National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) is seeking highly talented, committed and creative individuals to fill the following position(s):
Job Title: Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
Job Type: Full time
Location: Lagos
Function:
• The CTO will be responsible for the design, development and maintenance of the
• Low-latency quoting and trading systems.
• The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is demonstrably able to manage a project from start to finish. Such a person will have an existing track record in technical leadership and ideally would have led an IT project or division.
• The selected candidate will be responsible for all activities associated with the management of the trading system and maintaining improving daily service delivery to all stakeholders.
Other functions include:
•Determining the technological f infrastructural needs of the company;
•Evaluating options available and recommending appropriate solutions;
•Ensuring compatibility of new systems with existing software and hardware;
•Procurement of new hardware, software, and peripherals
•Overseeing the acquisition, installation and configuration of workstations, operating systems, applications and client/server software;
•Testing, assisting and validating the seamless integration of third party systems necessary for stakeholders access to company's platform and services
•Providing support for MS Exchange, BlackBerry, and related E-Mail servers and infrastructure; and
•Maintaining the vendor relationship and following all issues to resolution.
Soft skill requirements:
•Excellent interpersonal and communication;
•Ability to quickly learn are a MUST;
•Self-starter able to work independently with little direction;
•Customer-focused with excellent social skins; and
•Strong willingness and ability to train others.
Qualifications:
•A background in computer science and possibly a masters degree;
•Experience with the development of large and complex client-server applications;
•Experience in building firewalls and other and general IT infrastructure set up;
•Experience with client/server and distributed computing;
•Software development experience in the trading, brokerage, or financial services industries;
•Understanding of transaction processing in this context is a big plus; and
•Knowledge of other communication hardware (conferencing etc).
How to Apply:
Qualified applicants are encouraged to send their resume to info@nasdng.com quoting reference number 003CTO