Messages In This Digest (3 Messages)
- 1.
- Lead Software Engineer - Derivatives - Equities - FI - Java - MQ - M From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
- 2.
- Lead Systems Analyst/Eng. - Rapid Solutions - Equities, Acton Netwo From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
- 3.
- Lead Systems Analyst - Equities - C#/.Net - PL/SQL - Boston, MA Area From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
Messages
- 1.
-
Lead Software Engineer - Derivatives - Equities - FI - Java - MQ - M
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Wed Sep 7, 2011 12:13 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR724001 – 09-07-2011
Lead Software Engineer – Derivatives - Equities – FI – Java – MQ – Marlboro,
MA Area – Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or 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 Derivatives Systems Team is responsible for supporting and providing
advanced tools to book, price, and risk manage a broad spectrum of Fixed
Income, Equity, Commodity, and Currency derivatives to the firm's portfolio
management, trading, and operations. Members of the Derivatives team play
critical roles in firm's success by providing proprietary technology
solutions and supporting vendor applications which improve complex
investment decision-making, assist trading, reduce operational risk, and
improve efficiency.
This senior member of the Derivatives Systems Team will combine software
engineering with some derivatives experience and quantitative skills to
drive development of the next generation derivatives platform.
Key Responsibilities:
· Work closely with the Business Analysts team to understand
business problems and create effective technical solutions
· Participate in development and support for all Derivatives
applications including Calypso (vendor application) and multiple in house
built tools
· Participate in full-cycle software development including
regression testing, deployment, and support of new tools
· Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates to technology
innovation and trends, both within the firm and throughout the industry
Required Skills and Competencies:
Keys to this Position:
1. Solid understanding and hands-on experience with core Java, XML,
HTML, WebLogic, Tomcat, IBM MQ, in UNIX and Windows environments
2. A minimum of five years of experience in the investment industry,
ideally with an asset manager, a hedge fund, or an investment bank
3. A minimum three years of experience with front office tools in one
or more of the following areas: derivatives, fixed income, equity, or
commodity systems
4. Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills
Additional Qualifications
· Working knowledge of SQL and relational database technology
· Understanding of Derivatives or Fixed income instruments is a plus
· Former quantitative background is a plus
· Excellent written and verbal communications skills
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment
· Strong delivery focus and ability to overcome obstacles
· Advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, physics,
statistics, or another quantitative field
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 2.
-
Lead Systems Analyst/Eng. - Rapid Solutions - Equities, Acton Netwo
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Wed Sep 7, 2011 12:13 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR723981 – 09-07-2011
Lead Systems Analyst/Eng. – Rapid Solutions – Equities, FI, & Java -
Boston, MA Area – Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or 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 Research & Rapid Solutions team within the Investor & Client
Applications (ICA) group seeks an individual who will take on a hands-on
technical leadership role across the suite of portfolio of applications and
tools developed in this space but also make important contributions in
connection with projects spanning areas of support, portfolio construction,
derivatives and at the IS department level. In the Research and Rapid
Solutions domain, this individual will be responsible for owning the
technical outcomes and providing solutions to address investor needs. The
projects will range in complexity and originate from our business sponsors
or from other application teams. It is expected that this individual will
become knowledgeable in short order across the business domains,
applications and processes that we support, such as valuation models,
research and collaboration platforms, risk management and product management
frameworks. This individual will also be heavily involved in designing,
supporting, improving the overall architecture blueprint within this area.
The Lead Systems Analyst will work with globally located investors and team
members to analyze and implement projects, delivering custom solutions to be
used in the investment and research process. Daily activities will include
application support, hands on design and development, project management,
requirements gathering and documentation, application design, code reviews,
implementation, testing/quality assurance, and end-user training. This
position requires technical proficiency and a high level of direct
interaction with end users and provides a broad set of opportunities
including application development, project management and client management.
Key Responsibilities:
· Work closely with investment professionals located globally at all
levels of the organization to provide solutions using the follow-the-sun
approach for existing applications and proactively identify opportunities
for new/improved systems. Partner with users to iteratively deliver
applications that are critical to their investment process. On an ongoing
basis provide enhancements to previously deployed solutions.
· Collect, document and implement systems requirements.
· Set development standards, code solutions and perform code
reviews, where applicable and ensure development practices adhere to firm
guidelines
· Perform data gap analysis and facilitate remediation efforts
· Plan and manage small and large sized support projects and perform
development and deployment
· Work with users to prioritize needs and provide communication to
keep them apprised of progress.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Strong understanding of the investment process, research
workflows, equity & derivative securities, and market data services e.g.
Bloomberg desktop and Server APIs, FactSet, etc.
· Minimum 6 years experience as a Software Developer supporting
medium to large application development life cycles
· Strong understanding of Object Oriented concepts
· Demonstrated experience of 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, XML/XSLT, JSON is required.
· Strong understanding and experience of Messaging Framework
especially using JMS (experience with Active MQ will be a plus)
· Understanding and Experience with building performance (speed and
accuracy) critical applications is required.
· Experience in using scripting tools such as Perl, Shell Scripts is
required.
· Understanding of applications that use Rich Desktop clients is
required.
· Must possess PL/SQL programming and SQL tuning skills
· Experience with building Rich Client Applications User Interfaces
either using Eclipse RCP or Java Swing is preferred.
· Experience with various software development methodologies, such
as Agile or RUP
· Microsoft Office application expertise, in particular with Excel
and the creation/maintenance of Excel VBA macros would be considered a plus
· Strong analytical and communication skills, both written and
verbal are required
· Ability to work independently and own projects from beginning to
end
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast paced team
environment
· Proven ability to support multiple applications simultaneously
managing milestones effectively
· Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal
supervision
· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
· Experience in Financial Industry is preferred
· Any work towards achieving the CFA (or related) charter will be a
plus.
Keys to this Position:
This is a well-rounded senior individual that has strong hands on coding
skills, understands the business, can interface with users and has the
aptitude and capacity to propose vision and architectural blueprints for
strategic implementations.
1. This position is 40% Development and 60% Systems Analysis.
2. Technical Requirement: Java, Spring, JMS and PL/SQL. If the individual
can jump in and look at .NET code that is a plus.
3. Domain Knowledge Requirement: Must have an understanding of the
Investment Process, especially knowledge of Equities, (Derivatives and
Market Data (i.e. FactSet) are pluses). Some indications of domain knowledge
would be CFA, Financial Statement Analysis, and knowledge of alpha.
4. Strong Client Interfacing skills are required. This individual will be
working directly with Investors.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 3.
-
Lead Systems Analyst - Equities - C#/.Net - PL/SQL - Boston, MA Area
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Wed Sep 7, 2011 12:14 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR723991 – 09-07-2011
Lead Systems Analyst – Equities – C#/.Net – PL/SQL - Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or 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 Equity Support team within the Investor & Client Applications (ICA)
group seeks an individual who will take on a hands-on technical leadership
role across the suite of portfolio of applications and tools developed in
this space but also make important contributions in connection with projects
spanning areas of research & rapid solutions, portfolio construction,
derivatives and at the IS department level. In the Support domain, this
individual will be responsible for owning the technical outcomes and
providing solutions to address investor needs. The projects will range in
complexity and originate from our business sponsors or from other
application teams. It is expected that this individual will become
knowledgeable in short order across the business domains, applications and
processes that we support, such as valuation models, research and
collaboration platforms, risk management and product management frameworks.
This individual will also be heavily involved in designing, supporting,
improving the overall architecture blueprint within this area.
The Lead Systems Analyst will work with globally located investors and team
members to analyze and implement projects, delivering custom solutions to be
used in the investment and research process. Daily activities will include
application support, hands on design and development, project management,
requirements gathering and documentation, application design, code reviews,
implementation, testing/quality assurance, and end-user training. This
position requires technical proficiency and a high level of direct
interaction with end users and provides a broad set of opportunities
including application development, project management and client management.
Key Responsibilities:
· Work closely with investment professionals located globally at all
levels of the organization to provide support using the follow-the-sun
approach for existing applications and proactively identify opportunities
for new/improved systems. Partner with users to iteratively deliver
applications that are critical to their investment process. On an ongoing
basis provide enhancements to previously deployed solutions.
· Collect, document and implement systems requirements.
· Set development standards, code solutions and perform code
reviews, where applicable and ensure development practices adhere to firm
guidelines
· Perform data gap analysis and facilitate remediation efforts
· Plan and manage small and large sized support projects and perform
development and deployment
· Work with users to prioritize needs and provide communication to
keep them apprised of progress.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Strong understanding of the investment process, support and client
management, research workflows, equity & derivative securities and market
data services e.g. Bloomberg desktop and Server APIs, FactSet, etc.
· Minimum 6 years experience as a Software Developer supporting
small to medium application development life cycles
· Strong understanding of Object Oriented concepts
· Demonstrated experience of design and development using .Net based
technologies.
· Microsoft Office application expertise, in particular with Excel
and the creation/maintenance of Excel VBA macros & VBA code is required
· Strong understanding and proven experience with technologies such
as web-services (required), XML/XSLT (a plus)
· Strong understanding and experience of messaging frameworks
· Understanding and experience with building performance (speed and
accuracy) critical applications is required.
· Experience in using scripting tools such as Perl, Shell Scripts is
will be a plus
· Understanding of applications that use Rich Desktop clients is
required.
· Must possess PL/SQL programming and SQL tuning skills
· Prior experience with Oracle and SQL Server
· Experience with various software development methodologies, such
as Agile or RUP
· Strong analytical and communication skills, both written and
verbal are required
· Ability to work independently and own projects from beginning to
end
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast paced team
environment
· Proven ability to support multiple applications simultaneously
managing milestones effectively
· Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal
supervision
· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
· Experience in Financial Industry is required.
· Any work towards achieving the CFA (or related) charter will be a
plus.
Keys to this Position:
This is a well-rounded senior individual that has strong hands on coding
skills, understands the business, can interface with users and has the
aptitude and capacity to propose vision and architectural blueprints for
strategic implementations.
1. This position is 40% Development and 60% Systems Analysis.
2. Technical Requirement: C#, .NET, Excel VBA, XML, PL/SQL.
3. Domain Knowledge Requirement: Must have an understanding of the
Investment Process, especially knowledge of Equities, (Derivatives and
Market Data (i.e. FactSet) are pluses). Some indications of domain knowledge
would be CFA, Financial Statement Analysis, and knowledge of alpha.
4. Strong Client Interfacing skills are required. This individual will be
working directly with investors.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Need to Reply?
Click one of the "Reply" links to respond to a specific message in the Daily Digest.
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@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
MARKETPLACE
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Individual | Switch format to Traditional
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe
No comments:
Post a Comment