Senior Associate, Investment Data Engineering, Markit EDM at Arrowstreet Capital in Boston, Massachusetts

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Job Overview:The ideal candidate will have a mixture of analysis and development expertise within a financial environment using Markit EDM. ResponsibilitiesMaintenance, enhancement and support of existing functionality.Turning functional requirements into technical solutions.Adhering and enforcing development standards and best practices adopted by the development team.Analysis and data modeling.Maintaining effective internal client relationships.Delivering solutions on time and of a high quality.Design and document test plans for unit testing and integration testing.Optimize Markit EDM solutions for performance, throughput, troubleshooting and debugging.Engage with clients as well as developing directly from requirements.Challenge others, raise new ideas and standards.Develop solutions with Markit EDM and T-SQL.Essential Skills2+ years of experience working on Markit EDM v19 or higher including UI.Good knowledge of database technologies and architecture.Understand data modeling concepts and complex data relationships as it relates to business data and workflow.Experience working in an agile environment. Has a good understanding of and is an active contributor in team ceremonies.Experience translating business operating models to technical workflows.Desire to enhance technical skills and an appetite for best practice.Ability to manage client expectations and convey complex requirements in a clear and concise fashion.Ability to collaborate with other developers to identify conflicting or incomplete requirements.Knowledge of source control platform Git.Exposure to C# or Python.Experience with or knowledge of automated testing concepts and application.Work experience with source control and CI/CD tools.Ability to Positive approach coupled with a "can-do" attitude.Have the initiative, tenacity and commitment to see issue and problems through to resolution.Experience working with hybrid technology environments.Experience documenting processes and procedures.Good analytical and creative problem solving skills.Proven ability to plan workload(s) typically against a backlog of changing priorities.We maintain a friendly, team-oriented environment and place a high value on professionalism, attitude and initiative.PDN-98d298ad-443b-4e48-8c37-7dbd3a66159c