Ultimately, networking is networking - online or off...

However, there are palpably different APPROACHES to networking which
are worthy of our attention.

Though each have their benefits, for me, personally, I interact just a
bit differently on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, and Yahoo Groups...

Can you imagine doing business development or finding a job by sharing
some of your favorite music or by sharing a TED talk?  (Of course, you
do have to consider the downside of posting highly inappropriate
things, too...)

Sharing different aspects of yourself helps you to have different sets
of networking opportunities which strictly professional business sites
may not afford you...

Though I've had an account on Facebook for a couple of years, I've
been very pleased with the variety of people I've been meeting there
over the past few months.  (Interestingly, Facebook has increased its
value from $6.5 to $9.5 Billion Dollars USD over just the past 4
months!)

What I like most about Facebook, is that it is much more communicative
than most other social media platforms, giving its members more ways
to interact and to determine whether or not they can or should work
professionally with one another.

If you are on Facebook and would like to explore it a bit more
in-depth, I'd be happy to connect with you and to assist you either
personally or via one of my Facebook groups.

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College students and recent graduates seeking to get a foot in the door in the working world can gain valuable experience through volunteering. The key to success is in thinking beyond traditional jobs to find volunteer opportunities and resources that will jump-start a meaningful and fulfilling career.

Volunteering experience can be a significant asset to the resumes of college students and graduates. Many recruiters now look for volunteer service on resumes as a telltale sign of strong moral character, good work ethic and proven leadership skills. Not only does volunteer experience show potential employers that a candidate is a responsible citizen of the world, but it also provides networking opportunities, a critical component of the business world that may be a new concept for those in college or recently graduated.

Kiwanis International, a global volunteer service organization, and Circle K International, a Kiwanis service leadership program for college students, created the Career Contacts program and job board with the link between volunteering and networking in mind. Designed to promote career development by encouraging college students to interact with Kiwanis members, the program offers opportunities for students and recent graduates to introduce themselves to key decision-makers across a wide variety of professional fields. Kiwanis members support the program in many ways; as career mentors, hosts for a "day at the office," participants in a campus career fair or mock job interview, or just by being listed in the business directory.

"We created this program in hopes of educating today's youth on the process of job searching and providing them with opportunities vital to success in today's working world," said Casey Keller, director of Circle K International. "Career Contacts is an excellent resource for both potential employees and employers to find prospects with similar, service-oriented interests and backgrounds."

For other ways to build a circle of professional contacts and gain valuable volunteering experience, consider the following tips:

• Join a service organization or start your own local club.

• Actively seek out volunteer opportunities, job fairs and professional networking events related to your field.

• Ask to job shadow a professional contact met through volunteering.

• Utilize volunteering and networking Web sites to meet likeminded individuals.

• Participate in your school's local chapter of a larger professional organization.

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Still Open & Active as of 11-20-2009

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WR095001

Lead SW Eng. – Equity Trading - Java – Messaging – Frameworks - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary
This individual will be a lead software engineer for the development of the
firm’s Equity Derivative Trading platform as part of their Global Trading
System (GTS) initiative. Role is expected to be 30-40% Hands On. This role
will report to the Software Engineering Manager for the Equity Trading
applications.

Detailed Responsibilities;

As a senior member of the Transaction Application team, the individual will
have the following responsibilities:

· Lead the technical design, implementation, deployment, and support of the
Equity Derivative Trading platform

· Team management responsibilities, including the direct supervision of
approximately 5-6 software engineers (consultants)

· Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business
requirements

· Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on estimates,
status, design and quality assurance

· Partner with the Architecture team to ensure track work is aligned with
the strategic direction of the enterprise

· Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends to ensure
systems and team are of highest caliber

Keys to This Position:

1.  Technical requirements:  Java, Messaging (i.e. JMS), Java Frameworks
(i.e. Spring) and PL/SQL.
2.  Leadership experience.  Team management responsibilities, including the
direct supervision of approximately 5-6 software engineers (consultants).
3.  Trading Systems experience.
4.  Equities or Fixed Income experience.
5.  Strong Communication skills.
6. Seeking experience with High Volume, High Transactional Systems.  This
individual will be a strong Java Developer that knows how to build High
Speed Performance Applications.

Required Skills and Competencies:

The ideal candidate must have excellent leadership, management and
communication skills plus proven ability to design and deliver solutions
relevant to complex business problems.

· Strong analysis, design and modeling skills

· Seven plus years in systems development using Java (Server Side) and J2EE

· Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g. JMS)

· Strong knowledge and experience with frameworks (e.g. Spring)

· Strong Knowledge of Oracle Database or related RDB’’s

· Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies and their
effective application

· Experience developing high performance Trading applications

· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented
environment supporting a business-critical production environment

· UI Development experience would be considered a strong plus

· Computer Science degree or related field

Compensation

Very Competitive Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Bonus - Comprehensive
Benefits Package

No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Open & Active as of 11-20-2009

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WR712811

Manager – Unix & Storage Production Support (Hands On) - FS – Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary

This individual, as part of the Production Support team within Enterprise
Technology Services will manage a team that provides 24X7 production support
services for our Unix and storage infrastructure.  The right candidate
should have extensive management and technical experience with the ability
to support a global multi-vendor and cross-technology production environment
with strong leadership, crisis resolution, team management, communications,
analytical and decision-making skills. This role will report to the manager
of the production support team.
Managing full-time and consultant staff (professional development,
establishing goals, managing workload, defining and clarifying priorities,
and providing technical direction), budgets, technology vendor relationships
and projects/programs (series of projects).

Key Responsibilities;

· Continuous availability and operational resiliency of Unix/Storage
infrastructure components
· Minimize production risk(s)/issue(s) through oversight and delivery of
people, process and technology services
· Taking ownership of issues in a 24x7 production environment, collaborate
with other teams on remediation and manage them through completion
· Understand business priorities/needs, the IT organization's goals and
enable alignment of the team's operating model, processes and systems to
meet stated objectives and outcomes.
· Providing vision, direction, definition of team activities/priorities and
impact on technology and thought leadership/expertise for the Unix/Storage
team initiatives
· Apply Unix/Storage technology and application domain understanding and
collaborate with teams/peers to implement solutions, systems and processes
to improve our operations and support capabilities.
· Interacting with planning, engineering, delivery and operations teams to
coordinate project activities and support issues.  Communicating issues and
status to senior management in the form of status reports, briefings, and
presentations.
· Development of strategy and plans for systems production readiness,
security/audit, monitoring for continued operability in a 24x7 environment,
infrastructure high availability, participation in disaster recovery
planning and testing, adherence to system standards and oversee the
development of automated Unix/storage system provisioning and operational
tools/capabilities.
· Function as a "mentor" for the team and empower employees by dissemination
of personal knowledge, perspective(s) and experience(s)
· Foster a positive culture of creativity, innovation and continuous
improvements of our services and operational capabilities
· Focus on enabling efficiency and productivity enhancements within our
global support staff, processes and our technology/tool(s) portfolio.

Keys to This Position:

1. This is a Senior person that is a Strong Hands on Manager.  This
individual will manage 16 resources in the Unix and Storage space.  The
candidate should have Strong Leadership skills along with experience in
Budgeting, Project Management and Staff Development.  60% Management/40%
Technical blend.  We need a strong Leader with excellent Communication
skills that is Collaborative.  The approach and management style are key.
2. This individual will have a strong Operations background that can manage
Production Infrastructure for Unix and Storage.  Must have a background
managing a production environment for either Unix or Storage.  Unix is more
important of the two. Must have strong Operational Process Knowledge (ITIL,
Change Management, etc.)
3. Technical Requirements:  This candidate needs to be close to the
following technologies as a Tech Lead:  Solaris, Linux, Veritas, VMware and
EMC with an understanding of Oracle databases.
4. See the first two bullet pointes under Required Skills and Competencies.
5. The candidate should come from a large, mission critical, 24X7 production
environment. Financial services required.
6. A bachelor's degree is required.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· 10+ years experience as a manager/contributor supporting global 24x7 Unix
and storage support teams with distributed multi-server/multi-location
environments
· Hands-on experience in environments with the following technologies:
§ Solaris (Fujitsu Primepower and Sun V-, T-, M- series platforms) and Linux
(Redhat on Sun, IBM and HP platforms)
§ Veritas storage foundation suite
§ Virtualization with VMWare and SRDF based (or similar) replication
solutions
§ EMC, NetApps, Celera and Acopia (F5) SAN and NAS based storage subsystems
§ Functional understanding of Oracle databases, Weblogic application servers
and MQ messaging
· Ability to function/lead autonomously in a collaborative culture with
focus on business outcome(s), impact to the firm and client service
orientation
· Experience in leading, delegation and also having the technical expertise
to get "hand-on" involved as/when the need arises.
· A personal style, commitment and communication ability that allows you to
partner with IS peers and teams to work productively and efficiently.
· Strong delivery/operations leadership, change agent, motivation to take on
and lead new initiatives and willingness to learn and grow self (in areas of
technical and management skills)
· Good understanding of the financial services industry, business
priorities/workflow and it's associated IT infrastructure, system and
application needs
· Prior experience with designing, staffing and operationalizing a Network
Operations center (NOC) will be a plus
· Advanced degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Still Open & Active as of 11-20-2009

Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.

Position Title – WRCBSM112009

Business Systems Manager – Investment Mgt – MS Centric Env. - Boston, MA
Area – Up to $120K+ DOE

Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Leading private investment firm with over $35 billion in assets under
management – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation
Package – Bonus

Position Responsibilities - Summary

This position will be working directly with the shared resources business
unit that is made up of HR, Finance, Legal and Compliance.  The person will
be responsible for all technology related projects from inception to
implementation and support.  Through in-depth knowledge of the business,
this position will document business processes, develops needs analysis,
functional specifications and technical requirements around hardware and
software implementations.

Will manage a small group with 2 direct reports (Business Systems Analysts)

Reports to SVP - IT

Position Responsibilities – Detailed

·          Consult with business users on technology needs
·          Create documentation in support of technology requests
·          Develop and mange project plans for technology implementations
·         Manage technology vendor relationships

Required Skills and Competencies:

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

·          Strong understanding of relational databases
·          Exposure to HR, Finance, Legal & Compliance Applications
preferred
·          Experience with financial investment technologies required
·          Experience in a Microsoft Technology Centric Environment –
(C#/.Net – SQL Server Etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS:

·          MBA with concentration in finance or technology preferred
·          Strong Project management skills
·          5-7 years experience in the financial field – Investment
Management environment
·          Analytical skills including ability to produce applications specs
·          Strong interpersonal and communication skills
·          Experience working with external vendors and consultants
including negotiations on price
·          Ability to deliver technology projects on time and within budget

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354

Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB Site –
www.wrightassociates.org

Still Open & Active as of 11-20-2009

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know
who might be interested.

Position Title

Sr. SAP Project Manager – SD – HCM - CRM/ECC – Global Implementation – N.
128 Area of MA – Excellent Package

Excellent Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits - Local Candidates Only – No
Sponsorship

Company

Large, Innovative, Successful, Global Network Software Company with leading
edge products and solutions

Position Responsibilities – Summary:

The SAP Project Manager (PM) will drive the on-time, on-budget project by
managing development, maintenance, and adherence to the project plan for the
rollout of a multi-phased, multi-country, Lead-to-Quote (SAP SD – HCM –
Finance – CRM/ECC, etc.) solution.

The SAP PM (generalist) defines deliverables and project plans to meet
business requirements. This position will oversee all SAP project team
members identifying opportunities for business process improvement through
technology.? The position will lead efforts to streamline and harmonize
current processes, extend capability through implementation of new
functionality and continually review emerging SAP solution offerings to
assess potential benefits.  The SAP PM is accountable to utilize his/her
project management experience to develop and deliver appropriate and cost
effective solutions while adhering to quality guidelines and design
principals.

The SAP PM will possess professional communication and presentation skills
to effectively communicate & influence executive business partners and IT
management.  The SAP PM will demonstrate a detailed understanding and a high
level of competence related to project, risk & change management
methodologies. This firm and SAP enjoy a co-development relationship,
benefiting the firm’s projects with a close working partnership with SAP.

The next phase of the project will be on Order Management, Finance and
Resource Management. We are seeking Project Management experience of
multiple global SAP SD – HCM – Finance & CRM/ECC etc. implementations.

Detailed Responsibilities:

·         Effectively applies company/?industry-standard (e.?g.?, PMI, ASAP)
methodology and enforces project standards
·         Integrated Project Plan Development – creating a consistent,
coherent, detailed MS project plan with all appropriate constraints
·         Project Plan Execution – driving the project plan to on-time
completion by the team
·         Scope Management – developing, defining and managing scope for the
project.
·         Change Control – coordinating changes across the entire project
·         Project Time Management – identifying the activities that much be
performed, documenting interactivity dependencies, estimating the
activities, developing the schedule, and controlling changes to the project
schedule.
·         Project Cost Management – determining what resources needed to
perform the activities, and developing an estimate of costs of the resources
to complete the project activities.
·         Project Quality Management – identifying which quality standards
are relevant, evaluating overall project performance, and monitoring
specific project results to ensure compliance with quality standards.
Prepares for project reviews and quality assurance
·         Team Development  – developing individual and group skills to
enhance project performance
·         Project Communications Management – communications planning,
management, collection and dissemination of performance information
including status reporting, progress measurement, and forecasting
·         Administrative Closure – generating, gathering and disseminating
information to formalize projects or phases completion. Ensures project
documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
·         Project Risk Management – risk identification, quantification, and
responding to changes in risk over the course of the project.  Works with
consulting partner to minimize company project exposure and risk on project
·         Vendor Relationship Management – works with consulting partner
project manager to reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to
other internal stakeholders

Required Skills and Competencies:

·         Bachelor's degree required; preferred field of study Information
Systems or Business Management
·         Minimum 5 years experience as a SAP project manager - Global
experience required
·         Managed multiple SD, HCM, Finance, CRM/ECC projects
·         Participated in SAP implementations in more than one company
·         Experience within software industry
·         Experience with companies of a similar size desirable - $1B+ -
Global – 40+ countries – Several Thousand Employees
·         Experience managing complex projects and staffing efforts related
to cross-functional business groups
·         Exercise judgment related to prioritization and risk management
while effectively utilizing project management methodology and tools.
·         Team work – the ability to work both with teams and across
multiple teams of members without reporting responsibility to the position
·         Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

Pluses:

·         SAP CRM 2007 experience a plus
·         PMP certification a plus

Contact Information

Gary Wright – President/Principal – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@...  - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Still open & active as of 11-20-2009

Position Title – WR095009

QA Manager – FI/Equity Systems – Automated Tools - FS – Boston, MA Area -
Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

The Quality Management Center institutes best practices and consistency
across application teams with the goals of reducing development costs,
shortening release cycles and improving code quality. The Quality Management
Center seeks a QA Manager to help us continue to improve the overall quality
of our application portfolio.

In this key role the individual will supervise the testing for an entire
suite of applications across development teams, with a strong focus on
automation. The successful candidate will have strong QA management
experience, a strong knowledge of software quality assurance methodologies
and best practices, and experience in the delivery of multiple large-scale
software projects simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities;

As the Manager of several QA teams, the person will be a lead for all
ongoing projects with a focus on the delivery of various testing-related
initiatives. Specific responsibilities include:
·         Deliver all Testing projects and operations within the portfolio
of applications in multiple development teams
·         Partner with Development and Application managers on integrating
Quality Management into the overall SDLC processes
·         Collaborate with Application & Development teams to drive testing
process standardization, adoption, and improvement
·         Identify and implement QA process and tool improvements that lead
to increased workplace productivity
·         Plan and implement test automation processes for different
applications/technologies
·         Review and approve Test Strategy and Test Plans for various
testing engagements
·         Review quality and delivery metrics that measure the benefits for
their teams and track the quality of services delivered
·         Coordinate work across multiple teams to develop, update, and
implement contingencies to meet changing project or service needs
·         Ensure that the appropriate test infrastructure and tools for
project teams are delivered
·         Manage a team of employees and consultants
Keys to This Position:
1.  Strong Management skills required.  This individual will manage
approximately 20 - 25 QA Analysts (consultants - of which 75% are offshore).
The key to this job is that we need a very strong leader that can effect
change – Change Agent - Great communication and relationship management
skills.
2.  Strong QA background required, with hands on work in defining and
implementing new QA practices and tools.  The candidate should have past or
recent Experience with a variety of QA tools that includes but not limited
to: HP Quality Center, FT/QTP, Defect Manager/Test Director, Silk suite,
performance tools, defect tracking tools, code debug tools, etc.
3.  Financial Services is required.  This individual will be supporting the
Investment Management Systems team.  The Investment Systems group builds
applications to support the Fixed Income and Equity Portfolio Managers.
Required Skills and Competencies:
The ideal candidate will have excellent leadership, technical expertise and
communication skills. The individual must possess thorough understanding of
QA Principles, techniques, & technologies and various software development
methodologies including Agile principles. Specific qualifications include:
·         10+ years of Software Application development and/or testing
experience
·         5+ years experience in Software QA Management and Team Leadership
·         3+ years experience in test automation scripts and test automation
frameworks
·         Experience managing diverse teams of 20 or more people
·         Understanding of Object-Oriented and data driven testing
methodologies
·         Experience in producing program-level QA metrics for test case
coverage and defect workflow status
·         Experience with a variety of QA tools that includes but not
limited to: HP Quality Center, FT/QTP, Defect Manager/Test Director, Silk
suite, performance tools, defect tracking tools, code debug tools, etc.
·         Experience with different facets of QA tests such as functional
progression & regression, integration, performance, load, UAT, and
operational readiness testing
·         Experience with release and configuration management
·         Must be self-motivated, able to work independently and thrive in a
fast-paced, multi-tasking, high stress, high productivity environment while
maintaining excellent working relationships with people in a wide variety of
functional areas
·         Strong team leadership and management skills
·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills
·         Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively
·         Computer Science degree or related field
·         Experience working in the Financial Service industry;
specifically, investment management systems expertise is a requirement.

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Open & Active as of 11-20-2009

Position Title - WR095008

Lead System's Analyst - Inv. Data - FS - (Reference Data - CSM) - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary

The individual will be leading the system design and analysis for
development projects in the Reference Data Applications in the Investment
Data Systems team. In this role the individual will work with the project
managers, business analysts and lead programmers to define technical
solutions and roadmap for implementing business requirements in our
applications with a strong focus on scalability, quality and application
integration with the downstream consumers of pricing data. This person will
also be performing supervisory activities including budget management within
the team.

Key Responsibilities;

·         Partner with Investment Data and Derivatives Services Business
team within the Investment Administration Group to proactively identify the
firms growing needs around pricing and analytics in order to develop long
term scalable solutions.
·         Take a hands-on approach to functional architecture and technical
design to deliver business solutions.
·         Work with the Reference Data consumer groups to understand their
requirements and help develop innovative solutions to address their data
needs.
·         Provide input into system design to help the programming teams
define effort and implementation schedules for application development work.
·         Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing
and building controls to measure the overall accuracy and timeliness of data
delivery.
·         Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on
time, scalable and high quality business solutions.
·         Manage the overall budget of the team and help in planning and
budget estimations of various efforts.
·         Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both
full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization.
Keys to This Position:
1.  This is a Senior role that is a combination of Functional and Technical
with emphasis on the Functional.
2.  The Domain (Functional) requirement:  This candidate must have a strong
background in Investment Management with exposure to Back Office and Middle
Office Operations.  This individual will be responsible for Reference Data
Applications that includes Pricing, Security Master, Analytics and
Derivative Operations.  Any experience in these areas is a very strong plus.
3.  Technical:  The applications are written in Java (J2EE), PL/SQL and Data
Stage.  Experience as an Analyst working with applications built with these
technologies is a big plus.
4.  The candidate must have Excellent Communication and Client Relationship
skills.  The individual will be interfacing directly with the business
(Investment Data and Derivatives Systems Operations).
Required Skills and Competencies:
·         Strong understanding of Investment Data and Investment Management
industry, with specific domain expertise Reference Data - Security Master.
·         Minimum 10 years experience as a systems analyst
·         Minimum 5 years experience in Data Management
·         Minimum of 5 years of Project Management experience is required.
·         Experience in working with data providers such as Bloomberg, IDC,
Markit and Reuters.
·         CFA certification is a plus.
·         Experience in the design of n-tier applications and architectures.
·         Experience with SOA architecture will be a huge plus.
·         Team management experience and a proven ability to work in a cross
functional environment
·         Experience in managing delivery in a centralized team with
aggressive delivery timelines is required.
·         Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WR714111

Lead Storage Eng. – EMC – Clarion – Celera – NetApps  – FS – Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary
This individual, as part of the Production Support team within Enterprise
Technology Services will provide 24X7 production support for the firm’s
global storage infrastructure. The candidate must possess technical depth
and breadth, should have a "can do" hands-on orientation and be able to
function both independently and as a member of a team.
The right candidate should have extensive technical experience in managing
enterprise storage networks (including storage architecture,
provisioning/de-provisioning, production support, automation and monitoring)
with strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, communication
and decision-making skills.
This role will report to the manager of the production support team.
Detailed Responsibilities;

·         Responsible for the outcome of enabling "business as usual"
through:
o        1. Continuous availability and operational resiliency of Storage
infrastructure components
o        2. Minimize risk(s)/issue(s) through oversight and delivery of
people, process and technology services
·         Perform 24X7 production support (on-call rotation) for the storage
infrastructure.
·         Lead & manage incident bridges, take ownership of issues,
collaborate with other teams on remediation and manage them through
completion
·         Diagnose and resolve storage performance anomalies
·         Develop storage capacity Planning, forecasting & usage trend
Reporting
·         Develop and execute storage high availability and disaster
recovery plans
·         Work with application and infrastructure teams to design,
implement and follow proactive processes for allocation and de-allocation of
storage resources
·         Work with planning, engineering, delivery and operations teams to
coordinate project activities, support issues and to evolve the resiliency
and technical capabilities of the storage infrastructure. Communicating
issues and status to senior management in the form of status reports,
briefings, and presentations.
·         Work with Data Center management teams on storage equipment
migrations
·         Understand business priorities/needs, the IT organization's goals
and enable alignment of the team's operating model, processes and systems to
meet stated objectives and outcomes.
·         Providing vision, direction, definition of team
activities/priorities and impactful technology and thought
leadership/expertise for the Storage team initiatives
·         Development of strategy and plans for systems production
readiness, security/audit, monitoring for continued operability in a 24x7
environment, adherence to system standards and oversee the development of
automated storage system provisioning and operational tools/capabilities.
·         Function as a "mentor" for the team and empower employees by
dissemination of personal knowledge, perspective(s) and experience(s)
·         Foster a positive culture of creativity, innovation and continuous
improvements of our services and operational capabilities
Keys to This Position:
1.  This is a Lead Storage Engineer that will be responsible for everyday
Execution, Delivery and Operations of the Storage Environment.
2.  This individual will be at the Technical Lead level and will manage 1 or
2 staff members.
3.  Technical:  This is a technically hands on role that requires experience
in environments with the following technologies:
EMC DMX4, DMX 3000, Clariion (CX3, CX4 and CX7), Celera (NS2, NS4 and NS7
series) and NetApp (FAS2 and F825 series filers) platforms
Individual needs to come out of a larger, complicated, 24X7 Mission Critical
Production Environment – Financial Services Industry Background Required.
Required Skills and Competencies:
·         8+ years experience as a technical contributor in storage teams
supporting global 24x7 distributed multi-technology/multi-location storage
environments
·         Hands-on experience in environments with the following
technologies:
·         EMC DMX4, DMX 3000, Clariion (CX3, CX4 and CX7), Celera (NS2, NS4
and NS7 series) and NetApp (FAS2 and F825 series filers) platforms
·         Cisco 9513, McData ED64M, DS32M and DS4700M SAN Switches
·         F5 Acopia ARX 1000 NAS virtualization switches
·         SAN and NAS management tools - Solutions Enabler, EMC Control
Center ver 5.x, Cisco Fabric Manager, Connectrix Fabric Manager, Navisphere
Clariion Storage management tool, Navi Analyzer, Celerra Manager, Data On
Tap (NetApp) and Acopia ARX Manager
·         Veritas storage foundation suite
·         Virtualization with VMWare and SRDF based replication solutions
·         Functional understanding of Solaris/Linux, Oracle databases,
Weblogic application servers and MQ messaging
·         Ability to function/lead autonomously in a collaborative culture
with focus on business outcome(s), impact to the firm and client service
orientation
·         Experience in leading, delegation and also having the technical
expertise to get "hand-on" involved as/when the need arises.
·         A personal style, commitment and communication ability that allows
you to partner with IS peers and teams to work productively and efficiently.
·         Strong delivery/operations leadership, change agent, motivation to
take on and lead new initiatives and willingness to learn and grow self (in
areas of technical and management skills)
·         Good understanding of the financial services industry, business
priorities/workflow and it's associated IT storage infrastructure, system
and application needs
·         Advanced degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Compensation


Very Competitive Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Bonus - Comprehensive
Benefits Package

No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.



Position Title – WR713651

System Engineer (Windows Server & Exchange) - FS – Marlboro, MA Area -
Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary

The ETS Communication's team seeks a Systems Engineer who will be
responsible for the engineering, roll out, and operational support of
messaging and communications products.
This individual will be primarily responsible for planning, architecture,
implementation and support of our messaging and communications
infrastructure for high availability, recoverability and reliability.

Key Responsibilities;

·         Work on the architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and
support of the messaging and communications infrastructure
·         Support the messaging and communications infrastructure as part of
an on call rotation
·         Develop infrastructure standards, best practices and guidelines

Keys to This Position:

1.       Strong analytical skills - ability to diagnose the interoperability
of a diverse set of technologies such as Exchange, Active Directory, VOIP,
SQL and A/V (The candidate should have 80% of these 5).  Other key
technologies include OCS, Oracle, MOSS, SAN, TCIP, SIP, Avaya.
2.       Strong system analysis, architecture, design and administration
skills.  The position breaks down as follows:  50% system engineering &
administration, 35% infrastructure design and architecture practices, 15%
Project related tasks:  working with support engineers, vendors and
developers across teams
3.       Very close to the technology - design, configure and support
messaging and communications products
4.       Strong knowledge of ITIL practices - Configuration, Change and
Release Management
5.       The candidate should come from a large production environment  -
(700+ Windows Servers globally)
6.       Strong Infrastructure Management background - capacity planning,
performance management and security

Required Skills and Competencies:

·         7+ years experience supporting Microsoft Exchange
·         Extensive experience in design, maintenance and support of an
Exchange infrastructure including performance, capacity, recovery
technologies for DR and HA, and journaling for compliance
·         Knowledge of industry best practices related to email routing,
filtering, monitoring, storage, backup and disaster recovery is required
·         Strong interpersonal skills and a proven record for attention to
detail
·         A proven ability to interact successfully with clients, and
maintain open communications at all times
·         Application Experience in Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2003,
Active Directory, Iron Mail, Blackberry Enterprise Server, OCS 2007,
Symantec Enterprise Vault
·         Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field of study and
5 plus years related experience is a must.

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title - WR095006

Lead SW Eng. - Equity Trading - C#/.Net - Messaging - GUI - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary
The Equity Trading team is seeking a Lead software engineer to be an
integral member of the development team responsible for developing the
firm's next generation Equity Trading System. This role will report to the
Software Engineering Manager for the Equity Trading applications.
Great Opportunity to be involved in building a complete Trading System from
the ground up in a elite Buy Side Firm.
Detailed Responsibilities;

As a Lead member of this team, the individual will have the following
responsibilities:

·         Technical design, implementation, deployment, and support of the
Equity Trading System
·         Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business
requirements
·         Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on
estimates, statuses, identify issues and raise risks
·         Partner with the Architecture team to ensure track work is aligned
with the strategic direction of the enterprise
·         Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends
to ensure systems and team are of highest caliber

Keys to This Position:
1.  Technical requirements:  C#/.Net, VS 2005+, GUI, Messaging, WPF, WCF.
2.  Leadership experience.  Team management responsibilities, including the
direct supervision of approximately 15 software engineers (consultants) -
4-5 Onshore - 10 Offshore thru a Lead - Group is mostly made up of
consultants.  Responsibilities breakdown - 65% Technical Leadership - 35%
Team Leadership.
3.  Domain knowledge (in this order):  Trading Systems, Financial
Institution - Front Office, Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, etc. , or
other Financial Services Experience. Work will involve building the Front
End (GUI) for a Major/Multi Year Trading System Project - This will be the
Order Mgt - Order Execution & Order Allocation Portal used by the Firm's
Traders.
4.  Strong Communication skills.
5. Seeking experience with High Volume, High Transactional Systems.  This
individual will be a strong Technical, Hands On Leader that knows how to
build High Speed Performance Applications.
Required Skills and Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills and proven
ability to design and deliver solutions relevant to complex business
problems. Specific requirements include:

·         8+ years of experience including 3 plus years of experience
managing or leading a development team.
·         5+ years of GUI development using Microsoft technologies
·         Two years of .net development experience using C#
·         Two years of using.net frameworks version 2.0 or greater
·         Experience with Visual Studio 2005 or greater
·         WPF or WCF is considered a strong plus as is Data Grid Knowledge
·         Strong knowledge of Relational DB Systems - Oracle is Preference
but other major RDB Systems is fine
·         Strong analysis, design and modeling skills
·         Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g.
MSMQ, ActiveMQ)
·         Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies and
their effective application
·         Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical production
environment
·         Computer Science degree or related field

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WR713801

Lead System’s Analyst – Investment Data - FS – Boston, MA Area - Outstanding
Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

The individual will be leading the system design and analysis for
development projects in the End-Of-day Pricing Application in the Investment
Data Systems team. In this role the individual will work with the project
managers, business analysts and lead programmers to define technical
solutions and roadmap for implementing business requirements in our
applications with a strong focus on scalability, quality and application
integration with the downstream consumers of pricing data. This person will
also be performing supervisory activities including budget management within
the team.

Key Responsibilities;

·         Partner with Investment Data and Derivatives Services Business
team within the Investment Administration Group to proactively identify the
firms growing needs around pricing and analytics in order to develop long
term scalable solutions.
·         Take a hands-on approach to functional architecture and technical
design to deliver business solutions.
·         Work with the Pricing Data consumer groups to understand their
requirements and help develop innovative solutions to address their data
needs.
·         Provide input into system design to help the programming teams
define effort and implementation schedules for application development work.
·         Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing
and building controls to measure the overall accuracy and timeliness of data
delivery.
·         Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on
time, scalable and high quality business solutions.
·         Manage the overall budget of the team and help in planning and
budget estimations of various efforts.
·         Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both
full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization.
Keys to This Position:
1.  This is a Senior role that is a combination of Functional and Technical
with emphasis on the Functional.
2.  The Domain (Functional) requirement:  This candidate must have a strong
background in Investment Management with exposure to Back Office and Middle
Office Operations.  This individual will be responsible for Reference Data
Applications that includes Pricing, Security Master, Analytics and
Derivative Operations.  Any experience in these areas is a very strong plus.
3.  Technical:  The applications are written in Java (J2EE), PL/SQL and Data
Stage.  Experience as an Analyst working with applications built with these
technologies is a big plus.
4.  The candidate must have Excellent Communication and Client Relationship
skills.  The individual will be interfacing directly with the business
(Investment Data and Derivatives Systems Operations).
Required Skills and Competencies:
·         Strong understanding of Investment Data and Investment Management
industry, with specific domain expertise in Pricing and analytics
·         Minimum 10 years experience as a systems analyst
·         Minimum 5 years experience in Data Management
·         Minimum of 5 years of Project Management experience is required.
·         Experience in working with data providers such as IDC and Reuters.
·         CFA certification is a plus.
·         Experience in the design of n-tier applications and architectures.
·         Experience with SOA architecture will be a huge plus.
·         Team management experience and a proven ability to work in a cross
functional environment
·         Experience in managing delivery in a centralized team with
aggressive delivery timelines is required.
·         Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills.

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WR714701

Enterprise Information Architect – Lead - Asset Management - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

The Enterprise Information Architect will play a key technical leadership
role in defining direction as well as implementing major transformational
data-related projects planned over the next 3-5 years.  She/he will be
responsible for leading and engaging in information/data management projects
including the Enterprise Information Architecture, information models and
flows, data dictionaries, data standards, and data quality standards and
processes.  The Enterprise Information Architect is responsible for
developing and maintaining the logical Enterprise Information Architecture
that enables seamless information interoperability of all of our systems -
from transaction systems, reporting & document management systems as well as
information delivery systems.

Key Responsibilities;

·         Develop and evangelize Enterprise Information Architecture and
provide technical leadership for developing and maintaining the enterprise
information architecture.
·         Identify gaps in the Corporate Information/Data Model and address
them actively in collaboration with business facing teams using a deep
understanding of financial services
·         Ensure systems alignment with the information lifecycle.
·         Maintain a library of the enterprise information models (i.e.,
information models, information flows, data dictionaries, etc) and
develop/enforce the change control process for the Enterprise Information
Architecture artifacts.
·         Coordinate information/data changes that occur as part of new
development, maintenance and enhancements to ensure consistency with the
Corporate Information/Data Model.
·         Lead the development and maintenance of information management
standards and conventions (e.g., naming standards, information architecture
gates in the IT development projects, etc).
·         In collaboration with the Information Integration teams, define,
develop, maintain, and communicate information exchange standards that will
be used by downstream systems.
·         Align Enterprise Information Architecture efforts with other
Enterprise Architecture/ Information Management counterparts to ensure
overall alignment of architecture components.

Keys to This Position:

1.  Domain knowledge:  The candidate must have a strong knowledge of the
Asset Management industry and how the business operates.  Ideally the
candidate will come from another asset management firm or a vendor like a
Charles River or similar type vendor firm.
2.  Technical skills:  The candidate will have a focus at a Lead level in
the areas of Information/Data Architecture and Integration, Data Modeling,
Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, etc.
3.  Must have strong Client Relationship and Leadership skills.  This
individual will interface with the Investment Systems team and the
Investment Data team among others.  Experience understanding Fixed Income,
Equities and Derivatives is important.
4.  This individual will be very similar to a Lead Systems Analyst, but in
the Data Architecture space.  The individual needs a deep knowledge of the
Asset Management business (i.e. Fixed Income, Equities, etc.) and the
underlying business process and the Data that facilitates the Workflow.

Required Skills and Competencies:

·         Master's degree in software or systems engineering, computer
science, information systems management or the equivalent.
·         At least 10 years progressive experience in enterprise
information/data related disciplines, i.e., data modeling, architecture and
integration.
·         Proven experience in developing information architectures aligned
with information lifecycle management within financial services.
·         Proven experience performing conceptual, logical and physical data
modeling with data modeling tools (Erwin/ModelMart) and database design in
complex, large-scale data environments.
·         Proven experience in transactional data modeling (3NF),
dimensional modeling and object oriented modeling.  Proven experience in
developing scalable design of entities using advanced data structures (e.g.,
tall tables) is a plus.
·         Knowledge of application modeling languages/techniques (e.g., UML,
OML, entity relationship modeling, DFDs) including the ability to create and
read the associated diagrams.
·         Proven experience creating enterprise models incorporating master
and reference data.
·         Experience in creation of data dictionaries, defining metadata
management approaches and governance processes.
·         Experience in developing and implementing IT architecture plans,
Enterprise Information Architecture standard and guidelines, software
development methodologies and strategic plans.
·         Experience in developing data sharing standards and architecting
scalable service oriented solutions.
·         Solid understanding of transaction and information systems, data
warehouses, data marts, ODS, MDM methodologies and life cycle as well as ETL
and MDM technologies.
·         Strong facilitation skills to engage subject matter experts to
define data requirements and conduct data modeling design reviews with
project teams.
·         Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain
and document the Enterprise Information Architecture to diverse audiences
(technical, business, etc).
·         Highly self-directed and able to manage and prioritize multiple
concurrent and competing challenges, issues, ambiguities, and
contradictions.

Contact Information

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Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WRTLG112009

Professional Services Consultant - Software Vendor Exp. - Database –
Unix/Linux – Waltham, MA Area

Competitive Base + Comprehensive Benefits

No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only

Company

Private, successful, and growing software firm.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

This full-time position is for an experienced professional services
representative who will manage customer implementations worldwide.  The
position includes working with customers on a variety of tasks such as
implementations, customizations, and supporting installations both remotely
and at customers’ sites.  Prior consulting experience with database
management, network and security (including policy assessment and database
firewall design for Fortune 2000 customers worldwide) is desirable.
Required Skills and Competencies:
·         3-5 five years of industry experience
·         Previous Professional Services experience from a commercial
software vendor required
·         Hands-on experience with relational databases (Oracle, Informix,
SQL Server, UDB/DB2, or Sybase, etc.)
·         Strong SQL knowledge
·         Experience with UNIX shell environments. UNIX scripting and Perl
programming desirable
·         Experience with customer relationship management and production
deployments
·         Project management experience is desirable
·         Systems Security experience a big plus
·         Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux environments
·         Knowledge of networking basics
·         Experience with customer relationship management and production
deployments
·         30-50% travel in U.S. and internationally
·         B.S. in engineering or information systems

Compensation


Competitive Base Salary – Comprehensive Benefits Package

No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WRTLG112009

Technical Services Engineers – Software Vendor Exp. - Database –
Unix/Linux – Waltham, MA Area

Competitive Base + Stock + Comprehensive Benefits

No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only

2 Openings

Company

Private, successful, and growing software firm.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

Full-time positions for experienced technical services representatives
working with customers on a variety of tasks.  Responsibilities include
customer support, product installations remotely and at customer sites,
diagnosis and resolution of reported issues, and solution customizations.
Required Skills and Competencies:
·         At least five years of industry experience
·         Previous technical support experience from a commercial software
vendor required
·         Hands-on experience with relational databases (Oracle, MSSQL,
etc.)
·         Strong SQL knowledge
·         Experience with UNIX shell environments. UNIX scripting and Perl
programming desirable
·         Systems Security experience a big plus
·         Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux environments
·         Knowledge of networking basics
·         Excellent customer relationship and trouble shooting skills
required
·         B.S. in engineering or information systems

Compensation

Competitive Base Salary – Stock - Comprehensive Benefits Package

No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email  - replywrightassociates@... - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

Are you currently unsatisfied with your job or the direction of your career? If you are, you may be interested in changing career fields. While this is more than possible to do, it is important to remember that not all jobs and career fields are the same. For example, just because you may make a great legal security, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you are qualified to work as a nurse or another healthcare professional. That is just one of the many factors that you will want to take into consideration, before changing career fields. A few of the other factors that you will want to take into consideration are outlined below.

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Are you currently employed, but unhappy with your current job? Whether you are unsatisfied with your current pay level or feel as if you are unable to advance within your company, you may be interested in changing jobs or possibly even careers. If that is the case, you are urged not to act on an impulse, as doing so can create more harm that good.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING
This year has gone by in a blink of an eye. It is already Thanksgiving. There
has been a lot to be thankful for even through the tough economy. We are all
looking forward to a great 2010 with signs of Economic recovery

I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving

With best wishes,

Rosemary

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