Hunter Bond
ION SME - Inside IR35 - Up to £1000 per day
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ION SME
London | Hybrid | Contract
Up to £1000 per day - Inside IR35
We're looking for an experienced End-to-End ION Subject Matter Expert to lead the design, implementation, integration and support of a global ION trading platform within a Front Office Investment Banking environment.
This is a hands-on role requiring deep expertise across the full ION ecosystem, working closely with Front Office users, development teams, infrastructure, vendors and business stakeholders to deliver strategic platform enhancements and maintain a highly available electronic trading environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the technical SME for the end-to-end ION platform across multiple business areas.
- Lead the architecture, design and implementation of new ION environments and platform enhancements.
- Own technical delivery for ION-related projects, upgrades, migrations and strategic initiatives.
- Design and implement integrations between ION and internal/external trading systems.
- Support the complete trade lifecycle from order capture through execution, confirmations and downstream processing.
- Provide technical leadership during production releases, upgrades and disaster recovery activities.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues across Front Office trading applications.
- Work closely with traders, developers, infrastructure teams and third-party vendors to resolve business-critical issues.
- Define best practices, standards and operational procedures for the ION platform.
- Produce High-Level and Low-Level Design documentation, architecture diagrams and technical documentation.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across the wider application support and engineering teams.
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Required Experience
- Extensive experience supporting and delivering the ION Trading Platform within Investment Banking.
- Strong understanding of Front Office Fixed Income trading environments.
- Proven experience delivering end-to-end ION implementations and platform integration.
- Experience with ION architecture, deployment and platform configuration.
- Strong knowledge of electronic trading connectivity and market infrastructure.
- Experience integrating ION with internal trading platforms and external market venues.
- Strong understanding of the complete trade lifecycle and Straight Through Processing (STP).
- Experience leading complex technical projects from design through production.
- Strong stakeholder management skills across Front Office, Technology and Business teams.
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Technical Skills
- ION Trading Platform
- ION MMI
- ION MDATA
- PXE
- Trading Tools
- VMO / VMQ
- RFP Gateway
- STP Server
- Linux
- SQL / Sybase
- TCL Scripting
- FIX Protocol
- Bloomberg
- Tradeweb
- MarketAxess
- BrokerTec
- MTS
- JIRA
- Git
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