We're working with a financial markets technology business that operates front-office trading and post-trade platforms supporting execution, clearing and settlement at scale
This is a highly technical application support role - not functional support, not service desk. You'll be supporting cloud-native, microservices-based trading systems running in AWS, sitting close to front-office technology and core market infrastructure. You'll act as a technical second-line support function, investigating issues across application behaviour, data, performance and system interactions.
What's a typical day look like?
- Providing technical L2/L3 application support for trading and post-trade platforms
- Investigating incidents using logs, metrics and monitoring tools
- Supporting deployments and release cycles
- Working closely with SRE, infrastructure and development teams
- Using SQL to investigate data issues and system behaviour
- Contributing to incident, problem and root cause analysis
- Supporting an on-call roster (shared)
About you:
- Strong background in technical application or production support
- Solid understanding of AWS-hosted application environments
- Comfortable working with microservices and distributed systems
- Working knowledge of ITIL, particularly incident and problem management
- Supported CI/CD pipelines and deployments
Nice to have:
- FIX protocol exposure
- Understanding of low-latency or high frequency environments
- Infrastructure or Terraform awareness (not hands-on day to day)
If you're an experienced application support / production support specialist with financial services experience, or wanting to get into finance then APPLY NOW or reach out to Bethany for more information -
Kapital Consulting is a niche Fintech Recruitment Business specialising in Technology, Project Services and Data Recruitment across Australia. For more information connect with us on www.kapitalconsulting.com.au and follow us on www.linkedin.com/company/kapital-consulting
Application Support Engineer employer: Kapital Consulting
Our Client is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the rapidly evolving field of AI within Financial Services. Employees benefit from comprehensive growth opportunities, including hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and the chance to contribute to impactful projects that shape the future of finance. Located in a vibrant area, the company promotes a healthy work-life balance and encourages a supportive environment where every team member's contributions are valued.
