Platform Engineer III

Job#: 3027377

Job Description:

Job Title: Platform Engineer III

Location: Cincinnati, OH (Onsite)

Length: 9 Months

Pay: $61-$68

Role Overview

We are seeking a Platform Engineer to join a Market Risk technology team responsible for supporting and maintaining the Adaptiv market risk platform. This role is critical to ensuring the stability, reliability, and scalability of a core risk system used for stress testing, regulatory reporting, and daily risk calculations.

This position is well suited for an engineer who enjoys working with complex platforms, developing deep technical and domain expertise, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. While initial support will be provided to ramp up on the Adaptiv platform, the expectation is to grow into a subject-matter contributor capable of independently diagnosing issues, implementing platform changes, and improving operational resilience over time.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Support & Operations

• Learn and support the Adaptiv market risk platform, including architecture, configurations, batch processes, calculations, and system integrations.
• Provide production support for platform processing, including:
  • Monitoring batch jobs and system health
  • Diagnosing and resolving job failures and data issues
  • Supporting month-end, stress testing, and regulatory processing
• Participate in an on-call or operational support rotation as required.

Platform Engineering & Maintenance

• Maintain and configure platform components to support evolving business and regulatory requirements.
• Perform environment maintenance, including upgrades, patching, configuration changes, and performance tuning.
• Implement improvements to:
  • Platform stability and reliability
  • Monitoring and observability
  • Error handling and recovery processes
• Reduce manual intervention through automation and improved operational tooling.

Incident & Problem Management

• Act as a technical responder for platform-related incidents.
• Partner with vendors, infrastructure teams, and internal stakeholders to resolve complex technical issues.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement preventative fixes.
• Contribute to post-incident reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.

Collaboration & Domain Knowledge

• Work closely with:
  • Risk management stakeholders
  • Quantitative and analytics teams
  • Data engineering and platform teams
• Develop working knowledge of:
  • Market risk concepts (e.g., value at risk, sensitivities, stress testing)
  • Downstream consumption of risk outputs
• Translate business and risk requirements into technical platform changes.

Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

• Create and maintain technical documentation, including:
  • Platform workflows and configurations
  • Common failure scenarios and resolutions
  • Operational runbooks
• Promote shared ownership by reducing single-point-of-failure knowledge through documentation and collaboration.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in platform engineering, production support, or systems engineering.
• Experience supporting batch-oriented, compute-intensive platforms in production environments.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose complex system and data issues.
• Working knowledge of:
  • Linux/Unix environments
  • Scripting languages (e.g., Python, shell scripting)
  • Relational databases and SQL
• Comfort working in highly controlled, regulated production environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with Adaptiv, market risk platforms, or risk analytics systems.
• Background in financial services or risk technology.
• Familiarity with:
  • Scheduling and workload automation tools
  • Cloud platforms and data services
  • Monitoring and observability tools
• Exposure to market risk concepts (training provided if needed).

EEO Employer

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.