Endur Sr. Developer

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSr. Endur Developer iSphere is searching for a Sr. Endur Developer in Houston, TX for a compelling Long-term opportunity, responsible for energy trading and risk management systems, market data information, and other systems and processes required to support natural gas trading. This role is for a Sr. Developer to work within a Commodities Trade Processing, Risk and PnL team – primarily developing solutions for the OpenLink Endur platform in JVS, Open Components and SQL. The areas of expertise must include physical and financial deals, scheduling, risk reporting, P&L, and market data for Natural Gas and Client commodities.
The candidate must be able to communicate effectively, advise all levels of business users, and solve complex business and technical problems.Essential Duties / Functions· Candidate must know about energy trading and risk management processes across front, middle, and back office functionalities, emphasizing Natural Gas and Client trading and logistics management.
· Candidate should understand natural gas and Client contracts in wholesale market, gas pricing, gas nominations & scheduling, gas transmission and distribution.
· Candidate must have good knowledge of the latest Endur product platform, its architecture, its key modules and its Data Model and should have minimum five years of working experience in Endur version 10 or upwards.
· Candidate must understand deal lifecycle and product configuration within Endur including but not limited to new Instrument building, deal screen configuration, new template creation, deal modelling, reference data setup, risk valuation, invoicing, settlements and reporting.
· Design and development of new reports, trade feed booking scripts, and downstream feeds
· Technical brainstorming on best approaches to tackle changes in the system
· L2/3 support for existing production software
· Consult with business analysts & subject matter experts to determine requirements and functional specifications
· Contribute ideas to the evolution of the system architecture
· Candidate must understand agile delivery methodology well and have experience working in a global team. The candidate must effectively manage assigned tasks, timelines, and progress reporting on the tasks.

Minimum education required of the position.
· Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems or equivalent experience.

Minimum experience required for the position.
· Minimum five years of experience as a developer and technical architect supporting commercial gas trading operations. Client experience is a plus.
· Experience supporting and working with commercial IT teams and consultants providing functional and technical expertise for commercial systems.
· Experience in trade operation infrastructure, interfaces, and ETRM front-to-back flow.
· Experience working with teams to drive and influence IT strategies by taking initiative, engaging business stakeholders and management, expressing ideas and challenging the status quo across management, businesses and functions.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position.
· Must be proficient in SQL, AVS, Java/.Net Open Components and have experience writing stored procedures in SQL Server.
· Experience in natural gas and Client with solid business acumen and detailed knowledge of gas supply and Client front-to-back processes and data flow
· Extensive functional knowledge in Openlink Endur, execution platform, and trade operation infrastructure
· Ability to quickly understand a complex Gas and Client value chain system architecture and matrix across the organizations and businesses and their interrelationships/dependenciesCompany DescriptioniSphere provides our potential consultants with direct access to top area clients and decision makers frequently resulting in a quicker interview and hiring process. For our selected candidates, our recruiters provide resume and career coaching, interview preparation, knowledge of local compensation trends, and try to get to know you as a person all while providing as clear and consistent communication with you as possible.

Many of our consulting roles offer the possibility to transition to staff assignments with our client companies for those candidates that are interested and can serve as an excellent chance to try an environment out before making a long-term career commitment to an organization.

iSphere offers several choices of major medical plans as well as the opportunity to participate in 401K and profit sharing plans.
Client access, flexibility, and support for your long-term goals; get more at iSphere
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About iSphere
Building on a foundation of individual care and commitment for over 20 years, iSphere continues to grow by setting the standard for better service to both our IT consultants and the clients we serve.

As Corporate and Government solution strategists and architects, iSphere provides innovative products, professional services, and staff to help private and public sector clients achieve their goals and transform their technology driven business models. Clients partner with us to deliver successful business-IT strategy, top technology systems and bright IT talent.

Partners to the energy and financial trading, healthcare, education, and government sectors, iSphere’s team of skilled consultants are experts at solving business and technology challenges with advanced IT solutions.

With an unflagging work ethic, a cohesive team, and a passion for innovative service and solutions, our clients know they can depend on iSphere.Company DescriptioniSphere provides our potential consultants with direct access to top area clients and decision makers frequently resulting in a quicker interview and hiring process. For our selected candidates, our recruiters provide resume and career coaching, interview preparation, knowledge of local compensation trends, and try to get to know you as a person all while providing as clear and consistent communication with you as possible.\r
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Many of our consulting roles offer the possibility to transition to staff assignments with our client companies for those candidates that are interested and can serve as an excellent chance to try an environment out before making a long-term career commitment to an organization.\r
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iSphere offers several choices of major medical plans as well as the opportunity to participate in 401K and profit sharing plans.\r
Client access, flexibility, and support for your long-term goals; get more at iSphere\r
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About iSphere\r
Building on a foundation of individual care and commitment for over 20 years, iSphere continues to grow by setting the standard for better service to both our IT consultants and the clients we serve.\r
\r
As Corporate and Government solution strategists and architects, iSphere provides innovative products, professional services, and staff to help private and public sector clients achieve their goals and transform their technology driven business models. Clients partner with us to deliver successful business-IT strategy, top technology systems and bright IT talent.\r
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Partners to the energy and financial trading, healthcare, education, and government sectors, iSphere’s team of skilled consultants are experts at solving business and technology challenges with advanced IT solutions.\r
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With an unflagging work ethic, a cohesive team, and a passion for innovative service and solutions, our clients know they can depend on iSphere.

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