Tuesday, February 11, 2014

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 985

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Digest #985

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Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:50 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Open & Actives as of 02-10-2014

Position Title - WR734111112013

Lead QA Engineer - Asset Management - 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 - Outstanding 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 QMC team is seeking a Lead QA engineer to be an integral member of the
QA team responsible for leading the testing efforts for the Client Facing
Team suite of applications.

Detailed Responsibilities:

· Develop and execute testing strategy based on the application
requirements, leading to the analysis, design, documentation and execution
of the test cases for the suite of applications

· Drive testing automation, scripting and regression testing
projects utilizing offshore test automation engineers

· Provide guidance to the QA teams, and partner with the centralized
QA teams to align the practices with the strategic QA direction of the
enterprise.

· Partner with the business analyst and the develop teams to review
and understand the business requirements and the technical implementations.

· Ensure each release meets well-defined quality standards by
working closely with the development managers

· Partner with Project Managers on estimates, statuses and risks.
Report weekly status to the senior management and escalate issues.

· Stay current with the QA best practices, methodologies and
technologies, and continue to improve the QA processes across the team.

Required Skills and Competencies:

The ideal candidate must have expertise in QA, excellent leadership and
communication skills with a proven ability to manage multiple QA tracks.

Specific requirements include:

· Seven plus years experience as a QA engineer and three plus years
experience in leading a QA team on complex projects

· Expertise with all aspects of testing, including functional,
structural, regression, load and performance testing

· Expertise with QA tools such as QC, QTP and Load runner

· Experience working on high-volume transaction applications

· Ability to manage a team of offshore and onshore-based vendor QA
teams

· Knowledge of the Agile development and project management
processes

· Ability to diagnose and identify performance and stability issues
in large, complex applications

· Strong knowledge of Backend database testing, ETL process, batch
jobs

· Strong knowledge of Linux, Oracle database and SQL

· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical application

· Bachelor's degree required

Keys to this Position:

1. We are seeking a strong QA Lead that has experience creating and
implementing QA Processes. Process skills along with excellent communication
skills are required.

2. This is a hands-on role that is leading a team of 5 to 7 QA resources
(onshore/offshore model). Leadership skills are required.

3. Technology: This individual should have experience with UI testing and
SQL testing. Familiarity with HTML5 as well as other UI technologies is a
big plus. OBIEE is also a big plus.

4. Exposure to some of the following is strongly desired: Quality Center,
QTP, LoadRunner.

5. Financial Services experience is a big plus.

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 Feb 10, 2014 11:20 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title - WRAILSA012014

Linux System Admin - Linux/Windows - FS - Framingham, MA Area - Up to $100K
Total Compensation

Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits - Local Candidates Only - No
sponsorship

Company

A leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related
services - Current Revenue around $800m+ per year - Growing nicely - Join an
extremely talented and diverse team of dedicated people, who strive for
quality and excellence and make a difference - Committed to supporting the
diversity of its employees, recognizing work-life balance, and providing a
challenging work environment with locally competitive compensation and
benefits packages.

Position Responsibilities - Summary

This role is responsible for the ongoing technical operation of our US data
center, located in the in Framingham MA area that supports a growing number
of local and regional systems and services. This role is a hands-on
technical role that reports directly to the US VP of IT Systems.

Detailed Responsibilities:

· Responsible for the ongoing implementation and maintenance of the
system hardware and software of our local data center. This data centre is
a strategic part of the global, regional and local support strategy.

· Manage the regional data centre and ensure security of the servers
and services housed within.

· Ensure regional operational procedures are performed and
documented in the US office, including: activity logs, backups, user
account management, system monitoring.

· Carrying of a 24x7 pager, for 1 week, on a rotational basis.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Candidate must be knowledgeable, skilled and experienced in
multiple server and networking technologies. The environment is primarily a
Linux environment (CentOS/Ubuntu/SLES) with some Windows Servers.

· Familiarity with LDAP type directory services.

· Tivoli Storage Manager experience

· Candidate should have experience in a 'Critical Systems'
environment, e.g. clustered environments, high uptime etc.

· Scripting skills such as Bash, Batch, Perl or PHP are also an
asset

· Candidate must possess hands-on experience in the management and
configuration of LAN/WAN technologies, including knowledge of DNS
infrastructure, routing and Site to Site VPNs.

· Candidate must have experience with Internet technologies
including: Client VPN, firewall and security services and devices .

· Candidate should have a good understanding of Linux DNS, and it's
relationship to email routing.

Pluses:

· Server hardware and Cisco IOS and hardware knowledge is an
advantage.

· CheckPoint SecurePlatform experience is an advantage.

· Experience supporting Java Application servers, Tomcat preferably.

· Oracle or equivalent Open Source database administration
familiarity.

· VMWare VSphere/ESX/ESXi

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:20 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title - WR734721012014

Sr. or Lead Systems Analyst or Sr. Lead SW Engineer - Front Office - Java -
Boston, MA - 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

The Fixed Income Systems team is responsible for providing front-office
Information Services capabilities to my client's Fixed Income Investment
teams. The team plays a critical role in the firm's success by providing
technical solutions that improve the efficiency, speed and quality of the
highly complex investment decision-making process.

As a member of the Fixed Income Systems team, this individual will be
responsible for solutions delivery for the Fixed Income Investment business.
This is an ideal opportunity for an IT professional to apply business and/or
technical skills to enable investment process to become more efficient:

· Lead delivery of high quality business solutions;

· Interface and coordinate with the broad Information Services teams
to ensure successful delivery;

· Demonstrate strong project management and leadership skills with
ability to handle multiple activities in a dynamic fast paced environment.

· Interact with Investment professionals at all levels of the
organization as needed, to proactively identify opportunities for
new/improved systems to improve the investment process.

Responsibilities:

· Lead the implementation of business solutions in conjunction with
the technical development.

· Perform gap analysis between investment process and existing
systems.

· Lead and establish effective processes for productive partnership
with offshore technical teams.

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

Required Skills and Competencies:

Technical Requirements

· Minimum of five years of hands-on design and development
experience in commercial environments.

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

· Excellent analytical and problem skills using either one or both
of the following - Intermediate level expertise with SQL and Excel VBA

· Experience in relevant financial domain i.e. business technical
understanding of Fixed Income, Derivatives securities or financial markets
like Foreign Exchange, Money Market, etc.

· Experience developing J2EE applications using JDBC, JNDI, JMS and
other related technologies like Swing, RCP, developing Web applications
using JSP, AJAX, SPRING, Web Services and other related technologies (HTML5,
etc) is strong plus.

· Intermediate level expertise with SQL and Excel VBA

Non-Technical Requirements

· Degree in Computer Science or directly related field

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills

· Willingness to work independently in an energetic, fast-paced,
business-critical and team oriented-environment

· CFA or working towards CFA is a strong plus.

· Demonstrated experience in problem-solving skills and delivery of
quality solutions with good mathematical acumen.

· A strong team player, with ability to work in collaboration across
teams.

Keys to this Position:

The ideal candidate will be a combination Systems Analyst and Java Developer
at the senior level. However we will consider an Analyst or a Developer at
the Senior or Lead level.

Background 1 (Software Engineer): The candidate will have a strong
technical developer background. The technical skill set should include the
following: Java/J2EE, Web Services, Front-end development, Swing/RCP.
Domain knowledge is not required however the candidate should have a strong
desire to learn the business.

Background 2 (Systems Analyst): The candidate will have strong domain
knowledge as a Business or Systems Analyst. The Domain knowledge that is
required includes some of the following: Fixed Income, Derivatives,
FX/Currency, Asset Allocation, etc. A CFA is highly desired. For this
profile we are only looking for light technical skills with Excel and SQL.
We will pair this candidate with a programmer.

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
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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