KDB platform Support Engineer

Accenture Flex offers you the flexibility of local fixed‑duration project‑based work powered by Accenture, a leading global professional services company. Accenture is consistently recognized on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For and Diversity Inc's Top 50 Companies For Diversity lists.

As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture's clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today's biggest business challenges.

You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world‑class learning resources. Accenture Flex employees work in their local metro area onsite at the project, significantly reducing and/or eliminating the demands to travel.

• Support KDB+ applications and services for the MAPS Electronic Trading Data Services team in New York.
• Maintain the largest KDB+ implementation servicing the Global Markets business across multiple asset classes.
• Utilise at least 3 years of development or support experience on real‑time KDB+ applications.
• Comfortable working in a Unix environment.
• Manage technology incidents and coordinate follow‑up actions with development teams through to closure and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate closely with development teams, quant solutions groups and business stakeholders.
• Operate and adjust approach to collaborate effectively with people from all groups.
• Deliver continuous “follow‑the‑sun” support across New York, Singapore, GIFT City (India) and London, with applications operating 24x6.
• Self‑starter who can hit the ground running.
• Support includes weekend service on rotation.
• Work onsite with the client 3 days per week in Pennington, NJ.

• Minimum 5 years of work experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience developing and supporting KDB+ applications.
• Experience with Q programming language.
• Familiarity with real‑time KDB+ applications processing terabytes of data daily.
• Excellent spoken and written communication to support users and collaborate with business and technology stakeholders.
• Familiarity with ITIL approach to Incident, Problem, and Change Management.
• Associate's Degree.

• Medical, dental, vision and long‑term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Competitive rewards and access to world‑class learning resources.

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