The purpose of this role is to participate in design, development, deployment, and support of analytics components as a member of the Global Fixed Income Analytics team. This New York-based position requires the ability to come up with independent ideas and work effectively within a global team split across several different locations and time zones.
Primary Objectives
. Partner with Fixed Income application teams to deliver robust, scalable, accurate analytics solutions to the business
. Participate in design, development, testing, packaging, and deployment of analytics API and underlying analytics components
. Investigate and resolve pricing discrepancies between standard market sources and results produced by analytics components
. Provide development support and documentation for the clients of analytics components
. Ensure high architectural standards, quality, and backward compatibility of analytics components
. Participate in evaluation of third party analytics libraries to make buy vs. build decision
. Provide standard translation layer converting static and market data into the standard format defined by analytics API
Experience: Technical Skills
. Extensive experience working with Fixed Income analytics libraries (both vendor and in-house)
. Experience developing, maintaining, deploying, and supporting Fixed Income pricing and risk applications
. Expert level experience with Excel Add-In development
. Expert level experience programming in VB/VB.NET/VBA
. Experience with Open Bloomberg API desirable
. Experience with object oriented languages and design patterns desirable
. Experience programming in Java and/or C++ desirable
Business Skills
. Experience working with quantitative analysts and developers, traders, and risk management
. Good understanding of Fixed Income bond analytics (such as vanilla USD- and non-USD-denominated, emergent market, floating and amortizing instruments)
. Understanding of mortgage analytics desirable
. Experience working on a large project in a global team
Core Behaviors
. Ability to work effectively with team members located in different countries and time zones
. Good communication skills, with an ability to liaise with end-user and quantitative developers and business clients
. Maintains client expectation without sacrificing deadlines and quality
. Ability to break large problems into well-defined and manageable tasks
. Copes with change and ambiguity while devoting best effort to ensure continued cooperation and teamwork
Interested candidates, please email a Word version of your resume to darren(DOT)bakay(AT)ajilon(DOT)com.
***Adecco/Ajilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).***
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
Monday, April 07, 2008
Information Security (1005) in Buffalo, NY
BASIC FUNCTION:Function as a trusted member of the Network Security Solutions team in the Information Security department. Administer and maintain the Bank’s Intrusion Detection Platform as well as lend support to the Bank’s Security Information Platform.Participate in the monitoring, evaluating and maintaining of systems designed to protect Bank data systems and databases from unauthorized users.Mentor staff and instruct clients concerning security principles and practices with respect to these platforms.RESPONSIBILITIES:Plan, organize and deliver best practice information security recommendations for the Bank’s Intrusion Detection and Security Information Management platforms.Analyst will be expected to become an SME on both the IDS and SIM platforms in order to appropriately assess and remediate security risks to the Bank.Research and evaluate new and current operating systems and applications to ensure adherence and compliance to established internal and federally mandated security policies and standards relating to information security.Actively participate in the implementation of recommendations as appropriate.Review new threats and vulnerabilities and create appropriate IDS and SIM policies.Perform network penetration studies using ISS Internet Scanner, Qualys Scanner and other ethical hacking methods to regularly ensure compliance and protections are in place on the bank’s various platforms.A firm understanding off network protocols and working with protocol analyzes (Ethereal, SnifferPro and tcpdump) is required.Understanding of the Bank’s telecom infrastructure will also be required.Some after- hours work will occasionally be required due to the nature of security threats.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelor’s degree in MIS or 3-5 years experience in a technical environment.One (1) to two (2) years Information Security experience and/or knowledge.Excellent verbal and written communication skills.Ability to function professionally at many different levels (clients, management, and peers).IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:Minimum of eight to ten years in an information technology environment.Three (3) to five (5) years data security experience.Two (2) to three (3) years experience working with IDS and SIM systems as well as working knowledge of Internet/ Network security methodologies and principles.Self- motivated, well organized individual.Ability to work under critical time constraints.CISSP-Certified Information Systems Professional and/ or CCNA a plus.
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
Help Desk Analyst in New York, NY
A well known Financial Insitution in the New York City area is looking for a Help Desk Analyst.
The following are job responsibilities for the Help Desk Agent
Identification, escalation, referral, and follow-up on level 1 and 2 desktop, network, and applications issues.
Documentation of system configurations & inventory of all desktop hardware & software.
Tracking & documenting support activities, using the help desk system.
Obtaining hardware/software quotes and processing purchase requisition forms.
Account administration.
Maintenance/update of hardware/software inventory.
Communicating with user population regarding system changes, outages and standards.
Experience: Mininum 1 -2 years experience in a help desk environment.
AAS or BS, preferably in Computer Science.
Must have provided customer support via telephone.
Must have excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
Must have excellent organizational skills.
Hands on experience with NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Hands on experience with Microsoft Excel and Word.
Strong skills required in critical thinking and analysis.
ITIL training/certification a plus
PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE.
Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia or pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com
Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
The following are job responsibilities for the Help Desk Agent
Identification, escalation, referral, and follow-up on level 1 and 2 desktop, network, and applications issues.
Documentation of system configurations & inventory of all desktop hardware & software.
Tracking & documenting support activities, using the help desk system.
Obtaining hardware/software quotes and processing purchase requisition forms.
Account administration.
Maintenance/update of hardware/software inventory.
Communicating with user population regarding system changes, outages and standards.
Experience: Mininum 1 -2 years experience in a help desk environment.
AAS or BS, preferably in Computer Science.
Must have provided customer support via telephone.
Must have excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
Must have excellent organizational skills.
Hands on experience with NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Hands on experience with Microsoft Excel and Word.
Strong skills required in critical thinking and analysis.
ITIL training/certification a plus
PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE.
Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia or pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com
Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
Entry Level Web Software Developer- Knowledge of Ruby Prefer - in New York, NY
Publishing company seeks motivated Web Software Developers to become part of the dynamic Web Services team through the complete software life cycle for web site features and functions, as well as back-end support systems to produce robust bug free software.
* The key responsibilities of this position will be to participate in design sessions, write and test code, and systems integration.
* Its responsibilities include building and supporting our web application infrastructures and related databases, providing connectivity to allow various portions of the website to properly function, and providing the marketing department the tools necessary to assist in the sale and promotion of our products.
Primary tasks for this position include:
Programming for our online software projects, including prototyping, building and testing scripts on new projects, as well as defect repair on currently deployed systems
Database programming, including SQL queries, schema, table and view creation
Unit testing of all code artifacts, documentation of all work artifacts, including code comments, user manuals, and development notes
Continuous integration of code into source code control systems
Professional Requirements:
Our ideal candidates will have either strong procedural and object-oriented programming experience in Java or agile development experience using Ruby on Rails.
Thorough knowledge of website construction and/or client-server application development is a must.
Implement projects in Java and Ruby.
Knowledge of relational databases and competency in intranet/internet technologies is required.
Proven ability to work with technology vendors in the delivery of project solutions is important.
Demonstrate that they have a breadth of understanding of technology.
Experience:
One to three years professional programming experience for customer facing websites.
Up-to-date knowledge required in the following areas- Java EE and Ruby. Systems administration and integration experience preferred.
The individual must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. The individual must have excellent written and communication skills.
Education:
Bachelors degree computer science or training and experience in related fields.
Experience: call for details, JAVA; SQL
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
* The key responsibilities of this position will be to participate in design sessions, write and test code, and systems integration.
* Its responsibilities include building and supporting our web application infrastructures and related databases, providing connectivity to allow various portions of the website to properly function, and providing the marketing department the tools necessary to assist in the sale and promotion of our products.
Primary tasks for this position include:
Programming for our online software projects, including prototyping, building and testing scripts on new projects, as well as defect repair on currently deployed systems
Database programming, including SQL queries, schema, table and view creation
Unit testing of all code artifacts, documentation of all work artifacts, including code comments, user manuals, and development notes
Continuous integration of code into source code control systems
Professional Requirements:
Our ideal candidates will have either strong procedural and object-oriented programming experience in Java or agile development experience using Ruby on Rails.
Thorough knowledge of website construction and/or client-server application development is a must.
Implement projects in Java and Ruby.
Knowledge of relational databases and competency in intranet/internet technologies is required.
Proven ability to work with technology vendors in the delivery of project solutions is important.
Demonstrate that they have a breadth of understanding of technology.
Experience:
One to three years professional programming experience for customer facing websites.
Up-to-date knowledge required in the following areas- Java EE and Ruby. Systems administration and integration experience preferred.
The individual must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. The individual must have excellent written and communication skills.
Education:
Bachelors degree computer science or training and experience in related fields.
Experience: call for details, JAVA; SQL
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
Business Analyst (4071) in Buffalo, NY
BASIC FUNCTION:The Business Analysts is expected to possess a detailed functional knowledge of the supported application(s) to assist in the successful processing of the system on a day-to-day basis and to maintain system integrity in thoroughly testing systems modifications.Ability to research and evaluate alternative solutions and makes recommendations to fulfill business requirements.Develops project assessments and plans to include activities to be performed, estimated timeframes and effort.Develops test plans and scripts; performs client testing to ensure proper system functioning.Provides consultation services to clients, technicians and Bank departments on functions of supported mainframe or distributed applications. This may also include the review of system capabilities, operational procedures, forms, marketing materials, or cost analysis.Develops a thorough understanding of the business being supported and its functions, processes and operations. Maintains a good functional understanding of the supported application(s).Participates in planning and implementing new polices and procedures that will improve the performance and effectiveness of the department.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:Excellent written and oral communication skillsVery good analytical skills with the ability to understand development processes and technical concepts.Knowledge of personal computers and the ability to effectively use word processing and spreadsheet applications.Detail oriented, self-motivated; takes initiative to learn new skills and enhance overall knowledge.Must possess time management skills and organization skills.Minimum of two to four years college with experience in a technology/systems analysis or operational support environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.Able to handle multiple tasks in support of various assignmentsIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelor’s degree preferred.Financial/Banking Experience a plus
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
Rich-Client C# GUI Developer in New York, NY
To submit your resume for this position, you must include BOTH your desired annual salary and current annual salary broken down between base + commission! NO EXCEPTIONS!
You must also include a short paragraph in the body of your email which briefly summarizes matches from your professional experience to the "Required Background/Experience" and "Major Pluses To Have" sections below. We appreciate your time in advance on this matter.
Note to H1-B candidates: You must be willing to transfer your H1. This is a fulltime, permanent opportunity. We cannot work through third-party contracting agencies holding your H1.
The resume of the Ideal Candidate would reflect the following:
You are a rich-client C# GUI developer. WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR WEB UI DEVELOPERS
Our Foreign Exchange desk is a key player in the global Foreign Exchange markets. We trade a wide array of products ranging from vanilla Foreign Exchange spot-forwards to exotic structured derivatives on major and emerging market currencies. The Foreign Exchange franchise serves a global clientele, helping them manage their exposure to currency risk.
Our Foreign Exchange business has witnessed explosive growth in algorithmic trading, and this emphasizes our need for high-performance, high-volume automated trading systems. To address this surge, we are in the process of re-engineering our system landscape. Several of the many areas we focus on include development of reliable and scalable messaging trade capture systems; managing risk in real time; high-frequency price-calculation architectures; and an extensible client-facing and internal-application toolset.
As a C# GUI Developer, you will be involved with all stages of the software development cycle. You will be required to work with traders, sales people, and strategists from several locations to define requirements for new business initiatives, applications, and enhancements to existing tools. You will be part of our Foreign Exchange E-Trading Technology team, which is responsible for designing, building, and supporting systems used to run our global Foreign Exchange electronic dealing business. The team plays a key role in providing solutions for price delivery, trade capture, position, risk management, order management and other aspects of trade flow. This is a great opportunity for a C# Guru to pick up Foreign Exchange Trading domain experience!
REPORTS TO: Manager of the Foreign Exchange E-Trading Technology Team
Duties/Responsibilities
Create robust technical infrastructure to deliver efficient and scalable applications for traders/sales force
Implement, review, and test software built for the trading sales desk
Participate and contribute in design sessions
Produce maintainable, well documented software
Provide day-to-day support of new and existing applications
You must possess the following qualities:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to adapt to different technologies in pursuit of goals
Employee Benefits
We will sponsor H1-B transfers and TN-1 Visas for the right candidate
Relocation reimbursement
100% Tuition reimbursement
Paid Vacations, based on length of service
Paid Holidays
Health Plan including Medical, Dental, and Vision
Long term disability
Life Insurance
401K Matching Retirement Plan
All applications for this position are accepted via email. You can begin the interview process or REFER someone you know by sending us your resume and your salary history. Once you have completed the interview, your information will be sent directly to the hiring manager for decisions on the next steps. Regardless of the outcome, My ePersona will keep you updated of your status by e-mail or phone.
Experience: Required Background/Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related discipline
5+ years of application development experience, including 2+ years of experience with C#
Experience with Java application development
Solid understanding of Windows Forms and GUI programming
Strong understanding of multithreaded applications
Experience developing sophisticated GUI applications for Windows
Demonstrated experience developing commercial real-time applications
Major Pluses to Have
Experience developing distributed applications
Object-oriented analysis and design experience
Experience in applying design patterns to develop concrete programming solutions
Experience with unit-testing frameworks
Experience in high-performance graphical rendering
Experience developing custom controls using Windows Forms
Experience in graphics programming for real-time systems with high-visual update rates
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
You must also include a short paragraph in the body of your email which briefly summarizes matches from your professional experience to the "Required Background/Experience" and "Major Pluses To Have" sections below. We appreciate your time in advance on this matter.
Note to H1-B candidates: You must be willing to transfer your H1. This is a fulltime, permanent opportunity. We cannot work through third-party contracting agencies holding your H1.
The resume of the Ideal Candidate would reflect the following:
You are a rich-client C# GUI developer. WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR WEB UI DEVELOPERS
Our Foreign Exchange desk is a key player in the global Foreign Exchange markets. We trade a wide array of products ranging from vanilla Foreign Exchange spot-forwards to exotic structured derivatives on major and emerging market currencies. The Foreign Exchange franchise serves a global clientele, helping them manage their exposure to currency risk.
Our Foreign Exchange business has witnessed explosive growth in algorithmic trading, and this emphasizes our need for high-performance, high-volume automated trading systems. To address this surge, we are in the process of re-engineering our system landscape. Several of the many areas we focus on include development of reliable and scalable messaging trade capture systems; managing risk in real time; high-frequency price-calculation architectures; and an extensible client-facing and internal-application toolset.
As a C# GUI Developer, you will be involved with all stages of the software development cycle. You will be required to work with traders, sales people, and strategists from several locations to define requirements for new business initiatives, applications, and enhancements to existing tools. You will be part of our Foreign Exchange E-Trading Technology team, which is responsible for designing, building, and supporting systems used to run our global Foreign Exchange electronic dealing business. The team plays a key role in providing solutions for price delivery, trade capture, position, risk management, order management and other aspects of trade flow. This is a great opportunity for a C# Guru to pick up Foreign Exchange Trading domain experience!
REPORTS TO: Manager of the Foreign Exchange E-Trading Technology Team
Duties/Responsibilities
Create robust technical infrastructure to deliver efficient and scalable applications for traders/sales force
Implement, review, and test software built for the trading sales desk
Participate and contribute in design sessions
Produce maintainable, well documented software
Provide day-to-day support of new and existing applications
You must possess the following qualities:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to adapt to different technologies in pursuit of goals
Employee Benefits
We will sponsor H1-B transfers and TN-1 Visas for the right candidate
Relocation reimbursement
100% Tuition reimbursement
Paid Vacations, based on length of service
Paid Holidays
Health Plan including Medical, Dental, and Vision
Long term disability
Life Insurance
401K Matching Retirement Plan
All applications for this position are accepted via email. You can begin the interview process or REFER someone you know by sending us your resume and your salary history. Once you have completed the interview, your information will be sent directly to the hiring manager for decisions on the next steps. Regardless of the outcome, My ePersona will keep you updated of your status by e-mail or phone.
Experience: Required Background/Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related discipline
5+ years of application development experience, including 2+ years of experience with C#
Experience with Java application development
Solid understanding of Windows Forms and GUI programming
Strong understanding of multithreaded applications
Experience developing sophisticated GUI applications for Windows
Demonstrated experience developing commercial real-time applications
Major Pluses to Have
Experience developing distributed applications
Object-oriented analysis and design experience
Experience in applying design patterns to develop concrete programming solutions
Experience with unit-testing frameworks
Experience in high-performance graphical rendering
Experience developing custom controls using Windows Forms
Experience in graphics programming for real-time systems with high-visual update rates
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
Java Real-Time Developer in New York, NY
To submit your resume for this position, you must include BOTH your desired annual salary and current annual salary broken down between base + commission! NO EXCEPTIONS!
You must also include a short paragraph in the body of your email which briefly summarizes matches from your professional experience to the "Required Background/Experience" and "Major Pluses To Have" sections below. We appreciate your time in advance on this matter.
Note to H1-B candidates: You must be willing to transfer your H1. This is a fulltime, permanent opportunity. We cannot work through third-party contracting agencies holding your H1.
Our Foreign Exchange business has witnessed explosive growth in algorithmic trading, and this emphasizes our need for high-performance, high-volume automated trading systems. To address this surge, we are in the process of re-engineering our system landscape. Several of the many areas we focus on include development of reliable and scalable messaging trade capture systems; managing risk in real time; high-frequency price-calculation architectures; and an extensible client-facing and internal-application toolset.
As a Senior Java Analyst Real-Time Developer, you will be involved with all stages of the software development cycle. You will be required to work with traders, salespeople, and strategists from several locations to define requirements for new business initiatives, applications or enhancements to existing tools. You will be part of our Client Web Technology group, which is responsible for designing, building and supporting systems to run the various electronic trading businesses. These applications are used for trading a wide array of products ranging from vanilla Foreign Exchange spot-forwards to exotic structured derivatives on major and emerging markets. This is a great opportunity for a Java Guru to pick up Foreign Exchange trading domain experience!
REPORTS TO: Manager of the Client Web Technology Group
Duties/Responsibilities
Create robust technical infrastructure to deliver efficient and scalable applications for traders/sales force
Implement, review, and test software built for the trading sales desk
Participate and contribute in design sessions
Produce maintainable, well documented software
Provide day-to-day support of new and existing applications
You must possess the following qualities:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to adapt to different technologies in pursuit of goals
Employee Benefits
We will sponsor H1-B transfers and TN-1 Visas for the right candidate
Relocation reimbursement
100% Tuition reimbursement
Paid Vacations, based on length of service
Paid Holidays
Health Plan including Medical, Dental, and Vision
Long term disability
Life Insurance
401K Matching Retirement Plan
All applications for this position are accepted via email. You can begin the interview process or REFER someone you know by sending us your resume and your salary history. Once you have completed the interview, your information will be sent directly to the hiring manager for decisions on the next steps. Regardless of the outcome, My ePersona will keep you updated of your status by e-mail or phone.
Experience: Required Background/Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related discipline
2+ years of application development experience with J2SE
Demonstrated experience developing commercial real-time applications
Object-oriented analysis and design experience
Strong understanding of multithreaded and distributed applications
Experience with communication protocols such as RMI
Major Pluses to Have
Experience with JSP and Servlet development on Tomcat
Exposure to Apache, Perl, and JavaScript
Experience with C# application development
Experience with T-SQL on Sybase
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
You must also include a short paragraph in the body of your email which briefly summarizes matches from your professional experience to the "Required Background/Experience" and "Major Pluses To Have" sections below. We appreciate your time in advance on this matter.
Note to H1-B candidates: You must be willing to transfer your H1. This is a fulltime, permanent opportunity. We cannot work through third-party contracting agencies holding your H1.
Our Foreign Exchange business has witnessed explosive growth in algorithmic trading, and this emphasizes our need for high-performance, high-volume automated trading systems. To address this surge, we are in the process of re-engineering our system landscape. Several of the many areas we focus on include development of reliable and scalable messaging trade capture systems; managing risk in real time; high-frequency price-calculation architectures; and an extensible client-facing and internal-application toolset.
As a Senior Java Analyst Real-Time Developer, you will be involved with all stages of the software development cycle. You will be required to work with traders, salespeople, and strategists from several locations to define requirements for new business initiatives, applications or enhancements to existing tools. You will be part of our Client Web Technology group, which is responsible for designing, building and supporting systems to run the various electronic trading businesses. These applications are used for trading a wide array of products ranging from vanilla Foreign Exchange spot-forwards to exotic structured derivatives on major and emerging markets. This is a great opportunity for a Java Guru to pick up Foreign Exchange trading domain experience!
REPORTS TO: Manager of the Client Web Technology Group
Duties/Responsibilities
Create robust technical infrastructure to deliver efficient and scalable applications for traders/sales force
Implement, review, and test software built for the trading sales desk
Participate and contribute in design sessions
Produce maintainable, well documented software
Provide day-to-day support of new and existing applications
You must possess the following qualities:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to adapt to different technologies in pursuit of goals
Employee Benefits
We will sponsor H1-B transfers and TN-1 Visas for the right candidate
Relocation reimbursement
100% Tuition reimbursement
Paid Vacations, based on length of service
Paid Holidays
Health Plan including Medical, Dental, and Vision
Long term disability
Life Insurance
401K Matching Retirement Plan
All applications for this position are accepted via email. You can begin the interview process or REFER someone you know by sending us your resume and your salary history. Once you have completed the interview, your information will be sent directly to the hiring manager for decisions on the next steps. Regardless of the outcome, My ePersona will keep you updated of your status by e-mail or phone.
Experience: Required Background/Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related discipline
2+ years of application development experience with J2SE
Demonstrated experience developing commercial real-time applications
Object-oriented analysis and design experience
Strong understanding of multithreaded and distributed applications
Experience with communication protocols such as RMI
Major Pluses to Have
Experience with JSP and Servlet development on Tomcat
Exposure to Apache, Perl, and JavaScript
Experience with C# application development
Experience with T-SQL on Sybase
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here
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