Friday, March 18, 2011

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 609

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1a.

Sr. Software Engineer - C#/.Net 3.5+ - UI DT Developer - Trading Sys

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

Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:55 am (PDT)



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Open & Active as of 03-17-2011

Position Title – WR720161

Sr. Software Engineer – C#/.Net 3.5+ – UI DT Developer – Trading Sys. -
Boston, MA Area – Excellent $$

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 Summary:

The Equity Trading team is seeking a senior software engineer to be an
integral member of the development team responsible for developing the Firm'
s next generation Equity Trading System.

Key Responsibilities;

As a senior member of this team, the individual will have the following
responsibilities:

· Technical design, implementation, deployment, and support of the
Equity Trading systems
· Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business
requirements
· Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on
estimates, statuses, identify issues and raise risks
· Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends
to ensure systems and team are of highest caliber

Keys to this Position:

1. This is a strong hands-on client side developer with Microsoft
technologies.
2. Technical requirement: .Net version 3.5 or greater, C#, GUI client
application developer (not web developer). WPF, WCF, Winforms is a plus.
We are looking for a GUI application developer, not a website developer.
3. Financial Services, Trading Systems, or similar experience is a big
plus.
4. Must come out of an environment that has similar complexities to
building trading systems applications. High volume – Complex – Mission
Critical
5. You are looking for the ability to grow and take on complicated tasks

Required Skills and Competencies:

The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills and proven
ability to design and deliver solutions relevant to complex business
problems.

· Four years of .net development experience using C#
· Solid experience with the .Net frameworks version 3.5+
· WPF or WCF is considered a strong plus
· Strong analysis, design and modeling skills
· Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g.
MSMQ, ActiveMQ)
· Oracle – Middleware - Java backend work a plus
· Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies and
their effective application
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical production
environment
· Computer Science degree or related field

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.

Lead Software Engineer -Java - Middle Tier - Spring - Messaging - WS

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

Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:56 am (PDT)



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Position Title – WR720401 - 03-17-2011

Lead Software Engineer –Java – Middle Tier – Spring – Messaging – WS -
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

The Equity Portfolio Construction Applications team engages thought leaders
in the Equity, Asset Allocation and Commodities portfolio management areas
to provide solutions that enable advanced portfolio analysis and risk
management, aid idea generation, and facilitate portfolio construction.

Advanced portfolio construction solutions target sophisticated investment
products with active long and short exposures to all asset classes i.e.
equities, fixed income, currency, and commodities. Investment
implementation is via both cash instruments and a wide range of derivatives.

The successful candidate will contribute technical leadership to core
architecture and engineering efforts, setting strategic technical direction,
and delivering advanced capabilities for global, low-latency, highly
available portfolio management platform.

In addition to working in a dynamic team that is well known for it attention
to detail and excellent delivery record, this role interacts closely with
peer engineering teams, business analysts, enterprise architects and
infrastructure teams across IS department.

Keys to this Position:

1) Technology: We are seeking solid in depth Java experience with
strengths in middle tier Java based programming and multi threading.
In-depth knowledge and experience of the Spring Framework. Strong
understanding and proven experience with technologies such as Web-Services,
XML/XSLT, JSON is required.
2) Strong understanding and experience of Messaging Frameworks.
3) Very strong communication skills are required as this individual
will partner with an Analyst and work together interfacing with the business
(Investors).
4) Strong leadership skills are required. This individual will work as
an individual contributor but will lead teams of up to 6 resources.
5) Financial Services experience is a big plus.

Required Skills and Competencies:

This position requires proficiency and experience in Software development
using Java based technologies. While prior business knowledge is not
mandatory any experience in the Financial industry will be a plus.

· Minimum 6 years experience as a Software Developer supporting
large, business-critical application development life cycles
· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
(Master's Degree is Preferred)
· Strong understanding of Object Oriented concepts
· Demonstrated experience of Design and Development using Java based
technologies.
· In-depth knowledge and experience of the Spring Framework.
· Strong understanding and proven experience with technologies such
as Web-Services, XML/XSLT, JSON is required.
· Strong understanding and experience of Messaging Framework esp.
using JMS (experience with Active MQ will be a plus)
· Understanding and Experience with building performance (Speed and
Accuracy) critical applications is required.
· Experience in using scripting tools such as Perl, Shell Scripts is
required.
· Understanding of applications that use Rich Desktop clients is
required.
· Strong analytical and communication skills, both written and
verbal are required.
· Must possess PL/SQL programming and SQL tuning skills
· Experience with building Rich Client Applications User Interfaces
either using Eclipse RCP or Java Swing is preferred.
· Experience with various software development methodologies, such
as Agile or RUP. Must be comfortable with test driven development and
Continuous Integration (JUnit, Hudson, Code Coverage)
· Proven ability to support multiple applications simultaneously
· Ability to be self-motivated and work independently with one or
more business analysts and team of consultants to deliver Business solutions
· Work closely with IS developers located globally at all levels of
the organization to provide support for existing applications and
proactively identify opportunities for new/improved systems.
· Partner with in-house application and data architects while
implementing systems requirements.
· Experience in Financial Industry and esp. with Portfolio
Construction or Trading Tools is preferred
· Any work towards achieving the CFA (or related) charter 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

3a.

Manager of Technical Services - Windows Sys Admin - 128/Mass Pike Ar

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

Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:44 pm (PDT)



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Position Title – WRTMTS092010 - Open & Active as of 03-17-2011 - Searching
for strong candidates

Manager of Technical Services – Windows Sys Admin – 128/Mass Pike Area of
MA – Up to $140K+

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + Very Comprehensive Benefits

Preference is for Local Candidates - Relo Assistance possible for
exceptionally strong matches – No sponsorship

Stable work history

Company

Large, public, highly successful, and growing Retail Firm - Great Company –
Lots of Upside.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

· Manages the activities related to the design, procurement, testing
and operations in support of server related technical projects.
· Oversees the daily activities of direct reports. Coaches and
mentors staff towards career development.
· Manages, maintains and implements applications/technologies and
associated systems standards.
· Negotiates and establishes vendor business partner relationships
to ensure best pricing and service level delivery.
· Establishes and maintains budgets and associated expenditures
along with acquisition methodologies for assigned applications/technologies,
purchases and maintenance.
· Evaluates and acquires new/upgraded software and hardware
technologies that offer competitive advantages or productivity gains in
delivery of information and system services to the end user computing
community.
· Provides inter and interdepartmental communication concerning all
computing standards and future strategic directions. Sets standards
concerning specific corporate direction in relation to assigned applications
and technologies.
· Other duties as assigned.

Reports to Manager of Technical Services - Global Infrastructure

Required Skills and Competencies:
· 8+ years Information Technology experience in large data center,
distributed, multi-location, multi-protocol, networked environment.
Candidates must have experience working in an environment of a 1000+ Windows
Servers or very close to this number.
· 5+ years of management experience – Need experience managing a
group of 25-30 people – Person best suited for this role will have come up
thru a hands-on technical role and can still engage hands-on as needed.
Needs to be hands-on technically in the technologies specified.
· Experience building Windows Based Servers.
· Experience with VMware, Citrix, Active Directory and Clustering.
· Experience with the acquisition and management of technology
including midrange, desktop and other hardware, software and network related
areas.
· Extensive technical experience in current infrastructure
technologies used at the firm. These technologies include, but are not
limited to: Mainframe, Servers, Desktops, Peripherals, Wireless Devices,
Miscellaneous Appliances, Storage Devices, Operating Systems, Utilities,
Monitoring Tools, Software Packages, Networks, etc.
· Experience in current development methodologies, audit and SOX
compliance, security practices, middleware, change management compliance,
database technology, etc.
· Solid understanding of hardware, operating systems and associated
technologies including both current technologies and future trends for
industry strategic hardware and software in the assigned environment.
· Ability to manage and adjust multiple priorities in a fast paced,
rapidly changing environment.
· Ability to rapidly adapt to new technologies and business
requirements.
· Cross platform technical knowledge.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Retail experience preferred but not mandatory.

Travel:

Very minimal, as necessary

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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