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[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 1236

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Digest #1236

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Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:24 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR74454R072015

Updated - Development Manager - Java - Oracle - Asset Management - Marlboro,
MA Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Green Card or US Citizens Only - Relo possible for exceptional candidates

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding 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:

The Compliance Systems team is responsible for providing solutions that meet
our regulatory and client guideline obligations. This is a critical
function for the investment and trading process and helps to protect the
firm from investment errors. In addition, the regulatory environment is
under constant pressure and this team provides solutions that ensure the
firm is compliant and able to respond quickly to a regulator's request.
Members of the team play critical roles in our firm's success by providing
technology solutions which improve the quality, speed, and efficiency of a
highly complex industry with a sophisticated client base. It is our strong
belief that the tools developed by the Compliance Systems team differentiate
us from our competitors in the financial industry.

We are seeking candidates who will work closely with the Compliance team and
lead the development of the firms advanced suite of regulatory and client
guideline applications.

This individual will report to the Manager of Development for Equity Trading
and Compliance Systems.

Responsibilities:

As a senior member of the Compliance Systems team, this individual will have
the following responsibilities:

* Oversight of the technical design, implementation, testing,
deployment, and support of complex applications used by the firms compliance
business teams

* Active participation in the development of business requirements
for new capabilities, including a close working relationship with the firms
compliance business teams

* A contributor to the firms technical community helping to define
the direction for Architecture, development tools, delivery processes and
other SDLC disciplines.

* Team management responsibilities, including the recruiting,
supervision, and development of staff and consultant developers

* Interaction with other IT teams within the firm to ensure
effective integration with portfolio management and trading tools

Required Skills and Competencies:

A candidate must possess the following qualifications:

* A solid software engineering background, including at least ten
years of hands-on development experience in a commercial environment

* At least five years of experience managing software development
teams

* Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with business
teams

* The ability and willingness to work effectively in a
business-critical production environment

* Excellent written and verbal communications skills

* Willingness to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and
team-oriented environment

* The ability to work independently

* The ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

* Financial industry knowledge is preferred

Keys to this Position:

1. 30% of the role includes the following 4 components: (1) detail, design
and code reviews, (2) proof of concepts, (3) hands on coding, (4)
troubleshooting code. Coding is only 10% of the role.

2. Technology Requirement: Java, Oracle, Spring, Messaging and exposure to
multi-threading.

3. The other 70% of the role is Technical Leadership. We are seeking a
strong Software Engineering Lead that can manage a development team of up to
12 resources (onshore/offshore model.) We would like this individual to
have experience building distributed systems.

4. Domain: Ideally we would like to have a candidate with Financial
Industry experience. We are open to all candidates regardless of their
domain experience but they must be able to articulate to a reasonable depth
the business problems they were working on.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:25 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


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

Position Title - WR741901032015

Lead Software Engineer - Core Java - PL/SQL - FI Quant Systems - Inv. Mgt. -
Boston, MA Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Relocation Possible for
Exceptional Candidates

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding 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:

The Fixed Income Quant Systems Team is responsible for providing advanced
quantitative tools such as analytic calculators, risk models, cash flow
engines, liquidity evaluation frameworks, technical pattern modeling, and
asset allocation strategies to the firm's portfolio management and research
teams. Members of the team play critical roles in firm's success by
providing proprietary technology solutions which enable complex investment
decision-making.

This lead role will combine quantitative and software engineering skills to
drive development of firm's next generation of quantitative tools.

Responsibilities:

* Participate in full-cycle software development including
development, regression testing, deployment, and production support.

* Provide technical leadership to a development team with
responsibility for architecture, design and implementation.

* Partner closely with investment and research teams to understand
business needs and to create effective technical solutions.

* Lead implementation of business process improvements involving
(but not limited to) investment process efficiency, data quality
improvements and simplifying investor work flow.

Required Skills and Competencies:

* At least 7 years of hands-on software development experience.

* Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of modern
software development and testing methodologies.

* Demonstrated experience developing J2EE solutions using Java,
JDBC, Web Services, Messaging, and related technologies.

* Working knowledge of SQL and database technologies.

* Delivery focus and willingness to work in a fast-paced,
mission-critical production environment.

* Excellent communications skills.

* Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, statistics
or other related field.

Pluses:

* Understanding of fixed income security data, analytics and risk
management concepts.

* Prior experience using distributed computing, grid or cloud
technologies, particularly Amazon Web Services.

* Experience with any of the following technologies:

o Web UI application development using JQuery or other JavaScript
frameworks

o PL/SQL

o Java FX/Swing

o Matlab

Keys to this Position:

1) This is a Technical Leadership role that requires strong
communication and leadership skills. This is a very hands-on role and will
lead a small team of consultants.

2) Technical Stack: The candidate should have strong hands-on skills
with core Java, multi-threading, JDBC, Web Services, Messaging, PL/SQL and
Oracle.

3) Financial services is highly desired, but not required. Candidates
from other buy-side, sell-side or financial software vendors are highly
desired.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:27 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR74748RR102015

Lead Java Developer - Hedge Funds - Full Stack - SQL - Asset Management -
Marlboro, MA Area - Excellent Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Green Card or US Citizens Only - Relo possible for exceptional candidates

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding 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:

The Hedge Management Systems team is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to
help develop and advance the Hedge Fund and Strategic Risk toolsets. In
addition to working in a dynamic team that is known for its attention to
detail and excellent delivery record, this role will require close
interactions with Engineering teams from other business units, Business
Analysts, Enterprise Architects and Infrastructure teams across the IT
department.

This position requires proficiency and experience in software development
using Java-based technologies. While prior business knowledge is not
mandatory any experience in the financial industry will be a plus. Progress
towards achieving the CFA Charter will also be a plus.

Responsibilities:

* Work closely with Hedge and Risk Strategy Engineering and
Business Analyst teams to understand the business needs and define new - or
advance existing - applications.

* Partner with application and data architects in the design and
review of Hedge and Risk Strategy technology solutions

* Lead a team of developers in the building and delivery of
business solutions

Required Skills and Competencies:

* A solid software engineering background, including at least ten
years of hands-on development experience in a commercial environment

* At least five years of experience managing software development
teams

* The ability to communicate effectively with business teams

* The ability and willingness to work effectively in a
business-critical production environment

* Excellent written and verbal communications skills

* Willingness to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and
team-oriented environment

* The ability to work independently

* The ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

* Financial services experience is preferred, but not required

Keys to this Position:

1) We are seeking a lead Java developer with 10 plus years of experience.

2) This role is 50% coding and 50% leadership (leading a team of 3 to 5
consultants).

3) We are seeking a strong hands-on lead Java developer who can lead in
analysis, design and development of complex applications. The technical
stack includes Java/J2EE, Spring, Tom Cat (application server), Web
Services, Oracle and exposure to multi-threading and JMS.

4) We are also seeking SQL coding skills to be able to work with the
data. Solid experience with SQL or PL/SQL is required.

5) Financial services experience is preferred, but not required

6) Strong communication skills as this person will be leading a very
important track called Next Generation Performance and Attribution System.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:28 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR74661R072015

Sr. Systems Engineer - Security - Cyber Defense - CISSP - Asset Management -
Marlboro, MA Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Green Card or US Citizens Only - Relo possible for exceptional candidates

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding 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:

The Cyber Defense team is looking for a senior security engineer for an
engineering and development role. Primary responsibilities will be in
engineering solutions to solve information security challenges. Likely
projects will be finding ways to combine and correlate data from multiple
sources, developing scripts and other tools to support investigations,
overseeing the use of investigation tools, integrating threat data feeds and
other sources of intelligence, working with other IT teams to provide
internal Intel and assistance in support of the cyber investigations. The
primary mission of the Cyber Defense Team is to understand what is normal so
we can investigate the abnormal. This role is critical to the success of
this mission. The ideal candidate will have an investigator's mindset
combined with strong rapid development and data integration skills. Python
(or similar) programing skills and comfort with XML and JSON formatted data
a must, familiarity with AWS API's, query languages and SIEM experience is a
huge plus. This role will be responsible for the build out of operational
and support tools as well as building out and integration with big data
analytics tools, and running POC's of new tools/technologies

Responsibilities:

* Gather and analyze data through SIEM-like log aggregation tool

* Triage and continue to customize reports, data feeds, dashboards,
and other indicators to identify anomalies that may warrant further
investigation

* Big data analytics, help identify the important questions then
help mine the data for the answers

* Overseeing the integration of the threat intel feeds

* Integrating the various tools into actionable intelligence

* Interface with technical and non-technical users to conduct
fact-finding interviews

* Engage the Security Operations Center for assistance analyzing
key events

* Coordinate with other teams and advocate for improvements to
configurations or technologies

* Review changes to security rule sets

* Participate in on-call rotation for escalated security events

* Coordinate a daily follow the sun handoff status document

Required Skills and Competencies:

Technical Qualifications:

Candidates should be familiar with:

* Case management tools

* Data analytics tools such as Sumologic, Splunk, HP-ArcSight

* Knowledge of Intel tools such as Soltra Edge, OSINT and other
data feeds

* Breach detection tools such CarbonBlack, RSA ECAT

* End Point Protection tools

* Knowledge of leading Proxies

* IDS/IPS tools

* DLP solutions

* Network packet capture tools

* SSL/VPN

* Wireshark

* Vulnerability scanners

Non-technical Qualifications:

* BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related
field

* 5 or more years of IT Security Experience

* Certified Information Systems Security (CISSP) is strongly
preferred

* Strong analytical and investigative skills

* Sound decision-making skills

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

* Ability to work in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment

* Aptitude to provide innovative solutions to problems

* Attentive to detail and self-disciplined

Keys to this Position:

1) We are seeking an Engineer that has experience developing Information
Security tools.

2) This is a senior level role. A CISSP is strongly preferred.

3) Technical Requirements: Python (or similar programming), XML, JSON
formatted data.

4) AWS API's and SIEM is a plus.

5) See Other Technical Qualifications above. The right candidate will
have most of these technical skills including Case Management tools, Data
Analytics tools, Intel tools, Breach Detection tools, End Point Protection
tools, etc.

6) Strong communication skills are required.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:29 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Know anyone for this role? - Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.

Position Title - WR15102172015

Sr. Information Security Risk Analyst - Security - CISSP - Asset Management
- Marlboro, MA Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Green Card or US Citizens Only - Local Candidates Only

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding 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:

Information Security is expanding the Risk Management team and is looking
for a highly motivated, technical Risk Analyst to be responsible for the
risk assessment portion of the Risk Management program. This individual
will have responsibility in the areas of information security risk
assessments for internal projects as well as third party vendors, and will
interface with technology staff, business staff, outside vendors and clients
to assess, report on, and present on information security risks. This
individual will also work directly with developers, infrastructure teams,
architects, and business areas on evaluating and designing security controls
necessary to mitigate identified risks, and will be a core member of a
rapidly growing Information Security and IT Risk team with opportunities to
help expand the program and provide value in multiple areas of the firm.

Responsibilities:

* Work with the vendor management team to perform thorough
technical and policy-based information security risk assessments of key
third party vendors.

* Work with internal application, infrastructure, and architecture
teams to assess the information security risk of existing technology,
infrastructure and processes as well as proposed projects.

* Coordinate business-level information security risk assessments
for key information assets.

* Help to identify and track mitigation actions intended to reduce
identified risks, as well as tracking and reporting on changes in key risk
indicators.

* Assist with information security risk aspects of internal audits.

Required Skills and Competencies:

* 10+ years' experience in Information Security roles with hands-on
experience with a variety of technologies and architectures sufficient to
provide the background necessary to work closely and "go deep" with
development and infrastructure teams.

* Preferred 5+ years' experience in designing, deploying, or
assessing information security technology, processes, and controls.

* Experience with Vendor Management Programs, performing risk
assessments of third party service providers/vendors based on ISO27001 and
SIG, review of SSAE16, etc.

* Experience performing technical risk assessments for internal
projects, working closely with the architecture team.

* Significant breath of technical experience and critical analysis
skills sufficient to perform detailed risk analysis on a variety of
technologies and use cases. The successful candidate will have the
technical depth and analysis capabilities necessary to be proficient when
examining controls and identifying risk in areas such as data encryption,
access control, security architecture, information security policy and
standards, and vulnerability management.

* Past experience working with auditors to prepare SSAE16 or
similar reports.

* Experience responding to client RFPs, and meeting with clients to
review information security posture.

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills and
presentation skills are a must.

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.

* CISSP is preferred.

Keys to this Position:

1) We are seeking 10 plus years' in Information Security including 5 plus
years' of experience with Information Security Risk assessments. The
Information Security Risk assessment will affect both external vendor's and
internal projects so experience in both areas are highly desired.

2) We are seeking technical depth in the following areas: Data
Encryption, Access Control, Security Architecture, Information Security
policy and standards and Vulnerability Management. This individual will
need to be able to completely assess any risks within an Information
Security Architecture.

3) Excellent communication skills are needed as this individual will
interface with business users, outside vendors and IT teams.

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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://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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