Investment management firm located in the financial district of Boston.
This is a contract position.
The Senior Windows 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 currently consists of three developers out of Boston, and four developers offshore. 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
• Database proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or preferably 2005)
• 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.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Project Coordinator
Financial firm located in the back bay area of Boston.
Contract to hire.
This position will be working directly with two of the business units; Private Equity and Corporate Services including, HR, Finance, Legal, Compliance and Information Technology. 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 overall project reporting to Technology Steering Committees
• Monitor and document project progress, report on milestone deliverables, risks and costs across all ongoing initiatives
• Maintains burn rate by project, provides budgeted vs. actual cost analysis
• Works closely with the project lead, development team lead and business analyst to gather project status
• Maintains and follows-up on project task list across all technology initiatives
• Facilitates inter project communication and is the Contact point for the Steering committee; Responsible for coordinating / maintaining task list and initiatives for Steering committee
• Works closely with business/development program managers to document inter-project risks
• Reports directly to Business Systems Manager
• 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 for multiple technology initiatives
• Experience with project management and reporting toolsets and reporting
• Exposure to investment concepts / terminology
• Exposure to financial application implementations
• Exposure to Human Resource Systems implementations
• 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.
Contract to hire.
This position will be working directly with two of the business units; Private Equity and Corporate Services including, HR, Finance, Legal, Compliance and Information Technology. 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 overall project reporting to Technology Steering Committees
• Monitor and document project progress, report on milestone deliverables, risks and costs across all ongoing initiatives
• Maintains burn rate by project, provides budgeted vs. actual cost analysis
• Works closely with the project lead, development team lead and business analyst to gather project status
• Maintains and follows-up on project task list across all technology initiatives
• Facilitates inter project communication and is the Contact point for the Steering committee; Responsible for coordinating / maintaining task list and initiatives for Steering committee
• Works closely with business/development program managers to document inter-project risks
• Reports directly to Business Systems Manager
• 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 for multiple technology initiatives
• Experience with project management and reporting toolsets and reporting
• Exposure to investment concepts / terminology
• Exposure to financial application implementations
• Exposure to Human Resource Systems implementations
• 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.
Senior Help Desk Engineer
Worlds leading private equity firm located in Boston
One permanent position and one contract to hire.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Performs Tier II/III problem management, isolation, and resolution.
• Functions as a Subject Matter Expert for Windows Operating Systems and Microsoft Office in a client-based environment.
• Train, and coach the Helpdesk staff to ensure they answer calls and interact with customers in knowledge, accurate and friendly manner.
• In certain situations, may be required to function as a technical lead or supervise Helpdesk staff.
• Areas of support include: desktop productivity tools, client side business line applications, remote access, mobile computing, and conference room resources including Video Conferencing.
• Facilitate repair and maintenance of equipment including PCs, Printers, and conference room resources both directly and through contracted vendors
• Maintain system and support documentation.
• Cover helpdesk responsibilities as required during busy periods.
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
• RIM Blackberry Desktop.
• Supporting remote users on Terminal Server or Citrix Metaframe.
• Specialist with desktop imaging, patch management and deployment. Working knowledge of SMS, WSUS, and Altiris.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP and general networking concepts including DNS, DHCP, FTP & VPN
• Comprehensive understanding of Active Directory User Environment.
• Candidates must be proficient in Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 with an added emphasis in security.
• Manage file/exchange permissions
• Working knowledge of application packaging.
• Administrator Level Exchange experience.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience. At least four, typically six years experience in IT or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• The individual should also have strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to work efficiently and effectively with co-workers and other infrastructure team members.
• Dedicated to exceeding quality standards and providing products and services of the highest caliber.
• Exceptional work ethic, uses time productively, maximizes efficiency, and meets challenging work goals.
• Manages time effectively. Uses work plans to prioritize completing and interdependent tasks and meet deadlines.
• 24 x 7 uptime requirements.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
One permanent position and one contract to hire.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Performs Tier II/III problem management, isolation, and resolution.
• Functions as a Subject Matter Expert for Windows Operating Systems and Microsoft Office in a client-based environment.
• Train, and coach the Helpdesk staff to ensure they answer calls and interact with customers in knowledge, accurate and friendly manner.
• In certain situations, may be required to function as a technical lead or supervise Helpdesk staff.
• Areas of support include: desktop productivity tools, client side business line applications, remote access, mobile computing, and conference room resources including Video Conferencing.
• Facilitate repair and maintenance of equipment including PCs, Printers, and conference room resources both directly and through contracted vendors
• Maintain system and support documentation.
• Cover helpdesk responsibilities as required during busy periods.
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
• RIM Blackberry Desktop.
• Supporting remote users on Terminal Server or Citrix Metaframe.
• Specialist with desktop imaging, patch management and deployment. Working knowledge of SMS, WSUS, and Altiris.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP and general networking concepts including DNS, DHCP, FTP & VPN
• Comprehensive understanding of Active Directory User Environment.
• Candidates must be proficient in Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 with an added emphasis in security.
• Manage file/exchange permissions
• Working knowledge of application packaging.
• Administrator Level Exchange experience.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience. At least four, typically six years experience in IT or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• The individual should also have strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to work efficiently and effectively with co-workers and other infrastructure team members.
• Dedicated to exceeding quality standards and providing products and services of the highest caliber.
• Exceptional work ethic, uses time productively, maximizes efficiency, and meets challenging work goals.
• Manages time effectively. Uses work plans to prioritize completing and interdependent tasks and meet deadlines.
• 24 x 7 uptime requirements.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Infrastructure Engineer - Storage
World Leading Private Equity firm located in Boston
The Infrastructure Engineer - Storage will be part of the Information Technology department. Under the guidance of the Infrastructure Manager you will operate and maintain back office technologies.
Based in Boston, this position will require some domestic and international travel. This is a full time position. Occasional night and weekend hours are required for scheduled system maintenance and upgrades.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Install, build, configure and maintain the EMC storage infrastructure in a global production data center environment.
• Promote system reliability and efficiency by creating and implementing system standards and operational best-practices; provide technical leadership in design and administration decisions for SAN/backup systems.
• Play Lead Role in Disaster Recovery Initiatives including the replication of data between worldwide sites as well as participate in isolated testing scenarios.
• Facilitate the planning of component and feature upgrades, and plan & participate in scheduled off-hours service outage upgrades
• Capacity Management Reporting, Metric Collection and Performance Monitoring
• Responsible for Production and Development Backup Environments utilizing Commvault and Live Vault
• Responsible for Boston as well as Europe and Asia Storage Environments
• Communicate issues clearly to business and technical groups within the company.
• Enforce operational SAN security guidelines and procedures
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
• Over 5 Years Experience with EMC Storage Technologies (CLARiiON, Centera) in a mission-critical production Microsoft Windows centric datacenter environments
• Experience with SCSI and fibre channel devices (Cisco 9500 preferred).
• Experience with EMC’s Recover Point and Replication Methodologies
• Team Player is Mandatory. Production Services Group operates under a pure team model and therefore looks to utilize all skill sets as needed regardless of skill set, level or team association.
• Deep experience in Backup Technologies (Commvault,Data Domain, Live Vault) including production and development environments.
• Experience in troubleshooting network infrastructure, network communication protocols (TCP/IP, etc.) as it relates to storage and backups.
• Experience with Remote Office Storage Solutions (EMC,Netapp)
• Fundamental understanding of Fibre Channel, and iSCSI network configuration
• Experience with Emulex HBAs
• Connectrix, Powerpath, Navisphere, and Enterprise Control Center (ECC)
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
The Infrastructure Engineer - Storage will be part of the Information Technology department. Under the guidance of the Infrastructure Manager you will operate and maintain back office technologies.
Based in Boston, this position will require some domestic and international travel. This is a full time position. Occasional night and weekend hours are required for scheduled system maintenance and upgrades.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Install, build, configure and maintain the EMC storage infrastructure in a global production data center environment.
• Promote system reliability and efficiency by creating and implementing system standards and operational best-practices; provide technical leadership in design and administration decisions for SAN/backup systems.
• Play Lead Role in Disaster Recovery Initiatives including the replication of data between worldwide sites as well as participate in isolated testing scenarios.
• Facilitate the planning of component and feature upgrades, and plan & participate in scheduled off-hours service outage upgrades
• Capacity Management Reporting, Metric Collection and Performance Monitoring
• Responsible for Production and Development Backup Environments utilizing Commvault and Live Vault
• Responsible for Boston as well as Europe and Asia Storage Environments
• Communicate issues clearly to business and technical groups within the company.
• Enforce operational SAN security guidelines and procedures
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
• Over 5 Years Experience with EMC Storage Technologies (CLARiiON, Centera) in a mission-critical production Microsoft Windows centric datacenter environments
• Experience with SCSI and fibre channel devices (Cisco 9500 preferred).
• Experience with EMC’s Recover Point and Replication Methodologies
• Team Player is Mandatory. Production Services Group operates under a pure team model and therefore looks to utilize all skill sets as needed regardless of skill set, level or team association.
• Deep experience in Backup Technologies (Commvault,Data Domain, Live Vault) including production and development environments.
• Experience in troubleshooting network infrastructure, network communication protocols (TCP/IP, etc.) as it relates to storage and backups.
• Experience with Remote Office Storage Solutions (EMC,Netapp)
• Fundamental understanding of Fibre Channel, and iSCSI network configuration
• Experience with Emulex HBAs
• Connectrix, Powerpath, Navisphere, and Enterprise Control Center (ECC)
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Senior IT Enterprise Data Architect
$110 billion investment firm located near South Station in Boston.
This is a full time, permanent position.
The candidate will be responsible for design, implementation and support of large OLTP and OLAP application, performance optimization and reporting. Design and implementation of applications includes the following activities:
• Perform data source analysis
• Data modeling & ETL design
• Closely work with QA for testing and UAT activities
• Lead production support and post implementation support effort along-with DBA and operations team
• Establishing robust build / release process
• Expected to lead other members technically in the area of his/her responsibilities
• Common vocabulary and entity set for all problem and solution spaces
• Strategy for the use of, and interactions between, data, systems and users
• Minimal set of data stores to satisfy data requirements
• Reusable set of DB objects and interfaces
• Process to keep examining all of the above to manage change and keep finding more ways to integrate and consolidate
• Database lifecycle process
• Data archiving policy for different types of data (investment strategy data vs. core infrastructural data)
• Formula to estimate the cost of data management per server, database and table (based on operational costs, server, licenses, etc)
• Documentation of the system to system interaction and data flows at varying levels (business / technical / infrastructure)
• Common set of management tools and methodologies for ETL
• Establish a market data centralization/decentralization/normalization/de normalization mechanisms
• Assist in the development of a GDOC (Global Database Operations Center) where our systems will be continuously monitored via 3rd party products, in-house scripts and a operational dashboard
• Define and maintain critical documentation including: Processes, Rules and Regulations, Best Practices, etc.
ENTERPRISE DATA ARCHITECT EXPERIENCE
-8+ years of IT/software experience in data modeling/data architecture.
¬Able to work with key business partners to gain consensus on their organizations’ business policies and requirements
-Must have demonstrated ability to design, implement, and tune data mart/reporting system in a large data environment.
¬Ability to present complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
-Solid, quantifiable experience in the following: Metadata standards, Data modeling, Use of modeling tools, Data flow diagrams, ERWin, Databases, SQL Server, and PLSQL Programming.
-Understand team requirements and need from architecture
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, permanent position.
The candidate will be responsible for design, implementation and support of large OLTP and OLAP application, performance optimization and reporting. Design and implementation of applications includes the following activities:
• Perform data source analysis
• Data modeling & ETL design
• Closely work with QA for testing and UAT activities
• Lead production support and post implementation support effort along-with DBA and operations team
• Establishing robust build / release process
• Expected to lead other members technically in the area of his/her responsibilities
• Common vocabulary and entity set for all problem and solution spaces
• Strategy for the use of, and interactions between, data, systems and users
• Minimal set of data stores to satisfy data requirements
• Reusable set of DB objects and interfaces
• Process to keep examining all of the above to manage change and keep finding more ways to integrate and consolidate
• Database lifecycle process
• Data archiving policy for different types of data (investment strategy data vs. core infrastructural data)
• Formula to estimate the cost of data management per server, database and table (based on operational costs, server, licenses, etc)
• Documentation of the system to system interaction and data flows at varying levels (business / technical / infrastructure)
• Common set of management tools and methodologies for ETL
• Establish a market data centralization/decentralization/normalization/de normalization mechanisms
• Assist in the development of a GDOC (Global Database Operations Center) where our systems will be continuously monitored via 3rd party products, in-house scripts and a operational dashboard
• Define and maintain critical documentation including: Processes, Rules and Regulations, Best Practices, etc.
ENTERPRISE DATA ARCHITECT EXPERIENCE
-8+ years of IT/software experience in data modeling/data architecture.
¬Able to work with key business partners to gain consensus on their organizations’ business policies and requirements
-Must have demonstrated ability to design, implement, and tune data mart/reporting system in a large data environment.
¬Ability to present complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
-Solid, quantifiable experience in the following: Metadata standards, Data modeling, Use of modeling tools, Data flow diagrams, ERWin, Databases, SQL Server, and PLSQL Programming.
-Understand team requirements and need from architecture
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
SQL Server Database Administrator
Top tier investment firm in the financial district of Boston.
This is a full time, permanent position.
Department Profile:
The Database Administration and architecture team is responsible for supporting and architecture of a global SQL environment. Responsibilities would encompass day-to-day administration, daily maintenance and optimization tasks and assisting developers in the creation of new databases. The team also provides support to all vendor and packaged applications which use SQL server as a backend.
Overview:
Reporting to the Manager of Database and Architect, this senior level DBA would assist in providing world class support and leadership to our developers, application support and business teams.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage a production environment consisting of 300+ databases, and 30 production SQL Server’s, most of which are read-intensive databases with a large data load cycle while some are OLTP-based mission critical trading systems
- Spearhead the restructuring and management of the production level backup and restore processes
- Manage HA solutions such as MS Cluster Server, XOSoft, PolyServe, SQL Replication, etc
- Manage DR solutions such as Database Mirroring, Log Shipping, Double-Take GeoCluster, SQL Replication
- Assist in the development of a GDOC (Global Database Operations Center) where our systems will be continuously monitored via 3rd party products, in-house scripts and a operational dashboard
- Manage the database security models, both in-house developed as well as Windows Auth (AD) based security. Also develop policies to restrict over-privileging and enforce it
- Provide 24x7 support to all mission critical production level systems
- Develop custom scripts to automate various database management processes (e.g. programmatically searching for non-indexed tables)
- Leverage 3rd party tools (e.g. Red-Gate) or in-house developed tools to troubleshoot
- Safeguard our production systems by implementing the right security policies as well as managing the MS service pack/hotfix deployment process
- Assist in the migration of SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 and/or 2008
- Assist in the database release management process, be the “gate-keeper” and ensure only QUALITY code is released into production
- Help troubleshoot performance problems using a variety of methods (tracing, query optimization review, error logs, etc)
- Assist in the build out of our SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 (SSAS) OLAP databases
- Provide development and production support for complex SSIS packages
- Architect and implement reports within SQL Server Reporting Services 2000/2005
- Define and maintain critical documentation including: Database Standards, Naming Conventions, Administrative Techniques, Troubleshooting Techniques, Processes, Rules and Regulations, Change Management, Best Practices, etc.
MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
- An average of 5-6+ years total IT experience
- An average of 4-5+ years Database Administration (Includes Development, QA experience)
- An average of 1-2+ years Systems / Network / Application Administration
- Knowledge of the financial industry is preferred
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, permanent position.
Department Profile:
The Database Administration and architecture team is responsible for supporting and architecture of a global SQL environment. Responsibilities would encompass day-to-day administration, daily maintenance and optimization tasks and assisting developers in the creation of new databases. The team also provides support to all vendor and packaged applications which use SQL server as a backend.
Overview:
Reporting to the Manager of Database and Architect, this senior level DBA would assist in providing world class support and leadership to our developers, application support and business teams.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage a production environment consisting of 300+ databases, and 30 production SQL Server’s, most of which are read-intensive databases with a large data load cycle while some are OLTP-based mission critical trading systems
- Spearhead the restructuring and management of the production level backup and restore processes
- Manage HA solutions such as MS Cluster Server, XOSoft, PolyServe, SQL Replication, etc
- Manage DR solutions such as Database Mirroring, Log Shipping, Double-Take GeoCluster, SQL Replication
- Assist in the development of a GDOC (Global Database Operations Center) where our systems will be continuously monitored via 3rd party products, in-house scripts and a operational dashboard
- Manage the database security models, both in-house developed as well as Windows Auth (AD) based security. Also develop policies to restrict over-privileging and enforce it
- Provide 24x7 support to all mission critical production level systems
- Develop custom scripts to automate various database management processes (e.g. programmatically searching for non-indexed tables)
- Leverage 3rd party tools (e.g. Red-Gate) or in-house developed tools to troubleshoot
- Safeguard our production systems by implementing the right security policies as well as managing the MS service pack/hotfix deployment process
- Assist in the migration of SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 and/or 2008
- Assist in the database release management process, be the “gate-keeper” and ensure only QUALITY code is released into production
- Help troubleshoot performance problems using a variety of methods (tracing, query optimization review, error logs, etc)
- Assist in the build out of our SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 (SSAS) OLAP databases
- Provide development and production support for complex SSIS packages
- Architect and implement reports within SQL Server Reporting Services 2000/2005
- Define and maintain critical documentation including: Database Standards, Naming Conventions, Administrative Techniques, Troubleshooting Techniques, Processes, Rules and Regulations, Change Management, Best Practices, etc.
MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
- An average of 5-6+ years total IT experience
- An average of 4-5+ years Database Administration (Includes Development, QA experience)
- An average of 1-2+ years Systems / Network / Application Administration
- Knowledge of the financial industry is preferred
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Hedge Fund Desktop / Trade Support Engineer
Client: One of the world's 15 biggest hedge funds
Permanent, full time role at Boston location.
This role encompasses all technical and trading systems support.
Roles & Responsibilities:
The primary task for this individual will be to provide day-to-day support of the technology Infrastructure in our Boston office, consisting of HP desktop PCs and Servers using the Windows Operating System; Cisco routers, switches and fire walls and voice systems from British Telecom (turrets) and Northern Telecom (PABX). In order to support the current day-to-day service needs and expanding user base we are looking for a technician who has Trade Support and general financial system support knowledge. S/he will be tasked with supporting this infrastructure at company in compliance with the established company technology standards to keep pace with the challenging demands of company. Some additional responsibilities of this position include:
· Level 1, 2 & 3 desktop support for Trader, Analysts and non-Front Office staff in Boston
· Level 1 & 2 Market Data service support including working with Front Office Teams to ensure use of market data is efficient and document requests for trading tool enhancements
· Establish and maintain service level relationship with local Technology service providers
· Home site visits for user community as required
· Perform daily AM and PM system checks as per documented procedures and distribution of status reports
· 24x7 on-call support duty
This hire will have an extremely solid foundation in hardware troubleshooting/replacement and market data service support. The goal of this position is to support an optimally running environment in support of a 24x7 hedge fund. The following skills are not all essential requirements, but encompass an actual range of responsibilities relevant to our environment:
Desired
-Three years Technology Support experience in Trading environment
-Knowledge of market data applications, specifically Bloomberg
-Solid understanding of trading and the financial markets
-Excellent PC troubleshooting and break / fix skills
Optional
-Windows Domain support
-Data and voice network & system support
-Scripting/programming experience with VBA
-Work with Technology Team to implement and develop DMA products
-Work with Technology Team to assist with the development of trading and risk databases for trading analysis
Personal Requirements:
-Financial industry experience an absolute must.
-Excellent attention to detail and ability to remember, record, and relay both routine and mission critical information on a consistent basis.
-Ability to interact with users across all business units.
-Proven track record of being reliable and punctual
-Experience in writing business documents, such as functional specs and result summaries, as well as communicating project/issue status – both written and verbal
-Demonstrate ability to operate in a stressful environment
-Education: B.S. degree required in computer science, engineering, information systems or related discipline.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Permanent, full time role at Boston location.
This role encompasses all technical and trading systems support.
Roles & Responsibilities:
The primary task for this individual will be to provide day-to-day support of the technology Infrastructure in our Boston office, consisting of HP desktop PCs and Servers using the Windows Operating System; Cisco routers, switches and fire walls and voice systems from British Telecom (turrets) and Northern Telecom (PABX). In order to support the current day-to-day service needs and expanding user base we are looking for a technician who has Trade Support and general financial system support knowledge. S/he will be tasked with supporting this infrastructure at company in compliance with the established company technology standards to keep pace with the challenging demands of company. Some additional responsibilities of this position include:
· Level 1, 2 & 3 desktop support for Trader, Analysts and non-Front Office staff in Boston
· Level 1 & 2 Market Data service support including working with Front Office Teams to ensure use of market data is efficient and document requests for trading tool enhancements
· Establish and maintain service level relationship with local Technology service providers
· Home site visits for user community as required
· Perform daily AM and PM system checks as per documented procedures and distribution of status reports
· 24x7 on-call support duty
This hire will have an extremely solid foundation in hardware troubleshooting/replacement and market data service support. The goal of this position is to support an optimally running environment in support of a 24x7 hedge fund. The following skills are not all essential requirements, but encompass an actual range of responsibilities relevant to our environment:
Desired
-Three years Technology Support experience in Trading environment
-Knowledge of market data applications, specifically Bloomberg
-Solid understanding of trading and the financial markets
-Excellent PC troubleshooting and break / fix skills
Optional
-Windows Domain support
-Data and voice network & system support
-Scripting/programming experience with VBA
-Work with Technology Team to implement and develop DMA products
-Work with Technology Team to assist with the development of trading and risk databases for trading analysis
Personal Requirements:
-Financial industry experience an absolute must.
-Excellent attention to detail and ability to remember, record, and relay both routine and mission critical information on a consistent basis.
-Ability to interact with users across all business units.
-Proven track record of being reliable and punctual
-Experience in writing business documents, such as functional specs and result summaries, as well as communicating project/issue status – both written and verbal
-Demonstrate ability to operate in a stressful environment
-Education: B.S. degree required in computer science, engineering, information systems or related discipline.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Linux Grid Engineer
Client: $160 billion asset management firm in financial district of Boston.
Currently looking for a candidate to come in on a contract to hire basis to work on the implementation of Linux in a Grid Computing environment.
This senior level technical expert will be focused on the design and
operational maturation of an enterprise LINUX environment. This
individual will be the focal point for facilitating LINUX based
application requests and integration with existing infrastructure
services including Solaris (NIS / NFS) and Windows (AD) in accordance
with corporate standards.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
-LINUX/UNIX subject matter expert developing LINUX based solutions and
standards for our client?s UNIX environment.
-Documenting technical standards and operational best practices.
Guidance of team members and customers in adoption of best practices.
-Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting, problem resolution,
and root cause analysis of integration and performance problems.
-Engineering solutions to establish reference infrastructure and
documentation for the implementation of new applications and services
on LINUX.
-Install, configure and customize LINUX/UNIX operating system to
optimize performance and manageability.
-Develop necessary project plans, including installation & testing,
for hardware and software upgrades.
-Vendor relationship management
-Develops highly complex scripts for operation and production
processes. -Install and makes changes to these tools to enhance the
environment when required.
Experience:
-Must have 4-5+ years of LINUX (preferably Red Hat) & Solaris
administration/engineering experience in an enterprise environment.
-Must have experience with the configuration and support of management
tools such as Kickstart, Yum, Satellite Server, and Jumpstart
-Must have volume management experience (VxVM, VxFS, LVM or ODS) as
well as knowledge of SAN and NAS technologies.
-Experience with clustering and design/build of HA solutions.
-Experience scripting with Shell/Perl including development of
management tools/scripts
-Extensive knowledge of standard tools/protocols including NIS, NFS,
SSH, LDAP, DNS etc.
-Strong verbal and written communication skills.
-Team player with a commitment to success, and able to thrive in a
fast-paced, rapidly-changing systems environment.
-Experience within the financial services industry is preferred, but
not required.
-Experience with OpenSource applications such as MySQL and Apache a
plus
-Bachelors or equivalent experience is required
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Currently looking for a candidate to come in on a contract to hire basis to work on the implementation of Linux in a Grid Computing environment.
This senior level technical expert will be focused on the design and
operational maturation of an enterprise LINUX environment. This
individual will be the focal point for facilitating LINUX based
application requests and integration with existing infrastructure
services including Solaris (NIS / NFS) and Windows (AD) in accordance
with corporate standards.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
-LINUX/UNIX subject matter expert developing LINUX based solutions and
standards for our client?s UNIX environment.
-Documenting technical standards and operational best practices.
Guidance of team members and customers in adoption of best practices.
-Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting, problem resolution,
and root cause analysis of integration and performance problems.
-Engineering solutions to establish reference infrastructure and
documentation for the implementation of new applications and services
on LINUX.
-Install, configure and customize LINUX/UNIX operating system to
optimize performance and manageability.
-Develop necessary project plans, including installation & testing,
for hardware and software upgrades.
-Vendor relationship management
-Develops highly complex scripts for operation and production
processes. -Install and makes changes to these tools to enhance the
environment when required.
Experience:
-Must have 4-5+ years of LINUX (preferably Red Hat) & Solaris
administration/engineering experience in an enterprise environment.
-Must have experience with the configuration and support of management
tools such as Kickstart, Yum, Satellite Server, and Jumpstart
-Must have volume management experience (VxVM, VxFS, LVM or ODS) as
well as knowledge of SAN and NAS technologies.
-Experience with clustering and design/build of HA solutions.
-Experience scripting with Shell/Perl including development of
management tools/scripts
-Extensive knowledge of standard tools/protocols including NIS, NFS,
SSH, LDAP, DNS etc.
-Strong verbal and written communication skills.
-Team player with a commitment to success, and able to thrive in a
fast-paced, rapidly-changing systems environment.
-Experience within the financial services industry is preferred, but
not required.
-Experience with OpenSource applications such as MySQL and Apache a
plus
-Bachelors or equivalent experience is required
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Senior Project Manager
Full time position at one of the world's leading private equity firms headquartered in Boston.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for building and managing the project management office function for IT. Define and develop enterprise-wide IT project management practices, governance standards, processes and metrics. Ensure projects are defined, tracked and communicated in a consistent and effective manner. Incorporate effective change and project risk management controls. Assists IT Business System Managers and other key IT stakeholders to define opportunities to identify and prioritize projects based on business prioritization. Provide guidance to LOB aligned project managers with business case development, and project lifecycle management. Partners with other IT leaders in ensuring all projects within IT portfolios are delivered on time, within budget and to an agreed quality level. The candidate must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in project management methodologies and tools. PMI certification desirable.
• Drive standardized, but scalable, project management process to increase project success, improve project status transparency, and make resource allocation processes more efficient.
• Responsible for defining, implementing and overall governance of processes aimed to support a structured PMO framework; and providing project management guidance to large IT projects.
• Develop and implement effective standard project performance metrics.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures and templates that support the IT Project Management methodology and ensure that the IT staff are appropriately trained.
• Develop and maintain standards for Project Management .
• Work with project leaders to identify potential project risks, implement appropriate courses of action to address project slippage and develop strategies to mitigate future risk.
• Monitor project quality controls.
• Own and evolve the project management methodology and tools, maintenance and usage of project prioritization models and other project decision-making tools.
• Select and implement software tools to automate IT project management processes.
Experience, Competencies, Skills, and Attributes:
The ideal candidate will be a collaborative, result-oriented and proven leader in the IT arena with solid IT management experience and breadth of experience across IT functions, specifically as it relates to applications development. Successful candidates will display exceptional communication skills and embrace significant challenges and opportunities with enthusiasm and confidence.
• Significant expertise in creating simple to complex project plans, timelines and work breakdown structures using MS Project.
• Technical understanding of the processes related to delivering IT Solutions (ie Change Management, Production Support, Data Center operations, Help Desk, Desktop Support, and Disaster Recovery etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to create effective written materials including: presentations, analytical diagrams, system specifications, test plans, project schedules, resource utilization models, and task list.
• Experienced working within cross functional project teams.
• Must be highly intelligent with an analytical approach in dealing with projects and issues.
• A responsible, detail-oriented, results-driven work ethic.
• Good communicator, good verbal and strong interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work as a team player.
• Highly collaborative work style that compromise with others in achieving win-win results.
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• PMI Certification required
• MBA with concentration in finance or technology preferred
• 3-5 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.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for building and managing the project management office function for IT. Define and develop enterprise-wide IT project management practices, governance standards, processes and metrics. Ensure projects are defined, tracked and communicated in a consistent and effective manner. Incorporate effective change and project risk management controls. Assists IT Business System Managers and other key IT stakeholders to define opportunities to identify and prioritize projects based on business prioritization. Provide guidance to LOB aligned project managers with business case development, and project lifecycle management. Partners with other IT leaders in ensuring all projects within IT portfolios are delivered on time, within budget and to an agreed quality level. The candidate must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in project management methodologies and tools. PMI certification desirable.
• Drive standardized, but scalable, project management process to increase project success, improve project status transparency, and make resource allocation processes more efficient.
• Responsible for defining, implementing and overall governance of processes aimed to support a structured PMO framework; and providing project management guidance to large IT projects.
• Develop and implement effective standard project performance metrics.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures and templates that support the IT Project Management methodology and ensure that the IT staff are appropriately trained.
• Develop and maintain standards for Project Management .
• Work with project leaders to identify potential project risks, implement appropriate courses of action to address project slippage and develop strategies to mitigate future risk.
• Monitor project quality controls.
• Own and evolve the project management methodology and tools, maintenance and usage of project prioritization models and other project decision-making tools.
• Select and implement software tools to automate IT project management processes.
Experience, Competencies, Skills, and Attributes:
The ideal candidate will be a collaborative, result-oriented and proven leader in the IT arena with solid IT management experience and breadth of experience across IT functions, specifically as it relates to applications development. Successful candidates will display exceptional communication skills and embrace significant challenges and opportunities with enthusiasm and confidence.
• Significant expertise in creating simple to complex project plans, timelines and work breakdown structures using MS Project.
• Technical understanding of the processes related to delivering IT Solutions (ie Change Management, Production Support, Data Center operations, Help Desk, Desktop Support, and Disaster Recovery etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to create effective written materials including: presentations, analytical diagrams, system specifications, test plans, project schedules, resource utilization models, and task list.
• Experienced working within cross functional project teams.
• Must be highly intelligent with an analytical approach in dealing with projects and issues.
• A responsible, detail-oriented, results-driven work ethic.
• Good communicator, good verbal and strong interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work as a team player.
• Highly collaborative work style that compromise with others in achieving win-win results.
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• PMI Certification required
• MBA with concentration in finance or technology preferred
• 3-5 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.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Financial Project Manager
Investment management firm in Boston
Contract or contract to hire position.
· Looking for a strong PM. Must be able to manage multiple projects.
· Strong financial/investment exp (trading not necessary).
· Must be able to wear many hats, make sure projects get on track and stay on budget.
· Need stable environment at good firms.
· Must have 3-5+ years of project managing enterprise application at an investment firm.
· Having worked on .NET apps is a big plus.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Contract or contract to hire position.
· Looking for a strong PM. Must be able to manage multiple projects.
· Strong financial/investment exp (trading not necessary).
· Must be able to wear many hats, make sure projects get on track and stay on budget.
· Need stable environment at good firms.
· Must have 3-5+ years of project managing enterprise application at an investment firm.
· Having worked on .NET apps is a big plus.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Deployment Engineer
Investment management firm in Boston
Contract or contract to hire position.
· Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Cruise Control
· Work with PM and TL for new release dates.
· Make sure all code is reviewed before it goes into production.
· Standardize all developers desktop
· Work with all developers so they are using some type of version control software Installshield or Cruise Control
· Perform initial testing to verify proper installation and configuration
· Implementation of projects into the ready-to-install modules for existing core program
· Support requests, i.e. assistance, queries, enhancements and data procedures
· Perform program analysis, debugging and solution testing
· Documentation
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Contract or contract to hire position.
· Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Cruise Control
· Work with PM and TL for new release dates.
· Make sure all code is reviewed before it goes into production.
· Standardize all developers desktop
· Work with all developers so they are using some type of version control software Installshield or Cruise Control
· Perform initial testing to verify proper installation and configuration
· Implementation of projects into the ready-to-install modules for existing core program
· Support requests, i.e. assistance, queries, enhancements and data procedures
· Perform program analysis, debugging and solution testing
· Documentation
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
.NET Tech Lead
Investment management firm in Boston
Contract or contract to hire position.
Tech Leads (2 spots) - ASAP Start next week!!
· Hands on .NET Developer that can take ownership projects.
· Work with project Manager on Design, Delivery, Code Reviews, Scalability, Volume, Performance
· Solid financial or investment exp. Does not need trading.
· Must have exp as a Tech Lead on an Enterprise .NET application. (Going from a thin client to an enterprise app)
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Contract or contract to hire position.
Tech Leads (2 spots) - ASAP Start next week!!
· Hands on .NET Developer that can take ownership projects.
· Work with project Manager on Design, Delivery, Code Reviews, Scalability, Volume, Performance
· Solid financial or investment exp. Does not need trading.
· Must have exp as a Tech Lead on an Enterprise .NET application. (Going from a thin client to an enterprise app)
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Senior Citrix Engineer - start ASAP
Investment management firm near Boston. Start date as early as MONDAY.
Contract position for a senior Citrix Engineer. Candidate must be local and available to start immediately. Contract role - potential for hire down the road if qualified but not a necessity.
Senior Citrix
-5 years of Citrix server architecture, design, and implementation
-Ability to architect highly available Citrix environment (Citrix Presentation Server, Nfuse/Web Interface, and secure gateway)
-Experience troubleshooting complex network, server, and application problems as they relate to Citrix
-Experience with Citrix on VMware
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Contract position for a senior Citrix Engineer. Candidate must be local and available to start immediately. Contract role - potential for hire down the road if qualified but not a necessity.
Senior Citrix
-5 years of Citrix server architecture, design, and implementation
-Ability to architect highly available Citrix environment (Citrix Presentation Server, Nfuse/Web Interface, and secure gateway)
-Experience troubleshooting complex network, server, and application problems as they relate to Citrix
-Experience with Citrix on VMware
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Senior Windows Engineer Contract - start ASAP
Investment management firm near Boston. Start date as early as MONDAY.
Contract position for a senior Windows Systems Engineer. Candidate must be local and available to start immediately. Contract role - potential for hire down the road if qualified but not a necessity.
-5 years installing, configuring, and patch administration on windows systems
-Experience with windows 2000 and 2003 Standard/Enterprise x86 and x64 Intel based systems
-Strong experience supporting windows servers in a production environment
-Prior experience with HP blade servers and chassis' - including ILO and chassis switching
-MSCS 2003 experience
-Experience with imaging tools such as Acronis
-Strong ability to isolate problems in a production environment considering networking, authentication, and other infrastructure systems.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
Contract position for a senior Windows Systems Engineer. Candidate must be local and available to start immediately. Contract role - potential for hire down the road if qualified but not a necessity.
-5 years installing, configuring, and patch administration on windows systems
-Experience with windows 2000 and 2003 Standard/Enterprise x86 and x64 Intel based systems
-Strong experience supporting windows servers in a production environment
-Prior experience with HP blade servers and chassis' - including ILO and chassis switching
-MSCS 2003 experience
-Experience with imaging tools such as Acronis
-Strong ability to isolate problems in a production environment considering networking, authentication, and other infrastructure systems.
Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.
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