Principal Systems Analyst

HCL Global Systems Inc.

  • Boston, MA, MA
  • 4 days ago

    Highlights

    The Wealth Trade Management Engineering group is responsible for building world-class electronic trading solutions for the Capital Markets division. We are a high-performing, fast-paced technology team working with cutting-edge tools to deliver low-latency, high-throughput trading platforms.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBoston, MA, MA

    Description

    We are currently sourcing for a Principal Systems Analyst to work in Boston, MA!

    The Team

    The Wealth Trade Management Engineering group is responsible for building world-class electronic trading solutions for the Capital Markets division. We are a high-performing, fast-paced technology team working with cutting-edge tools to deliver low-latency, high-throughput trading platforms. Our work spans across internal and external teams to build seamless, end-to-end electronic trading workflows.

    The Role

    We are seeking an experienced systems analyst to help with the design and development of next-generation trading analytics systems. This role is focused on helping build scalable, resilient, and high-performance trading infrastructure. You'll collaborate across teams, work closely with developers and product owners, a variety of business and technology groups, and drive innovation in a mission-critical environment.

    • Become a subject matter expert for the applications that provide electronic trading analytics capabilities.

    • Learn the electronic trading domain.

    • Represent the development team in discussions with business stakeholders.

    • Understand low-level details of the applications, understand source code, and be able to communicate how the application works to a non-technical audience.

    • Learn new technologies and use GenAI tools to help understand and document source code.

    • Be able to build architectural and system workflow diagrams.

    • Gather data by writing queries (KDB/Q) and be able to drill into business scenarios by understanding data from a very large dataset along with the system architecture.

    • Lead system design and translate business requirements into technical details while working with developers and product owners.

    • Break down and manage work items (Jira epics and stories) for developers and QA.

    • Facilitate discussions with different stakeholders on team initiatives.

    • Support production and non-production environments and be able to answer inquiries from business support teams.

    The Expertise You Have

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.

    • 9+ years of Systems Analyst and Project Management experience.

    • Prior hands-on software development experience.

    • Experience in complex distributed systems, especially trading systems.

    • Experience with SDLC tools like Jira, Confluence, etc.

    • Experience with collaboration tools.

    • Experience crafting architecture and system workflow diagrams using tools like Visio, Draw.io, etc.

    • Data modeling and design background.

    • Experience with SQL and working with large datasets for data analytics.

    • Experience with applications in Linux/Unix environments and familiarity with user commands or scripting.

    • Experience with cloud patterns and deployments, especially in AWS.

    • Familiarity with AI developer-assist tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot).

    • Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.

    • Experience in Capital Markets or brokerage systems, especially trading analytics, is a big plus.

    • KDB+/Q experience is a plus.

    The Skills You Bring

    • Ability to understand complex, end-to-end systems and identify performance, scalability, or resilience bottlenecks.

    • Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

    • Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a collaborative team environment.

    • Self-driven innovation and comfort working with leadership.

    • Willingness to support production systems and application releases, including occasional weekend support.

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