Java Quant Developer-Sr,XML, J2EE, Sybase, Oracle, Fixed Income

I have been asked by a financial corporation with offices in Jersey City, New Jersey, one of the most profitable corporations world wide, to identify ideally regionally local Senior Java Quant Developer candidates with five years experience in a development lead role in small to midsize projects, eight years+ of JAVA, including strong Java server-side enterprise development experience, JDBC and JDK 1.4.X, knowledge of 1.5.x, XML, JDBC and JDK 1.4.X, J2EE, Websphere, four years+ of Sybase including 12.5, Oracle experience, experience with Fixed Income, Credit Derivatives, Hedge Funds, OTC instruments, Yield Curves, Credit Spreads, Pricing Models, experience building Risk Analytics systems including Historical Simulation, VaR, sensitivities, option pricing and stress testing. The company is experiencing phenomenal growth and is adding to staff. (Regionally local NY / NJ / PA / CT area candidates preferred, but interview, travel and relocation expenses will be provided. No visa sponsorship available and no 3rd party referrals, agencies or corp to corp referrals from multi-employee consulting companies, please, for any WSI requirements, no exceptions).

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General resume submissions are always welcome, candidates who include the TARGETED cover letter as described below will be reviewed first for this opportunity.
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The selected ideally regionally local Senior Java Quant Developer candidate reporting to the Director will develop and support Risk and Valuation/Pricing models applications. Working with the Risk and Valuation business and technical teams, the candidate will provide skilled computer science expertise in software development to enhance the current set of Java backend quantitative applications, and build a new generation of tools that will be used to price all OTC instruments under administration as well as compute sensitivities and risk measurements.

Products include vanilla as well as exotic derivative products (IR swaps, FX options, swaptions, CDS, variance/volatility swaps, forwards, convertibles, FRN, baskets, etc). The candidate is expected to have a strong knowledge of fixed income analytics, quantitative techniques, valuation models, risk models like VaR, historical simulation, sensitivities, stress testing, etc.

The role involves the entire development life cycle, from design through development, implementation, unit testing, user training and support, and will involve the writing of Business Requirements in consultation with users. You will need a proactive approach to work and problem solving.

Technologies to employ will include Java, C++, Sybase, Oracle, T/SQL including stored procedures and triggers, Solaris, FinCad, J2EE, JMS, JDBC

Qualified ideally regionally local Senior Java Quant Developer candidates will have:
-At least 5 years experience playing development lead role in small to midsize projects.
-Excellent communication skills and strong personality. Ability to motivate people.
-Experience with various development methodologies. Understanding of project planning and implementation.
-Risk and issue mitigation skills.

--8 years Java, including:
-Strong Java server-side enterprise development experience
-Strong Object Oriented Design (UML experience a plus)
-Experience developing projects using RUP
-Extensive use of JDBC and JDK 1.4.X
-Knowledge of JDK 1.5
-XML experience
-J2EE and Web Services a plus
-Experience working with web-app and J2EE applications in WebSphere Application Server
-Experience with development of thin client interfaces using JSP, Servlets, and HTML within structured frameworks (e.g. struts, JavaServer faces)

--RDBMS:
-4yrs+ Sybase-Highly proficient in Sybase 12.5 SQL DML and DDL.
-Good Experience with Oracle RDDMS 8i, 9, or 10g
-Experience in database schema design
-Experience optimizing SQL queries
-Large database design and programming

--UNIX:
-Experience with Sun Solaris 9
-Shell scripting
-Experience with Autosys a plus

--Financial:
-A numerate background (good BSc or Msc)
-Good knowledge of Fixed Income products and how the markets operate.
-Experience with Fixed Income, Credit Derivatives, Hedge Funds, OTC instruments, Yield Curves, Credit Spreads, Pricing Models.
-Experience building Risk Analytics systems including Historical Simulation, VaR, sensitivities, option pricing and stress testing.
-Experience with Fincad a plus
-Experience with large scale financial transaction processing systems
-Experience with Asset/Investment Management systems including front office and back office accounting systems

--Other:
-Excellent team working skills and can foster good working relationships with other groups.
-Experience integrating 3rd party products with custom applications
-Understanding and extensive use of Java design patterns.
-Good documentation skills
-Experience in a software development environment with high quality assurance standards
-Excellent communications skills (verbal and written).
-Proficient in the use of the following software:
a.Microsoft Office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint
b.Niku - Clarity and Microsoft Project. Eclipse.

EDUCATION:
-MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent in related training and experience. Education in Financial Engineering a plus.

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General resume submissions are always welcome, due to the massive amount of general resumes received daily, candidates will be given priority for this opportunity who identify the position applying for in the subject line or cover letter with their response and provide a TARGETED cover letter with a short skill summary/list, in table / column form (visualize an Excel spreadsheet style type format, text is fine) showing the key skills listed above with the number of years of experience in each, their salary range and their availability.
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This outstanding career opportunity is based in the Jersey City, New Jersey area offers a generous competitive starting compensation package with a base starting salary in the $150,000+ per year range (flexible on amount of starting salary), plus generous company benefits. Your asking compensation will be submitted after your approval. Candidates with solid skills, competitive compensation requirements and who include the targeted cover letter described above reflecting the specific skills they possess related to the requirement listed above will be reviewed first.

(No visa sponsorship available and no 3rd party referrals, agencies or corp to corp referrals from multi-employee consulting companies, please, for any WSI requirements, no exceptions). If you use E-mail (strongly preferred) to respond, please e-mail your Word, RTF or Text resume with contact information, address and phones, (no URL resume links or Zip files and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) to Jay P., with the subject line (or title and skills) of this message in the subject line of the message you send, no job numbers only, please. (Those are assigned by the various websites, and I don't know what the numbers refer to), thanks, at [Click here for email]. Qualified candidates will have clear English speaking skills not requiring repeating and two years+ paid USA experience.

If you know someone who might qualify, or is coming to the New York / NY, New Jersey / NJ, Connecticut/ CT or Pennsylvania / PA area, (we have several additional open employment and consulting requirements for all of which no visa sponsorship is available and no 3rd party referrals, agencies or referrals from multi-employee consulting companies, please, for any WSI requirements), please e-mail a Word, RTF or Text resume with contact information, address and phones to Jay P., with the subject line of this message in the subject line of the message you send, (no URL resume links or ZIP files and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) at [Click here for email] fax to 212-426-2558 or call 212-410-1400.

(To insure formatting & print quality, you may also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, New York, NY. 10128-0004).

A full listing of all WSI requirements can be seen at http://www.wsinationwide.com

When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. This creates long term relationships, which we encourage.

WSI is a specialty recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for better projects all over the USA.
REQUIREMENTS
Qualified ideally regionally local Senior Java Quant Developer candidates will have:
-At least 5 years experience playing development lead role in small to midsize projects.
-Excellent communication skills and strong personality. Ability to motivate people.
-Experience with various development methodologies. Understanding of project planning and implementation.
-Risk and issue mitigation skills.

--8 years Java including:
-Strong Java server-side enterprise development experience
-Strong Object Oriented Design (UML experience a plus)
-Experience developing projects using RUP
-Extensive use of JDBC and JDK 1.4.X
-Knowledge of JDK 1.5
-XML experience
-J2EE and Web Services a plus
-Experience working with web-app and J2EE applications in WebSphere Application Server
-Experience with development of thin client interfaces using JSP, Servlets, and HTML within structured frameworks (e.g. struts, JavaServer faces)

--RDBMS:
-4yrs+ Sybase-Highly proficient in Sybase 12.5 SQL DML and DDL.
-Good Experience with Oracle RDDMS 8i, 9, or 10g
-Experience in database schema design
-Experience optimizing SQL queries
-Large database design and programming

--UNIX:
-Experience with Sun Solaris 9
-Shell scripting
-Experience with Autosys a plus

--Financial:
-A numerate background (good BSc or Msc)
-Good knowledge of Fixed Income products and how the markets operate.
-Experience with Fixed Income, Credit Derivatives, Hedge Funds, OTC instruments, Yield Curves, Credit Spreads, Pricing Models.
-Experience building Risk Analytics systems including Historical Simulation, VaR, sensitivities, option pricing and stress testing.
-Experience with Fincad a plus
-Experience with large scale financial transaction processing systems
-Experience with Asset/Investment Management systems including front office and back office accounting systems

--Other:
-Excellent team working skills and can foster good working relationships with other groups.
-Experience integrating 3rd party products with custom applications
-Understanding and extensive use of Java design patterns.
-Good documentation skills
-Experience in a software development environment with high quality assurance standards
-Excellent communications skills (verbal and written).
-Proficient in the use of the following software:
a.Microsoft Office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint
b.Niku - Clarity and Microsoft Project. Eclipse.

EDUCATION:
-MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent in related training and experience. Education in Financial Engineering a plus.

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General resume submissions are always welcome, due to the massive amount of general resumes received daily, candidates will be given priority for this opportunity who identify the position applying for in the subject line or cover letter with their response and provide a TARGETED cover letter with a short skill summary/list, in table / column form (visualize an Excel spreadsheet style type format, text is fine) showing the key skills listed above with the number of years of experience in each, their salary range and their availability.