I had no idea that my Fortran IV classes at Seneca back in 1972, would lead to this dramatic job offer.
Who needs a bus license now, eh., Dave On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Ben Beardslee <b...@hrg.net> wrote: > David, > > > > I had come across your details this morning by way of kx.com. I am a > recruiter with the Hagan-Ricci Group, a 20 year old executive search firm > that works exclusively with the leading automated trading shops in the > industry. We have helped build many of the most prestigious teams in this > business. One of my top clients is a well-known high frequency trading > group in Chicago. They are in desperate need for someone with top-notch KDB > expertise, so I thought I should bring it to your attention. > > > > Please let me know if you, or anyone you know, would be interested in > learning more about the following opportunity: > > > > The Senior KDB Support Administrator will satisfy the Trading, Quantitative > and Quantitative Research teams' demand for new KDB functionality by writing > q scripts and applications and providing support of existing KDB > applications. Another major responsibility will the Data Cleaning of KDB > Time Series, development of sanity checks, filters and adaptive data > cleaning algorithms. Our KDB includes real-time and historical data used > across the entire firm and across a wide range of asset classes. > > The Senior KDB Support Administrator will develop functions that provide > access to KDB from various development platforms, including python and C++. > He/She will actively participate in troubleshooting day-to-day problems with > data quality and data flow. Other responsibilities will include managing > the KDB time series repository and associated q library, developing tools to > monitor the data acquisition integrity and the data quality and maintaining > Sun’s time series database and associated q libraries. > > The ideal candidate will have: > > -At least 3 years of experience with the KDB database > > -Proficiency in Q programming language (q-god level) > > -Knowledge of scripting language, preferably Perl and Python > > -SQL and data modeling skills > > -A strong background in financial markets, financial products and historical > market data. > > > > If you’re open to other opportunities in general, let me know. We’ve got a > lot going on and I’d be happy to discuss further. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben Beardslee > HRG / 914.273.6222 > > www.hrg.net > > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
