Friday, July 2, 2010

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 487

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1a.

Principle Enterprise Information Architect - Asset Management - Bost

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

Thu Jul 1, 2010 9:34 am (PDT)



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

Position Title - WR714701 - Open & Active as of 07-01-2010

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.

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

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

Thu Jul 1, 2010 9:34 am (PDT)



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

Open & Active as of 07-01-2010

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

3a.

Manager - Tech Services (DBA's/Middleware) Oracle - Messaging - Marl

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

Thu Jul 1, 2010 9:35 am (PDT)



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

Open & Active as of 07-01-2010

Position Title – WR717391

Manager – Tech Services (DBA's/Middleware) Oracle – Messaging - Marlboro, MA
Area – Excellent $$

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Relo possible for exceptionally strong matches - 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

This individual, as part of the Enterprise Technical Services management
team will manage the Applications Services support team that provides 24X7
production support services for our Database and Middleware infrastructure.
The right candidate should have extensive managerial and technical
experience with the ability to support a global multi-vendor and
cross-technology production environment with strong leadership, crisis
resolution, team management, communication, analytical and decision making
skills.

Key Responsibilities;

· Providing vision, direction, and definition of team activities and
priorities, on the projects and activities for the Applications Services
team. Ensuring all level 1 and level 2 support responsibilities are met by
the team in a timely and efficient manner 24x7.
· This role will provide operations planning leadership for the IS
organization bridging the gap between plan, build and operate with respect
to new platforms. This includes interacting with all IS teams to coordinate
project activities and support issues. This also includes communicating
issues and status in the form of dashboards, briefings, and presentations.
· This role will provide operations planning leadership for the IS
organization bridging the gap between plan, build and operate with respect
to new platforms. This includes interacting with all IS teams to coordinate
project activities and support issues. This also includes communicating
issues and status in the form of dashboards, briefings, and presentations.
· This role will maintain inventory of all software and hardware
versions use in the enterprise within a CMDB. This includes documenting
current version in use, current version in General Availability and making
sure licensing is accurate and up-to-date currently, annually and trued up.
· Overseeing the implementation of standard configuration(s) and
best practices to meet the organizational high availability objectives for
all the platforms the Production Support team supports.
· Defining and implementing standards deployments, patches, fixes
for all platforms the Applications Services team supports.
· Mentoring staff members on professional development. Establishing
Personal Development Plans, Performance Reviews, managing workload, defining
and clarifying priorities, and providing technical direction on tasks.
· Making sure all key environments are monitored properly by Network
Operations Center and trended properly by the Capacity Workgroup.
Keys to This Position:
1. Management: Seeking very strong Technical Management skills. This
individual will lead a team of approximately 30 (½perm, ½ consultants- both
on and offshore).
2. Technical: This individual will be responsible for 4 Technical Areas
(1) Oracle DBA environment, (2) Middleware - Weblogic, Websphere, JMS
security and messaging, etc. (3) Operational Planning and (4) HW/SW
maintenance. The Oracle DBA area is most important in terms of the
background of the candidate.
3. This position has both Production Support and Engineering
responsibilities.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· 10+ years experience as a technical manager supporting global 24x7
support teams with distributed multi-server/multi-location environments.
· Previous experience managing a team of 30+ resources
· 4 year accredited degree
· Experience in leading, delegation and also having the technical
expertise to get "hand-on" involved as/when the need arises.
· 10+ years experience as an Oracle Database Administrator
supporting enterprise class Oracle database environments.
· - Oracle RAC, Production 10 & 11G experience, PL/ SQL performance
tuning
· - Database internals -- query processing, indexing, access
methods, caching, transaction processing, replication, backup/restore,
storage
· - Fundamental understanding of Data Guard, Flashback (table /
version query), Data Pump, ASM and OEM 10g
· Hands-on experience in environments with the following
technologies:
· - J2EE/Java, J2EE application servers (Weblogic, Apache/Tomcat,
Oracle), Webserver (iplanet, Apache) and .NET (SharePoint/IIS) platforms
· - Unix OS (Solaris/Linux) and Wintel fundamentals, clustering/High
Availability (HA) and disaster recovery
· - Java/JMS security and messaging (Websphere MQ, MQSI message
broker and ActiveMQ)
· - Document management (Documentum)
· - High performance distributed computing on Grid/Cloud
· - Virtualization (VMWare for Linux/Windows), data
replication/abstraction solutions, Oracle/SQL databases, HA with Veritas
foundation suite and Oracle RAC.
· Ability to function/lead autonomously in a collaborative culture
with focus on business outcome(s), impact to the firm and client service
orientation
· A personal style, commitment and communication ability that allows
you to partner with IS peers and teams to work productively and efficiently.
· Strong delivery/operations leadership, motivation to take on and
lead new initiatives and willingness to learn and grow self (in areas of
technical and management skills)
· Good understanding of the financial services industry, business
priorities/workflow and it's associated IT infrastructure, system and
application needs
· Prior experience with designing, staffing and operationalizing a
Network Operations center (NOC) will be a plus

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

4a.

Lead Software Engineer - OBIEE/Cognos - Data Warehousing - Marlboro,

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

Thu Jul 1, 2010 9:35 am (PDT)



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

Open & Active as of 07-01-2010

Position Title – WR717141

Lead Software Engineer – OBIEE/Cognos – Data Warehousing - Marlboro, MA
Area – Excellent $$

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

This individual will be responsible for leading and managing the technical
teams for Enterprise Reporting and Business Intelligence (BI) delivery. The
individual will work with a number of project teams in the technical design,
planning and implementation of BI projects, across all tiers of the
solution, database, BI platform, integration, data design and end user
presentation (i.e., reports, dashboards) to meet business requirements.

Key Responsibilities;

· Lead the architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and
support of Enterprise reports
· Manage a 10-15 person team of employees and consultants including
offshore vendor-resourced staff
· Assist project managers with the budgets, resource allocation,
task distribution, delivery management, risk management and other project
management tasks
· Establish best practices for BI report development
· Work with project lead, analyst, and business users to understand
business processes and translate them into functional and non-functional
specifications for BI reports and applications
· Development and management of enterprise level BI infrastructure
including, Cognos and Oracle OBIEE
· Design multi-dimensional models, including the construction of
Subject Area Data Marts
Keys to This Position:
1. Technical: We are seeking strong technical skills with OBIEE, Data
Warehousing, BI (business intelligence) and Data Marts. This will be a
strong hands-on technical lead that will have skills in development,
implementation, support and delivery. We will look at candidates with OBIEE
or Cognos, but strongly prefer OBIEE.
2. Leadership: We are seeking a strong leader that can manage a team of 13
(5 onshore and 8 offshore).
3. Financial Services experience is a strong plus.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum of 10 years of data warehouse development experience
· Strong team leadership and management skills
· At least 4 years of experience in directly managing teams
· Ability to operate with less than perfect information and make
quick decisions when necessary
· Financial services experience is a plus
· Minimum of two years of experience in working with offshore
development teams
· At least 3 years of hands-on continuous work experience in
developing Business Intelligence solutions (reports, dashboards, scorecards)
using Cognos or OBIEE
· At least 5 years of experience in data warehousing
· 5 years of relational database programming experience with Oracle
· Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written and verbal
communication skills and ability to articulate technical solution to the
business team members
· Must be able to independently architect, design, and coordinate
complex projects.
· Experience with Agile Project Management techniques
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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