Saturday, August 22, 2009

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 365

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Updated - Manager - Unix & Storage Production Support(Hands On) - FS

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:12 am (PDT)




Updated - Open, Active & Hot as of 08-21-2009

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

Position Title – WR712811

Manager – Unix & Storage Production Support (Hands On) - FS – Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

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

This individual, as part of the Production Support team within Enterprise
Technology Services will manage a team that provides 24X7 production support
services for our Unix and storage infrastructure. The right candidate
should have extensive management and technical experience with the ability
to support a global multi-vendor and cross-technology production environment
with strong leadership, crisis resolution, team management, communications,
analytical and decision-making skills. This role will report to the manager
of the production support team.
Managing full-time and consultant staff (professional development,
establishing goals, managing workload, defining and clarifying priorities,
and providing technical direction), budgets, technology vendor relationships
and projects/programs (series of projects).

Key Responsibilities;

· Continuous availability and operational resiliency of Unix/Storage
infrastructure components
· Minimize production risk(s)/issue(s) through oversight and delivery of
people, process and technology services
· Taking ownership of issues in a 24x7 production environment, collaborate
with other teams on remediation and manage them through completion
· Understand business priorities/needs, the IT organization's goals and
enable alignment of the team's operating model, processes and systems to
meet stated objectives and outcomes.
· Providing vision, direction, definition of team activities/priorities and
impact on technology and thought leadership/expertise for the Unix/Storage
team initiatives
· Apply Unix/Storage technology and application domain understanding and
collaborate with teams/peers to implement solutions, systems and processes
to improve our operations and support capabilities.
· Interacting with planning, engineering, delivery and operations teams to
coordinate project activities and support issues. Communicating issues and
status to senior management in the form of status reports, briefings, and
presentations.
· Development of strategy and plans for systems production readiness,
security/audit, monitoring for continued operability in a 24x7 environment,
infrastructure high availability, participation in disaster recovery
planning and testing, adherence to system standards and oversee the
development of automated Unix/storage system provisioning and operational
tools/capabilities.
· Function as a "mentor" for the team and empower employees by dissemination
of personal knowledge, perspective(s) and experience(s)
· Foster a positive culture of creativity, innovation and continuous
improvements of our services and operational capabilities
· Focus on enabling efficiency and productivity enhancements within our
global support staff, processes and our technology/tool(s) portfolio.

Keys to This Position:

1. This is a Senior person that is a Strong Hands on Manager. This
individual will manage 16 resources in the Unix and Storage space. The
candidate should have Strong Leadership skills along with experience in
Budgeting, Project Management and Staff Development. 60% Management/40%
Technical blend. We need a strong Leader with excellent Communication
skills that is Collaborative. The approach and management style are key.
2. This individual will have a strong Operations background that can manage
Production Infrastructure for Unix and Storage. Must have a background
managing a production environment for either Unix or Storage. Unix is more
important of the two. Must have strong Operational Process Knowledge (ITIL,
Change Management, etc.)
3. Technical Requirements: This candidate needs to be close to the
following technologies as a Tech Lead: Solaris, Linux, Veritas, VMware and
EMC with an understanding of Oracle databases.
4. See the first two bullet pointes under Required Skills and Competencies.
5. The candidate should come from a large, mission critical, 24X7 production
environment. Financial services required.
6. A bachelor's degree is required.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· 10+ years experience as a manager/contributor supporting global 24x7 Unix
and storage support teams with distributed multi-server/multi-location
environments
· Hands-on experience in environments with the following technologies:
§ Solaris (Fujitsu Primepower and Sun V-, T-, M- series platforms) and Linux
(Redhat on Sun, IBM and HP platforms)
§ Veritas storage foundation suite
§ Virtualization with VMWare and SRDF based (or similar) replication
solutions
§ EMC, NetApps, Celera and Acopia (F5) SAN and NAS based storage subsystems
§ Functional understanding of Oracle databases, Weblogic application servers
and MQ messaging
· Ability to function/lead autonomously in a collaborative culture with
focus on business outcome(s), impact to the firm and client service
orientation
· Experience in leading, delegation and also having the technical expertise
to get "hand-on" involved as/when the need arises.
· A personal style, commitment and communication ability that allows you to
partner with IS peers and teams to work productively and efficiently.
· Strong delivery/operations leadership, change agent, motivation to take on
and lead new initiatives and willingness to learn and grow self (in areas of
technical and management skills)
· Good understanding of the financial services industry, business
priorities/workflow and it's associated IT infrastructure, system and
application needs
· Prior experience with designing, staffing and operationalizing a Network
Operations center (NOC) will be a plus
· Advanced degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

2a.

MA/NY - High Technology/IT Openings - Financial Services - Defense -

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:26 am (PDT)



Please feel free to refer these positions to people you know who may be a
good fit. Referrals appreciated.

No 3rd Parties Please.

US Based Residents Only Please - No Sponsorship

As of today - 08-21-2009 - all of these positions are still open & active:

General - Numerous IT Roles in the Boston, MA Area - Title Only
http://www.wrightassociates.org/socomacldebo.html

VP's/Director/Managers:

Manager – Unix & Storage Production Support(Hands On) - FS – Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/maunstprsuon.html

QA Manager – Trading Systems – Automated Tools - FS – Boston, MA Area -
Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/qamatrsyauto.html

Sr. Manager Help Desk – Equity Trading Support – FS – Boston, MA Area – Up
to $100K+
http://www.wrightassociates.org/srmahedeeqtr.html

Financial Services - MA

Lead System's Analyst – Investment Data - FS – Boston, MA Area - Outstanding
Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/lesyanindafs.html

Defense Related Roles:

Systems – Security Engineer - Defense – Boston, MA – Excellent Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/syseendeboma.html

Market Segment System Engineers– Persistent Surveillance – N. MA, DC, or N.
AL – Up to $150K+ DOE
http://www.wrightassociates.org/masesyenpesu.html

System - Admin - DBA's - Architects - Technical Support - Engineers:

Systems - Security Engineer - Defense - Boston, MA - Excellent Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/syseendeboma.html

Sr. System Engineer (Windows Server & VMware) - FS – Marlboro, MA Area -
Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/masesyenpesu.html

System Engineer (Windows Server & Exchange) - FS – Marlboro, MA Area -
Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/syenwseexfsm.html

Market Segment System Engineers– Persistent Surveillance – N. MA, DC, or N.
AL – Up to $150K+ DOE
http://www.wrightassociates.org/masesyenpesu.html

Software Engineering Positions:

Lead Software Engineer – Data Warehousing – Oracle – BI - FS – Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/lesoendawaor.html

Sr. Software Engineer – Equity Trading – Java – JMS – Oracle - FS - Boston,
MA Area - Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/srsoeneqtrja.html

Lead SW Engineer – Investment Data - Java – JMS – Oracle - FS – Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/leswenindaja.html

Lead SW Eng. – Equity Trading - Java – Messaging – DB - Trading - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/lesweneqtrja.html

Sr. SW Engineer – Java – JMS – Spring – PL/SQL - Trading - FS – Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/srswenjajmss.html

Sr. SW Engs. – Equity Trading - Java – Messaging – DB - Trading - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/srsweneqtrja.html

Financial Services Roles - NY Area:

Equity Derivatives Desk Strategist – Trading - C++ - Matlab – Midtown NYC
Area - Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/eqdedesttrcm.html

Credit Desk Strategist – Trading – C++ - SAS or Matlab – Midtown NYC Area -
Outstanding Package
http://www.wrightassociates.org/crdesttrcsas.html

Securitized Products - Desk Strategist – Trading - C++ - Matlab – Midtown
NYC Area - Outstanding $$
http://www.wrightassociates.org/seprdesttrcm.html

Send resumes in Microsoft Word format only as an attachment. 3 party
agencies - Please do not add me to your lists!

Additionally, if you are looking for a Full Time opportunity, or are
thinking about changing companies, live in the Northeast, & are in High
Tech, please send me your resume so I will have it on file or give me a
call. I have new assignments opening up all the time. I never send out
resumes to anyone without getting your permission. I work on all positions
in the High Technology space from individual contributor roles through the
executive level both in SW/HW company's & IT related areas. I also do
considerable work in the IT Financial Services area.

Regards,

Gary L. Wright - President/Principal

Wright Associates - High Technology Recruiting Services
***** Your Partner for Success *****

Office: 508-761-6354
Email: replywrightassociates@Verizon.Net
Web Site: www.WrightAssociates.Org

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