Derivative Applications Developer

Derivative Applications Developer

Job ID: Job-0907 Job Title: Derivative Applications developer location: New York, MY Jobtype: Permanent Description: Required/Must Have:  1. Solid hands-on experience in commercial software development with  C++, Java, C# or similar language.  2. Strong design / OO skills  3. Ability to work on the entire SDLC from business analysis,  prototyping, architecture, coding, and QA.  Desired /Plus:  1. Knowledge of financial calculations and products.  2. Experience with Agile or similar methodologies for continuous  development.  PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE  Total Years of Experience: 2+ years  Recent # Years of Role & Technology Specific Experience: 2+ years  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  PAID RELOCATION. VISA TRANSFERS WITH 3 YEARS REMAINING ON YOUR H-1b OK. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Derivative Applications developer NYC

Derivative Applications Developer

Job ID: Job-0907 Job Title: Derivative Applications developer location: New York, MY Jobtype: Permanent Description: Required/Must Have:  1. Solid hands-on experience in commercial software development with  C++, Java, C# or similar language.  2. Strong design / OO skills  3. Ability to work on the entire SDLC from business analysis,  prototyping, architecture, coding, and QA.  Desired /Plus:  1. Knowledge of financial calculations and products.  2. Experience with Agile or similar methodologies for continuous  development.  PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE  Total Years of Experience: 2+ years  Recent # Years of Role & Technology Specific Experience: 2+ years  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  PAID RELOCATION. VISA TRANSFERS WITH 3 YEARS REMAINING ON YOUR H-1b OK. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Senior JAVA developer for Municipals Technology

Senior JAVA developer for Municipals Technology

Job ID: Job-0906 Job Title: Senior JAVA developer for Municipals Technology location: New York, NY Jobtype: Permanent Rate: $120K - $150K +bonus Description: The Munis business has grown rapidly over the years and the technology requirements have become increasingly sophisticated.  To meet these demands, our client is trying to hire a senior developer with solid experience in developing n-tier web applications in the finance industry. The role is for a position within Global Markets Front Office Technology to work closely with the business and other stakeholders. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing high-quality software on timescales in an intellectually challenging environment. The candidate must be fully hands on and be able to perform within a busy and time pressured environment.  Key Job Responsibilities:  · Responsible for development and support of front office trading and derivative applications.  · The job involves the ability to analyze, design, develop and troubleshoot new and existing applications.  · Participate in full SDLC process - includes all the phases from requirement gathering to production implementation.  · Work within a distributed team environment having an offshore component.  · Develop Server side application using Core JAVA, spring and Hibernate.  · Enhance and maintain existing server side components written in JAVA/Spring/Hibernate.  · Understand and enhance various trading system components.  · Optimize and tune existing modules for better performance.  · Contribute towards design and solutions by developing prototypes and proofs of concept  · Collaborate with extended development and QA teams in a different time zone  · Collaborate with QA team for deliverables  · Collaborate with Muni Users for UAT testing.  Qualifications:  · The right candidate should have 7+ years of total experience developing application in core Java  · The right candidate should also have prior experience working with a trading system.  Requirements  - JAVA: 7+ years  - Web Services, Web framework 2.0  - Tibco RV or equivalent messaging  - Solaris/Linux:  - Spring/Hibernate: 2+  - Sybase or other equivalent RDBMS  - AJAX, XML, JDBC, JavaScript 2+ years  Plusses  · Knowledge of Python scripting language and object database concept is a VERY BIG plus.  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  NO RELOCATION. VISA TRANSFERS WITH AT LEAST 3 YRS REMAINING ON YOUR H-1b OK. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Senior JAVA developer for Municipals Technology NYC

Senior JAVA developer for Menials Technology

Job ID: Job-0906 Job Title: Senior JAVA developer for Menials Technology location: New York, NY Jobtype: Permanent Rate: $120K - $150K +bonus Description: The Munis business has grown rapidly over the years and the technology requirements have become increasingly sophisticated.  To meet these demands, our client is trying to hire a senior developer with solid experience in developing n-tier web applications in the finance industry. The role is for a position within Global Markets Front Office Technology to work closely with the business and other stakeholders. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing high-quality software on timescales in an intellectually challenging environment. The candidate must be fully hands on and be able to perform within a busy and time pressured environment.  Key Job Responsibilities:  · Responsible for development and support of front office trading and derivative applications.  · The job involves the ability to analyze, design, develop and troubleshoot new and existing applications.  · Participate in full SDLC process - includes all the phases from requirement gathering to production implementation.  · Work within a distributed team environment having an offshore component.  · Develop Server side application using Core JAVA, spring and Hibernate.  · Enhance and maintain existing server side components written in JAVA/Spring/Hibernate.  · Understand and enhance various trading system components.  · Optimize and tune existing modules for better performance.  · Contribute towards design and solutions by developing prototypes and proofs of concept  · Collaborate with extended development and QA teams in a different time zone  · Collaborate with QA team for deliverables  · Collaborate with Muni Users for UAT testing.  Qualifications:  · The right candidate should have 7+ years of total experience developing application in core Java  · The right candidate should also have prior experience working with a trading system.  Requirements  - JAVA: 7+ years  - Web Services, Web framework 2.0  - Tibco RV or equivalent messaging  - Solaris/Linux:  - Spring/Hibernate: 2+  - Sybase or other equivalent RDBMS  - AJAX, XML, JDBC, JavaScript 2+ years  Plusses  · Knowledge of Python scripting language and object database concept is a VERY BIG plus.  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  NO RELOCATION. VISA TRANSFERS WITH AT LEAST 3 YRS REMAINING ON YOUR H-1b OK. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Systems Administrator Jersey City, NJ

Systems Administrator

Job ID: Job-0905 Job Title: Systems Administrator location: Jersey City, NJ Jobtype: Permanent Rate: $90K - $95K +bonus Description: highly experienced in systems administration for online services, who has a strong background in managing all aspects of an Apache web server/hosting environment and is interested in using the devops philosophy.  Job Functions:  Perform system administration for web and application servers  Work with development groups on assigned projects as a devops administrator  Perform in-depth maintenance and tuning.  Participate in an off-hours on-call rotation  Take an assigned standard day shift  Requirements  Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:  Installation and troubleshooting of software packages and OS  Development as needed in Perl, Bash/Shell scripting.  Strong experience with Apache, MySQL, Postfix.  Strong experience with Web application management and troubleshooting  Strong experience in a DevOps environment  Strong experience in problem troubleshooting and systems monitoring operations dealing with networks and protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, Vlans and DNS;  Strong background on use of code troubleshooting tools such as strace and gdb and network troubleshooting with tools such as tcpdump  Strong experience in configuration management such as Puppet or CF Engine  Strong experience with version control systems such as Subversion, Git, Mercurial  Strong detailed experience with systems and network monitoring software configurations  Excellent oral and written communication skills.  Strong self-starter.  Desired Skills/Experience:  Ruby and/or Python knowledge a major plus  Experience with DevOps technologies such as Puppet, CFEngine, Chef  SELinux  High availability configurations such as hardware load balancers, Heartbeat, etc.  Juniper NetScreens, iptables, ipfw, ipf, pf  Minimum Job Requirements:  Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university highly preferred. 4 years of commensurate experience considered, and 2 years of professional work experience  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Systems Administrator Jersey City, NJ

Systems Administrator

Job ID: Job-0905 Job Title: Systems Administrator location: Jersey City, NJ Jobtype: Permanent Rate: $90K - $95K +bonus Description: highly experienced in systems administration for online services, who has a strong background in managing all aspects of an Apache web server/hosting environment and is interested in using the devops philosophy.  Job Functions:  Perform system administration for web and application servers  Work with development groups on assigned projects as a devops administrator  Perform in-depth maintenance and tuning.  Participate in an off-hours on-call rotation  Take an assigned standard day shift  Requirements  Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:  Installation and troubleshooting of software packages and OS  Development as needed in Perl, Bash/Shell scripting.  Strong experience with Apache, MySQL, Postfix.  Strong experience with Web application management and troubleshooting  Strong experience in a DevOps environment  Strong experience in problem troubleshooting and systems monitoring operations dealing with networks and protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, Vlans and DNS;  Strong background on use of code troubleshooting tools such as strace and gdb and network troubleshooting with tools such as tcpdump  Strong experience in configuration management such as Puppet or CF Engine  Strong experience with version control systems such as Subversion, Git, Mercurial  Strong detailed experience with systems and network monitoring software configurations  Excellent oral and written communication skills.  Strong self-starter.  Desired Skills/Experience:  Ruby and/or Python knowledge a major plus  Experience with DevOps technologies such as Puppet, CFEngine, Chef  SELinux  High availability configurations such as hardware load balancers, Heartbeat, etc.  Juniper NetScreens, iptables, ipfw, ipf, pf  Minimum Job Requirements:  Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university highly preferred. 4 years of commensurate experience considered, and 2 years of professional work experience  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Quantitative Research Analyst New York, NY

Quantitative Research Analyst

Job ID: Job-0904 Job Title: Quantitative Research Analyst location: New York, NY Jobtype: Permanent Description: Will work in the Quality Assurance Dept for this firm  QA team currently comprises of 3 members supporting the in house Quality Assurance for the product group’s platform-Middle Tier services and an innovative project Analytical Data cloud. The team is in growth phase and will reporting to a local QA manager. The Goal of the QA Team is to test, validate and verify the middle tier of the Platform to ensure strict and complete adherence to the product requirements and guidelines. The team aims to provide an end to end quality assurance of all enhancements being rolled out. The team maintains close coordination with Product owners and development teams in an Agile environment.  ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES  • Develop and execute investment & trading strategies to determine data quality & optimization opportunities.  • Manage operational relationships with data source providers, internal customers and technology operations partners.  • Support product, development and client relationship management as necessary.  • Testing on a daily basis based on constant interaction with the development and product owner  • Building automation scripts based on automation framework.  COMPETENCIES/SKILLS  Required/Must have:  • Strong financial data manipulation and analysis skills – expertise in SQL, statistical techniques and Excel.  • Passion for data and the opportunities it affords.  • Familiarity with one or more of the following data domains: equity, macroeconomic data, fixed income, commodities or funds.  • Experience in data management (metadata management, database management), data manipulation, data profiling (quality grading, data modelling, concordance / reference master management) and data governance.  • Understanding data distribution including xml, api’s, datafeeds and database replication.  • Proven experience in Agile/Scrum methodology.  • Experience in the design of test scenarios, planning and execution of tests, analysis and evaluation of results.  • Excellent communication and influencing skills & Strong problem solving and analytical skills.  Desired /Plus:  • Fluency in both written and spoken English  • Ideally a holder of a Foundation Certificate (or equivalent) in Software Testing. Test Practitioner (or equivalent) qualification also desirable  PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE  Total Years of Experience: 7-10 Yrs  Recent # Years of Role & Technology Specific Experience: 5 – 8 Yrs  Education: Degree in Mathematics, Finance, Economics or Statistics  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  NO RELOCATION. VISA TRANSFERS WITH AT LEAST 2.5 YRS REMAINING ON YOUR H-1b OK. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Quantitative Research Analyst

Quantitative Research Analyst

Job ID: Job-0904 Job Title: Quantitative Research Analyst location: New York, NY Jobtype: Permanent Description: Will work in the Quality Assurance Dept for this firm  QA team currently comprises of 3 members supporting the in house Quality Assurance for the product group’s platform-Middle Tier services and an innovative project Analytical Data cloud. The team is in growth phase and will reporting to a local QA manager. The Goal of the QA Team is to test, validate and verify the middle tier of the Platform to ensure strict and complete adherence to the product requirements and guidelines. The team aims to provide an end to end quality assurance of all enhancements being rolled out. The team maintains close coordination with Product owners and development teams in an Agile environment.  ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES  • Develop and execute investment & trading strategies to determine data quality & optimization opportunities.  • Manage operational relationships with data source providers, internal customers and technology operations partners.  • Support product, development and client relationship management as necessary.  • Testing on a daily basis based on constant interaction with the development and product owner  • Building automation scripts based on automation framework.  COMPETENCIES/SKILLS  Required/Must have:  • Strong financial data manipulation and analysis skills – expertise in SQL, statistical techniques and Excel.  • Passion for data and the opportunities it affords.  • Familiarity with one or more of the following data domains: equity, macroeconomic data, fixed income, commodities or funds.  • Experience in data management (metadata management, database management), data manipulation, data profiling (quality grading, data modeling, concordance / reference master management) and data governance.  • Understanding data distribution including xml, api’s, datafeeds and database replication.  • Proven experience in Agile/Scrum methodology.  • Experience in the design of test scenarios, planning and execution of tests, analysis and evaluation of results.  • Excellent communication and influencing skills & Strong problem solving and analytical skills.  Desired /Plus:  • Fluency in both written and spoken English  • Ideally a holder of a Foundation Certificate (or equivalent) in Software Testing. Test Practitioner (or equivalent) qualification also desirable  PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE  Total Years of Experience: 7-10 Yrs  Recent # Years of Role & Technology Specific Experience: 5 – 8 Yrs  Education: Degree in Mathematics, Finance, Economics or Statistics  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  NO RELOCATION. VISA TRANSFERS WITH AT LEAST 2.5 YRS REMAINING ON YOUR H-1b OK. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Systems Administrator Los Angeles, CA

Systems Administrator

Job ID: Job-0903 Job Title: Systems Administrator location: Los Angeles, CA Jobtype: Permanent Rate: $70K - $75K +bonus Description: The Systems Administrator is responsible for maintaining and expanding the firm's  infrastructure. This individual is responsible for the day to day management and maintenance of all production servers, including monitoring system performance, applying patches and software upgrades, and ensuring system uptime. The Systems Administrator provides local help desk support and serves as an extension of an Information Technology department that is headquartered in New York, U.S.A.  Essential Job Functions  ? Provide technical leadership by utilizing advanced knowledge of the Windows stack of  technologies: Active Directory, Group Policy, WSUS  ? Administration of various networking devices (switches, firewalls, routers)  ? Administration of an Active Directory domain, including all maintenance and security  ? Manage the production roll-out of various MS Windows based services  ? Manage the maintenance of various hardware platforms, including RMA with manufacturer  ? Respond to all customer problems and inquiries  ? Accountable for call details and complete ticket (incident) creation into the tracking system.  ? Accountable for proper call categorization and routing (escalation routing as required)  ? Accountable for resolution of known, documented and single step requests  ? Accountable for incident closure and any follow-up contact between the IT team and the end user  ? Ability to learn fundamental operations of commonly used software, hardware, and other  equipment  ? Enforce all Desktop Support Services and corporate IT policies  ? Troubleshoot all it equipment related issues  ? Support computers include servers, workstations and laptops  ? Manage users, security groups, and computers through Active Directory, Exchange, Citrix,  ? Assemble and disassemble PC hardware as necessary  ? Fix, update and maintain all desktops, laptops, printers, Blackberry devices and technology  ? Set up audio/video/teleconferencing equipment for meetings if required  ? Ensure network connectivity to the desktop, printers, copiers and scanners  ? Maintain inventory of computer, networking and all other IT related equipment  Requirements  ? Knowledge of the ITIL framework  ? Expertise in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, Active Directory  ? Knowledge in DHCP, SMTP, POP3, TCP/IP, RAID, DNS  ? Knowledge of Anti-Virus applications, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL  ? Knowledge of applications such as VPN clients, anti-virus, and diagnostic tools  ? Knowledge of networking technologies, including switches, routers, and VoIP  ? Familiar with SANs; LUN allocation and snapshots  ? Experience with enterprise grade backup systems  ? Excellent communication skills  Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree  Work Experience Required  ? 3-5 years System Administrator experience  ? Microsoft Certified Professional  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr

Systems Administrator Los Angeles, CA

Systems Administrator

Job ID: Job-0903 Job Title: Systems Administrator location: Los Angeles, CA Jobtype: Permanent Rate: $70K - $75K +bonus Description: The Systems Administrator is responsible for maintaining and expanding the firm's  infrastructure. This individual is responsible for the day to day management and maintenance of all production servers, including monitoring system performance, applying patches and software upgrades, and ensuring system uptime. The Systems Administrator provides local help desk support and serves as an extension of an Information Technology department that is headquartered in New York, U.S.A.  Essential Job Functions  ? Provide technical leadership by utilizing advanced knowledge of the Windows stack of  technologies: Active Directory, Group Policy, WSUS  ? Administration of various networking devices (switches, firewalls, routers)  ? Administration of an Active Directory domain, including all maintenance and security  ? Manage the production roll-out of various MS Windows based services  ? Manage the maintenance of various hardware platforms, including RMA with manufacturer  ? Respond to all customer problems and inquiries  ? Accountable for call details and complete ticket (incident) creation into the tracking system.  ? Accountable for proper call categorization and routing (escalation routing as required)  ? Accountable for resolution of known, documented and single step requests  ? Accountable for incident closure and any follow-up contact between the IT team and the end user  ? Ability to learn fundamental operations of commonly used software, hardware, and other  equipment  ? Enforce all Desktop Support Services and corporate IT policies  ? Troubleshoot all it equipment related issues  ? Support computers include servers, workstations and laptops  ? Manage users, security groups, and computers through Active Directory, Exchange, Citrix,  ? Assemble and disassemble PC hardware as necessary  ? Fix, update and maintain all desktops, laptops, printers, Blackberry devices and technology  ? Set up audio/video/teleconferencing equipment for meetings if required  ? Ensure network connectivity to the desktop, printers, copiers and scanners  ? Maintain inventory of computer, networking and all other IT related equipment  Requirements  ? Knowledge of the ITIL framework  ? Expertise in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, Active Directory  ? Knowledge in DHCP, SMTP, POP3, TCP/IP, RAID, DNS  ? Knowledge of Anti-Virus applications, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL  ? Knowledge of applications such as VPN clients, anti-virus, and diagnostic tools  ? Knowledge of networking technologies, including switches, routers, and VoIP  ? Familiar with SANs; LUN allocation and snapshots  ? Experience with enterprise grade backup systems  ? Excellent communication skills  Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree  Work Experience Required  ? 3-5 years System Administrator experience  ? Microsoft Certified Professional  Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.  NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES.  To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe.  Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr