Monday, May 13, 2013

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 877

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Digest #877

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Sun May 12, 2013 7:15 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title - WR730621032013

Lead Unix Engineer - Solaris - RedHat - VMware - Asset Mgt - Marlboro, MA
Area - Excellent Package

Excellent 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 Summary:

This position reports to the UNIX Team Lead. The candidate will step into a
leadership position on the team and will be required to quickly come up to
speed while driving delivery and stability. The Lead Systems Engineer will
be responsible for overseeing the UNIX server hardware and software
platform. The ideal candidate for this position should be able to perform
both basic & advanced UNIX and VMware administration tasks including server
builds, user addition/deletion, VCS re-configuration, disk management
utilizing Veritas Foundation Suite, DNS and NFS.

The ideal candidate will be capable of communicating effectively with
co-workers at both the technical and non-technical levels. The candidate
should also have some experience in capacity planning, performance
measurement, server and storage design. Possessing a level of versatility is
key to the success of this position.

Required Skills and Competencies:

Technical

· Several years of experience implementing and administering Open
Systems utilizing Red Hat Linux and Solaris

· Understanding of High Availability, Business Continuity, and
Disaster Recovery concepts as they relate to Open Systems architecture

· Virtualization experience with VMware for Linux environments

· Ability to investigate and identify performance issues, in the io
path, kernel or host based software for both Solaris and Linux

· Ability to identify performance bottlenecks and tune the OS in
response

· Demonstrated understanding of Oracle Databases and their
relationship with the OS

· Working knowledge of Oracle RAC environments

· Thorough hands-on knowledge of hardware configuration

· Hands-on experience with Veritas File System and Volume Manager
Software

· Clustering & High-availability design and implementation
experience with Veritas Cluster Server or equivalent

· Experience with high-end storage arrays and platforms such as EMC
VMax

· Demonstrate an understanding of SAN and Storage technologies

Leadership

· Manage and develop the skills of a diverse "follow the Sun" team
located in the US and Asia

· Ability to multi-task several mission critical tasks and projects
with little supervision

· Extremely collaborative and a trustee of the Firm's culture, this
person will set the example to be followed by all teams in the division

· Ability to act proactively and continually implement risk
mitigation plans

· The ability to communicate both written and verbal for all
audiences is critical

· Must be able to lead through influence and not by level alone

· Build relationships with critical vendors to ensure efficient
response to requests

· The ability to perform gap analysis on critical areas of the
environment to identify technical gaps and operational deficiencies

· Develop long term hardware life cycle plans to aid in budgeting
and forecasting

Pluses:

· Oracle RAC familiarity is considered a strong plus

· OVM experience is a plus

· Understanding of Network designs and management, including
performance metrics is a plus

· Exposure to J2EE, Weblogic & IBM's MQ series (or equivalent) is a
plus

Education:

· BS in Computer Science or related experience

Keys to this Position:

1. Seeking strong experience as a Lead Engineer with Solaris Unix.

2. Seeking strong experience with Linux, Redhat preferred but we are open
to other flavors.

3. This individual needs to have good exposure to Database and Storage
environments. Need to be able to demonstrate good experience working with
DBA's.

4. Leadership skills are required. This individual will manage a team of
10 (5 FTE's and 5 consultants - onshore/offshore).

Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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Sun May 12, 2013 7:15 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title - WR728801032013

Lead Software Engineer - Java(Server Side) - Oracle - Boston or Marlboro, MA
Area

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Onlyt

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 Fixed Income Quant Systems Team is responsible for providing advanced
quantitative tools such as analytic calculators, risk models, cash flow
engines, liquidity evaluation frameworks, technical pattern modeling, and
asset allocation strategies to the firm's portfolio management and research
teams. Members of the team play critical roles in firm's success by
providing proprietary technology solutions that enable complex investment
decision-making.

This lead role will combine quantitative and software engineering skills to
drive development of firm's next generation of quantitative tools.

Responsibilities:

· Participate in full-cycle software development including
development, regression testing, deployment, and production support.

· Provide technical leadership to a development team with
responsibility for architecture, design and implementation.

· Partner closely with investment and research teams to understand
business needs and to create effective technical solutions.

· Lead implementation of business process improvements involving
(but not limited to) investment process efficiency, data quality
improvements and simplifying investor work flow.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· At least 7 years of hands-on software development experience in
commercial environments.

· Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of modern software
development and testing methodologies.

· Demonstrated experience developing J2EE solutions using Java,
JDBC, Web Services, and related technologies.

· Prior experience using distributed computing, grid or cloud
technologies.

· Working knowledge of SQL and database technologies.

· Working knowledge of MatLab is preferred, but not required.

· Delivery focus and willingness to work in a fast-paced,
mission-critical production environment.

· Excellent communications skills.

· Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, statistics
or other related field.

In addition, the following qualifications would be preferred:

· Understanding of fixed income security data, analytics and risk
management concepts.

· Willingness or demonstrated commitment to a CFA/FRM charter.

Keys to this Position:

1. Technical: We are seeking a strong server side Java/J2EE developer with
multi-threading, web services and messaging (JMS) as well as database skills
(preferably Oracle).

2. Working knowledge of Matlab is strongly desired.

3. The following are a plus: Quant experience, grid and cloud computing
and financial services.

4. Leadership: This individual will lead a team of on and offshore
consultants.

5. Projects: This individual will have the opportunity to work on the
following projects: Risk Management, Risk Scenario Analytics, Security
Analytics, Structured Financial Modeling.

Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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Sun May 12, 2013 7:15 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title - WR729691012013

Lead Software Engineer - Java - Oracle - Asset Management - Marlboro, MA
Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Only

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 is a great opportunity for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to
play a leadership role on a collaborative team and contribute to a wide
variety of initiatives to support the Derivative Operations team. This role
provides technical leadership to the IT team supporting the operational
functions relating to OTC derivatives (swaps and options), cleared swaps,
and exchange-traded derivatives (futures and options). All current
applications are homegrown and support the business team's third party
vendor relationships, trade notifications, daily collateral and margin
workflows, and daily swap settlement workflows. Given the evolving
regulatory environment and the new initiatives requested by the business,
this is an exciting time for someone to play a leadership roll in this
effort.

As member of Investment Administration & Corporate Applications, this
individual will be responsible to lead the Derivatives Operations
development team to design, develop, and implement projects and enhancements
to a variety of applications ranging from Derivatives Trade Communication,
to OTC Collateral Processing, to Futures Margining.

This role should be focused 50% on leadership and management and 50% on
hands-on programming and solution design. The Lead Software Engineer will
manage 2 full-time employees onshore as well as a team of 10 development and
QA consultants located both onshore and offshore.

Responsibilities:

· Lead the development team activities including prioritizing
requests, designing solutions, and supervising the development efforts

· Participate in architecture, design, implementation, deployment,
and support

· Work with business team, project managers, and systems analysts to
review and qualify business requirements, functional specifications,
use-cases, and test plans

· Design, prototype and code new software components and
applications based on functional specifications.

· Coordinate with analyst teams to execute test plans and provide
support during user acceptance testing.

· Modify and enhance existing systems to incorporate new
functionality and to optimize them for performance, and implement new
systems.

· Work with other software engineers to design and implement
application features, including user interfaces, and business functionality
enhancements.

· Author technical design and support documentation.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· 8+ years of proven analysis and technical design, development, and
architecture experience

· 2+ years leading technical teams including managing an offshore
development team

· Expertise developing J2EE applications using JDBC and JMS

· Java Web-Framework experience - Struts, SPRING or similar

· Experience in relational database technologies with strong SQL
skills - Oracle & PL/SQL Required.

· Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of modern software
development and testing methodologies

· Willing to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and team-oriented
environment and handle multiple conflicting priorities

· Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal
supervision

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the
ability to write technical documentation

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Keys to this Position:

1. Technical: This is a hands-on Java coding role. Oracle and PL/SQL are
also required.

2. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of experience.

3. Leadership: This individual will lead an on and offshore team of
developers.

4. Asset Management experience is required. Building applications for a
Derivative Operations group is a big plus.

5. Excellent communication skills are required.

Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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Sun May 12, 2013 7:16 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title - WR730801032013

Lead Software Engineer - Java - (FI, Derivatives, Equities) - Marlboro, MA
Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Relocation Assistance
Possible for Strong Fit

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 Alternatives Systems Team is responsible for supporting and providing
advanced tools to analyze, book, price, and risk manage a broad spectrum of
products and assets used by the Asset Allocation Investment team. In
addition this team supports Fixed Income, Equity, Commodity, and Currency
derivatives used throughout the firm's portfolio management, trading, and
operations. Members of the Alternatives team play critical roles in firm's
success by providing proprietary technology solutions and supporting vendor
applications which improve complex investment decision-making, assist
trading, reduce operational risk, and improve efficiency.

This senior member of the Alternatives Systems Team will combine software
engineering with some investment experience and quantitative skills to drive
development of the next generation software solutions.

Responsibilities:

· Work closely with the Business Analysts team to understand
business problems and create effective technical solutions

· Participate in development and support for multiple applications
including Calypso (vendor application) and in house built tools

· Participate in full-cycle software development including
regression testing, deployment, and support of new tools

· Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates to technology
innovation and trends, both within the firm and throughout the industry

Required Skills and Competencies:

· A minimum of five years of experience in the investment industry,
ideally with an asset manager, a hedge fund, or an investment bank

· A minimum three years of experience with front office tools in one
or more of the following areas: fixed income, equity, commodity, asset
allocation, or derivatives

· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills

· Solid understanding and hands-on experience with core Java, XML,
HTML, Tomcat, IBM MQ, in UNIX and Windows environments

· Working knowledge of SQL and relational database technology

· Understanding of Equity, Fixed income, and/or Derivatives
instruments is a plus

· Former quantitative background is a plus

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills

· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment

· Strong delivery focus and ability to overcome obstacles

· Advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, physics,
statistics, or another quantitative field

Keys to this Position:

1. Technical: We are seeking a technical hands-on Lead with core Java
skills. This is mostly server side development. This is an individual
contributor role.

2. Domain knowledge: The candidate should have a minimum of five years of
experience in the investment industry, ideally with an asset manager, an
investment bank or a financial services software vendor like Charles River.

3. The ideal candidate will have experience with front office tools in one
or more of the following areas: Derivatives, Fixed Income, Equity, or
Commodity Systems. However this is just a plus.

4. The candidate should also possess strong communication skills.

Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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