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Java Risk Developer

CHICAGO-60606, IL, US
08/06/2020

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Required Skills

WebSphere MQ

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

2 to 5 Year(s)

Job Description

JAVA RISK DEVELOPER

A global financial institution is seeking an experienced Java Risk Developer who will be primarily responsible for the design, development and testing of Pricing and Risk applications.

The Java Risk Developer is an integral part of the development team and will work closely with Business Analysts, Risk Management and Quality Assurance professionals to implement end-to-end systems changes for Risk and Pricing initiatives.

The role requires knowledge of back-end server side technologies and a basic understanding of financial mathematics.

Someone with a quantitative background would also be successful in this role.

Ideal candidates will be highly motivated, a self-starter who works well in a collaborative environment.

Excellent communication skills are required as you will be interfacing with team members and on-going documentation will be required.

Responsibilities

Maintains a focus on solving the business problem through the use of applied technologies

Key contributor for implementing change to technology systems for large risk management and pricing projects

Understand the entire ecosphere of clearing systems – proactively identify dependencies and impacts of changes to other clearing systems with the Risk system and vice-versa

Hands on involvement with QA test plan reviews and UAT

Designs and develops programs and systems. Proactively identifies potential application problem areas and suggests solutions. Requires minimal supervision in the execution of these responsibilities

Evaluates software for performance (latency, throughput, SQL, heap utilization, scalability) and makes/recommends changes where appropriate

Plans and executes unit tests to ensure the developed code is free of functional defects

Collaborates with business analysts and QA analysts in the design and execution of business functional system and performance tests

Collaborates with systems operations in developing applicable scheduling and/or execution parameters

Provides critical production support, resolves production problems

Leads solution design and code reviews

Executes assigned project tasks according to the project plan and scheduled completion dates

Encourages, trains and directs less experienced personnel

Pursues continuing professional development by acquiring technical, application and industry knowledge

Research's and recommends technology solutions

Adheres to appropriate development standards within the SDLC and maintains a strong sense of developer discipline

Works with system operations personnel, database administration and systems software in the implementation of applications

Identifies root causes and develops solutions for program failures

Must maintain general and specific knowledge regarding functional activities of system technology

Communicates with business stakeholders, senior management and external vendors

Works on projects with changing priorities

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four year college or university with a major in computer science, finance, mathematics, physics or statistics

Master's degree in financial mathematics, financial engineering, MS Finance is preferred. These are not MBAs or PhD programs

5+ years of experience with server-side Java application development

2+ years of experience working at a financial institution (major bank, hedge fund, prop shop) in their financial markets technology departments is required

Additional Preferred Technologies: Spring (Core, Batch, Security, Integration), JMS, WebSphere MQ,

Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, Junit, Oracle

Strong knowledge of Java and object oriented system technologies

Excellent communication skills

Demonstrated ability to develop industry and technical knowledge

Strong communication and organization skills

Interacts effectively as a team player

Ability to analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations

Ability to write use cases and other application development documentation

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from peers, senior management and business stakeholders