Tuesday, November 24, 2009

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 401

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1a.

Updated - Lead SW Eng - Equity Trading - C#/.Net - Messaging - GUI -

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

Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:59 am (PST)



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Position Title - WR095006

Lead SW Eng. - Equity Trading - C#/.Net - Messaging - GUI - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates 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 Equity Trading team is seeking a Lead software engineer to be an
integral member of the development team responsible for developing the
firm's next generation Equity Trading System. This role will report to the
Software Engineering Manager for the Equity Trading applications.
Great Opportunity to be involved in building a complete Trading System from
the ground up in a elite Buy Side Firm.
Detailed Responsibilities;

As a Lead member of this team, the individual will have the following
responsibilities:

· Technical design, implementation, deployment, and support of the
Equity Trading System
· Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business
requirements
· Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on
estimates, statuses, identify issues and raise risks
· Partner with the Architecture team to ensure track work is aligned
with the strategic direction of the enterprise
· Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends
to ensure systems and team are of highest caliber

Keys to This Position:
1. Technical requirements: C#/.Net, VS 2005+, GUI, Messaging, WPF, WCF.
2. Leadership experience. Team management responsibilities, including the
direct supervision of approximately 15 software engineers (consultants) -
4-5 Onshore - 10 Offshore thru a Lead - Group is mostly made up of
consultants. Responsibilities breakdown - 65% Technical Leadership - 35%
Team Leadership.
3. Domain knowledge (in this order): Trading Systems, Financial
Institution - Front Office, Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, etc. , or
other Financial Services Experience. Work will involve building the Front
End (GUI) for a Major/Multi Year Trading System Project - This will be the
Order Mgt - Order Execution & Order Allocation Portal used by the Firm's
Traders.
4. Strong Communication skills.
5. Seeking experience with High Volume, High Transactional Systems. This
individual will be a strong Technical, Hands On Leader that knows how to
build High Speed Performance Applications.
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. Specific requirements include:

· 8+ years of experience including 3 plus years of experience
managing or leading a development team.
· 5+ years of GUI development using Microsoft technologies
· Two years of .net development experience using C#
· Two years of using.net frameworks version 2.0 or greater
· Experience with Visual Studio 2005 or greater
· WPF or WCF is considered a strong plus as is Data Grid Knowledge
· Strong knowledge of Relational DB Systems - Oracle is Preference
but other major RDB Systems is fine
· Strong analysis, design and modeling skills
· Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g.
MSMQ, ActiveMQ)
· Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies and
their effective application
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical production
environment
· Computer Science degree or related field

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.

Systems Engineer (Windows Server & Exchange) - FS - Marlboro, MA Are

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

Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:59 am (PST)



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Position Title – WR713651

System Engineer (Windows Server & Exchange) - FS – Marlboro, MA Area -
Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates 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 ETS Communication's team seeks a Systems Engineer who will be
responsible for the engineering, roll out, and operational support of
messaging and communications products.
This individual will be primarily responsible for planning, architecture,
implementation and support of our messaging and communications
infrastructure for high availability, recoverability and reliability.

Key Responsibilities;

· Work on the architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and
support of the messaging and communications infrastructure
· Support the messaging and communications infrastructure as part of
an on call rotation
· Develop infrastructure standards, best practices and guidelines

Keys to This Position:

1. Strong analytical skills - ability to diagnose the interoperability
of a diverse set of technologies such as Exchange, Active Directory, VOIP,
SQL and A/V (The candidate should have 80% of these 5). Other key
technologies include OCS, Oracle, MOSS, SAN, TCIP, SIP, Avaya.
2. Strong system analysis, architecture, design and administration
skills. The position breaks down as follows: 50% system engineering &
administration, 35% infrastructure design and architecture practices, 15%
Project related tasks: working with support engineers, vendors and
developers across teams
3. Very close to the technology - design, configure and support
messaging and communications products
4. Strong knowledge of ITIL practices - Configuration, Change and
Release Management
5. The candidate should come from a large production environment -
(700+ Windows Servers globally)
6. Strong Infrastructure Management background - capacity planning,
performance management and security

Required Skills and Competencies:

· 7+ years experience supporting Microsoft Exchange
· Extensive experience in design, maintenance and support of an
Exchange infrastructure including performance, capacity, recovery
technologies for DR and HA, and journaling for compliance
· Knowledge of industry best practices related to email routing,
filtering, monitoring, storage, backup and disaster recovery is required
· Strong interpersonal skills and a proven record for attention to
detail
· A proven ability to interact successfully with clients, and
maintain open communications at all times
· Application Experience in Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2003,
Active Directory, Iron Mail, Blackberry Enterprise Server, OCS 2007,
Symantec Enterprise Vault
· Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field of study and
5 plus years related experience is a must.

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 System's Analyst - Inv. Data - FS - (Reference Data - CSM) - Bo

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

Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:00 am (PST)



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Open & Active as of 11-20-2009

Position Title - WR095008

Lead System's Analyst - Inv. Data - FS - (Reference Data - CSM) - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates 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 individual will be leading the system design and analysis for
development projects in the Reference Data Applications in the Investment
Data Systems team. In this role the individual will work with the project
managers, business analysts and lead programmers to define technical
solutions and roadmap for implementing business requirements in our
applications with a strong focus on scalability, quality and application
integration with the downstream consumers of pricing data. This person will
also be performing supervisory activities including budget management within
the team.

Key Responsibilities;

· Partner with Investment Data and Derivatives Services Business
team within the Investment Administration Group to proactively identify the
firms growing needs around pricing and analytics in order to develop long
term scalable solutions.
· Take a hands-on approach to functional architecture and technical
design to deliver business solutions.
· Work with the Reference Data consumer groups to understand their
requirements and help develop innovative solutions to address their data
needs.
· Provide input into system design to help the programming teams
define effort and implementation schedules for application development work.
· Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing
and building controls to measure the overall accuracy and timeliness of data
delivery.
· Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on
time, scalable and high quality business solutions.
· Manage the overall budget of the team and help in planning and
budget estimations of various efforts.
· Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both
full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization.
Keys to This Position:
1. This is a Senior role that is a combination of Functional and Technical
with emphasis on the Functional.
2. The Domain (Functional) requirement: This candidate must have a strong
background in Investment Management with exposure to Back Office and Middle
Office Operations. This individual will be responsible for Reference Data
Applications that includes Pricing, Security Master, Analytics and
Derivative Operations. Any experience in these areas is a very strong plus.
3. Technical: The applications are written in Java (J2EE), PL/SQL and Data
Stage. Experience as an Analyst working with applications built with these
technologies is a big plus.
4. The candidate must have Excellent Communication and Client Relationship
skills. The individual will be interfacing directly with the business
(Investment Data and Derivatives Systems Operations).
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Strong understanding of Investment Data and Investment Management
industry, with specific domain expertise Reference Data - Security Master.
· Minimum 10 years experience as a systems analyst
· Minimum 5 years experience in Data Management
· Minimum of 5 years of Project Management experience is required.
· Experience in working with data providers such as Bloomberg, IDC,
Markit and Reuters.
· CFA certification is a plus.
· Experience in the design of n-tier applications and architectures.
· Experience with SOA architecture will be a huge plus.
· Team management experience and a proven ability to work in a cross
functional environment
· Experience in managing delivery in a centralized team with
aggressive delivery timelines is required.
· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

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4a.

Lead System's Analyst - Investment Data - FS - Boston, MA Area - Out

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

Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:00 am (PST)



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

Position Title – WR713801

Lead System's Analyst – Investment Data - FS – Boston, MA Area - Outstanding
Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates 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 individual will be leading the system design and analysis for
development projects in the End-Of-day Pricing Application in the Investment
Data Systems team. In this role the individual will work with the project
managers, business analysts and lead programmers to define technical
solutions and roadmap for implementing business requirements in our
applications with a strong focus on scalability, quality and application
integration with the downstream consumers of pricing data. This person will
also be performing supervisory activities including budget management within
the team.

Key Responsibilities;

· Partner with Investment Data and Derivatives Services Business
team within the Investment Administration Group to proactively identify the
firms growing needs around pricing and analytics in order to develop long
term scalable solutions.
· Take a hands-on approach to functional architecture and technical
design to deliver business solutions.
· Work with the Pricing Data consumer groups to understand their
requirements and help develop innovative solutions to address their data
needs.
· Provide input into system design to help the programming teams
define effort and implementation schedules for application development work.
· Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing
and building controls to measure the overall accuracy and timeliness of data
delivery.
· Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on
time, scalable and high quality business solutions.
· Manage the overall budget of the team and help in planning and
budget estimations of various efforts.
· Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both
full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization.
Keys to This Position:
1. This is a Senior role that is a combination of Functional and Technical
with emphasis on the Functional.
2. The Domain (Functional) requirement: This candidate must have a strong
background in Investment Management with exposure to Back Office and Middle
Office Operations. This individual will be responsible for Reference Data
Applications that includes Pricing, Security Master, Analytics and
Derivative Operations. Any experience in these areas is a very strong plus.
3. Technical: The applications are written in Java (J2EE), PL/SQL and Data
Stage. Experience as an Analyst working with applications built with these
technologies is a big plus.
4. The candidate must have Excellent Communication and Client Relationship
skills. The individual will be interfacing directly with the business
(Investment Data and Derivatives Systems Operations).
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Strong understanding of Investment Data and Investment Management
industry, with specific domain expertise in Pricing and analytics
· Minimum 10 years experience as a systems analyst
· Minimum 5 years experience in Data Management
· Minimum of 5 years of Project Management experience is required.
· Experience in working with data providers such as IDC and Reuters.
· CFA certification is a plus.
· Experience in the design of n-tier applications and architectures.
· Experience with SOA architecture will be a huge plus.
· Team management experience and a proven ability to work in a cross
functional environment
· Experience in managing delivery in a centralized team with
aggressive delivery timelines is required.
· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

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

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5a.

Lead Storage Eng - EMC - Clarion - Celera - NetApps - FS - Marlboro,

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

Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:01 am (PST)



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

Position Title – WR714111

Lead Storage Eng. – EMC – Clarion – Celera – NetApps – FS – Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates 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
This individual, as part of the Production Support team within Enterprise
Technology Services will provide 24X7 production support for the firm's
global storage infrastructure. The candidate must possess technical depth
and breadth, should have a "can do" hands-on orientation and be able to
function both independently and as a member of a team.
The right candidate should have extensive technical experience in managing
enterprise storage networks (including storage architecture,
provisioning/de-provisioning, production support, automation and monitoring)
with strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, communication
and decision-making skills.
This role will report to the manager of the production support team.
Detailed Responsibilities;

· Responsible for the outcome of enabling "business as usual"
through:
o 1. Continuous availability and operational resiliency of Storage
infrastructure components
o 2. Minimize risk(s)/issue(s) through oversight and delivery of
people, process and technology services
· Perform 24X7 production support (on-call rotation) for the storage
infrastructure.
· Lead & manage incident bridges, take ownership of issues,
collaborate with other teams on remediation and manage them through
completion
· Diagnose and resolve storage performance anomalies
· Develop storage capacity Planning, forecasting & usage trend
Reporting
· Develop and execute storage high availability and disaster
recovery plans
· Work with application and infrastructure teams to design,
implement and follow proactive processes for allocation and de-allocation of
storage resources
· Work with planning, engineering, delivery and operations teams to
coordinate project activities, support issues and to evolve the resiliency
and technical capabilities of the storage infrastructure. Communicating
issues and status to senior management in the form of status reports,
briefings, and presentations.
· Work with Data Center management teams on storage equipment
migrations
· Understand business priorities/needs, the IT organization's goals
and enable alignment of the team's operating model, processes and systems to
meet stated objectives and outcomes.
· Providing vision, direction, definition of team
activities/priorities and impactful technology and thought
leadership/expertise for the Storage team initiatives
· Development of strategy and plans for systems production
readiness, security/audit, monitoring for continued operability in a 24x7
environment, adherence to system standards and oversee the development of
automated storage system provisioning and operational tools/capabilities.
· Function as a "mentor" for the team and empower employees by
dissemination of personal knowledge, perspective(s) and experience(s)
· Foster a positive culture of creativity, innovation and continuous
improvements of our services and operational capabilities
Keys to This Position:
1. This is a Lead Storage Engineer that will be responsible for everyday
Execution, Delivery and Operations of the Storage Environment.
2. This individual will be at the Technical Lead level and will manage 1 or
2 staff members.
3. Technical: This is a technically hands on role that requires experience
in environments with the following technologies:
EMC DMX4, DMX 3000, Clariion (CX3, CX4 and CX7), Celera (NS2, NS4 and NS7
series) and NetApp (FAS2 and F825 series filers) platforms
Individual needs to come out of a larger, complicated, 24X7 Mission Critical
Production Environment – Financial Services Industry Background Required.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· 8+ years experience as a technical contributor in storage teams
supporting global 24x7 distributed multi-technology/multi-location storage
environments
· Hands-on experience in environments with the following
technologies:
· EMC DMX4, DMX 3000, Clariion (CX3, CX4 and CX7), Celera (NS2, NS4
and NS7 series) and NetApp (FAS2 and F825 series filers) platforms
· Cisco 9513, McData ED64M, DS32M and DS4700M SAN Switches
· F5 Acopia ARX 1000 NAS virtualization switches
· SAN and NAS management tools - Solutions Enabler, EMC Control
Center ver 5.x, Cisco Fabric Manager, Connectrix Fabric Manager, Navisphere
Clariion Storage management tool, Navi Analyzer, Celerra Manager, Data On
Tap (NetApp) and Acopia ARX Manager
· Veritas storage foundation suite
· Virtualization with VMWare and SRDF based replication solutions
· Functional understanding of Solaris/Linux, Oracle databases,
Weblogic application servers and MQ messaging
· Ability to function/lead autonomously in a collaborative culture
with focus on business outcome(s), impact to the firm and client service
orientation
· Experience in leading, delegation and also having the technical
expertise to get "hand-on" involved as/when the need arises.
· A personal style, commitment and communication ability that allows
you to partner with IS peers and teams to work productively and efficiently.
· Strong delivery/operations leadership, change agent, motivation to
take on and lead new initiatives and willingness to learn and grow self (in
areas of technical and management skills)
· Good understanding of the financial services industry, business
priorities/workflow and it's associated IT storage infrastructure, system
and application needs
· Advanced degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Compensation

Very Competitive Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Bonus - Comprehensive
Benefits Package

No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

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

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