Messages In This Digest (6 Messages)
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- [For those who have used Cobra] From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Happy Thanksgiving from the Moderator From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Lead SW Eng. - Equity Trading - Java - Messaging - DB - Trading - Bo From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- QA Manager - FI/Equity Systems - Automated Tools - FS - Boston, MA A From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Manager - Unix & Storage Production Support(Hands On) - FS - Marlbor From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Business System's Manager - Investment Mgt - MS Centric Env. - Bosto From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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[For those who have used Cobra]
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:07 am (PST)
[For those who have used Cobra]
Here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about tax credit you may
qualify for.
http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB12577220348773 7201.html# printMode
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Moderator
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:17 am (PST)
To All:
May you and your family have a joyous Thanksgiving Holiday.
To those out of work, be thankful for what you have:
Loving family,
Good friends,
Good health,
And the persistence to find and land that rewarding career role.
Remember, "Don't Quit"
I ran across this from an anonymous author. I know it has helped me in
difficult times and I thought you might like to read it.
Don't Quit
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with it's twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst, that you must not quit!
Regards,
Gary L. Wright - President/Principal
Wright Associates - High Technology Recruiting Services
***** Your Partner for Success *****
Office: 508-761-6354
Email: GaryWright@Prodigy.Net
Web Site: www.WrightAssociates.Org
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/garywrig ht
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Lead SW Eng. - Equity Trading - Java - Messaging - DB - Trading - Bo
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:29 am (PST)
Still Open & Active as of 11-20-2009
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR095001
Lead SW Eng. – Equity Trading - Java – Messaging – Frameworks - Boston, 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 will be a lead software engineer for the development of the
firm's Equity Derivative Trading platform as part of their Global Trading
System (GTS) initiative. Role is expected to be 30-40% Hands On. This role
will report to the Software Engineering Manager for the Equity Trading
applications.
Detailed Responsibilities;
As a senior member of the Transaction Application team, the individual will
have the following responsibilities:
· Lead the technical design, implementation, deployment, and support of the
Equity Derivative Trading platform
· Team management responsibilities, including the direct supervision of
approximately 5-6 software engineers (consultants)
· Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business
requirements
· Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on estimates,
status, design and quality assurance
· Partner with the Architecture team to ensure track work is aligned with
the strategic direction of the enterprise
· Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends to ensure
systems and team are of highest caliber
Keys to This Position:
1. Technical requirements: Java, Messaging (i.e. JMS), Java Frameworks
(i.e. Spring) and PL/SQL.
2. Leadership experience. Team management responsibilities, including the
direct supervision of approximately 5-6 software engineers (consultants).
3. Trading Systems experience.
4. Equities or Fixed Income experience.
5. Strong Communication skills.
6. Seeking experience with High Volume, High Transactional Systems. This
individual will be a strong Java Developer that knows how to build High
Speed Performance Applications.
Required Skills and Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have excellent leadership, management and
communication skills plus proven ability to design and deliver solutions
relevant to complex business problems.
· Strong analysis, design and modeling skills
· Seven plus years in systems development using Java (Server Side) and J2EE
· Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g. JMS)
· Strong knowledge and experience with frameworks (e.g. Spring)
· Strong Knowledge of Oracle Database or related RDB''s
· Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies and their
effective application
· Experience developing high performance Trading applications
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented
environment supporting a business-critical production environment
· UI Development experience would be considered a strong plus
· Computer Science degree or related field
Compensation
Very Competitive Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Bonus - Comprehensive
Benefits Package
No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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QA Manager - FI/Equity Systems - Automated Tools - FS - Boston, MA A
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:29 am (PST)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Still open & active as of 11-20-2009
Position Title – WR095009
QA Manager – FI/Equity Systems – Automated Tools - FS – Boston, 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
The Quality Management Center institutes best practices and consistency
across application teams with the goals of reducing development costs,
shortening release cycles and improving code quality. The Quality Management
Center seeks a QA Manager to help us continue to improve the overall quality
of our application portfolio.
In this key role the individual will supervise the testing for an entire
suite of applications across development teams, with a strong focus on
automation. The successful candidate will have strong QA management
experience, a strong knowledge of software quality assurance methodologies
and best practices, and experience in the delivery of multiple large-scale
software projects simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities;
As the Manager of several QA teams, the person will be a lead for all
ongoing projects with a focus on the delivery of various testing-related
initiatives. Specific responsibilities include:
· Deliver all Testing projects and operations within the portfolio
of applications in multiple development teams
· Partner with Development and Application managers on integrating
Quality Management into the overall SDLC processes
· Collaborate with Application & Development teams to drive testing
process standardization, adoption, and improvement
· Identify and implement QA process and tool improvements that lead
to increased workplace productivity
· Plan and implement test automation processes for different
applications/technologies
· Review and approve Test Strategy and Test Plans for various
testing engagements
· Review quality and delivery metrics that measure the benefits for
their teams and track the quality of services delivered
· Coordinate work across multiple teams to develop, update, and
implement contingencies to meet changing project or service needs
· Ensure that the appropriate test infrastructure and tools for
project teams are delivered
· Manage a team of employees and consultants
Keys to This Position:
1. Strong Management skills required. This individual will manage
approximately 20 - 25 QA Analysts (consultants - of which 75% are offshore).
The key to this job is that we need a very strong leader that can effect
change – Change Agent - Great communication and relationship management
skills.
2. Strong QA background required, with hands on work in defining and
implementing new QA practices and tools. The candidate should have past or
recent Experience with a variety of QA tools that includes but not limited
to: HP Quality Center, FT/QTP, Defect Manager/Test Director, Silk suite,
performance tools, defect tracking tools, code debug tools, etc.
3. Financial Services is required. This individual will be supporting the
Investment Management Systems team. The Investment Systems group builds
applications to support the Fixed Income and Equity Portfolio Managers.
Required Skills and Competencies:
The ideal candidate will have excellent leadership, technical expertise and
communication skills. The individual must possess thorough understanding of
QA Principles, techniques, & technologies and various software development
methodologies including Agile principles. Specific qualifications include:
· 10+ years of Software Application development and/or testing
experience
· 5+ years experience in Software QA Management and Team Leadership
· 3+ years experience in test automation scripts and test automation
frameworks
· Experience managing diverse teams of 20 or more people
· Understanding of Object-Oriented and data driven testing
methodologies
· Experience in producing program-level QA metrics for test case
coverage and defect workflow status
· Experience with a variety of QA tools that includes but not
limited to: HP Quality Center, FT/QTP, Defect Manager/Test Director, Silk
suite, performance tools, defect tracking tools, code debug tools, etc.
· Experience with different facets of QA tests such as functional
progression & regression, integration, performance, load, UAT, and
operational readiness testing
· Experience with release and configuration management
· Must be self-motivated, able to work independently and thrive in a
fast-paced, multi-tasking, high stress, high productivity environment while
maintaining excellent working relationships with people in a wide variety of
functional areas
· Strong team leadership and management skills
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively
· Computer Science degree or related field
· Experience working in the Financial Service industry;
specifically, investment management systems expertise is a requirement.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Manager - Unix & Storage Production Support(Hands On) - FS - Marlbor
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:30 am (PST)
Open & Active as of 11-20-2009
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. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Business System's Manager - Investment Mgt - MS Centric Env. - Bosto
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:31 am (PST)
Still Open & Active as of 11-20-2009
Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.
Position Title – WRCBSM112009
Business Systems Manager – Investment Mgt – MS Centric Env. - Boston, MA
Area – Up to $120K+ DOE
Base + Bonus + PS
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Company
Leading private investment firm with over $35 billion in assets under
management – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation
Package – Bonus
Position Responsibilities - Summary
This position will be working directly with the shared resources business
unit that is made up of HR, Finance, Legal and Compliance. The person will
be responsible for all technology related projects from inception to
implementation and support. Through in-depth knowledge of the business,
this position will document business processes, develops needs analysis,
functional specifications and technical requirements around hardware and
software implementations.
Will manage a small group with 2 direct reports (Business Systems Analysts)
Reports to SVP - IT
Position Responsibilities – Detailed
· Consult with business users on technology needs
· Create documentation in support of technology requests
· Develop and mange project plans for technology implementations
· Manage technology vendor relationships
Required Skills and Competencies:
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
· Strong understanding of relational databases
· Exposure to HR, Finance, Legal & Compliance Applications
preferred
· Experience with financial investment technologies required
· Experience in a Microsoft Technology Centric Environment –
(C#/.Net – SQL Server Etc.)
QUALIFICATIONS:
· MBA with concentration in finance or technology preferred
· Strong Project management skills
· 5-7 years experience in the financial field – Investment
Management environment
· Analytical skills including ability to produce applications specs
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills
· Experience working with external vendors and consultants
including negotiations on price
· Ability to deliver technology projects on time and within budget
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEB Site –net
www.wrightassociates.org
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Wright Associates specializes in High Technology Recruiting Services for the New England Market Place.
Phone: 508-761-6354
Email: mailto:garywright@prodigy.net
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
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@prodigy.net
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
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