Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Genesis10, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! Genesis10 is currently seeking an Application Programmer with our client in the financial industry located Houston, TX. This is a 12+ month contract position. Responsibilities: • L1/L2 Front Office Trading Support • Application resiliency and reporting • Application monitoring • Incident management, problem management and issue tracking • Change control and release management • Capacity planning • BCP planning • Permit to Release • Service Level Management • Liaison with infrastructure teams • Look across the entire production environment to aid continuous improvement with the state and supportability of production systems • Build and maintain relationships with business users and other information technology stakeholders • Build projects from GIT. Experienced with Jenkins, Bit Bucket Artifactory • Debug and update Python/Perl code for ad hoc tasks • Create new Java, Perl, Python application for ad hoc tasks • Practice Lean IT / Agile software development life cycles, JIRA Kanban boards • Relational database - Microsoft SQL server database knowledge, Object Oriented databases • Maintain terabytes databases. Identify performance issues and provide solutions for DBA • Create and execute SQL script to purge bad data or load missing prices • UNIX/Linux OS, knowledge of scripting languages Perl and python • Analyze logs using common UNIX syntax and identify data exceptions, Splunk regex index searches, Elasticsearch • Understanding of Distributed Networks/Routers/Firewalls • Execute trouble shooting commands to identify slow programmatic bottlenecks and processing • Understand wide IP and FDNS and set up new settings with bank network team Requirements: • Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) • Working knowledge of application monitoring • Prior experience in the Financial Industry, specifically supporting a trading desk • Prior experience with incident management in a support function role • Understanding of Service Level Agreements and Management • Demonstrated inter-office communications • Prior working knowledge of developing/writing/debugging : REST API, Json, Perl, Python, Linux/Unix shell and SQL • Familiar with Tibco/FIX Messaging systems • Prior experience in the Financial Industry, specifically supporting a trading desk • Working knowledge of application monitoring • Prior experience with Incident and Problem management in a support function role • Understanding of Service Level Agreements and Management • Demonstrated inter-office communications • Prior working knowledge of developing/writing/debugging : REST API, Json, Perl, Python, Linux/Unix shell and SQL • Experience working with IDE's - Eclipse, MS Visual Studio, PyCharm • Experience working with version control systems maintaining source code • Experience working with Agile development methodologies • Demonstrated experience writing DevOps applications in Perl, Python, or C#/Java including Object Data Bases • Demonstrated experience writing DevOps complex relational database SQL statements and Object oriented Database (OODBMS) model interaction/instantiation • Prior working experience with Midrange server infrastructure and management (Windows/Unix/Linux) • Prior working experience with Storage technologies like NAS/SAN, Qtrees, NFS • Prior working experience with Virtual Machines in AppHost/Cloud technologies • Familiar with Tibco/FIX Messaging systems Pay range: $48.85 - $56.85 Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! About Genesis10: Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals. For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10: • Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years. • The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years. • Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.) • Behavioral Health Platform • Medical, Dental, Vision • Health Savings Account • Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident) • Voluntary Term Life Insurance • 401K • Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities) • Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF and Illinois) For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website. Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.