Friday, December 18, 2009

OppenheimerFunds - Senior Programmer

Title: Senior Programmer (FLEX/Java)
Skills: FLEX, Java/J2EE
Description: OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is one of the largest and most respected mutual fund managers in the United States. With more than 60 mutual funds and more than 6 million shareholder accounts, Oppenheimer has been serving the investment needs of financial advisors and their clients since 1960.

Based in Centennial, CO, the Applications & Architecture team within Oppenheimer*s Corporate Technology Group is currently hiring a senior level Programmer/Analyst with demonstrated development expertise in Enterprise Java and FLEX.

Position Responsibilities
* Provide system/project development and production support for a variety of applications and other initiatives in support of Systems Development:
* All aspects of the system development life cycle, with specific focus on application analysis, design, development, testing and deployment.
* All aspects of system support to include problem resolution, preventative enhancements, on-call responsibilities and upgrades.
* Interaction with other internal Delivery Teams, development teams, Quality Assurance, external vendors, business partners and management.

Required Skills
* Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with Adobe FLEX is required
* 3+ years of Java programming and design experience (J2EE, JDBC, JMS, etc)
* Strong Object Oriented Design background including Design Patterns and UML
* 3+ years of experience with Java application servers including significant debugging of deployment and operational issues, preferably WebLogic
* Proficient in SQL and RDBMs (Sybase, Oracle)
* Strong analysis skills, such as gathering user requirements, developing process maps and use cases
* Excellent interpersonal and written & oral communication skills
* Capable of working independently as well as an effective team member/leader
* Experience with different testing methods and understands strengths and weaknesses of each
* Ability to work within tight schedules and budgets
* Ability to mentor other colleagues
* Ability to be versatile in role and assist team in other disciplines, such as testing or analysis
* Can weigh pros and cons of various architectural decisions in light of project constraints

Preferred Skills
* Experience working with Spring frameworks
* Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with web frameworks such as JSF, Struts or Spring MVC
* Experience with SOA * Sonic ESB
* Proficient in UNIX
* 3+ years of experience with XML/XSL/XSLT
* Web Services, including hands-on work with SOAP and UDDI or RESTful
* Experience with iXP and Autosys
* Experience with PowerBuilder
* Solid understanding of system lifecycle methodologies including agile and waterfall
* Demonstrated leadership experience
* Significant system integration experience, such as using messaging services and middleware
* Has utilized various design and development tools, such as Ant, Eclipse or SVN
* Experience with testing tools such as FITness, Mercury QTP, Selenium or others
* Experience with unit testing or test driven development
* Previous experience with a financial services organization

OppenheimerFunds is a thriving organization which provides a positive work environment, professional challenges, competitive compensation, and work/life balance.

APPLY TO INSTRUCTIONS:
Please submit resumes to oppjobs@oppenheimerfunds.com