ETL Application Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-090066679
The role is targeted at an experienced ETL/ Sybase developer with a strong technical background in Informatica, Unix and RDBMS, preferably with experience in Investment Management. The successful applicant will be an effective developer who can manage workload in a pragmatic, structured and consistent manner.
- Working with business analysts to understand business requirements
- Design of technology solutions to meet the business requirements
- Working within a small team of developers to build and test the technology solutions
Technical Competencies:
Essential: (candidates must demonstrate competency over 3 major assignments)
- Solid and relevant Relational Database experience, especially Sybase or Oracle;
- Proven Unix (shell scripting);
- Proven Informatica PowerCenter experience(v7.x / 8.x);
- Solid relevant Data Warehouse experience;
- Stored Procedure Development;
Desirable:
- SCM, SEOS/KEON
- Autosys
- Development experience gained in the financial sector (esp. Asset Management)
- UK local regulatory experience
- Some Java and / or VB6 knowledge
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IB Technology - Architecture - Qpid Java Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-090046887
The role involves being part of the team developing the Java message broker and client libraries. The role also involves providing support to the existing customer base.
The successful candidate will be an outstanding Java developer with experience developing complex multithreaded applications across a range of platforms. The candidate should also have experience of the full software lifecycle, especially the maintenance of large or complex applications. Designing and implementing various aspects of the message broker and client libraries. This includes some requirements analysis as well as documenting and implementing your designs
Technical Competencies:
· You must have in-depth knowledge of server-side Java programming, particularly JMS, on a Unix or Linux environment.
· Messaging: Any prior experiencing of messaging middleware products would be highly beneficial
· Must have solid grounding in computer science including complexity analysis and data structures
· Understanding of transactional systems (databases and so on)
· Degree or equivalent in computer science or very closely related discipline
Essential: - skills must de demonstrated over 3 major assignments
· Strong communication and team-working skills. In particular excellent written communication skills.
· Analytical and problem-solving skills
· Ability to work to deadlines
Desirable:
· Experience in Web GUI development
· Experience in C# / .NET or C++ programming
· Experience in Eclipse RCP development
ICE Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-100002511
At JP Morgan, information on trading activity is critical to our constant growth and continued success. An opportunity is now available within the technology team responsible for building the system to collect this key information for the business. The application is a state-of-the-art Oracle data warehouse which gathers data from our electronic trading platforms and distributes this information to the business.
The role involves working closely with business analysts and our customers to help define requirements and implement solutions which constantly deliver further business value. As a member of the development team working on the application, you would be involved in the full software development lifecycle with responsibility for build, deployment, and technical support of the system. There is a strong focus on delivery and this would be the measure of your success in the role. In addition to the Oracle technologies utilised in this challenging role, several leading edge tools are being employed to report on and visualise the data, which means there is significant breadth in the scope of your work.
Technical Competencies:
- Solid years working experience with Oracle 9i/10g
- Strong communication and analysis skills
- Familiar with Unix and Windows platforms
- Good documentation and design skills
- Basic web development
- Flexible attitude
Essential:
- Oracle 9i/10g
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Unix/Linux
Desirable:
- Unix shell scripting
- XML
- Java
- MS Windows 2003 Server Security, Microsoft IIS
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IM Build - Agile Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-090068831
Candidates must have a track record commensurate with this opportunity, and a passion for creating large software systems. Our ideal candidate has the drive to make new software products and the sophistication and experience to make this a reality. We are implementing agile software development methodologies (Extreme Programming, Scrum, etc.) and are looking for developers excited about working in a progressive development environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of highly talented engineers in a fun and challenging environment where learning and growth is supported and actively encouraged.
Technical Competencies:
- Design, implement, test and maintain major server-side components of the products.
- Implement distributed processing (multi-threading as well as clustering)
- Implement back-end components of an n-tier application (inc data model, access objects, and apps logic)
- Performance and scalability tuning to support large deployments.
- Research and prototype new technologies as appropriate.
- Ensure quality & completeness of product through unit test, documentation & maintenance as appropriate.
Essential
The role is targeted at an experienced Java development professional who can display the competencies below over at least 5 major assignments. The candidate is required to possess the following :-
- Java development experience preferably using the Eclipse IDE
- Experience using Tomcat or a similar Enterprise Application Server
- Knowledge of Enterprise Integration technologies and patterns pref using MULE
- Knowledge of the Spring Framework 2.0 and above.
- Understanding of XML based messages and schema.
- Relational database development experience
- JMS
- Websphere a or similar enterprise application server
- MQ technologies
- Solid UNIX skills
- Technical analysis & design of business solutions
Desirable:
- Subversion source code management
- JIRA issue tracking system
- Maven for automated builds.
- Experience of developing and designing Web Services.
- Powerdesigner/Magic Draw
- Hibernate or some other ORM.
- SOA implementations.
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Java / Eclipse RCP - Application Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-090065328
Java RCP developer within the group, developing and maintaining a pre-trade approval system. Primary function will be Java / SQL development; however, providing level 3 support, requirements analysis, testing, as well as maintenance of the overall system will also be required. Will be expected to work as part of a team or as an individual contributor to deliver enhancements or defect fixes in accordance with the delivery schedule. Comprehensive expertise in the software development process is essential.
Technical Competencies:
- Designs and implements application code and program modules for the end to end architecture, principally Tomcat based middle tier servers and Eclipse RCP based desktop clients
- Liaises with BA’s, Customers and PM’s in defining functional and technical spec’s
- Provides estimates for new functionality and defect resolutions
- Designs and supports integration testing plans.
- Develops and executes unit and integration test scripts.
- Designs deliverables according to the Quality Attributes (e.g. scalability, performance, availability)
- Defines and implements back-up/recovery procedures
- Provides third level support for operational issues
- Configures application connectivity (e.g., Sybase OpenClient, JDBC, etc.)
Essential:
- Java Programming –
- Eclipse Rich Client Platform/OSGi/ -
- Spring Framework Development -
- Transact-SQL (Sybase) Stored Procedure Development -
- Build Scripting (Ant / Maven) -
- GUI Development (SWT/JFace Preferred) –
- JUnit Programming -
- Database Modelling -
- Object Oriented Analysis and Design -
- Automated Build and Unit Testing - Proficient
- Tomcat Server –
- Application Development and integration -
Desirable
- iBatis Development –
- BEA AquaLogic BPM (previously known as Fuego BPM) -
- XML -
- Java Servlet Programming -
- Business Process Modelling (BPMN) -
- Database Tuning –
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RAD Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-100002518
An opportunity is now available within the software development team responsible for building systems for Fixed Income Sales & Marketing Technology. We develop new and existing applications to serve the business need based on the Microsoft .NET platform using ASP.NET, SQL Server 2005, SSIS and SSRS. There is also some limited use of Microsoft Excel 2002 and Access 2002 with VBA.
The role involves working closely with our customers to help define requirements and implement solutions which constantly deliver further business value. As a member of the development team working on several applications, you would be involved in the full software development lifecycle with responsibility for build, deployment, and support.
In addition to the Microsoft technologies utilised in this challenging environment, the team has an agile, iterative approach to software development, introducing tools such as NUnit for Test Driven Development and CruiseControl.NET for continuous integration.
Technical Competencies:
Essential
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005
- Microsoft Excel 2002 and Access 2002
- T-SQL development
- ASP.NET 2.0 using VB.NET
Desirable:
- SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS)
- SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS)
- TDD/NUnit, CC.NET, xP/Agile, MVC pattern
- Experience of the financial services industry
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Senior Developer/Analyst - Associate - Based in Glasgow-100002862
The ideal candidate will have experience of setting up a complex Data warehouse in an agile environment from new, engaging with the business to identify business requirements, taking ownership and managing through to delivery. The role involves working in the Research Development Team within the Banking & Research Technology Group. Ideally, you will have significant Data warehouse design and development experience covering full life cycle, an in-depth understanding of Data dictionaries, datasets, facts & dimensions and metadata, and a strong knowledge of Oracle Enterprise architecture.
Technical Competencies:
- Participate in and review database designs
- Participate in and review technical designs
- Create technical designs and unit test plans from functional specifications and use cases
- Write system documentation
- Participate in test driven development.
- Support system testing, user testing and production implementation
Essential:
- RDMBS (OLAP & OLTP)
- SQL / PL-SQL
- ETL
- Unix / Linux
- XML
Desirable:
- Oracle Application Express (or HTMLDB)
- Report Design software & frameworks (BIRT, Jasper, OpenReports)
- Investment Bank or Financial services environment.
- Data warehouse technology.
- Java, J2EE
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Union II Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-100001985
Responsible for front to back analysis and build of Control, Resiliency and Stability program relating to onboarding of OTC CDS Products to Union II. Working for and supporting a cross line of business Back Office model in EMEA, Asia & North America. The team supports reconciliation of front to back office futures and options across trade, position and P&L as well as back office Settlement and Clearing to Ledger reconciliation.
Technical Competencies:
Analysis and build within Control, Stability, Resiliency, Capacity & Performance areas.
Implementation and recommendation of improved processes within these areas.
Essential
- Sybase and Unix skills
- Experience in performance tuning SQL.
- Good analyst programming experience
- Good problem solving skills
- Extensive experience following information technology project life cycle processes.
- Firm knowledge of software testing principles and approaches.
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Desirable:
- Exchange traded or Investment Banking business (ie across Commodities, Equities, Fixed Income, etc, specifically Futures & Options.)
- Powerbuilder/Java development (nice to have).
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Derivates Risk Application Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-100005071
Description
Analytics is a major application developed in London, Glasgow and Mumbai. Analytics is part of JPMorgan's Equity Derivatives Pricing and Risk management platform. Every night, the Bank's entire OTC Derivative portfolio, over 50,000 instruments, needs to be priced not only to assess profit & loss but also to compute the Bank's exposure to changing market conditions. This has to be delivered every day and on-time without fail to enable the traders to trade and manage risk, for effective financial management and to meet critical regulatory requirements. Analytics is part of JPMorgan's leading edge equity derivatives risk platform that uses technologies such as Sybase, C++, Java, and Platform Symphony grid computing middleware. Scalability is achieved by distributing pricing calculations over thousands of CPU cores.
Technical Competencies:
The role will require the successful candidate to:
- Develop and maintain product implementations to functional & technical specifications.
- Work within a defined quality assurance process.
- Investigate, debug and resolve issues with pricing the derivative products.
- Becoming familiar with the financial products and other business aspects related to the application.
- Liaise with developers and the business analysts in other locations
- Liaise and work with those responsibly for the first and second line production support
- In due course participation in the teams' intraday/out-of-hours 3rd level support rota.
Essential:
- Relational databases (Sybase preferred – minimum of strong SQL including performance tuning)
- SQL/stored procedure programming
- XML
- Strong analytical skills
- Numerate, comfortable working with numeric data
- UNIX (editing files, basic commands)
- Experience in a professional development environment preferably in a delivery role
- Strong SQL including performance tuning
Desirable:
- Experience in an investment banking environment
- Experience in UNIX shell scripting, use of command line features.
- Programming experience in Java or C++ is not expected but would be of value
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FC Intelligence Developer - Associate - Based in Glasgow-100005905
Description
Bringing together Open Source reporting tools such as BIRT, JasperReports and jXLS, FC Intelligence significantly reduces the cost and time to market for projects seeking to add reporting functionality.
Technical Competencies:
A typical working day for us can involve delving into J2EE application code, figuring out how a myriad of open source APIs work, learning how different reporting tools work and their various strengths and weaknesses, discussing potential features with customers or digging into a problem with a customer's SQL for Oracle, Sybase or other supported database. Successful candidate should expect to spend time:
- Extending the FC Intelligence reporting platform to add new features, whether by developing the underlying Java codebase, using new versions of tools, or providing a wider range of example reports.
- Providing support to existing customers
- Onboarding new customers
- Improving the resources distributed to customers and potential customers to help them use the product
Essential:
- Familiarity with J2EE applications running on a Unix and Windows environment
- RDBMS such as Oracle and Sybase
- Scripting languages such as Bash, Perl or Python
- Commercial reporting tools such as Cognos or Business Objects
- Java in conjunction with commonly used Open Source tools like Spring and Hibernate
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