DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Designing, configuring, and production support of the SAP Sales & Distribution (SD) and Shipping module and integration with other SAP modules and third-party applications; (2) Supporting all phases of the project life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, support and optimization of solutions, documentation, and end-user training; (3) Leading and managing small to medium sized projects when applicable; (4) Providing subject matter expertise (SME), including gathering business requirements, analyzing needs against system functionality, designing and configuring system(s), writing technical specifications for FIREC objects (forms, interfaces, reports, enhancements, and conversions), testing, developing procedures and training materials, delivering end user training, and coordinating and supporting go-live(s); (5) Collaborating with business groups in identifying and executing automation initiatives and assuming a role in standardization and automation of reporting solutions from all relevant systems including obtaining a comprehensive understanding of all the complexities and integration of existing OLTP and OLAP environments, gathering business requirements, performing gap analyses, and designing and deploying "best practice" based solutions; (6) Identifying KPI-based metrics for various business functions and designing and assisting in the deployment of dashboards for the metrics; (7) Identifying and recommending new tools and procedures that will lead to improved performance; (8) Acting as the first line of support for end user configuration and enhancement requests; (9) When assuming a leadership role, creating/updating project plan, tasks, milestones, etc. using Microsoft Project Server tool; (10) Analyzing and correcting process and configuration problems as they occur in production systems; (11) Performing and leading unit testing and integration testing; (12) Conducting presentations to end user groups, clients, third party organizations, and business partners; (13) Designing enterprise level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements, interfaces, functions, and features.
Experience: STRONG/CURRENT responsibility for SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) and Shipping as an Analyst with a minimum of 2 full lifecycle implementations in the SD area and 1 full lifecycle implementation in the Shipping area, including release upgrades and new system or module configuration.At least one project with lead experience (i.e. team lead, or project lead, or project management).MUST come from a manufacturing industry with good working knowledge in any one of these SAP R/3 modules (Materials Management, Production Planning, Finance/Controlling).Must have excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.Coordinates a variety of tests (unit, string, integration, security, and performance) and participates in the change management process.Knowledge of appropriate change control procedures for moving new configurations or maintenance programs through the landscape.Willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed.Personality traits required: Works independently or within team under general supervision and able to influence decisions in IT based on technical expertise and guidance provided. Self motivated. Enjoys coaching and mentoring less experienced staff. Forward and out of the box thinking. Strong relationship building skills across technical and business teams.Pluses: Integration experience with SAP modules and SAP BW; SAP MM (Materials Management), SAP PP (Production Planning), SAP FI/CO (Finance/Controlling), SAP BW. ABAP programming. Spanish language literacy. Workflow design and implementation. Vendor relationship management. Experience in any of the SAP R/3 modules (Materials Management, Production Planning, Finance/Controlling) and SAP BW.

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WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'S Our Clients Information Technology Department is seeking a talented Communications Networking professional with strong technical and communications skills along with a vision for the future of enterprise, data, voice and video networking. Responsibilities: Designing networked processing and information technology systems in a VoIP environment (both wired and wireless) including deployment and operation of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems and flow analysis tools; Maintaining an awareness of evolving information technologies through professional publications, outside contacts, and ongoing professional development; Leading in the maintenance and integrity of data, executing data backup and recovery routines on a specified schedule or as requested and participating in the resolution of problems; Providing technical support to users by consulting, diagnosing and resolving problems on multiple software or hardware programs; Taking the lead in the installation and maintenance of networked processing components including servers, workstations, and software by participating in the configuration of systems and updates, analyzing system performance and resolving problems or making appropriate recommendations; Participating in long range planning of future enterprise, data, voice and video networking systems; Leading in the installation and maintenance of networked communication systems to link networked processing platforms with each other internally and externally by participating in the configuration of equipment and software and analyzing network traffic patterns and resolving problems; Taking the lead in the installation and maintenance of information technologies including, but not limited to, video, wireless communication, and telephony; Performing other related duties as required or assigned. MUST have NORTEL experience. Job RequirementsMinimum Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired; 5-7 years of work experience; MUST have NORTEL experience; Good communication skills; Good leadership and interpersonal skills; Excellent knowledge of computers and operating systems. Preferred Qualifications: A good understanding of TCP/IP protocol suite; Previous work experience with switching and routing protocols including BGP, OSPF and MPLS; Previous work experience with quality service across enterprise networks, VoIP and high availability networking environments; Previous work experience providing a secure networking environment (both wired and wireless), including deployment and operations of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems and flow analysis tools.
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Analyzing and understanding the structure of financial data used in analyzing stocks to include earnings data, price data, cash flow data, balance sheet data, income statement data, financial ratio data, SEC filing forms and data; etc.; (2) Creating database tables for tracking this data and making it available for reporting applications; (3) Database design including normalization of data, index design, sizing of database needs, as well as an understanding of the structure and relationships among the data elements to provide a balance of response time and resource efficiency; (4) Working with a diverse audience across multiple groups and audiences and providing excellent analysis and solutions to problems that arise.
Experience: MUST MUST MUST HAVE AN EXCELLENT DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT INDUSTRY to include analyzing stock earnings data, price data, cash flow data, balance sheet data, income statement data, financial ratio data, SEC filing forms data, etc.MUST HAVE VERY STRONG (ideally 5 years or more) database design with a very strong background in:Creating database tables and making it available for reporting applications.Database design including normalization of data, index design, sizing of database needs, as well as an understanding of the structure and relationships among the data elements to provide a balance of response time and resource efficiency.MUST be SMART, highly analytical, and able to find solutions to problems you encounter, and enjoy doing so.MUST be a self starter who enjoys working in a GROWING firm and industry that is FAST PACED, HIGH ENERGY, and COMPETITIVE.MUST be able to wear either hat needed (team mate, or lead role) while remaining hands on, depending on what hat the team needs you to wear.Pluses: Oracle RDBMS is highly preferred.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Analyzing existing and future product solutions, defining product solution strategy, creating roadmaps, and defining detailed requirements for product development; (2) Gathering business requirements from organizational leaders as well as market analysis data to create successful products; (3) Conducting presentations to a wide variety of audiences; (4) Evaluating buy versus build criteria; (5) Translating product requirements into functional and technical specifications; (6) Leading cross functional teams to deliver solutions; (7) Managing product development through the creation of requirements (business and technical) process workflows, user stories, reporting requirements, and test cases; (8) Collaborating with distinctly unique groups (Sales, Marketing, Technology/Product Development, etc.); (9) Design and development of functional specifications including user stories, process/workflow, error messages, interface specifications and test cases; (10) Communicating team accomplishments throughout the organization; (11) Working closely with testing and quality assurance in ensuring that developed software behavior matches the requirement specifications; (12) Project oversight ensuring project milestones and objectives are met, and expectations exceeded.
Experience: MUST HAVE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE.STRONG/CURRENT role of acting as a PRODUCT ANALYST FOR A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY or a BUSINESS ANALYST for a TECHNOLOGY COMPANY or DOT.COM.Must have strong/current skills writing functional specifications for a software solution.Must have strong/current ability to extract business requirements from management and market analysis to create remarkable products.Must have good problem solving and troubleshooting skills, combined with strong ability to lead others, even when direction may be ambiguous.Pluses: AGILE development methodology.Personality Profile:Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong track record of presentation to diverse audiences and executive management.

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Duties: You will play an important role in coordinating and developing solutions to fit business process and information challenges, interface with the user community and IT teams. Specifically you will identify business data and process improvement - translate IT initiatives into business benefits, plan and implement methods, resource commitments, SLA scope, definition, deliverables, and time lines. In addition, you will lead and execute plan, analyze current and future state, GAP software fit analysis business process analysis application technical architecture, design BA process software configuration customization reports, and build test CRP testing cycles data configuration report procedure development raining implementation.
Experience: Required: manufacturing/supply chain Oracle functional experience with business process mapping/engineering. Oracle process flow and application implementation.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Design, development, configuration, testing, and documenting application programming in this JAVA, J2EE, SQL, JMS, ANT, JBoss, UML, Agile, Spring, Hibernate, state of the art technology environment; (2) Troubleshooting through resolution of configuration and error issues that arise; (3) Playing a key and critical role in the refactoring of existing code, adding of new functionality, and planning/development of new products that are leading in the marketplace.
Experience: MUST, MUST, MUST have a bachelor's undergraduate degree. NO EXCEPTIONS.Must have VERY SOLID and CURRENT programming experience with HIGH AVAILABILITY Java frameworks including Hibernate, Spring, JUnit, Linux, Apache, Tomcat, J2EE (preferably JBoss), Java, SQL, JMS, Ant, Eclipse.Must have JMS distributed messaging system experience.Must have AGILE methodology experience including test driven development, refactoring, paired programming, continuous integration, automated acceptance testing, etc.Must have software installation and deployment patterns experience.Must have enterprise application integration technologies and patterns experience.MUST MUST MUST have excellent verbal and written communication skills.Pluses: REST. SOAP. SMPP. MMS. WAP. Spring MVC. XML. Swing. Rest. SOAP.

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Location Chicago, IL Virtual Office/Telecommute? [link removed] (Things you should know about Virtual Office) Virtual Work Not Available Shift First Business Unit Corporate Division Finance Program Whq Contracts & Pricing Occupation Title Contracts & Pricing Skills Management Title Contract & Pricing Admin Job Classification 5AADMM Job Type Management Experience Level Mid Level (5-15 years of experience) Exemption Status Management Union No Security Clearance Required? [link removed] (Security Clearance definitions) No Security Clearance Required Work Eligibility Required? Yes US Person Status Required? Yes Export Control Required? Yes Relocation Money Available? Yes Date Posted 09/22/2008 Closing Date [link removed] (Things you should know about closing dates) 11/21/2008 Position Description Manages the development and deployment of contract policy, processes, and tools, which support business unit contracts and pricing activities. Manages employees and multi-functional teams including mid-level managers who develop and deploy policies, processes and tools that enable the preparation of proposals, agreements and completed cost resource estimates and pricing. Interfaces with Government policy experts, Government Agencies and Industry Associations. Monitor and manage Boeing response to regulatory and legislative policy initiatives. Manages the policy and procedural issues that relate to the business unit interface (BCA, IDS, etc) through the Contract Acquisition Policy Team. Develop, monitor, and manage systems and tools to insure regulatory and statutory compliance such as: Non-Sales Agreement (NSA) Database; Truth in Negotiation Act (TINA) Bulletin Board; Estimating System; and the Clause Assessment Guide (CLAG) which sets the customary business framework when doing business with the federal government. Leads teams in the development of process improvements. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Manages, develops and motivates employees and mid-level managers. Major Tasks: Establishes partnerships and relationships with internal and external customers, stakeholders, peers, and direct reports. Builds strategic partnerships with external agencies and organizations to advance Boeing's position on key issues. Guides the development and implementation of policies, procedures and tools which will contribute to a culture of compliance. Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures to identify systemic issues that need to be addressed. Creates a culture of continuous improvement by communicating/deploying enterprise best practices and employee engagement to improve cost, quality, delivery, employee job satisfaction and customer satisfaction. Leads organizational initiatives to evaluate and improve programs, products and processes. Ensures organization-wide implementation of process improvement methodologies (e.g., LEAN, Capability Maturity Models). Works with other senior leaders to streamline processes across organizational and functional boundaries. Applies expertise in budget management principles and practices to ensure realistic budgets are set and attained for multiple projects across the organization. Assignments to enhance performance and expand capabilities of employees within the organization. Manages available resources to meet organizational objectives Competencies General/Leadership [ + ] Adaptability Fully understands and is heavily involved in guiding changes in own and fellow senior managers' work and situations; explains the logic or basis for change to middle managers, fellow senior managers, and employees throughout the organization; acts as an expert resource on information about changes affecting own and fellow senior managers' jobs. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to fellow senior managers and external customers. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors. [ + ] Building A Successful Team Works with other senior managers to ensure the purpose and importance of the teams are clarified (e.g., team has a clear charter or mission statement); guides the setting of specific and measurable team goals and objectives. Works with other senior managers to help clarify roles and responsibilities of team members; helps ensure that necessary steering, review, or support functions are in place. Works with other senior managers to make procedural or process suggestions for achieving team goals or performing team functions; provides necessary resources or helps to remove obstacles to team accomplishments. Listens to and fully involves others in team decisions and actions; values and uses individual differences and talents. Shares important or relevant information with other senior managers and the team. Adheres to the team's expectations and guidelines; fulfills team responsibilities; demonstrates personal commitment to the team. [ + ] Building Positive Relationship Consistently and proactively builds effective working relationships with employees, peers (e.g., fellow senior managers) and customers. Solicits and provides information to clarify situations. Seeks and expands on original ideas, enhances others? ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand pertaining to the workgroup. Places higher priority on workgroup goals than on own goals. Gains agreement from partners and peers to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions. [ + ] Communication Consistently and proactively clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Widely recognized as an expert in consistently keeping the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames the message in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding; Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Mentors and advises fellow senior leaders and other internal employees on effective communication techniques. [ + ] Decision Making Consistently and proactively recognizes a wide range of issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed; consistently identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities; integrates complex information from a variety of sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes; consistently formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option; consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time; consistently includes fellow senior managers and employees across the organization in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions. [ + ] Ethical Leadership Understands and promotes Boeing ethical principles within organization. Champions organizational initiatives that promote ethical behavior. Ensures organizational activities adhere to ethics principles. Recognizes and addresses unethical behavior through established processes. Promotes an ethical culture within the organization. [ + ] Motivating Others Creates a climate within the organization in which managers and their direct reports want to do their best. Instills a sense of purpose by communicating and creating buy-in with organizational vision, goals and objectives. Supports organizational events to recognize and reward employees. Rewards leadership team members for motivating their teams. Works to ensure members of the organization feel their work is important. Technical [ + ] Contract Formation Knowledge of contract requirements sufficient to propose, negotiate and incorporate the appropriate clauses and special provisions necessary to mitigate risk and achieve strategic goals and objectives. [ + ] Contract Structure Knowledge Knowledge of and ability to apply contract items such as statement of work, contract data requirements lists, contract line item numbers in support of technical document creation, maintenance, and customer support to achieve strategic goals and objectives.Education and/or ExperienceOther Job related information Managing Work- Effectively manages one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. Demonstration of the Boeing Leadership Attributes.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Programming in .NET (primarily C#) with a focus on programming new features, new functionality, and new enhancements into existing client/server applications; (2) Working closely in a small, dynamic team on all areas of software development including requirements analysis, planning, object model design, database schema design, root-cause analysis, deployment, testing, and programming; (3) Active participation in team processes and use of methodologies, including customized flavors of Agile and Extreme Programming (XP); (4) Learning and applying XP practices to daily development including: Story Estimation, Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Iterative Development and Pair Programming.
Experience: MINIMUM of one year of CURRENT experience in application development (academic experience may not be substituted for work experience).MINIMUM of one year of strong/current .NET application development, including C# (academic experience will not be considered).Experience as a member of a multi-person software development team (standalone programming experience can not be considered).Experience with the product lifecycle and strong understanding of the role of methodology/frameworks.Proficient in object-oriented design and programming techniques.Experience creating applications using technologies such as: C#, .NET 1.1, Java, VB.NET, C++, COM, DCOM, Web Services, XML, SQL Server, MSMQ , ASPX.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Creative problem solving skills.Pluses: Agile development or Extreme Programming (XP) experience. MSMQ, SQL Reporting Services, or DBA experience. .NET 2.0 experience. NAnt, NUnit, CruiseControl.Net experience.

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Robert Half Technology is looking for a great ColdFusion Developer for one of our Chicago based Clients. Our client is the leading resource for the design industry. The best candidate will be part of a growing web and will be an immediate help in all aspects of development. This is an ongoing opportunity 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: B.S. in Computer Science or related field. 2+ years experience as a ColdFusion Developer. The developer must be dependable, thorough, accurate, a good communicator, able to work well with all team members and have great attention to detail and high quality standards.

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Duties: You will supervise developers, developing the processes and applications for web based systems utilizing application server, web and portal based technology, develop strategies, frameworks and processes to support the requirements of the enterprise. You will ensure best practices in building application systems, create and support application utilizing standard development languages, streamline development process and build automation of migration and mentoring in the infrastructure to reduce production support overhead. You will develop work plans, and integrate them into larger project plans, escalate and communicate system outages, assure documentation and mentor others. You will still be approximately 20% hands on.
Experience: Required: Developing Java applications as technical lead of developers, enterprise application server environment, developed EJB Java frameworks, still hands on Java. Developed standards, Unix experience.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Project management with a heavy focus on the Agile product development methodology of multiple initiatives in this global software development environment; (2) Working closely with software product development teams to coordinate and project manage timelines, deadlines, customer expectations, delivery process(es), etc.; (3) Evaluation and analysis of current processes, recommending and implementing process improvements where applicable, and automating as much of the repetitive process as possible to improve efficiency and increase productivity; (4) Tracking all projects and deliverable dates, and communicating all issues to appropriate parties; (5) Performing project level financial analysis and tracking; (6) Driving essential communication (oral and written) to all impacted parties to include customers, executive management, technical development groups, etc. where necessary; (7) Developing project plans and overseeing adherence to project plans, project methodology, etc.; (8) Working with product development teams and management structure in the planning and architecture and development of future generation products; (9) Overseeing the development of functional specifications, process(es), workflow, wireframes, error messages, interface specifications, test cases, etc.; (10) Planning and managing iterations, releases, etc.; (11) Managing business analyst tasks, and overseeing the function of requirements gathering; (12) Project and resource management
Experience: MUST, MUST, MUST have an undergraduate degree verifiable by a thorough background check.MUST, MUST, MUST have STRONG/CURRENT Agile methodology AND STRONG/CURRENT project management experience in a software product development environment.Must be managing projects that are involved with bringing some type of software product to the consumer or business marketplace. Must have STRONG/CURRENT MS Project experience and VERY STRONG/CURRENT experience managing projects through the entire product development lifecycle.MUST have very strong experience writing functional specifications for a software solution.Pluses: PMI certification. Software house experience.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Performing both SAP applications analysis and SAP technical design and development; (2) Business requirements gathering, design, configuration, programming and production support in the areas of data extraction from SAP and non-SAP source systems; (3) , ABAP/SQL programming for data extraction/data storage/data conversion/data transfers in SAP BW; (4) Data modeling along with creation and modification of star schema diagrams; (5) Analysis, architecture, design, programming, testing and support of SAP BI solutions; (6) Providing technical and functional direction in the analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and enhancement of SAP BI projects; (7) Creation, design, and maintenance of cubes, InfoSets, extractors, interfaces, Multi-Providers, etc.; (8) Developing, implementing, and documenting processes and standards in regard to SAP BW; (9) Utilizing best practices for BI deployments; (10) Providing design specifications and developing programs for data conversions and transfers; (11) Creating or modifing data models and star schema diagrams pertinent to each initiative; (12) Providing estimates for projects and tasks; (13) Ensuring validity and accuracy of BW data; (14) Designing and developing reconciliation mechanisms between BW and source systems; (15) Developing and troubleshoot EPM scripts for job automation scheduling; (16) Acting as the SAP QAS backup resource supporting QAS user groups and resolving issues related to gauge, application interfaces, usability, report and alarm monitoring, etc.; (17) Gathering business requirements, analyzing needs against system functionality, designing and configuring system, writing technical specifications for FIREC objects (forms, interfaces, reports, enhancements, and conversions), testing, developing procedures and training materials, delivering end user training, and coordinating and supporting go live(s); (18) Identifying KPI-based metrics for various business functions and design & assist in the deployment of dashboards for the metrics; (19) Acting as the first line of support for end user configuration and enhancement requests; (20) Creating/updating project plan, tasks, milestones, etc. using the Microsoft Project Server tool; (21) Analyzing and correcting process and configuration problems as they occur in production systems; (22) Performing unit testing and integration testing; (23) Ensuring consistency of application relevant configuration across the system landscape and all business units; (24) Designing enterprise level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements, interfaces, functions, and features.
Experience: STRONG/CURRENT SAP BW experience currently acting as SAP BW Analyst with both technical and functional SAP BW experience for a MANUFACTURING company.Three years of SAP BW and at least one full lifecycle SAP BW implementation, including release upgrades and new system or module configuration.Must have at least two years ABAP and/or Oracle SQL and a minimum of 1 year in design and development of data extraction solutions.Must have data modeling along with creation and modification of star schema in BW and data extraction from SAP and non-SAP source systems into BW.Must have experience coordinating a variety of tests (unit, string, integration, security, and performance) and participating in the change management process.Must have knowledge of appropriate change control procedures for moving new configurations or maintenance programs through the landscape.MUST have experience conducting impact analyses and coordinating testing related to application of regular software patches and upgrades.Must have demonstrated leadership capacity by acting as a team leader, project leader, or project manager on a SAP project.MUST have good knowledge of the processes, transactions, database structures related to the various functional modules in SAP R3. MUST have excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.Personality traits required: Works well independently or as part of a team. Able to influence decisions and act as a SME (Subject Matter Expert). Enjoys coaching and mentoring less experienced staff.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Designing and programming interfaces between systems in this global SAP, Java, .NET, C++, UNIX, Windows, Oracle state-of-the-art environment; (2) Designing and developing data integration between applications; (3) Working closely with application analysts and other team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of technical solutions that are in compliance with blueprints and business strategies; (4) Gathering business requirements from business users and assisting in the investigation and solution of difficult support problems; (5) Troubleshooting application and system issues and providing on call support for mission critical applications where and when needed.
Experience: 3 years of CURRENT/STRONG programming with a focus on integration between applications and developing interfaces between applications and systems. STRONG understand of OO (object oriented) design and development.Must fit one of the following technical profiles (1 or 2 or 3):Strong .NET development with a key strength in data integration between applications and developing interfaces between systems. MUST have STRONG/CURRENT VBScript and ASP and database queries with MS SQL Server or Oracle.Strong JAVA programming with some .NET exposure or SAP ABAP programming experience where your focus has been developing interfaces and integrating different applications and/or systems.Strong Visual Basic 6 programming with SAP where your focus has been integrating different systems and developing interfaces to different systems.Must have excellent English language (oral and written) communication skills.MUST be able to do domestic and international travel when necessary.MUST be able to organize and construct presentation material for various levels of internal customers.MUST have experience with change management guidelines and protocols.Not required, the ideal candidate would have deep and broad experience in Visual Basic 6, .NET, Java, J2EE, C++, ABAP, VBScript, JavaScript, ASP, XML, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, OPC Server, SAP portal.Personality traits required: Must have a can-do attitude. Must have a passion for IT and for exceeding expectations. Must be forward thinking, and solution focused.Pluses: Spanish language proficiency. SAP ABAP programming. C#. MS Visual Source Safe. MS Sharepoint 2.0 or above. COM. COM+.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Full Life Cycle development of web based and n-tier based applications to include development, maintenance, testing, debugging, documenting and integration of application software; (2) Working closely with application analysts and other team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of technical solutions that are in compliance with blueprints and business strategies; (3) Assisting in gathering business requirements from business users, and investigation and resolution of difficult support problems; (4) Playing a key and critical role in the conversion of legacy systems to new architecture and development in this .NET, J2EE, C++, ABAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Sharepoint, SAP global environment.
Experience: Must have STRONG/CURRENT expert level development skills in: Visual Basic 6.0, VBScript, and MS SQL Server OR .NET, ASP, MS SQL Server OR .NET, ASP, Oracle OR .NET, Java or J2EE, ASP OR .NET and ABAP OR Visual Basic 6.0, VBScript, and ABAP ORJava and ABAP OR J2EE and ABAP.MUST have expert level development skills of web based solutions that are large and complex in nature.MUST have experience actively participating in systems integration testing and all phases of implementation.Shows commitment to continuous improvement in processes and application reliability.Shows willingness to learn new technical skills as required.Displays a "can do" positive attitude.Willingness to provide on-call support for mission critical applications as required, following internal procedures to ensure SLAs are met.Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as necessary. MUST have excellent English communication skills (verbal and written).Personality traits: Must have a positive, "can do" attitude. Must be passionate about IT and view it as a career, not a job. Must have a desire to learn new technologies and must have a zeal for improving efficiency and effectiveness.Pluses: Spanish language proficiency. SAP ABAP programming. C#. MS Visual Source Safe. MS Sharepoint Server 2.0 or above. COM. COM+.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Performing both SAP applications analysis and SAP technical design and development; (2) Business requirements gathering, design, configuration, programming and production support in the areas of data extraction from SAP and non-SAP source systems; (3) , ABAP/SQL programming for data extraction/data storage/data conversion/data transfers in SAP BW; (4) Data modeling along with creation and modification of star schema diagrams; (5) Analysis, architecture, design, programming, testing and support of SAP BI solutions; (6) Providing technical and functional direction in the analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and enhancement of SAP BI projects; (7) Creation, design, and maintenance of cubes, InfoSets, extractors, interfaces, Multi-Providers, etc.; (8) Developing, implementing, and documenting processes and standards in regard to SAP BW; (9) Utilizing best practices for BI deployments; (10) Providing design specifications and developing programs for data conversions and transfers; (11) Creating or modifing data models and star schema diagrams pertinent to each initiative; (12) Providing estimates for projects and tasks; (13) Ensuring validity and accuracy of BW data; (14) Designing and developing reconciliation mechanisms between BW and source systems; (15) Developing and troubleshoot EPM scripts for job automation scheduling; (16) Acting as the SAP QAS backup resource supporting QAS user groups and resolving issues related to gauge, application interfaces, usability, report and alarm monitoring, etc.; (17) Gathering business requirements, analyzing needs against system functionality, designing and configuring system, writing technical specifications for FIREC objects (forms, interfaces, reports, enhancements, and conversions), testing, developing procedures and training materials, delivering end user training, and coordinating and supporting go live(s); (18) Identifying KPI-based metrics for various business functions and design & assist in the deployment of dashboards for the metrics; (19) Acting as the first line of support for end user configuration and enhancement requests; (20) Creating/updating project plan, tasks, milestones, etc. using the Microsoft Project Server tool; (21) Analyzing and correcting process and configuration problems as they occur in production systems; (22) Performing unit testing and integration testing; (23) Ensuring consistency of application relevant configuration across the system landscape and all business units; (24) Designing enterprise level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements, interfaces, functions, and features.
Experience: STRONG/CURRENT SAP BW experience currently acting as SAP BW Analyst with both technical and functional SAP BW experience for a MANUFACTURING company.Three years of SAP BW and at least one full lifecycle SAP BW implementation, including release upgrades and new system or module configuration.Must have at least two years ABAP and/or Oracle SQL and a minimum of 1 year in design and development of data extraction solutions.Must have data modeling along with creation and modification of star schema in BW and data extraction from SAP and non-SAP source systems into BW.Must have experience coordinating a variety of tests (unit, string, integration, security, and performance) and participating in the change management process.Must have knowledge of appropriate change control procedures for moving new configurations or maintenance programs through the landscape.MUST have experience conducting impact analyses and coordinating testing related to application of regular software patches and upgrades.Must have demonstrated leadership capacity by acting as a team leader, project leader, or project manager on a SAP project.MUST have good knowledge of the processes, transactions, database structures related to the various functional modules in SAP R3. MUST have excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.Personality traits required: Works well independently or as part of a team. Able to influence decisions and act as a SME (Subject Matter Expert). Enjoys coaching and mentoring less experienced staff.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Full Life Cycle development of web based and n-tier based applications to include development, maintenance, testing, debugging, documenting and integration of application software; (2) Working closely with application analysts and other team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of technical solutions that are in compliance with blueprints and business strategies; (3) Assisting in gathering business requirements from business users, and investigation and resolution of difficult support problems; (4) Playing a key and critical role in the conversion of legacy systems to new architecture and development in this .NET, J2EE, C++, ABAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Sharepoint, SAP global environment.
Experience: Must have STRONG/CURRENT expert level development skills in: Visual Basic 6.0, VBScript, and MS SQL Server OR .NET, ASP, MS SQL Server OR .NET, ASP, Oracle OR .NET, Java or J2EE, ASP OR .NET and ABAP OR Visual Basic 6.0, VBScript, and ABAP ORJava and ABAP OR J2EE and ABAP.MUST have expert level development skills of web based solutions that are large and complex in nature.MUST have experience actively participating in systems integration testing and all phases of implementation.Shows commitment to continuous improvement in processes and application reliability.Shows willingness to learn new technical skills as required.Displays a "can do" positive attitude.Willingness to provide on-call support for mission critical applications as required, following internal procedures to ensure SLAs are met.Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as necessary. MUST have excellent English communication skills (verbal and written).Personality traits: Must have a positive, "can do" attitude. Must be passionate about IT and view it as a career, not a job. Must have a desire to learn new technologies and must have a zeal for improving efficiency and effectiveness.Pluses: Spanish language proficiency. SAP ABAP programming. C#. MS Visual Source Safe. MS Sharepoint Server 2.0 or above. COM. COM+.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Analyzing existing and future product solutions, defining product solution strategy, creating roadmaps, and defining detailed requirements for product development; (2) Gathering business requirements from organizational leaders as well as market analysis data to create successful products; (3) Conducting presentations to a wide variety of audiences; (4) Evaluating buy versus build criteria; (5) Translating product requirements into functional and technical specifications; (6) Leading cross functional teams to deliver solutions; (7) Managing product development through the creation of requirements (business and technical) process workflows, user stories, reporting requirements, and test cases; (8) Collaborating with distinctly unique groups (Sales, Marketing, Technology/Product Development, etc.); (9) Design and development of functional specifications including user stories, process/workflow, error messages, interface specifications and test cases; (10) Communicating team accomplishments throughout the organization; (11) Working closely with testing and quality assurance in ensuring that developed software behavior matches the requirement specifications; (12) Project oversight ensuring project milestones and objectives are met, and expectations exceeded.
Experience: MUST HAVE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE.STRONG/CURRENT role of acting as a PRODUCT ANALYST FOR A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY or a BUSINESS ANALYST for a TECHNOLOGY COMPANY or DOT.COM.Must have strong/current skills writing functional specifications for a software solution.Must have strong/current ability to extract business requirements from management and market analysis to create remarkable products.Must have good problem solving and troubleshooting skills, combined with strong ability to lead others, even when direction may be ambiguous.Pluses: AGILE development methodology.Personality Profile:Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong track record of presentation to diverse audiences and executive management.

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Location Chicago, IL Virtual Office/Telecommute? [link removed] (Things you should know about Virtual Office) Virtual Work Not Available Shift First Business Unit Corporate Division Finance Program Whq Contracts & Pricing Occupation Title Contracts & Pricing Skills Management Title Contract & Pricing Admin Job Classification 5AADMM Job Type Management Experience Level Mid Level (5-15 years of experience) Exemption Status Management Union No Security Clearance Required? [link removed] (Security Clearance definitions) No Security Clearance Required Work Eligibility Required? Yes US Person Status Required? Yes Export Control Required? Yes Relocation Money Available? Yes Date Posted 09/22/2008 Closing Date [link removed] (Things you should know about closing dates) 11/21/2008 Position Description Manages the development and deployment of contract policy, processes, and tools, which support business unit contracts and pricing activities. Manages employees and multi-functional teams including mid-level managers who develop and deploy policies, processes and tools that enable the preparation of proposals, agreements and completed cost resource estimates and pricing. Interfaces with Government policy experts, Government Agencies and Industry Associations. Monitor and manage Boeing response to regulatory and legislative policy initiatives. Manages the policy and procedural issues that relate to the business unit interface (BCA, IDS, etc) through the Contract Acquisition Policy Team. Develop, monitor, and manage systems and tools to insure regulatory and statutory compliance such as: Non-Sales Agreement (NSA) Database; Truth in Negotiation Act (TINA) Bulletin Board; Estimating System; and the Clause Assessment Guide (CLAG) which sets the customary business framework when doing business with the federal government. Leads teams in the development of process improvements. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Manages, develops and motivates employees and mid-level managers. Major Tasks: Establishes partnerships and relationships with internal and external customers, stakeholders, peers, and direct reports. Builds strategic partnerships with external agencies and organizations to advance Boeing's position on key issues. Guides the development and implementation of policies, procedures and tools which will contribute to a culture of compliance. Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures to identify systemic issues that need to be addressed. Creates a culture of continuous improvement by communicating/deploying enterprise best practices and employee engagement to improve cost, quality, delivery, employee job satisfaction and customer satisfaction. Leads organizational initiatives to evaluate and improve programs, products and processes. Ensures organization-wide implementation of process improvement methodologies (e.g., LEAN, Capability Maturity Models). Works with other senior leaders to streamline processes across organizational and functional boundaries. Applies expertise in budget management principles and practices to ensure realistic budgets are set and attained for multiple projects across the organization. Assignments to enhance performance and expand capabilities of employees within the organization. Manages available resources to meet organizational objectives Competencies General/Leadership [ + ] Adaptability Fully understands and is heavily involved in guiding changes in own and fellow senior managers' work and situations; explains the logic or basis for change to middle managers, fellow senior managers, and employees throughout the organization; acts as an expert resource on information about changes affecting own and fellow senior managers' jobs. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to fellow senior managers and external customers. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors. [ + ] Building A Successful Team Works with other senior managers to ensure the purpose and importance of the teams are clarified (e.g., team has a clear charter or mission statement); guides the setting of specific and measurable team goals and objectives. Works with other senior managers to help clarify roles and responsibilities of team members; helps ensure that necessary steering, review, or support functions are in place. Works with other senior managers to make procedural or process suggestions for achieving team goals or performing team functions; provides necessary resources or helps to remove obstacles to team accomplishments. Listens to and fully involves others in team decisions and actions; values and uses individual differences and talents. Shares important or relevant information with other senior managers and the team. Adheres to the team's expectations and guidelines; fulfills team responsibilities; demonstrates personal commitment to the team. [ + ] Building Positive Relationship Consistently and proactively builds effective working relationships with employees, peers (e.g., fellow senior managers) and customers. Solicits and provides information to clarify situations. Seeks and expands on original ideas, enhances others? ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand pertaining to the workgroup. Places higher priority on workgroup goals than on own goals. Gains agreement from partners and peers to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions. [ + ] Communication Consistently and proactively clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Widely recognized as an expert in consistently keeping the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames the message in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding; Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Mentors and advises fellow senior leaders and other internal employees on effective communication techniques. [ + ] Decision Making Consistently and proactively recognizes a wide range of issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed; consistently identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities; integrates complex information from a variety of sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes; consistently formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option; consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time; consistently includes fellow senior managers and employees across the organization in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions. [ + ] Ethical Leadership Understands and promotes Boeing ethical principles within organization. Champions organizational initiatives that promote ethical behavior. Ensures organizational activities adhere to ethics principles. Recognizes and addresses unethical behavior through established processes. Promotes an ethical culture within the organization. [ + ] Motivating Others Creates a climate within the organization in which managers and their direct reports want to do their best. Instills a sense of purpose by communicating and creating buy-in with organizational vision, goals and objectives. Supports organizational events to recognize and reward employees. Rewards leadership team members for motivating their teams. Works to ensure members of the organization feel their work is important. Technical [ + ] Contract Formation Knowledge of contract requirements sufficient to propose, negotiate and incorporate the appropriate clauses and special provisions necessary to mitigate risk and achieve strategic goals and objectives. [ + ] Contract Structure Knowledge Knowledge of and ability to apply contract items such as statement of work, contract data requirements lists, contract line item numbers in support of technical document creation, maintenance, and customer support to achieve strategic goals and objectives.Education and/or ExperienceOther Job related information Managing Work- Effectively manages one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. Demonstration of the Boeing Leadership Attributes.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Project management with a heavy focus on the Agile product development methodology of multiple initiatives in this global software development environment; (2) Working closely with software product development teams to coordinate and project manage timelines, deadlines, customer expectations, delivery process(es), etc.; (3) Evaluation and analysis of current processes, recommending and implementing process improvements where applicable, and automating as much of the repetitive process as possible to improve efficiency and increase productivity; (4) Tracking all projects and deliverable dates, and communicating all issues to appropriate parties; (5) Performing project level financial analysis and tracking; (6) Driving essential communication (oral and written) to all impacted parties to include customers, executive management, technical development groups, etc. where necessary; (7) Developing project plans and overseeing adherence to project plans, project methodology, etc.; (8) Working with product development teams and management structure in the planning and architecture and development of future generation products; (9) Overseeing the development of functional specifications, process(es), workflow, wireframes, error messages, interface specifications, test cases, etc.; (10) Planning and managing iterations, releases, etc.; (11) Managing business analyst tasks, and overseeing the function of requirements gathering; (12) Project and resource management
Experience: MUST, MUST, MUST have an undergraduate degree verifiable by a thorough background check.MUST, MUST, MUST have STRONG/CURRENT Agile methodology AND STRONG/CURRENT project management experience in a software product development environment.Must be managing projects that are involved with bringing some type of software product to the consumer or business marketplace. Must have STRONG/CURRENT MS Project experience and VERY STRONG/CURRENT experience managing projects through the entire product development lifecycle.MUST have very strong experience writing functional specifications for a software solution.Pluses: PMI certification. Software house experience.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Designing, configuring, and production support of the SAP Sales & Distribution (SD) and Shipping module and integration with other SAP modules and third-party applications; (2) Supporting all phases of the project life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, support and optimization of solutions, documentation, and end-user training; (3) Leading and managing small to medium sized projects when applicable; (4) Providing subject matter expertise (SME), including gathering business requirements, analyzing needs against system functionality, designing and configuring system(s), writing technical specifications for FIREC objects (forms, interfaces, reports, enhancements, and conversions), testing, developing procedures and training materials, delivering end user training, and coordinating and supporting go-live(s); (5) Collaborating with business groups in identifying and executing automation initiatives and assuming a role in standardization and automation of reporting solutions from all relevant systems including obtaining a comprehensive understanding of all the complexities and integration of existing OLTP and OLAP environments, gathering business requirements, performing gap analyses, and designing and deploying "best practice" based solutions; (6) Identifying KPI-based metrics for various business functions and designing and assisting in the deployment of dashboards for the metrics; (7) Identifying and recommending new tools and procedures that will lead to improved performance; (8) Acting as the first line of support for end user configuration and enhancement requests; (9) When assuming a leadership role, creating/updating project plan, tasks, milestones, etc. using Microsoft Project Server tool; (10) Analyzing and correcting process and configuration problems as they occur in production systems; (11) Performing and leading unit testing and integration testing; (12) Conducting presentations to end user groups, clients, third party organizations, and business partners; (13) Designing enterprise level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements, interfaces, functions, and features.
Experience: STRONG/CURRENT responsibility for SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) and Shipping as an Analyst with a minimum of 2 full lifecycle implementations in the SD area and 1 full lifecycle implementation in the Shipping area, including release upgrades and new system or module configuration.At least one project with lead experience (i.e. team lead, or project lead, or project management).MUST come from a manufacturing industry with good working knowledge in any one of these SAP R/3 modules (Materials Management, Production Planning, Finance/Controlling).Must have excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.Coordinates a variety of tests (unit, string, integration, security, and performance) and participates in the change management process.Knowledge of appropriate change control procedures for moving new configurations or maintenance programs through the landscape.Willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed.Personality traits required: Works independently or within team under general supervision and able to influence decisions in IT based on technical expertise and guidance provided. Self motivated. Enjoys coaching and mentoring less experienced staff. Forward and out of the box thinking. Strong relationship building skills across technical and business teams.Pluses: Integration experience with SAP modules and SAP BW; SAP MM (Materials Management), SAP PP (Production Planning), SAP FI/CO (Finance/Controlling), SAP BW. ABAP programming. Spanish language literacy. Workflow design and implementation. Vendor relationship management. Experience in any of the SAP R/3 modules (Materials Management, Production Planning, Finance/Controlling) and SAP BW.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Design, development, configuration, testing, and documenting application programming in this JAVA, J2EE, SQL, JMS, ANT, JBoss, UML, Agile, Spring, Hibernate, state of the art technology environment; (2) Troubleshooting through resolution of configuration and error issues that arise; (3) Playing a key and critical role in the refactoring of existing code, adding of new functionality, and planning/development of new products that are leading in the marketplace.
Experience: MUST, MUST, MUST have a bachelor's undergraduate degree. NO EXCEPTIONS.Must have VERY SOLID and CURRENT programming experience with HIGH AVAILABILITY Java frameworks including Hibernate, Spring, JUnit, Linux, Apache, Tomcat, J2EE (preferably JBoss), Java, SQL, JMS, Ant, Eclipse.Must have JMS distributed messaging system experience.Must have AGILE methodology experience including test driven development, refactoring, paired programming, continuous integration, automated acceptance testing, etc.Must have software installation and deployment patterns experience.Must have enterprise application integration technologies and patterns experience.MUST MUST MUST have excellent verbal and written communication skills.Pluses: REST. SOAP. SMPP. MMS. WAP. Spring MVC. XML. Swing. Rest. SOAP.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Designing and programming interfaces between systems in this global SAP, Java, .NET, C++, UNIX, Windows, Oracle state-of-the-art environment; (2) Designing and developing data integration between applications; (3) Working closely with application analysts and other team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of technical solutions that are in compliance with blueprints and business strategies; (4) Gathering business requirements from business users and assisting in the investigation and solution of difficult support problems; (5) Troubleshooting application and system issues and providing on call support for mission critical applications where and when needed.
Experience: 3 years of CURRENT/STRONG programming with a focus on integration between applications and developing interfaces between applications and systems. STRONG understand of OO (object oriented) design and development.Must fit one of the following technical profiles (1 or 2 or 3):Strong .NET development with a key strength in data integration between applications and developing interfaces between systems. MUST have STRONG/CURRENT VBScript and ASP and database queries with MS SQL Server or Oracle.Strong JAVA programming with some .NET exposure or SAP ABAP programming experience where your focus has been developing interfaces and integrating different applications and/or systems.Strong Visual Basic 6 programming with SAP where your focus has been integrating different systems and developing interfaces to different systems.Must have excellent English language (oral and written) communication skills.MUST be able to do domestic and international travel when necessary.MUST be able to organize and construct presentation material for various levels of internal customers.MUST have experience with change management guidelines and protocols.Not required, the ideal candidate would have deep and broad experience in Visual Basic 6, .NET, Java, J2EE, C++, ABAP, VBScript, JavaScript, ASP, XML, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, OPC Server, SAP portal.Personality traits required: Must have a can-do attitude. Must have a passion for IT and for exceeding expectations. Must be forward thinking, and solution focused.Pluses: Spanish language proficiency. SAP ABAP programming. C#. MS Visual Source Safe. MS Sharepoint 2.0 or above. COM. COM+.

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WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'S Our Clients Information Technology Department is seeking a talented Communications Networking professional with strong technical and communications skills along with a vision for the future of enterprise, data, voice and video networking. Responsibilities: Designing networked processing and information technology systems in a VoIP environment (both wired and wireless) including deployment and operation of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems and flow analysis tools; Maintaining an awareness of evolving information technologies through professional publications, outside contacts, and ongoing professional development; Leading in the maintenance and integrity of data, executing data backup and recovery routines on a specified schedule or as requested and participating in the resolution of problems; Providing technical support to users by consulting, diagnosing and resolving problems on multiple software or hardware programs; Taking the lead in the installation and maintenance of networked processing components including servers, workstations, and software by participating in the configuration of systems and updates, analyzing system performance and resolving problems or making appropriate recommendations; Participating in long range planning of future enterprise, data, voice and video networking systems; Leading in the installation and maintenance of networked communication systems to link networked processing platforms with each other internally and externally by participating in the configuration of equipment and software and analyzing network traffic patterns and resolving problems; Taking the lead in the installation and maintenance of information technologies including, but not limited to, video, wireless communication, and telephony; Performing other related duties as required or assigned. MUST have NORTEL experience. Job RequirementsMinimum Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired; 5-7 years of work experience; MUST have NORTEL experience; Good communication skills; Good leadership and interpersonal skills; Excellent knowledge of computers and operating systems. Preferred Qualifications: A good understanding of TCP/IP protocol suite; Previous work experience with switching and routing protocols including BGP, OSPF and MPLS; Previous work experience with quality service across enterprise networks, VoIP and high availability networking environments; Previous work experience providing a secure networking environment (both wired and wireless), including deployment and operations of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems and flow analysis tools.
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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Robert Half Technology is looking for a great ColdFusion Developer for one of our Chicago based Clients. Our client is the leading resource for the design industry. The best candidate will be part of a growing web and will be an immediate help in all aspects of development. This is an ongoing opportunity 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: B.S. in Computer Science or related field. 2+ years experience as a ColdFusion Developer. The developer must be dependable, thorough, accurate, a good communicator, able to work well with all team members and have great attention to detail and high quality standards.

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Duties: You will play an important role in coordinating and developing solutions to fit business process and information challenges, interface with the user community and IT teams. Specifically you will identify business data and process improvement - translate IT initiatives into business benefits, plan and implement methods, resource commitments, SLA scope, definition, deliverables, and time lines. In addition, you will lead and execute plan, analyze current and future state, GAP software fit analysis business process analysis application technical architecture, design BA process software configuration customization reports, and build test CRP testing cycles data configuration report procedure development raining implementation.
Experience: Required: manufacturing/supply chain Oracle functional experience with business process mapping/engineering. Oracle process flow and application implementation.

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Duties: You will supervise developers, developing the processes and applications for web based systems utilizing application server, web and portal based technology, develop strategies, frameworks and processes to support the requirements of the enterprise. You will ensure best practices in building application systems, create and support application utilizing standard development languages, streamline development process and build automation of migration and mentoring in the infrastructure to reduce production support overhead. You will develop work plans, and integrate them into larger project plans, escalate and communicate system outages, assure documentation and mentor others. You will still be approximately 20% hands on.
Experience: Required: Developing Java applications as technical lead of developers, enterprise application server environment, developed EJB Java frameworks, still hands on Java. Developed standards, Unix experience.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Analyzing and understanding the structure of financial data used in analyzing stocks to include earnings data, price data, cash flow data, balance sheet data, income statement data, financial ratio data, SEC filing forms and data; etc.; (2) Creating database tables for tracking this data and making it available for reporting applications; (3) Database design including normalization of data, index design, sizing of database needs, as well as an understanding of the structure and relationships among the data elements to provide a balance of response time and resource efficiency; (4) Working with a diverse audience across multiple groups and audiences and providing excellent analysis and solutions to problems that arise.
Experience: MUST MUST MUST HAVE AN EXCELLENT DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT INDUSTRY to include analyzing stock earnings data, price data, cash flow data, balance sheet data, income statement data, financial ratio data, SEC filing forms data, etc.MUST HAVE VERY STRONG (ideally 5 years or more) database design with a very strong background in:Creating database tables and making it available for reporting applications.Database design including normalization of data, index design, sizing of database needs, as well as an understanding of the structure and relationships among the data elements to provide a balance of response time and resource efficiency.MUST be SMART, highly analytical, and able to find solutions to problems you encounter, and enjoy doing so.MUST be a self starter who enjoys working in a GROWING firm and industry that is FAST PACED, HIGH ENERGY, and COMPETITIVE.MUST be able to wear either hat needed (team mate, or lead role) while remaining hands on, depending on what hat the team needs you to wear.Pluses: Oracle RDBMS is highly preferred.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Performing both SAP applications analysis and SAP technical design and development; (2) Business requirements gathering, design, configuration, programming and production support in the areas of data extraction from SAP and non-SAP source systems; (3) , ABAP/SQL programming for data extraction/data storage/data conversion/data transfers in SAP BW; (4) Data modeling along with creation and modification of star schema diagrams; (5) Analysis, architecture, design, programming, testing and support of SAP BI solutions; (6) Providing technical and functional direction in the analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and enhancement of SAP BI projects; (7) Creation, design, and maintenance of cubes, InfoSets, extractors, interfaces, Multi-Providers, etc.; (8) Developing, implementing, and documenting processes and standards in regard to SAP BW; (9) Utilizing best practices for BI deployments; (10) Providing design specifications and developing programs for data conversions and transfers; (11) Creating or modifing data models and star schema diagrams pertinent to each initiative; (12) Providing estimates for projects and tasks; (13) Ensuring validity and accuracy of BW data; (14) Designing and developing reconciliation mechanisms between BW and source systems; (15) Developing and troubleshoot EPM scripts for job automation scheduling; (16) Acting as the SAP QAS backup resource supporting QAS user groups and resolving issues related to gauge, application interfaces, usability, report and alarm monitoring, etc.; (17) Gathering business requirements, analyzing needs against system functionality, designing and configuring system, writing technical specifications for FIREC objects (forms, interfaces, reports, enhancements, and conversions), testing, developing procedures and training materials, delivering end user training, and coordinating and supporting go live(s); (18) Identifying KPI-based metrics for various business functions and design & assist in the deployment of dashboards for the metrics; (19) Acting as the first line of support for end user configuration and enhancement requests; (20) Creating/updating project plan, tasks, milestones, etc. using the Microsoft Project Server tool; (21) Analyzing and correcting process and configuration problems as they occur in production systems; (22) Performing unit testing and integration testing; (23) Ensuring consistency of application relevant configuration across the system landscape and all business units; (24) Designing enterprise level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements, interfaces, functions, and features.
Experience: STRONG/CURRENT SAP BW experience currently acting as SAP BW Analyst with both technical and functional SAP BW experience for a MANUFACTURING company.Three years of SAP BW and at least one full lifecycle SAP BW implementation, including release upgrades and new system or module configuration.Must have at least two years ABAP and/or Oracle SQL and a minimum of 1 year in design and development of data extraction solutions.Must have data modeling along with creation and modification of star schema in BW and data extraction from SAP and non-SAP source systems into BW.Must have experience coordinating a variety of tests (unit, string, integration, security, and performance) and participating in the change management process.Must have knowledge of appropriate change control procedures for moving new configurations or maintenance programs through the landscape.MUST have experience conducting impact analyses and coordinating testing related to application of regular software patches and upgrades.Must have demonstrated leadership capacity by acting as a team leader, project leader, or project manager on a SAP project.MUST have good knowledge of the processes, transactions, database structures related to the various functional modules in SAP R3. MUST have excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.Personality traits required: Works well independently or as part of a team. Able to influence decisions and act as a SME (Subject Matter Expert). Enjoys coaching and mentoring less experienced staff.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Full Life Cycle development of web based and n-tier based applications to include development, maintenance, testing, debugging, documenting and integration of application software; (2) Working closely with application analysts and other team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of technical solutions that are in compliance with blueprints and business strategies; (3) Assisting in gathering business requirements from business users, and investigation and resolution of difficult support problems; (4) Playing a key and critical role in the conversion of legacy systems to new architecture and development in this .NET, J2EE, C++, ABAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Sharepoint, SAP global environment.
Experience: Must have STRONG/CURRENT expert level development skills in: Visual Basic 6.0, VBScript, and MS SQL Server OR .NET, ASP, MS SQL Server OR .NET, ASP, Oracle OR .NET, Java or J2EE, ASP OR .NET and ABAP OR Visual Basic 6.0, VBScript, and ABAP ORJava and ABAP OR J2EE and ABAP.MUST have expert level development skills of web based solutions that are large and complex in nature.MUST have experience actively participating in systems integration testing and all phases of implementation.Shows commitment to continuous improvement in processes and application reliability.Shows willingness to learn new technical skills as required.Displays a "can do" positive attitude.Willingness to provide on-call support for mission critical applications as required, following internal procedures to ensure SLAs are met.Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as necessary. MUST have excellent English communication skills (verbal and written).Personality traits: Must have a positive, "can do" attitude. Must be passionate about IT and view it as a career, not a job. Must have a desire to learn new technologies and must have a zeal for improving efficiency and effectiveness.Pluses: Spanish language proficiency. SAP ABAP programming. C#. MS Visual Source Safe. MS Sharepoint Server 2.0 or above. COM. COM+.

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Duties: You will play an important role in coordinating and developing solutions to fit business process and information challenges, interface with the user community and IT teams. Specifically you will identify business data and process improvement - translate IT initiatives into business benefits, plan and implement methods, resource commitments, SLA scope, definition, deliverables, and time lines. In addition, you will lead and execute plan, analyze current and future state, GAP software fit analysis business process analysis application technical architecture, design BA process software configuration customization reports, and build test CRP testing cycles data configuration report procedure development raining implementation.
Experience: Required: manufacturing/supply chain Oracle functional experience with business process mapping/engineering. Oracle process flow and application implementation.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Design, development, configuration, testing, and documenting application programming in this JAVA, J2EE, SQL, JMS, ANT, JBoss, UML, Agile, Spring, Hibernate, state of the art technology environment; (2) Troubleshooting through resolution of configuration and error issues that arise; (3) Playing a key and critical role in the refactoring of existing code, adding of new functionality, and planning/development of new products that are leading in the marketplace.
Experience: MUST, MUST, MUST have a bachelor's undergraduate degree. NO EXCEPTIONS.Must have VERY SOLID and CURRENT programming experience with HIGH AVAILABILITY Java frameworks including Hibernate, Spring, JUnit, Linux, Apache, Tomcat, J2EE (preferably JBoss), Java, SQL, JMS, Ant, Eclipse.Must have JMS distributed messaging system experience.Must have AGILE methodology experience including test driven development, refactoring, paired programming, continuous integration, automated acceptance testing, etc.Must have software installation and deployment patterns experience.Must have enterprise application integration technologies and patterns experience.MUST MUST MUST have excellent verbal and written communication skills.Pluses: REST. SOAP. SMPP. MMS. WAP. Spring MVC. XML. Swing. Rest. SOAP.

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Location Chicago, IL Virtual Office/Telecommute? [link removed] (Things you should know about Virtual Office) Virtual Work Not Available Shift First Business Unit Corporate Division Finance Program Whq Contracts & Pricing Occupation Title Contracts & Pricing Skills Management Title Contract & Pricing Admin Job Classification 5AADMM Job Type Management Experience Level Mid Level (5-15 years of experience) Exemption Status Management Union No Security Clearance Required? [link removed] (Security Clearance definitions) No Security Clearance Required Work Eligibility Required? Yes US Person Status Required? Yes Export Control Required? Yes Relocation Money Available? Yes Date Posted 09/22/2008 Closing Date [link removed] (Things you should know about closing dates) 11/21/2008 Position Description Manages the development and deployment of contract policy, processes, and tools, which support business unit contracts and pricing activities. Manages employees and multi-functional teams including mid-level managers who develop and deploy policies, processes and tools that enable the preparation of proposals, agreements and completed cost resource estimates and pricing. Interfaces with Government policy experts, Government Agencies and Industry Associations. Monitor and manage Boeing response to regulatory and legislative policy initiatives. Manages the policy and procedural issues that relate to the business unit interface (BCA, IDS, etc) through the Contract Acquisition Policy Team. Develop, monitor, and manage systems and tools to insure regulatory and statutory compliance such as: Non-Sales Agreement (NSA) Database; Truth in Negotiation Act (TINA) Bulletin Board; Estimating System; and the Clause Assessment Guide (CLAG) which sets the customary business framework when doing business with the federal government. Leads teams in the development of process improvements. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Manages, develops and motivates employees and mid-level managers. Major Tasks: Establishes partnerships and relationships with internal and external customers, stakeholders, peers, and direct reports. Builds strategic partnerships with external agencies and organizations to advance Boeing's position on key issues. Guides the development and implementation of policies, procedures and tools which will contribute to a culture of compliance. Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures to identify systemic issues that need to be addressed. Creates a culture of continuous improvement by communicating/deploying enterprise best practices and employee engagement to improve cost, quality, delivery, employee job satisfaction and customer satisfaction. Leads organizational initiatives to evaluate and improve programs, products and processes. Ensures organization-wide implementation of process improvement methodologies (e.g., LEAN, Capability Maturity Models). Works with other senior leaders to streamline processes across organizational and functional boundaries. Applies expertise in budget management principles and practices to ensure realistic budgets are set and attained for multiple projects across the organization. Assignments to enhance performance and expand capabilities of employees within the organization. Manages available resources to meet organizational objectives Competencies General/Leadership [ + ] Adaptability Fully understands and is heavily involved in guiding changes in own and fellow senior managers' work and situations; explains the logic or basis for change to middle managers, fellow senior managers, and employees throughout the organization; acts as an expert resource on information about changes affecting own and fellow senior managers' jobs. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to fellow senior managers and external customers. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors. [ + ] Building A Successful Team Works with other senior managers to ensure the purpose and importance of the teams are clarified (e.g., team has a clear charter or mission statement); guides the setting of specific and measurable team goals and objectives. Works with other senior managers to help clarify roles and responsibilities of team members; helps ensure that necessary steering, review, or support functions are in place. Works with other senior managers to make procedural or process suggestions for achieving team goals or performing team functions; provides necessary resources or helps to remove obstacles to team accomplishments. Listens to and fully involves others in team decisions and actions; values and uses individual differences and talents. Shares important or relevant information with other senior managers and the team. Adheres to the team's expectations and guidelines; fulfills team responsibilities; demonstrates personal commitment to the team. [ + ] Building Positive Relationship Consistently and proactively builds effective working relationships with employees, peers (e.g., fellow senior managers) and customers. Solicits and provides information to clarify situations. Seeks and expands on original ideas, enhances others? ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand pertaining to the workgroup. Places higher priority on workgroup goals than on own goals. Gains agreement from partners and peers to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions. [ + ] Communication Consistently and proactively clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Widely recognized as an expert in consistently keeping the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames the message in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding; Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Mentors and advises fellow senior leaders and other internal employees on effective communication techniques. [ + ] Decision Making Consistently and proactively recognizes a wide range of issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed; consistently identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities; integrates complex information from a variety of sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes; consistently formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option; consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time; consistently includes fellow senior managers and employees across the organization in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions. [ + ] Ethical Leadership Understands and promotes Boeing ethical principles within organization. Champions organizational initiatives that promote ethical behavior. Ensures organizational activities adhere to ethics principles. Recognizes and addresses unethical behavior through established processes. Promotes an ethical culture within the organization. [ + ] Motivating Others Creates a climate within the organization in which managers and their direct reports want to do their best. Instills a sense of purpose by communicating and creating buy-in with organizational vision, goals and objectives. Supports organizational events to recognize and reward employees. Rewards leadership team members for motivating their teams. Works to ensure members of the organization feel their work is important. Technical [ + ] Contract Formation Knowledge of contract requirements sufficient to propose, negotiate and incorporate the appropriate clauses and special provisions necessary to mitigate risk and achieve strategic goals and objectives. [ + ] Contract Structure Knowledge Knowledge of and ability to apply contract items such as statement of work, contract data requirements lists, contract line item numbers in support of technical document creation, maintenance, and customer support to achieve strategic goals and objectives.Education and/or ExperienceOther Job related information Managing Work- Effectively manages one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. Demonstration of the Boeing Leadership Attributes.

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DUTIES: You will be responsible for: (1) Designing, configuring, and production support of the SAP Sales & Distribution (SD) and Shipping module and integration with other SAP modules and third-party applications; (2) Supporting all phases of the project life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, support and optimization of solutions, documentation, and end-user training; (3) Leading and managing small to medium sized projects when applicable; (4) Providing subject matter expertise (SME), including gathering business requirements, analyzing needs against system functionality, designing and configuring system(s), writing technical specifications for FIREC objects (forms, interfaces, reports, enhancements, and conversions), testing, developing procedures and training materials, delivering end user training, and coordinating and supporting go-live(s); (5) Collaborating with business groups in identifying and executing automation initiatives and assuming a role in standardization and automation of reporting solutions from all relevant systems including obtaining a comprehensive understanding of all the complexities and integration of existing OLTP and OLAP environments, gathering business requirements, performing gap analyses, and designing and deploying "best practice" based solutions; (6) Identifying KPI-based metrics for various business functions and designing and assisting in the deployment of dashboards for the metrics; (7) Identifying and recommending new tools and procedures that will lead to improved performance; (8) Acting as the first line of support for end user configuration and enhancement requests; (9) When assuming a leadership role, creating/updating project plan, tasks, milestones, etc. using Microsoft Project Server tool; (10) Analyzing and correcting process and configuration problems as they occur in production systems; (11) Performing and leading unit testing and integration testing; (12) Conducting presentations to end user groups, clients, third party organizations, and business partners; (13) Designing enterprise level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements, interfaces, functions, and features.
Experience: STRONG/CURRENT responsibility for SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) and Shipping as an Analyst with a minimum of 2 full lifecycle implementations in the SD area and 1 full lifecycle implementation in the Shipping area, including release upgrades and new system or module configuration.At least one project with lead experience (i.e. team lead, or project lead, or project management).MUST come from a manufacturing industry with good working knowledge in any one of these SAP R/3 modules (Materials Management, Production Planning, Finance/Controlling).Must have excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.Coordinates a variety of tests (unit, string, integration, security, and performance) and participates in the change management process.Knowledge of appropriate change control procedures for moving new configurations or maintenance programs through the landscape.Willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed.Personality traits required: Works independently or within team under general supervision and able to influence decisions in IT based on technical expertise and guidance provided. Self motivated. Enjoys coaching and mentoring less experienced staff. Forward and out of the box thinking. Strong relationship building skills across technical and business teams.Pluses: Integration experience with SAP modules and SAP BW; SAP MM (Materials Management), SAP PP (Production Planning), SAP FI/CO (Finance/Controlling), SAP BW. ABAP programming. Spanish language literacy. Workflow design and implementation. Vendor relationship management. Experience in any of the SAP R/3 modules (Materials Management, Production Planning, Finance/Controlling) and SAP BW.

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