Our client in Downtown Chicago is currently looking for an IT Admin. The ideal IT Admin for this role must have experience with Blackberry maintenance and vendor management. He/she must understand technology. The IT Admin should be responsible for all vendor issues and resolution process. Excellent interpersonal sills and communication skills are a must for this role. This opportunity could start immediately.
This is an ongoing recruiting effort by Robert Half Technology<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal IT admin for this role should be able to troubleshoot, configure and set up Blackberry's. He/she should have past experience in Vendor management.

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At Arc, you'll work with a team of smart marketers and gain global marketing insights, as we share our capabilities across 37 offices in 31 countries. And talk about our marquis list of clients! We partner with Diageo, Disney, Kellogg, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Purina, Visa, Whirlpool, and the list goes on... We're also part of Paris-based Publicis Groupe, the world's fourth-largest marketing and communications company.



As a member of the Arc Worldwide team, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact on a wide array of marketing practice areas, share ideas with some of the best minds in the business, and meet creative and professional challenges. Are you ready?



*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A FREELANCE POSITION*

Purpose

The Quality Assurance Analysts (QA) is responsible for the development of test strategy documentation, the creation and execution of detailed software test scripts, and for owning the Quality Control process throughout the development lifecycle. Responsibilities include implementation and completion of assigned quality tasks, and ensuring the highest quality client-facing deliverables throughout the application lifecycle. The QA position reports directly to a Software Engineering Manager (SEM).



Essential Job Functions



Technical Skills and Experience

1. 2+ years of software quality assurance experience specializing in web-based applications.

2. Familiarity with the nuances of unit, system, regression, and user acceptance testing.

3. Ability to digest functional and technical requirements, and use these to create thorough test scripts in accordance with departmental templates.

4. Detailed execution of test scripts with attention to detail

5. Clear documentation of detected defects in the defect tracking system

6. Keen attention to detail, and the ability to catch the most subtle defects.

7. Ability to use systematic methods to research defects

8. Familiarity with automated performance, quality, and security testing tools is a plus

9. Familiarity with coding techniques that assist in testing such as basic SQL or NUnit / JUnit a plus







Execution

Follows the Arc World Wide development standards and guidelines.

Attends status meetings which may include all members of the project team, including project managers, user-centered design specialists, designers, QA analysts, systems architects, and hosting operations team to ensure all functional requirements of the assigned development task have been considered and can be implemented according to plan.

Embeds themselves in the requirements definition process

Ensures that quality assurance possibilities and realities are clearly communicated to project team.

Develops reusable, flexible, accurate, well-documented strategies and scripts for a broad user base.

Works with developers as necessary to resolve issues.





Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Able to provide high levels of customer service to internal team members, particularly Project Managers, proactively communicating status and issues.

Able to consider several alternatives, which may not be clearly defined, where problems are similar but not identical to past experiences, where information is incomplete and answers are typically sought outside of the work area. Able to effectively present rationale for identified solution.

Able to anticipate, assess and respond to quality problems, working with the appropriate resources to resolve them.

Able to maintain attention to details while also understanding the big picture as it relates to assigned QA tasks.



Able to improve knowledge of current Web-based technology, products and tools through self-study.

Able to foster attitudes, conditions, and environments that yield improved quality and quantity of individual and team performance.





Education and Experience

BS/BA in Media, Computer Science, HCI or MIS, or equivalent work experience

Typically requires 2+ years experience in full lifecycle application development capacity.

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A fast-paced and fun advertising agency located downtown Chicago currently seeks an experienced Web Developer that is interested in a contract to full time position. Web Developer will be responsible for the development of marketing collateral to include the design and development of HTML emails, standards compliant semantic layouts, design assets, and applying client side technologies as necessary. This is an ongoing recruiting effort by The Creative Group.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Web Developers must have experience with (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DomScripting, AJAX and Web Standards. The ability to meet strict deadlines as well as strong project management skills are essential.

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eConsultAmerica is a preferred vendor supplier on retainer with a major global supplier of health products with the oldest, best known and most respected health products in the world. Our client is seeking an experienced and savvy Principal Engineer who will lead and participate in all systems engineering activity for design maintenance and design enhancements on a medical device. This position will be based in St. Louis, MO. Full relocation Package will be offered. If you are interested please forward a brief cover-letter and your updated resume and I will respond back within one (1) business day. US Citizens or Green Card holders only apply. Contact InformationeConsultAmericaThe IDS Center80 South 8th Street, Suite #900Minneapolis, MN 55402888-902-3999 (Office)612-886-2368 (Cell) - EmaileConsultAmerica - Yahoo Instant Messenger - Skype Instant Messengerhttp://www.eConsultAmerica.com - WebsitePosition DetailsThe successful candidate will lead and participate in all systems engineering activity for design maintenance and design enhancements on a medical device. The chosen candidate will create, maintain and communicate a plan and schedule in Microsoft Project for completion of all technical tasks, including documentation, verification, and validation of requirements. Plan and lead the integration of sub-systems into a completed system that conforms to all subsystem and system level requirements. Maintain the system product requirements and technical requirements. Lead the design change control process for the product, maintaining meeting agendas and minutes and provide the voice of the technical team on the project core team. Lead root cause analysis and troubleshoot on complex system level product failures. Coordinate testing in support of certification to IEC 60601-1 and collateral standards during design verification and write system level design verification summary reports. Maintain and track all physical assets of program under appropriate levels of configuration management for design verification, clinical field activity and troubleshooting. Lead the creating of and maintenance of the system architecture, including all system diagrams, block diagrams for the system and the interface control document. Deploy critical parameter management where appropriate to ensure the system design is robust and capable. Create, maintain and update reliability block models and drive and document the execution of reliability testing. Maintain and communicate key information, including the key decisions list, the current technical issues list and the current technical product risk lists. Maintain and update DFMEA and risk analysis, currently in Excel, in response to design changes and drive updates appropriately. Maintain updates to the Design History File and index. Move requirements and tracing from current structure into Requisite Pro.BEST INDUSTRY - Bio-Tech, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical Department- Research & Development
Experience: MS in Electrical, Mechanical or Software engineering or a BS in one of these three areas along with a proven track record in medical product development is required. 5 - 10 years of IT experience.Medical device product development experience within a structured product development process, including systems engineering lead activity is essential in this role.Compensation80K - 125K

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Location is Chicago at our facility! As far as salary I am looking for someone with very in depth skills using Sharepoint/Moss 2007. I could use a Jr. Developer and a Sr. Developer. Salary ranges should fall between $60-100k.

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Web Developer - CSS HTML

My client located in the Loop is looking for a Web Developer where the ideal candidate has a strong command of markup languages (DHTML, XML), stylesheets (CSS, XSL/XSLT), JavaScript and cross-browser development techniques as well as development experience using ASP.NET (C#) and SQL Server. Candidates should be well-versed in code optimization, web design and architecture standards. Experience working in cross-functional teams and the use of source control is also highly desirable. They are looking for a creative, technically savvy, self-motivated, conceptual thinker with a broad understanding of front-end coding, object oriented programming and design, database design and structure, and information architecture for internet/intranet development.

TO APPLY for this position directly email a resume to Brad Scott at:
Experience: Development experience using CSS and semantic HTML markup as well as JavaScript required. Experience with T-SQL, ASP/VBscript, relational database design and data manipulation required. Experience with OOP/OOD required. Strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem analysis/resolution skills required. Knowledge of DHTML, PDF, Flash required. Developing, securing and utilizing Web Services (e.g. via SOAP).

TO APPLY for this position directly email a resume to Brad Scott at:

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Our client specializes in options trading and their primary businesses include acting as a market maker in listed options electronically on the U.S. options exchanges.

Responsibilities:

Work with development and infrastructure teams to ensure that their market data infrastructure is prepared for ever climbing data rates.
Implement testing strategy to quantify changes to the market data environment.
Data distribution support, to include resolving any Information System related problems with trading systems and data distribution.
Support of market data and internal feeds; includes working with developers of applications to troubleshoot and resolve issues as required.
Experience: Requirements:

3+ years of experience with real-time market data distribution systems, such as TIBCO, Reuters, or Wombat
Knowledge of financial industry, stock, or options trading preferred
A strong knowledge of UNIX environments (Solaris and Redhat)
Working experience with Perl and shell scripting
A thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking
Ability to deal with time critical and industry specific pressure
Good problem definition and problem resolution skills

Interested candidates can send their resumes to:

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eConsultAmerica is a preferred vendor supplier on retainer with a major global supplier of health products with the oldest, best known and most respected health products in the world. Our client is seeking an experienced and savvy Product Services Specialist. This position will be based in St. Louis, MO and will require up 10% travel. If you are interested please forward a brief cover-letter and your updated resume and I will respond back within one (1) business day. US Citizens or Green Card holders only apply. Contact InformationeConsultAmericaThe IDS Center80 South 8th Street, Suite #900Minneapolis, MN 55402888-902-3999 (Office)612-886-2368 (Cell) - EmaileConsultAmerica - Yahoo Instant Messenger - Skype Instant Messengerhttp://www.eConsultAmerica.com - WebsitePosition DetailsThe chosen candidate will be responsible for all technical and administrative service aspects of our Device Relationship Management (DRM) on the Cataract and Refractive products within the Global Product Support organization. Candidate provides technical support on new product development. Creates verification and validation process and documentation for new product development. Responsible for maintaining system configuration changes, programming and integrity of the Axeda software platform environment including field servers and agents. Develops and implements remote software upgrade standard operating procedures and execution plans. The technical source for connectivity solutions on our devices. Develops metrics and delivers measurement reports for operational planning and strategic development of DRM application in our surgical business. This position provides the technical knowledge for identification, adaptation and creation of Device Relationship Management (DRM) product offerings in support of the Smart Services Product Manager. Responsbilities Provides technical support for connectivity solutions and repair advice for field Service personnel on devices. Directly supports remote service capabilities of refractive, diagnostic and cataract/VR products and perform file download, data analysis and remote service solutions in synchronization with Service engineering and field service support to customers. Responsible for development of remote user skills to raise effectiveness and efficiencies of our support functions.Develops metrics and reporting tools for key Smart Services/TruLink parameters including, but not limited to, connectivity, usage, call reduction, call resolution, financial impacts and remote upgrades as examples. Reporting tools support includes internal and external customers. Provides management with performance trend analysis derived from metrics data on scheduled basis. Develops, configures and programs notifications, alarms and new features and enhancements for the Smart Services. Prepares technical improvement notification and enhancement functions and instructions to the user base, to include customer offerings. Provides technical information changes, policy and process improvements to the Global Training Team for inclusion in training courses. Interfaces with R&D and Engineering on new product development. Develops Smart Services verification and validation processes for new and enhanced product, both Cataract and Refractive. Schedules and executes verification and validation tests in support of product development and provides test data for project documentation.Responsible for daily operational structure, organization and resource assignments and responsibilities. This includes, but is not limited to Device creation, User group creation, administrative personnel training and error corrections.BEST INDUSTRY - Bio-Tech/Pharmaceuticals, Medical DeviceBEST DEPARTMENT - Engineering
Experience: Bachelor's degree- preferably in Engineering (Medical or Software) is required.2 years or more experience in medical devices or medical environment. Software development concepts / knowledge is mandatory in this role. Database administration concepts and report generation and data analysis is required. Special SkillsBackground in Medical Electronics or IT Technology (systems engineer), Business skills, communication and interpersonal skills with customers and field service personnel by phone, written correspondence and face to face. Specialized Training Axeda Interface / Builder, Office Tools, MS Project, XML Programming is required.Compensation54K - 82K

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For this contract-to-hire position, you will use your experience with SharePoint to participate in the design, development, customization, and integration efforts of enterprise solutions for the world's largest brand imaging solutions provider.
Experience: 3+ years related work experience
Experience with SharePoint development
Experience with configuration and implementation on enterprise initiatives
Experience with SharePoint Templates and SharePoint Security
Development experience with XML, SQL Server, and Visual Studio .Net
Knowledge of Active Directory authentication and group security as it applies to SharePoint
Knowledge of Portals, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms, and/or Business Intelligence
Knowledge of SharePoint (architectural design, web development, server installation, management, and troubleshooting with a focus on deploying and supporting enterprise SharePoint implementations)
Understanding of business workflows and capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and/or SharePoint Designer 2007
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Bachelors degree in a related field


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Job Posting

A high speed, highly successful derivatives trading firm is launching a new high frequency algorithmic stock trading business and we are looking for a few key players to make it great. Specifically interested in a highly analytical, highly creative architect and senior programming staff (C/Unix, 5-10 years experience) to build this business from the ground up.
The challenges are infinitely interesting and the opportunity is only bounded by what we can accomplish. This will be a great ride:

- Datasets are large (approx 1B messages per day)
- Framework must allow for real time analysis with almost no latency
- Framework must be able to simultaneously allow hundreds of real time strategies
- In an environment where milliseconds count, our system must actively manage thousands of simultaneous buy and sell orders
- Use the latest and greatest hardware and software to create the fastest trading system around

What we offer:
- A great opportunity to be one of the first employees and help build a business from the ground up
- Challenging and interesting technical problems that will allow you to flex your muscles on a daily basis
- Our firm trades its own capital and is already funded (with no external customers)
- We have a head start and can leverage existing infrastructure, risk management and trading expertise as needed
- Competitive salaries and great benefits
- interesting people and the occasional on site yoga class


Experience: Desired skills: .

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Our growing Client seeks a Director of Professional Services with proven success within the IT consulting industry implementing technology and security consulting services. Our Consulting Client stands alone in the depth and breadth of its service offerings. Their goal is to provide unmatched quality, performance, and reliability in security, technology, and application development solutions to medium and large size business customers. Client offers a quality Incentive Package including: BONUS potential, a competitive compensation package for health and dental insurance, vision, 401k, vacation and holiday pay, and other supplemental services including a flexible spending account and sales expense reimbursement.At this time ONLY candidates local to the Chicago region will be considered as there is no relocation assistance being offered with this position. This position requires travel only within the surrounding local markets.The candidate will be responsible for the recruiting, management and career development of the consulting staff, for ensuring quality services delivery in all consulting engagements, and for revenue growth of new services and business opportunities in the Midwest region.This will include meeting professional services revenue and profit goals while working with management on the regional P&L, as well as providing support, both tactical and strategic, in achieving regional product sales goals.The candidate will be responsible for recruiting and supporting the consulting organization at the regional level, including engineers/account management, prioritization, and forecasting.The candidate will manage consulting resources, aide sales in the creation of and technical details of client proposals, and work with sales to ensure services are sold properly.The candidate will coordinate with sales management, develop and maintain relationships with channel partners, and provide engagement management to ensure customer satisfaction. The ability to interact and manage highly technical engineers is a requirement for this position. The position requires a person with a strong technical background and the ability to learn new technology quickly and independently. Responsibilities/Requirements:? 5-10 years of consulting and consulting management experience at the regional level.? 3-5 years experience managing all aspects of a services business including P&L management experience.? Prior experience in systems integration consulting or software/ hardware vendor services.? Demonstrated ability to grow and manage the technical personnel and processes associated with enterprise consulting engagements.? Effective oral, presentation, and written communication skills.? Demonstrated ability to effectively recruit, develop and retain project-based employees.? Demonstrated ability to develop, deploy and maintain career development and project delivery programs.? Must have the ability to work in a team environment with a positive disposition. ? Must be highly motivated and goal oriented. ? Must possess strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task; and thrive in a busy environment. ? Must be a high-energy, self-driven, performance-driven individual. This is an excellent opportunity offering a great potential for growth and personal achievement within a Growing Organization. WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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Are you passionate about technology? Are you self-motivated? Enjoy problem solving? Do you have a Consultative nature and able to quickly gain a User's confidence?Can you talk and work with anybody from "C-level" to the Assistant's Assistant?Are you intrigued with the investment industry, how it works and the technology used?Do you possess a strong urge to learn financial software applications and work among the best?Do people like you? Are you an outgoing "People-person"? If you answered "Yes" to all the above, then this opportunity may be just what you are looking for!!Our Client develops and markets Electronic Trading Software for some of the largest Trading firms in the world! They seek self-motivated, self-driven Professionals to learn their product line, assist Clients with implementation, upgrades and supportin addition to other technology related functions to support their Client base for a total satisfactory Client/User experience!Bring your Technology expertise, dedication (real dedication) drive and enthusiasm and you will be rewarded both Professionally and financially by our Client! Looking for a 9 to 5 job?Then keep looking because this is not for you. As a Technical Manager, you will be required to wear a pager since you will be the primary "Point-of-Contact" for certain Clients.Does the idea of being part of a team (almost to the point of a fraternity) interest you? Want to work with dedicated, helpful team members that want you and every team member to succeed?No Lone Wolf's wanted or need apply! Please! No self-indulgent personalities, ego-trippers or Island personalities!! If you can't play nice in the sandbox, this is definately not for you. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Work with customers to design electronic trading network in mixed LAN, WAN, wire and wireless environments* Assist customers with Installation, configuration and administration of Windows 2000/2003, XP, VISTA* Help customers with Windows migration to trading product platform* Setup and configure connectivity to various exchanges* Setup Servers for connectivity * Configure and install Cisco routers and switches, in a LAN and WAN environment for remote trader access* Configure TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WINS servers, and VPN concentrators complete with installation* Windows, Novell and Linux interoperation configuration for print and file sharing network services * Assist developers to improve Gateways design and increase customer stability and performance* Maintain technical contacts at the various exchanges to ensure customers trading software is optimized If you enjoy taking responsibility, can work great in a team environment, willing to share your knowledge as well as accept the knowledge of others then send your resume today! If you have experience supporting software products, network engineering or development experience with the aptitude, willingness and drive to succeed at becoming the best...our Client may have what you have been looking for... a CAREER!RequirementsNetwork UNIX Software Applications Personality! Personality!!
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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Job Posting

A high speed, highly successful derivatives trading firm is launching a new high frequency algorithmic stock trading business and we are looking for a few key players to make it great. Specifically interested in a highly analytical, highly creative architect and senior programming staff (C/Unix, 5-10 years experience) to build this business from the ground up.
The challenges are infinitely interesting and the opportunity is only bounded by what we can accomplish. This will be a great ride:

- Datasets are large (approx 1B messages per day)
- Framework must allow for real time analysis with almost no latency
- Framework must be able to simultaneously allow hundreds of real time strategies
- In an environment where milliseconds count, our system must actively manage thousands of simultaneous buy and sell orders
- Use the latest and greatest hardware and software to create the fastest trading system around

What we offer:
- A great opportunity to be one of the first employees and help build a business from the ground up
- Challenging and interesting technical problems that will allow you to flex your muscles on a daily basis
- Our firm trades its own capital and is already funded (with no external customers)
- We have a head start and can leverage existing infrastructure, risk management and trading expertise as needed
- Competitive salaries and great benefits
- interesting people and the occasional on site yoga class


Experience: Desired skills: .

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Are you passionate about technology? Are you self-motivated? Enjoy problem solving? Do you have a Consultative nature and able to quickly gain a User's confidence?Can you talk and work with anybody from "C-level" to the Assistant's Assistant?Are you intrigued with the investment industry, how it works and the technology used?Do you possess a strong urge to learn financial software applications and work among the best?Do people like you? Are you an outgoing "People-person"? If you answered "Yes" to all the above, then this opportunity may be just what you are looking for!!Our Client develops and markets Electronic Trading Software for some of the largest Trading firms in the world! They seek self-motivated, self-driven Professionals to learn their product line, assist Clients with implementation, upgrades and supportin addition to other technology related functions to support their Client base for a total satisfactory Client/User experience!Bring your Technology expertise, dedication (real dedication) drive and enthusiasm and you will be rewarded both Professionally and financially by our Client! Looking for a 9 to 5 job?Then keep looking because this is not for you. As a Technical Manager, you will be required to wear a pager since you will be the primary "Point-of-Contact" for certain Clients.Does the idea of being part of a team (almost to the point of a fraternity) interest you? Want to work with dedicated, helpful team members that want you and every team member to succeed?No Lone Wolf's wanted or need apply! Please! No self-indulgent personalities, ego-trippers or Island personalities!! If you can't play nice in the sandbox, this is definately not for you. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Work with customers to design electronic trading network in mixed LAN, WAN, wire and wireless environments* Assist customers with Installation, configuration and administration of Windows 2000/2003, XP, VISTA* Help customers with Windows migration to trading product platform* Setup and configure connectivity to various exchanges* Setup Servers for connectivity * Configure and install Cisco routers and switches, in a LAN and WAN environment for remote trader access* Configure TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WINS servers, and VPN concentrators complete with installation* Windows, Novell and Linux interoperation configuration for print and file sharing network services * Assist developers to improve Gateways design and increase customer stability and performance* Maintain technical contacts at the various exchanges to ensure customers trading software is optimized If you enjoy taking responsibility, can work great in a team environment, willing to share your knowledge as well as accept the knowledge of others then send your resume today! If you have experience supporting software products, network engineering or development experience with the aptitude, willingness and drive to succeed at becoming the best...our Client may have what you have been looking for... a CAREER!RequirementsNetwork UNIX Software Applications Personality! Personality!!
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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Large company in the near northwestern suburbs of Chicago is seeking an experienced Flex developer to work in the company's interactive department. This person will be working on multiple sites and must have at least 3+ years experience with Flex and Actionscript 3.0. Familiarity with custom component creation, AIR, the Away3D library and the PureMVC application framework are big bonuses. Potential to lead to full-time placement.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Ideal candidate must have 3+ years of strong Flex experience. Must also be experienced in Flash Actionscript 3.0.

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Our client in Downtown Chicago is currently looking for an IT Admin. The ideal IT Admin for this role must have experience with Blackberry maintenance and vendor management. He/she must understand technology. The IT Admin should be responsible for all vendor issues and resolution process. Excellent interpersonal sills and communication skills are a must for this role. This opportunity could start immediately.
This is an ongoing recruiting effort by Robert Half Technology<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal IT admin for this role should be able to troubleshoot, configure and set up Blackberry's. He/she should have past experience in Vendor management.

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Our growing Client seeks a Director of Professional Services with proven success within the IT consulting industry implementing technology and security consulting services. Our Consulting Client stands alone in the depth and breadth of its service offerings. Their goal is to provide unmatched quality, performance, and reliability in security, technology, and application development solutions to medium and large size business customers. Client offers a quality Incentive Package including: BONUS potential, a competitive compensation package for health and dental insurance, vision, 401k, vacation and holiday pay, and other supplemental services including a flexible spending account and sales expense reimbursement.At this time ONLY candidates local to the Chicago region will be considered as there is no relocation assistance being offered with this position. This position requires travel only within the surrounding local markets.The candidate will be responsible for the recruiting, management and career development of the consulting staff, for ensuring quality services delivery in all consulting engagements, and for revenue growth of new services and business opportunities in the Midwest region.This will include meeting professional services revenue and profit goals while working with management on the regional P&L, as well as providing support, both tactical and strategic, in achieving regional product sales goals.The candidate will be responsible for recruiting and supporting the consulting organization at the regional level, including engineers/account management, prioritization, and forecasting.The candidate will manage consulting resources, aide sales in the creation of and technical details of client proposals, and work with sales to ensure services are sold properly.The candidate will coordinate with sales management, develop and maintain relationships with channel partners, and provide engagement management to ensure customer satisfaction. The ability to interact and manage highly technical engineers is a requirement for this position. The position requires a person with a strong technical background and the ability to learn new technology quickly and independently. Responsibilities/Requirements:? 5-10 years of consulting and consulting management experience at the regional level.? 3-5 years experience managing all aspects of a services business including P&L management experience.? Prior experience in systems integration consulting or software/ hardware vendor services.? Demonstrated ability to grow and manage the technical personnel and processes associated with enterprise consulting engagements.? Effective oral, presentation, and written communication skills.? Demonstrated ability to effectively recruit, develop and retain project-based employees.? Demonstrated ability to develop, deploy and maintain career development and project delivery programs.? Must have the ability to work in a team environment with a positive disposition. ? Must be highly motivated and goal oriented. ? Must possess strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task; and thrive in a busy environment. ? Must be a high-energy, self-driven, performance-driven individual. This is an excellent opportunity offering a great potential for growth and personal achievement within a Growing Organization. WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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A fun fast-growing agency is seeking a Web Developer to grow with them! In this Web Developer role, you will serve as the technical production specialist for online and digital projects/applications. This will involve consulting with creative and account management teams on projects; providing input into design and technical specifications; and performing programming and system design as required. Troubleshooting and developing process efficiencies will also be involved. This is an ongoing recruiting effort by the Creative Group.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: This Web Developer role requires a Bachelor's degree; preferably in Information Systems. Web Developer must have 7+ years experience in an interactive/digital production as well as 5+ years experience working with the following technologies: HTML/CSS, DHTML, Javascript, ASP.net, Microsoft Sequal Servers and Flash. Some experience in Dreamweaver, Photoshop/ImageReady, Illustrator, Acrobat, Flash, and AfterAffects required. Must have an ability to understand and implement effective cross-platform/browser compatible digital solutions. A knowledge of Internet marketing technologies and interactive processes is essential. Agency experience a plus.

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A fast-paced and fun advertising agency located downtown Chicago currently seeks an experienced Web Developer that is interested in a contract to full time position. Web Developer will be responsible for the development of marketing collateral to include the design and development of HTML emails, standards compliant semantic layouts, design assets, and applying client side technologies as necessary. This is an ongoing recruiting effort by The Creative Group.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Web Developers must have experience with (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DomScripting, AJAX and Web Standards. The ability to meet strict deadlines as well as strong project management skills are essential.

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At Arc, you'll work with a team of smart marketers and gain global marketing insights, as we share our capabilities across 37 offices in 31 countries. And talk about our marquis list of clients! We partner with Diageo, Disney, Kellogg, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Purina, Visa, Whirlpool, and the list goes on... We're also part of Paris-based Publicis Groupe, the world's fourth-largest marketing and communications company.



As a member of the Arc Worldwide team, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact on a wide array of marketing practice areas, share ideas with some of the best minds in the business, and meet creative and professional challenges. Are you ready?



*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A FREELANCE POSITION*

Purpose

The Quality Assurance Analysts (QA) is responsible for the development of test strategy documentation, the creation and execution of detailed software test scripts, and for owning the Quality Control process throughout the development lifecycle. Responsibilities include implementation and completion of assigned quality tasks, and ensuring the highest quality client-facing deliverables throughout the application lifecycle. The QA position reports directly to a Software Engineering Manager (SEM).



Essential Job Functions



Technical Skills and Experience

1. 2+ years of software quality assurance experience specializing in web-based applications.

2. Familiarity with the nuances of unit, system, regression, and user acceptance testing.

3. Ability to digest functional and technical requirements, and use these to create thorough test scripts in accordance with departmental templates.

4. Detailed execution of test scripts with attention to detail

5. Clear documentation of detected defects in the defect tracking system

6. Keen attention to detail, and the ability to catch the most subtle defects.

7. Ability to use systematic methods to research defects

8. Familiarity with automated performance, quality, and security testing tools is a plus

9. Familiarity with coding techniques that assist in testing such as basic SQL or NUnit / JUnit a plus







Execution

Follows the Arc World Wide development standards and guidelines.

Attends status meetings which may include all members of the project team, including project managers, user-centered design specialists, designers, QA analysts, systems architects, and hosting operations team to ensure all functional requirements of the assigned development task have been considered and can be implemented according to plan.

Embeds themselves in the requirements definition process

Ensures that quality assurance possibilities and realities are clearly communicated to project team.

Develops reusable, flexible, accurate, well-documented strategies and scripts for a broad user base.

Works with developers as necessary to resolve issues.





Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Able to provide high levels of customer service to internal team members, particularly Project Managers, proactively communicating status and issues.

Able to consider several alternatives, which may not be clearly defined, where problems are similar but not identical to past experiences, where information is incomplete and answers are typically sought outside of the work area. Able to effectively present rationale for identified solution.

Able to anticipate, assess and respond to quality problems, working with the appropriate resources to resolve them.

Able to maintain attention to details while also understanding the big picture as it relates to assigned QA tasks.



Able to improve knowledge of current Web-based technology, products and tools through self-study.

Able to foster attitudes, conditions, and environments that yield improved quality and quantity of individual and team performance.





Education and Experience

BS/BA in Media, Computer Science, HCI or MIS, or equivalent work experience

Typically requires 2+ years experience in full lifecycle application development capacity.

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Our client specializes in options trading and their primary businesses include acting as a market maker in listed options electronically on the U.S. options exchanges.

Responsibilities:

Work with development and infrastructure teams to ensure that their market data infrastructure is prepared for ever climbing data rates.
Implement testing strategy to quantify changes to the market data environment.
Data distribution support, to include resolving any Information System related problems with trading systems and data distribution.
Support of market data and internal feeds; includes working with developers of applications to troubleshoot and resolve issues as required.
Experience: Requirements:

3+ years of experience with real-time market data distribution systems, such as TIBCO, Reuters, or Wombat
Knowledge of financial industry, stock, or options trading preferred
A strong knowledge of UNIX environments (Solaris and Redhat)
Working experience with Perl and shell scripting
A thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking
Ability to deal with time critical and industry specific pressure
Good problem definition and problem resolution skills

Interested candidates can send their resumes to:

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Location is Chicago at our facility! As far as salary I am looking for someone with very in depth skills using Sharepoint/Moss 2007. I could use a Jr. Developer and a Sr. Developer. Salary ranges should fall between $60-100k.

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Web Developer - CSS HTML

My client located in the Loop is looking for a Web Developer where the ideal candidate has a strong command of markup languages (DHTML, XML), stylesheets (CSS, XSL/XSLT), JavaScript and cross-browser development techniques as well as development experience using ASP.NET (C#) and SQL Server. Candidates should be well-versed in code optimization, web design and architecture standards. Experience working in cross-functional teams and the use of source control is also highly desirable. They are looking for a creative, technically savvy, self-motivated, conceptual thinker with a broad understanding of front-end coding, object oriented programming and design, database design and structure, and information architecture for internet/intranet development.

TO APPLY for this position directly email a resume to Brad Scott at:
Experience: Development experience using CSS and semantic HTML markup as well as JavaScript required. Experience with T-SQL, ASP/VBscript, relational database design and data manipulation required. Experience with OOP/OOD required. Strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem analysis/resolution skills required. Knowledge of DHTML, PDF, Flash required. Developing, securing and utilizing Web Services (e.g. via SOAP).

TO APPLY for this position directly email a resume to Brad Scott at:

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For this contract-to-hire position, you will use your experience with SharePoint to participate in the design, development, customization, and integration efforts of enterprise solutions for the world's largest brand imaging solutions provider.
Experience: 3+ years related work experience
Experience with SharePoint development
Experience with configuration and implementation on enterprise initiatives
Experience with SharePoint Templates and SharePoint Security
Development experience with XML, SQL Server, and Visual Studio .Net
Knowledge of Active Directory authentication and group security as it applies to SharePoint
Knowledge of Portals, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms, and/or Business Intelligence
Knowledge of SharePoint (architectural design, web development, server installation, management, and troubleshooting with a focus on deploying and supporting enterprise SharePoint implementations)
Understanding of business workflows and capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and/or SharePoint Designer 2007
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Bachelors degree in a related field


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A fast-paced and fun advertising agency located downtown Chicago currently seeks an experienced Web Developer that is interested in a contract to full time position. Web Developer will be responsible for the development of marketing collateral to include the design and development of HTML emails, standards compliant semantic layouts, design assets, and applying client side technologies as necessary. This is an ongoing recruiting effort by The Creative Group.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Web Developers must have experience with (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DomScripting, AJAX and Web Standards. The ability to meet strict deadlines as well as strong project management skills are essential.

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We are currently seeking to fill a TIBCO Systems Admin position for our client in Chicago, IL. We invite you to review the position requirements below and apply today if your skills match our need.

Overview:
The Systems Administration Specialist is responsible for the administration of the EAI COE TIBCO environment. They will also be responsible for working with the project team on Environment Migration and supporting development activities. All Systems Administration Specialists will cross train on all the ERP platforms and closely associated applications (bolt-on applications). Heavy interfacing with other IT Infrastructure teams such as server and database support.

Key Responsibilities:
- EAI COE TIBCO Software Administration.
- Work with Lead EAI Architect, Sr. Technical Architect and project-specific EAI Architects to understand key Enterprise Integration logical requirements
- Support core TIBCO software and Integration COE Common Services
- Communicate and report task-level status to the System Administration Team Lead
- EAI COE extractions and loads from other systems
- Knowledgeable on the implementation of the TIBCO communication environment
- Performance Monitoring and the administration of the Hawke monitoring tool
- Problem resolution during development, rollout and production support
- Utilizing Change Management to make changes
- Environment Migration Support
- Moving objects between environments within a EAI COE system
- EAI COE Technology liaison to other ERP teams, Enterprise Data Warehouse efforts, and BPT efforts overall.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the EAI COE TIBCO system and required bolt-on solutions.

Job Qualifications:
- Ability to work collaboratively across project teams
- Knowledgeable on clients IT policies and practices
- TIBCO knowledge required
- Any SAP interoperability experience a plus.
- UNIX (HP-UX) and scripting background is a PLUS
- Broad technical and IT knowledge
- Collaboration Skills/Partnering/Facilitation Skills
- Able to work directly with developers and end users under stressful situations
- Ability to work in matrixed environment.
- Ability to solve complex application problems through research and technical detective work.
- Ability to learn new technologies and processes quickly
- Ability to quickly adapt to changes in timelines and sequences
- Able to work off hours when required to perform maintenance activities as required

Minimum Job Requirements:
- College degree
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in IT
- Minimum of three years of TIBCO Active Enterprise Administration
- ERP SAP experience preferred
- Experience implementing EAI tools and processes
- Prior experience configuring TIBCO environments
- Experience managing TIBCO domains and projects
- Must be knowledgeable with the following: TIBCO Administrator 5.x or higher, EMS 4.3 or 4.4, BWWF 5.2 or (BWC), iProcess, Business Events (BAM solutions), Business Works (BW), Adapters (ADB and SAP), RV, RTView, General Interface (GI), Scripted Deployments, Past experience with TIBCO in High Availability environment with clustering, UNIX (HP-UX) and Scripting and Perl Experience PLUS, TIBCO Hawk monitoring

In addition to great career opportunities, Harvey Nash is proud to offer its valued contract professionals a number of benefits including health insurance and 401(k) matching. Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

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Are you passionate about technology? Are you self-motivated? Enjoy problem solving? Do you have a Consultative nature and able to quickly gain a User's confidence?Can you talk and work with anybody from "C-level" to the Assistant's Assistant?Are you intrigued with the investment industry, how it works and the technology used?Do you possess a strong urge to learn financial software applications and work among the best?Do people like you? Are you an outgoing "People-person"? If you answered "Yes" to all the above, then this opportunity may be just what you are looking for!!Our Client develops and markets Electronic Trading Software for some of the largest Trading firms in the world! They seek self-motivated, self-driven Professionals to learn their product line, assist Clients with implementation, upgrades and supportin addition to other technology related functions to support their Client base for a total satisfactory Client/User experience!Bring your Technology expertise, dedication (real dedication) drive and enthusiasm and you will be rewarded both Professionally and financially by our Client! Looking for a 9 to 5 job?Then keep looking because this is not for you. As a Technical Manager, you will be required to wear a pager since you will be the primary "Point-of-Contact" for certain Clients.Does the idea of being part of a team (almost to the point of a fraternity) interest you? Want to work with dedicated, helpful team members that want you and every team member to succeed?No Lone Wolf's wanted or need apply! Please! No self-indulgent personalities, ego-trippers or Island personalities!! If you can't play nice in the sandbox, this is definately not for you. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Work with customers to design electronic trading network in mixed LAN, WAN, wire and wireless environments* Assist customers with Installation, configuration and administration of Windows 2000/2003, XP, VISTA* Help customers with Windows migration to trading product platform* Setup and configure connectivity to various exchanges* Setup Servers for connectivity * Configure and install Cisco routers and switches, in a LAN and WAN environment for remote trader access* Configure TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WINS servers, and VPN concentrators complete with installation* Windows, Novell and Linux interoperation configuration for print and file sharing network services * Assist developers to improve Gateways design and increase customer stability and performance* Maintain technical contacts at the various exchanges to ensure customers trading software is optimized If you enjoy taking responsibility, can work great in a team environment, willing to share your knowledge as well as accept the knowledge of others then send your resume today! If you have experience supporting software products, network engineering or development experience with the aptitude, willingness and drive to succeed at becoming the best...our Client may have what you have been looking for... a CAREER!RequirementsNetwork UNIX Software Applications Personality! Personality!!
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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Large company in the near northwestern suburbs of Chicago is seeking an experienced Flex developer to work in the company's interactive department. This person will be working on multiple sites and must have at least 3+ years experience with Flex and Actionscript 3.0. Familiarity with custom component creation, AIR, the Away3D library and the PureMVC application framework are big bonuses. Potential to lead to full-time placement.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Ideal candidate must have 3+ years of strong Flex experience. Must also be experienced in Flash Actionscript 3.0.

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We are currently seeking to fill an SAP Project Manager position for our client in Chicago, IL. We invite you to review the position requirements below and apply today if your skills match our need.

Overview:
This role will work with the Enterprise Systems Infrastructure Program Manager to execute the full project management lifecycle for the Hardware, SAP BASIS, TIBCO and Security teams.

Skills Required:
The position requires an advanced skill level in the following competencies:
- Independently Facilitate discussions to define work breakdown structures, estimate work effort and resource load project plans utilizing Microsoft Project
- Independently facilitate discussions to resolve complicated cross-team issues
- Independently track progress on team activities and direct corrective action in the event that tasks fall behind schedule
- Independently measure progress and report results to project leadership
- Ability to build relationships with team members and project stakeholders
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Formal project management methodologies (People, Process, Information, and Technology) and the Project Management Lifecycle
- Ability to work within a fast-paced, high pressure project delivery team

The position requires an intermediate skill level in the following competencies:
- Utilizing Microsoft Office, Visio, Outlook and team collaboration applications
- Ability to interact with a formal Program Management Office

The position requires a basic skill level in the following competencies:
- Deliver projects utilizing SAP or equivalent ERP implementation methodologies
- Demonstrate SAP BASIS knowledge
- Demonstrate SAP Security knowledge
- Demonstrate TIBCO Systems Administration knowledge
- Demonstrate HP UNIX administration and EMC storage knowledge

Minimum Job Requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a Project Management Role that delivered successful IT projects across the entire Project Management Lifecycle (Initiation, Planning, Executing/Controlling, and Closure).
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- PMP Certification

In addition to great career opportunities, Harvey Nash is proud to offer its valued contract professionals a number of benefits including health insurance and 401(k) matching. Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

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Web Developer - CSS HTML

My client located in the Loop is looking for a Web Developer where the ideal candidate has a strong command of markup languages (DHTML, XML), stylesheets (CSS, XSL/XSLT), JavaScript and cross-browser development techniques as well as development experience using ASP.NET (C#) and SQL Server. Candidates should be well-versed in code optimization, web design and architecture standards. Experience working in cross-functional teams and the use of source control is also highly desirable. They are looking for a creative, technically savvy, self-motivated, conceptual thinker with a broad understanding of front-end coding, object oriented programming and design, database design and structure, and information architecture for internet/intranet development.

TO APPLY for this position directly email a resume to Brad Scott at:
Experience: Development experience using CSS and semantic HTML markup as well as JavaScript required. Experience with T-SQL, ASP/VBscript, relational database design and data manipulation required. Experience with OOP/OOD required. Strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem analysis/resolution skills required. Knowledge of DHTML, PDF, Flash required. Developing, securing and utilizing Web Services (e.g. via SOAP).

TO APPLY for this position directly email a resume to Brad Scott at:

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Our client in Downtown Chicago is currently looking for an IT Admin. The ideal IT Admin for this role must have experience with Blackberry maintenance and vendor management. He/she must understand technology. The IT Admin should be responsible for all vendor issues and resolution process. Excellent interpersonal sills and communication skills are a must for this role. This opportunity could start immediately.
This is an ongoing recruiting effort by Robert Half Technology<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal IT admin for this role should be able to troubleshoot, configure and set up Blackberry's. He/she should have past experience in Vendor management.

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Job Posting

A high speed, highly successful derivatives trading firm is launching a new high frequency algorithmic stock trading business and we are looking for a few key players to make it great. Specifically interested in a highly analytical, highly creative architect and senior programming staff (C/Unix, 5-10 years experience) to build this business from the ground up.
The challenges are infinitely interesting and the opportunity is only bounded by what we can accomplish. This will be a great ride:

- Datasets are large (approx 1B messages per day)
- Framework must allow for real time analysis with almost no latency
- Framework must be able to simultaneously allow hundreds of real time strategies
- In an environment where milliseconds count, our system must actively manage thousands of simultaneous buy and sell orders
- Use the latest and greatest hardware and software to create the fastest trading system around

What we offer:
- A great opportunity to be one of the first employees and help build a business from the ground up
- Challenging and interesting technical problems that will allow you to flex your muscles on a daily basis
- Our firm trades its own capital and is already funded (with no external customers)
- We have a head start and can leverage existing infrastructure, risk management and trading expertise as needed
- Competitive salaries and great benefits
- interesting people and the occasional on site yoga class


Experience: Desired skills: .

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For this contract-to-hire position, you will use your experience with SharePoint to participate in the design, development, customization, and integration efforts of enterprise solutions for the world's largest brand imaging solutions provider.
Experience: 3+ years related work experience
Experience with SharePoint development
Experience with configuration and implementation on enterprise initiatives
Experience with SharePoint Templates and SharePoint Security
Development experience with XML, SQL Server, and Visual Studio .Net
Knowledge of Active Directory authentication and group security as it applies to SharePoint
Knowledge of Portals, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms, and/or Business Intelligence
Knowledge of SharePoint (architectural design, web development, server installation, management, and troubleshooting with a focus on deploying and supporting enterprise SharePoint implementations)
Understanding of business workflows and capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and/or SharePoint Designer 2007
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Bachelors degree in a related field


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Our growing Client seeks a Director of Professional Services with proven success within the IT consulting industry implementing technology and security consulting services. Our Consulting Client stands alone in the depth and breadth of its service offerings. Their goal is to provide unmatched quality, performance, and reliability in security, technology, and application development solutions to medium and large size business customers. Client offers a quality Incentive Package including: BONUS potential, a competitive compensation package for health and dental insurance, vision, 401k, vacation and holiday pay, and other supplemental services including a flexible spending account and sales expense reimbursement.At this time ONLY candidates local to the Chicago region will be considered as there is no relocation assistance being offered with this position. This position requires travel only within the surrounding local markets.The candidate will be responsible for the recruiting, management and career development of the consulting staff, for ensuring quality services delivery in all consulting engagements, and for revenue growth of new services and business opportunities in the Midwest region.This will include meeting professional services revenue and profit goals while working with management on the regional P&L, as well as providing support, both tactical and strategic, in achieving regional product sales goals.The candidate will be responsible for recruiting and supporting the consulting organization at the regional level, including engineers/account management, prioritization, and forecasting.The candidate will manage consulting resources, aide sales in the creation of and technical details of client proposals, and work with sales to ensure services are sold properly.The candidate will coordinate with sales management, develop and maintain relationships with channel partners, and provide engagement management to ensure customer satisfaction. The ability to interact and manage highly technical engineers is a requirement for this position. The position requires a person with a strong technical background and the ability to learn new technology quickly and independently. Responsibilities/Requirements:? 5-10 years of consulting and consulting management experience at the regional level.? 3-5 years experience managing all aspects of a services business including P&L management experience.? Prior experience in systems integration consulting or software/ hardware vendor services.? Demonstrated ability to grow and manage the technical personnel and processes associated with enterprise consulting engagements.? Effective oral, presentation, and written communication skills.? Demonstrated ability to effectively recruit, develop and retain project-based employees.? Demonstrated ability to develop, deploy and maintain career development and project delivery programs.? Must have the ability to work in a team environment with a positive disposition. ? Must be highly motivated and goal oriented. ? Must possess strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task; and thrive in a busy environment. ? Must be a high-energy, self-driven, performance-driven individual. This is an excellent opportunity offering a great potential for growth and personal achievement within a Growing Organization. WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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Our client specializes in options trading and their primary businesses include acting as a market maker in listed options electronically on the U.S. options exchanges.

Responsibilities:

Work with development and infrastructure teams to ensure that their market data infrastructure is prepared for ever climbing data rates.
Implement testing strategy to quantify changes to the market data environment.
Data distribution support, to include resolving any Information System related problems with trading systems and data distribution.
Support of market data and internal feeds; includes working with developers of applications to troubleshoot and resolve issues as required.
Experience: Requirements:

3+ years of experience with real-time market data distribution systems, such as TIBCO, Reuters, or Wombat
Knowledge of financial industry, stock, or options trading preferred
A strong knowledge of UNIX environments (Solaris and Redhat)
Working experience with Perl and shell scripting
A thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking
Ability to deal with time critical and industry specific pressure
Good problem definition and problem resolution skills

Interested candidates can send their resumes to:

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At Arc, you'll work with a team of smart marketers and gain global marketing insights, as we share our capabilities across 37 offices in 31 countries. And talk about our marquis list of clients! We partner with Diageo, Disney, Kellogg, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Purina, Visa, Whirlpool, and the list goes on... We're also part of Paris-based Publicis Groupe, the world's fourth-largest marketing and communications company.



As a member of the Arc Worldwide team, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact on a wide array of marketing practice areas, share ideas with some of the best minds in the business, and meet creative and professional challenges. Are you ready?



*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A FREELANCE POSITION*

Purpose

The Quality Assurance Analysts (QA) is responsible for the development of test strategy documentation, the creation and execution of detailed software test scripts, and for owning the Quality Control process throughout the development lifecycle. Responsibilities include implementation and completion of assigned quality tasks, and ensuring the highest quality client-facing deliverables throughout the application lifecycle. The QA position reports directly to a Software Engineering Manager (SEM).



Essential Job Functions



Technical Skills and Experience

1. 2+ years of software quality assurance experience specializing in web-based applications.

2. Familiarity with the nuances of unit, system, regression, and user acceptance testing.

3. Ability to digest functional and technical requirements, and use these to create thorough test scripts in accordance with departmental templates.

4. Detailed execution of test scripts with attention to detail

5. Clear documentation of detected defects in the defect tracking system

6. Keen attention to detail, and the ability to catch the most subtle defects.

7. Ability to use systematic methods to research defects

8. Familiarity with automated performance, quality, and security testing tools is a plus

9. Familiarity with coding techniques that assist in testing such as basic SQL or NUnit / JUnit a plus







Execution

Follows the Arc World Wide development standards and guidelines.

Attends status meetings which may include all members of the project team, including project managers, user-centered design specialists, designers, QA analysts, systems architects, and hosting operations team to ensure all functional requirements of the assigned development task have been considered and can be implemented according to plan.

Embeds themselves in the requirements definition process

Ensures that quality assurance possibilities and realities are clearly communicated to project team.

Develops reusable, flexible, accurate, well-documented strategies and scripts for a broad user base.

Works with developers as necessary to resolve issues.





Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Able to provide high levels of customer service to internal team members, particularly Project Managers, proactively communicating status and issues.

Able to consider several alternatives, which may not be clearly defined, where problems are similar but not identical to past experiences, where information is incomplete and answers are typically sought outside of the work area. Able to effectively present rationale for identified solution.

Able to anticipate, assess and respond to quality problems, working with the appropriate resources to resolve them.

Able to maintain attention to details while also understanding the big picture as it relates to assigned QA tasks.



Able to improve knowledge of current Web-based technology, products and tools through self-study.

Able to foster attitudes, conditions, and environments that yield improved quality and quantity of individual and team performance.





Education and Experience

BS/BA in Media, Computer Science, HCI or MIS, or equivalent work experience

Typically requires 2+ years experience in full lifecycle application development capacity.

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Location is Chicago at our facility! As far as salary I am looking for someone with very in depth skills using Sharepoint/Moss 2007. I could use a Jr. Developer and a Sr. Developer. Salary ranges should fall between $60-100k.

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A fun fast-growing agency is seeking a Web Developer to grow with them! In this Web Developer role, you will serve as the technical production specialist for online and digital projects/applications. This will involve consulting with creative and account management teams on projects; providing input into design and technical specifications; and performing programming and system design as required. Troubleshooting and developing process efficiencies will also be involved. This is an ongoing recruiting effort by the Creative Group.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: This Web Developer role requires a Bachelor's degree; preferably in Information Systems. Web Developer must have 7+ years experience in an interactive/digital production as well as 5+ years experience working with the following technologies: HTML/CSS, DHTML, Javascript, ASP.net, Microsoft Sequal Servers and Flash. Some experience in Dreamweaver, Photoshop/ImageReady, Illustrator, Acrobat, Flash, and AfterAffects required. Must have an ability to understand and implement effective cross-platform/browser compatible digital solutions. A knowledge of Internet marketing technologies and interactive processes is essential. Agency experience a plus.

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We are currently seeking to fill a TIBCO Systems Admin position for our client in Chicago, IL. We invite you to review the position requirements below and apply today if your skills match our need.

Overview:
The Systems Administration Specialist is responsible for the administration of the EAI COE TIBCO environment. They will also be responsible for working with the project team on Environment Migration and supporting development activities. All Systems Administration Specialists will cross train on all the ERP platforms and closely associated applications (bolt-on applications). Heavy interfacing with other IT Infrastructure teams such as server and database support.

Key Responsibilities:
- EAI COE TIBCO Software Administration.
- Work with Lead EAI Architect, Sr. Technical Architect and project-specific EAI Architects to understand key Enterprise Integration logical requirements
- Support core TIBCO software and Integration COE Common Services
- Communicate and report task-level status to the System Administration Team Lead
- EAI COE extractions and loads from other systems
- Knowledgeable on the implementation of the TIBCO communication environment
- Performance Monitoring and the administration of the Hawke monitoring tool
- Problem resolution during development, rollout and production support
- Utilizing Change Management to make changes
- Environment Migration Support
- Moving objects between environments within a EAI COE system
- EAI COE Technology liaison to other ERP teams, Enterprise Data Warehouse efforts, and BPT efforts overall.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the EAI COE TIBCO system and required bolt-on solutions.

Job Qualifications:
- Ability to work collaboratively across project teams
- Knowledgeable on clients IT policies and practices
- TIBCO knowledge required
- Any SAP interoperability experience a plus.
- UNIX (HP-UX) and scripting background is a PLUS
- Broad technical and IT knowledge
- Collaboration Skills/Partnering/Facilitation Skills
- Able to work directly with developers and end users under stressful situations
- Ability to work in matrixed environment.
- Ability to solve complex application problems through research and technical detective work.
- Ability to learn new technologies and processes quickly
- Ability to quickly adapt to changes in timelines and sequences
- Able to work off hours when required to perform maintenance activities as required

Minimum Job Requirements:
- College degree
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in IT
- Minimum of three years of TIBCO Active Enterprise Administration
- ERP SAP experience preferred
- Experience implementing EAI tools and processes
- Prior experience configuring TIBCO environments
- Experience managing TIBCO domains and projects
- Must be knowledgeable with the following: TIBCO Administrator 5.x or higher, EMS 4.3 or 4.4, BWWF 5.2 or (BWC), iProcess, Business Events (BAM solutions), Business Works (BW), Adapters (ADB and SAP), RV, RTView, General Interface (GI), Scripted Deployments, Past experience with TIBCO in High Availability environment with clustering, UNIX (HP-UX) and Scripting and Perl Experience PLUS, TIBCO Hawk monitoring

In addition to great career opportunities, Harvey Nash is proud to offer its valued contract professionals a number of benefits including health insurance and 401(k) matching. Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

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Web Developer - CSS HTML

My client located in the Loop is looking for a Web Developer where the ideal candidate has a strong command of markup languages (DHTML, XML), stylesheets (CSS, XSL/XSLT), JavaScript and cross-browser development techniques as well as development experience using ASP.NET (C#) and SQL Server. Candidates should be well-versed in code optimization, web design and architecture standards. Experience working in cross-functional teams and the use of source control is also highly desirable. They are looking for a creative, technically savvy, self-motivated, conceptual thinker with a broad understanding of front-end coding, object oriented programming and design, database design and structure, and information architecture for internet/intranet development.

TO APPLY for this position directly email a resume to Brad Scott at:
Experience: Development experience using CSS and semantic HTML markup as well as JavaScript required. Experience with T-SQL, ASP/VBscript, relational database design and data manipulation required. Experience with OOP/OOD required. Strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem analysis/resolution skills required. Knowledge of DHTML, PDF, Flash required. Developing, securing and utilizing Web Services (e.g. via SOAP).

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Are you passionate about technology? Are you self-motivated? Enjoy problem solving? Do you have a Consultative nature and able to quickly gain a User's confidence?Can you talk and work with anybody from "C-level" to the Assistant's Assistant?Are you intrigued with the investment industry, how it works and the technology used?Do you possess a strong urge to learn financial software applications and work among the best?Do people like you? Are you an outgoing "People-person"? If you answered "Yes" to all the above, then this opportunity may be just what you are looking for!!Our Client develops and markets Electronic Trading Software for some of the largest Trading firms in the world! They seek self-motivated, self-driven Professionals to learn their product line, assist Clients with implementation, upgrades and supportin addition to other technology related functions to support their Client base for a total satisfactory Client/User experience!Bring your Technology expertise, dedication (real dedication) drive and enthusiasm and you will be rewarded both Professionally and financially by our Client! Looking for a 9 to 5 job?Then keep looking because this is not for you. As a Technical Manager, you will be required to wear a pager since you will be the primary "Point-of-Contact" for certain Clients.Does the idea of being part of a team (almost to the point of a fraternity) interest you? Want to work with dedicated, helpful team members that want you and every team member to succeed?No Lone Wolf's wanted or need apply! Please! No self-indulgent personalities, ego-trippers or Island personalities!! If you can't play nice in the sandbox, this is definately not for you. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Work with customers to design electronic trading network in mixed LAN, WAN, wire and wireless environments* Assist customers with Installation, configuration and administration of Windows 2000/2003, XP, VISTA* Help customers with Windows migration to trading product platform* Setup and configure connectivity to various exchanges* Setup Servers for connectivity * Configure and install Cisco routers and switches, in a LAN and WAN environment for remote trader access* Configure TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WINS servers, and VPN concentrators complete with installation* Windows, Novell and Linux interoperation configuration for print and file sharing network services * Assist developers to improve Gateways design and increase customer stability and performance* Maintain technical contacts at the various exchanges to ensure customers trading software is optimized If you enjoy taking responsibility, can work great in a team environment, willing to share your knowledge as well as accept the knowledge of others then send your resume today! If you have experience supporting software products, network engineering or development experience with the aptitude, willingness and drive to succeed at becoming the best...our Client may have what you have been looking for... a CAREER!RequirementsNetwork UNIX Software Applications Personality! Personality!!
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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For this contract-to-hire position, you will use your experience with SharePoint to participate in the design, development, customization, and integration efforts of enterprise solutions for the world's largest brand imaging solutions provider.
Experience: 3+ years related work experience
Experience with SharePoint development
Experience with configuration and implementation on enterprise initiatives
Experience with SharePoint Templates and SharePoint Security
Development experience with XML, SQL Server, and Visual Studio .Net
Knowledge of Active Directory authentication and group security as it applies to SharePoint
Knowledge of Portals, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms, and/or Business Intelligence
Knowledge of SharePoint (architectural design, web development, server installation, management, and troubleshooting with a focus on deploying and supporting enterprise SharePoint implementations)
Understanding of business workflows and capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and/or SharePoint Designer 2007
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Bachelors degree in a related field


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What does it mean to be the largest independent interactive agency in the world? Besides everything you’d expect – award-winning creative, genius marketing, technology prowess - it means people come to Sapient because they share an all-embracing desire to do things differently. To never feel like it’s an assembly line. To do groundbreaking work on a daily basis. That’s why Sapient Interactive is powered by some of the most original, ambitious interactive professionals you’re likely to meet. It’s an ideal environment for the entrepreneurially minded. Sound like you? Then we should probably talk.

Job Title:
Senior Associate Marketing Strategy and Analysis – Consumer and Industry Research

Job Summary:
The successful candidate will conduct internal and external research projects and interact with clients, leading to innovative and high quality experiences for our clients’ customers and stakeholders. This role will participate in all phases of research for the purposes of formulating strategy, discovering opportunities, defining requirements, and assessing designs. In addition, the role provides opportunities to work and partner directly with clients in an externally-facing delivery role.


Responsibilities:
Review and synthesize a large quantity of secondary materials into key findings appropriate for the client and account
Develop C-level (summary) and detailed Powerpoint presentations as well as storyboards reflecting research findings
Select appropriate quantitative methods for business objectives and project parameters
Communicate web and business analytics strategies
Create, structure, analyze and develop recommendations based on Excel financial data and models
Coordinate interactions with research vendors, moderators, and other key participants in the research process
Leverage available secondary research sources (e.g., Forrester, Jupiter, OneSource, eMarketer, Google, etc.) to determine market size, market trends, performance benchmarks, best practices, etc.
Organize research findings into matrixes or maps that highlight business opportunities

Experience Guidelines:
3-5 years of online industry experience
Detail orientated with the ability to prioritize and accomplish tasks in a timely fashion
Excellent communication skills
Knowledge of the latest qualitative research and analysis techniques
Marketing services industry experience, including research to inform interactive and multichannel marketing strategy
Strong analytical and process-oriented problem-solving skills
Ability to function successfully in a fast-paced, collaborative, highly-matrixed organization
Microsoft excel expertise with complex functions such as sorting and managing lists; organizing and analyzing data; creating reports, Pivot tables, functions, linking workbooks, writing macros, developing templates

Education:
Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or other advanced degree a plus

About Sapient
Sapient helps clients innovate their businesses in the areas of marketing, business operations, and technology. Leveraging a unique approach, breakthrough thinking, and disciplined execution, Sapient leads its industry in delivering the right business results on time and on budget. Sapient works with clients that are driven to make a difference, including BP, Essent Energie, Harrah's Entertainment, Hilton International, Janus, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Sony Electronics, the U.S. Marine Corps, and Verizon.
Founded in 1990, Sapient is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and operates across North America, Europe, and India. More information about Sapient can be found at .
Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation.
Sapient is an Equal Opportunity Employer

FREQUENT TRAVEL MAY BE REQUIRED

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role, which include hearing, speaking, typing, and occasionally moving and/or lifting up to 15 pounds.

Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation.

Keywords: Project Management, User Research, User Experience, Market Analysis, Marketing

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We are currently seeking to fill an SAP Project Manager position for our client in Chicago, IL. We invite you to review the position requirements below and apply today if your skills match our need.

Overview:
This role will work with the Enterprise Systems Infrastructure Program Manager to execute the full project management lifecycle for the Hardware, SAP BASIS, TIBCO and Security teams.

Skills Required:
The position requires an advanced skill level in the following competencies:
- Independently Facilitate discussions to define work breakdown structures, estimate work effort and resource load project plans utilizing Microsoft Project
- Independently facilitate discussions to resolve complicated cross-team issues
- Independently track progress on team activities and direct corrective action in the event that tasks fall behind schedule
- Independently measure progress and report results to project leadership
- Ability to build relationships with team members and project stakeholders
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Formal project management methodologies (People, Process, Information, and Technology) and the Project Management Lifecycle
- Ability to work within a fast-paced, high pressure project delivery team

The position requires an intermediate skill level in the following competencies:
- Utilizing Microsoft Office, Visio, Outlook and team collaboration applications
- Ability to interact with a formal Program Management Office

The position requires a basic skill level in the following competencies:
- Deliver projects utilizing SAP or equivalent ERP implementation methodologies
- Demonstrate SAP BASIS knowledge
- Demonstrate SAP Security knowledge
- Demonstrate TIBCO Systems Administration knowledge
- Demonstrate HP UNIX administration and EMC storage knowledge

Minimum Job Requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a Project Management Role that delivered successful IT projects across the entire Project Management Lifecycle (Initiation, Planning, Executing/Controlling, and Closure).
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- PMP Certification

In addition to great career opportunities, Harvey Nash is proud to offer its valued contract professionals a number of benefits including health insurance and 401(k) matching. Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

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Our client in Downtown Chicago is currently looking for an IT Admin. The ideal IT Admin, for this role, must have experience with Blackberry maintenance and vendor management. He/she must understand technology.The IT Admin should be responsible for all vendor issues and resolution process. Excellent interpersonal sills and communication skills are a must for this role. This opportunity could start immediately.
This is an ongoing recruiting effort by Robert Half Technology<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal IT admin for this role, should be able to troubleshoot, configure and set up Blackberry's. He/she should have past experience in Vendor management.

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