Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Job: Trading Floor Desktop Support Analyst

Job Summary

Company
Align Communications Inc.​
Location
New York City, NY 10004
Job Type
Full Time
Employee
Years of Experience
1+​ to 2 Years
Career Level
Experienced (Non-Manager)
Salary

Base Salary, Comprehensive Benefits, Progressive Bonuses, and Paid Training
Job Reference Code
1407

About the Job

Position Overview
Align is offering an exciting growth opportunity for a highly motivated Trading Floor Support professional with strong customer service skills. We seek a customer service focused desktop support professional who is comfortable working in a trading floor environment. This candidate must be self-starter that is reliable and able to effectively maintain a high level of service in a fast paced environment. This position will report to Align’s Managed Services Practice which provides monitoring and support services for IT assets. This is
  • This position will be based out of our New York City Office but will require work to be regularly performed at client locations throughout the New York metropolitan area.
  • Some travel may be required
  • This position could potentially be a contract to hire position
  • A full-time position offers comprehensive benefits, a competitive salary, paid training and progressive bonuses
Responsibilities
  • Respond to Trading Floor and other end users desktop support calls
  • Work closely with clients possessing varying levels of IT knowledge and provide technical support for users, including IP Phone, Desktop, Connectivity, and Desktop Applications (MS Office) related issues
  • Troubleshoot general pc hardware, laptop, printer and peripheral issues and ensure all are in working order and efficient
  • Support, install, upgrade, remove all desktop applications all Microsoft, third party and internally designed applications as needed
  • Coordinate with other Desktop Engineers to install, upgrade, repair, and replace user workstations (hardware and software) as well as create and deploy desktop images from scratch
  • Inventory control of hardware and peripherals
  • Basic Network troubleshooting may be required
  • Follow defined operating procedures to ensure that clients, systems and information are properly followed
  • Identify/Complete problem and perform direct follow up / hand off to appropriate area(s) of responsibility regarding remediation where appropriate
  • Interface with other elements of the client support structure including tracking client issues, updating client tickets and ensuring closure
  • Log calls in problem tracking system accurately and thoroughly with comprehensive detail
  • Review open problem tickets daily. Follow up with open work orders
  • Coordinate and support all internal user moves as needed
Qualifications
  • Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor Degree with a minimum of 2 years of desktop and trading floor support experience in the Financial industry
  • Desktop Operating Systems MS Windows XP and Windows 7, prior migration experience highly preferred
  • MS Office 2007 and Office 2010
  • PC hardware & terminology, with solid experience rebuilding workstations
  • Helpdesk Ticketing systems
  • Some working knowledge of Market Data and/or Electronic Trading applications with connectivity to external trading applications such as: Bloomberg, Tradeweb,eSpeed, MarkItWire, Thompson One, Fidessa. Advent Geneva, Reuters, Nyfix, FactSet, Traders Console, and/or MacGregor required
  • Ideal candidates will possess experience with most of the following:
    • Basic MS Windows knowledge of Server 2008 including Active Directory.
    • Basic MS Exchange 2007/2010
    • Print Server
    • Symantec BackupExec
    • Antivirus Spyware and Firewall applications.
    • Remote Connectivity tools
    • General IP networks and ethernet network topology concepts
    • Symantec Ghost
    • Cisco VPN Client
    • Blackberry handhelds and server
    • Cisco VOIP phones.
    • IPC Trading Turrets.
    • RSA and Secure ID's.
    • TCP/IP, DNS, Internetwork Infrastructure / Technology, and IP informational tools
  • Microsoft MSDST Certification is desired
  • Excellent communication, follow through, customer service and relationship building skills required
  • Must be able to present a “can do” attitude to end users
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of staff including senior management
  • Strong critical thinking, problem solving and troubleshoot skills with an emphasis on providing solutions promptly and courteously
  • Must be attentive and detail oriented with strong organizational, time management and multitasking skills
  • Able to work as a team as well as independently with minimal supervision
  • Able to occasionally accommodate a flexible work schedule such as nights, weekends, or holidays as required

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