Wednesday, October 25, 2006

QA Manager NYC CODE GCCJA44

QA MANAGER

CODE GCC JA53

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Location New York City

Summary:
Prime Brokerage is looking for an experienced, hands-on testing manager to design, build and operate our QA environment. We are seeking a leader to bring best testing practices, tools and procedures to our environment.

Principal Responsibilities:
Build a testing regimen for Prime Brokerage
Manage the release process
Liaise with various Prime Brokerage application teams to identify testing requirements and quality metrics
Provide technical leadership to build, own and operate a production parallel environment
Introduce tools and processes for automated regression, database, and stress testing
Capture, analyze and summarize test results
Assist in the development of a standard build and deployment process
Manage a team of QA professionals when the environment matures

Experience/Skills Required:
5+ years of relevant work experience in an environment of similar size and complexity (Java and Perl applications deployed on Solaris and Linux with a Sybase database)
MUST HAVE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Skill requirements
In depth experience with Solaris and/or Linux shell scripts, Perl, and Java
In depth Sybase SQL experience
Good coordination and communication skills

Desirable skills
Knowledge of testing and test automation tools such as JMeter or JUnit
Familiarity with Autosys job scheduler
UDB
Background as a developer

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(2) Java Developers $80-100K (2) $110-130K Jersey City, NJ

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(2) Sr. Java Developers $110-130K (5-7 yrs. Exp.)

(2) Java Developers $80-100K (2-3 yrs. Exp.)

Need Java Rock Stars Only!!!

At the bottom are many cutting-edge technologies. the more of these skills the better!!!

Java Developers to contribute to the stability and extensibility of our existing software—a consumer and business facing web presence, as well as an automated information interchange layer for acquiring and distributing data—while adding exciting new features as part of an agile development process. We work with short milestones, iterative improvements, and a gusto for refactoring. A successful candidate will have demonstrable success creating testable, clear, reliable code in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Job Requirements:

  • Delivers extensible, testable code toward improvements and new features for an existing J2EE application as part of weekly milestones and an iterative development plan
  • Voracious appetite for absorbing and applying the cutting edge to solving problems
  • Experience developing a project made more successful with full coverage unit tests
  • Someone who can both mentor and learn from the team in the same day
  • Has fun collaborating with other technologists
  • Confident written and verbal communication skills

Experience:

  • 2 years developing in Java
  • 3-tier web application development (J2EE would be great)
  • Server-side web services a plus
  • Source control, build tools, automated deployment, and IDE

Candidates should have as many of these cutting edge technologies as possible:

Java, J2EE, EJB, JMS, Websphere, Tomcat, ORM, JPA, Hibernate, iBatis, TopLink, IoC, DI, Spring, Hivemind, AOP, AspectJ, JBoss, Struts, Web Work, JSF, Tapestry, RIFE, Ruby on Rails, Grails, MVC, Groovy, JRuby, BeanShell, Python, Perl, JSP, Velocity, WebMacro, FreeMarker, SOAP, REST, WSDL, SAX, DOM, XML, XSL, XSLT, TDD, AUP, Agile, Scrum, XP, JUnit, TestNG, JMeter, JProfiler, Eclipse, SVN

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Subcontract Manager - Illinois

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Subcontract Manager

Location: Marion, IL – (100% relocation provided)

Base: 65k to 80k DOE +++

SUMMARY STATEMENT:

Provide Manufacturing areas with materials and/or services within established quality and cost levels and in quantities necessary to meet customer delivery schedules by y effective purchase and delivery of materials, components and services.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Generate Purchase Orders/Subcontracts based on material & services requirements forwarded by Program teams including change orders as required.

· Work closely with al functional areas to identify and resolve material availability, schedule, and administrative issues.

· Ensure completeness, accuracy, and procedural/regulatory compliance on all procurement matters.
· Analyze, recommend sources and negotiate acceptable terms/pricing/schedule that meets overall compliance and responsiveness to company requirements.

· Serves as focal point with Program Office(s) as designated.
· Prepare and document price/cost analysis in support of supplier negotiations
· Develop, document, and implement supplier negotiation strategies
· Perform other duties as assigned.
· Maintains continuous process improvement within area of responsibility leading to elimination of non-added value steps, & touch points including its effect on other functional

· Periodically travel to sub-contractor, customer or other locations
· Identify and qualify new suppliers

EDUCATION:
Bachelor degree in Business Administration or equivalent required.

EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of 5-years experience as a Contract Administrator and/or a Subcontract Administrator within the Defense industry. Experience in the administration of Cost Type contracts contract/subcontracts preferred. Must have a high degree of analytical aptitude with strong problem solving skills. Supervisory skills a plus.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: Six SIGMA training/certification with experience leading and successfully completing process improvements projects is a plus. Must be computer literate with MSOffice. Honesty and integrity are essential traits for this position.

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Market Data QA Analyst

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Position Code

BNREASTJA

Job Title

Market Data QA Analyst

Work Location

New York

Duration

Full Time

Maximum Hourly Rate

Open

Job Description

Skills: VB, C++, C#, SQL, QualityCenter, QTP (Quick Test Pro) & Business Process Testing

Description:

This position will support the development of automated test scripts, test cases and set the standards for QA frameworks. Candidate should have excellent analytical and problem solving skills as well as exceptional technical skills. Must be detail oriented and able to efficiently complete tasks on time. Candidate must understand QA methodologies and processes. Knowledgeable of Object Oriented Analysis and Design (UML/RUP). Knowledgeable about database design and modeling. Strong expertise in all phases of SDLC.

Responsibilities:

* Requirements Analysis and Requirements Traceability Analysis

* Design robust test cases and procedures from requirement specifications

* Implement and review automated test cases

* Automated unit testing, functional testing, system-level integration testing, end-to-end testing and acceptance testing.

* Ensure all product releases meet or exceed defined quality goals

* Work with development teams to facilitate and advise unit, performance, and stress testing

* Test new applications as well as continue ongoing, repeatable testing for existing applications

Desirable:

Specific knowledge of Investment Bank/Financial products and services a plus
Experience working with trading applications would be a definite plus


Education:
B.S degree in computers or finance

Platforms: Windows AS/400

GUI Systems: Equities Trading Applications with understanding of Market Data

Database Systems: SQL Server, Sybase or Oracle

Other Programming Skills (is a Plus): Java, C++.VB

Business Knowledge: Financial, FIX, CMS

Communication Skills: Good Communication

Email resume in Word to jeffaltman@cisny.com ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE SOUGHT. Please include the job code with the position.

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO 3RD PARTIES. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES.

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Sales & Research QA Analyst NYC

Position Code

BNREquitiesJA

Job Title

Sales & Research QA Analyst

Work Location

New York

Duration

Full Time

Maximum Hourly Rate

Open

Job Description

  • Competent business knowledge
  • Good documentation skill
  • Working knowledge of SQL /Sybase database
  • Experience working with or testing web-based applications
  • Experience with research applications is a Plus.
  • Automation Experience with Trading Applications.

Platforms: Unix

GUI Systems: Sales Research Applications / Equities Trading Applications

Database Systems: SQL Servers / Sybase

Other Programming Skills (is a Plus): Java, C++.VB

Business Knowledge: Financial, FIX, CMS

Communication Skills: Good Communication

Fidessa QA Analyst

Position Code

Equities-Fidessa OTC

Job Title

Fidessa QA Analyst

Work Location

New York

Duration

Full Time

Maximum Hourly Rate

Open

Job Description

  • Experience on FIDESSA (Royal Blue Application) is a Plus
  • Experience in Equities Trading applications (OTC preferred)
  • Business knowledge Equities
  • Experience on Mercury Tools - Mercury Quality Center and Quick Test Pro
  • QA Experience at least 5 years
  • Familiarity with UNIX Commands & SQL
  • Basic understanding of the SDLC process.
  • Automation Experience with Trading Applications.

Platforms: Unix

GUI Systems: Sales Research Applications / Equities Trading Applications

Database Systems: SQL Servers / Sybase

Other Programming Skills (is a Plus): Java, C++.VB

Business Knowledge: Financial, FIX, CMS

Communication Skills: Good Communication