Murex Support Engineer - Market Risk (Relocation to Switzerland)

Here at First Derivative we are looking to expand our Murex offerings in Switzerland and we are looking for a Murex Support Engineer with strong Market Risk knowledge to join us! You will provide hands-on L2/L3 functional and production support for Murex MX.3 Market Risk, diagnosing and resolving complex risk issues, implementing configuration changes and ensuring critical market risk processes operate reliably. You will also work closely with business users and technical teams and carry on-call responsibility for time-critical intraday and end-of-day risk processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 on-call support for Murex Market Risk, including intraday and end-of-day risk runs
• Diagnose and resolve incidents affecting market risk calculations, sensitivities, market data inputs and risk reporting outputs
• Investigate discrepancies in risk results and trace issues across trade data, market data, valuation and risk calculations
• Implement approved Murex Market Risk configuration changes and validate them across environments
• Collaborate with the Murex centre of excellence and vendor support on escalated product-level issues
• Maintain environment health, including batch monitoring, data loads, interface checks and housekeeping
• Ensure SLA adherence and keep incident records, runbooks and knowledge articles current
• Support regression testing of Murex Market Risk functionality ahead of releases and upgrades

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on Murex MX.3 experience, ideally with significant Market Risk functional and production support expertise
• Strong functional knowledge of Murex Market Risk, including sensitivities, VaR, stress/scenario analysis, P&L and risk reporting
• Strong understanding of the relationship between trades, market data, valuation and downstream market risk calculations within Murex
• Experience investigating market risk calculation and reporting discrepancies within Murex
• Strong SQL skills for data investigation, reconciliation and analysis of risk outputs
• Strong understanding of Murex architecture, including market risk processing, market data, batch processing and interfaces
• Unix/Linux server environments and batch job monitoring
• Basic scripting skills, such as shell or Python, for troubleshooting and automation
• Knowledge of incident, problem and change management processes; ITIL Foundation preferred
• Murex certification or formal Murex training preferred

Benefits

• 30 days holiday per annum
• Company Pension Scheme
• Regular performance assessments
• Discount on Fitness-First Black Membership
• bitkom - Corporate Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) (subject to certain eligibility requirements)
• Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• Friendly and enjoyable working team
• Regular corporate and social events
• Flexible and remote working opportunities
• Award-winning workplace: Great Place To Work® certified in 2026, Kununu (Top Company 2022–2026), NewWork Business Award 2025 for outstanding culture, innovation and employee satisfaction.

*All benefits and perks are subject to certain eligibility requirements

• Competitive compensation depending on experience and skills
• Variety of projects within one company
• Being a part of a project following engineering excellence standards
• Individual career path and professional growth opportunities
• Internal events and communities
• Flexible work hours

• Private Healthcare Package
• Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced Maternity policy
• Group Life Protection Benefit
• Give as You Earn
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Referral Bonus Scheme
• Diversity Networks
• Access to a range of skills and certifications

• 25 days of paid leave per year + reduction of the working time (RTT days, number depending on the year)
• Meal vouchers Card (11 euros per day, 51% covered by EPAM)
• Life & Private medical insurance (50% of monthly cost covered by EPAM, including dental and vision insurance)
• Pension fund
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) (subject to eligibility requirements)
• Navigo (Ground transportation allowance, 50% of the monthly cost covered by EPAM)
• Monthly Afterwork organized by the HR Team
• EPAM Referral Program
• Remote Work (under Business & Management approval)
• IT Equipment (Laptop (HP or MacBook, according to eligibility criteria), headphones, mouse, professional phone with monthly subscription fees covered by EPAM)
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• *All benefits and perks are subject to certain eligibility requirements