POSITION TITLE:
Software Engineer (Database Development) - $45-55/hr


JOB DESCRIPTION – DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The qualified individual will be part of a team developing fixed income information and analytics products. The team is responsible for enabling the core infrastructure for fixed income reference data, used by internal and external content clients worldwide. Successful applicant will be responsible for the design, implementation, QA, documentation, production release, and ongoing support and maintenance of systems consisting of web applications, automated processes and databases.

Department takes data feeds into Sybase (Data Sculpt Select). The department helps determine whether trading partners are allowed to trade with due to new terrorist acts. The associate would be responsible for new feeds, enhancements and support (maintenance). The environment is UNIX, autosys and programming language is Perl. Manager prefers at least 2+ years experience overall. Skill sets ranked: 1)Perl 2)SQL 3) UNIX. XML is VERY nice to have. Autosys is nice to have as well but can be learned on the job. Other technical skills that are very useful: Web and application server experience. There will be about a 2 month training period. Hours: 9am to 6pm (40 hour work week)(1 hour unpaid lunch). O/T unlikely. Position should ultimately last about 1 year (extensions expected).








JOB SPECIFICATIONS – REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

· Demonstrated experience in all phases from design to release of production systems

· Strong analytic thinking skills.

· Familiarity with agile development techniques beneficial

· Related degrees: Bachelors degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience

· Required languages: 2+ years programming in C, C++ or Perl; SQL (any variant)

· Required products: 2+ years experience with UNIX or Linux variant

· Optional languages: XML(BIG plus!), HTML, Java, Python, Ruby

· Optional products: Sybase SQL Server(big plus), Apache, modperl, Mason, CGI, Autosys(good plus but is trainable), Bugzilla, Wiki, CVS





Thanks,



Mike Triana

Sr. Technical Recruiter

mtriana@focalpointcorp.com

O: (214) 691-9494 ext. 18
C: (972) 215-9597

F: (214) 368-9568