MDSL sets the standard in global telecom expense and market data expense management solutions.

Our principles are based on exceeding customer expectations, integrity in every aspect of our business, teamwork and quality. We hire only the best, serve only the best and provide proven solutions that enable our customers to achieve their best. We're not satisfied with anything less.

We're looking to hire exceptional people who are proven winners in their individual disciplines, whether sales, service and support, marketing or consulting. If you're at the top of your game and want to excel in a challenging environment with real opportunities to succeed, take a look through our vacancies below.

If you think you have what it takes to make a difference to our customers and to our company, please email us your resume or CV and personal details. If the role for which you’re best suited isn’t listed below, email us anyway – it would be good to talk.

Please take a look below at the list of roles for which we're currently recruiting.

Job title: IT Infrastructure Engineer (UK)
Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.

Company background

Market Data Services Limited (MDSL) is the leading international provider of market data and telecoms expense management solutions, with offices in London, New York, Paris, Gothenburg, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Macau.

The company is listed in the Top-25 of the Sunday Times International-100, was recently nominated "Top Internal TEM Provider" by AOTMP and won the "Best Supporting Services Provider" category in the 2011 Inside Market Data Awards. For more information, visit our website at www.mdsl.com.

The role

MDSL is looking for a bright IT all-rounder to join our UK Infrastructure team and help manage our internal and external IT systems. This will be a highly visible position where you’ll be able to make your mark, with your work having a direct impact on the services delivered to our customers.

Bringing together a number of key skills across the IT spectrum including hardware configuration, networking, IIS & web hosting, Citrix, Active Directory, Exchange administration and more, the successful candidate will become a key member of our growing infrastructure team. You’ll need enthusiasm for technical challenges, a strong desire to learn and explore new technologies plus a logical, patient mind for troubleshooting.

You’ll also be highly organised, commercially minded and able to communicate expertly with non-technical customers and internal staff alike.

Responsibilities

ASP Hosting Systems [50%]
Maintain and develop MDSL’s flagship ASP hosting infrastructure (over 1,500 users from 80+ 'Fortune-500' enterprises)

• Exceed the performance and availability SLAs provided to our clients 
• IIS configuration and administration
• Server hardware specification, monitoring and maintenance
• Network, domain and user administration (Windows 2003/2008 AD, DNS)
• Citrix Metaframe 4.0 Administration (Secure Gateway experience preferred)
• Security Management: manage firewall, intrusion detection and VPN-based systems; maintain security policy documentation and respond to external client requests for information regarding architecture of service. Working knowledge of ISO 27001 is an advantage.
• 3rd line break-fix escalation support
• Vendor & sourcing management
• Providing some back-up DBA responsibilities: assisting in management of disk space and data back-ups, new SQL Server builds etc.

Corporate Network Management [50%]
Responsibilities will include:

• Maintain and manage MDSL’s internal networks
• Design, implementation and documentation of network architecture and policies including centralised back-ups, BC planning, employee use policies etc.
• Manage and maintain users of AD domain, Exchange and Sharepoint across UK, New York and Macau offices
• Internal User Support on all networking and hardware issues
• Management of security patches, anti-virus etc.

Skills
The following experience/skill level will be expected (importance: 1-Low, 5-High) -

• DNS, routing, IP & Windows networking (5)
• Administration of Microsoft Windows Desktop & Server environments (5)
• IIS & web hosting technologies (5)
• MS Exchange Server (4)
• Active Directory (4)
• IT & process management (ISO27001, ITIL etc) (3)
• Security technologies including Firewalls, DMZs, VPNs (3)
• Virtualisation technologies (3)
• iSCSI, SAN technologies (3)
• Sharepoint administration (3)
• Citrix Presentation Server 4 including Citrix Secure Gateway, Web Interface (3)
• SQL Server (2, but definitely a bonus!)

Qualifications

• Excellent written and spoken English; ability to communicate well with customers and colleagues
• Bachelor or Master’s degree in computer science, or related discipline
• Attention to detail and very strong technical troubleshooting skills
• Willingness to travel occasionally, and be on-call
• A self-starter, someone who always will take the initiative and loves a technical challenge.

Out-of-hours and on-call work will be required on a rota basis (up to 50% - overtime payable for scheduled weekend work). Travel within the UK to our co-location data centres and (occasionally) to client sites will be a part of the role, so owning a car with full license is beneficial. International travel to our branch offices is a possibility.

As part of the recruiting process you’ll be required to take tests to illustrate your technical, troubleshooting business skills in action.

Salary: MDSL provides a competitive compensation package.

Benefits: Excellent benefits, including contributory pension scheme, local gym membership and private health care.

To apply: Please apply in writing to ukjobs@mdsl.com with -

• your CV and copies of or links to any portfolio/sample work
• a supporting letter outlining why you would suit the role and what you can contribute to MDSL’s ongoing development.

Job title: Graduate Database Analyst (UK)

Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.

Company background

Market Data Services Limited (MDSL) is the leading international provider of market data and telecoms expense management solutions, with offices in London, New York, Paris, Gothenburg, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Macau.

The company is listed in the Top-25 of the Sunday Times International-100, was recently nominated "Top Internal TEM Provider" by AOTMP and won the "Best Supporting Services Provider" category in the 2011 Inside Market Data Awards. For more information, visit our website at www.mdsl.com.

We are looking for bright graduate-level candidates to join our data analysis and database development team. 

MDSL's data projects team is responsible for developing highly efficient processes for loading and processing the hundreds of millions of data records we receive from our customers each month.  Using our proprietary data loading technology alongside Microsoft's enterprise-grade database platform (SQL Server), you will be responsible for analysing data formats and developing new loaders, so you will need to be highly analytical and comfortable working with large data sets in relational databases and tools like Microsoft Excel.

As part of our software engineering group you will also have the opportunity to work on our global software implementation projects where you will liaise directly with partners and customers to gather requirements and solve issues.  You will also have the opportunity to work with and learn from senior database engineers who will support you and provide training on our products and the SQL Server data platform.

Qualifications / Experience

Required - (please do not apply without these)

• Advanced MS Excel skills
• MS Windows & Networking skills
• Software development experience (e.g. C#, Java, SQL)
• A-level or higher Mathematics
• Higher-level technical qualification (Mathematics, Computing or Science degree)
• Excellent written and spoken English

Desirable

• Commercial SQL database development experience 
• SQL Server / T-SQL experience preferred
• Experience / knowledge of the telecom or financial market data industries is preferred
• Ability to relocate near Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Other attributes needed for this position are:

• A strong work ethic, with excellent time management and organizational skills
• A self starter with drive and ambition who does not need close management to achieve results
• Attention to detail and very strong technical + mathematical analytical skills - a puzzle solver!
• Willingness to travel occasionally

As part of the recruitment process you will take tests that will allow us to see your problem-solving and computing skills in action.

Location & Benefits

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK (TN2 3EH)  

Starting salary £20 - £24k++ depending on experience

Benefits include contributory pension, private health care and local gym membership

To apply: Please apply in writing to ukjobs@mdsl.com with -

• your CV and copies of or links to any portfolio/sample work
• a supporting letter outlining why you would suit the role and what you can contribute to MDSL’s ongoing development.

Job title: SQL Server BI Analyst (UK)
Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.

MDSL is looking for a SQL Server BI analyst with excellent T-SQL and SQL Server skills to join our Reporting team where you will be involved in:

• Development of SSRS reports to be deployed within our .NET web application
• Design and implementation of SSAS OLAP cubes
• Development of complex T-SQL stored procedures
• Support and implementations for a number of large multinational clients
• Data validation & analysis

Qualifications / Experience

Required

• Excellent, proven, SQL Server skills:
  • Advanced T-SQL scripting, including stored procedures and performance tuning
  • SSRS - Experience designing and deploying SSRS Reports using  BIDS and Report Builder
  • SSAS – Some experience building and deploying OLAP Cubes using BIDS and SSMS
  • Excellent written and spoken English; ability to communicate well with customers and colleagues
  • Bachelor or Master’s degree in computer science, or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Experience writing and debugging MDX queries
• Some working knowledge of SSIS
• Other development skills, especially JavaScript, ASP .NET, C#, Excel, VB6 highly valued
• Business Objects / Crystal Reports

Other attributes needed for this position are:

• A good eye for design – to create functional but beautiful data visualizations within SSRS
• Empathy for customers and their challenges, ability to solve business problems through BI
• A strong work ethic, with excellent time management and organizational skills
• A self starter with drive and ambition who does not need close management to achieve results
• Attention to detail and very strong technical + mathematical analytical skills
• Willingness to travel occasionally
• Experience / knowledge of the telecom or financial market data industries is preferred

As part of the recruitment process you will take tests that will allow us to see your problem-solving, report writing and T-SQL skills in action.

Location & Benefits

Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EH

Competitive package including contributory pension, private health care for you and your immediate family and local gym membership.

Job title: Software Tester (UK)
Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.

Company background

Market Data Services Limited (MDSL) is the leading international provider of market data and telecoms expense management solutions, with offices in London, New York, Paris, Gothenburg, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Macau.

The company is listed in the Top-25 of the Sunday Times International-100, was recently nominated "Top Internal TEM Provider" by AOTMP and won the "Best Supporting Services Provider" category in the 2011 Inside Market Data Awards. For more information, visit our website at www.mdsl.com.

The role

MDSL is looking for a bright graduate to join our Software Testing and Quality Assurance team. You’ll work within this busy and expanding team to ensure our software products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability.

The software testing team is highly valued, as it ensures the quality of the software MDSL delivers. You’ll be able to make your mark swiftly, as your work will have a direct impact on the service delivered to our customers.

Responsibilities

The role involves the creation and execution of test scripts across a wide range of enterprise software solutions and working with software development teams to reproduce defects and verify their resolutions. You’ll be exposed to desktop and web applications built using the latest Microsoft .NET technologies, and have the chance to work with advanced automated testing tools.

The ability to work in a team and communicate effectively with other team members and project leaders is essential, as regular reports on progress will be expected.

Attention to detail is paramount, and you’ll need real enthusiasm for technical challenges, a desire to explore and learn new technologies and a logical, patient mind. You’ll also be highly organised, commercially-minded and self-motivated.

Skills
Essential:

• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel
• Experience with database technologies, especially T-SQL queries

The equivalent of at least one year’s manual software testing experience is preferred in the following technical environments:

• Web Applications (ASP.NET)
• Windows Forms applications (VB6)
• Workflow
• Citrix / Remote Desktop
• SSRS Reporting

Qualifications

• Excellent written and spoken English; ability to communicate well with customers and colleagues
• Attention to detail and strong technical troubleshooting skills
• ISEB / ISTQ Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a business, technical or software related discipline preferred.

Salary: MDSL provides a competitive compensation package.

Benefits: Excellent benefits, including contributory pension scheme, local gymn membership and private health care.

To apply: Please apply in writing to ukjobs@mdsl.com with -

• your CV and copies of or links to any portfolio/sample work
• a supporting letter outlining why you would suit the role and what you can contribute to MDSL’s ongoing development.