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Friday, September 30, 2011

We're Hiring: Server Side Java Developer with flex or jquery (Web Environment)

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Server Side Java Developer (Web Environment)
Financial Company/ NYC

Leading Investment Bank in Midtown Manhattan is looking to hire an
Mid-Level Server Side Core Java Developer. Opening is with a team
which develops infrastructure for all Web UI's in company.
Position will focus on server side core Java development in Web / Web
Services Environment. Person must have strong server side core Java
and be comfortable with collections framework within Java as well as
Spring, Concurrency and Threading. Knowledge of Servlet API is a big
plus. Other pluses (not required): restless services with JAX-RS and
JAX-WS.
Position will also participate in front end development as secondary
responsibility with JSP, Javascript (EXTJS and jQuery Frameworks) and
Flex. It is okay if person is light on WEB UI development, but at
least some experience is required.
Team is looking for an experienced developer, but somewhat open to
level of seniority - could be person with just 1-2 years of
professional experience with very strong academic credentials in
computer science, but 3-7 yrs of experience is likely to work better.
The team has challenging work to offer more senior developers with
more than 7 yrs of experience, but this will be a team member level
role reporting to a team/project lead.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

WE'RE HIRING: Application Support Tech (Large Financial, NJ)

Description:

Application Support Tech

Leading Financial Company/ NJ

AVP Level, 80-120K base +bonus

Summary: Position is for a production support analyst with 3-8 yrs of experience. Must have Clearvision which is a middle-office matching and clearing system for listed derivatives . They would also prefer experience with GMI which is back-office clearing and accounting software solution for listed derivatives (but this is not required). Most firms use this software to trade Futures which is the business experience/ knowledge also being sought for this role.

Provide end to end Application Management for the Global Futures business, including clearing brokerage service, exchange traded derivatives, commodity, financial and equity futures & options, settlements, margins and collateral management.

Main Duties

Use SunGard GMI AS400 to support futures and options applications, including incident management, root cause diagnosis, and post-mortem resolution. Analyze various queries relating to futures trading and collateral management, clearing brokerage service, financial and equity futures & options, end of day settlement, and calculation of margin.
Use SunGard Clearvision and trade FIXML message format (including trade capture, matching, and acknowledgment and confirmation messages) to analyze and support clearing and settlement of Future & Option trades, including smart gateways, member servers, and security servers. Understand various Trade types that are cleared using Clearvision including Trade At Settlement Price (TAS) and Average Price trades (APS). Set up new trading and clearance systems on current and emerging market Futures Exchanges using Clearvision.
Use MQ and Tibco to analyze trade types, confirmations, acknowledgements and executions received from various exchanges.
Use C#.net, Java, Shell/Perl scripting, Asp.net, Javascript, VBscript, DHTML, VBA, VB6.0, VB.net, Autosys 4.0,Informatica, Unix, Linux and PL/SQL to develop automated processes for log archiving, develop reports for business users, develop and support applications for cash flows feeding downstream systems, and debug scripts and processes to resolve production issues.
Use Oracle 10G, Sybase 12, AS400 DB2 and RDBMS concepts to develop data extraction and archiving processes for SunGard databases. Analyze support queries, support dimension tables for trade contracts, trade types and validation mapping, and support downstream data feeds for firm exposure and client reconciliations and statements.
Serve as liaison to the Futures Industry Assn disaster recovery tests, manage disaster recovery tests for Futures area globally, created and maintained Disaster recovery procedures documents planned all setups required for disaster recovery scenarios, including failover and fail back of applications.Supervise two Graduate IT Analysts

Person Requirements

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or closely related field.

Four years experience in job offered or as Software Engineer, Programmer, IT Consultant

Preferred Qualifications

Must have experience with Sungard GMI, Sungard Clearvision, C#.net, and experience in Futures & Options.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

We're HIRING: Senior developer/architect with very strong enterprise application - NYC (Top Financial Firm)

Friday, September 9, 2011

We're HIRING: Server Side Java Developer (Web Environment) - NYC

Server Side Java Developer (Web Environment)

Financial Company/ NYC

100-115K base +bonus

Leading Investment Bank in Midtown Manhattan is looking to hire an Mid-Level Server Side Core Java Developer. Opening is with a team which develops infrastructure for all Web UI's in company. The group serves multiple businesses across the firm which means exposure to a variety of business applications, users, projects and technology. The team has collegial, IT culture. Financial industry experience is not required. Team favors candidates with Computer Science degree from Top Comp Sci Program and rich IT background

Position will focus on server side core Java development in Web / Web Services Environment. Person must have strong server side core Java and be comfortable with collections framework within Java as well as Spring, Concurrency and Threading. Knowledge of Servlet API is a big plus. Other pluses (not required): restless services with JAX-RS and JAX-WS.

Position will also participate in front end development as secondary responsibility with JSP, Javascript (EXTJS and jQuery Frameworks) and Flex. It is okay if person is light on WEB UI development, but at least some experience is required.

Team is looking for an experienced developer, but somewhat open to level of seniority - could be person with just 1-2 years of professional experience with very strong academic credentials in computer science, but 3-7 yrs of experience is likely to work better. The team has challenging work to offer more senior developers with more than 7 yrs of experience, but this will be a team member level role reporting to a team/project lead.