eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Algorithmics

• Location

  Germany-Hessen

• Compensation

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  06 Jan 2009

• eFC Ref no

  462705

Reporting to a Director within Global Professional Services, you will be involved in the implementation of Algorithmics risk management products within financial institutions.

The Company

Algorithmics is the world's leading provider of enterprise risk solutions. Financial organizations from around the world use Algorithmics' software, analytics and advisory services to help them make risk-aware business decisions, maximize shareholder value, and meet regulatory requirements. Supported by a global team of risk experts based in all major financial centers, Algorithmics offers proven, award-winning solutions for market, credit and operational risk, as well as collateral and capital management. Algorithmics is a member of the Fitch Group.

The Role

Reporting to the Manager of Integration Engineering Professional Services, you will be involved in the implementation of AlgoSuite solutions at various customer sites. You will work as part of a team, which includes members from Integration Engineering, Financial Engineering, Business Analysis, and Project Management.

Your responsibilities include:

• To implement AlgoSuite solutions within customer environments by performing activities such as AlgoSuite software installation and configuration, writing custom scripts/code, data interfacing and consulting with clients.

• To extract, manipulate and clean data from customer source systems in CSV and XML formats to load into Algo databases.

• To effectively troubleshoot errors, performance issues, and license problems encountered by customers during implementation.

• To maximize the available opportunities through attending relevant training and development courses and to pursue self-study to broaden Risk Management system knowledge.

• To interact with clients by email and/or phone and provide technical support on client sites.

• Other duties as assigned. Competencies and Skills

• Experience on Unix (Red Hat Linux, Sun Solaris and AIX preferred) systems; some Windows XP desirable

• Database experience with Oracle, Sybase or DB2

• Experience with data manipulation, transformation and cleansing using PERL, Unix Shell script languages and XSLT.

• Sound knowledge of Object Oriented Programming concepts and experience with languages such as C++ and Java.

• Strong organization and research skills, excellent analytical and time management skills. Algorithmics clients face complex challenges that require clear distillation, professional design, and timely implementation. Able to work under stress.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in German. Must be able to convey complex ideas to a variety of functional and technical audiences.

• Ability to multitask, take initiative and take ownership of problems.

• Experience with financial applications and trading systems is definite an asset. Education:

• University degree: Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent.

• Proven related work experience acquired in a computing services or Professional Services industry role.

• You must be willing and able to travel on client assignments, Monday through Friday.

• Algorithmics Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is Algorithmics’ policy to recruit and select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications, with emphasis on selecting the best-qualified person for the job. Algorithmics does not discriminate against applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable law.