Technology Support Lead, Cash Equities Production Management at JPMC Candidate Experience page

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Production Support, Technology Operations, Trade Processing, Prime Finance, SQL, Sybase, Oracle, Linux/UNIX, Perl, Shell Scripting, ITRS Geneos, ITIL Framework, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Risk & Controls

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Join our dynamic team to innovate and refine technology operations, impacting the core of our business services. As a Technology Support Lead in the Corporate & Investment Banking Technology, Cash Equities Production Management team, you will play a senior role in ensuring the operational stability, availability, and performance of our production services across APAC. You will lead production support for Prime Finance functions including locates management, inventory management, borrow/return optimization, synthetic prime, client reporting, and broader Prime Brokerage activities across a complex, integrated application suite. Partnering closely with Business and Technology stakeholders, you will drive timely analysis and resolution of day‑to‑day issues, safe and reliable releases, effective incident/crisis management, and strong adherence to Risk & Controls, while mentoring the team and setting standards for operational excellence. Job responsibilities * Lead day‑to‑day technical and operational support for Front and Middle Office applications to ensure stability, availability, and performance across APAC, serving as the primary escalation point for critical issues. * Own support for end‑to‑end trade lifecycle applications (e.g., locates, trade booking, synthetic trade booking), ensuring resilient and well‑controlled operations. * Build and maintain strong partnerships across Production Management (APAC/global), Business, and Technology stakeholders; communicate status and remediation plans clearly and confidently at senior levels. * Partner with Application Development (AD) to implement fixes and stability enhancements that reduce operational risk and eliminate manual touches to production; champion SRE/DevOps practices. * Define, track, and report capacity, resiliency, and reliability metrics; strengthen failover and business continuity (BCP) capabilities and lead DR planning/execution. * Enhance observability and monitoring for the Prime trading application suite; evolve standard tooling and establish proactive detection and auto‑remediation patterns. * Manage production incidents end‑to‑end, including rapid triage, stakeholder engagement, vendor coordination, and clear, timely communications from incident through service restoration. * Lead detailed post‑mortems with AD; document root cause, define preventative actions, and track follow‑ups in ServiceNow for Problem Management to drive recurrence prevention. * Engage throughout the SDLC to ensure robust non‑functional readiness and smooth onboarding of new applications and features into Production. * Plan, review, and execute application change releases with Business, AD, and QA to minimize change‑related incidents, including off‑hours/weekend and DR activities as required. * Uphold firm Risk & Controls standards across incident, change, and problem management; conduct regular stability reviews and act as regional subject‑matter expert for assigned Prime products and applications. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills * Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent. * Formal training and certification with at least 5+ years of experience (or equivalent expertise) in production support or technology operations within financial services, with strong exposure to trade processing and front‑to‑back workflows. * Product knowledge in stock borrow/loan and synthetic prime brokerage; proven experience supporting trade booking platforms. * Excellent SQL and stored procedure skills; experience with Sybase and Oracle. * Proficiency in Linux/UNIX and strong scripting skills (Perl, Shell); ability to automate routine operational tasks. * Hands‑on experience with ITRS Geneos and modern observability practices; familiarity with alert tuning and runbook automation. * Understanding of networking, connectivity, and low‑latency trading environments; ability to diagnose complex, multi‑system issues. * Strong analysis, problem‑solving, and investigation skills; demonstrated ability to prioritize and perform under pressure with high attention to detail and an ownership/leadership mindset. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and drive consensus. * Experience executing processes aligned to the ITIL framework across incident, problem, and change management. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills * Experience participating in disaster recovery testing and weekend release activities; prior leadership of DR events is a plus. * Familiarity with ServiceNow Problem Management workflows and metric‑driven service improvement. * Experience enhancing monitoring and observability for trading applications, including metric design and dashboarding. * Exposure to automation and SRE initiatives (e.g., self‑healing, release automation) that reduce manual tasks and improve production stability. * Working knowledge of one or more general‑purpose programming languages (e.g., Python) and/or infrastructure automation in hybrid/on‑prem and public cloud environments. J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs [https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/how-we-hire/faqs] for more information about requesting an accommodation. J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

Responsibilities

The Lead will manage day-to-day technical and operational support for Front and Middle Office applications across APAC, acting as the primary escalation point for critical issues related to trade lifecycle applications. Responsibilities also include partnering with stakeholders to drive timely issue resolution, manage releases, handle incidents, and ensure strong adherence to Risk & Controls.