#@it

SIFMA, day two. What have I learned? The Grand Theft Auto network incorporates the Cisco Nexus 7000. Operational features preventing human error-like blinking port lights to guide cable swaps are key.

What does this have to do with SIFMA? We all know how incredibly intense the world of banking has become. Partly due to mounting competition, partly due to existing or planned regulatory compliance, a tad down to cost constraints, a big spadeful to do with mounting product complexity and market diversity and some (I hope at least a little) due to a contrite sense of obligation to the rest of the world to do a “better job” in the wake of the credit crisis. I hope.

So this bit of the Cisco briefing this morning was not news. Neither is the blissful state that application development and operations teams in financial services have been operating within. What do I mean by that? The business wants to deploy an app…well that will be 90 days for an existing app or five or six months for a new one. And as Doug Gourlay, who runs marketing for Cisco’s Data Center Solutions practice noted, the killer, underlying issue is how do you orchestrate mutli-admin collaboration across server deployment, app server configuration, database tuning, storage provisioning, security auditing, HVAC installation, cabling and the rest of the gubbins that goes into making an application happen!

Today also saw some good nuggets of information from both the speakers and exhibitors. We heard that the economy is going to hell in a hand basket – but Wall Street firms are continuing to invest in IT, particularly risk technology. At least according to an IBM and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) survey. The 500 or so Wall Street IT professionals and technology vendors who participated in the study noted that even though we’ve seen billion dollar write-downs and thousands of staff cuts, technology spending is the one area that will be spared from considerable cost-cutting.

Job Source: Career page @ Cinnober

Source Link: http://www.cinnober.com/open-positions

Cinnober develops solutions for trading, risk management and other financial services. The target groups consist mainly of international marketplaces, clearing agents, banks and brokerages in major financial centers such as Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London and New York.

We are 250 employees working at our offices in Stockholm and Umeå, drawn from 25 nationalities. Over the past three years, Cinnober has ranked among the top ten mid-sized companies in the Great Place to Work annual Swedish list.

Job Description

Are you passionate about technology and want the opportunity to develop in a world-class company with a global presence? We offer a qualified program that provides unique insight into the financial IT industry. You also get the opportunity to grow into a specialist role, both through extensive training and through undertaking specific assignments.

Cinnober’s trainee program is part of the Cinnober Academy and is a one-year course, with the aim of providing in-depth experience of the company's operations. The name cinCube comes from a play on the English pronunciation "see-in-cube" and the fact that the program is something of a "Cinnober Incubator". The program starts August 2014.

Job Requirements

Qualifying for the program requires a technical college/university degree and you should not have worked for more than two years after graduation. You should be performance-oriented, like problem solving and technical challenges. We work in cross-functional teams, so we want you to be a strong team player.

To apply, register your contacts in the form and attach a link to a video about yourself, no longer than 90 seconds (your application will not be considered complete unless you attach a video). You can do the video in Swedish or English. Answer the questions below in the video.

Why do you want to become a trainee at Cinnober?

Describe yourself as a person

Which one of our roles interest you the most; developer, tester, business analyst or project manager?

How Interesting it is to submit an English Video CV!!!

View Details and Apply Here: