Application Development Manager-Trading Systems

We are currently looking for a highly motivated individual with demonstrated experience managing and leading software development efforts in a securities trading system environment. Major responsibilities include Manage software development efforts to the project plans and collaborate with the Project Management Office regarding project tracking and control.  Work together with various teams to assess and evaluate business requirements for the purposes of facilitating the translation into software.  Drive the project planning process to manage software deliverables. Manage staff adherence to the SDLC and Quality Assurance processes.  Manage software releases in accordance with established release management and work order work flows. Work closely with the software development management team to maintain the integrity of the trading system software architecture framework, the messaging infrastructure and the logical transaction domain structure and boundaries. Work closely with the Quality Assurance and Use Case development teams to effectively facilitate and manage the testing process. Leverage technical subject matter expertise as a key decision maker in: Tactical planning decisions Software design  Establishing Failure/Recovery paradigms Participate in the system performance analysis and tuning efforts. Provide level 3 production support. Participate as a member of Requirements Committee and Crisis Management Team.

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Qualifications Must have experience managing software development teams in a mission critical environment… preferably brokerage front ends and/or trading systems. Strong track record of delivering production quality software required.
 Must have full software development life cycle experience.  Excellent software design skills and knowledge of advanced data structures required. Strong knowledge of the logical business domain in Options, Equities or Future trading preferable. Must have excellent organizational and communication skills.  Must be able to work effectively in a team environment.  Functional knowledge of FIX, OPRA, CTA or UTP protocols a big plus. Solid knowledge of object oriented programming concepts a plus. xzbcwsv  Knowledge of communication protocols such as TCP, UDP and multicast a plus. Working understanding of the following tool sets a plus: WIKI, JIRA, git, Jenkins, Valgrind, CPPCheck, FishEye and CrucibleEducation and Experience 3+ years of experience in managing development teams  3+ years of demonstrated experience in delivering software solutions, preferably in a trading systems environment for Brokerage Firm, an Exchange  Minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT/Computer Science