Messages In This Digest (6 Messages)
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- Sr. Business Systems Analyst - Property & Casualty Insurance - Rt 93 From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Sr. Associate Technology - C#/.Net - WPF - Silverlight - FS - Boston From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Updated - Lead Systems Analyst - Performance Measurement - FS - MBA From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Sr. Java/J2EE Developer - FS - MySQL - Server Side - Boston, MA Area From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Sr. Applications Developer/Analyst - JavaJ2EE -JMS - Web - Rt 93/Bos From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Lead QA Engineer - FS - Back Office - QTP - QC - Load Runner - Marlb From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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Sr. Business Systems Analyst - Property & Casualty Insurance - Rt 93
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Nov 5, 2010 7:36 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WACOSBSA102010 – Multiple Openings - 11-05-2010
Sr. Business Systems Analyst – Property & Casualty Insurance - Rt 93/Boston,
MA Area - Up to $90K+
Up to $90K+ DOE + Small Bonus
Local Candidates Only – No sponsorship
Stable Work History
Must have property and casualty insurance domain experience.
Company
Mid sized, very successful financial services firm – voted one of the Best
Places to Work in Boston.
Position Responsibilities – Summary
The Senior Systems Business Analyst is responsible for successful
participation and leadership in projects of various sizes, impact and
complexity in support of the company's business plan. Principal duties
include eliciting and documenting functionality requirements for software
applications as well as providing peer reviews of requirements written by
other team members.
This individual will be called upon to lead requirement and brainstorming
sessions to determine appropriate needs and solutions. This position will be
required to move fluidly between the business users, application
development, quality assurance and other professional services to identify,
evaluate and document requirements that meet business needs.
The Sr. Systems Business Analyst will work as a conduit between the customer
community and application development team through which requirements flow,
interpreting and anticipating business needs with clarity and completeness.
The successful candidate will have the ability to use sound judgment to make
key decisions in the approach, design, scope and solution of business
requests in order to meet both strategic and tactical goals.
The Sr. Systems Business Analyst is also responsible to prepare the business
community for the newly introduced functionality by preparing comprehensive
implementation plans, communicating implementation and change to key
stakeholders and providing training to impacted users.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Act as the liaison between the technology groups and the Business
Customers
· Provide guidance and leadership to BA(s) and Project Teams
· Train, coach and mentor junior or new members of the team
· Fulfill the role of BA Lead while working on initiatives including
leading and facilit1ating meetings and working sessions.
· Determine the approach for gathering requirements and determine
the required deliverables for assigned projects
· Perform research and analysis to deliver high quality detailed
business requirements that can be understood by the business users and the
development teams.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Bachelors Degree plus 6 years experience - Advanced degree
preferred.
· Experience includes working as a Business Analyst, Systems
Analyst, Project Manager or Quality Assurance Analyst.
· Must have domain expertise in the Property & Casualty Insurance
space.
· Project Lead experience required.
· With little supervision the Senior Systems Business Analyst must
be able to prioritize work, and meet deadlines while delivering high
quality, and positive outcomes resulting in high levels of customer
satisfaction.
· The successful candidate will have strong written, verbal and
presentation communication skills, have a thorough understanding of business
processes, the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders, strong
analytical skills, as well as the ability to think abstractly, identify
patterns and use sound judgment to generate creative ideas and solutions.
· A Senior Business Analyst will be required to be well versed in
both the business and technology domains in order to make sound decisions in
the use of automated solutions.
· This role requires innovative thinking, the ability to resolve
conflict and demonstrated success leading and motivating others.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - garywright@prodigy.net - WEB Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Sr. Associate Technology - C#/.Net - WPF - Silverlight - FS - Boston
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Nov 5, 2010 7:37 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.
Position Title – WRCOSPSAT102010
Open & Active as of 11-05-2010
Sr. Associate Technology – C#/.Net – WPF – Silverlight - FS - Boston, MA
Area – Up to $110K+ DOE
Up to $110K Base DOE + Bonus + Benefits
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Stable Work History
Overnight Travel Required
Company
Large, successful, IT Solutions Firm focused on the Capital Markets space.
Position Summary:
As a Senior Associate you will design and develop technology based business
solutions for our clients in the financial services and energy trading
industry. You may be required to play a team lead role for a small team
and/or take on responsibility for the development for a specific component
or track of the solution architecture. At all times you will actively
support the development, and drive quality assurance during design and
realization of the solution.
Primary Responsibilities:
· Support or lead design, estimation and planning tasks for the
solution using technical and functional expertise.
· Generate and review estimates, which include anticipated risks.
· Facilitate clients in meetings to capture business requirements
and develop solution design using best practice/design patterns.
· May be required to be hands-on developer for complex areas.
· May be required to support and enhance existing client
applications.
· Manage projects, people, and scope and be responsible for quality
for your development track/team throughout the project lifecycle.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
· Experience in WPF and/or Silverlight with WCF using MVC, MVP and
MVVM and RIA data/web services and familiarity with UI/UE design and
implementation.
· Significant, hands-on experience in solution design, architectural
analysis within trading systems (or similar).
· Proficient in Core C#/.NET fundamentals especially Collections,
GC, events and delegates, Multi-threading and Generics.
· Good understanding of financial and energy trading markets,
especially front and mid office within at least one asset class or product
type.
· Proficient understanding of new language features like LINQ and
lambda expressions.
· Significant experience in at least one IOC Container and Mock
Framework, NAnt and NUnit.
· Proficiency in one or more Relational Databases is highly
desirable: Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase.
· Excellent knowledge of OOAD, UML, Design Patterns and Data
Structures.
· Excellent problem-solving skills.
· End-to-end experience in agile software development lifecycle.
· Ability to influence and negotiate with clients and team members.
· Project leadership skills including people management, scope and
plan management and tracking.
· Ability to abstract detail into larger (repeatable) patterns,
familiarity with user-centered analysis and evaluation techniques.
· Openness to travel and work at client offices.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - ReplyWrightAssociates@Verizon. - WEB Site –Net
www.WrightAssociates.org
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Updated - Lead Systems Analyst - Performance Measurement - FS - MBA
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Sat Nov 6, 2010 6:36 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR716541
Updated 11-05-2010
Lead Systems Analyst – Performance Measurement - FS – MBA - Boston, MA
Area – Excellent $$
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Candidates Local to Mass. 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 Investment Administration Applications team is seeking a Lead Systems
Analyst who will be responsible for requirements, systems analysis, testing,
and project management for initiatives supporting the Performance Services
group within Investment Administration. The Performance Services group is
responsible for investment performance measurement, performance attribution,
benchmark maintenance, and GIPS composite maintenance.
The position requires a high level of interaction with the business users as
well as excellent communication and delivery skills. The candidate should
be a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of
assignments in a fast-paced environment with people at all levels of the
organization.
In 2011 the IA Applications team will begin a multi-year initiative to
replace the firm's legacy performance measurement system. This individual
will participate in the vendor evaluation and buy/build decision, and be a
key contributor in the detailed analysis and implementation of the new
system.
Key Responsibilities;
The Lead Systems Analyst will have the following responsibilities:
· Interact with investment professionals to proactively identify
opportunities for new/improved systems.
· Work with business partners to define, analyze and document
requirements.
· Document functional specifications for new systems and
enhancements.
· Coordinate the work of systems analysts, software developers,
database architects and data vendors to design and implement robust
technical solutions.
· Plan and perform functional testing of new systems and
enhancements.
Keys to this Position:
1. 5 years of Performance Measurement and Attribution experience is
required.
2. 10 years of financial services industry is required, preferably asset
management.
3. Strong Systems Analysis skills are required.
4. The CFA is a strong plus.
5. We will also consider recent MBA grads (2010/2011) from top tier schools
that don't have the above experience (i.e. Sloan, Wharton, etc.)
6. We will also consider strong MBA's with math/quant background that do
not have performance.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· A minimum of 10 years of work experience in a financial services
technology environment.
· A minimum of 5 years experience developing or supporting
performance measurement and/or performance attribution applications.
· Strong understanding of investment processes, securities,
analytics and market data services.
· Strong client relationship, communication and analytical skills.
· Demonstrated experience in project management and business
analysis for medium to large initiatives.
· Demonstrated experience in formal software development
methodologies.
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business or related
discipline.
· A CFA and/or CIPM designation would be a strong plus.
Contact Information
Send Resume in Word format only to:
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Sr. Java/J2EE Developer - FS - MySQL - Server Side - Boston, MA Area
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Sat Nov 6, 2010 6:36 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WRATBTSJD102010
Open & Active as of 11-05-2010
Sr. Java/J2EE Developer – FS – MySQL – Server Side – Boston, MA Area - Up to
$100K+ DOE
Base + Bonus + Benefits
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Company
Hot Financial Services Start Up – Fast growing - Foreign Exchange Trading –
Lots of grow possibilities
Position Responsibilities - Summary
My client is looking for motivated, energetic, and highly capable Java
developers to integrate into their dynamic engineering team. This is the
perfect opportunity for individuals looking for a challenging position with
constantly increasing responsibilities and autonomy. Client offers a very
fast-paced work environment, the support of management, and the opportunity
for career growth.
Required Skills and Competencies:
Must Haves:
· Must be a core Java/J2EE programmer with Multi-Threaded & Server
Side experience.
· 5+ years experience in Java development
· Basic knowledge of MySQL
· Financial Services experience – 24X7 – Mission Critical –
Performance Environments
· Bachelor Degree (or higher) in Computer Science
Preferred Experience/Requirements:
· Certification in Java 5.0+ - Knowledge of scalability - Knowledge
of functional programming - Knowledge of Regular Expressions - Knowledge of
JSON
· Basic knowledge of Perl
· Ability to compile & read in C++ (no C++ programming required)
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Sr. Applications Developer/Analyst - JavaJ2EE -JMS - Web - Rt 93/Bos
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Sat Nov 6, 2010 6:36 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WACOAR082010
Open & Active as of 11-05-2010
Sr. Applications Developer/Analyst – JavaJ2EE –JMS – Web – Rt 93/Boston, MA
Area - Up to $90K+
Up to $90K+ DOE + Small Bonus
Local Candidates Only – No sponsorship
Company
Mid sized, very successful financial services firm – voted one of the Best
Places to Work in Boston.
Position Responsibilities – Summary
The Senior Developer/Analyst role is to participate in design and
development of WEB applications. Senior Developer must have strong knowledge
in software architecture and design and have experience working in a small
to medium development team environment. This position will specialize in a
specific development environment and is expected to translate business
requirements into concise and robust technical solutions.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Work with business analysts to gather and document requirements.
· Develop functional and technical specifications.
· Prepare time estimates for individual deliverables.
· Develop and unit test applications.
· Create, document, and implement unit test plans, scripts, and test
harnesses.
· Create and maintain technical documentation using defined
technical documentation templates.
· Participate in on-call, 24/7 coverage on a rotational basis.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· 5-10 years of technical experience developing web applications
using following technologies
· Core Java with J2EE, Struts, JMS, EJB, AJAX, JavaScript, JSP,
HTML, CSS
Web services, XML, XML Schemas, XSLT
· Solid understanding of all phases of the Software Development Life
Cycle (SDLC)
· Must be client-facing and capable of working in a dynamic
environment to collect and document business requirements.
· Good writing and communications skills
· Capable of multitasking
· Good Customer Service skills
Additional skills desired:
· Ant, MyEclipse, WebSphere Express
· SQL, UNIX Shell Scripting, Windows Scripting
· Desired experience with PEGA Rules Process Commander
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - garywright@prodigy.net - WEB Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Lead QA Engineer - FS - Back Office - QTP - QC - Load Runner - Marlb
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Sat Nov 6, 2010 6:42 am (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR719231
Open & Active as of 11-05-2010
Lead QA Engineer – FS – Back Office – QTP – QC – Load Runner - Marlboro, MA
Area – Excellent $$
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Candidates Local to Mass. 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 QMC team is seeking a Lead QA engineer to be an integral member of the
QA team responsible for leading the testing efforts for the Investment
Administration suite of applications.
Key Responsibilities;
· Develop and execute testing strategy based on the application
requirements, leading to the analysis, design, documentation and execution
of the test cases for the IA suite of applications
· Drive testing automation, scripting and regression testing
projects utilizing offshore test automation engineers
· Provide guidance to the QA teams, and partner with the centralized
QA teams to align the practices with the strategic QA direction of the
enterprise.
· Partner with the business analyst and the develop teams to review
and understand the business requirements and the technical implementations.
· Ensure each release meets well-defined quality standards by
working closely with the development managers
· Partner with Project Managers on estimates, statuses and risks.
Report weekly status to the senior management and escalate issues.
· Stay current with the QA best practices, methodologies and
technologies, and continue to improve the QA processes across the team.
Key to this Position:
1. This individual will need experience managing a QA team of 5 to 10
resources (on and offshore).
2. This individual should have expertise in the QA space, be able to make
recommendations, set direction and define strategy.
3. Domain knowledge: This individual needs to have QA leadership
experience in the back office in one or more of the following areas: Fund
Accounting, Swift, Settlements and/or Performance.
4. Expertise with QA tools such as QC, QTP and Load runner
The ideal candidate must have expertise in QA, excellent leadership and
communication skills with a proven ability to manage multiple QA tracks.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Seven plus years experience as a QA engineer and three plus years
experience in leading a QA team on complex projects
· Expertise with all aspects of testing, including functional,
structural, regression, load and performance testing
· Expertise with QA tools such as QC, QTP and Load runner
· Experience working on high-volume transaction applications
· Knowledge of the Investment back-office operations required
· Ability to manage a team of offshore and onshore-based vendor QA
teams
· Knowledge of the Agile development and project management
processes
· Ability to diagnose and identify performance and stability issues
in large, complex applications
· Strong knowledge of Linux, Oracle database and SQL
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical application
· Bachelors degree required
Contact Information
Send Resume in Word format only to:
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – 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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