Saturday, June 12, 2010

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 482

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1.

Principle Enterprise Information Architect - Asset Management - Bost

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:54 am (PDT)



Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title - WR714701 - Open & Active as of 06-11-2010

Principle Enterprise Information Architect - Asset Management - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary

The Enterprise Information Architect will play a key technical leadership
role in defining direction as well as implementing major transformational
data-related projects planned over the next 3-5 years. She/he will be
responsible for leading and engaging in information/data management projects
including the Enterprise Information Architecture, information models and
flows, data dictionaries, data standards, and data quality standards and
processes. The Enterprise Information Architect is responsible for
developing and maintaining the logical Enterprise Information Architecture
that enables seamless information interoperability of all of our systems -
from transaction systems, reporting & document management systems as well as
information delivery systems.

Key Responsibilities;

· Develop and evangelize Enterprise Information Architecture and
provide technical leadership for developing and maintaining the enterprise
information architecture.
· Identify gaps in the Corporate Information/Data Model and address
them actively in collaboration with business facing teams using a deep
understanding of financial services
· Ensure systems alignment with the information lifecycle.
· Maintain a library of the enterprise information models (i.e.,
information models, information flows, data dictionaries, etc) and
develop/enforce the change control process for the Enterprise Information
Architecture artifacts.
· Coordinate information/data changes that occur as part of new
development, maintenance and enhancements to ensure consistency with the
Corporate Information/Data Model.
· Lead the development and maintenance of information management
standards and conventions (e.g., naming standards, information architecture
gates in the IT development projects, etc).
· In collaboration with the Information Integration teams, define,
develop, maintain, and communicate information exchange standards that will
be used by downstream systems.
· Align Enterprise Information Architecture efforts with other
Enterprise Architecture/ Information Management counterparts to ensure
overall alignment of architecture components.
Keys to This Position:
The individual will meet with the Fixed Income and Equity Systems Managers
to understand their needs in regards to Data Information workflow. Then the
individual will communicate that to the technical architects who will
implement the technical solution. Someone that is deeply technical is not
the right person - it is more of an Analyst role.
1. Domain knowledge: The candidate must have a strong knowledge of the
Asset Management industry and how the business operates. Ideally the
candidate will come from another asset management firm.
2. Information Architecture skills: The candidate will have a focus at a
Lead Systems Analyst level in the areas of Information/Data Architecture and
Integration, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, etc.
3. Must have strong Client Relationship and Leadership skills. This
individual will interface with the Investment Systems team and the
Investment Data team among others. Experience understanding Fixed Income,
Equities and Derivatives is important.
4. This individual will be very similar to a Lead Systems Analyst, but in
the Data Architecture space. The individual needs a deep knowledge of the
Asset Management business (i.e. Fixed Income, Equities, etc.) and the
underlying business process and the Data that facilitates the Workflow.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Master's degree in software or systems engineering, computer
science, information systems management or the equivalent.
· At least 10 years progressive experience in enterprise
information/data related disciplines, i.e., data modeling, architecture and
integration.
· Proven experience in developing information architectures aligned
with information lifecycle management within financial services.
· Proven experience performing conceptual, logical and physical data
modeling with data modeling tools (Erwin/ModelMart) and database design in
complex, large-scale data environments.
· Proven experience in transactional data modeling (3NF),
dimensional modeling and object oriented modeling. Proven experience in
developing scalable design of entities using advanced data structures (e.g.,
tall tables) is a plus.
· Knowledge of application modeling languages/techniques (e.g., UML,
OML, entity relationship modeling, DFDs) including the ability to create and
read the associated diagrams.
· Proven experience creating enterprise models incorporating master
and reference data.
· Experience in creation of data dictionaries, defining metadata
management approaches and governance processes.
· Experience in developing and implementing IT architecture plans,
Enterprise Information Architecture standard and guidelines, software
development methodologies and strategic plans.
· Experience in developing data sharing standards and architecting
scalable service oriented solutions.
· Solid understanding of transaction and information systems, data
warehouses, data marts, ODS, MDM methodologies and life cycle as well as ETL
and MDM technologies.
· Strong facilitation skills to engage subject matter experts to
define data requirements and conduct data modeling design reviews with
project teams.
· Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain
and document the Enterprise Information Architecture to diverse audiences
(technical, business, etc).
· Highly self-directed and able to manage and prioritize multiple
concurrent and competing challenges, issues, ambiguities, and
contradictions.

Contact Information

Send Resume in Word format only to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

2a.

Sr. Production Support DBA - Oracle 11g & SQL Server 2005-08 - Marlb

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:56 am (PDT)



Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Open & Active as of 06-11-2010

Position Title - WR715111

Sr. Production Support DBA - Oracle 11g & SQL Server 2005-08 - Marlboro, MA
Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship

Stable Work History

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary

This individual, as part of a Production Support team within the Enterprise
Technology Services will provide 24X7 production support for Oracle, Sybase
and SQL Server databases. The candidate must possess both technical depth
and breadth with experience in a multi-disciplinary production environment.
He/she should have a "can do" "hands on" orientation and be able to function
both independently and as a member of a team. The right candidate should
have extensive Production support, automation and monitoring experience with
strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication and decision-making
skills.

Responsibilities - Detailed:

· Perform 24X7 production support for Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server

· Take ownership of issues, collaborate with other teams on
remediation and manage them through completion

· Diagnose database performance anomalies

· Develop Database Capacity Planning & Trend Reporting

· Develop and execute High Availability and Disaster Recovery plans

· Manage and affect Replication changes using Oracle Advanced
Replication and Shareplex Replication

· Support Oracle and Sybase Databases on Solaris and Linux.

· Support SQL Server on WinTel platform

· Support Databases in a Veritas cluster

· Develop/Exercise Backup/Recovery procedures using RMAN

· Manage Incident Bridges

· Provide on-call support on a rotating basis

Keys to This Position:

1. Senior DBA skills with Oracle 11g and SQL Server 2005/2008 are required.

2. Sybase release 15 experience is a plus.

3. Must have experience supporting stage and production databases in a
large scale 24X7, mission critical environment - (50 Oracle databases, 20
SQL Server databases and 1 Sybase db).

4. Must be comfortable in a 24x7 shop with on call pager coverage (1 week
every 5 weeks). Response time expected is within 10 minutes from the call -
can be on call from home.

5. Technical environment also includes: Shareplex, Oracle Advanced
Replication, Linux (moving to Linux from Veritas) and strong RAC experience
is a big plus. SQL tuning is a plus.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· 7+ years experience as a Senior Database Administrator supporting
enterprise class Oracle database environments. Experience in the following
disciplines:

· Oracle 11G

· Oracle RAC

· Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.4 on Solaris 10

· PL/ SQL performance tuning

· Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas File system

· Proven record of providing 24X7 on-call support in a dynamic
multi-application environment

· Database internals -- query processing, indexing, access methods,
caching, transaction processing, replication, backup/restore, storage

· Replication technologies

· Storage Technologies

· Oracle Data Guard

· OEM 10g

· Solaris 10 and M9000 experience

· Linux on x86

· Oracle ASM

· Experience with EMC storage

· UNIX Systems administration experience

· RMAN experience

· Oracle advanced features :

* Partition maintenance

* EXTPROC listeners

* MQ Gateways

* Advance Queues

· Product support for database deployment of upgrades and patch
releases

· Experience supporting distributed / global databases in a
multi-server/multi-location environment

· Experience designing and implementing High Availability and
Disaster Recovery solutions using Oracle, SQL Server and Sybase
technologies.

· Ability to work independently or within a team

· Advanced degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Contact Information

Send Resume in Word format only to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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3a.

Data Architect - Asset Management - Marlboro, MA Area - Excellent Pa

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:56 am (PDT)



Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Open & Active as of 06-11-2010

Position Title - WR101009

Data Architect - Asset Management - Marlboro, MA Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Candidates Local to Mass. Only - No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary

The Enterprise Architecture group is looking for a Data Architect/ Modeler/
Strategist covering Enterprise Investment Data - Client, Instrument, &
Portfolio Product Offerings.

The successful candidate will work with a team of investment technologists
to define and deliver the Data Strategy, group wide. They will also play a
key role in influencing the strategic and tactical direction of the data
architecture team, governance, implementation of data strategy, data design,
modeling and security. On a day-to-day basis, they will provide analysis
and recommendations on data functions, procedures and policies to mission
critical systems.

The candidate should have a proven track record in developing and delivering
Data Strategies surrounding Investment Management Data including Client,
Instrument, & Portfolio Product data. Strong experience in Data Modeling,
Data Design, Data governance, Investment Management processes, systems,
quality assurance and an awareness of Market and Reference Data landscape
are critical.

Delivery focus is an essential attribute for this role. Other key skills
include; team management, project management, and negotiation skills.
Hands-on involvement to resolve issues is often required and the candidate
should be adept in navigating a mission critical environment.

This role will report to the Manager of Data Architecture within IS.

Key Responsibilities;

· Develop and promote data architecture for the investor and client
teams, providing technical leadership for developing and maintaining
solutions.

· Identify gaps in the Data Model and address them actively in
collaboration with business facing teams using a deep understanding if
financial services.

· In collaboration with the application teams, define, develop,
maintain, and communicate information movement standards that will be used
by our systems.

· Align Investment Data Architecture efforts with other Enterprise
Architecture/ Information Management counterparts to ensure overall
alignment of architecture components.

· Own and drive the evolution of our Investment Data Architecture.

· Establish and maintain effective relationships by having a high
degree of continuous interaction with our internal clients.

· Work with our internal clients to proactively identify and
prioritize opportunities for new/improved capabilities.

· Own, track, and research investor-related data production issues
and work with appropriate teams on continuous improvement.

· Act as the thought leader and "go to" person within information
services for investment and client data matters.

· Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates data
architecture throughout the investment industry.

Keys to This Position:

1. Strong Technical skills with Data Modeling and Data Architecture (see
requirements below).

2. Strong Client relationship skills. This individual needs to be smart
and articulate and will interface with the business.

3. Financial services is required - Strong understanding of Investment
Management Data Flow.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Master's degree in software or systems engineering, computer
science, information systems management or the equivalent.

· At least 10 years progressive experience in Data Architecture
disciplines, i.e., data modeling, architecture and integration.

· Proven experience in developing and delivering data-related
financial solutions aligned with an overall data architecture.

· Experience in developing and implementing an Investment Data
delivery architecture plan, standards and guidelines, software development
methodologies and strategic plans.

· Comprehensive understating of the financial services industry
including diverse asset classes (equities, fixed income, derivatives) data
lifecycle. Understanding of Asset Management a plus.

· Knowledge of a variety of tools, technologies and capabilities
relating to the creation, dissemination and calculation of financial-related
data.

· Experience in developing data movement/ data integration standards
and architecting scalable service oriented solutions.

· Hands-on experience with ETL, CDC and ESB tools such as DataStage,
Shareplex a plus.

· Solid understanding of transaction and information systems, data
warehouses, data marts, ODS, MDM methodologies and life cycle as well as ETL
and MDM technologies. Current Database environment is a mix of Oracle, SQL
Server & Sybase.

· Strong facilitation skills to engage subject matter experts to
define data requirements and conduct data modeling design reviews with
project teams.

· Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain
and document the Data Architecture to diverse audiences (technical,
business, etc).

· Highly self-directed and able to manage and prioritize multiple
concurrent and competing challenges, issues, ambiguities, and
contradictions.

Contact Information

Send Resume in Word format only to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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