Barry Livingstone
About Barry Livingstone
Barry Livingstone is a Murex Batch Operations Analyst at First Derivatives in Sydney, Australia, where he has worked since 2019. He has a background in computer science and extensive experience in application support and system performance monitoring.
Work at FD Technologies
Barry Livingstone has been employed at First Derivatives since 2019 as a Murex Batch Operations Analyst in Sydney, Australia. In this role, he is part of an out-of-hours on-call support rota, ensuring continuous support and resolution of issues during non-standard working hours. His responsibilities include monitoring server performance using tools such as Jboss, Grafana, and bash scripts to proactively identify potential issues. He conducts daily sanity checks to ensure seamless message delivery across Front, Middle, and Back Office systems, utilizing Unix and SQL for performance verification.
Previous Roles at First Derivatives
Before his current position, Barry Livingstone held multiple roles at First Derivatives. He worked as an Application Support Engineer from 2017 to 2018 for one year in Newry, Northern Ireland. Following that, he served as a VBA Small Change Developer/L3 Support from 2018 to 2019 for eight months, also in Newry. In these positions, he focused on providing technical support and developing solutions to enhance system performance.
Education and Expertise
Barry Livingstone studied Computer Science at Queen's University Belfast, where he achieved a degree in Computing Information Technology from 2013 to 2017. His educational background also includes studying at St Patricks High School Keady, where he completed A Levels, GCSEs, and Key Stage 3 from 2006 to 2013. His academic training has equipped him with a strong foundation in IT and computer science principles.
Technical Skills and Responsibilities
In his current role, Barry Livingstone is responsible for developing permanent solutions to enhance system robustness by implementing code changes and conducting thorough testing before production release. He participates in agile-driven scrums to facilitate business changes through analysis, design, testing, and delivery. Additionally, he is tasked with designing, creating, and presenting weekly and monthly reports for management and stakeholders, which include trend analysis and the resolution of recurring issues.
Prior Experience in IT Support
Before joining First Derivatives, Barry Livingstone worked as an Information Technology Support Engineer at Dialog Semiconductor from 2015 to 2016 in Swindon, United Kingdom. This role involved providing IT support and troubleshooting technical issues, further enhancing his skills in the technology sector.