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[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 1078

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Digest #1078

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Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:33 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


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

Position Title - WR737001092014

Lead Software Engineer - Markit EDM/MS/Java/Oracle - Asset Mgt. - Marlboro,
MA - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates only

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 Summary:

As member of Investment Administration Applications, this individual will be
responsible to lead the Security Master development team to design, develop,
and implement enhancements and maintenance changes to the custom built
application software, including Oracle Forms and Java based applications,
and packaged software, including Markit EDM.

In this role, the individual will participate in all design and development
activities to successfully deploy new systems and enhancements. The Lead
Software Engineer is a hands-on development role and a mentor to other team
members. Currently, an implementation of a New Security Reference Data
platform is underway using Markit EDM. This is a great opportunity to join
my client's team and design lasting solutions to build the new generation
Security Master.

Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include:

Provide leadership to the development team supporting the existing Security
Master applications and engaged to build the Markit EDM application:

* Lead the design and development efforts of the application
development team

* Recommend system designs and incrementally improve the
maintainability and functionality of the existing system

* Provide practical technical solutions to various business problems

* Deliver solutions balancing the technical needs of the application
with prioritized business requests

* Clearly communicate with all members of the applications,
infrastructure, and business teams to ensure understanding

* Create standards and best practices for the development team to
follow

* Become an expert on the Markit EDM tool and provide this technical
expertise to others on the team

* Clearly communicate with all members of the team

* Articulate and document design decisions and technical concepts
concisely and in an organized manner

* Proactively identify major issues, risks, and dependencies, and
manage them to minimize impact to the overall implementation

Required Skills and Competencies:

Technical:

* 8+ years of software development experience, with methodologies
such as Agile

* 8+ years of proven analysis and technical design, development, and
architecture experience in a database application environment

* 2+ years leading technical teams including managing an offshore
development team

* Must possess excellent relevant hands-on development experience in
some of the following technologies: SQL Server, Oracle, SQL tuning, PL/SQL,
Java, Unix. Markit EDM experience required.

* Experience in Financial services (Investment Management) required

* Creativity, attention to detail and leadership skills

* Ability to solve problems in a logical, methodical, and time
efficient manner

* Ability to understand legacy in-house applications and highly
complex and interrelated systems and processing

* Experience in the QA discipline, including understanding of
testing approaches and their implications to software maintenance

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the
ability to write technical documentation

* Flexibility: ability to work independently and in a team
environment

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Keys to this Role:

1) We are seeking a strong Lead Software Engineer to lead a team of 22
developers (on/off shore model) that are building the next generation
Reference Data Platform.

2) This is a strong Technical leadership role. There is no hands-on
coding. This individual will have strong skills prioritizing project
deliverables and deploying resources. This individual will be a senior
resource that has strong Leadership, Technical aptitude, Vision and Delivery
skills.

3) Technology: The ideal candidate will have experience with Markit EDM,
which is a customizable package that largely uses the Microsoft stack. If
the candidate does not have Markit EDM they will need to have experience
working with another software package that requires strong Engineering
skills (engineering patterns, design patterns, hands-on customizations,
creating standards, etc.)

4) There are also Java and Oracle applications within the platform. A
strong candidate will be able to lead a team of developers across several
technology stacks (Microsoft, Java, Oracle, etc.)

5) Leadership and Vision: Excellent communication skills are required
as this individual will interface with senior members of the business.

Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org
<mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net> - WEB Site -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> www.wrightassociates.org

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@WrightAssociates.org
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org

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