.

If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please submit through "Apply Now" or send your resume in Word format to Lu Zhang at [email protected] and putMarket Data Support - Global Investment Bank - J12906 in the subject header.

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Highlights:

Leading investment bank

High-throughput Unix environments & low-latency networks

Follow-the-sun team

Career Level:

Qualification: Degree

Yr(s) of Exp Years 1-5

Industry finance

Job Function IT- application support

Employment Type Contract

Job Salary: Junior, HKD 60K/ month

Job Location: HK

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