[Cs-jobs] Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC - Support Specialist

[Lindsey Clarkson]

Company:  Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC

 

Department: Research Systems Group / Information Technologies

 

Position: Support Specialist

 

Company Profile: 

 

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC ("GMO") was founded in 1977 as an
asset management firm.  Today GMO has approximately 160 billion dollars
in assets under management and has offices in Boston, San Francisco,
London, Singapore, Switzerland, and Sydney.  GMO has over 2,000 clients
in Pension Funds, Educational Endowments, Foundations, and International
Organizations.  GMO currently has over 400 employees and is looking for
an individual to be based in its Boston Office.

 

Department Profile:

 

The Research Systems Group provides development and support to various
Investment Divisions in all areas of the investment process, including
research, portfolio construction and optimization, pre and post trade
analytics, trading, middle and back office. 

 

Overview:

 

The Support Specialist would be responsible for critical live systems,
used daily by multiple business users. This person would work closely
with business users, developers and third parties to support various
production processes, automate certain tasks, monitor the health of live
systems and participate in application development as needed.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

 

*        Monitor daily production processes and database loaders.

*        Take Responsibility of a centralized job scheduler.

*        Build, enhance and schedule database loaders as needed.

*        Provide assistance to business users with database access and
application support.

*        Serve as first line of support for a set of applications
developed in Microsoft .NET.

*        Participate in development efforts as needed.

 

Mandatory requirements: 

 

*        Undergraduate degree in technology discipline.

*        Some application development experience using .NET, Java, C/C++
or Matlab.

*        Some knowledge or experience working with relational databases,
preferably Microsoft SQL Server.

 

 

 

Skills:

 

*        Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.

*        Knowledge of some scripting languages (Perl, VB Script, Java
Script, UNIX shell script).

 

Character:

 

*        Self-starter, able to work as part of a small team as well as
independently, with minimal supervision.

*        High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature.

*        Detail-oriented, able to prioritize work and effectively manage
multiple tasks.

*        Interest in Finance or Economics.

 

Apply to:          Lindsey Retelle

                        lindsey.retelle at gmo.com
<mailto:lindsey.retelle at gmo.com> 

                        40 Rowes Wharf

                        Boston, MA 02110

 

                        Please send resume and cover letter.

 

 
 
Lindsey Clarkson 
Financial Administrator
Boston University 
Department of Computer Science 
111 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
P: 617-353-8919
F: 617-353-6457
lclarkso at cs.bu.edu
www.cs.bu.edu <http://www.cs.bu.edu/>  
 
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