The position is onsite, in San Francisco, in a group that does
Messaging at Barclays Global Investors, and reports to Myra Moore who
is also the contact person: <Myra.Moore@...>

The essential elements of the position and its major responsibilities
are:

Development of messaging services for BGI Technology teams, including :
- Message format translations
- Message enrichment
- Message delivery (routing)
- Provide production support for the US region
- Handle routing and translation requests that are the run-of-the-
mill requests.

Requirements:
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- Strong OO Perl Development Skills.
- Working knowledge of XSL .
- Proven ability to work with end-users.
- Good presentation skills.
- Experience with processing XML documents.
- Working knowledge of Java
- Exposure to the Financial Services Industry preferred.
- Ability to work in both a team and one person project based setting.
- Knowledge of Financial Industry Standards a plus – e.g. SWIFT,
FPML, FIX, etc.

The most important requirements are are OO Perl, and XSL/XML. Java
is also required, but it is not as important as the other two.

This is a 5 month contract position with a possibility of turning to
a FTE in 2007, assuming everything works out and the group gets
approval for the additional head-count.