CIBC

Application Support Consultant

CIBC$120K — $140K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience in Front Office Trading Application support with a focus on Fixed Income
  • Strong technical troubleshooting skills for software, application, or operational issues
  • Proficiency in SQL for reporting and troubleshooting, and experience with Bloomberg TOMS or Broadway
  • Experience navigating Unix environments and reading basic Python/Shell scripts
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a relevant field
  • Ability to influence and build relationships across teams and with external vendors
  • Adaptability and openness to change along with a digitally savvy approach to technology

Responsibilities

  • Identify and resolve complex production problems for application support
  • Collaborate with Business Analysts and Developers on bug fixes and new releases
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with business units and technical teams
  • Communicate with vendors during service outages and perform application validation
  • Monitor services to analyze performance and identify improvement opportunities

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options
  • Health Savings Account and Life Insurance coverage
  • Paid Time Off including Sick Leave, Parental Leave, and Vacation
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Opportunity for incentive pay and discretionary bonus based on performance
  • Support for employee wellbeing and work-life balance, including Purpose Day off for personal growth
Full Job Description
What You'll Be Doing

You'll be joining CIBC's Capital Markets Technology group as a member of the Fixed Income Production Support team. As an Application Support Consultant, you'll bring extensive technical and operational expertise to facilitate, support and provide service delivery for our applications and advise on developing processes in order to enhance them.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You'll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you'll spend 4-5 day per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How You'll Succeed
  • Problem Resolution: Identify and resolve high to critically complex production problems for support of applications. Make decisions and think critically when solving problems.
  • Collaborate: Work closely with Business Analysts and Developers on bug fixes and new product releases that will be added to our supported portfolio. Advise on and research all aspects of effective and efficient application or technical service delivery.
  • Relationship Management: Establish and build healthy working relations with the line of business we support as well as other related teams; work with external vendors and various technical teams to restore service during outages and to perform application validation after regular infrastructure maintenance. Communicate effectively with others verbally, recognizing that its more than just language but tone and style. Influence others to impact decisions and behaviors internally and with external vendors.
  • Monitoring: Monitor and analyze services to identify opportunities for improvement and recommend solutions.


Who You Are
  • You can demonstrate experience with: 3 - 5 years of supporting a Front Office Trading Application (Fixed Income exposure preferred) and working with Traders directly with their questions/inquiries. Strong technical trouble-shooting ability including knowledge of approaches, tools and techniques for anticipating, recognizing, and resolving technical (software, application or operational) problems and interpreting server logs. You having working knowledge of the following trading systems: Bloomberg TOMS or Broadway. Expertise navigating a Unix environment and reading basic scripts (Python/Shell), writing SQL queries for day to day troubleshooting and for creating ad-hoc reports as required. Have used and/or configured ITRS real-time monitoring tool.
  • You have a degree. in Computer Science or a relevant field.
  • You embrace and champion change. You'll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best.
  • Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
  • You're digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.
  • You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to create a shared vision.
  • Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.


At CIBC, we offer a competitive total rewards package. This role has an expected salary range of $120,000- 140,000 USD for the market based on experience, qualifications, and location of the position. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit's incentive compensation plan, which may also include a discretionary bonus component. CIBC offers a full range of benefits and programs to meet our employees' needs, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability, and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave and Vacation), Holidays and 401(k), in addition to other special perks reserved for our team members.

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What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.
  • We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.
  • Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
  • We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.


*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

What you need to know
  • You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.
  • We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.


Job Location
NY-New York, 300 Madison Ave Fl 5

Employment Type
Regular

Weekly Hours
40

Skills
Ad Hoc Reporting, Applications Support, Bloomberg Terminal, Bug Fix, Facilitation, Personal Initiative, Structured Query Language (SQL), Teamwork, UNIX Environment, Unix Operating Systems

About CIBC

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in the city's Financial District. CIBC's Institution Number is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT. It is one of two Big Five banks founded in Toronto, the other being the Toronto-Dominion Bank. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed through the June 1, 1961, merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Canada, the largest merger between chartered banks in Canadian history. The bank has four strategic business units: Canadian Personal and Business Banking, Canadian Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, U.S. Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. It has international operations in the United States, the Caribbean, Asia, and United Kingdom; Globally. CIBC serves more than eleven million clients, and has over 40,000 employees. The company ranks at number 172 on the Forbes Global 2000 listing.
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