Laboratory Systems Administrator (LSA)

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Employer: Stevens Institute of Technology (Financial Systems Center)
Job title: Laboratory Systems Administrator (LSA)
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Compensation: Compensation is commensurate with qualifications experience

Job description:
The Hanlon Financial Systems Laboratory (HFSL) within the Stevens Financial Systems Center (FSC) is an essential component in the education process at the graduate and undergraduate level as well as research and corporate outreach at Stevens Institute of Technology. The HFS Lab Systems Administrator (LSA) will report directly to the Laboratory Supervisor and will work closely with laboratory technicians and IT personnel at Stevens Institute of Technology. When required, the LSA will also interface directly with personnel from across the financial industry—corporate and government.

Role & Responsibilities:

Scope of Responsibilities and Requirements includes a comprehensive understanding of the computer applications used to run the lab including financial applications, databases and networks. Financial software and applications refer to Bloomberg, Thompson Reuters, RealTick, etc. with a clear aptitude to learn new applications. Other software includes compilers for commonly used languages (C++ and Java) and higher order software such as SAS. Knowledge of operating systems is a must. The LSA is also responsible for coordinating other locally and remotely originated flows of information in the lab. This job requires experience with high reliability to avoid disruptions to classes, research and operations.

Job Description:

The LSA will provide laboratory computer information and application support for communications systems across the Lab which includes 35 seats with CPU’s and doubles terminals as well as off-campus operations. The candidate will be responsible for establishing communications, login permissions, data retention, and documentation of operations, security and disaster recovery for lab information systems. Ability to troubleshoot and resolve connectivity issues is required. 
The LSA is required to maintain efficient operations, functionality, minimize systems downtime, provide validation for new software versions or changes in hardware if necessary, maintain workstation setups and configuration support, 
maintain necessary documentation for auditing purposes, 
systems training, strive to utilize maximum system capabilities, 
maintain testing environment 
and collaborate with other data systems. There will be times when this position requires large blocks of time to fulfill business critical issues. Flexibility with this type of fluid schedule is required.

Education/Experience:

-Bachelors Degree or higher in Information Technology/Computer Science/Financial Engineering or related field

-Five years of relevant functional experience

-Required: Communication skills: ability to communicate well with teams, guests, and willing to share knowledge with co-workers and faculty; strong written and verbal communication skills is a must, with evident leadership skills, good organizational and planning skills are required.

-Desired: Demonstrated IT involvement in projects of similar scope (desired).

-Be able to identify opportunities to improve and take the initiative to get things accomplished and act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

Compensation is commensurate with qualifications experience.

To apply: Candidates to apply for this position please submit your resume:

1) Online: https://www2.apply2jobs.com/Stevens...tion=mInternal.showJob&RID=5532&CurrentPage=1

2) (and) Via email to: Elaine Chichizola, Administrator, echichi1@stevens.edu

Please do not call, if your qualifications align with the needs of the position we will contact you.

About the Stevens Financial Systems Center:

The Financial Systems Center (FSC) at Stevens Institute of Technology is a state-of-the-art financial research and teaching facility that supports programs at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. The first of its kind in the United States, the FSC will serve as a platform for financial systems research, and the development, testing and evaluation of software for financial networks and the investigation of cyber-security challenges in the financial domain. The Center was formed to apply systems thinking and related methods to analyze, understand, and characterize the behavior of the complex global financial system.View the article