Vivid Technologies

Chicago: Storage Administrator position at trading firm

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:37:32 +0000

This position will be involved in designing new storage systems, and will have primary responsibility for monitoring and maintaining existing storage systems.
* Maintain and support existing SAN and NAS storage systems.
* Address performance issues in the storage environment, taking into account the host and application layers.
* Work with system administrators, developers and end users as necessary to assess needs and requirements for new storage systems.
* Participate in design of new storage environments, meeting performance and reliability requirements specified or implied by business needs.
* Provision storage, including SAN zoning, and LUN creation.
* Implement and maintain systems to monitor the storage environment.
* Perform both routine and break fix maintenance activities on storage systems.
* Maintain positive working relationships with storage vendors.
* Keep up to date with current technologies and practices.
* Track issues in a request/ticketing system
* Maintain and create documentation relating to storage systems and procedures.

Candidate Qualifications:
* Vendor agnostic knowledge of current SAN and NAS architectures.
* Understanding of both file level and block level access protocols (NFS/CIFS and fiber channel/iSCSI)
* Experience with the following specific equipment: EMC Clariion, EMC Celerra, NetApp filers, IBM XIV, IBM DS series, Brocade fiber channel switches.
* Storage performance tuning experience, including gathering baseline metrics, estimating expected requirements, and making/implementing recommendations to optimize IOPS and/or throughput from the disk level all the way through the application level.
* Experience supporting and architecting parallel filesystems (GPFS, Luster, etc) is desired.
* Understanding of the following storage concepts and their appropriate application is required; experience in multiple areas is strongly preferred: tiered storage, global filesystems, replication, parallel filesystems, and caching architectures.
* Strong Linux knowledge.
* Scripting (bash, perl, etc) knowledge strongly preferred.
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or a combination of education and work experience equivalent
* Minimum of 3 years of experience of storage administration in a Unix-centric environment.
* System design and architecture experience.

Chicago: Algo Trader position

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:47:17 +0000

Collaborate extensively on improving existing trading strategies and contribute extensively towards developing new trading strategies.
• Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• 1 years + experience in High-Frequency Trading
• Knowledge of machine learning or signal processing
• Strong programming skills in C++ in a Linux environment

Chicago: C++ Developer at trading firm

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:57:41 +0000

• Learn and internalize the theories behind current trading system.
• Participate in the design, architecture and implementation of next generation software.
• Take ownership of system from design through implementation.

Key Skills / Attributes:
• Exceptionally proficient in C++ (Python & Java a plus)
• Familiarity with Linux environments (Windows a plus)
• Familiarity with Options/Exchange Trading technologies will greatly differentiate candidate.
• Experience with hardware &/or real-time systems a plus
• Focus on performance of applications under high load
Experience in creating/supporting cross-platform multithreaded applications

Job Requirements:
• Three or more years experience as an exceptional developer
• High level knowledge & competencies in one or more of the following areas:
• TCP stack optimization
• multi-core 1 machine parallelism
• low level performance / cache optimization / profiling

Chicago: Linux Administrator position at trading firm

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:25:43 +0000

Help create and operate a top-notch Linux system architecture.
Keep the Linux infrastructure up-to-date, in good operating condition, and fast. To this end, we develop the monitoring and automation tools necessary, and are responsible for planning, operating, and troubleshooting all the servers in a moderately heterogeneous environment. We develop user interfaces for our Support team to be able to assist our end-users. We are also responsible for all aspects of the production databases for our applications platforms. We create the solutions for the problems that have not happened yet, to keep our environment moving ahead.

- Maintain, update, and author system utility scripts
- Roll out new systems in disparate locations adhering to a set standard of installed software and configurations
- Troubleshoot system hardware or software (OS or application) issues
- Create and maintain automation, monitoring, and standardization systems such as autoyast, cfengine, and syslog.
- Analyze system statistics and recommend changes to maintain or improve performance
- Train Support personnel new interfaces or concepts

Required skills
- Ideal Development Operations Analyst candidates will have 3+ years of UNIX/Linux experience, knowledge of RPM-based systems, experience with wide-area system administration and high-level concepts such as consistent software deployment and configuration management.
- Mid-level or higher perl and regular expressions skills
- Mid-level or higher MySQL database administration skills
- Knowledge of typical open-source software packages and utilities (e.g., Apache, Sendmail, Samba, awk, Subversion, etc.)
- System monitoring and reporting tools (syslog, SNMP, OpenNMS, etc.)
- System statistics reporting and analysis tools (sar, etc.)
- General networking skills (subnetting, NAT, routing, etc.)
- Ability to write clear and pertinent documentation

Desirable skills
- Experience with other interpreted or compiled languages
- Experience with automated systems deployment (e.g., auto-install servers) and configuration management (cfengine, bcfg2, puppet, etc)
- MySQL database programming or performance tuning skills
- Disk storage concepts and technologies
- Knowledge of trading concepts, FIX, MDP, etc.
- Knowledge of name services (DNS, LDAP, AD, etc.)

Bonus points
- Ruby on rails
- Java
- User interface design/implementation skills
- ODBC and heterogeneous database integration experience

Rockaway, NJ: SAP Netweaver Analyst

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:27:40 +0000

Handle SAP Netweaver, Webdynpro, Universal Worklist,PI and SAP Workflows.
Gather requirements, design and deploy new functionality.
Support the web technology platform and will deal with Global Governance team to ensure proper standards are being followed.

Required:
BS degree in Computer Science or related fields required
3-5 years hands on SAP Netweaver technologies experience. SAP certifications a plus.
Experience in SAP PI, Interactive forms, Java and ABAP are a plus.

Chicago: Lead Cognos Systems Analyst

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:59:28 +0000

This lead position is responsible for developing and deploying complete end-to-end BI solutions based on Cognos, SQL Server, and ETL technologies. The ideal candidate is also responsible for supporting and maintaining existing BI applications. In addition, this position will help set BI tools and approach strategy for the company by keeping abreast of latest technologies and trends in the marketplace.

Job Requirements :
-Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science; Master’s degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and equivalent Information Technology experience
-6 + years’ experience implementing Business Intelligence solutions using Cognos technology
-2+ years’ experience in a technical lead or BI architect role
-Strong understanding of Business Intelligence and data warehousing
-Expert experience with Cognos
-Hands-on design, development, and deployment experience with the Cognos Series 8.x, including all Studios, Framework Manager, Content Manager, Transformer, Power Play and Access Manager
-Experience in 10.x Suite is also desirable
-Hands on design and implementation experience with dimensional models
-Design and development of complex Cognos reports and analytical views
-Installation, configuration, and performance tuning of high-availability, multi-tiered environments
-Prior experience with delivery of BI products to mobile devices is a strong plus
-Strong knowledge of MS SQL server with OLTP and OLAP concepts
-Experience with ETL technologies is a definite plus
-Experience in Microsoft development platforms (.Net Framework, C#, ASP.NET) is desirable
-Understanding of SDLC, object-oriented concepts and multi-tiered architectures
-Understanding in the following areas is a plus: UML, Design patterns and Agile development practices

Chicago: Informatica SSIS Systems Analyst

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:54:39 +0000

This position will expand the in-house expertise in building and supporting various data warehousing and ETL applications using SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Informatica, SSIS and .Net based technologies. The ideal candidate will assist developer leads in the analysis, development, support and maintenance of new and existing data warehousing and ETL applications. This candidate may also be assigned to a deployment team responsible for late evening deployment (after 7PM) of changes to production.

Job Requirements :
-Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and equivalent Information Technology experience
-3+ years’ experience implementing ETL solutions using Informatica and /or SSIS
-Extensive SQL development experience in SQL 2005 or later versions is a must
-Prior experience using BI tools such as Cognos, SSAS, SSRS is a definite plus
-Prior Experience in Microsoft development platforms (.Net Framework, C#, ASP.NET), VB Script, JavaScript is very desirable

Chicago: Java Developer position at trading firm

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:41:53 +0000

Support the capture, transformation and storage of data from various sources. Interact with the risk analyst, trading and development to proactively assess and manage risk exposure via reporting, monitoring and analysis. The primary focus will be to create and maintain databases, reporting and analyses in support of these efforts. The ability to draw conclusions from data and transform data, both at a detail and big picture level, into actionable information is a must.

To accomplish these goals, strong Java (or strong depth in a modern language i.e. C#, Python, C++) will be required.

Chicago: Trading Support Engineer

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:37:57 +0000

Trading support for Futures, Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities and Options traders. You will be responsible for our proprietary trading system architecture and application issues, exchange operations relationships and driving continued performance improvements.

Key Responsibilities:
• Analyze trading requirements, systems architecture, order and market data trends
• Communicate Trading and Technical requirements to the world’s largest global exchanges
• Drive the launch of new features through company’s cutting-edge Trading, Development & Operations teams
• Employ innovative thought and automation to improve productivity, workflow and trader support

Key Skills / Attributes:
• Extensive knowledge of Linux/Windows
• Significant Experience with Python programming/scripting.
• Creating scripts to automate process/monitor performance.
• Experience with database configuration/performance monitoring.

Orlando, FL: SAP APO, Manugistics Technical Lead

admin — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:56:28 +0000

Provide process and solution leadership and mentoring to global SCM business analysts (B.A.) and programmers. Manage relationship and alignment with global SCM business clients. Ensure integrity of SCM systems environment and lead development of strategic SCM vision.

Major/Key Accountabilities
- Ensure own and team’s currency with emerging business, industry and technology trends and incorporate into planning and delivery processes
- Lead global process and system standardization and harmonization where feasible
- Lead and contribute to demand cultivation and opportunity management
- Comply with systems development lifecycle, quality standards and documentation standards
- Lead SCM business process improvement activities and drive for improvements in SCM team’s processes and management systems
- Lead and ensure compliance with systems development
- Ensure efficient and effective use of the version management with the CVS tool.
- Assess and implements controls to prevent and mitigate risks
- Adhere to, propose and implement SLA’s and process improvement efforts as required
- Manage team’s work queues in Remedy
- Provide evaluations of new applications and software tools.
- Drive elimination of variability in production outcomes which are dependent on Information Systems, using Six Sigma approach.
- Monitor and action all system alerts with appropriate urgency and notify relevant parties.
- Support the applications during testing of technical changes such as patches and upgrades.
- Provide after hours support for global critical concerns.

Qualifications
- APICS certification or desire to achieve APICS certification
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related program
- Minimum of seven years supply chain business and/or supply chain IS experience
- Minimum of five years JDA IS experience
- Minimum two years SAP exposure
- Exposure to SAP APO desired