Senior Application Developer - Structured Finance
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Title: Senior Application Developer - Structured Finance
Location: NY-New York
Standard & Poor's is the world's premier provider of investment research, market indices, credit ratings, financial data, and fixed income research and analysis. With more than 10,000 employees and offices in nearly two-dozen countries, S&P is valued by investors and financial decision-makers everywhere for its analytical independence, market expertise and thought leadership. For 150 years Standard & Poor's has been an integral part of the global economic infrastructure. Its operations provide essential information to nearly every segment of the global financial community, creating the tools, analysis and research needed to make informed investment decisions. www.sp-150.com
The Sr. Application Developer will be a key player in the analysis, design, implementation, and deployment of applications in the Structured Finance business. This role requires a mature, seasoned technologist who works effectively both independently and in a team environment. The candidate must be a delivery-focused person with solid web application development experience and leadership skills. The candidate will assist with the day-to-day design, code reviews, unit testing, and deployment tasks during the construction of the system. In addition, the candidate will work closely with our external partners working with S&P in the implementation of the system.
Required Skills:
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Strong application development experience delivering Java/J2EE applications using technologies such as Servlets, JSP, Spring/MVC, Hibernate, Webservices, JMS, POJO's, JDBC, JavaScript, eclipse, HTML etc.
* At minimum, a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; Masters degree or advanced degree - a plus.
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At least 3 - 5 of solid experience developing large, complex web-based technology projects.
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Big 4 consulting experience - a plus.
* Experience with Business Objects, and BO WEBI SDK
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Experience in building portal application and using content management tools
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Experience in Weblogic 9 and above and Apache web server
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Fluency in Oracle PL /SQL and SQL optimization
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Experience building Web services using SOAP, WSDL, SOA etc.
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Hands-on experience developing systems using XML, XSL, and XSLT
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Solid overall knowledge of J2EE and associated API's
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Strong Object-Oriented Analysis & Design skills with experience of using UML tools, like Rational Rose. (RUP/OO/UML)
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Candidates must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
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Must be a strong team player with solid interpersonal skills
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Must be able to work independently, and be highly motivated
Preferred Skills:
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Knowledge of Structured finance transactions such as Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO), Asset-backed Securities (ABS) etc. - a plus
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Structured Finance, fixed income, credit derivatives background - a plus
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Some securities industry experience - a plus
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Experience with integration tools, such as: ETL, TIBCO/Sonic in a J2EE environment
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Experience building J2EE-based portfolio management tools
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Experience designing Web applications using security products like eRights, SiteMinder
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Experience designing and implementing applications against both relational and dimensional data stores
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Experience with agile development methodologies, and interactive project management
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User Interface, Human Factors experience
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Knowledge of design patterns, best practices
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Familiarity with Unix, and Sun Solaris
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