Senior Developer - Commodity Trading - Houston TX

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109115BR

Job Title:

Senior Developer - Commodity Trading - Houston, TX

No. of Positions:

1

Job Description:

The Senior Developer and Technical Business Analyst - Commodity Trading is a part of the Shell Energy Competency Centre. This is a hybrid developer and business analyst role, which is responsible for delivering IT projects and enhancements for the Shell Trading & Supply eMarketplace applications.

The team is tasked with ownership of the eMarketplace suite of applications, which may include new development and software integration. EMarketplace is an in house developed application which provides real-time market connectivity, manual trade entry, and position management for Gas, Power, Crude, and Products. The scope of this team may include tasks from every part of the software development lifecycle, including software design, development, programming, configuration, testing, and deployment.

A key objective of this role is to continue to raise the quality and professionalism of of the eMarketplace work by planning, coordinating, scheduling and delivering product development and configuration, subsequent product releases, coordination of changes, mentoring of junior staff, and compliance to standards to deliver the business value intended.

This position has the following accountabilities:


Design and develop new functionality in the eMarketplace suite of applications.
Provide in-house development and support for custom Java J2EE application
Provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership in the commodity trading domain, bringing industry and trading best practices to evolve the Shell Trading & Supply Trade Capture systems landscape
Identify and document the business needs of stakeholders and help to determine feasible solutions to meet business needs or resolve business problems.
Assess and model processes, data flows, and technology to understand the current value and issues, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Understand and stay abreast of relevant architectures and technologies related to a business area. Research potential solutions and innovative ideas. Guide and manage interactions with technology vendors such as ICE, CME Direct, and Trading Technologies
Unit, system integration, and E2E process coding and testing for new enhancements, projects and performs or facilitates change management communication to the user community on future IT solution changes.
Understand and stay abreast of relevant architectures and technologies related to a business area. Research potential solutions and innovative ideas. Guide and manage interactions with technology vendors.
Work closely with stakeholders to build trust and understand their goals, motivations, constraints, risks, and operating environment.
Support longer-term business strategic goals through proposing improvements in value, cost, process, data, technology, functionality, and initiating high-level business requirements and feasibility studies to discover options and directions.


Auto req ID:

109115BR

Skillpool:

Information Technology

Country of Work Location:

United States

Company Description:

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with about 84,000 employees across more than 70 countries. We aim to meet the world’s growing need for more and cleaner energy solutions in ways that are economically, environmentally and socially responsible. We have expertise in exploration, production, refining and marketing of oil and natural gas, and the manufacturing and marketing of chemicals.

As a global energy company operating in a challenging world, we set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors. We are judged by how we act and how we live up to our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people. Our Business Principles are based on these. They promote trust, openness, teamwork and professionalism, as well as pride in what we do and how we conduct business.

Building on our core values, we aspire to sustain a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels respected and valued, from our employees to our customers and partners. A diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment are vital to our success, leading to greater innovation and better energy solutions.

Disclaimer:

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Work Location:

Houston - One Thousand Main

Requirements:


Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
Bachelor's degree.
Minimum of seven (7 ) years of programming and corporate IT experience.


Technical Skills:


Expert-level implementation skills with Java and J2EE.
Java Desktop Applications with Swing, TIBCO Messaging, JMS
Java Swing & web-start based thick Client development
Java Multi-Threading
Java Struts Framework & JSP development
SQL
Familiarity with Linux and UNIX scripting
Spring Framework: Strong implementation skills using core Spring Framework and its sub-projects like Spring JMS, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring RCP, Spring JIDE Integration, Spring Integration
Knowledge of Fix Protocol and Integration mapping with Fixml, Fix
Experience with development source code version control


Business Skills:


Experience with US commodity markets in a trading organization (Power, Natural Gas, Refined Products, Power, and Crude).
Understanding of Trade Capture APIs with ICE, CME exchanges
Experience in integrating trade capture systems with Openlink’s Endur application strongly desired.
Agile project experience.
Experience working in a global team of BAs/developers/engineers in the field of system analysis and applications software development and configuration.
Experience in Business Analysis techniques and tools.
Has a comprehensive understanding of technical process improvement, benefit and risk management, and software testing and of all testing events throughout the development lifecycle.


Competencies & Qualifications:


Candidate should be well versed in the technical aspects of the Commodity Trading, as well as the underlying business processes supported.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, rapidly changing environment
Understanding of systems engineering concepts and data/process analysis and modeling.
Ability to take a systematic and analytical approach to problem solving and pay close attention to detail.
Experience analyzing the alignment between business requirements and system capabilities.
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
Ability to communicate concisely and clearly.
Ability to describe technology in terms easily understood by business customers and set realistic customer expectations for the project outcome. Adjust customer expectations in accordance with changes in scope.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across business boundaries to deliver people, process, and technology solutions that improve business performance


City, State (if applicable):

Houston, TX

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