Thursday, December 8, 2011

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 715

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1a.

Lead SW Engineer - Trading Systems - Java or .Net - SQL - Boston, MA

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

Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:11 pm (PST)



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

Position Title - WR723271

Lead SW Engineer - Trading Systems - Java or .Net - SQL - Boston, MA
Area -Outstanding Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

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

Applicants must have experience in many different technologies to fit
solutions to diverse problems. Manage small projects with a time to market
focus that requires working with end users in tight time constraints.

My client's trading systems support 24 hour trading across multiple
geographic locations. Trading systems provide a high level of electronic
trading automation. Currently, the systems provide the means for traders to
electronically receive, execute, and send execution reports to interested
parties. Qualified applicants must possess a strong knowledge of
technology, trading, and financial services.

The rapid solutions team has two main goals. First, to deliver quick
prototypes so that new business ideas can be flushed out into full
solutions. These projects are usually ideas from senior management trying
out new processes and ideas to help support the investment process.

Second, to deliver solutions to problems that are not be big enough to
justify the full IT project requirement, but add a huge value to the
traders. These projects can cover any area of the Trading Business and are
usually identified by Traders as an urgent need. Usually these needs come
about suddenly due to market conditions or other outside opportunities.

Candidates must possess excellent communication skills, be self-motivated,
willing to work in an energetic, fun, fast pasted and team-oriented group.
The ability to manage multiple priorities is also required.

Key Responsibilities:

Daily activities and responsibilities for this role include, but are not
limited to:

· Ability to develop in may different technologies

· Manage development resources and projects

· Experience in agile programming

· Contribute to the development of internal and external
documentation

Required Skills and Competencies:

· BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

· 5 to 7 years experience working with Financial/Trading Systems

· Hands on coding with Java, or .NET & SQL technologies - Strong
programming and SQL skills

· Knowledge of Relational Database Systems and Websphere MQ

· Knowledge of Data Services and Data Service Vendors would be a
plus

· Familiarity with Pre-trade and compliance systems

· Experience with all types of trading would be very desirable
(Foreign Exchange, Fixed income, Equity, and Mortgage)

Keys to this Position:

1. Technical: 50% of the time will be hands on coding with Java, or .NET &
SQL technologies.

2. Domain: Strong knowledge of Trading Systems is required as well as the
various asset classes (Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Mortgage, Currency etc.)

3. Analyst skills: This individual will need to be able to effectively
interface with Traders, gather business requirements and write functional
specs.

4. Leadership: This individual will manage one consultant and the team
will grow, yet stay relatively small (3 to 5 resources).

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

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2a.

SWE - Java/J2EE - Oracle - Mess. - Marlboro, MA Area - Excellent Pac

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

Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:11 pm (PST)



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

Position Title - WR112017

SWE - Java/J2EE - Oracle - Mess. - Marlboro, MA Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

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.

Key Responsibilities:

· Technical architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and
support of the systems that serve needs of Financial Services Organization

· Lead small to mid-sized development teams involved in
full-lifecycle development efforts which are based J2EE, Linux/Unix and
Oracle technologies

· Responsible for code quality and assurance by focusing on static
code analysis, unit testing, design and code reviews, continuous
integration, release management, performance tuning, test strategy and
execution

· Partner with System Analysts and Project Managers to implement
business requirements

· Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on
estimates, statuses, identify issues and raise risks

· Provide hands-on development and mentoring of other more junior
members of the development team.

· Coordinate infrastructure related activities with middleware and
database teams

· Implement systems based on well defined SLAs

Required Skills and Competencies:

The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills and proven
ability to design and deliver solutions relevant to complex business
problems.

1) Strong oral, presentation and written communication skills.

2) Ability to articulate technical solutions to system analysts and
business teams without using too much technical jargon

3) 6-8 years of experience including 2-3 years of experience in
leading a software engineering team with onshore and offshore resources

4) At least 2-3 years experience working with enterprise messaging
such as the MQ/Active MQ messaging system and distributed computing
platforms.

5) 3-4 years of proven object-oriented software design and development
experience in Java-based technologies

6) 2-3 years of proven software development experience with
browser-based applications and technologies

7) At least 4 years of experience and expert-level proficiency at
Database development in Oracle

8) 3+ years of proven experience with such technologies as web
services, XML/XSLT, Struts, Grails, log4j, ANT, Spring, AJAX

9) Experience using and deploying to industry-leading application
servers such as Tomcat or BEA WebLogic 9.x

10) Financial industry knowledge is required

11) Experience with iterative software development methodologies, such as
Agile

12) Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Keys to this Position:

1) Technical: We are seeking a well rounded developer with the
following technical skills: Java, J2EE, Oracle, Web Services, MQ or Active
MQ Messaging skills. ETL or Datastage is a plus. Some roles are more
focused on Tomcat, Spring and Struts along with Java, Oracle. This role is
80 to 90% coding.

2) Financial Services experience is required.

3) Excellent Communication skills are required. This individual will
need to be able to articulate technical solutions to the business teams.

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

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3a.

Lead SW Engineer - Java - C/C++ - Matlab Or R - Quant - Boston, MA A

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

Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:12 pm (PST)



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

Position Title - WR724691

Lead SW Engineer - Java - C/C++ - Matlab Or R - Quant - Boston, MA
Area -Outstanding Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

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 Global Execution Services team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer.
This lead role will combine quantitative and software engineering skills to
drive development and deliverables that support and forward the GES business
goals.

Key Responsibilities:

· Partner with Business Analysts to understand and implement
business requirements and objectives

· Work closely with the Global Execution Services business and
research teams to understand business needs and to create effective
technical solutions

· Lead the technical design, implementation and deployment of robust
services that support trading, investment and Global Execution Services
teams

· Perform detailed analysis of analytical/quantitative problems and
provide guidance to the technical development teams

· Partner with the Architecture team to ensure track work is aligned
with the firm's standards and the strategic direction of the enterprise

· Lead 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 the
investment practice, technical and analytics computing both within the firm
and in the industry

Required Skills and Competencies:

· A minimum of five years of experience in the investment industry,
ideally with an asset manager, a hedge fund, or an investment bank.

· Demonstrated understanding of equity and fixed income security
data structures and attributes (including those for related derivatives),
quantitative concepts, and related investment processes

· At least seven years of application designing and programming
experience using Matlab, Java, C/C++, or R. Comfortable in
numerical/statistical programming

· Working knowledge of SQL and relational database technology

· 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 other quantitative field

· Willingness or demonstrated commitment to a CFA / FRM charter

· Data architecture experience is a plus

Keys to this Position:

1. Technical: This is a hybrid role (60% coding/40% analysis). This role
is 60% hands on coding with Java and some C. The role also requires a
Quantitative background along with Advanced Math. Matlab or R is required.
An Advanced Math degree is highly regarded.

2. Domain: The candidate will require some understanding of Equity or
Fixed Income trading. This individual will sit on the trading floor and
will be constructing models. Therefore, strong communication skills and a
dynamic personality will be greatly beneficial along with a strong
analytical mind.

3. Leadership: This individual will lead a team of 6 (FTE's and
consultants).

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

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