Murex Market Risk Specialist/Senior Lead Murex 3.1 Environment Support Engineer || Remote

Overview

Full Time
Part Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6+ month(s)

Skills

Python
banking
financial
risk
Murex

Job Details

Position Title
Murex Market Risk Specialist
Location
Remote / Onsite NYC.
Duration
Contract(6+ months
Roles and Responsibilities
  • Murex Market Risk Specialist with strong experience in configuring and supporting Murex Risk modules (MRA, VaR, SIMM, Greeks).
  • You will manage market risk setup, reporting, and regulatory alignment across Front Office, Risk, and IT.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Configure and support Murex Risk Engine (MRA), VaR, Greeks, Risk Matrices, SIMM.
  • Maintain market data (curves, vol surfaces, historical data) and validate pricing/risk results.
  • Support P&L Explain, sensitivities, stress testing, limits monitoring.
  • Build/automate risk reports (Datamart, SQL, Python) and support regulatory requirements (Basel III, FRTB, SIMM).
  • Troubleshoot risk workflows and collaborate with FO/Risk/IT teams.
Requirements:
  • 5+ years Murex risk experience (MRA, Simulation, Risk Matrices, VaR).
  • Strong knowledge of market risk, Greeks, VaR, stress testing, P&L Explain.
  • Exposure to IR, FX, Equity, Credit, Commodities, Options.
  • SQL, Python or Shell scripting, Datamart, market data setup.
  • Familiarity with Basel III, FRTB, SIMM / SA-CCR frameworks.
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Position Title

Senior Lead Murex 3.1 Environment Support Engineer

Location

Remote (Preferred: US-Based or Hybrid in NYC)

Duration

Contract

Job Description

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly experienced and independent Murex 3.1 Environment Engineer to lead technical support and infrastructure activities.

This role requires deep hands-on expertise with Murex versions 50 and above.

The ideal candidate understands Murex architecture in depth and can create, configure, and troubleshoot environments from scratch, not just maintain existing setups.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, deploy, and manage Murex 3.1 environments across DEV/UAT/PROD Own environment orchestration, configuration, and service lifecycle.
  • Troubleshoot Level 1 and 2 issues involving the application, DB, and infrastructure
  • Perform environment upgrades, patching, and environment cloning
  • Lead technical investigations and root cause analysis for stability and performance
  • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to support development and release cycles

Requirements:

  • 6+ years of direct experience with Murex 3.1 (v50 and above)
  • Deep understanding of Murex infrastructure and architecture
  • Strong troubleshooting expertise (logs, services, batch jobs, DB connectivity)
  • Capable of designing and building new environments (not just running pre-built setups)
  • Strong ownership mindset and ability to work independently with minimal oversight
  • Strong Unix/Linux OS knowledge
  • Advanced Shell scripting skills, Python scripting is a strong plus
  • Experience with Oracle and/or Sybase (SQL, connection tuning, performance)Familiarity with job schedulers, crontab, autosys, and batch orchestration
  • Knowledge of automation tools (Ansible, Jenkins, etc.) is a plus.

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