Market Data Support - Global Investment Bank - J12906 (Hong Kong)

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.

- 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.

- 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.

- Global Collaboration: Partner closely with feed integration teams and international counterparts under a seamless "follow-the-sun" support model.

- Infrastructure Optimization: Create and refine global monitoring processes, automate manual checks via scripting, and manage Disaster Recovery (DR) simulations.

- 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

- Systems Expertise: Strong foundational knowledge of Unix/Linux operating platforms, system administration principles, and command-line utilities.

- Automation Mindset: Proven capability in Unix Shell scripting; proficiency in Python or Perl is highly advantageous for automating routine monitoring workflows.

- Networking Fundamentals: Solid grasp of network diagnostic tools and real-time messaging technologies, including TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast, and SNMP.

- Domain Awareness (Preferred): Exposure to financial market data concepts (Equities, Options, Futures, Level 1 vs. Level 2 data structures, order books).

- Vendor Familiarity (Preferred): Prior experience handling market data feeds or terminals from leading providers such as Bloomberg and Reuters/Refinitiv.

- 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 send your resume in Word format to Lu Zhang at resume(at)pinpointasia(dot)com and put Market Data Support - Global Investment Bank - J12906 in the subject header. Data provided is for recruitment purposes only.