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Job Title: IB IT - Investment Banking Division Application...
Job Location: NY: New York
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-09-17

Company Name: Credit Suisse
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Description: IB IT - Investment Banking Division Application Architect – 0801007095

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Description As one of the worlds leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Founded in 1856, Credit Suisse has a long tradition of meeting the complex financial needs of a wide range of clients, offering advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 40,000 people. Further information can be found atwww.credit-suisse.com. Cultural diversity is essential to our success. As such, we employ people from more than 100 countries. Credit Suisse empowers employees to work openly and respectfully with each other and with clients, ultimately striving to deliver superior results while offering initiatives and programs to assist employees achieve a healthy work-life balance. The investment banking division application architect works within the CTO organization representing IBD as part of the Enterprise Architecture Group. The primary focus of the role is the following: * Interface with the IBD department to strengthen, standardize and simplify the application landscape. * Utilize modelling to understand and fortify front to back processing. * Partner with R&D to enable adoption of emerging and transformational technologies * Undertake Technical Architecture/SWAT assignments in support of the SDLC * The application architect must co-ordinate and work in partnership with line architects to champion common approaches and standards, increasing development efficiency and enabling innovation. * The application architect is capable of acting as a lead designer for new developments and will also provide technical consultancy to development teams Responsibilities * Governance and QA of technical architectures for the architecturally significant projects * Perform consultancy assignments, including design/code reviews and SWAT assignments, as requested by IT Management. * Develop blueprints/patterns, in collaboration with Engineering groups best practice usage of technologies and products * Perform technology governance, as mandated by the SDLC, across the architecturally significant projects. This governance requires project reviews that ensure tha standard technologies and blueprints are used where appropriate * Work with the IT Product Line management teams to drive common approaches and establish synergies across the development organization * Assist the wider IT development community with advice and assistance on technical training, staff development and recruitment.

Qualifications

Required Skills: * At least 10 years IT industry experience, with a minimum of 5 years experience in investment software development, and a minimum of 2 years consulting experience. * Strong development and consulting skills are essential. * The successful candidate will spend the majority of his/her time working on technical architecture engagement with development teams, so a proven track record in consulting is vital. * He/she will also need experience of being parachuted in to consulting engagements, as technical SWAT engagements are likely to arise without prior warning, and require rapid engagement and resolution. * The successful candidate will need in-depth experience of using both ‘bleeding edge’ and mature technologies, and be able to demonstrate the appropriate decision making processes that adopt the appropriate choice for the business problem. * He/she will also need strong problem-solving skills, and have experience in the diagnosis and resolution of complex technical issues including: performance, code size, concurrency, code quality / maintainability, reusability, and portability. * Application architects need to be able to deal with any of the myriad technologies in use at Credit Suisse, so good knowledge of legacy, current, and emerging technologies is essential. * Practical development experience with one or more of the following development languages: * Java, C++, C#; * Experience in building systems using J2EE application servers or .NET platforms. * Practical knowledge of operating systems: Windows NT/2000/XP, Linux, Solaris. * Working knowledge of standard development tools such as Visual Studio .NET or Eclipse. * Knowledge of enterprise middleware technologies such as JMS, CORBA, MQSeries is a prerequisite. * Some experience of database design and implementation is also necessary (Oracle experience is required, Sybase would be a plus). * At least three years practical experience developing web service / SOA applications using J2EE and/or .NET. * Expertise in XML, XML Schema is required. * Experience of architecting/implementing object-oriented solutions utilising recognised design and architecture patterns. * The ability to read and understand UML models. Desired Skills: * Investment Banking experience * Knowledge of IBD systems and functions. * Knowledge of CRM, MIS reporting, IPO and M&A. processing * Practical experience of developing architectures and designs using Object-Oriented Modelling methodologies and tools (e.g., UML, Rational Rose) is desirable. Please note this position is available in London or in New York ---------------------------------- Credit Suisse is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category. To the extent permitted or required by applicable law, a candidate who is offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check and other background checks before the appointment is confirmed. Copyright - 2006 CREDIT SUISSE GROUP and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved

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