Operations Support Analyst

Job Purpose

This position is not a Systems Administrator or Network Engineering position; however, prior experience in these areas is desirable. Job level will be determined based on years of relevant experience.

This is a 24x7 environment and the position will require periodic weekend and bank holiday scheduling and/or working on other shifts (10am-6pm).

• Troubleshoot day-to-day issues and provide direct support to engineering and IT support groups.
• Work with internal partners to communicate important information about system maintenance, changes, events, and to address their concerns regarding any aspect of the services.
• Interact with third-party vendors, coordinate, and collaborate with various internal business units.
• Maintaining operations and administration of proprietary systems is an integral part of the position.
• Assist other ICE staff with problem solving and escalation procedures.
• Quickly assess an issue(s) and provide management with well-conceived short and long-term actions for restoration of service(s).
• Ownership of production incidents including communication, escalation, and follow-up for root-cause analysis.
• Understand the various trading and clearing platforms, data distribution services, general network architecture, and apply technical knowledge to improve system performance and reliability.
• Prepare documentation for troubleshooting and escalation procedures.
• Follow organizational practices in regard to Incident, Problem, and Change Management along with the creation of database records for these disciplines.
• Scheduling flexibility required.

• Excellent communication skills
• Proficiency in Linux and Windows operating systems..
• Systems/Application support experience OR Associates/Bachelor's degree or similar.
• Ability to be organized and decisive while under pressure, when managing urgent and critical production issues as and when they occur.
• Team Player - able to interface/liaison effectively with a variety of technical/non-technical contributors throughout the organization.
• Logical approach, critical thinking, and analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to identify the root cause(s) of a problem.
• Demonstrate reliability, flexibility, and attention to detail.

Preferred

Meaningful experience with the following industries/technologies is a PLUS:

• Financial markets, trading and clearing systems.
• Experience with ServiceNow, particularly Incident, Ticket and Change modules.
• Technology and/or application support.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to debug/write Bash and PowerShell scripts.
• Network protocols and network traffic analysis.
• Understanding and working knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP and Multicast technologies.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and support solutions; BigPanda, PagerDuty and Rundeck.

Schedule

This role offers work from home flexibility of 1 day per week.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability or veteran status, or other protected status.