Wednesday, November 24, 2010

“Trade Surveillance Senior Developer - Mantas (AVP)” Permanent role based in Singapore with top tier Investment Bank. Basic Salary upto SGD 100K

“Trade Surveillance Senior Developer - Mantas (AVP)” Permanent role based in Singapore with top tier Investment Bank. Basic Salary upto SGD 100K + Bonus + Other Benefits.

Job Function:
The candidate is expected to perform design, development, testing and delivery of Compliance solutions in partnership with the Project Manager and Business Facing IT within the Surveillance space of Compliance IT. He/she will build in-depth knowledge of both the technical and business aspects of the systems and become well-versed in the business functions supported by the systems. Leading an application group within the larger team would see the candidate share their expertise with other team members. The candidate will be responsible for quality of the team’s work.

The candidate will also be involved in additional team lead activities. Such as: mentoring team members, planning and assigning work items, input to status reviews, communicating with IT and senior management.

The candidate will be expected to proactively improve their skills and take on greater responsibilities as they grow into their role. There are significant opportunities for career development and training.

Job Requirements:
• 9+ years development experience in investment banking in Trade Surveillance & Compliance IT
• Product/Domain experience: Mantas, Actimize, AML & Market Abuse
• 6+ years hands on Technical Back End Oracle PL/SQL Developer (9i/10g) & Database design (Oracle)
• 3+ years Team Leading & architectural design, documentation and estimations
• 3+ years Informatica
• 2+ years SQL performance tuning
• 2+ years doing code reviews
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

This is a remarkable opportunity with superior challenges & career growth.

Overseas applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this interests you, Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com to initiate the process.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

“Project Manager – Infrastructure” based in Singapore

Job Function:
• Leads team on medium size projects in an outsourcing environment.
• Responsible for planning, milestones, costs, schedule, business and technical risk for the project.
• Interfaces directly with corresponding levels of customer's staff. Responsible for their financial baseline of the project, and accountable for project results as committed to the client.
• Estimate whole-project effort and schedule. Develop tracking indicators that will provide clear status visibility throughout the project.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills and be capable of managing multiple project streams in parallel.
• The position demands related professional management experience and a proven track record of planning and executing successful projects.
• Proven experience of project managing the infrastructure element of mission critical applications that have complex infrastructure requirement.
• Ability to understand key project inter-dependencies of business requirements, application deliverables and the underlying base infrastructure.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to interact across all levels of organization.
• Degree in IT or equivalent with a minimum of 4 years experience in managing medium size projects.

Experience: 7+ Yrs

Candidate preference: Any nationality, but should be in Singapore for F2F interview.

Contract: 1 year/ extendable

If this interests you, Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com to initiate the process.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Friday, November 19, 2010

“Senior SAS Consultant – Business Analytics & Data Mining” Permanent role based in Singapore

Job Function:
The Senior Consultant demonstrates in-depth practical and theoretical knowledge to deliver consulting/software services by defining project outcomes, organising their own work and the work of others. The role requires a working knowledge of a variety of technical processes as well as the ability to evaluate and modify approaches to meet requirements. Mentors and coaches colleagues. The candidate must be proficient in using SAS Enterprise Miner to build statistical models and analytical reports.

Job Requirements:
• Degree in Statistics/IT or equivalent technical studies/work experience or Master's degree in a quantitative field or related field with knowledge of data mining techniques
• 8-10 years of experience with at least last 4-5 years in the field of Business Analytics
• Sound knowledge in the model lifecycle management, statistics and data modeling techniques
• Data mining experience using Enterprise Miner and/or SPSS Clementine
• Forecasting experience using SAS ETS, SAS Forecast Studio or Equivalent Software
• Certification in SAS STATS is added plus
• Ability to performs the business analysis and able to build the mining models independently
• Ability to build analytical reports from the model results and interprets the statistical terms.
• Project management experience will be an added plus
• Ability to communicate with people with various technical backgrounds, think analytically, write and edit technical material, and relate statistical concepts and applications to statistical and non-statistical SAS users.
• Experienced in any three of the below listed models
o Churn prediction models with profiling
o Market basket model
o Cross-sell/up-sell model
o Segmentation models
o Application and behavioural scoring
• Industry Experience around Banking, Telecommunications etc.
• Subject Matter / Domain Knowledge around Customer Analytics / Fraud Management /
• Able to build ABT (Analytical base table) for the model undertaken
• Expert knowledge on usage of SAS Enterprise Miner
• Knowledge in SAS programming, advanced macros, stored process and SAS STATS/GRAPHS etc. are added plus.

This is a remarkable opportunities with superior challenges & career growth.

Overseas applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this interests you, Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com to initiate the process.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

“AVP Level - Senior Test Analyst (FX) - Manual Testing, SQL & Backend testing” – Permanent role based in Singapore with top tier Investment Bank.

Job Requirements:
• 6+ Years of experience of detailed manual functional testing & structured testing methodology
• Strong in SQL and backend testing experience
• Someone who can efficiently search UNIX logs, XML transactions, etc to find bugs or to help diagnose issues or potential issues
• Experience with e-commerce systems
• Experience gained in Foreign Exchange Cash & Options and/or Money Market

This is a remarkable opportunities with superior challenges & career growth.

Overseas applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this interests you, Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com to initiate the process.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Perm Jobs: Manual & Automation Testers with Charles River OMS / Fidessa with FIX Protocol experience (4 to 8 yrs) for an Investment Bank - Singapore

Job Requirements: You should have 4+years of Manual or Automation testing (with strong expertise in QTP) with extensive knowledge in Charles River Order Management System or Fidessa.

For Manual Tester role:
Extensive knowledge in Charles River Order Management System
Worked on the CRD modules: Blotter, Auto Routing, Compliance Modules, FIX protocol.
• Exposure to Fixed Income and/or Equities
• Exposure to lifecycle of a trade – e2e
• Good SQL experience

For Automation Tester role:
• Good testers who would be working 50% on Manual testing and the remaining 50% on automation
• Strong expertise with automation tool: QTP
• Good SQL experience
• Exposure to Fixed Income and/or Equities
• Exposure to lifecycle of a trade – e2e
• Charles River or Fidessa experience (Not mandatory, but would be a advantage)

These are remarkable opportunities with superior challenges & career growth.

Overseas applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this interests you, Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com to initiate the process.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

“WebSphere Services Specialist” - 5 Contract positions available based in KL, Malaysia.

Key responsibilities:
• Installation and configuration of WebSphere Message Broker on Distributed platform
• Installation and configuration of WebSphere MQ on Distributed platform
• Installation and configuration of WebSphere DataPower
• Design & Development of Message flows and transformation logic in WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere Transformation Extender and WebSphere Datapower
• Migration of WebSphere products to the latest versions
• Integration of WebSphere Message Broker with WSRR
• Apply required fixes/fixpacks on WebSphere products and its pre-requisites products on different distributed environments
• Taking backups and restore of the environments
• Trouble shooting and maintenance
• Teach classes on WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Transformation Extender and WebSphere Datapower

Skills required:
• Development and Administration on WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere MQ; eSQL Programming; XSLT programming.
• Experience with WebSphere Transformation Extender, WebSphere DataPower, WSRR; WMB Certification; WMQ Certification.
• Minimum 4 years experience with WebSphere Message Broker Development
• Minimum 4 years experience with WebSphere MQ Programming
• Minimum 4 years experience with WMB eSQL programming
• Minimum 4 years experience with WebSphere Datapower XSLT Development


This is a remarkable opportunity with superior challenges & career growth.

Applicants based in Malaysia with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this interests you, Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com to initiate the process.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

“Hands-on Senior UNIX / LINUX System Engineer – Lead“ - Permanent role based in Singapore. Basic Salary upto SGD 100,000 + Bonus + Benefits.

In this all-round IT position you will touch on different aspects of IT. This role requires multi-tasking capabilities and a can-do mentality. For this role we are looking for a hands-on system engineer who has the ability to lead a small team. Experience with Linux and Market Data Technologies as well as experience in the Financial Service Industry are required to be successful in this role.

As the Senior Unix / Linux System Engineer you are able to make vital decisions in regards to the full IT operations. You thoroughly think through scenarios to stay ahead of critical issues and when they do occur you are able to act upon it.

Responsibilities
• Oversee all IT infrastructure, applications and projects
• Problem, Incident and Change management
• Be aware of any new technology that can prove to be a competitive advantage and constantly look for ways to improve any existing hardware/software/network configuration.
• Liaise with vendors to negotiate contracts and maintain vendor relations to ensure that our expectations are met.
• Troubleshoot all exchange related issues either directly with an exchange or broker
• Install new exchange connections while enhancing existing connections
• Work closely with the traders to ensure that their requirements are met
• Investigate alternative monitoring tools to have better control over the environment

Your technical profile
• 8-10 years of IT experience preferably in the Financial Services Industry
• Strong working knowledge of Unix/Linux/windows server and desktop environments
• Excellent understanding of WAN/LAN technologies (i.e. routing protocols, TCP, UDP and multicast traffic)
• Full understanding of infrastructure operations, software and design
• Understanding of and the ability to configure redundant mission critical enterprise class systems (100% uptime)
• Proven communications skills with both internal and external parties
• Good understanding of the FIX protocol is a plus
• Good understanding environments like RMDS; Bloomberg, Reuters Dealing, etc. is a plus
• Proven history of working in a high pressure fast paced work environment (experience on a trading floor is a strong advantage)
• Understanding of server hardware and management utilities

Your personal profile
• Able to think “out of the box” and determine what is best for the organization’s technical needs.
• Enjoy being technically hands-on but able to step up and lead a small team.
• Self starter; highly organized, a motivator and achiever.
• Critical of himself and his environment.
• Able to manage self and others.

This is a remarkable opportunity with superior challenges & career growth.

Applicants based in Singapore with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this interests you, Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com to initiate the process.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.