I Need a Sr. Visual Basic Application Developer,

Hi my name is Phillip Bue and I'm the Sr. Recruiting Manager with Ajilon Consulting. Ajilon is a global leader in managed services, consulting and specialized recruiting with nearly 500 offices in 17 territories throughout the world including North America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. The Chicago Ajilon Consulting provides solutions in the following specialty area: information technology, Ajilon is part of the Adecco Group - the largest human resource services company in the world.
Our Client in the Chicago loop is looking for a Sr. Visual Basic Application Developer!

Summary:
Maintains, integrates and develops applications to support the business objectives of a financial services company. The position also requires a deep knowledge of data management strategies. This would include using middleware or other technologies to support reporting and application integration efforts. Programming duties would include the modification and design of interfaces between applications as well as the creation of custom applications for the business when appropriate. Skills related to requirements analysis and full cycle project management and off the shelf product evaluation are important. Good communications skills and a strong knowledge of back office operations as they relate to the securities industry are also important. May lead and direct the work of others as well as gather project specifications and conduct project presentations to business users.
Duties & Responsibilities:
. Responsible for application development and systems integration in a Windows 2000/XP workstation / WIN2K/2K3 server environment using primarily Microsoft development tools.
. Responsible for database design and support for the applications support / development team in an MS SQL2000 environment. This includes helping to teach others the best practices related to data design and data management techniques.
. Responsible for daily maintenance and support of existing accounting, trading and research applications.
. Responsible for working to migrate existing systems to an MS SQL2000 backend for data access.
. Responsible for maintaining and creating system documentation as part of the project process.
Experience: Qualifications:
Required:
. 4-year degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
. Minimum 5 years experience with programming, database and systems design \ integration work.
. Strong knowledge of MS SQL2000, applications data access methods and stored procedures programming.
. Strong experience using Microsoft programming tools particularly Visual Basic.
. Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
. Proven ability to effectively work with team members and business users.
. Proven track record of project management.
. Previous financial industry experience
Preferred:
. Microsoft certification
. Experience programming with Lotus Notes.
. Experience with accounting system support, particularly Advent's AXYS product.
. Experience with trading system support, particularly Macgregor's trading system (MFTP).
. Experience working with application support in a CITRIX environment.
. Experience working on disaster recovery projects.
. Experience working with performance measurement systems such as Factset, Barra or Wilshire.
. Experience programming interfaces to data sources such as Bloomberg or ILX.
. Experience with MS SQL2000 Data Transformation Services and with Visual FoxPro.
Key Organizational Relationships:
This individual will interact with all levels of personnel within the organization, as well as individuals within the MIS department.
Upcoming Projects:
. Swift/Custodial Messaging
. Reconciliation
. CRM tool selection and integration
. Trading system enhancement and upgrade

Please send a word doc resume if you are interested, please feel free to forward this position to anyone you know that might be interested!
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