This international company are looking for an experienced software developer with extensive experience with a financial institution (retail bank, investment bank, etc) or software company. You will have at least 2 years at an investment bank / software company in the following areas: (in ascending order of preference)

· Stock Lending
· Repo
· Treasury
· Front Office
· Back Office

This is a role for someone with solid C++ and Java experience who will be able to absorb a complex business domain in a short time, working on an exciting new development project. The ideal candidate is a presentable, enthusiastic and self motivated developer, with a very strong and in-depth working knowledge of C++/Visual C++ and ideally Java, gained in a financial institution environment. You will have an interest and understanding of the workings of financial institutions, particularly in the Financing arena (Treasury) for Stock Loan and Repo.

Technical skills / experience:

Essential:

· Extensive C++ experience
· Experience with RDBMSs

Preferred:

· Proven Java experience
· Proven Visual C++ experience
· JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JNDI, JMS
· XML, XSD
· Global One experience
· Web Services
· HTML
· Weblogic, JBoss app servers
· Martini experience
· Oracle database
· Understanding of 3-tier architecture
· Understanding of messaging services (e.g. TIBCO RV, TIBCO EMS, IBM MQ)
· Unix (preferably Solaris or Red Hat Linux)


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Summary: Highly experienced Systems Security Engineer, London, £highly competitive.

This growing financial software house generates IP for its clients and this role will allow the information security to be assessed, improved and better monitored. The focus will be on ways to enhance protection for the Intellectual Property of the company and its clients in pragmatic and effective ways while considering the impact of any changes on those working with and generating new Intellectual Property.

The role will mainly centre on security related technologies administration, working with the existing Head of Information Security. The role will cover the following main areas:

· Security Administration (Log monitoring and management, IDS/IPS, Security metrics, Access Controls review including Firewall Rule base, ACLs, Web access)
· Identity and Access Management (Users and Permissions management)
· Perform regular vulnerability assessment and penetration Testing (system and internal apps (C Sharp, Perl))
· Participate in incident management and response to any security violation
· Technical Configuration Security Assessment (Cisco, Windows, Linux, SQL, C Sharp, Perl, Bash)
· Working with the systems team to design, implement and administer point solutions (Perimeter Security, DLP, NAC, End-point security, IDS/IPS, Identity and Access Management, Privileged Account Management)
· Regular systems and business change control management from security prospective - (Impact assessment, documentation and diagram updates for all changes)
· Participation in Forensics
· Continuing professional development to ensure currency of knowledge

With a strong academic background (at least a 2.1 Hons) from a good university, you will also have CEH, MCSE: Security, CCSP plus general Windows, Linux, SQL and Cisco administration, experience of security products, such as Symantec, CyberArk, Websense, RSA, Mcafee, Tripwire, Bluecoat, Trend, Sophos, Finjan etc; C #, Bash, Perl; working knowledge of incident management and forensics; experience of daily security administration, such as log reviews, alerts response, access control management; experience of network and application penetration testing using industry standard methodologies; and network, operating system and application security knowledge.

Since this is a specialist role suitable previous roles will probably include work within companies who need very careful protection of their Intellectual Property and core systems, such as pharmaceutical firms, specialist security consultancies, banks and possibly online commerce sites, although their web footprint is very small. A strong technical background and all round infrastructure skills are equally as important as the specific knowledge set. They are NOT looking for a specialist in web application security as this is not something they do.

Keywords: Networks, Operating Systems, Application Security, Windows, Linux, SQL, Cisco, Systems Security, Finance, London.

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Summary: Highly experienced Information Security Analyst for financial R&D house, £highly competitive, London.

This well established, growing company generates Intellectual Property on behalf of its clients, and this role will allow the information security to be assessed, improved and better monitored. The focus will be on ways to enhance protection for the Intellectual Property of the company and its clients in pragmatic and effective ways while considering the impact of any changes on those working with and generating new Intellectual Property.

The role will mainly centre on security related projects, working with the existing Head of Information Security. The role will cover the following main areas:

· Creating and maintaining information flow diagrams from a security prospective
· Identity and Access Management (Users and Rights management - non web)
· Access Control Management
· Conduct internal information security audits (systems and business)
· Regular systems and business change control management from security prospective - (Impact assessment, documentation and diagram update for all changes)
· Working with the systems team to design and implement point solutions (Perimeter Security, DLP, NAC, End-point security, IDS/IPS, Identity and Access Management, Privileged Account Management)
· Participation in Incident management and forensics
· Service provider security review
· Stay abreast of security trends and new technologies to satisfy specific security requirements
· Continuing professional development to ensure currency of knowledge

The role will involve working closely with the systems team that looks after the global infrastructure on 24x7 basis, so it is important for you to have the flexibility to respond to any security related incidents reported by systems team at any time.

With at least a 2.1 Hons degree from a good university you will have CISA, CISSP and be a member of suitable professional institution with the following essential skills:

· Ability and experience of analysing and mapping data flow
· Experience of researching, identifying and designing security solutions for specific security requirements, such as DLP, End-point security, Identity & Access Management, Perimeter security
· Experience of Access Control Management and Identity & Access Management
· Experience of change management including security assessment, documentation & Visio diagram update
· Experience of conducting internal information security audits
· Working knowledge of incident management and forensics
· Network, operating system and application security knowledge
· General Windows, Linux, SQL and Cisco administration


Since this is a specialist role suitable previous roles will probably include work within companies who need very careful protection of their Intellectual Property and core systems, such as pharmaceutical firms, specialist security consultancies, banks and possibly online commerce sites, although their web footprint is very small. A strong technical background and all round infrastructure skills are equally as important as the specific knowledge set. They are NOT looking for a specialist in web application security as this is not something they do.

Keywords: Information Security, Identity Management, Access Management, Configuration Security, London, Finance.

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We are looking for a Senior Developer to join a team working on leading edge financial valuation products for the alternative investment market. You will be involved in the full software development lifecycle, from design through to implementation, testing, release and maintenance. The role also includes development support of multiple development and production environments.

You will join an experienced and passionate team preparing to develop the next generation of products for a varied and familiar client base.

Education and Qualifications

Essential:
• Good degree in numerate discipline, preferably software engineering
• Creative problem-solving abilities

Preferred:
• Masters degree
• Exposure to financial concepts and mathematics

Commercial Experience
Essential:
• Substantial experience or equivalent in software development (full software development lifecycle)
• Proven commercial Java (v1.5 preferred); JSP experience
• Proven commercial C++, Object Orientation and Service Oriented Architecture experience
• SQL schema definition, relational database design and maintenance

Preferred:
• Experience of cluster/grid/parallel processing
• Hibernate, Maven, XML, SQL, GWT
• Experience of Agile/SCRUM

The ideal candidate will:
• Be an experienced software engineer keen to add experience in enterprise risk management and exotic derivatives valuation
• Be a team player, keen to learn, enthusiastic and creative about technology and the use of the latest tools and techniques

Key skills: Software, Java, C++, Financial, Derivatives, London.

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Summary: C# .Net, Java & C++ skills needed for financial software house, London, £very competitive + superb benefits.

This key role is within a new group of established and highly successful software house. This new group will be involved in developing and improving broker/exchange connectivity, latency measurement and reduction and back office integration, being part of a larger team responsible for many aspects of data and trading infrastructure. There will be an operational & on-call element to the role. However, you will join a newly formed team, working with a lively, highly intelligent & motivated group of individuals across several other groups, including quants, traders, infrastructure and development teams working on systems used to trade many millions of dollars daily.

Whilst a relevant background in the financial software industry is favourable, truly exceptional candidates will also be considered (for example, experience from suitable undergraduate projects/sandwich placements). Minimum requirement, whatever your experience, is to be a graduate of a top-tier university holding a computer-science based degree (2.1 or better) plus outstanding A level grades, and strong enterprise programming skills in C#, Java and C++. Any FIX protocol, middleware or SQL experience will be a real plus.

In addition you must be able to take on high level of responsibility for your work, have demonstrable strong communication skills, an eye for detail, and a creative yet pragmatic approach focused on delivering practical results for the business. This is an outstanding opportunity to work within the financial software industry with this well regarded company.

Keywords: C#, .Net, Java, C++, London, Finance, 1st, 2.1, PhD, MSc.

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Summary: 1st, 2.1 and A’s & B’s minimum at A level for Software Database Development, London, to £highly competitive superb benefits.

This growing R&D company specialises in leading edge algorithmic software development for finance. Small, high-quality development teams work closely with quant researchers, IT infrastructure, operations staff and business management to enhance the algorithmic trading platform and associated applications. These include tools for research, data management, simulation & back-testing, counterparty communication and monitoring.

They now seek an experienced Software Developer with significant database design and development experience. They build and maintain several large databases for comprehensive, yet complicated, datasets; well beyond average industry needs. This is primarily achieved with a combination of high-grade software skills and database cunning. They are interested in high-calibre software developers with proven experience of the software development cycle and top-notch software skills, who also have a strong background and/or interest in data modelling and theory, e.g. someone whose university data theory courses captured their imagination and shaped their career, or someone who knows, and is enthusiastic about the nitty-gritty of relational data theory and specifics of RDBMS use.

Essentially they seek a bright spark, someone who has direct, coal-face, experience with software development and its associated problem-solving, and who also delights in the process and everything technological. In this case, they need someone who has hands-on experience building, populating and optimising large datasets and databases, with an interest and enthusiasm in the whole process, from theory through to the fine detail of commercial application. Developers who have dealt with colossal non-financial datasets (e.g. large scientific projects etc; large dataset informational services.)

With excellent academics, as above, in Computer Science or similar, you must have extensive ability to develop high quality software, good working knowledge of SQL. Understanding and experience of a database programming language (Transact-SQL, or maybe PL/SQL on Oracle) is essential – including an appreciation for its limitations and appropriate uses. Experience of C#/.Net; or at least some familiarity with C#/.Net and a background in Java or C++. Appreciation of good software architecture and core algorithms & data structures.

Keywords: 2.1, 1st, SQL, RDBMS, C#, .Net, C++, Java, London, Finance.

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Summary: C#, Web Development, Scripting & SQL skills needed for top software trading company, London, to £highly competitive + superb benefits.

This innovative, established financial software house seeks an enthusiastic, personable and pragmatic developer to join a group responsible for improving the operational efficiency of many aspects of the firm including the trading platforms. This will be achieved by analysing the current setup and developing applications to simplify the day-to-day running of these systems. These improvements will include writing applications to manage configuration, to simplify new rollouts and to extract business logic and management information from existing systems. The role will involve working closely with all areas of the business, particularly with other development groups.

You must be a highly innovative software who can take data from numerous sources and present it in an interface that can be used right across the business. You must also have good scripting skills and an excellent knowledge of SQL so that data held in various formats can be pulled together. You must also have a desire to challenge existing practices, if your proposals would improve the current method of working.

With at least a 2.1 Hons in Computer Science (plus at least A’s & B’s at A level) you must have proven ability to develop high quality software with Web programming and C# skills, excellent scripting skills (Python, Perl or similar), Relational Database skills (SQL Server ideally), and an appreciation of good software architecture, core algorithms and data structures.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join this highly innovative company at the leading edge of financial trading software.

Keywords: London, 2.1, 1st, PhD, C#, Web Development, Python, Perl, Scripting, SQL, Finance.

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Joining the Consulting Group of this international software company, you will provide strategic consulting services to some of their most important clients in industries including aerospace, finance, automotive, energy and biotechnology.

Qualifications

Required

· Good first degree from a top tier university
· Relevant PhD plus significant working experience in an engineering or research environment
· Expertise using MATLAB
· Desire and ability to think on your feet, learn new technologies and application areas, and work outside your comfort zone
· Extensive experience of software development, including two or more of the following technologies: C, C++, Java, .NET
· Strong verbal and written communication skills
· Flexibility to travel

Desirable

· Experience in data analysis, modelling and optimization
· Experience in image and video processing
· Knowledge of financial modelling and analysis
· Knowledge of grid computing technologies and/or implementation of distributed algorithms
· Experience of working with customers or suppliers

A great opportunity for an outstanding Software Engineer to work in a client facing / consulting role in application areas including software development, data analysis and visualisation, statistics image processing and financial modelling.

Key Skills: C, C++, Java, .Net, MATLAB.

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Summary: Business Analyst sought by progressive biotechnology company to forecast and model complex business problems.

Do you have high quality analytical capabilities to assess, model and evaluate financial business models and commercial opportunities.

Our client is an innovative biotech which develops antibodies for the scientific sector. Due to continuous growth, there is a requirement for a Business Analyst to liaise with department heads and BIO manager to maintain a good pipeline of projects; work with commercial statistician and IT, BD etc to gather, or find out how to gather data pertinent projects; develop scope of projects in order that they are manageable and have the best chance of providing useful information; agree timescales for projects and execute according to deadlines; use a variety of applications, including Excel to analyse data in order to find answers to the questions raised by stakeholders; and keep stakeholders informed of project findings and progress during the course of the project.

To be considered you will require a degree 2:1 or above from a good university in maths, engineering, econometrics or related discipline, and previously will have used a variety of advanced Excel (or other Business Analytics tool) to forecast and model complex business problems. Have experience of interfacing with accounts and finance teams. Have at least 2 years commercial experience and/or consultancy experience, preferably with some project management.

It would be considered highly advantageous to have SQL or other programming skills.

This is an outstanding opportunity to provide a comprehensive understanding to complex business problems in a dynamic, progressive company.

Keywords: Business Analyst, Advanced Excel, Cambridge, to £42k.

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An exciting opportunity in financial software development has arisen with our Cambridge based client.

This is an excellent opening for a bright C++/C# developer to gain valuable finance knowledge while continuing to increase their technical skills. Any knowledge of finance would be beneficial but is not essential.

The successful candidate will be involved in developing new projects mainly in C# and supporting existing projects in C++ and C#.

You should be experienced in object oriented design, and you'll need to have good communication skills, a proven ability to pick up complex ideas quickly and enjoy the mix of banking, software and mathematical challenges our clients face on a daily basis.

A very strong academic background is essential: 1st or 2.1 degree from highly regarded university in a numerate subject. Excellent A-level grades.

Strong C++/C#. Good knowledge of several of SQL, .NET, COM, ATL, MFC, XML, Web Services.

Our clients are seeking a technology enthusiast who is passionate and strives to do things the 'right way'. Only the best need apply!

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