IT Contractor - UNIX, Java, XML, Sybase, Banking
London, United Kingdom
IT Contractor - UNIX, Java, XML, Sybase, Banking
London, United Kingdom
Systems Developer/Analyst Programmer.
A lot of experience writing data feeds in investment banks. Familiar with flat-file, MQ, J2EE. Some experience with derivatives and credit risk.
UNIX, Java, J2EE, JBoss, XML, XSLT, MQ, C++, UML, ERM, Korn shell, Sybase, AUTOSYS, Perl, HTML, javascript
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RUKN; Insurance industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Lead developer working on market risk VaR engine (historical simulation).
Technologies used: Java J2SE, JSPs, XML, HTML, Javascript, perl, Sybase, UNIX, LINUX, subversion, Eclipse.
Contract role.
(Arts and Crafts industry)
March 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Maintain the website for Sonya Leonard's Dichroic Glass Jewellery (http://www.glassandslverjewellery.co.uk)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
August 2003 — Present (5 years 2 months)
Maintain web site to provide on-line resources for readers of Tom Leonard's writing (http://www.tomleonard.co.uk)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Contract role. Credit risk development and support. Mostly on UNIX with scripting, Sybase and some Java. Used Tivoli Maestro scheduler and PVCS source control.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; 8604q.L; Investment Banking industry)
July 2004 — June 2006 (2 years)
Development with some support for the Reference Data team. Mostly on UNIX using Java, MQ, Sybase, scripting, XML. Some C++.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LEH; Investment Banking industry)
June 2001 — June 2004 (3 years 1 month)
Support and development role supporting the credit risk systems and users. Mostly on UNIX with C++, Java, scripting and Sybase. Used AUTOSYS scheduler.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2000 — June 2001 (7 months)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
November 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Graduate trainee position. Learned C++ , Sybase on UNIX
MSc (Part-time), Businesss Systems Analysis & Design, 2005 — 2008
Awarded Distinction. Studied amongst other things: HCI, UML, database design, knowledge management, and requirements gathering.
BSc, Physics, 1993 — 1997
After starting to learn German in 1995 (on top of regular studies), spent summer of 1996 working in Munich in order to improve that skill.
Member of British Computer Society (MBCS)