Senior Systems Analyst, Market Data Service in Boston, MA

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You will be responsible for the current management and future strategy of our Market Data Services support and delivery. You will direct the Enterprise Technology's Market Data Services team in leading, identifying, architecting, and resolving technical problems, vendor management, and strategic infrastructure initiatives associated with our Market Data Services delivery.

Reports to: Manager of Market Data Services

Duties/Responsibilities

Engineer, install, configure, and maintain our Market Data environment
Document environments, migration plans, and installation procedures
Provide strategic technical management and support of the vendor network and servers associated with our Market Data Services infrastructure
Project management and direct oversight of the technical Market Data Service team
Planning, validation, implementation, and support of high impact, high company investment, mission critical projects in unstructured environments
Effectively manage internal client needs and expectations, ensuring issues are identified, resolved or escalated quickly and appropriately
Analyze and identify areas of improvement related to technologies that will lead to value added benefit to our Market Data Services infrastructure
Effectively manage the delivery and technical support activities associated with all Market Data Services. This includes the services of several key vendors such as Reuters, Bloomberg, Thompson, Factset, and others
Provide upgrade path recommendations for routers, servers, switches, and vendor provided circuits to improve service levels
Analyze problems, identify the cause of the problem, implement a timely solution, and develop a corrective action plan to eliminate recurrence
Share 24x7 on-call responsibilities

You must possess the following qualities:

Strong interpersonal, leadership, project planning, and teamwork skills
Directive yet collaborative leadership style
Excellent at setting goals and providing direction
Strong People, Project and Vendor Management skills on the Infrastructure side
Willingness to share technical and business knowledge with team members
Very strong customer service skills, demonstrated customer focus
Ability to manage multiple and diverse technology issues to resolution, with minimal supervision
Resourceful in identifying issues and being able to escalate appropriately
Big picture thinker with the ability to problem solve and make appropriate decisions
Self-motivator
High-level of self-discipline and conscientiousness needed to meet responsibilities
Strong ability to work independently with little supervision
Strategic in focus and maintains an enterprise view
Excellent presentation, verbal, and written skills
Ability to take significant responsibility for multiple components of a project, product, and environment
Ability to adjust to changing conditions

Employee Benefits

We will reimburse relocation expenses
Vacations - from two weeks to five weeks, based on length of service
11 paid holidays
2 paid floating holidays to be used in the summer time
125% Tuition Reimbursement with an A grade, 100% for a B or Pass (in a Pass/Fail course)
PPO Health Plan/Dental Plan/Short & Long term disability/Life Insurance
Up to 25% bonus
Retirement & Pension Plan: Profit sharing contribution of 15% on top of your yearly compensation (Base plus Bonus), Vested from day one
Personal Computing Reimbursement
Commuting Expense Program
Chartered Financial Analyst Program

All applications for this position are accepted via email.
Experience: Required Background/Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Business Management
7+ years hands-on experience in installing, configuring, implementing, maintaining, and supporting Market Data Service platforms
Direct experience managing Market Data Services architectures and technical relationships with vendors such as Reuters, Thompson, and Bloomberg
Strong working knowledge of Unix, market data service products, TCP/IP, routers, and network switches
Proven track record and ability to deliver in a global environment
Strong project management skills including formal status reports, project plans, and regular communications to the technology teams and business


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