C# .NET WITH MULTITHREADING up to $120000 + bonus

 

$100-120k -

 

currently recruiting a dynamic individual for a Senior Software Engineer position within our Development department. The qualified candidate will be responsible for designing and developing software components and applications, development of highly available and tightly integrated trading system software components and development of core infrastructure libraries utilized by development group members.

 

Responsibilities to include:

 

• Design the high-level application architecture for applications and systems
• Create complex mission-critical applications to provide trading system support as required according to business specifications
• Provide technical direction and oversight for other junior level programmers
• Design, develop, and document infrastructure components to provide development team with high-availability, data acquisition, distributed lock management, and distributed alert management

Required Experience

Experience Required:

• 5 - 7 years development experience within financial community

• Windows development specialist

• Backend development

Must Have:

• Ability to work with minimum guidance
• Ability to fit into and add value to a small bright group of developers
• Extensive hands on use of multithreading techniques
• Intense focus on software performance, craftsmanship and taking pride in the work performed
• Intermediate database experience
• Understanding of FIX protocol
• Basic XML understanding

A Plus:

• Web services/SOAP/XSL
• Tibco/JMS
• Direct experience with SQL Server 2000

All candidates will have to go though a technical interview.

 

 

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BUSINESS ANALYST - $79k NYC

 

 Business Analyst to join our Product Management team. The qualified individual will be responsible for acting as an interface between our Options business unit and the platform development and implementation areas. They will also be involved in creating and assembling detailed business requirement specifications for new products/applications and product/application enhancements.

Responsibilities include:

• Participate in identifying user requirements by working on teams with a number of key individuals representing business and technology
  
• Document, communicate, and review requirements with product and project team members and sponsors
  
• Identify and document the impact of the requirements on existing systems and data
  
• Manage deadlines and work to meet feature requirements and customer expectations
  
• Assist in development of testing plans, scenarios and scripts and participate in user acceptance testing
  
• Assemble, complete, and distribute updates to key  documents for developers, testers, change management and our customers

Required Experience

Experience Required

• Must have previous experience writing business requirements and training materials for trading systems
  
• Must be familiar with formal requirements gathering and management process
  
• Working knowledge of system design, architecture and application programming/analysis
  
• In-depth understanding of software development life cycle
  
• Strong knowledge of equity or derivatives products, market data feeds, trade lifecycle and post-trade processing.  Knowledge of Futures is a DEFINITE plus.
  
• Understanding of the FIX financial messaging protocol a plus
  
• Bachelors degree in Finance, Engineering, Math, or Economics with a minimum of 4-6 years of IT business analysis experience
  
• Previous experience in equity or derivatives trading technology for an exchange or a brokerage/financial firm is preferable

 

Results Expected:

• Ability to learn details of managed applications quickly
  
• Able to handle dynamic trading environment and prioritization of projects/issues among a large client base
  
• Accurate and thorough requirements analysis
  
• Timely completion of requirements specifications
  
• Strong attention to detail
  
• Management of multiple analysis projects for various applications, developed internally and by other solution providers
  
• Effective communication and coordination with development, test and implementation colleagues, which will include external organization
  
• Know and apply best practices in requirements management

Job Location

New York, NY, US.

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

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Senior Computer Operations $60k

Job Description

The  is currently recruiting a Senior Computer Operations Consultant to join our Computer Operations team.

Responsibilities to include:
• Provide technical customer support to exchange members
• Provide customer support to internal staff
• Support the internal trading applications on multiple platforms: routine health check of all systems, real time monitoring via EMS tools, troubleshooting of unexpected system events, submission of batch jobs
• Assist team in executing system recovery procedures when applicable
• Update technical procedures and protocol
• Assist in department and company projects which require activities off of the “front-line” of Level 1
• Perform proper daily system checkouts, assigned tasks, and projects

Required Experience

Experience/Skills Required:
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science
• Hand on experience with MS Office and Windows 2000/2003 

 

Job Location

New York, NY, US.

Position Type

Consulting

 

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Senior Manager, Vendor Management Office $100-120K NYC

Senior Manager, Vendor Management Office

 

Job Description

is currently recruiting a dynamic individual to join our team as a Senior Manager, Vendor Management Office. The qualified candidate will be responsible for working with a cross matrix team (comprised of functional, technical, legal, financial, and business area subject matter experts) to lead and manage strategic sourcing, procurement, as well as vendor management activities for the Technology Division. 

 

Responsibilities to include:

Managed Acquisitions

 

• Must have experience with the full life cycle of contracts.  Will be responsible for leading vendor negotiations, performing financial analyses, ensuring the adherence to master agreements, approved suppliers, and risk management.  Monitor and ensure adherence to financial and legal policies and procedures.
• Must have experience with authoring and developing requirements, Statements of Work, Request for Information, Proposals, Quotes, and Service Level Agreements.  Will also facilitate the execution of Terms and Conditions as well as various other licensing agreements.
• Candidate should have prior experience in working with Technology related products and services such as servers, PC, storage area networks, switches, routers, Telco related services, software licenses, as well as outsourcing services.
• Experience in working with hardware leasing companies and asset refreshes and return is also beneficial.
• Manage the supervision of the day to day activities of the technology procurement function which is operated by one FTE. 

Vendor Management

• Develop and maintain vendor performance monitoring programs and data. Facilitate and share this information with internal customers.
• Provide leadership in supplier relationship(s), resolving & escalating problems, as well as to provide vendor performance feedback as necessary.
• Maintain the awareness of current market trends and conditions that affect suppliers, cost of goods, pricing and may have operational or strategic implications for the company.

Staff Management

• Directly manage the Vendor Management Office staff (currently one), working under the general direction of the Head of the Vendor Management Office.
• Assist in the development and implementation of "Best Practice" processes and procedures for a corporate Vendor Management Office.

Required Experience

Experience Required/Results Expected:

• Strong customer service orientation.
• Solid presentation skills and creative thinking abilities
• Demonstrated persuasion and negotiation skills, outstanding communication abilities, and capacity to handle multiple priorities is required.
• Proven performance demonstrating flexibility, ability to prioritize, and communicate complex information clearly and concisely.
• Strong understanding of legal terms and conditions and strong negotiation skills. Coupled with extensive knowledge of business and contract law related to corporate products and services is required; with an emphasis on Technology.
• Ability to simultaneously manage a staff, manage projects, as well as to deliver as a subject matter expert.
• Must have experience with the full life cycle of contracts. Will be responsible for leading vendor negotiations, performing financial analyses, ensuring the adherence to master agreements, approved suppliers, and risk management. Monitor and ensure adherence to financial and legal policies and procedures.
• 7+ years strategic sourcing work experience within a corporate environment
• CPM, CTPE certification and/or MBA highly preferred
• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or Law
• Knowledge of JDE Financial and Remedy applications a plus.

Job Location

New York, NY, US.

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

 

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Account Managers--Holliston, MA $50 - $60K

If not you, would you know someone???  I will pay a finders' fee if you refer someone who is hired.

Telco account management experience required.

 

Will interface with some "high touch" users and some less touch clients.

 

$50000 - $60000

 

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