Senior Systems Architect (hybrid) - Limassol

  • Location:

    Cyprus, Limassol

  • Discipline:

    IT

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Benefits:

    Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience plus excellent company benefits.

  • Published:

    18-10-2024

  • Expiry date:

    17-01-2025

  • Reference:

    2941

Our client is a leading international CySec Licensed Forex Trading Company with offices in a number of locations worldwide. For their office in Limassol, they are looking to hire a Senior Systems Architect. This role presents an opportunity to take a lead in helping to modernize and restructure our client facing and internal systems and has the potential to make a notable impact on our Company’s products.
Candidates should have comprehensive experience in C# development, plus experience Developing SQL/T-SQL, and a sound background in Message Queues, Sockets and Web APIs. Further experience with Online Trading, Payment Systems, Market Data feeds, and Derivatives would all be of value. They will need to have experience of both older Development Frameworks and Standards as well as in their modern equivalents.
Candidates should ideally have at least 5 of relevant experience. They should have worked with structured development practices, a distinct quality assurance function, formal release management, and utilized version control, code reviews, and similar best-practices.

Responsibilities: 

  • To focus on the modernization of legacy Trading and Back Office Systems
  • Proposing Technologies and architectures to improve System capacity and performance
  • Eliminating Risks associated with Legacy Technologies
  • Work with Development Leads and others to create a roadmap of System Improvements
  • Keep up to date with the Frameworks and Technologies used by the company
  • Follow best practices in software development
  • Refactor/rewrite code to increase quality and optimize performance
  • Work in an agile environment
  • Build strong relationships with colleagues based on a foundation of trust and reliability
  • Provide Level 3 support in the event of Production Incidents and Disaster Recovery tests
  • Liaise with external developers as a point of contact and technical lead for larger projects

Requirements:

  • At least 5 years’ working experience with C#, with both .NET Framework and .NET Core
  • Database development understanding, SQL Server, T-SQL with at least 3 years of experience
  • Experience in benchmarking and performance optimization
  • Worked with low latency and high data volume systems
  • Very good understanding of Object-Oriented programming, Design Patterns, and SOLID principles
  • Strong knowledge of Data Structures, Synchronization primitives, and multithreading concepts
  • Hands-on experience with WCF
  • Knowledge of a version control system, preferably Git
  • Strong analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Very good communication skills
  • Highly numerate
  • BSc/MSc/Diploma in computer science or related field

Working hours:

  • The working hours are office hours from 8:00/9:30 - 17:00/18:30Monday to Friday (Hybrid: 2 days from home 3 from the office)

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