Friday, June 17, 2016

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 1298

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Digest #1298

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Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:35 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR75669R042016

Lead Java Developer - Server Side & Front End - Web Apps & Services -
Investment Mgt. - Boston, MA Area - $$ Open

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Relo. Possible for exceptional candidates

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 Summary:

The Investment and Portfolio Technology group is staffing a Lead Software
Engineer position to fulfill a key role on the Fixed Income Investment
Decision Support (FIIDS) team. The FIIDS team is responsible for providing
front-office Information Services capabilities to the Fixed Income
Investment business. The team plays a critical role in our firm's success by
providing technical solutions which improve the efficiency, speed and
quality of the highly complex investment decision-making process.

Responsibilities:

* Lead delivery of high quality business solutions to Fixed Income
Investment desks.

* Interface and coordinate with the broad Information Technology
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 Systems Analysts and Investment professionals at
all levels of the organization as needed, to proactively identify
opportunities for new/improved systems to improve the investment process

* Lead the implementation of business solutions in conjunction with
the technical development

Required Skills and Competencies:

Technical Qualifications

* Demonstrated experience developing Web Applications and Services
using JAVA, JAX-RS, Spring, JPA and other related technologies and/or

* Demonstrated experience developing Web Applications and Services
using Node.js, Express, and other related technologies

* Demonstrated experience developing Web Front Ends using
JavaScript, AngularJS, ReactJS, CSS, and other related technologies

* Demonstrated expertise in relational database technologies with
strong SQL and Excel skills.

* Demonstrated experience with XML, JSON, shell scripting and
UNIX/Linux.

* Knowledge of common design patterns and their application.

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

* Experience with cloud services such as Amazon Web Services is a
strong plus.

Non-technical Qualifications

* Minimum of nine years of hands-on design and development
experience in commercial environments

* Degree in Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, or directly related
field.

* CFA or working towards CFA is a strong plus.

* Financial or Fixed Income background is a strong plus.

* Demonstrated experience in problem-solving skills and delivery of
quality solutions with good mathematical foundations

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

* Strong leadership skills in developing collaborative solutions
across multiple teams

* Strong problem solving skills taking multiple inputs and
developing solution options

* Sound decision-making skills

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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

* Aptitude to provide innovative solutions to problems

* Attentive to detail and self-disciplined

Keys to this Position:

1. Technical stack: Strong Java server side and front end development
skills.

2. We will look at any industry but we would like to see someone that has
the desire and aptitude to learn the investment domain.

3. Leadership skills: This role will start as a very senior individual
contributor but over time will be asked to lead a team.

4. Soft skills: Strong communication skills are required as this
individual will interface with Investors.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Thu Jun 16, 2016 8:00 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR75677R052016

Sr. SW Packaging & Distribution Engineer - SCCM 2012 - Boston, MA or
Marlboro, MA Area - $$ Open

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Relo. Possible for exceptional candidates

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 Summary:

The Trading Desktop Engineering Team is responsible for providing robust
technology solutions to the global trading desks. This role will combine
Windows systems engineering background with software packaging and
deployments skills to drive the trading workstation experience. This
position requires providing high touch service to trading, excellent problem
solving abilities, solid technical abilities and strong communication and
delivery skills. This individual must be a self-starter with the ability to
multi-task and work on a variety of assignments.

Responsibilities:

* Lead the trading and market data application packaging, patching,
and distribution process for global trading desks in a DevOps model.

* Partner closely with core engineering & off-shore engineering
teams for software related projects.

* Engage with software vendors for application packaging
requirements.

* Provide Tier 2-3 support to global trading desktop support teams.

Required Skills and Competencies:

* At least 7 years of hands-on software packaging and deployment
experience.

* Extensive experience in Windows 7, Windows 10, & Server 2012 R2
environment.

* Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of software
packaging, Admin studio experience preferred.

* Experience with deploying packages and applications using SCCM
2012.

* Experience with virtualized desktops and application
infrastructure.

* Proficient in PowerShell, VB script, and packaging languages.

* Solid understanding of Microsoft Office products.

* Support and manage Change Control process in service manager
system.

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

* Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal and able
to work in a team environment.

* Bachelor's degree in computer science or other related field.

Keys to this Position:

1) We are seeking a Software Packaging and Distribution Engineer that has
strong experience with SCCM 2012 packaging software.

2) Technical requirements: SCCM 2012, Windows 7 and 10 Server
experience, PowerShell, VB scripting, Virtualized Desktop and Application
Infrastructure experience,

3) Strong communication skills.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Thu Jun 16, 2016 8:32 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR75685R052016

Lead Systems Analyst - Equities - FO - SQL - Excel - Investment Mgt. -
Boston, MA Area - $$ Open

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Relo. Possible for exceptional candidates

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 Summary:

The Equity Decision Support Technology team provides targeted solutions to
globally located investors across Asset Allocation, Commodities, Equity,
Fixed Income, Macro Analysis and Risk Management. Solutions developed are
constantly enhanced to support the ever-changing needs of the capital
markets by providing efficiencies across cross-asset class and diverse
investor workflows.

The Lead Systems Analyst will contribute end-to-end through systems
analysis, functional design, UX design, and hands on prototyping,
development, testing and final implementation of the solution. This role
will interface with portfolio managers, research analysts, portfolio
coordinators and business management in an iterative manner to understand
and design solutions. Ability to articulate and present systems capabilities
in business-outcome terms to investors and business management is a core
competency of this role. In delivering systems enhancements, the Lead
Systems Analyst also coordinates efforts of internal business partners,
software developers, database architects, and external software and data
vendors both on and offshore.

Responsibilities:

The Lead Systems Analyst will contribute to providing new and enhancing
existing solutions by collaborating with a broad range of investors and
other IT teams to implement time-sensitive solutions to address critical and
complex business workflows. These workflows include company research,
financial modeling, portfolio construction and scenarios encompassing but
not limited to:

* Information discovery

* Idea generation

* Company valuation and stock selection

* Analytics for cross-asset class derivatives

* Metrics related to Attribution, Market, Performance, Risk & FX
exposures

* Manipulation of large disparate data sets to arrive at optimal
solutions

* Sharing and collaboration

* Tagging & classification of securities into investment strategies

* Integration of proprietary models

* Management style reporting

Required Skills and Competencies:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Economics,
Finance or related subject

* CFA charter or has completed one of the levels and on a path to
completing charter

* 7+ year's business analysis or systems analysis experience in
financial statement analysis, investment management or financial services
environment.

* Superior Excel and SQL query skills and experience with SQL,
PL/SQL including working with different version of the Oracle & SQL Server
relational databases.

* Excellent skills in UX designing and development of applications

* Detailed knowledge and experience of investors workflows in areas
of research/valuation, analysis and portfolio construction

* Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including the
ability to build consensus and to partner with investors, business managers

* Demonstrate strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills

Keys to this Position:

1) Domain knowledge: Solid understanding of Equities. Fixed Income,
Derivative instruments and related front-office investment processes
knowledge is highly desired.

2) Solid understanding of financial statement analysis and company
valuation concepts

3) Strong Systems Analyst skills are required.

4) Leadership: Strong leadership skills are needed. This role will
start as a very senior individual contributor.

5) Strong presentation and communication skills are required as this
individual will interface directly with Investors.

6) Technical: SQL and Excel skills are required.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:53 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR75703R052016

Lead Java Developer - Full Stack - JavaScript - Web Services - Spring -
Investment Mgt. - Boston, MA Area - $$ Open

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Relo. Possible for exceptional candidates

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 Summary:

The Investor and Portfolio Services team is responsible for enabling the
Investment teams. The team plays a critical role in our firm's success by
providing innovative solutions for highly complex and critical investment
decision-making process.

We are seeking a strong hands-on technical lead with excellent communication
and problem-solving skills. Hands-on focus, attention to detail, ability to
innovate, ability to work in fast-paced settings, pride in workmanship, and
a sense of ownership. Financial services experience is a plus, not a
requirement.

Responsibilities:

* Lead team of engineers and consultants to deliver solutions for
improving the investment workflow.

* Interact with Systems Analysts and Investment professionals at
all levels of the organization to proactively identify opportunities for
new/improved systems to improve the investment process.

* Provide implementation of business process improvements involving
(but not limited to) interactive data, investment process efficiency, and
simplifying investor work flow.

Required Skills and Competencies:

* 7 years of experience as a software developer and application lead
supporting complex application development life cycles

* Experience managing small teams including offshore members

* Strong understanding of JavaScript UI technologies and mobile
including frameworks such as Angular, React, or Bootstrap

* Very strong command of Java technologies including a deep
understanding of concurrent programming concepts and the java memory model

* Solid high-level understanding of current technology landscape
including the current players in UI, mobile, the cloud, databases, big data,
caching, and security

* Working knowledge of standard java frameworks and libraries
including Spring, JAXB, Jersey, Jackson, Apache Commons, etc.

* Strong analytical and communication skills, both written and
verbal are required.

* Working knowledge of SQL and SQL performance tuning. Direct
experience with Oracle is a plus.

* Experience with Amazon Web Services is a strong plus

* Must be comfortable with test driven development, continuous
integration, and agile development methodologies.

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, engineering, sciences, or
related field.

* Experience in Financial Industry is preferred

* Strong understanding of Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivative
Instruments is desirable

Keys to this Position:

1) We are seeking a Full Stack Java Developer. We would like both Java
and JavaScript. We will consider strength in either technology.

2) Java stack: Core Java, multi-threading, Spring, Web Services

3) JavaScript: Angular, React or Bootstrap. You only need one of these.

4) Leadership skills are required. This individual will lead projects
and consultants (mostly off shore). Architect Solution and Delivery skills
are key.

5) Strong communication skills are required.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Thu Jun 16, 2016 2:47 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR75696R052016

Lead Java Developer - Full Stack - JavaScript - Web Services - Spring -
Investment Mgt. - Marlboro, MA Area - $$ Open

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Relo. Possible for exceptional candidates

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 Summary:

This is a great opportunity to join a strong, collaborative team in a role
focusing on software development with leadership and advancement
opportunities. The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for design,
architecture, development and maintenance of applications supporting
operational functions relating to OTC Derivatives, 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. Essentials for this role include
software engineering integrity, hands-on focus, attention to detail, ability
to innovate, and the ability to take ownership of outcomes.

The firm is committed to providing robust platforms that streamline the
communication, decision-making, and execution of operational activity as
much as possible. Our applications require a strong focus on detail and
cross-team collaboration to support system integrations with Trading,
Security Master, and Portfolio Accounting.

Responsibilities:

* This role should be focused 50% on leadership and architectural
oversight, and 50% on hands-on programming and solution design.

* 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 and QA
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.

* Partner with in-house application and data architects while
implementing systems requirements

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

* Author technical design and support documentation.

Required Skills and Competencies:

* 7+ years of proven analysis and technical design, development,
and architecture experience

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

* Demonstrated experience leading design and development using Java
based technologies.

* In depth knowledge and experience of the Spring Framework.

* Strong understanding and proven experience with technologies such
as Web-Services or Restful services, XML/XSLT, JSON is required.

* Strong understanding and experience of Messaging Framework esp.
using JMS

* Experience with web applications and JavaScript frameworks
including React or AngularJS is desired.

* Must be comfortable with test driven development and Continuous
Integration (Jenkins, JUnit, Hudson, Code Coverage)

* Experience in relational database technologies (Oracle) with
strong PL/SQL skills

* Experience in Sprint Boot, Tomcat, AWS Linux is ideal.

* Experience in Perl is ideal

* Experience in the Financial Industry is preferred

* 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) We are seeking a Full Stack Java Developer. The role is 50% technical
leadership and 50% hands-on coding/design.

2) Technology Stack: Core Java, JMS, multi-threading, Spring,
JavaScript, Web Services, Oracle

3) Leadership skills are required. This individual will lead a team of
10 (Developers and QA, perm staff and consultants).

4) Strong communication skills are required

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://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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