Friday, August 28, 2009

[itroundtable] LEADS: 3 PM/Sftwr Eng pos - Fin Svcs - Loc?

 

 

 

 

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (MAJOR HEDGE FUND)

 

Requirements: 
. At least 7 years of development experience in investment / securities industry 
. Hands On Trading system knowledge, including market data, order entry, real time position and exposure tracking, trade allocation, trade reporting to prime broker and other parties, cancel/correction, reconciliation, compliance checks, security master, etc. 
. Broad financial instrument knowledge, including Equities, Options, Futures, FX, Fixed Income, Exchange and OTC Traded Derivatives, etc. 
. Strong project management skills 

o Demonstrated success in building applications and implementing vendor systems 

o Lead projects from requirement through UAT / implementation 

o Structured SDLC approach 
. Strong technical and development skills 

o .Net Framework, Visual Studio, C# programming, WinForms development 

o Object oriented development experience 

o Real time data distribution with publish and subscribe 

o SQL Server development 

o Both client side and server side development experience 
. Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Engineering 
. Excellent written and verbal communications skills 

Pluses: 
. C and C++ background 
. Hedge Fund Experience 
. Other Application System Experience (Portfolio Accounting, Collateral Management, Performance Measurement, Risk, etc.) 

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PROJECT MANAGER

Our Firm - a premier ecommerce, design, and development agency - is looking for a Project Manager to join our growing organization. Ideal candidates seek challenging initiatives in a fast-paced environment that fosters collaboration with industry veterans who expect consistent, repeatable success and exposure to market-leading clients.

Our Project Managers lead interactive engagements; direct cross-functional teams including Creative and Technology through the project lifecycle; interface with clients; and are ultimately responsible for managing the successful execution and implementation of projects within published timeframes and defined budgets.

Key responsibilities:

·        Gather requirements (business, functional, technical)

·        Plan projects by defining scope (based upon requirements and deliverables) ; creating work-based schedules; mapping out resource requirements; and developing comprehensive budgets

·        Serve as primary client interface on a daily basis for project-specific communications (via email, phone calls, meetings)

·        Continually and consistently manage against "living" project plans and defined budgets

·        Continually and consistently monitor and report upon project progress and budget usage

·        Facilitate regular status meetings (internal and external); maintain periodic status reports

·        Manage cross-functional teams (strategy, user experience, information architecture, creative, and technology)

·        Adopt, enforce, and otherwise contribute to overall improvement and quality of Ai's processes

·        Interface directly with senior-level clients (when necessary and appropriate)

·        Actively manage project-related issues; plan contingencies for project-

Skills/qualificatio ns:

·        Minimum 5 years of experience in website development

·        experience managing development & delivery of large transactional systems in collaboration with experienced technical teams

·        some knowledge of SEO best practices

·        "tech awareness" as reflected in a basic knowledge of common system components (application server, database server, admin server, firewall)

·        Proven organizational skills and meticulous attention-to- detail

·        High proficiency with general project management principles, methods, and tools

·        High proficiency with project planning and budget development

·        Strong familiarity with the SDLC or digital | interactive development lifecycle

·        Self-motivated and able to work efficiently and effectively with limited management oversight

·        Strong business writing skills (required); strong technical writing skills (preferred)

·        Ability to delegate tasks and responsibilities effectively and professionally

·        Strong familiarity with the state of the Web from a business and aesthetic perspective

·        Solid understanding of and dedication to the Interactive medium

·        High proficiency with MS Office software including MS Project

·        Familiarity with the following technologies are a plus: Java / Hibernate / Spring; Django / Python; OFBiz (Apache Open for Business Project); Linux, Subversion; PHP / Symfony; MySQL

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SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER (Major Hedge Fund)

 

·        Participate in building and maintaining the IT infrastructure that supports --------- applications from a server, SAN, Citrix and connectivity perspective.

·        Work closely with business users, application support teams and development groups diagnosing and resolving advanced Windows, Citrix, and ESX related problems

·        Work closely with client IT departments and internal IT teams in the planning and deployment of client hosted systems to ensure their successful implementations without disruption.

·        Become an expert in Systems Operations providing technical guidance and advice on best practices to clients and internal employees who will support the application systems

·        Compile and maintain troubleshooting documentation for Windows, Microsoft Clustering, ESX, SAN, and Citrix architecture

·        Assist with definition and execution of ongoing administration and maintenance plans, procedures, and operations

·        Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work process and work cooperatively to provide quality customer service

·        Conceptualizing, building, and deploying systems management tools and automation technologies for an ESX, Windows, and Citrix environment

·        Participate in a weekly (after hours 24x7) on-call systems and application support rotation

·        Provide 2nd level support services for internal users and all --------- clients

 

Requirements

 

·        Minimum 7 years of experience as a Windows Systems Engineer / Architect

·        Minimum 3 years of  advanced experience in ESX, current with 3.5 or higher

·        Minimum 3 years of  advanced experience in Citrix Presentation Server (Xenapp)

·        Experience managing SAN based storage solutions

·        Extensive Microsoft Clustering experience

·        Extensive Windows scripting and automation experience

·        SQL Server experience

·        Documented ability to document architecture designs, system configurations and deployment designs and create assembly guides and operational manuals

·        Strong troubleshooting skills: Able to probe rapidly to root causes and gain complete understanding of a problems scope and nature employing methodical and reliable analysis

·        Strong communication skills and attention to detail are essential

·        Demonstrated ability to manage outages with disciplined urgency, coordinating other support engineers or IT groups for quick, pragmatic and accurate problem resolution

·        Demonstrated ability to contribute towards Change Management standards, practices, policies and procedures and ensure change occurs in compliance with documented standards

·        Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline

 Preferred Experience

         Advanced certification in VMWare (VCDX) and/or Citrix (CCEA/CCIA)

·        Messaging bus architectures

·        Sungard Front Arena

·        Market Data Services such as Bloomberg and Reuters

·        Powershell and Python Scripting

Mike Pagano

Sr. Account Manager

Forrest Solutions

10 East 40th Street, 9th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Direct          212-204-1115

Email:             mpagano@forrestsolu tions.com

 

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