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[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 982

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Digest #982

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Thu Feb 6, 2014 11:25 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Open & Active as of 02-07-2014

Position Title - WR732951082013

Data Architect - Asset Management - Trading Data - Boston or Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding 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 Enterprise Architecture group is looking for a Data Architect/ Modeler/
Strategist for Order Management and Compliance Systems in the Trading
domain.

This team has an extremely exciting agenda of ongoing and new projects. The
chance to be a significant contributor and make a strong impact in a
world-class organization makes this an attractive opportunity for the right
candidate.

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 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 acquire knowledge
and grasp 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 in resolving issues is regularly
required and the candidate should be adept in navigating within a mission
critical fast-paced environment.

This role reports to the Manager of Data Architecture within IS. The
candidate will work quite independently in a very entrepreneurial fashion.

Detailed 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 or high-volume, low-latency systems in other verticals.

· 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 Trading 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:

· 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 the enterprise data architecture strategy.

· Experience in developing and implementing Trading Data delivery
architecture plan, standards and guidelines, software development
methodologies and strategic plans.

· Comprehensive understating of the financial services industry
required. The ideal candidate will also have knowledge of diverse asset
classes (equities, fixed income, derivatives) data lifecycle. Understanding
of Asset Management a plus. Previous experience with trading applications
would be a very strong plus

· Broad experience in the software development life cycle,
particularly 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 is a plus -
Oracle & SQL Server experience.

· 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.

· Degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field -
Masters is a plus.

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, Data Modeling (ER/Studio preferable) and Oracle.

2. We are seeking a well-rounded Data Architect that can demonstrate skills
in the areas of Strategy, Delivery (tactical) and Implementation.

3. An understanding of Next Generation data platforms such as data
appliances, columnar databases and other NOSQL databases is a huge plus.

4. Strong experience with high volume and low latency architectures
solutions is necessary to support the trading systems

5. Domain knowledge: Financial Services experience is a plus.

6. Strong Client relationship skills. This individual needs to be smart and
articulate and will interface with the business. Great Communication skills
are a must.

7. The following is a Plus: Equities or Fixed Income knowledge. Candidates
out of Big 4 consulting firms are desired.

8. Primary location is Boston with 1-2 days/week in Marlborough. If the
person wants to be based in Marlborough and travel to Boston a couple of
days per week, the manager will entertain that arrangement

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

Thu Feb 6, 2014 11:26 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title - WR131008122013

Lead Engineer - Data Warehousing/BI - Java - Oracle - FS - Marlboro, MA
Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS + Comprehensive
Benefits - 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 Responsibilities - Summary

As member of the Client Applications Delivery team, this individual will be
responsible for leading the technical design reviews and implementation of
firm's Client Reporting and Analytics platforms. This role requires a
well-rounded technologist that can work with stakeholders to build consensus
on vision and then materially lead high visibility projects through
technical design, construction, testing and implementation.

This multi-faceted role offers the individual the opportunity to have
tremendous impact on a number of multi-channel reporting initiatives. The
candidate would also be joining the group at a point at which they will have
significant direct impact on the evolution of our Data Warehousing (DW),
Business Intelligence (BI), and Reporting Application & Services platforms.

Responsibilities:

· Effectively balance dual roles as a hands-on (Oracle) DW/ BI
expert and a (Java) Reporting Services Specialist.

· Build interfaces between transactional systems, web APIs, etc. and
the BI/Analytics application suite.

· Personally deliver complex baseline components and provide support
and technical guidance for team members and external IT stakeholders.

· Ensure quality by conducting technical reviews of DW/BI and
Application components. Resolve issues as needed. Lead by example.

· Be responsible for the overlap of business requirements with the
application and technical architecture.

· Track new trends and directions in technology, and determines
potential impact to our organization.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Solid DW/BI Background. Demonstrated expertise in Oracle BI
Server, Repository, Answers, Interactive Dashboard, Publisher, Scheduler,
etc.

· Strong Java development background. In particular, experience
building reporting applications, services, and frameworks.

· Advanced / deep knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL. Oracle skills in
database design for data warehouses, dimensional modeling and relational
modeling preferably in Financial Services domain.

· Strong experience with ETL. Proven DataStage experience strongly
desired.

· Expertise in tuning report performance by optimizing data
structures.

· Proven ability to support multiple work streams simultaneously.

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

· Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline.

· Overall 10+ years of relevant work experience.

· 5+ years of experience implementing Business Intelligence & Data
Warehousing solutions using Oracle BI / Siebel Analytics.

Keys to this Position:

1. We are seeking a Lead Engineer that has strong skills with Data
Warehousing and Business Intelligence. Ideally the candidate will have
strong OBIEE skills but we will also look at Cognos or other Business
Intelligence tools - Firm uses OBIEE.

2. The candidate will need to have a programming background with either
Java or .NET. The best candidate will have been a Java or .NET developer in
the past and then grew into the DW/BI space.

3. Excellent communications skills are required.

4. Strong Leadership skills are required. This individual will lead a team
of 10 consultants (4 onshore; 5/6 offshore).

5. Excellent communications skills are required.

6. Financial Services is strongly desired, but not 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
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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