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We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Production Services Leader in the fast-paced Capital Markets, QTS, Fixed Income Production Application Support team. This position will own delivery of Production Application Support services to the Fixed Income Business, leveraging ITIL service management principles of Event, Incident, Problem and Change management and serve as primary escalation point for any issues impacting the production environment. The ideal candidate should have strong capital markets experience and serve as face-off to CM Business, Development, and Infrastructure teams. RBC’s expectation is that all employees and contractors will work in the office with some flexibility to work up to 1 day per week remotely, depending on working arrangements.
Job Responsibility:
Act as regional lead for multiple teams of production support analysts in the UK and India, helping to providing world class support, 24x7 across multiple time zones, ensuring the highest levels of service for Fixed Income and Data Fabric users and clients
Operate as a Player/Coach, bringing to the table a mix of hands-on technical and business knowledge, people leadership, project and communication skills, developing deep knowledge of applications, architecture, up and downstream flows
Manage Production, acting as an escalation point for operational teams on a 24x7 basis, taking part in incident response, problem management, and root cause analysis
Own day-to-day operational support services, driving production Stability, Reliability and Service Excellence
Employ a data-driven approach to driving production stability via metrics and reporting, partnering closely with Application Development teams and external vendors in driving Production Stability and Continuous improvement
Ensure accurate logging of support incidents, conduct Incident and Problem Review Meetings (PRMs) and track action items to closure
Drive efficiencies through the implementation of tools and process improvements
Provide leadership and subject matter expertise to team members
Requirements:
Extensive experience in IT with strong knowledge of Capital Markets including Fixed Income Products ((FX, Cash, Derivatives, Structured Products, Commodities and Futures)
Solid Supervisory / Management experience in technology support of Capital Markets trading and related functions
Knowledge of Fixed Income trading activities (Pricing, booking, execution, live risk, market risk, etc.), market data feeds and knowledge of applications such as ION, Murex, Bloomberg TOMS, Openlink, XTP, is highly desirable
Knowledge of distributed data warehousing and analytics platforms like Databricks and Snowflake
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and good temperament, with the ability to face off to challenging trading clients
Ability to manage the priorities, book of work / open issues from trading desks and work across IT and external vendors to capture, track, status update and drive issues to resolution
Solid Linux, SQL, and any scripting language (Shell, Perl, Java, Python, etc.)
Experience with Database, Linux, Windows and basic infrastructure
Good Knowledge of enterprise scheduler platforms and monitoring tools (i.e. Control-M, Geneos, Tableau and Service Now)
Working knowledge of underlying infrastructure and interoperability (servers, storage, network, middleware)
Solid knowledge of and experience ITIL implementing Service management practices (Event, Incident, Problem and Change management activities)
Production data Analysis using Service Now, Powerpoint presentations, MS Excel charts
Nice to have:
Working knowledge of Murex
Experience in DevOps and cloud technology (AWS, GridGain)
Experience to support MQ, SOLACE and RV/RMDS
What we offer:
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high performing team
Opportunities to building close relationships with clients