Role Profile

The Internship role will allow fresh graduates (or those seeking internships as part of their learning curriculum) to gain industrial exposure to support real-world production services, investigate issues, develop fixes, support new releases, perform general maintenance and administration. They would be expected to use their theoretical knowledge to apply new functionality through improvements and performance tuning when required.

They need to provide support to Applications on 24x5.5 Basis (Covering Morning, Day and Night Shifts based on UK Timing). Out of hours support overnight and across weekends and Bank Holidays are frequently needed.

They are expected to build strong business knowledge by working with business teams during investigations.

They need to collaborate and learn from domain experts in the technologies used by the applications supported. They may be required to provide detailed technical support for developers producing new releases of these applications.

Must be self-motivating with the ability to handle the workload among the team.

Key Responsibilities:

Support of the LCH applications related to Shared Technical Platforms / Clearing Services.

Support a critical element of the London financial infrastructure.

• Resolve Incidents and Problems:
• Monitor different tools such as Datadog, ServiceNow & Email Alerts for Incidents and Problems
• Analyse problems and decide on suitable resolutions.
• Apply resolutions following the LCH Change Management procedure.
• Report current status to relevant business and IT teams.
• Record progress of incident resolution in ServiceNow.
• Follow documented incident management procedures.
  
  

• Bug fixes and enhancements to LCH products:
• Design solutions for longer term fixes for application bugs and small functionality enhancement requests.
• Implement application fixes.
• Update Bitbucket with source code changes where necessary.
• Update relevant documentation with changes.
• Co-ordinate the Release process for new releases
• Work to the ITIL standard following LCH policies.
• Maintain working relationship with technical teams and business management.
  
  

• Out of hours support:
• Be available for overnight support of production services to ensure successful completion of processing.
• Respond to overnight calls and handle issues.
• Support weekend releases and maintenance work.
• Support in Disaster Recovery exercises, etc.
  
  

• Assist in project related work:
• Carry out requirements as defined by project team.
  

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Education:

• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science/IT, a related technical field involving software/systems engineering.
  
  

Required skills and experience:

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Good understanding on Database Concepts & SQL
• Curriculum covering UNIX OS skills (RHCSA Certification will be useful)
• Scripting skills (UNIX shell scripting: bash, korn shell, Python)
• Good experience supporting Java based distributed platforms.
• Understanding on Apache Tomcat (will be useful)
• Web application testing experience using Selenium (will be useful)
• Understanding on version control (GIT/ Bitbucket).
• Understanding of product development lifecycle and methodologies.
• Exposure to Jenkins/GitLab, Ansible, Terraform and AWS Cloud Technologies will be an added advantage.
  
  

Person Specification:

• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail and problem-solving abilities
• Experience of working in Individual & Team Projects
• Solid technical background in the core technologies mentioned in curriculum.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely to technical teams, business teams and senior management.
  
  

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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