Monday, April 07, 2008

Business Analyst (4071) in Buffalo, NY

Monday, April 07, 2008
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

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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


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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


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.Net Developer/Architect in New York NY in New York, NY

Developer/Architects will require skills and experience in application architecture & development.


Job Requirements

-3 yrs developing object oriented programs (could be Microsoft or Java background)

-3 yrs web application development experience

-3 years with application architecture

-1.5 yrs ASP.NET and C# experience as a hands-on developer

-2 yrs SQL 2000 or higher and experience with writing complex stored procedures, views, and triggers.

-Strong skills in ASP.NET, C #, and T-SQL programming

-Excellent communication and organizational skills

-Experience writing technical documentation

-Excellent debugging and problem solving skills

-BS/BA or equivalent


Pluses

-Experience with Ariba

-Enterprise scale application development

-C++ or Java background

-Experience with log4net, nUnit.


Important

-Need to be able to talk about why did something a certain way.
Will need to be able to do this while talking through your resume.

-If get a simple question like what is the browser doing when you go to a web site.
Can answer it.

-the persons career needs to be in large application development.

-If the person came from a start-up, this is perfect, not a requirement though.

-They arent using web services but will be.
This experience would be great.


Projects

Adhoc reporting..They use crystal now and want to migrate off it.
The right person could visualize how to build the crystal reports product.
Could ask the questions to get the requirements for building it, understand how to prototype something as a simple alternative for crystal reports.
Not that they will build something that big.
But could.

Bugs..Things are happening now that bomb and they might be obscure and hard to recreate.
Can describe how they would go about finding the error
(debugging the error).

Say a module exists that is a client problem or issue...maybe it is a data size issue.could optimize the problem.
Scale it for the client so that the program could run smoothly.
Experience: SQL Server,.NET,asp.net, c#, Sql Server, SQL 2000, T-SQL,Ariba, C++, Java, log4net, nUnit,

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Quality Assurance Test Lead (0532) in Buffalo, NY

BASIC FUNCTION: As part of M&T’s Quality Assurance Test Group within Central Technology, the Quality Assurance Test Lead would participate or provide oversight in requirements gathering and the development of test plans and strategies with team.RESPONSIBILITIES:Responsible for all aspects of testing on a project which includes test strategy, plan, defining, obtaining, and managing test resources.Oversight of manual and automated test script/case design, execution and defect/test reporting.Participates in QA continuous process improvements.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:Experience in leading Test teamsGood understanding of Project Management and Systems Development methodologiesExcellent CommunicatorGreat time management and organizational skills, detail orientedAble to design and execute test scripts/casesBachelors degree or above in a IT related field or have at least 5+ years experience in a QA test lead environmentIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:Test Management experience, experience test management tools a plus (Mercury, Seque)Experienced in defect tracking tools and test metrics reportingExperience in managing automated and manual testers, on/offshore a plusProject Management experienceStrong understanding of Technology Application Architectures/LanguagesWorking knowledge of Technology Infrastructure & Information Security

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Programmer/Analyst (4071) in Buffalo, NY

BASIC FUNCTION:Performs systems analysis, design and programming. Plays a key role as an individual contributor on complex projects. Assists the client in addressing problems/issues of any scope. Determines feasible solutions and makes recommendations.Participates with systems analysts, operations staff and IT staff, as appropriate, in overall system and integrated testing. Prepares test data and executes detailed test plans. Performs any required debugging.Uses and available resources to develop clear and complete technical and functional specifications. Updates systems documentation. Prepares charts, tables and diagrams to assist in analyzing problems. May assist in the supervision and preparation of logic flowcharts.Prepares assessments and task plans to include required tasks, estimated time frames and effort for assignments.Recommends new technology, policies or processes to benefit the organization and improve deficiencies. Provides consultation services to clients, technicians and Bank departments of supported mainframe or distributed applications. This may include the review of system capabilities, operational procedures, forms, marketing materials or cost analysis.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:Excellent written and oral communication skills.Very good analytical skills with the ability to understand development processes and technical concepts.Requires a thorough knowledge of the system development life cycle and application development alternatives.Experience in current project methodology standards and procedures. 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 assignments.IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred.Financial/Banking Experience a plus.Experience in application development support software and hardware platforms and proficiency in at least one programming language in the following: Platforms: Windows, MVS and UNIXServer Software: Coldfusion, .NET, JavaMainframe Software: COBOL, JCL, EasytrieveExperience with application development using database technologies in one of the following: SQL Server, Oracle or DB2

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Sunday, April 06, 2008

UNIX system administrator in Poughkeepsie, NY

Sunday, April 06, 2008
UNIX System Administrator-(Security and Audit)



Job Description-

This is a UNIX system administration position that will concentrate on server security and audit compliance. This person will apply Unix APARS and remediate any health check violations on servers. They will require strong communication skills and documentation skills.



Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

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