Professional Services Consultant – Dublin recruitment

The Company

PolarLake, a wholly owned subsidary of Bloomberg L.P, is a global leader in applying Semantic Web and Big Data Technologies to the Data challenges of the leading Financial Services firms in the world. PolarLake's Platform enables these firms to acquire, manage and distribute Financial and Reference Data with speed, agility and control never before seen with traditional approaches.

The Role

The successful candidate will work in a hands-on capacity on PolarLake client implementations, integrating and supporting our next generation Data Management product for tier 1 Financial Services organizations. This role may also require travel in Europe and North America, where necessary.

Required Skills

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent
- Database skills, including knowledge of extensive SQL experience, relational database schema design, DML, DDL, programmatic data access using JDBC within an Oracle 11g environment
- Knowledge of Data Mining and Modelling
- Knowledge of XML technologies i.e. XML, XML Schema (XQuery a plus)
- Knowledge of Internet protocols and applications
- Knowledge of distributed systems and integration technologies / approaches (JMS, MQ, J2EE)
- Knowledge of Financial Services Capital Markets a plus
- Knowledge of Vendor Pricing and Reference Data Feeds (Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC, SIX Telekurs, SP, Fitch, Moody's etc.) a plus
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Good oral communications and presentation skills
- Good written communication skills
- Professional manner

About Bloomberg L.P

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company¿s strength delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional® service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.