Full time, permanent position
In person interview and background check required
Job Description
The systems director will have the responsibility for supporting all existing and new applications and projects that enable the derivative business functions within Investment division. This hands-on position is located in Boston and offers the opportunity to liaise with front-office, risk-management, middle-office and back-office global clients, onshore and offshore development teams and vendors. The successful candidate will collaborate with each of these groups to provide technical solutions and requires a solid background in technology, specifically related to systems that support derivative straight-through-processing, accounting and risk management. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience supporting and providing solutions in a global trading environment with geographically distributed teams. Further, a strong business focus, familiarity with business processes within front, middle and back offices and terminology, a desire to partner with a diverse client-base and excellent communication skills are also required.
Responsibilities will include
* Develop and implement a long-term technology strategy to support business needs.
* Establish effective relationships with all system users across the company.
* Ensure that all solutions meet the mandated regulatory and compliance requirements for the industry.
* Establish a strong control systems environment.
* Review and sign off on technical solutions and architecture and implementation plans.
* Manage system availability and service delivery along with future capacity requirements.
* Ensure production and development environments support the requirements of the technology team.
* Ensure proper change and release management for successful production implementations; work with offshore team to develop test strategies, plans and cases to ensure initiatives being implemented meet expected deliverables.
* Develop, mentor, motivate and challenge direct reports and staff
* Evaluate and ensure appropriate systems development (SDLC) and project management processes are being utilized.
* Exercise judgment in identifying issues, developing plans as business conditions change and either develop recommendations or make decisions for changes in plans.
* Conduct feasibility studies, evaluate risks, develop and sell business cases, and implement appropriate technological alternatives, ensuring cost effectiveness.
* Share accountability for clients' satisfaction, system availability and stability.
* Use industry experience and contacts to assist Investments Division in understanding what other similar companies are doing.
* Keep abreast of new market developments in derivatives.
Qualifications:
* BS in Computer science or related field; a Masters degree is preferable
* 8+ years of management or team lead experience
* Knowledge and experience with derivatives (fixed income, commodity, currency, equity)
* Experience with Java, .NET, databases, Matlab, C is desirable
* Experience working with Bloomberg, Reuters and other market data providers
* Systems knowledge in Summit, Findur/Endur, Murex, Calypso and other similar applications in a front to back office environment
* In-depth understanding of strategic business objectives combined with broad industry knowledge of investment products, market practices and securities operations.
* Knowledge of industry compliance and regulatory requirements.
* Proven capability in initiating, motivating and managing change effectively.
* Highly developed presentation and communication skills.
* Demonstrated leadership and project management skills and methodology with a service oriented interpersonal style.
* Ability to work independently as well as part of a team in an international setting.
* Experience supporting global trading and development environment
* Experience managing resource and costs within budget
* Strong influencing and negotiation skills
* Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain positive cross-department relationships to attain collaborative solutions
* Demonstrated ability to manage pressure and to provide clear direction to people during times of crisis
* Strong application and architecture knowledge of systems
* Thorough understanding of current business objectives and ability to initiate system strategies to support them.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Market Data Manager
Full time position
Boston based asset management firm with international offices
Department Profile:
The IT Security and Market Data team is responsible for overseeing the security of company data by supporting security applications and market data infrastructure. The team manages server and endpoint security, edge security, regulatory compliance, market data, and operational security and market data concerns.
Overview:
Reporting to the Manager of IT Infrastructure Security and Market Data, this position is part of the IT Infrastructure group. The Market Data Manager has primary responsibility for the management of Market Data Systems (MDS) activities. This role interfaces with various business units within company to insure that market data needs are being met, including the IT Security Engineer for MDS infrastructure support and IT Operations for support of MDS data movement. Additionally, contract management, audit and billing support fall within this role.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Works with business units to insure that current market data needs are met, and plans for future needs.
• Assists in performing product evaluations and recommends market data products/services.
• Performs proactive research on new and existing market data products.
• Fulfills incoming general requests for market data, including data feeds, workstations (Bloomberg, Reuters, and FactSet), new product research, trials and application integration.
• Manages market data contract negotiation and renewal processes in conjunction with business units, Legal, and Finance.
• Manages and participates in the troubleshooting process for all market data issues, in conjunction with the IT Security Engineer and the Desktop Support team.
• Responsible for relationship management with all market data vendors, such as Reuters, Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI and S&P.
• Manages market data billing, including cost allocation, approvals, and maintenance of cost management accounting system (MDSL).
• Regularly audits market data usage to eliminate redundant costs and unutilized data charges.
• Performs periodic exchange compliance audits.
• Manages audit and reporting requests from market data vendors and exchanges.
• Creates/maintains documentation for supported systems, is involved in DR/BCP planning.
• Works with IT security engineer to insure high availability of all market data infrastructure, and participates in high availability testing.
• Works with IT Security Engineer to ensure adequate infrastructure capacity in order to meet the expanding data needs of the organization.
• Responds to market data incidents 24 x 7.
• Participates in scheduled off-hours configuration changes, service outage upgrades, and DR/BCP testing.
• Identifies and supports quality improvement initiatives.
Mandatory requirements:
• Undergraduate degree in technology discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of market data systems experience
• 5+ years experience in the financial services industry
Additional Skills:
• Excellent, proven troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and verbal communications and interpersonal skills
• Must exhibit a team-oriented approach
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Boston based asset management firm with international offices
Department Profile:
The IT Security and Market Data team is responsible for overseeing the security of company data by supporting security applications and market data infrastructure. The team manages server and endpoint security, edge security, regulatory compliance, market data, and operational security and market data concerns.
Overview:
Reporting to the Manager of IT Infrastructure Security and Market Data, this position is part of the IT Infrastructure group. The Market Data Manager has primary responsibility for the management of Market Data Systems (MDS) activities. This role interfaces with various business units within company to insure that market data needs are being met, including the IT Security Engineer for MDS infrastructure support and IT Operations for support of MDS data movement. Additionally, contract management, audit and billing support fall within this role.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Works with business units to insure that current market data needs are met, and plans for future needs.
• Assists in performing product evaluations and recommends market data products/services.
• Performs proactive research on new and existing market data products.
• Fulfills incoming general requests for market data, including data feeds, workstations (Bloomberg, Reuters, and FactSet), new product research, trials and application integration.
• Manages market data contract negotiation and renewal processes in conjunction with business units, Legal, and Finance.
• Manages and participates in the troubleshooting process for all market data issues, in conjunction with the IT Security Engineer and the Desktop Support team.
• Responsible for relationship management with all market data vendors, such as Reuters, Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI and S&P.
• Manages market data billing, including cost allocation, approvals, and maintenance of cost management accounting system (MDSL).
• Regularly audits market data usage to eliminate redundant costs and unutilized data charges.
• Performs periodic exchange compliance audits.
• Manages audit and reporting requests from market data vendors and exchanges.
• Creates/maintains documentation for supported systems, is involved in DR/BCP planning.
• Works with IT security engineer to insure high availability of all market data infrastructure, and participates in high availability testing.
• Works with IT Security Engineer to ensure adequate infrastructure capacity in order to meet the expanding data needs of the organization.
• Responds to market data incidents 24 x 7.
• Participates in scheduled off-hours configuration changes, service outage upgrades, and DR/BCP testing.
• Identifies and supports quality improvement initiatives.
Mandatory requirements:
• Undergraduate degree in technology discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of market data systems experience
• 5+ years experience in the financial services industry
Additional Skills:
• Excellent, proven troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and verbal communications and interpersonal skills
• Must exhibit a team-oriented approach
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Web Analytics and Technical Specialist
Location: Waltham, MA
Full time, permanent position
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Web professional to join our Web Services and Usability team. You will act as the hands-on technical resource for implementation and maintenance of our teams technical tools, including Web analytics, site search (both Omniture), and other technology products, as needed.
For Web analytics, you will ensure that our code and tools are properly configured, solve technical reporting issues, create scheduled and ad hoc reports, and present information in user-friendly formats. You will work closely with content owners, designers, developers, our Usability team, and others to design and implement appropriate approaches to collecting metrics that support decision making. You will train our business users on the analytics tools available to them and support them in their own reporting efforts.
For site search, you will work closely with the usability team and content owners to define, design, implement, and report on technical enhancements that deliver an exceptional site search experience to our users.
This position will also play a part in evaluating, implementing, and maintaining other technology products, including content management and forums.
Qualified candidates will have 3 to 5 years of experience working on the Web.
- Design, implement, and maintain all Web analytics and site search solutions
- Work closely with a wide range of stakeholders on Web analytics and site search issues
- Develop scheduled, ad hoc, and dashboard reports for various teams for self-service
- Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of other technical tools such as content management and forums
- Provide technical expertise to the team, as needed
The ideal candidate would also meet the following requirements:
- At least 3 years of working experience using standard Web analytics tools
- Solid understanding of industry standards regarding Web analytics and site search
- Strong problem-solving skills and excellent analytical abilities
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data scenarios into clear and understandable information
- Familiarity with a range of technical products including content management, a plus
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to manage several projects simultaneously; good prioritization skills
- Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining quality standards
- Self-motivated and able to work independently or as part of a team
- Innovative and creative thinker
- Highly motivated and positive, can-do attitude
- Bachelor's degree, required
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Full time, permanent position
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Web professional to join our Web Services and Usability team. You will act as the hands-on technical resource for implementation and maintenance of our teams technical tools, including Web analytics, site search (both Omniture), and other technology products, as needed.
For Web analytics, you will ensure that our code and tools are properly configured, solve technical reporting issues, create scheduled and ad hoc reports, and present information in user-friendly formats. You will work closely with content owners, designers, developers, our Usability team, and others to design and implement appropriate approaches to collecting metrics that support decision making. You will train our business users on the analytics tools available to them and support them in their own reporting efforts.
For site search, you will work closely with the usability team and content owners to define, design, implement, and report on technical enhancements that deliver an exceptional site search experience to our users.
This position will also play a part in evaluating, implementing, and maintaining other technology products, including content management and forums.
Qualified candidates will have 3 to 5 years of experience working on the Web.
- Design, implement, and maintain all Web analytics and site search solutions
- Work closely with a wide range of stakeholders on Web analytics and site search issues
- Develop scheduled, ad hoc, and dashboard reports for various teams for self-service
- Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of other technical tools such as content management and forums
- Provide technical expertise to the team, as needed
The ideal candidate would also meet the following requirements:
- At least 3 years of working experience using standard Web analytics tools
- Solid understanding of industry standards regarding Web analytics and site search
- Strong problem-solving skills and excellent analytical abilities
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data scenarios into clear and understandable information
- Familiarity with a range of technical products including content management, a plus
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to manage several projects simultaneously; good prioritization skills
- Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining quality standards
- Self-motivated and able to work independently or as part of a team
- Innovative and creative thinker
- Highly motivated and positive, can-do attitude
- Bachelor's degree, required
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Security Engineer - Infrastructure Security
Permanent position at financial client in Boston
The IT Security and Market Data team is responsible for overseeing the security of client data by supporting security applications and market data infrastructure. The team manages server and endpoint security, edge security, regulatory compliance, market data, and operational security and market data concerns.
Overview:
Reporting to the Manager of IT Infrastructure Security and Market Data, this position is part of the IT Infrastructure group. The IT Security Engineer has primary responsibility for the design, implementation, and operational management of CheckPoint, Cisco, and TippingPoint security appliances, and works with the Network and Market Data teams on market data infrastructure. This individual is responsible for the Symantec EndPoint Protection, RSA enVision log management and RSA DLP DataCenter environments, and provides backup support for the Network team on Cisco routing and switching infrastructure.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Management, troubleshooting, and monitoring of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise anti-virus systems, enterprise log management system, and data leakage prevention system.
• Provides enterprise wide security related reporting at set intervals to management.
• Monitors security audit and intrusion detection system logs for system and network anomalies, investigates and/or escalates security violations, and documents and reports events.
• Ensures environment is stable and in compliance with corporate security policy and industry
standards
• Works with the Network and Market Data teams to support market data infrastructure
• Creates/maintains documentation for supported systems, is involved in DR/BCP planning
• Responds to security incidents 24 x 7
• Participates in scheduled off-hours configuration changes, service outage upgrades, and DR/BCP testing
• Identifies and supports quality improvement initiatives
• Assists in performing product evaluations and recommends products/services for network security
• Provides support for the Network team in the form of systems analysis, troubleshooting, and general coverage when needed
Mandatory requirements:
• Undergraduate degree in technology discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of information systems security experience
• 5+ years experience in the financial services industry
Skills:
• Experience working with IP networking, networking protocols and understanding of security related technologies including encryption, IPsec, PKI, VPNs, firewalls, proxy services, DNS, electronic mail and access-lists
• Highly skilled in Checkpoint firewall management and associated system managers
• Experience working with Cisco security appliances, routers, and switches
• Strong working knowledge of TippingPoint IPS and associated system mangers, or other IDS/IPS products
• Experience with Juniper SSL VPN and Firewalls
• Experience analyzing Firewall and IPS logs, as well as Windows Event and Security logs
• Experience working with enterprise log management software, RSA enVision a plus
• Experience with data leakage prevention and eDiscovery technologies
• Familiarity with Active Directory
• Excellent, proven troubleshooting skills
• Experience working within the banking/finance/regulatory industry
• Experience supporting market data services (Reuters, Bloomberg, FactSet)
• Experience working with relevant operating system security (Windows, Linux, etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communications and interpersonal skills
• Must exhibit a team-oriented approach
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
The IT Security and Market Data team is responsible for overseeing the security of client data by supporting security applications and market data infrastructure. The team manages server and endpoint security, edge security, regulatory compliance, market data, and operational security and market data concerns.
Overview:
Reporting to the Manager of IT Infrastructure Security and Market Data, this position is part of the IT Infrastructure group. The IT Security Engineer has primary responsibility for the design, implementation, and operational management of CheckPoint, Cisco, and TippingPoint security appliances, and works with the Network and Market Data teams on market data infrastructure. This individual is responsible for the Symantec EndPoint Protection, RSA enVision log management and RSA DLP DataCenter environments, and provides backup support for the Network team on Cisco routing and switching infrastructure.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Management, troubleshooting, and monitoring of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise anti-virus systems, enterprise log management system, and data leakage prevention system.
• Provides enterprise wide security related reporting at set intervals to management.
• Monitors security audit and intrusion detection system logs for system and network anomalies, investigates and/or escalates security violations, and documents and reports events.
• Ensures environment is stable and in compliance with corporate security policy and industry
standards
• Works with the Network and Market Data teams to support market data infrastructure
• Creates/maintains documentation for supported systems, is involved in DR/BCP planning
• Responds to security incidents 24 x 7
• Participates in scheduled off-hours configuration changes, service outage upgrades, and DR/BCP testing
• Identifies and supports quality improvement initiatives
• Assists in performing product evaluations and recommends products/services for network security
• Provides support for the Network team in the form of systems analysis, troubleshooting, and general coverage when needed
Mandatory requirements:
• Undergraduate degree in technology discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of information systems security experience
• 5+ years experience in the financial services industry
Skills:
• Experience working with IP networking, networking protocols and understanding of security related technologies including encryption, IPsec, PKI, VPNs, firewalls, proxy services, DNS, electronic mail and access-lists
• Highly skilled in Checkpoint firewall management and associated system managers
• Experience working with Cisco security appliances, routers, and switches
• Strong working knowledge of TippingPoint IPS and associated system mangers, or other IDS/IPS products
• Experience with Juniper SSL VPN and Firewalls
• Experience analyzing Firewall and IPS logs, as well as Windows Event and Security logs
• Experience working with enterprise log management software, RSA enVision a plus
• Experience with data leakage prevention and eDiscovery technologies
• Familiarity with Active Directory
• Excellent, proven troubleshooting skills
• Experience working within the banking/finance/regulatory industry
• Experience supporting market data services (Reuters, Bloomberg, FactSet)
• Experience working with relevant operating system security (Windows, Linux, etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communications and interpersonal skills
• Must exhibit a team-oriented approach
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Program Manager
6+ month contract
In person interviews required
Title: Program Manager
Specialization:
Reports to: Technology Manager
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Full time
QUALIFICATIONS:
• PMP certification required
• 4-6 years experience in the project management and reporting
• 6-10 years experience in software development and technology implementation
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
DESCRIPTION:
This position will be working directly with one of the business units. The person will participate as the project manager across all technology related initiatives from inception to implementation. This position will monitor and document progress, report on milestone deliverables, risks and costs across all ongoing technology initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Responsible for coordinating and project reporting for Technology Steering Committee
• Responsible for coordinating / maintaining task list and initiatives for Steering committee
• Monitor and document project progress, report on milestone deliverables, risks and costs across all ongoing initiatives
• Provide monthly /quarterly dashboards by project for key stakeholder review
• Track program budget and actuals (by project); Quarterly recon with invoice data from Finance
• Structure and manage integrated, multi-track projects and/or programs of multiple projects.
• Manage projects with cross team dependency (example IE 8 rollout, Windows 7 etc.)
• Maintain high level program plan and review dependencies weekly with team
• Facilitate inter project communication and responsible for integration lane and deployment calendars.
• Maintain overall Release Management Calendar to ensure transparency of production impacting releases.
• Works closely with business/development program managers to document inter-project risks
• Oversee project estimations; Build and structure the project teams to ensure maximum performance
• Responsible for Resource Allocation across multiple project teams in a “pooled” resource methodology. Maintain / Track resource allocation by project and facilitate weekly resource reallocation meetings
• Coordinate work and change requests with Infrastructure / App Support teams and Product Managers
• Quarterly Reporting on time spent on production support vs. enhancements
• Manage Data Maintenance and Support team and provide planning / prioritization for support issues (based on feedback from project managers)
• Perform team / release cycle assessments and evaluations; Efficiently identify and solve project issues
• Ensure the use of best practices and applies lessons learned from previous projects across the program
• Responsible for project management toolset for assigned business unit and project reporting standards. Maintain program tracking information systems
• Lead the development and tracking of integrated project plans. Set project quality and performance standards. Assess and manage risk within, and across, multiple projects.
• Gather vendor evaluations from Project Managers and consolidate for review by PMO / IT management
• Liaison to the Project Management Office to ensure PLC process across all technology initiatives are aligned properly.
• Mentor and coach project team members, as appropriate.
TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications.
• Experience with reporting status for multiple technology initiatives
• Experience with project management and reporting toolsets and reporting
• Exposure to investment concepts / terminology and systems related to fixed income investments
• Exposure to financial application implementation related to fixed income investments
• Familiarity with multiple architectures: n-tier, .NET, client-server, etc. and multi-system application integration
• Fundamental understanding of software development lifecycle.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
In person interviews required
Title: Program Manager
Specialization:
Reports to: Technology Manager
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Full time
QUALIFICATIONS:
• PMP certification required
• 4-6 years experience in the project management and reporting
• 6-10 years experience in software development and technology implementation
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
DESCRIPTION:
This position will be working directly with one of the business units. The person will participate as the project manager across all technology related initiatives from inception to implementation. This position will monitor and document progress, report on milestone deliverables, risks and costs across all ongoing technology initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Responsible for coordinating and project reporting for Technology Steering Committee
• Responsible for coordinating / maintaining task list and initiatives for Steering committee
• Monitor and document project progress, report on milestone deliverables, risks and costs across all ongoing initiatives
• Provide monthly /quarterly dashboards by project for key stakeholder review
• Track program budget and actuals (by project); Quarterly recon with invoice data from Finance
• Structure and manage integrated, multi-track projects and/or programs of multiple projects.
• Manage projects with cross team dependency (example IE 8 rollout, Windows 7 etc.)
• Maintain high level program plan and review dependencies weekly with team
• Facilitate inter project communication and responsible for integration lane and deployment calendars.
• Maintain overall Release Management Calendar to ensure transparency of production impacting releases.
• Works closely with business/development program managers to document inter-project risks
• Oversee project estimations; Build and structure the project teams to ensure maximum performance
• Responsible for Resource Allocation across multiple project teams in a “pooled” resource methodology. Maintain / Track resource allocation by project and facilitate weekly resource reallocation meetings
• Coordinate work and change requests with Infrastructure / App Support teams and Product Managers
• Quarterly Reporting on time spent on production support vs. enhancements
• Manage Data Maintenance and Support team and provide planning / prioritization for support issues (based on feedback from project managers)
• Perform team / release cycle assessments and evaluations; Efficiently identify and solve project issues
• Ensure the use of best practices and applies lessons learned from previous projects across the program
• Responsible for project management toolset for assigned business unit and project reporting standards. Maintain program tracking information systems
• Lead the development and tracking of integrated project plans. Set project quality and performance standards. Assess and manage risk within, and across, multiple projects.
• Gather vendor evaluations from Project Managers and consolidate for review by PMO / IT management
• Liaison to the Project Management Office to ensure PLC process across all technology initiatives are aligned properly.
• Mentor and coach project team members, as appropriate.
TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications.
• Experience with reporting status for multiple technology initiatives
• Experience with project management and reporting toolsets and reporting
• Exposure to investment concepts / terminology and systems related to fixed income investments
• Exposure to financial application implementation related to fixed income investments
• Familiarity with multiple architectures: n-tier, .NET, client-server, etc. and multi-system application integration
• Fundamental understanding of software development lifecycle.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
.NET Applications Architect
Applications Architect
Reports To: IT Manager
Location: Boston, MA (US)
This is a full time, permanent position.
Financial background will set a candidate ahead of others with this client.
Local candidates only, multiple in person interviews required.
Responsibilities:
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Applications Architect to join our software development team. We are seeking a well rounded individual who has the ability to organize and execute a vision into a solution and exhibits strong leadership skills that drive consensus and understanding around architectures and technologies.
A qualified candidate should be an expert in the aspects of the software development processes, an expert in multiple tools and technologies, possess excellent written and technical problem solving skills, programming, great organization and communication skills, and be able to work well within a team environment. Candidates must be able to translate business requirements into technical architectures and designs.
Candidates must have a real passion for technology be self-directed, confident, and able to perform tasks of high complexity. Candidates should have excellent client facing skills and be able to articulate technical issues. Candidates will be expected to help shape technical documents with complex designs and fully understand and utilize the appropriate tool set to solve client needs.
Architect Specific Duties:
• Mastery with building and maintaining application frameworks for business needs
• Ability to apply a broad array of skills and technologies to solve complex business problems
• Mentor development staff while implementing best practices and improve development processes
• Work closely with business analysts to understand requirements
• Translate business requirements into workable solution architectures
• Ability to build use case analysis
Required Skills:
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical training and professional work experience.
• A minimum of 8+ year's cumulative experience developing web based application on the Microsoft .Net platform and technologies i.e. ASP.NET, ADO.NET, SilverLight, AJAX, etc.
• Experience with multiple Microsoft server technologies. i.e. MSMQ, BizTalk, SharePoint, MIIS, SQL Server, TFS
• Requires both broad and deep technology knowledge.
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnosis complex software problems.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with development methodologies ranging from Waterfall to RUP to Scrum
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Reports To: IT Manager
Location: Boston, MA (US)
This is a full time, permanent position.
Financial background will set a candidate ahead of others with this client.
Local candidates only, multiple in person interviews required.
Responsibilities:
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Applications Architect to join our software development team. We are seeking a well rounded individual who has the ability to organize and execute a vision into a solution and exhibits strong leadership skills that drive consensus and understanding around architectures and technologies.
A qualified candidate should be an expert in the aspects of the software development processes, an expert in multiple tools and technologies, possess excellent written and technical problem solving skills, programming, great organization and communication skills, and be able to work well within a team environment. Candidates must be able to translate business requirements into technical architectures and designs.
Candidates must have a real passion for technology be self-directed, confident, and able to perform tasks of high complexity. Candidates should have excellent client facing skills and be able to articulate technical issues. Candidates will be expected to help shape technical documents with complex designs and fully understand and utilize the appropriate tool set to solve client needs.
Architect Specific Duties:
• Mastery with building and maintaining application frameworks for business needs
• Ability to apply a broad array of skills and technologies to solve complex business problems
• Mentor development staff while implementing best practices and improve development processes
• Work closely with business analysts to understand requirements
• Translate business requirements into workable solution architectures
• Ability to build use case analysis
Required Skills:
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical training and professional work experience.
• A minimum of 8+ year's cumulative experience developing web based application on the Microsoft .Net platform and technologies i.e. ASP.NET, ADO.NET, SilverLight, AJAX, etc.
• Experience with multiple Microsoft server technologies. i.e. MSMQ, BizTalk, SharePoint, MIIS, SQL Server, TFS
• Requires both broad and deep technology knowledge.
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnosis complex software problems.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with development methodologies ranging from Waterfall to RUP to Scrum
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Development Manager
Title: Development Manager
Reports to: Director of Technology
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Full time
Local candidates preferred, multiple rounds of in person interviews required.
Financial services and .NET background would be ideal.
Development manager must come from a hands on development background.
DESCRIPTION:
This position will be working directly with the public equity hedge fund business unit. This position is a hybrid role requiring strong managerial, analysis, and architectural skills. The position will manage development resources, develop enterprise processes and procedures, and manage all aspects of development projects. This is not a traditional development manager position. The person must have exceptional communication and presentation skills in order to meet with C level executives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Manage onshore & offshore development resources
• Serve as project manager for development projects
• Evaluate and recommend development tools
• Conduct proof of concept as needed for new initiatives
• Assist the director in creating a scalable technology plan for the business
• Conduct business analysis as required
• Translate business requirements into a workable solution architecture
• Evaluate application design for commercial products under consideration
• Provide guidance to QA team for proper application testing of internally developed applications
• Implement development processes to improve estimation process, code quality, deployment checkpoints and track team velocity
• Review vendor dev processes and provide feedback on vendor performance
• Represent the business on the Enterprise Architecture Team
• Create and execute development plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Ensure technical teams are contributing to code library.
• Own the development lifecycle and is responsible for managing technical risks throughout the project.
• Communicate and enforce coding standards
• Perform code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Manage technical resources within budget and project schedule
• Understand complex database concepts and effectively employ different database design techniques.
• Possess demonstrated work experience with more than one relational database management system.
• Understand OO concepts and consistently applies them in client engagements.
• Understand the benefits of the various programming languages.
• Possess significant knowledge of client/server and internet systems architectures.
• Understand browser / client specific compatibility issues
• Facilitate team and client meetings effectively.
• Deliver engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.
• Resolve and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
• Understand how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully
• Apply significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to our clients.
TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications.
• Experience working in a hedge fund environment
• Experience developing custom application frameworks
• Experience integrating front and back office financial systems
• Experience developing resource and budget requirements
• Experience with reporting status for multiple technology initiatives
• Experience developing business requirements and translating into functional specifications
• Exposure to investment concepts / terminology and systems related to equity investments
• Exposure to financial application implementation related to equity investments
• Exposure to trading desk environments
• Exposure to alternative investment financial systems and data providers
• Experience managing projects from inception to completion
• Familiarity with multiple architectures: n-tier, .NET, client-server, etc. and multi-system application integration
• Experience developing, implementing or integrating systems in the following areas a plus: Order Management Systems, Accounting Systems, Research Management, Real Time P&L, Data Warehouse, Security Master
QUALIFICATIONS:
• 5-8 years of development experience
• Track record of continued advancement
• Experience managing small/mid-size teams
• MBA Preferred
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Reports to: Director of Technology
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Full time
Local candidates preferred, multiple rounds of in person interviews required.
Financial services and .NET background would be ideal.
Development manager must come from a hands on development background.
DESCRIPTION:
This position will be working directly with the public equity hedge fund business unit. This position is a hybrid role requiring strong managerial, analysis, and architectural skills. The position will manage development resources, develop enterprise processes and procedures, and manage all aspects of development projects. This is not a traditional development manager position. The person must have exceptional communication and presentation skills in order to meet with C level executives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Manage onshore & offshore development resources
• Serve as project manager for development projects
• Evaluate and recommend development tools
• Conduct proof of concept as needed for new initiatives
• Assist the director in creating a scalable technology plan for the business
• Conduct business analysis as required
• Translate business requirements into a workable solution architecture
• Evaluate application design for commercial products under consideration
• Provide guidance to QA team for proper application testing of internally developed applications
• Implement development processes to improve estimation process, code quality, deployment checkpoints and track team velocity
• Review vendor dev processes and provide feedback on vendor performance
• Represent the business on the Enterprise Architecture Team
• Create and execute development plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Ensure technical teams are contributing to code library.
• Own the development lifecycle and is responsible for managing technical risks throughout the project.
• Communicate and enforce coding standards
• Perform code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Manage technical resources within budget and project schedule
• Understand complex database concepts and effectively employ different database design techniques.
• Possess demonstrated work experience with more than one relational database management system.
• Understand OO concepts and consistently applies them in client engagements.
• Understand the benefits of the various programming languages.
• Possess significant knowledge of client/server and internet systems architectures.
• Understand browser / client specific compatibility issues
• Facilitate team and client meetings effectively.
• Deliver engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.
• Resolve and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
• Understand how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully
• Apply significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to our clients.
TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications.
• Experience working in a hedge fund environment
• Experience developing custom application frameworks
• Experience integrating front and back office financial systems
• Experience developing resource and budget requirements
• Experience with reporting status for multiple technology initiatives
• Experience developing business requirements and translating into functional specifications
• Exposure to investment concepts / terminology and systems related to equity investments
• Exposure to financial application implementation related to equity investments
• Exposure to trading desk environments
• Exposure to alternative investment financial systems and data providers
• Experience managing projects from inception to completion
• Familiarity with multiple architectures: n-tier, .NET, client-server, etc. and multi-system application integration
• Experience developing, implementing or integrating systems in the following areas a plus: Order Management Systems, Accounting Systems, Research Management, Real Time P&L, Data Warehouse, Security Master
QUALIFICATIONS:
• 5-8 years of development experience
• Track record of continued advancement
• Experience managing small/mid-size teams
• MBA Preferred
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Project Consultant - BA / Developer
3 month contract in Boston
Financial services firm - background check required
Responsibilities:
• Business analysis and requirements gathering around custom solutions
• Create design specifications and do cost estimates for these solutions
• Prepare Proposals / SOW documenting requirements, solution proposed and associated scope
• Develop/code solutions (enhancements, applications or interfaces)
• Test custom developed solutions, document installation instructions and manage releases to clients.
Technical Qualifications:
• BA/BS. Advanced degree is a plus.
• At least 2 years experience in SQL Server 2005, SQL, C# or VB.Net
• Experience/ desire to work in a technical environment with a client-facing focus
• Advanced analysis and problem solving skills
• Experience in Sybase 12.5 and Oracle are a plus
Other Skills
• Clear and confident verbal/written communication and client engagement skills
• Ability to interact with internal and external clients for requirements gathering and support
• Basic Project Management skills
• Financial Services Industry knowledge a big plus
• Willingness to travel to client sites to interview client stake holders like PMs and Traders.
Some projects may present the need for travel (approximately <20% of time)
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Financial services firm - background check required
Responsibilities:
• Business analysis and requirements gathering around custom solutions
• Create design specifications and do cost estimates for these solutions
• Prepare Proposals / SOW documenting requirements, solution proposed and associated scope
• Develop/code solutions (enhancements, applications or interfaces)
• Test custom developed solutions, document installation instructions and manage releases to clients.
Technical Qualifications:
• BA/BS. Advanced degree is a plus.
• At least 2 years experience in SQL Server 2005, SQL, C# or VB.Net
• Experience/ desire to work in a technical environment with a client-facing focus
• Advanced analysis and problem solving skills
• Experience in Sybase 12.5 and Oracle are a plus
Other Skills
• Clear and confident verbal/written communication and client engagement skills
• Ability to interact with internal and external clients for requirements gathering and support
• Basic Project Management skills
• Financial Services Industry knowledge a big plus
• Willingness to travel to client sites to interview client stake holders like PMs and Traders.
Some projects may present the need for travel (approximately <20% of time)
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Assistant Vice President - Project Manager/Lead Developer for Trading
Full time position at top tier financial firm in Boston. Similar position open in Risk group.
The Project Manager/Lead Developer will coordinate technology requests and projects, and design, develop, acquire, test, implement and support technology solutions for the Traders and Portfolio Managers, who trade multiple asset types (Fixed Income (FI), equities, foreign exchange, commodities and their derivatives, especially FI derivatives).
This person will lead a team of 2 - 5 quants/developers.
Development Environment/Tools: Excel, Java (Jboss, JMS, Swing, Java Script), Matlab, Sybase, .Net C#, SQL Vendor Packages supported: Murex, Asset Control, Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC, Mark-IT, REDIPLUS, Panorama, and other Electronic Trading Systems.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
The Project Manager/Lead Developer will coordinate technology requests and projects, and design, develop, acquire, test, implement and support technology solutions for the Traders and Portfolio Managers, who trade multiple asset types (Fixed Income (FI), equities, foreign exchange, commodities and their derivatives, especially FI derivatives).
This person will lead a team of 2 - 5 quants/developers.
Development Environment/Tools: Excel, Java (Jboss, JMS, Swing, Java Script), Matlab, Sybase, .Net C#, SQL Vendor Packages supported: Murex, Asset Control, Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC, Mark-IT, REDIPLUS, Panorama, and other Electronic Trading Systems.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Senior Associate - Systems Admin - Windows & Unix
Full time position at financial firm in Boston
The Systems Administrator supports the company's Windows & UNIX server hardware, operating systems and software including trading systems, and other applications. In addition, the Systems Administrator will participate in technology planning for Windows & UNIX server infrastructure initiatives, deploys and maintains technical infrastructure including servers, storage systems, & SQL databases. Provide user support for 3rd level Help Desk issue escalations.
Administrative responsibilities include documentation of configurations, operating procedures, technology standards, and inventory records for hardware and software. Experience should be more heavily weighted on Windows than Solaris.
Environment: Windows 2003 & 2008 servers including Active Directory, Exchange 2007, Solaris 8 & 10, General WAN/LAN Networking, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Server Storage including iSCSI initiators and SAN fabric HBAs, VM Ware ESX, Citrix Presentation Server, MSSQL & Sybase, Trading Applications (Bloomberg, Reuters etc), Back Office, Legal, and Accounting Applications.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
The Systems Administrator supports the company's Windows & UNIX server hardware, operating systems and software including trading systems, and other applications. In addition, the Systems Administrator will participate in technology planning for Windows & UNIX server infrastructure initiatives, deploys and maintains technical infrastructure including servers, storage systems, & SQL databases. Provide user support for 3rd level Help Desk issue escalations.
Administrative responsibilities include documentation of configurations, operating procedures, technology standards, and inventory records for hardware and software. Experience should be more heavily weighted on Windows than Solaris.
Environment: Windows 2003 & 2008 servers including Active Directory, Exchange 2007, Solaris 8 & 10, General WAN/LAN Networking, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Server Storage including iSCSI initiators and SAN fabric HBAs, VM Ware ESX, Citrix Presentation Server, MSSQL & Sybase, Trading Applications (Bloomberg, Reuters etc), Back Office, Legal, and Accounting Applications.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Senior Associate - Help Desk/Desktop Support - Trading
Full time position at financial firm in Boston
The Help Desk/Desktop Support person will be a very hands-on senior member of a team consisting of 2-3 people supporting the company's desktop hardware, operating systems and software including trading systems, and other applications. This is an internal customer facing role and requires excellent prioritization, responsiveness, and customer service, along with excellent verbal communication skills. Relative trade floor and market data experience in a financial services organization is required. Environment: Windows XP, Microsoft Office Professional 2003 connecting with Exchange 2007, Blackberry Enterprise Server, LANDesk, Citrix, Remedy Ticketing, Market Data Applications (Bloomberg, Reuters etc), Trading Applications (RediPlus, FX All), along with various back office, legal, and accounting applications.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
The Help Desk/Desktop Support person will be a very hands-on senior member of a team consisting of 2-3 people supporting the company's desktop hardware, operating systems and software including trading systems, and other applications. This is an internal customer facing role and requires excellent prioritization, responsiveness, and customer service, along with excellent verbal communication skills. Relative trade floor and market data experience in a financial services organization is required. Environment: Windows XP, Microsoft Office Professional 2003 connecting with Exchange 2007, Blackberry Enterprise Server, LANDesk, Citrix, Remedy Ticketing, Market Data Applications (Bloomberg, Reuters etc), Trading Applications (RediPlus, FX All), along with various back office, legal, and accounting applications.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Business Systems Manager
Title: Technology Manager
Specialization: HR and Finance Related Technologies
Reports to: Sr. VP, Information Technology
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Full time
CLIENT OVERVIEW
Our client is one of the world's leading private investment firms with over $37 billion in assets under management. Their funds includes private equity, public equity, leveraged debt assets, venture capital, and absolute return capital. Their competitive advantage is grounded in a value-added investment approach that enables the firm to deliver industry-leading returns for its investors. Headquartered in Boston, Client has offices in New York, Chicago, London, Munich, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
DESCRIPTION:
This position will be working directly with the shared resources business unit that is made up of HR, Finance, Legal and Compliance. The person will be responsible for all technology related projects from inception to implementation and support. Through in-depth knowledge of the business, this position will document business processes, develops needs analysis, functional specifications and technical requirements around hardware and software implementations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Consult with business users on technology needs
• Create documentation in support of technology requests
• Develop and mange project plans for technology implementations
• Manage technology vendor relationships
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
• Strong understanding of relational databases
• Exposure to HR, and financial investment technologies preferred
QUALIFICATIONS:
• MBA with concentration in finance or technology preferred
• Strong Project management skills
• 5-7 years experience in the financial field
• Analytical skills including ability to produce applications specs
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience working with external vendors and consultants including negotiations on price
• Ability to deliver technology projects on time and within budget
• Previous experience working in an investment management environment preferred
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Specialization: HR and Finance Related Technologies
Reports to: Sr. VP, Information Technology
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Full time
CLIENT OVERVIEW
Our client is one of the world's leading private investment firms with over $37 billion in assets under management. Their funds includes private equity, public equity, leveraged debt assets, venture capital, and absolute return capital. Their competitive advantage is grounded in a value-added investment approach that enables the firm to deliver industry-leading returns for its investors. Headquartered in Boston, Client has offices in New York, Chicago, London, Munich, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
DESCRIPTION:
This position will be working directly with the shared resources business unit that is made up of HR, Finance, Legal and Compliance. The person will be responsible for all technology related projects from inception to implementation and support. Through in-depth knowledge of the business, this position will document business processes, develops needs analysis, functional specifications and technical requirements around hardware and software implementations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Consult with business users on technology needs
• Create documentation in support of technology requests
• Develop and mange project plans for technology implementations
• Manage technology vendor relationships
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
• Strong understanding of relational databases
• Exposure to HR, and financial investment technologies preferred
QUALIFICATIONS:
• MBA with concentration in finance or technology preferred
• Strong Project management skills
• 5-7 years experience in the financial field
• Analytical skills including ability to produce applications specs
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience working with external vendors and consultants including negotiations on price
• Ability to deliver technology projects on time and within budget
• Previous experience working in an investment management environment preferred
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Support Analyst - Financial Applications
Full time position at a well respected investment firm in Boston.
Full background check required.
Client is a Boston based, 40+ person firm that specializes in managing alternative and index-oriented investments for institutional clients. Client is currently seeking a bright Support Analyst to serve as a liaison between our business users and the IT Application Development Team. The person filling this role will work directly with traders, fund managers and research personnel to understand current and future production application requirements. The individual will use technical and analytical expertise to identify and resolve problems support our suite of applications. Additionally, the role will involve change management functions including release testing and software configuration and deployment.
Principal Role and Responsibilities:
This is a multi-function job role that requires time to be split between production support and systems analysis.
1.) Production Support:
• Provide support for our various trading, fund management, and investment decision applications.
• Monitor applications for production issues. Help troubleshoot any production issues that arise.
• Participate in setup and configuration of new and existing applications.
• Serves as initial point of escalation for all data related issues; analyze performance, pricing, benchmarking, risk, compliance and other data issues within existing applications
• On-call responsibilities
2) Analysis
• Understand and evaluate end-users needs from a trading, fund management perspective
• Be involved in all aspects of change management.
• Work closely with fund managers, traders and application development team to determine opportunities to automate business processes and functions;
• Posses strong knowledge of systems analysis, design, development, quality assurance, and integration methodologies
• Translate high level business requirements into written functional specification and manage changes to those specifications.
• Assist with end-user testing
• Assist in requirements gathering for new or existing applications.
• Manage code release and deployment cycles
Required Competencies:
• Qualifications: BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience Required: 2+ years of IT work experience.
• Knowledge of at least one programming language (Java/C/C++/C#/VB)
• Knowledge of UNIX and/or Linux preferred
• Prior experience in the financial industry with high exposure to fund management and trading applications.
• Solid technical understanding of databases and SQL language. This entails, apart from simple select statements; the ability to create complex joins across multiple tables. Must have the ability to understand database tables, column schemas, and stored procedures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have strong business knowledge of mutual and/or alternative fund industry in order to articulate and understand requirements of fund managers, traders and others.
• Ability to bring both business and technical experience and expertise to bear on new efforts
• Ability to gather requirements for reports and analysis
• Experience in finding and resolving technical problems preferred.
• Capacity to anticipate future application needs
• Strong troubleshooting and general problem-solving abilities. This role requires an ability to understand and trace through program code at a basic level. Prior software development experience a big plus.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Full background check required.
Client is a Boston based, 40+ person firm that specializes in managing alternative and index-oriented investments for institutional clients. Client is currently seeking a bright Support Analyst to serve as a liaison between our business users and the IT Application Development Team. The person filling this role will work directly with traders, fund managers and research personnel to understand current and future production application requirements. The individual will use technical and analytical expertise to identify and resolve problems support our suite of applications. Additionally, the role will involve change management functions including release testing and software configuration and deployment.
Principal Role and Responsibilities:
This is a multi-function job role that requires time to be split between production support and systems analysis.
1.) Production Support:
• Provide support for our various trading, fund management, and investment decision applications.
• Monitor applications for production issues. Help troubleshoot any production issues that arise.
• Participate in setup and configuration of new and existing applications.
• Serves as initial point of escalation for all data related issues; analyze performance, pricing, benchmarking, risk, compliance and other data issues within existing applications
• On-call responsibilities
2) Analysis
• Understand and evaluate end-users needs from a trading, fund management perspective
• Be involved in all aspects of change management.
• Work closely with fund managers, traders and application development team to determine opportunities to automate business processes and functions;
• Posses strong knowledge of systems analysis, design, development, quality assurance, and integration methodologies
• Translate high level business requirements into written functional specification and manage changes to those specifications.
• Assist with end-user testing
• Assist in requirements gathering for new or existing applications.
• Manage code release and deployment cycles
Required Competencies:
• Qualifications: BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience Required: 2+ years of IT work experience.
• Knowledge of at least one programming language (Java/C/C++/C#/VB)
• Knowledge of UNIX and/or Linux preferred
• Prior experience in the financial industry with high exposure to fund management and trading applications.
• Solid technical understanding of databases and SQL language. This entails, apart from simple select statements; the ability to create complex joins across multiple tables. Must have the ability to understand database tables, column schemas, and stored procedures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have strong business knowledge of mutual and/or alternative fund industry in order to articulate and understand requirements of fund managers, traders and others.
• Ability to bring both business and technical experience and expertise to bear on new efforts
• Ability to gather requirements for reports and analysis
• Experience in finding and resolving technical problems preferred.
• Capacity to anticipate future application needs
• Strong troubleshooting and general problem-solving abilities. This role requires an ability to understand and trace through program code at a basic level. Prior software development experience a big plus.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
QA Analyst with Quality Center
Long term Quality Assurance contract at financial firm in Boston
In person interview required
Full background check required
Requirements:
Experience using Quality Center.
3-5 years experience testing .NET applications
Mutual fund and hedge fund processing experience
Candidate will be working on a new custom developed shareholder services application.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
In person interview required
Full background check required
Requirements:
Experience using Quality Center.
3-5 years experience testing .NET applications
Mutual fund and hedge fund processing experience
Candidate will be working on a new custom developed shareholder services application.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
.NET Consultant - WPF and WCF
Financial firm in downtown Boston
Background check required
In person interview required
Preference given to local candidates out of financial services firms
Overview:
The Senior NET Applications Developer will participate in a development capacity on an existing rewrite project of a line of business application dealing with client order processing.
The project team consists of four other developers out of Boston, a full-time project manager,
The candidate will need to hit the ground running with minimal technical training, and should be familiar with the Microsoft technology stack in general, and .NET in particular (see requirements below).
Mandatory requirements:
· Several years of .NET experience, including 1-2 years of working with .NET 2.0
· Experience with .NET Rich Client technologies such as Windows Forms or WPF (WPF = Windows Presentation Foundation)
· Strong object-oriented design and patterns in .NET
· Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications (systems that span several physical machines)
· Strong preference for experience with .NET 3.0 technologies: WPF, WCF, WF (WCF = Windows Communication Foundation, WF = Windows Workflow Foundation)
· Familiarity with .NET 3.5 + C# 3.0 nice to have but not required
· Experience with automated unit testing
· Advanced database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or preferably 2005/2008)
· Undergraduate degree in technology discipline
· Web experience (ASP.NET or otherwise) is not needed for this project
Primary Responsibilities:
· Propose and design technical solutions
· Create new system components
· Enhance existing components
· Provide remediation for existing system issues
· Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
· Produce effective technical documentation where
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Background check required
In person interview required
Preference given to local candidates out of financial services firms
Overview:
The Senior NET Applications Developer will participate in a development capacity on an existing rewrite project of a line of business application dealing with client order processing.
The project team consists of four other developers out of Boston, a full-time project manager,
The candidate will need to hit the ground running with minimal technical training, and should be familiar with the Microsoft technology stack in general, and .NET in particular (see requirements below).
Mandatory requirements:
· Several years of .NET experience, including 1-2 years of working with .NET 2.0
· Experience with .NET Rich Client technologies such as Windows Forms or WPF (WPF = Windows Presentation Foundation)
· Strong object-oriented design and patterns in .NET
· Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications (systems that span several physical machines)
· Strong preference for experience with .NET 3.0 technologies: WPF, WCF, WF (WCF = Windows Communication Foundation, WF = Windows Workflow Foundation)
· Familiarity with .NET 3.5 + C# 3.0 nice to have but not required
· Experience with automated unit testing
· Advanced database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or preferably 2005/2008)
· Undergraduate degree in technology discipline
· Web experience (ASP.NET or otherwise) is not needed for this project
Primary Responsibilities:
· Propose and design technical solutions
· Create new system components
· Enhance existing components
· Provide remediation for existing system issues
· Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
· Produce effective technical documentation where
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
CRM – Business Analyst
Client is a world renowned Private Equity firm headquartered in downtown Boston
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Full time - no sponsorship
DESCRIPTION:
This position will be working with all of the business units fulfilling CRM support and analysis. The person will participate at various levels in all technology related initiatives from inception to implementation and support. Through an in-depth knowledge of the business, this position will elicit the business processes, gather business and functional requirements develop needs analysis, document functional / technical specifications and perform system / user acceptance testing around CRM inititatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provide level one and two support for CRM (Salesforce.com) technology across multiple Business Units
• Act as liaison between business users and Salesfore.com Premier Support department to facilitate large scale changes and complex problem solving.
• Define reporting needs, build customized reports and define/build analytic dashboards by functional role for all business units
• Maintain user roles, security, profiles and workflow rules
• Creation and modification of page layouts and field values
• Responsible for maintaining data integrity across multiple business units
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes and operational efficiency within CRM Application.
• Analyze user requirements and issues; provide the best fit solution, while maintaining the integrity of existing applications
• Document and communicate changes throughout the user organization, supporting change management and compliance
• Work closely with Risk and Compliance teams to ensure data is protected and actively recertified.
• Assist in running the CRM Steering Committee to ensure that CRM usage is standardized across the firm
• Maintain Sandboxes for UAT and Proof of Concept situations
• Perform QA and UAT testing throughout all future CRM iterations.
• Gather, validate, document, and facilitate implementation of business requirements for technology initiatives (includes business/data requirements, data flows, data modeling, workflow context and design, and user interface designs)
• Provides direction and support to application developers when application changes require knowledge of or changes to system functionality
• Represent all CRM changes in front of IT Change Advisory Board
• Form strong working relationships with internal users - both business and technical - to facilitate application support and adoption
• Act as liaison to internal development team to maintain custom developed applications and SFDC pages utilizing VisualForce and Apex
• Maintain Workflow and Triggers to ensure Integrity and sequencing
• Manage External and Internal application integration (API)
• Drive quality control, to maximize value of the CRM system as a key business development tool.
• Provide data access reports to Compliance and Security ensuring that data and roles are properly defined and transparent.
• Work in conjunction with in house training team to perform end user training sessions and best practices sessions
• Create documentation in support of technology requests and overall CRM usage
QUALIFICATIONS:
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in supporting & implementing Salesforce.com solution preferred
• Formal Salesforce.com training required, Salesforce.com certification preferred
• Experience with Unlimited Edition integration tools, DataLoader, and APIs preferred
• Exposure and experience in data migration and integration aspects of the product
• Experience in training and documentation around business applications
• Able to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to manage multiple projects and iterations within the CRM application
• Understanding and ability to follow a well defined project lifecycle
• A proven resource in defining systems strategy, developing systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines.
• Exposure to private equity and hedge fund concepts and terminology is a plus
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications
• Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast pace team environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Full time - no sponsorship
DESCRIPTION:
This position will be working with all of the business units fulfilling CRM support and analysis. The person will participate at various levels in all technology related initiatives from inception to implementation and support. Through an in-depth knowledge of the business, this position will elicit the business processes, gather business and functional requirements develop needs analysis, document functional / technical specifications and perform system / user acceptance testing around CRM inititatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provide level one and two support for CRM (Salesforce.com) technology across multiple Business Units
• Act as liaison between business users and Salesfore.com Premier Support department to facilitate large scale changes and complex problem solving.
• Define reporting needs, build customized reports and define/build analytic dashboards by functional role for all business units
• Maintain user roles, security, profiles and workflow rules
• Creation and modification of page layouts and field values
• Responsible for maintaining data integrity across multiple business units
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes and operational efficiency within CRM Application.
• Analyze user requirements and issues; provide the best fit solution, while maintaining the integrity of existing applications
• Document and communicate changes throughout the user organization, supporting change management and compliance
• Work closely with Risk and Compliance teams to ensure data is protected and actively recertified.
• Assist in running the CRM Steering Committee to ensure that CRM usage is standardized across the firm
• Maintain Sandboxes for UAT and Proof of Concept situations
• Perform QA and UAT testing throughout all future CRM iterations.
• Gather, validate, document, and facilitate implementation of business requirements for technology initiatives (includes business/data requirements, data flows, data modeling, workflow context and design, and user interface designs)
• Provides direction and support to application developers when application changes require knowledge of or changes to system functionality
• Represent all CRM changes in front of IT Change Advisory Board
• Form strong working relationships with internal users - both business and technical - to facilitate application support and adoption
• Act as liaison to internal development team to maintain custom developed applications and SFDC pages utilizing VisualForce and Apex
• Maintain Workflow and Triggers to ensure Integrity and sequencing
• Manage External and Internal application integration (API)
• Drive quality control, to maximize value of the CRM system as a key business development tool.
• Provide data access reports to Compliance and Security ensuring that data and roles are properly defined and transparent.
• Work in conjunction with in house training team to perform end user training sessions and best practices sessions
• Create documentation in support of technology requests and overall CRM usage
QUALIFICATIONS:
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in supporting & implementing Salesforce.com solution preferred
• Formal Salesforce.com training required, Salesforce.com certification preferred
• Experience with Unlimited Edition integration tools, DataLoader, and APIs preferred
• Exposure and experience in data migration and integration aspects of the product
• Experience in training and documentation around business applications
• Able to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to manage multiple projects and iterations within the CRM application
• Understanding and ability to follow a well defined project lifecycle
• A proven resource in defining systems strategy, developing systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines.
• Exposure to private equity and hedge fund concepts and terminology is a plus
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications
• Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast pace team environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Senior Microsoft Office Solutions Developer - VBA
Client is a leading global financial services firm headquartered in Boston.
Permanent position but would consider contract or contract to hire.
Candidate must pass a complete background check.
Overview:
Working for a global investment management firm, this individual will work within the Application Development Group for Investment Control Systems to build and enhance user productivity solutions using Microsoft Office. This person will be assigned to work on a wide variety of projects, primarily as an individual contributor.
Responsibilities:
• Work with in-house staff, consultants and external parties to develop and document Microsoft Office solutions.
• Participate in the design of long-term group strategies to implement the IT needs of various business groups.
• Work with in-house staff to specify and develop application technical architectures.
• Write application code which is technically sound and easily maintainable, and that effectively employs all corporate programming standards.
• Participate in the QA process and certify the quality of production code.
• Coordinate availability of test environments and lab configurations.
• Support production code on a scheduled basis.
• Provide technical support and enhancements for existing Excel and Access-based applications
Required Skills:
• 3 – 5 years relative work experience. Financial Services industry preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office development technologies (VBA, Office Object Model).
• Experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience developing database applications required, with a preference for experience with SQL Server.
• Ability to understand and manipulate pre-existing code.
• Experience with Visual Studio Toolkit for Office (VSTO) preferred.
• Experience in the financial services sector preferred.
• Extremely strong interpersonal skills.
Additional Skills and Competencies:
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly.
• Ability to provide quality documentation of processes – ITIL preferred.
• Attention to process and procedures to comply with internal/external audits
• A demonstrated track record handling demanding user groups in a time critical environment.
• Flexible/on call hours to support project and production support issues.
Character:
• High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet deadlines
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Permanent position but would consider contract or contract to hire.
Candidate must pass a complete background check.
Overview:
Working for a global investment management firm, this individual will work within the Application Development Group for Investment Control Systems to build and enhance user productivity solutions using Microsoft Office. This person will be assigned to work on a wide variety of projects, primarily as an individual contributor.
Responsibilities:
• Work with in-house staff, consultants and external parties to develop and document Microsoft Office solutions.
• Participate in the design of long-term group strategies to implement the IT needs of various business groups.
• Work with in-house staff to specify and develop application technical architectures.
• Write application code which is technically sound and easily maintainable, and that effectively employs all corporate programming standards.
• Participate in the QA process and certify the quality of production code.
• Coordinate availability of test environments and lab configurations.
• Support production code on a scheduled basis.
• Provide technical support and enhancements for existing Excel and Access-based applications
Required Skills:
• 3 – 5 years relative work experience. Financial Services industry preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office development technologies (VBA, Office Object Model).
• Experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience developing database applications required, with a preference for experience with SQL Server.
• Ability to understand and manipulate pre-existing code.
• Experience with Visual Studio Toolkit for Office (VSTO) preferred.
• Experience in the financial services sector preferred.
• Extremely strong interpersonal skills.
Additional Skills and Competencies:
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly.
• Ability to provide quality documentation of processes – ITIL preferred.
• Attention to process and procedures to comply with internal/external audits
• A demonstrated track record handling demanding user groups in a time critical environment.
• Flexible/on call hours to support project and production support issues.
Character:
• High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet deadlines
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
OpenLink AVS Developer
Contract position
Client is a financial/insurance company - all work will be done in downtown Boston location
In person interview required after phone screen.
Must have experience with AVS scripting for OpenLink Findur / Endur engergy application.
Job Requirements
- Extensive Scripting Experience
- Experience working with back office derivatives trading
- Experience working with OpenLink products (Findur or Endur)
- AVS Scripting experience
- Good communication skills
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Client is a financial/insurance company - all work will be done in downtown Boston location
In person interview required after phone screen.
Must have experience with AVS scripting for OpenLink Findur / Endur engergy application.
Job Requirements
- Extensive Scripting Experience
- Experience working with back office derivatives trading
- Experience working with OpenLink products (Findur or Endur)
- AVS Scripting experience
- Good communication skills
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Friday, September 25, 2009
3 Eagle Pace Developers
3 Contract positions at a top asset management firm in Boston.
Duration: These are open ended contracts, they should be ongoing for years.
The right candidate can start immediately.
Background check including references required
Primary Responsibilities:
The ideal candidate will have 2+ years experience working in PACE as a developer writing uploader and exporter code. SQL Server coding is looking upon favorably but not required.
Work with the business community to establish functional requirements for any PACE system process enhancements, including new system functionality, version upgrades, and reporting requirements
Work as part of a team of in-house staff and outside consultants to implement the required changes
Work extensively with business analysts and investment professionals to analyze business problems, assess how they impact development and design, and recommend IT solutions.
Support daily activity of the investment control systems areas by creating and maintaining custom reports and programs and by providing technical support for system and software issues.
Work with multiple businesses and IT areas to quickly resolve issues in a distributed environment.
Ensure that departmental development, testing, and documentation standards are adequately implemented on an on-going basis.
Be able to handle multiple projects and tasks.
Provide regular project status reports to business area and IT management.
Stay abreast of current technological and product trends to ensure the development team can offer company all the tools it needs to keep a competitive edge.
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Duration: These are open ended contracts, they should be ongoing for years.
The right candidate can start immediately.
Background check including references required
Primary Responsibilities:
The ideal candidate will have 2+ years experience working in PACE as a developer writing uploader and exporter code. SQL Server coding is looking upon favorably but not required.
Work with the business community to establish functional requirements for any PACE system process enhancements, including new system functionality, version upgrades, and reporting requirements
Work as part of a team of in-house staff and outside consultants to implement the required changes
Work extensively with business analysts and investment professionals to analyze business problems, assess how they impact development and design, and recommend IT solutions.
Support daily activity of the investment control systems areas by creating and maintaining custom reports and programs and by providing technical support for system and software issues.
Work with multiple businesses and IT areas to quickly resolve issues in a distributed environment.
Ensure that departmental development, testing, and documentation standards are adequately implemented on an on-going basis.
Be able to handle multiple projects and tasks.
Provide regular project status reports to business area and IT management.
Stay abreast of current technological and product trends to ensure the development team can offer company all the tools it needs to keep a competitive edge.
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Derivatives BA / UAT
Contract position in Boston
Good through the end of the year
The right candidate can start immediately.
Background check including references required
Description:
Must be strong at Interest Rate Swaps and Currently Swaps
Will be doing UAT of improved Derivative System.
Need to be able to understand Derivatives and perform calculations comparing new system to old system…..
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Good through the end of the year
The right candidate can start immediately.
Background check including references required
Description:
Must be strong at Interest Rate Swaps and Currently Swaps
Will be doing UAT of improved Derivative System.
Need to be able to understand Derivatives and perform calculations comparing new system to old system…..
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Quality Assurance – Transfer Agency Systems
This is a 4 month contract in Boston
Ideal candidate will have 2 years of Fund Accounting experience with some QA - can learn the Quality assurance portion on site.
Will be testing a fully integrated system that addresses all the major functions of transfer agency and shareholder record-keeping administration. It is an end-to-end solution that enables you to easily manage all aspects of shareholder interaction, from account activity to shareholder profiles to contact history.
Responsibilities:
* Review functional specifications for new features and translate functional requirements to testing requirements and product both high-level and detailed testing documents.
* Execute tests and report defects.
Requirements:
* Candidates must have an accounting or finance degree.
* Candidate must have 1 to 2 years experience Transfer Agency functions and/or Shareholder Account practices.
* Previous experience with testing and/or quality assurance required.
* Previous experience with the MSHARE product highly desirable.
* Must demonstrate initiative; be able to perform well under pressure and to handle a variety of complicated tasks.
* Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills in English are required.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Ideal candidate will have 2 years of Fund Accounting experience with some QA - can learn the Quality assurance portion on site.
Will be testing a fully integrated system that addresses all the major functions of transfer agency and shareholder record-keeping administration. It is an end-to-end solution that enables you to easily manage all aspects of shareholder interaction, from account activity to shareholder profiles to contact history.
Responsibilities:
* Review functional specifications for new features and translate functional requirements to testing requirements and product both high-level and detailed testing documents.
* Execute tests and report defects.
Requirements:
* Candidates must have an accounting or finance degree.
* Candidate must have 1 to 2 years experience Transfer Agency functions and/or Shareholder Account practices.
* Previous experience with testing and/or quality assurance required.
* Previous experience with the MSHARE product highly desirable.
* Must demonstrate initiative; be able to perform well under pressure and to handle a variety of complicated tasks.
* Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills in English are required.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Senior Storage Engineer (NetApp)
Full time position
Financial client in downtown Boston
Overview
Our client is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer to join the System Engineering team who are responsible for design, maintenance, security, recovery, and support of the Storage Infrastructure. The person in the role will design, architect, and implement storage and backup solution in the mixed environment of Unix/Windows operating systems. Responsibilities Include: Develop and integrate disk storage based snapshots to provide mechanism for immediate snapback if a system needs to be restored rapidly due to application or operating system corruption of data. Develop and document standards/procedures/strategies/scripts that maximize the functionality and reliability while minimizing downtime. Provide technical assistance for applications installs, backup/recovery strategies, to address applications performance issues and general platform problem analysis.
Requirements:
• Deploy storage solutions into new and existing environments.
• Diagnose and resolve problems in multiple storage environments, coordinating with coworkers and vendors as necessary to facilitate maximum availability of client applications in financial and other mission critical environments.
• Work with clients and sales team to determine data storage requirements in business development opportunities.
• Perform storage workload modeling and prediction for sizing and troubleshooting.
• Perform capacity planning and reporting to ensure efficient use of storage.
• Closely monitor server storage performance and utilization, identify problems and recommend/implement solutions.
• Maintain replication relationships and recovery environments.
• Implement and document recovery procedures.
• Support recovery in the event of systems failure or disaster.
• Provide post-installation training and technical support to clients and coworkers.
Qualifications:
• 8-10 years of Storage Experience
• Must have a thorough understanding of Network Appliance (NetApp) products and architectures specifically 3xxx series and 6xxx series
• Experience with site to site and DR replication (ie SnapMirror and SnanVault)
• In-depth knowledge of general storage technologies: iSCSI, FC, SAN, NAS, DAS.
• Cisco MDS 9000 series switches knowledge.
• Compellent Storage Knowledge is a Plus.
• Prior experience or familiarity with alternative storage products is desirable.
• Solid understanding of networking and distributed computing concepts, including principles of network-routing client/server applications.
• Solid understanding of NFS and CIFS administration in a NetApp Environment.
• Knowledge of Distributed File Systems (DFS) beneficial.
• Comprehensive Experience in deploying and managing MS Active Directory, MS Exchange, and MS SQL Server.
• Understanding and Implementing ILM Policy with Tiered Storage.
• Prior experience deploying NetApp solutions in the field.
• Experience deploying and maintaining FibreChannel and layer 2/3 Ethernet networks.
• At least five years of experience in a technical support role in one or more computing environments.
• *NIX administration, and scripting knowledge desirable.
• Experience Virtualization Technologies a plus.
• Strong client focus and management of client expectations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork skills.
• Ability to present and explain technical information to diverse audiences
• Ability to write clear proposals and technical documents.
• Strong interpersonal skills at all levels of management and ability to motivate team members to apply skills and techniques to solve dynamic problems.
• Solid project management skills.
• Ability to weigh various suggested technical solutions against the original business needs and choose the most cost-effective solution.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Financial client in downtown Boston
Overview
Our client is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer to join the System Engineering team who are responsible for design, maintenance, security, recovery, and support of the Storage Infrastructure. The person in the role will design, architect, and implement storage and backup solution in the mixed environment of Unix/Windows operating systems. Responsibilities Include: Develop and integrate disk storage based snapshots to provide mechanism for immediate snapback if a system needs to be restored rapidly due to application or operating system corruption of data. Develop and document standards/procedures/strategies/scripts that maximize the functionality and reliability while minimizing downtime. Provide technical assistance for applications installs, backup/recovery strategies, to address applications performance issues and general platform problem analysis.
Requirements:
• Deploy storage solutions into new and existing environments.
• Diagnose and resolve problems in multiple storage environments, coordinating with coworkers and vendors as necessary to facilitate maximum availability of client applications in financial and other mission critical environments.
• Work with clients and sales team to determine data storage requirements in business development opportunities.
• Perform storage workload modeling and prediction for sizing and troubleshooting.
• Perform capacity planning and reporting to ensure efficient use of storage.
• Closely monitor server storage performance and utilization, identify problems and recommend/implement solutions.
• Maintain replication relationships and recovery environments.
• Implement and document recovery procedures.
• Support recovery in the event of systems failure or disaster.
• Provide post-installation training and technical support to clients and coworkers.
Qualifications:
• 8-10 years of Storage Experience
• Must have a thorough understanding of Network Appliance (NetApp) products and architectures specifically 3xxx series and 6xxx series
• Experience with site to site and DR replication (ie SnapMirror and SnanVault)
• In-depth knowledge of general storage technologies: iSCSI, FC, SAN, NAS, DAS.
• Cisco MDS 9000 series switches knowledge.
• Compellent Storage Knowledge is a Plus.
• Prior experience or familiarity with alternative storage products is desirable.
• Solid understanding of networking and distributed computing concepts, including principles of network-routing client/server applications.
• Solid understanding of NFS and CIFS administration in a NetApp Environment.
• Knowledge of Distributed File Systems (DFS) beneficial.
• Comprehensive Experience in deploying and managing MS Active Directory, MS Exchange, and MS SQL Server.
• Understanding and Implementing ILM Policy with Tiered Storage.
• Prior experience deploying NetApp solutions in the field.
• Experience deploying and maintaining FibreChannel and layer 2/3 Ethernet networks.
• At least five years of experience in a technical support role in one or more computing environments.
• *NIX administration, and scripting knowledge desirable.
• Experience Virtualization Technologies a plus.
• Strong client focus and management of client expectations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork skills.
• Ability to present and explain technical information to diverse audiences
• Ability to write clear proposals and technical documents.
• Strong interpersonal skills at all levels of management and ability to motivate team members to apply skills and techniques to solve dynamic problems.
• Solid project management skills.
• Ability to weigh various suggested technical solutions against the original business needs and choose the most cost-effective solution.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Delphi / Oracle / Crystal / C# developer
4 month contract position in downtown Boston
Candidate will ideally start on August 25th
Application Developer
We are looking for an experienced Delphi engineer to design and develop code for client/server and n-tier financial applications. The ideal candidate will have thorough knowledge of software engineering, and thrive in an atmosphere that values innovation, creativity, and collaboration.
Qualifications
Experienced in Delphi - 3+ years experience
Proficient in SQL (Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase).
Crystal Reports
Full knowledge of software development life cycle.
Excellent communication skills and problem solving abilities.
Ability to work individually and with other engineers in a collaborative manner
Other
Experience with large financial applications
WPF, WCF, WF
Multi threading
GUI design
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Candidate will ideally start on August 25th
Application Developer
We are looking for an experienced Delphi engineer to design and develop code for client/server and n-tier financial applications. The ideal candidate will have thorough knowledge of software engineering, and thrive in an atmosphere that values innovation, creativity, and collaboration.
Qualifications
Experienced in Delphi - 3+ years experience
Proficient in SQL (Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase).
Crystal Reports
Full knowledge of software development life cycle.
Excellent communication skills and problem solving abilities.
Ability to work individually and with other engineers in a collaborative manner
Other
Experience with large financial applications
WPF, WCF, WF
Multi threading
GUI design
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Business Systems Analyst
Contract to hire Business Systems Analyst
Responsibilities include:
-Gaining a complete understanding of the problem presented
-Analyzing and developing a number of different solutions to the problem
-Identifying pros and cons to each solution and working with the team to come up with the plan of action
-Gathering and documenting business requirements
-Understanding clients' business above and beyond the immediate requirements
-Converting requirements into functional specifications
-Working with department members to determine timetable for user requests
-Using prior systems design experience to translate client business requirements into application Logical Designs that conform to the application architecture
-Developing an in-depth understanding of the core business functionality for specific sub-systems within our application and leveraging off existing functionality to satisfy new client requirements
-Conducting walkthroughs of all completed specifications with representatives from all interested areas (e.g., development, testing, client management) to ensure the design is complete and the development estimates are accurate
-Acting as the main liaison between the business users and the development staff to ensure proper implementation of requirements within the expected timetable
-Communicating material modifications of business requirements to business users
-Conducting interviews with business, technical, and problem experts to identify and communicate issues and gathering comprehensive information for use in problem identification and resolution
-Ensuring that proper documentation is completed and distributed in a timely manner to communicate status and resolution of issues
-Working with third-party suppliers to implement new system or modify existing tools
-Consulting directly with clients, system architect, client managers, development staff, and business analysts to complete logical designs
-Resolving open issues, clearly identifying and explaining base assumptions, and explaining the Logical Design in a manner understandable to business user and developer
The ideal candidate would also meet the following requirements:
Technical Acumen
-Conceptual knowledge of information technologies and methodologies
-Experience in business analysis and requirements definition for IT systems
-Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and Visio
-Ability to learn new applications
Consulting Aptitude
-Demonstrated problem solving skills with the ability to probe and research issues in depth
-Ability to synthesize new business requirements and processes
-Strong organizational and analytical skills
-Understand the "big picture" view as it relates to the day-to-day activities and tasks
-Good team player and understands the goals of the department
-Proven experience in requirements gathering of all sizes of projects
-Experience with all components of a project lifecycle such as planning, analysis, design, construction and testing
Professional Skills
-Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to facilitate meetings
-Good interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and negotiate with other departments
-Self-motivated; comfortable working in a team, as well as independently
-Able to think on your feet, multitask, and meet deadlines
-Adaptable, flexible, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced and frequently changing business environment
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Responsibilities include:
-Gaining a complete understanding of the problem presented
-Analyzing and developing a number of different solutions to the problem
-Identifying pros and cons to each solution and working with the team to come up with the plan of action
-Gathering and documenting business requirements
-Understanding clients' business above and beyond the immediate requirements
-Converting requirements into functional specifications
-Working with department members to determine timetable for user requests
-Using prior systems design experience to translate client business requirements into application Logical Designs that conform to the application architecture
-Developing an in-depth understanding of the core business functionality for specific sub-systems within our application and leveraging off existing functionality to satisfy new client requirements
-Conducting walkthroughs of all completed specifications with representatives from all interested areas (e.g., development, testing, client management) to ensure the design is complete and the development estimates are accurate
-Acting as the main liaison between the business users and the development staff to ensure proper implementation of requirements within the expected timetable
-Communicating material modifications of business requirements to business users
-Conducting interviews with business, technical, and problem experts to identify and communicate issues and gathering comprehensive information for use in problem identification and resolution
-Ensuring that proper documentation is completed and distributed in a timely manner to communicate status and resolution of issues
-Working with third-party suppliers to implement new system or modify existing tools
-Consulting directly with clients, system architect, client managers, development staff, and business analysts to complete logical designs
-Resolving open issues, clearly identifying and explaining base assumptions, and explaining the Logical Design in a manner understandable to business user and developer
The ideal candidate would also meet the following requirements:
Technical Acumen
-Conceptual knowledge of information technologies and methodologies
-Experience in business analysis and requirements definition for IT systems
-Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and Visio
-Ability to learn new applications
Consulting Aptitude
-Demonstrated problem solving skills with the ability to probe and research issues in depth
-Ability to synthesize new business requirements and processes
-Strong organizational and analytical skills
-Understand the "big picture" view as it relates to the day-to-day activities and tasks
-Good team player and understands the goals of the department
-Proven experience in requirements gathering of all sizes of projects
-Experience with all components of a project lifecycle such as planning, analysis, design, construction and testing
Professional Skills
-Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to facilitate meetings
-Good interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and negotiate with other departments
-Self-motivated; comfortable working in a team, as well as independently
-Able to think on your feet, multitask, and meet deadlines
-Adaptable, flexible, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced and frequently changing business environment
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Project Manager
Contract to hire position at a world leading private equity firm headquartered in Boston.
Client is looking for candidates that have more of a process focus as opposed to a development focus. They want true project managers and not development managers that are looking to do project work.
Title: Project Manager
Reports to: Senior Vice President
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Temp to Full time
DESCRIPTION:
The person will be the lead project manager across multiple applications development and vendor integration initiatives from inception to implementation. This position will monitor and document progress, report on milestone deliverables, risks and costs across ongoing technology initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements across a portfolio of Shared Resource technology initiatives.
• Responsible for reporting status of projects during Bi Weekly portfolio meeting across all of IT.
• Liaison to the Project Management Office to ensure PLC process across all technology initiatives are aligned properly.
• Responsible for updating shared Project Management Application to ensure all projects are kept up to date to allow for proper transparency to Executive Management.
• Monitor and document project task list and progress for all assigned projects
• Organize and lead project status meetings and works closely with the development team lead and business analyst to document project status and inter-project risks
• Develop reports/dashboard for project on milestones, deliverables, risks and budget
• Maintains burn rate by project, provides budgeted vs. actual cost analysis
• Maintains overall project task list that includes tasks/issues/risks across all technology initiatives
• Facilitates inter-project communication and supports the Business Systems Manager for Steering Committee reporting
• Responsible for the oversight of the teams change management entries to ensure proper allocation and avoidance of team overlap.
• Maintain overall Release Management Calendar to ensure transparency of production impacting releases.
• Responsible for Resource Allocation across three teams in a “pooled” resource methodology. Proper tracking of resources and their allocation is required to fully understand open resources available for project or tasks.
• Responsible for project coordination toolset and project reporting standards
TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications.
• Experience with reporting status, milestones, deliverables across multiple technology initiatives
• Experience with project management reporting tools
• Exposure to various business disciplines (such as Private Equity, Compliance, Legal, Investor Relations, Human Resources and Finance)
• Familiarity with multiple architectures: n-tier, .NET, client-server, etc. and multi-system application integration
• Fundamental understanding of software development lifecycle
QUALIFICATIONS:
• PMP certification required
• 2-3 years experience in the project management and reporting
• 5-6 years experience in software development and technology implementation
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Client is looking for candidates that have more of a process focus as opposed to a development focus. They want true project managers and not development managers that are looking to do project work.
Title: Project Manager
Reports to: Senior Vice President
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Type: Temp to Full time
DESCRIPTION:
The person will be the lead project manager across multiple applications development and vendor integration initiatives from inception to implementation. This position will monitor and document progress, report on milestone deliverables, risks and costs across ongoing technology initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements across a portfolio of Shared Resource technology initiatives.
• Responsible for reporting status of projects during Bi Weekly portfolio meeting across all of IT.
• Liaison to the Project Management Office to ensure PLC process across all technology initiatives are aligned properly.
• Responsible for updating shared Project Management Application to ensure all projects are kept up to date to allow for proper transparency to Executive Management.
• Monitor and document project task list and progress for all assigned projects
• Organize and lead project status meetings and works closely with the development team lead and business analyst to document project status and inter-project risks
• Develop reports/dashboard for project on milestones, deliverables, risks and budget
• Maintains burn rate by project, provides budgeted vs. actual cost analysis
• Maintains overall project task list that includes tasks/issues/risks across all technology initiatives
• Facilitates inter-project communication and supports the Business Systems Manager for Steering Committee reporting
• Responsible for the oversight of the teams change management entries to ensure proper allocation and avoidance of team overlap.
• Maintain overall Release Management Calendar to ensure transparency of production impacting releases.
• Responsible for Resource Allocation across three teams in a “pooled” resource methodology. Proper tracking of resources and their allocation is required to fully understand open resources available for project or tasks.
• Responsible for project coordination toolset and project reporting standards
TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications.
• Experience with reporting status, milestones, deliverables across multiple technology initiatives
• Experience with project management reporting tools
• Exposure to various business disciplines (such as Private Equity, Compliance, Legal, Investor Relations, Human Resources and Finance)
• Familiarity with multiple architectures: n-tier, .NET, client-server, etc. and multi-system application integration
• Fundamental understanding of software development lifecycle
QUALIFICATIONS:
• PMP certification required
• 2-3 years experience in the project management and reporting
• 5-6 years experience in software development and technology implementation
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Java / Derivatives Developer
6 month contract position in Boston
In person interview required.
Looking for a smart Java Developer that has a strong understanding of Derivatives.
Client is currently using multiple applications such as Open Links Findor (Endur), Matlab, Sybase, SQL, C and Java. They are not looking to purchase a large system like Murex or Calypso but would like someone that has worked on one of these types of systems.
This is a heads down coding position. Solid Java, C background necessary.
Must have understanding of sophisticated mathematical models for the pricing of exotic derivatives across interest rates and FX asset classes.
Currently they are seeking a Java Developer to work in the applications division in the development, configuration and maintenance of multiple applications that make up a Derivative application.
This is a unique position as the candidate will have sound financial engineering skills, with knowledge of financial products be it commodities, equity derivatives, FX and interest rates.
Ideally candidates will have at least 4 years experience in Derivative development with strong understanding of model development and financial markets with the aptitude and tenacity to work in a fast paced trading environment.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
In person interview required.
Looking for a smart Java Developer that has a strong understanding of Derivatives.
Client is currently using multiple applications such as Open Links Findor (Endur), Matlab, Sybase, SQL, C and Java. They are not looking to purchase a large system like Murex or Calypso but would like someone that has worked on one of these types of systems.
This is a heads down coding position. Solid Java, C background necessary.
Must have understanding of sophisticated mathematical models for the pricing of exotic derivatives across interest rates and FX asset classes.
Currently they are seeking a Java Developer to work in the applications division in the development, configuration and maintenance of multiple applications that make up a Derivative application.
This is a unique position as the candidate will have sound financial engineering skills, with knowledge of financial products be it commodities, equity derivatives, FX and interest rates.
Ideally candidates will have at least 4 years experience in Derivative development with strong understanding of model development and financial markets with the aptitude and tenacity to work in a fast paced trading environment.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Monday, July 27, 2009
.NET Application Developer
The client is a world renowned Private Equity firm.
This is a full time position working in the Boston office. No sponsorship available.
Reports To: Development Manager/Architect
Responsibilities:
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced developer to join our software development team as a developer. We are seeking a well rounded individual who has the ability to design and program web based business applications using ASP .NET and C#. A qualified candidate should be an expert in the aspects of the software development process, an expert in multiple tools and technologies, possess excellent written and technical problem solving skills, programming and unit testing skills, great organization and communication skills, and be able to work well within a team environment.
Candidates must be self-directed, confident, and able to perform tasks of moderate to high complexity. Candidates should have excellent client facing skills and be able to articulate technical issues. Candidates will be expected to help shape technical documents with moderate to complex designs with minimal guidance and fully understand and utilize the appropriate tools set to solve client needs.
Developer Specific Duties:
• Work alone or in various-sized teams to design, build, debug and maintain existing ASP .NET 2.0 and 3.5 web applications written in C#.
• Modify and help shape technical documents with minimal guidance.
• Solve moderate to complex problems with minimal guidance using appropriate toolset.
• Provides accurate time estimates for tasks.
• Design and develop systems using with Web 2.0 principals
• Design and build Microsoft SQL Server databases which include creating tables, writing stored procedures, queries, triggers, cursors scheduling back-ups or restoring from backups.
• Design and build Microsoft Reporting Services solutions as a stand-alone application or integrated into new or existing web applications.
• Develop and implement unit test plans and test cases.
• Document, troubleshoot and isolate moderate to complex problems encountered during unit testing.
• Work with other members of the Application Development team to help coach others, improve our processes, effectiveness and efficiency.
• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Communicates and enforces coding standards, perform code reviews
• Consistently delivers high-quality services and products to clients.
Required Skills:
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical training and professional work experience.
• Proficient in object oriented design and development
• A minimum of 5+ year's cumulative experience developing web based application on the Microsoft .Net platform and technologies.
• A strong technical background, with some experience testing and developing applications.
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnosis moderate to complex software problems.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
This is a full time position working in the Boston office. No sponsorship available.
Reports To: Development Manager/Architect
Responsibilities:
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced developer to join our software development team as a developer. We are seeking a well rounded individual who has the ability to design and program web based business applications using ASP .NET and C#. A qualified candidate should be an expert in the aspects of the software development process, an expert in multiple tools and technologies, possess excellent written and technical problem solving skills, programming and unit testing skills, great organization and communication skills, and be able to work well within a team environment.
Candidates must be self-directed, confident, and able to perform tasks of moderate to high complexity. Candidates should have excellent client facing skills and be able to articulate technical issues. Candidates will be expected to help shape technical documents with moderate to complex designs with minimal guidance and fully understand and utilize the appropriate tools set to solve client needs.
Developer Specific Duties:
• Work alone or in various-sized teams to design, build, debug and maintain existing ASP .NET 2.0 and 3.5 web applications written in C#.
• Modify and help shape technical documents with minimal guidance.
• Solve moderate to complex problems with minimal guidance using appropriate toolset.
• Provides accurate time estimates for tasks.
• Design and develop systems using with Web 2.0 principals
• Design and build Microsoft SQL Server databases which include creating tables, writing stored procedures, queries, triggers, cursors scheduling back-ups or restoring from backups.
• Design and build Microsoft Reporting Services solutions as a stand-alone application or integrated into new or existing web applications.
• Develop and implement unit test plans and test cases.
• Document, troubleshoot and isolate moderate to complex problems encountered during unit testing.
• Work with other members of the Application Development team to help coach others, improve our processes, effectiveness and efficiency.
• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Communicates and enforces coding standards, perform code reviews
• Consistently delivers high-quality services and products to clients.
Required Skills:
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical training and professional work experience.
• Proficient in object oriented design and development
• A minimum of 5+ year's cumulative experience developing web based application on the Microsoft .Net platform and technologies.
• A strong technical background, with some experience testing and developing applications.
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnosis moderate to complex software problems.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Friday, July 24, 2009
CRM Software Developer .NET
Global Investment firm with headquarters located in Boston
Overview:
The Windows Applications Developer will participate in a development capacity on an existing rewrite project of a client relationship application, with future application development work on other projects. The project team currently consists of three developers. The candidate should be familiar with the Microsoft technology stack in general, and .NET in particular (see requirements below).
Primary Responsibilities:
• Propose and design technical solutions
• Create new system components
• Enhance existing components
• Provide remediation for existing system issues
• Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
• Produce effective technical documentation where needed
Mandatory requirements:
• Several years of .NET experience, including at least 3 years of working with .NET 2.0 or above
• Experience with .NET Rich Client technologies such as Windows Forms or WPF (WPF = Windows Presentation Foundation)
• Strong object-oriented design and patterns in .NET
• Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications (systems that span several physical machines)
• Strong preference for experience with .NET 3.0 technologies: WPF, WCF, WF (WCF = Windows Communication Foundation, WF = Windows Workflow Foundation)
• Familiarity with .NET 3.5 + C# 3.0 nice to have but not required
• Experience with automated unit testing
• Database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2005 or preferably 2008)
• Undergraduate degree a must
Skills & Characteristics:
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
• Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational expertise , and attention to detail
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
• Experience in the financial services sector preferred
• Self-starter, able to work as part of a small team as well as independently, with minimal supervision
• High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
• Detail-oriented, able to prioritize work and effectively manage multiple tasks
• Ability to accurately estimate and meet development deadlines
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Overview:
The Windows Applications Developer will participate in a development capacity on an existing rewrite project of a client relationship application, with future application development work on other projects. The project team currently consists of three developers. The candidate should be familiar with the Microsoft technology stack in general, and .NET in particular (see requirements below).
Primary Responsibilities:
• Propose and design technical solutions
• Create new system components
• Enhance existing components
• Provide remediation for existing system issues
• Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
• Produce effective technical documentation where needed
Mandatory requirements:
• Several years of .NET experience, including at least 3 years of working with .NET 2.0 or above
• Experience with .NET Rich Client technologies such as Windows Forms or WPF (WPF = Windows Presentation Foundation)
• Strong object-oriented design and patterns in .NET
• Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications (systems that span several physical machines)
• Strong preference for experience with .NET 3.0 technologies: WPF, WCF, WF (WCF = Windows Communication Foundation, WF = Windows Workflow Foundation)
• Familiarity with .NET 3.5 + C# 3.0 nice to have but not required
• Experience with automated unit testing
• Database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2005 or preferably 2008)
• Undergraduate degree a must
Skills & Characteristics:
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
• Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational expertise , and attention to detail
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
• Experience in the financial services sector preferred
• Self-starter, able to work as part of a small team as well as independently, with minimal supervision
• High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
• Detail-oriented, able to prioritize work and effectively manage multiple tasks
• Ability to accurately estimate and meet development deadlines
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Senior Windows Application Developer (.NET)
Mid sized financial firm in Boston
Overview:
The Senior .NET Applications Developer will participate in a development capacity on an existing rewrite project of a line of business application dealing with client order processing. The project team consists of four other developers out of Boston, a full-time project manager, and 2 business analysts. The candidate will need to hit the ground running with minimal technical training, and should be familiar with the Microsoft technology stack in general, and .NET in particular (see requirements below).
Primary Responsibilities:
• Propose and design technical solutions
• Create new system components
• Enhance existing components
• Provide remediation for existing system issues
• Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
• Produce effective technical documentation where needed
Mandatory requirements:
• Several years of .NET experience, including 1-2 years of working with .NET 2.0
• Experience with .NET Rich Client technologies such as Windows Forms or WPF (WPF = Windows Presentation Foundation)
• Strong object-oriented design and patterns in .NET
• Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications (systems that span several physical machines)
• Strong preference for experience with .NET 3.0 technologies: WPF, WCF, WF (WCF = Windows Communication Foundation, WF = Windows Workflow Foundation)
• Familiarity with .NET 3.5 + C# 3.0 nice to have but not required
• Experience with automated unit testing
• Advanced database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or preferably 2005/2008)
• Undergraduate degree in technology discipline
• Web experience (ASP.NET or otherwise) is not needed for this project
Skills & Characteristics:
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
• Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational expertise , and attention to detail
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
• Experience in the financial services sector preferred
• Self-starter, able to work as part of a small team as well as independently, with minimal supervision
• High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
• Detail-oriented, able to prioritize work and effectively manage multiple tasks
• Ability to accurately estimate and meet development deadlines
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Overview:
The Senior .NET Applications Developer will participate in a development capacity on an existing rewrite project of a line of business application dealing with client order processing. The project team consists of four other developers out of Boston, a full-time project manager, and 2 business analysts. The candidate will need to hit the ground running with minimal technical training, and should be familiar with the Microsoft technology stack in general, and .NET in particular (see requirements below).
Primary Responsibilities:
• Propose and design technical solutions
• Create new system components
• Enhance existing components
• Provide remediation for existing system issues
• Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
• Produce effective technical documentation where needed
Mandatory requirements:
• Several years of .NET experience, including 1-2 years of working with .NET 2.0
• Experience with .NET Rich Client technologies such as Windows Forms or WPF (WPF = Windows Presentation Foundation)
• Strong object-oriented design and patterns in .NET
• Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications (systems that span several physical machines)
• Strong preference for experience with .NET 3.0 technologies: WPF, WCF, WF (WCF = Windows Communication Foundation, WF = Windows Workflow Foundation)
• Familiarity with .NET 3.5 + C# 3.0 nice to have but not required
• Experience with automated unit testing
• Advanced database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or preferably 2005/2008)
• Undergraduate degree in technology discipline
• Web experience (ASP.NET or otherwise) is not needed for this project
Skills & Characteristics:
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
• Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational expertise , and attention to detail
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
• Experience in the financial services sector preferred
• Self-starter, able to work as part of a small team as well as independently, with minimal supervision
• High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
• Detail-oriented, able to prioritize work and effectively manage multiple tasks
• Ability to accurately estimate and meet development deadlines
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Windows Application Developer (.NET)
Mid sized financial firm in Boston
The Web Applications Developer will participate in a development capacity on a rewrite project of a calculation engine and reporting system, with future application development work on other projects. The candidate should be familiar with the Microsoft technology stack in general, and .NET in particular (see requirements below).
Primary Responsibilities:
• Propose and design technical solutions
• Create new system components
• Enhance existing components
• Provide remediation for existing system issues
• Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
• Produce effective technical documentation where needed
Mandatory requirements:
• Several years of .NET experience, including at least 3 years of working with .NET 2.0 or above
• Experience with ASP.NET
• Strong object-oriented design and patterns in .NET
• Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications (systems that span several physical machines)
• Strong preference for experience with .NET 3.0, 3.5 technologies: WCF, WF, LINQ
• Familiarity with C# 3.0 nice to have but not required
• Experience with automated unit testing
• Database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2005 or preferably 2008)
• Undergraduate degree a must
Skills & Characteristics:
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
• Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational expertise , and attention to detail
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
• Experience in the financial services sector preferred
• Self-starter, able to work as part of a small team as well as independently, with minimal supervision
• High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
• Detail-oriented, able to prioritize work and effectively manage multiple tasks
• Ability to accurately estimate and meet development deadlines
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
The Web Applications Developer will participate in a development capacity on a rewrite project of a calculation engine and reporting system, with future application development work on other projects. The candidate should be familiar with the Microsoft technology stack in general, and .NET in particular (see requirements below).
Primary Responsibilities:
• Propose and design technical solutions
• Create new system components
• Enhance existing components
• Provide remediation for existing system issues
• Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
• Produce effective technical documentation where needed
Mandatory requirements:
• Several years of .NET experience, including at least 3 years of working with .NET 2.0 or above
• Experience with ASP.NET
• Strong object-oriented design and patterns in .NET
• Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications (systems that span several physical machines)
• Strong preference for experience with .NET 3.0, 3.5 technologies: WCF, WF, LINQ
• Familiarity with C# 3.0 nice to have but not required
• Experience with automated unit testing
• Database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2005 or preferably 2008)
• Undergraduate degree a must
Skills & Characteristics:
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
• Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational expertise , and attention to detail
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
• Experience in the financial services sector preferred
• Self-starter, able to work as part of a small team as well as independently, with minimal supervision
• High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
• Detail-oriented, able to prioritize work and effectively manage multiple tasks
• Ability to accurately estimate and meet development deadlines
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
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