Application Technology Operations Specialist (Fixed Income, Capital Markets)

Exadel
Brazil

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior-level IT operations professionals who support financial applications and thrive in global, collaborative environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior experience in financial trading systems and a track record of managing production issues in high-pressure settings
    — “support sophisticated financial applications and ensure seamless technology operations across global markets”
  • Professionals who can bridge technical and business stakeholders through clear communication and process adherence
    — “communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders”
  • Individuals with hands-on exposure to ServiceNow and JIRA for incident and change management
    — “Log and manage requests, incidents, problems, and changes using ServiceNow and Atlassian JIRA.”

Things to consider

  • The role demands fluency in English, which may require language preparation for non-native speakers
    — “English level Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate”
  • Candidates must be comfortable with cross-functional collaboration across global teams and time zones
    — “collaborating effectively within a global, cross-functional team”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with end-to-end testing and QA for financial application changes
    — “Conduct end-to-end testing, regression testing, and QA for enhancements, bug fixes, and application changes before production releases.”
  • Emphasize your ability to follow ITIL best practices for incident and change management
    — “Follow ITIL best practices across Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes.”
  • Showcase any prior work with disaster recovery planning and system upgrades
    — “Participate in Disaster Recovery planning and testing, system changes, and server upgrade activities.”
  • Demonstrate your understanding of application dependencies and system components
    — “Strong understanding of application dependencies, system components, interfaces, and data flows”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • reduced downtime
  • improved system stability
  • successful application rollouts
Typical background
IT operationsnetworkingapplication support

Skills & requirements

Required

Application SupportTroubleshootingIncident ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisITIL

Preferred

Network AutomationDisaster Recovery

Stack & domain

ServicenowJiraITILCapital MarketsFixed IncomeTrading

About the role

Original posting from Exadel via Greenhouse

Why Join Exadel

We’re an AI-first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership, 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients, including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks.

From AI platforms to digital transformation, we partner with enterprise leaders to build what’s next.

What powers it all? Our people are ambitious, collaborative, and constantly evolving.

About the Client

Our customer is a leading global financial institution with a strong presence across Capital Markets and Financial Services. The organization operates in a highly technology-driven environment where reliable, resilient, and high-performing trading systems are critical to business operations.

The technology teams work closely with front-office trading desks, developers, quants, and business stakeholders to support sophisticated financial applications and ensure seamless technology operations across global markets.

What You’ll Do

Provide day-to-day application support for Fixed Income and Capital Markets trading systems, including application monitoring and responding to user queries through email and chat.

Work closely with global and regional business users, Trade Floor teams, Developers, Quants, and Technology groups to investigate and resolve issues within agreed timelines.

Log and manage requests, incidents, problems, and changes using ServiceNow and Atlassian JIRA.

Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and track incidents through resolution.

Support application rollouts, upgrades, deployments, and implementation activities, ensuring issues are identified and resolved effectively.

Conduct end-to-end testing, regression testing, and QA for enhancements, bug fixes, and application changes before production releases.

Partner with development teams to build solutions that leverage enterprise monitoring and logging, improve system resilience, and minimize manual maintenance.

Develop a deep understanding of application components, functionality, interfaces, data flows, business rules, system dependencies, and operational processes.

Proactively monitor system performance and identify opportunities to improve application stability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Participate in Disaster Recovery planning and testing, system changes, and server upgrade activities.

Contribute to operational documentation and knowledge sharing to strengthen the team's ability to support critical applications.

Follow ITIL best practices across Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes.

Manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining clear and effective communication with business stakeholders.

What You Bring

Professional experience supporting Capital Markets, Fixed Income, trading, or financial operations applications, particularly in a high-pressure production environment.

Strong experience with application support, production troubleshooting, monitoring, incident management, and root cause analysis.

Knowledge of ITIL service operations methodologies and experience working with service management platforms such as ServiceNow and JIRA.

Strong understanding of IT operations practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, application performance, and operational controls.

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage business expectations and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively within a global, cross-functional team.

Strong understanding of application dependencies, system components, interfaces, data flows, and business processes.

Experience reviewing and supporting system changes, application deployments, server upgrades, and Disaster Recovery activities.

English level

Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate

Legal & Hiring Information

Exadel is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion across minority, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, and more

Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions

Please note: this job description is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business needs

Compensation details are shared with candidates at the early stage of the recruitment process.

The offer is not binding until a signed contract is in place.

Your Benefits at Exadel

Exadel benefits vary by location and contract type. Your recruiter will fill you in on the details.

International projects

In-office, hybrid, or remote flexibility

Medical healthcare

Recognition program

Ongoing learning & reimbursement 

Well-being program

Team events & local benefits 

Sports compensation 

Referral bonuses 

Top-tier equipment provision

Exadel Culture

We lead with trust, respect, and purpose. We believe in open dialogue, creative freedom, and mentorship that helps you grow, lead, and make a real difference. Ours is a culture where ideas are challenged, voices are heard, and your impact matters.

Source: Exadel careers (Greenhouse)

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