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[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 958

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Digest #958

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Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:59 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you
know - Referrals Appreciated

Position Title - WRCFSUSA102013

Sr. Unix System Admin - Contract to Hire - (Solaris 10, Scripting, RedHat,
Oracle) - Boston, MA Area

This is a contract role - Right person will be converted to FT down the
road - Candidates local to Mass. only

Company

Smaller, successful, Boston based bank

Position Responsibilities - Summary

The Senior UNIX Administrator position is a hands-on administrative job
responsible for the day-to-day support, maintenance and project support of
my client's UNIX, (Solaris), environment and to a lessor extent, some Linux,
(Red Hat), support. Responsibilities will be based primary in their Boston
office, and will also extend to their co-location facility and disaster
recovery facility, both in the Eastern Massachusetts region.

The Senior UNIX Administrator is responsible for all aspects of UNIX
administration including, but not limited to monitoring, troubleshooting and
repairing software issues at the OS level on servers running Solaris and
Oracle Sun Cluster. The candidate will also be assigned project-based work
based on the current demands of the business project portfolio.

Detailed Responsibilities:

· Administration of UNIX/Linux environment including but not limited
to patching, troubleshooting, account management, and security.

· Act as the Infrastructure Services technical advisor on any
projects that will involve UNIX and/or Linux environments.

· Installation and support of all third-party tools which reside on
the OS including both application middleware and performance/security
monitoring tools.

· Configure and install new servers, devices, and peripherals.

· Monitors and corrects hardware issues involving, disk, memory, and
CPU.

· Install and configure all Unix OS related patches and system
upgrades as prescribed by company standards.

· Adhere to a strict Change Management policy to ensure timely
notification, testing and approval for ALL system related changes that
impact the environment.

· Handle Tier 2 calls escalated from the help desk.

· Document, draft and maintain UNIX server procedures including but
not limited to security, patching, standard operating procedures, server
checklists, etc. regarding the UNIX environment.

· Report weekly the status of ongoing projects, tasks, and
responsibilities to his/her manager.

· Of paramount importance is the strict adherence to policies and
procedures and, where necessary or requested, drafting and promoting new
policies and procedures.

· Ensure that detailed inventories and maintenance agreements are
available and in place for all UNIX devices.

· Develop and maintain technical documentation for system and user
support staff regarding all system issues.

· Provide metrics for the UNIX environment reporting on stability of
environment.

· Mentoring and training of others to provide backup support.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in a multi-server
environment with proven Solaris system administration responsibilities.

· Experience in a transaction-oriented environment helpful.

· Experience with Solaris 10 is required.

· Working knowledge of Oracle databases. - Experience with Oracle
Sun Cluster is required

· Shell scripting knowledge is required.

· Experience with the build, distribution, installation, and
maintenance of Open Source tools (Apache, Tomcat, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, BIND,
Java, and Samba) is required.

· Hands-on experience with Veritas Volume Manager, Solaris Volume
Manager, and ZFS is preferred.

· Hands-on experience with dynamically adding and removing SAN
storage on Solaris hosts.

· Must be a team player and willing to partner with internal and
external groups.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education
· Bachelor's Degree in computer science or equivalent work
experience required.

· IT related certification(s) preferred.

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

Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:59 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

Please feel free to refer this position to your associates - Referrals
appreciated.

Position Title - WRCGQAAE092013

QA Automation Engineer - Investment Management - Boston, MA Area - Excellent
Package

Excellent Base + Bonus + Ret + Comprehensive Benefits - Excellent total
package

Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship

Company

Mid-Sized, successful, and growing Boston based global investment management
company - Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package -
Bonus - Retirement - Comprehensive Benefits

Position Summary:

This role will be of the IT Production Control and Risk Management Group
that consists of 7 functional disciplines necessary to safeguard, monitor
and support the production environment and production processes, including:
Business Continuity, IT Asset Management, ITIL Process/Risk Controls, Market
Data Management, Quality Assurance, Release Management, and Security.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Apply appropriate automated verification and validation methods to
improve and ensure the quality of our product suite

· Develop automated and manual tests

· Run daily regression suites and analyze results

· Report defects to project teams as they are identified

· Collect and effectively communicate testing metrics

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Minimum 5 years' Quality Assurance automation experience

· Minimum of 3 years' Financial Services Industry experience;
particularly within the business of mutual funds and hedge funds

· Knowledge of SQL; relational database experience (SQL Server)

· Experience testing in Java, C#, and .NET environments

· Proficiency in C#

· Experience in creating automated Coded UI tests leveraging Visual
Studio

· Experience leveraging TFS 2010 Test Manager, Fitnesse, Spec Flow
and/or Cucumber

· Proficiency in PERL a plus

· Proven ability to work effectively in an Agile project team
setting

· Must have excellent communication skills, both oral and written

· Applicant must be well organized and self-motivated

· Outstanding interpersonal skills

· Ability to multi-task

· Ability to mentor other QA staff

Contact Information - (Resumes in Word format please)

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:59 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

Please feel free to refer this position to your associates - Referrals
appreciated.

Position Title - WRCOBQAE092013

QA Engineer - Automation - QTP - SQL - Investment Mgt - Boston, MA Area -
Excellent Package

Excellent Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits - Excellent total package

Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship

Company

Smaller, elite, and very successful financial services firm. Great culture &
environment - Collaborative - Team Oriented - Technology Focused - People
Oriented.

Position Summary:

This position will be involved in all aspects of the software development
lifecycle, including analysis and requirements' definition, design, user
documentation and operational rollout to other business areas. Candidates
should be able to manage the testing process, prioritize work to ensure a
high quality product and coordinate testing resources.

This is a C#/.Net/SQL Server environment with the majority of applications
written in-house.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Ensure new releases are of the highest quality and are free of
"trading error" class defects

· Develop and maintain automation frameworks

· Evaluate software applications against design specifications,
product requirements and determine test efforts

· Develop and maintain test plans and specific cases for each
release cycle

· Extend test coverage and improve test methodologies and processes

· Communicate and report on metrics related to the status of the
testing effort

· Coordinate the development of documentation such as release notes
and/or user documentation; help improve product documentation

· Collaborate with other team members to devise new or improved
techniques for solving problems

Required Skills and Competencies:

· BA/BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information
Systems, Accounting, Finance or Business

· Minimum 3-5 years of hands on testing experience with complex
software systems

· Experience in the investment industry or with a vendor of
financial software

· Minimum two years of experience writing automation suites and
frameworks - Moving to QTP

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Ability to communicate technical practice to non-technical end
users

· Knowledge of the full software development life cycle

· Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

· Experience creating test plans, test matrices and schedules

· Proficiency with test document tools and software

· Knowledge of SQL, must possess a solid comfort level navigating
and working with relational databases

· Knowledge of financial, CRM, and document management systems

· Knowledge of Quality Assurance's role in an Agile development
process

· Team player who possesses a strong work ethic, a "can do"
attitude, and takes pride in their work

· Strong respect for core company values such as intellectual
curiosity, respect, accountability, and intellectual honesty

Contact Information - (Resumes in Word format please)

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:24 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title – WRGBA112013

Business Analyst – MS Technical Background - FS - Boston, MA - Up to $100K

Excellent Base + Benefits & Retirement Programs

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Smaller, successful, and growing Boston based Regional Bank with in excess
of $100M in Deposits.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

Our client is looking for an experienced and well-rounded Business Analyst
to play a crucial role in their application development group, to work
closely with Business stakeholders, Development and QA teams throughout
software project iterations and releases.

· Analyze, design, and implement business requirements and features
to meet the proposed business need and application architecture

· Support the development team by communicating requirements and
specifications

· Document User Stories and/or Use Cases for Agile Development

· Work with both business and development team to prioritize the
Product Backlog in preparation for Sprint Planning

· Acts as liaison between stakeholders and teams to negotiate Sprint
scope

Required Skills and Competencies:

Must have

· 7+ years of experience in business analysis, software application
design, implementation and support

· Experience in the financial and banking industry (commercial loan
acquisition a huge plus)

· Experience designing and delivering enterprise level web
applications

· Strong analytical and product management skills, including a
thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them
into application and functional requirements

· Experience with Agile Methodologies (Scrum, XP etc.)

· Excellent organizational, communication and problem solving skills

· Familiarity with Microsoft stack (MS SQL, ASP.NET MVC, Entity
Framework)

Nice to have

· Experience with Team Foundation Server

· Programming hands-on experience

· SharePoint

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
GROUP FOOTER MESSAGE
The New England Networking Group is Moderated by:

Gary L. Wright - President/Principal - Wright Associates

Wright Associates specializes in High Technology Recruiting Services for the New England Market Place.

Phone:    508-761-6354
Email:    mailto:GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org

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