Senior IT Analyst - Trading Systems

Group Technology at Nordea provides holistic technological solutions supporting the bank's transformation and business strategy. The Equity DevOps team ensures stable operations of business-critical equity trading platforms processing up to a billion transactions daily for trading desks across Nordea, collaborating closely with traders, developers, and vendors.

• Experience supporting business critical trading applications in a fast paced environment
• Understanding of Order Management Systems / Electronic Trading, or strong personal interest
• Experience working with Incident, Problem and Change Management (ITIL or similar)
• Understanding of application lifecycle and production support
• Interest in automation and reducing recurring operational tasks
• Curiosity about how electronic and automated trading systems operate end to end

Technical Stack / Skills:

• Hands-on operational experience with Windows and Linux
• Hands-on operational experience with Python
• Hands-on operational experience with PowerShell
• Intermediate or basic understanding of FIX protocol
• Intermediate SQL for analysis and troubleshooting
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Geneos, Grafana, or similar
• Exposure to electronic and automated trading environments
• Front Arena or Murex experience is welcome but not mandatory

• Managing and supporting business critical equity trading applications in production
• Acting as first point of contact for trading desks for trading and data related issues
• Handling complex incidents across multiple teams and technology areas
• Working according to Incident, Problem and Change Management processes
• Ensuring system stability during high volume and volatile market conditions
• Maintaining and extending monitoring, alerting and observability
• Driving automation and operational improvements
• Creating and maintaining operational and technical documentation
• Working closely with traders, developers and vendor support teams

Role requires working two weekday shifts (07:00 – 15:00 or 10:00 – 18:00) with 3 days per week in office in Gdańsk or Warsaw. Includes data processing consent and applicant privacy information per GDPR. Only selected applicants will be replied to.