Risk Analyst - 1 Year Contract - Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Job Title: Risk Analyst Locations: Chicago, IL (Hybrid) Duration: 1 Year Contract Note: min 6+ years of experience as a Risk Analyst. Job description: The FICC Risk support role requires someone who can work in high pressure trading environment and assimilate information from multiple sources quickly. The role requires a good problem solver, and someone who can adhere to strict procedures and guidelines which include incident, service request and change management. Role Responsibilities: The following are key responsibilities fulfilled by a Risk MAPS Analyst: First point of contact for business requests and reported impact Monitoring and alerting of critical trading system environments Release implementation and post-release testing Build and maintain strong partnerships with business stakeholders, application development personnel, and infrastructure contacts Troubleshooting of complex systems issues Proactive identification and resolution of problem hotspots Development of tools and driving efficiency/stability improvements Responsibilities: Comfortable leading daily technical change meetings managing global resources through the banks change process Report generation through presentation and analysis tools like: Tableau and MS Office Well-rounded understanding of Software Development Lifecycle Adherence to written procedures and policies for Change Management The ability to develop expertise quickly and independently is a highly valued attribute of the MAPS FICC Risk support analyst. An effective analyst commonly exhibits the following behaviors: The ability to rationalize the impact of multiple concurrent issues/requests and prioritize work accordingly An independent sense of motivation to continuously improve themselves and the environment An intuitive problem-solving ability which leads to solution alternatives that reflect the analyst's diverse foundation of knowledge, skills and experiences The confidence, focus, and adaptable communication style required to effectively coordinate restoration efforts for high-impact technology incidents The core set of technical skills that are beneficial in the role are: Operating systems: Solaris, Linux, Windows Scripting languages: Unix Shell, Perl, Python, SQL (Intermediate level: multi-table joins, grouping results, etc...) Grid computing and batch management Well rounded understanding of infrastructure disciplines (network, server, storage, messaging Skills required: The ability to rationalize the impact of multiple concurrent issues/requests and prioritize work accordingly An independent sense of motivation to continuously improve themselves and their environment An intuitive problem-solving ability which leads to solution alternatives that reflect the analyst's diverse foundation of knowledge, skills and experiences The confidence, focus, and adaptable communication style required to effectively coordinate restoration efforts for high-impact technology incidents Personal Skills: must be resilient and confident working in a high-pressure FO trading environment. Excellent communication skills essential. Leadership. Python Incident, Problem and Release management ITRS Enterprise monitoring. Experience supporting traders.

Created: 2024-11-05