The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is one of 12 regional reserve banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the nation's central bank. We're an equal opportunity employer committed to furthering the public interest by fostering a sound economy and a stable financial system. If you are looking for a challenging and interesting career with a solid foundation in the financial services industry, in the heart of Chicago's financial district, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is the place for you.


The purpose of this initiative is to decommission an existing file transport mechanism, in favor of an IP-based electronic access solution which provides for the delivery of large files and messages to external customers. Subsequent iterations of the product may include enhancements to support receipt of data from external customers.


The project will include the design and implementation of the following functional areas:


Routing / Administration:

  • Administration of customer data into a repository including routing/delivery data
  • Ability to receive data from and deliver data to transport protocol for distributed and mainframe systems
  • Determination of routing details based on information contained within received data and customer setup data in the solutions data repository


Data Parsing
  • Parsing of data received by the solution
  • Creation of formatted data subsets as determined by parsing of data received


Logging / Reporting
  • Logging of all delivery actions taken by the solution
  • Monitoring of data delivery activity for use by the operational support area to assist in reporting and troubleshooting efforts


Experience: ROLE EXPECTATIONS:
1. Assist with development and documentation of design documents - 10%
2. Coding / Implementation - 60%
3. Unit Testing - 20%
4. Knowledge Transfer - 10% (Includes working with business side in test
script development)

EXPERIENCE:

  • Strong Communication skills
  • Implementation of asynchronous messaging systems (MQ/JMS experience is a plus)
  • Strong knowledge / demonstrated experience with text processing concepts/skills especially in the context of large >2GB files
  • Knowledge / experience with XML handling and formatting of XML ( XSLT, XPATH, etc)
  • Strong familiarity with J2EE application programming model (WebSphere experience is a plus)
  • Strong working knowledge of SQL / Relational Databases (Oracle 9i or later experience is a plus)
  • Experience with WebServices technologies such as SOAP/WS*/REST is a plus
  • Experience with report/pdf generation APIs or tools is a plus


The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago values diverse experiences, styles, approaches, and ideas. By valuing diversity we can achieve our goals, serve our stakeholders, and become a higher-performing organization.



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