Sunday, April 13, 2014

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 1008

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Digest #1008

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Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:08 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


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

Position Title - WR735111022014

Sr/Lead Software Engineer - Java - Oracle - Asset Mgt - Marlboro, 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 Summary:

As a member of the HM (Hedge Management) and IPS (Investment Products and
Strategies) Applications team, this individual will be responsible for
solutions delivery for HM and IPS business domains. 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. A Senior
Software Engineer is expected to:

* Develop complex code components to meet complex business needs

* 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

Responsibilities:

* Interact with Systems Analysts and business partners as needed, to
gain understanding of requirements

* Work with application and data architects for solution design and
approval

* Lead the implementation of business solutions in conjunction with
the hands-on development

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

* Deliver complex baseline components and provide support and
technical guidance for team members

* Ensure quality by conducting technical reviews and 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:

Technical Requirements

* Minimum of 10 years of hands-on design and relevant development
experience

* Strong Java development background with demonstrated experience in
developing Web applications using JSP, AJAX, Spring, Hibernate, JMS, Web
Services and other related technologies (HTML5, CSS3, etc.)

* Demonstrated expertise in relational database technologies
(Oracle) with strong SQL and PL/SQL programming skills

* Working experience with Cloud based environment is desirable, but
not required

* Working experience with mobile development technologies is a plus

* Knowledge of common design patterns and their effective use in the
application

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

Non-Technical Requirements

* Financial Services (Investment Management) a plus

* Demonstrated experience in problem-solving skills and delivery of
quality solutions

* 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

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

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

* Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Keys to this Role

1) Technical Requirements: Strong Java skills including Web
application development using JSP, AJAX, Spring and Hibernate. Relational
database experience with Oracle PL/SQL.

2) Nice to have: JMS, Web Services, HTML5, CSS3

3) This individual will be building business facing applications that
include the Hedge Fund console and external client facing website.

Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org
<mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net> - WEB Site -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> www.wrightassociates.org

Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:08 am (PDT) . 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
<mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net> - WEB Site -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> www.wrightassociates.org

Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:08 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Position Title - WR121022012014

Lead Software Engineer - Oracle - Java - Asset Mgt - Marlboro, 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.

Responsibilities:

As a member of this team, the individual will have the following
responsibilities:

* Technical architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and
support of systems that serve needs of the Financial Services Organization

* Participate in small to mid-sized development initiatives
involving full-lifecycle development efforts that are based on J2EE,
Linux/Unix and Oracle technologies.

* Responsible for code quality and assurance by focusing on static
code analysis, unit testing, design and code reviews, continuous
integration, release management, performance tuning and execution.

* Partner with System Analysts and Project Managers to implement
business requirements

* Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on estimates
& status, identify issues and escalate risks

* Provide hands-on development guidance and mentoring for junior
members of the development team.

* Coordinate infrastructure related activities with middleware and
database teams

* Implement systems based on well defined SLA's

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.

* Strong oral, presentation and written communication skills

* Ability to articulate technical solutions to system analysts and
business teams without using too much technical jargon

* 8+ years of experience including 5+ years of experience working on
a software engineering team with onshore and offshore resources

* 8+ years of proven object-oriented software design and development
experience in Java-based technologies

* 5+ years of proven software development experience with
browser-based applications and technologies

* 5+ years of proven experience with such technologies as web
services, Groovy/Grails, EXTJS, XML/XSLT, Struts, log4j, ANT, Spring, AJAX

* At least 5 years of experience and expert-level proficiency at
Database development in Oracle

* At least 3-5 years experience working with enterprise messaging
such as MQ/Active MQ messaging system and distributed computing platforms.

* Experience using and deploying to industry-leading application
servers such as Tomcat or BEA WebLogic 9.x

* Financial industry knowledge is a plus

* Experience with iterative software development methodologies, such
as Agile

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Keys to this Position:

1. We are seeking an Oracle PL/SQL developer along with Java server side
skills (Spring, MQ, Web Services). We will look at candidates that are
strong with Oracle or Java. We are not expecting the candidate to be equally
strong with both.

2. This is a hands-on roll up your sleeves position. Aptitude and
Flexibility is key.

3. This individual will lead consultants and projects.

4. UI skills are a plus.

5. The best candidates will have previously worked for firms like; Fidessa,
Charles River Development, State Street, JP Morgan, GMO, or SSGA.

Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org
<mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net> - WEB Site -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> 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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