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Securities Finance - Technical Consultant
Epsilon Solutions LTD
š Worldwide
Remote
4 months ago
- SQL
- Java
- Python
- Waterfall
- Agile
- Devops
- CI/CD
- Git
- Azure
- AWS
- Configuration Management
4 months ago
Duration: Long term
Location: USA / Canada - Remote
Job Description:
General Duties & Responsibilities
- Works independently or as part of a global Professional Services team on clientāfacing technical consulting engagements
- Acts as a primary technical point of contact for clients, collaborating closely with client IT, operations, and internal delivery teams
- Analyzes client technical environments, system architectures, and integration requirements
- Translates functional and business requirements into technical designs, configurations, and implementation approaches
- Designs, configures, and implements solutions across multiple platforms and applications within Securities Finance ecosystems
- Produces detailed technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, interface specifications, data mappings, and configuration guides
- Supports system integration across upstream and downstream systems, ensuring data consistency, performance, and reliability
- Analyzes system impacts, dependencies, and technical risks across complex, multiāsystem landscapes
- Provides expert input on technology selection, architecture decisions, and implementation strategies
- Defines and supports technical testing activities, including system, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing
- Investigates and resolves complex technical issues, data inconsistencies, and production defects
- Supports client environments during goālive and postāimplementation stabilization phases
- Collaborates with development teams, product teams, and thirdāparty vendors to resolve technical challenges
- Consults directly with clients and may travel to client sites as required by project needs
- Acts as a technical workstream lead or subāproject lead on complex client engagements
- Mentors junior technical consultants and reviews technical deliverables
- Supports preāsales technical activities, including solution design, estimations, and client presentations
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience within the financial services industry, preferably in Securities Lending, Repo, or Collateral Management environments.
General Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Core Technical & ClientāFacing Skills
- Strong technical expertise in enterprise financial systems, preferably within the Securities Finance domain
- Proven experience in a clientāfacing technical consulting role, delivering complex implementations and integrations
- Solid understanding of frontātoāback SecFinance workflows and how they map to technical solutions
- Ability to translate business and functional requirements into technical architecture, configuration, and integration designs
- Handsāon experience with system configuration, customization, and deployment
- Strong experience with system integration, including APIs, messaging, batch interfaces, and data transformations
- Strong understanding of data models, relational databases, and data analysis techniques
- Experience supporting UAT, goālive, and production support activities, including defect analysis and resolution
- Awareness of regulatory and operational considerations impacting Securities Finance platforms
Technical Competencies
- Advanced understanding of system architecture, application design, and integration patterns
- Experience working with databases, SQL, and data analysis tools
- Working knowledge of one or more programming or scripting languages (e.g., Java, Python, or similar)
- Familiarity with batch processing, scheduling, and reporting frameworks
- Knowledge of software development life cycles, including waterfall and agile delivery models
- Understanding of quality assurance methodologies and testing frameworks
- Experience working within DevOps-oriented delivery models, supporting continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows
Experience supporting or integrating with automated build, deployment, and release pipelines - Ability to work closely with development and DevOps teams to troubleshoot environment, configuration, and deployment issues
- Understanding of environment management across development, test, UAT, and production landscapes
- Awareness of infrastructure concepts such as cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, others), containerization, and configuration management as they relate to enterprise financial systems
- Experience contributing to automation of testing, deployments, and operational processes to improve delivery quality and stability
- Strong alignment with agile and DevOps principles, including iterative delivery, automation, and continuous improvement DevOps & Delivery Practices
Professional Skills
- Excellent analytical and problemāsolving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues
- Strong communication skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to nonātechnical stakeholders
- Ability to influence client technical decisions and recommend bestāfit solutions
- Strong organizational and timeāmanagement skills, managing multiple client deliverables concurrently
- Comfortable working in international, multiāclient, and multiāvendor environments
- Proactive, resourceful, and able to work with minimal supervision on complex technical challenges
Securities Finance - Technical Consultant Ā· Epsilon Solutions LTD