Messages In This Digest (4 Messages)
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- Data Architect - FI or Equities - MDM - Data WH/DM - Oracle - Boston From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Sr. System's Analyst - FIX and Trading Systems - SQL - Boston, MA Ar From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Sr. SW Engineer - FIX - Trading Systems - Java - JMS - Spring - Bost From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Trading Systems Dev. Mgr - Rapid Solutions - Java or .Net - SQL - Bo From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
Messages
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Data Architect - FI or Equities - MDM - Data WH/DM - Oracle - Boston
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:42 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR723711 – 08-27-2011
Data Architect – FI or Equities – MDM – Data WH/DM – Oracle - Boston, MA
Area – Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or 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 - Instrument, Portfolio,
Exposure/Risk Analytics, and Investment Research.
The successful candidate will work with a team of front office investment
technologists to define and deliver the Data Strategy, group wide. S/he will
at the same time 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, s/he
will provide analysis and recommendations on data functions, procedures and
policies to mission critical systems in the area of investment research and
portfolio construction. The successful candidate will be regarded as a
trust-worthy authoritative data expert across fixed income and equity
domains.
The candidate should have a proven track record in developing and delivering
Data Strategies surrounding Investment Management 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. Superb ability to learn new knowledge
and acquire new skills on-the-fly is essential to success in this role.
Delivery focus is a key attribute for this role. Other essential skills
include: consensus building, team management, project management, and
negotiation skills. Hands-on involvement to resolve issues is regularly
required and the candidate should be adept in navigating a mission critical
fast-paced environment.
This role reports to Manager of Data Architecture within IS. The candidate
will work quite independently in a very entrepreneurial fashion.
Key Responsibilities:
· Develop, promote, and build consensus around 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 of
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.
· Define, 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.
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 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.
· Broad experience in software development life cycle, in particular
development management background, is highly desirable.
· 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.
· 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.
· Strongly self-motivated and entrepreneurial personality.
Keys to this Position:
1. Technical: This candidate will have strong Technical skills with Data
Modeling, Data Architecture and Integration. Solid understanding of Data
Warehouses, Data Marts, ODS, MDM methodologies and life cycle as well as ETL
and PL/SQL.
2. Domain knowledge: Must have Fixed Income or Equities knowledge. We
are seeking strong knowledge of the Asset Management industry.
3. Strong Client relationship skills. This individual needs to be smart
and articulate and will interface with the business.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Sr. System's Analyst - FIX and Trading Systems - SQL - Boston, MA Ar
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:42 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR723571 – 08-27-2011
Sr. System's Analyst – FIX and Trading Systems – SQL – Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or 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 client's electronic trading systems are available on a 24-hour basis,
supporting Equity, Fixed Income and Derivatives trading in all global
markets. The Senior Systems Analyst will support all aspects of the
definition with a particular emphasis on FIX messaging and connectivity
within our trading infrastructure. This position requires a high level of
direct interaction with end users, excellent analytical and communication
skills as well as strong trading domain knowledge.
Key Responsibilities:
· Assist in the design, implementation, testing, and support of the
electronic trading system(s) with an emphasis on FIX and related interfaces.
· Develop deep expertise in the firm's specific electronic trading
workflows, and data movements
· Stay current with trends and regulations in electronic trading
· Train and educate team members on Fixed Income and Equity Trading
· Work collaboratively with IS and business teams across the firm
(e.g. Trading, Compliance, Accounting, Infrastructure)
· Document, track, and research production issues and work with the
appropriate teams on the resolution
· Partner with the trading business to define, document and support
the electronic trading infrastructure
· Ability to work and deliver under pressure
· Work with traders and business committees to prioritize needs and
ensure communication to keep them appraised of progress
· Occasional night and weekend work may be required
· Oversee 1-2 consultants as required to perform business analysis
activities
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Deep knowledge of the Financial Information eXchange protocol
(FIX)
· Buy-side or sell-side order management system experience
· 7+ years systems analysis experience in financial services
preferably with Trading or Portfolio Management
· Experience writing requirements, functional specifications, use
cases, and test plans
· Understanding of futures, options, equities & derivatives
· Thorough understanding of the pre-trade, trade and post-trade
lifecycles
· Experience with trading vendors such as Redi Plus, Passport,
Liquidnet, BIDS, Bloomberg, NYSE Technologies etc.
· Knowledge of private financial networks – TNS, Radianz, etc.
· Experience working with buy and sell-side traders
· Strong analytical skills
· Excellent written and verbal communications skills
· Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast paced,
risk adverse team environment
· Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
· Ability to work collaboratively with business and IS teams
· PL/SQL skills
Keys to this Position:
1. Domain knowledge: The candidate must have a good understanding of FIX
protocol and Trading Systems.
2. Strong Systems Analysis skills are required (gathering requirements,
writing functional specs, testing, etc.)
3. Strong Communication skills are required: This candidate will interface
directly and often with Traders as well as Brokers (i.e. Goldman, Merrill,
Morgan, etc.)
4. Technical skills: SQL skills to query the database are needed.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Sr. SW Engineer - FIX - Trading Systems - Java - JMS - Spring - Bost
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:43 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR722361 - 08-27-2011
Sr. SW Engineer - FIX - Trading Systems - Java - JMS - Spring - Boston, MA
Area - Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or 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 Trading team is seeking a senior engineer to be an integral member of
the FIX electronic execution team. This person will be responsible for the
both development and support of the FIX infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
As a senior member of this team, the individual will have the following
responsibilities:
· An integral member of the FIX delivery team and their deliverables
to the Trading Business units
· Responsible for the client's Trading FIX infrastructure in both
the non-production and production environments
· Interface with and support the Equity and Fixed Income Trading
development teams
· Interface with the client's central teams to coordinate testing
and changes to the enterprise infrastructure
· Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends
to ensure systems and team are of highest caliber
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.
· Five years experience in supporting build processes and
environments for enterprise applications
· Experience with but not limited to the following set of tools,
Java, Spring, JMS, Accurev, Subversion, build tools like Maven, Ant, code
quality tools like FindBugs, Clover, Fisheye and Crucible - Development
experience in Java.
· Strong analysis, design and modeling skills
· Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g.
JMS)
· Strong knowledge and experience with frameworks (e.g. Spring)
· 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.
· UI Development experience would be considered a strong plus
· Computer Science degree or related field
Keys to this Position:
1. Technical: Hands on coding with Java, JMS and Spring in a FIX
environment.
The role is 50% development and 50% maintenance, support and improvement of
the FIX environment.
2. Domain: The candidate must have strong knowledge of Trading Systems and
FIX Protocol.
3. Selling points: Client is a leader in the buy side community for FIX.
This individual will interface with Wall Street and gain a lot of Industry
exposure. The likely candidate will come out of another buy side firm.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site - www.wrightassociates.org
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Trading Systems Dev. Mgr - Rapid Solutions - Java or .Net - SQL - Bo
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:43 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR723271 - 08-27-2011
Trading Systems Dev. Mgr - Rapid Solutions - Java or .Net - SQL - Boston, MA
Area -Outstanding Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or 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
As manager of Rapid Solutions, applicants must have experience in many
different technologies to fit solutions to diverse problems. Manage small
projects with a time to market focus that requires working with end users in
tight time constraints.
My client's trading systems support 24 hour trading across multiple
geographic locations. Trading systems provide a high level of electronic
trading automation. Currently, the systems provide the means for traders to
electronically receive, execute, and send execution reports to interested
parties. Qualified applicants must possess a strong knowledge of
technology, trading, and financial services.
The rapid solutions team has two main goals. First, to deliver quick
prototypes so that new business ideas can be flushed out into full
solutions. These projects are usually ideas from senior management trying
out new processes and ideas to help support the investment process.
Second, to deliver solutions to problems that are not be big enough to
justify the full IT project requirement, but add a huge value to the
traders. These projects can cover any area of the Trading Business and are
usually identified by Traders as an urgent need. Usually these needs come
about suddenly due to market conditions or other outside opportunities.
Candidates must possess excellent communication skills, be self-motivated,
willing to work in an energetic, fun, fast pasted and team-oriented group.
The ability to manage multiple priorities is also required.
Key Responsibilities:
Daily activities and responsibilities for this role include, but are not
limited to:
· Ability to develop in may different technologies
· Manage development resources and projects
· Experience in agile programming
· Contribute to the development of internal and external
documentation
Required Skills and Competencies:
· BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
· 5 to 7 years experience working with Financial/Trading Systems
· Hands on coding with Java, or .NET & SQL technologies - Strong
programming and SQL skills
· Knowledge of Relational Database Systems and Websphere MQ
· Knowledge of Data Services and Data Service Vendors would be a
plus
· Familiarity with Pre-trade and compliance systems
· Experience with all types of trading would be very desirable
(Foreign Exchange, Fixed income, Equity, and Mortgage)
Keys to this Position:
1. Technical: 50% of the time will be hands on coding with Java, or .NET &
SQL technologies.
2. Domain: Strong knowledge of Trading Systems is required as well as the
various asset classes (Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Mortgage, Currency etc.)
3. Analyst skills: This individual will need to be able to effectively
interface with Traders, gather business requirements and write functional
specs.
4. Leadership: This individual will manage one consultant and the team
will grow, yet stay relatively small (3 to 5 resources).
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site - www.wrightassociates.org
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Wright Associates specializes in High Technology Recruiting Services for the New England Market Place.
Phone: 508-761-6354
Email: mailto:garywright@prodigy.net
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
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