Associate Engineer
The Role
The Associate Engineer will play a crucial role in coordinating and maintaining all automated processes within the firm. This includes providing first line technical support for a wide variety of technical applications and processes (e.g. database jobs, modelling tasks, reporting and analytics). The team member will work with developers, researchers, and portfolio managers to coordinate the implementation of new models and strategies, data source changes, job scheduling adjustments and enhancements. Additionally, ten-percent development projects reaching across other technology teams will be part of career progression for senior team members.
Specific responsibilities
- Establish and enforce standards within Control-M scheduling software
- Administer Control-M for end users throughout the firm
- Test and install new models into the production process
- Debug real time production issues across a range of technologies and applications
- Setup and administer parallel test environments to ensure problem free change management
- Work with developers to coordinate schedule changes with code changes
- Communicate effectively with business and investment personnel to increase transparency around production timing and delays
- Recommend process workflow improvements and take a leadership role in implementing process changes
- Case-based projects around maintenance of production, improvements of the process, and other business needs
- Ability and willingness to perform on-call responsibilities, including nights and weekends
Technology and Business Skills
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Strong technical/computer knowledge
- Experience working in a Unix or Linux environment
- SQL and/or Python programming knowledge
Advantageous
- Degree in computer science or STEM discipline
- Experience with scheduling applications like Control-M
- Knowledge of finance or investments
- Solid understanding of relational database concepts
- Experience in a production deadline environment
- Experience working with source control tools and coordinating code changes
Personal Attributes
- Highly self-motivated and able to work independently and collaboratively with teams
- Ability to find creative and innovative solutions to technical problems
- Process-oriented with multiple troubleshooting techniques
- Adaptability to changing conditions, processes and procedures
- Ability to apply knowledge to solutions for new/unfamiliar problems
Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man
Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry. https://www.man.com/diversity. Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter.
Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.
We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
