Senior Java Developer

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Senior Java Developer for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in New York, NY.

The Market Risk Department encompasses technology to mitigate Market Risk through various global systems and processes. We are responsible for monitoring, measuring and communicating risks generated by the firm's business lines. Our mission critical platform processes over a billion positional and sensitivity records daily and uses thousands of CPU-cores to compute the risk. Our databases contain over a Peta Byte and our data velocity is measured in TB/hr. We are in the process of renovating much of our core infrastructure as part of a multi-year initiative.

FRTB Risk Engines within Market Risk Department interfaces with various systems and obtains valuation, Greeks and risk sensitivities along with trade attributes for trades across various asset classes. FRTB applications have many roles to play namely reference data management, ingestion of data, calculation of charge, tooling for analysis and reporting. The distributed processing platform is event-based and leverages big data technologies such as Spark and Greenplum.
The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience designing, building and integrating analytical systems in a multi-tier data-centric environment. The candidate will work in an agile squad to design and implement solutions following a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
We are looking for candidates with experience in Core java, Apache Spark, DB SQL, Application/server-side development.

Responsibilities:

• Work on developing new and enhancing existing Market Risk applications
• Be part of an Agile squad with members in Montreal, Budapest, India, London, and New York, following Agile principles and applying DevOps practices
• Be able to work with our business partners
• Shape the tooling and technology landscape of Risk Management, by introducing tools enabling better business processes required for meeting Firm's regulatory obligations

Required Skills:

• 5+ Years hands-on experience with Core-Java (server-side), Spring, RDBMS
• Experience with distributed data processing pipelines using Apache Spark, Python, and other tools and languages
• Strong object-oriented design and development skills, data-structures and algorithms, and design patterns
• A good understanding of how to build multi-threaded applications and hands-on experience with concurrency packages
• Excellent critical thinking & analytical ability
• Experience with distributed data processing pipelines using Spark, Hive, Python, and other tools and languages
• Experience with large-scale relational databases, strong SQL, Java, and Linux are essential.
• A culture of incorporating unit test cases when designing systems using Junit
• Strong experience with relational databases logical modelling
• Strength in querying large relational databases in an optimized manner
• Ability to write scripts in Shell/Perl/Python
• Agile Development Experience
• Strong collaboration and communication skills. The candidate will work in a global team where clear and concise communication skills are a must.
• Work independently following proper coding standards

Preferred Skills:

• Risk/Financial Systems development experience
• Automated testing
• Working knowledge of big data technologies such as Spark is a plus
• Having knowledge on distributed computing, handling of high volume of data, process optimization, reducing run time etc.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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