Thursday, August 24, 2006

Senior Systems Analyst in New York, NY

Thursday, August 24, 2006
Highly energetic individual who can handle daily production support issues for fast-paced NY Index / Portfolio Account Managing Trading desk. This candidate is also expected to maintain / upgrade Legacy systems on OPEN VMS Systems written on FORTRAN and DCL to prepare Index data, Optimize the Portfolios, Trade List Generation and Index Re-balance, Attribution and Performance Data handling.

Must Have Experience

Investment Banking Production / Trading Application support as outline below

Understanding of Domestic / International Index Trading
Responsible for Index data from various index providers like S&P , Wilshire , Russell and NASDAQ
Complete understanding of Barra Risk Model Data , Optimization Techniques
Support Portfolio Managers / Traders for smooth operations on Index Trading Activities
Monitor Overnight Batch Jobs for various Index Data , Security Info and Pricing and Corporate Action Records
Analyze Fund Data if optimizer shows mis-weights
Active participation / Technology Support in Quarterly / Monthly Re-balance and Yearly Index Reconciliation
Maintain high availability of Index Trading systems and
Provide quick turnaround on Trading support issues
Utilize Issue/Incident Tracking System
Detail oriented and good Documentation skills
Be available to work Weekend and Holidays when appropriate
Perform On-Call Nightly support when appropriate

Any Legacy System Migration to Microsoft .NET is a Plus.


Must Have Experience

Investment Banking Production /Application support as outline above


Needed Technology Skills:

ALPHA OpenVMS, DCL, FORTRAN, VIUSAL FOXPRO, XLS Macro, ORACLE Database, FTP and UNIX scripts


Other Needed Technology Skills:

Visual Studio .NET, C#, VB.NET, any reporting tool like Crystal or MS reporting services

Experience:
  • ALPHA OpenVMS, DCL, FORTRAN, VIUSAL FOXPRO, XLS Macro, ORACLE Database, FTP and UNIX scripts
  • Visual Studio .NET, C#, VB.NET, any reporting tool like Crystal or MS reporting services To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

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