Contract to Hire (junior to midlevel) Front End Web Developer
-CSS, Javascript, HTML
-20% creative 80% technical
-off shore team providing the files
-comfortable working with databases, IT
-creating html templates<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: Ability to work with servers (getting files to/from), Interactive, CSS, Java Script, HTML
2+ years experience in JavaScript

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We have several opportunities for Senior Content Strategists. Our clients are looking for professionals with 7+ years to help lead and develop content for clients. In these opportunities, you must identify and develop content that is brand specific and user friendly. You will be working with various stakeholders and team members to manage and develop content and also analyze the effectiveness of content and make suggestions and recommendations to clients.









<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: To be considered for these freelance opportunities, you must have 7+ years working in a content strategy. You must have thorough knowledge of assessing client content to identify strengths an weaknesses. Also, at identifying new opportunities to deliver brand message. You must know how to develop content that gains maximum exposure for clients as wells as be familiar with testing and analytics.

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Duties: You will work in an Oracle E-Business suite (manufacturing and finance. You will work with Oracle tools as Oracle 9i databases, Oracle developer, SQL, PL/SQL, and XML, Oracle fusion middleware, JD Developer, Oracle application framework (ADF) and Business Objects. As a senior developer, you will help in planning, design, development, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of Oracle application. In addition, you will work on delivery/strategy, application solutions and customers defining requirements, develop and implement solutions. 90% of your time will be doing development and 10% dealing with 4 business analyst.
Experience: Required: Oracle Application Framework, SQL, PL/SQL, stored procedures, forms 6i, Oracle ERP development.

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The Senior Flash Engineer (SFE) is responsible for architecture and development of rich media applications on the Macromedia Flash platform, and for owning the applications through QA, Production Deploy and Application Maintenance phases. Responsibilities include implementation and completion of assigned development tasks, supervision of junior team members, enhancing departmental frameworks and procedures, and ensuring quality deliverables throughout the application lifecycle. Other responsibilities include project estimation, providing detailed documentation, mentoring of other members of the team, and enhancement of the Engineering Group's rich media application frameworks and toolsets.



Essential Job Functions



Technical Skills and Experience

1. 3-5 years of Flash/ActionScript software programming experience, specializing in rich web applications

2. Thorough familiarity with object-oriented concepts, design patterns & anti-patterns

3. Experience applying the MVC Model 2 pattern to rich media web applications

4. Past involvement in software applications throughout the full development lifecycle.

5. Familiarity with the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology.

6. Proficiency with XML and knowledgeable of associated technologies such as schemas, XSLT, XPath, transformers and parsers.

7. Familiar with application development and deployment strategies (CVS, VSS, SVN & other source code control applications, Ant, CruiseControl, NUnit, JUnit etc.)

8. Knowledge of alternative Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies (Macromedia Flex, Laszlo) a plus but not required.

9. Knowledge of non-flash web development platforms (Microsoft.NET, Java/J2EE) is a plus, but not required.



Planning/Analysis

Creates architectures and high-level designs for new applications and application features as specified by senior resources

Enhances and re-factors existing application frameworks to develop more comprehensive development tools, to minimize future application development effort, and to foster greater code reuse.

Mentors more junior team members

Creates extensive, intuitive documentation for application components, frameworks, processes etc.

Presents accurate technical information, in written and oral form. Must be able to speak and write confidently in client-facing situations.







Execution

Follows and contributes to Arc World Wide development standards and guidelines.

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

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

Develops reusable, flexible, accurate, well-documented code for broad user base.

Works with QA Analysts as necessary to resolve issues.

Clearly documents code, testing results, and application changes in a timely fashion.

Provides maintenance of their own personal development environments.



Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Core Competency

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

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

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

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

Able to clearly present thorough, accurate and organized technical material in written and oral form.

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

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



Maintains a current working knowledge or preferably a proficiency in most or all of the following:

Ric

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SMARTSOURCE is currently working on a 6 month project in Schaumburg, IL for a QA Analyst

Job Type: contract
Duration: 6 months
Location: Chicago, IL
Pay: $35-$40 an hour

Description:
QA analyst will be responsible for complex & highly integrated software
systems that are internally developed. Requirements or use cases may be
basic or advanced. Analyst must be very experienced at deriving testable
requirements rapidly under less than ideal conditions. Analyst must be very
experienced at developing test strategies, detailed test plans, test cases,
test data, test coverage, and reporting status. Experience with a formal QA
methodology is required, along with experience determining what to optimize
for an aggressive schedule without violating the integrity of a test.
Ability to prioritize and multi task is critical. Ability to work in a team
environment among others with multiple competing priorities is critical.
Ability to be flexible with schedule is critical. While this is billed a 40
hour position, overtime is a possibility as well as weekend work.

Required Skills & Experience:
LoadRunner Yes 1 Novice 3-4 Within 1 Year 2 - 4 Years
Perl Yes 3 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
ClearQuest Yes 3 Novice 1-2 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
SQL Server Yes 2 Intermediate 5-6 Currently Using 2 - 4 Years
ClearCase Yes 3 Novice 1-2 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
Test Scripting Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Java Yes 3 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 2 - 4 Years
SQL Yes 2 Intermediate 5-6 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Linux Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Within 1 Year 4 - 6 Years
Load Testing Yes 1 Intermediate 5-6 Within 1 Year 2 - 4 Years
Unix Shell Scripting Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Tester Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
UNIX Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
FIX Protocol Yes 2 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 2 - 4 Years

resumes can be sent to:


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Genesis10 is seeking a Transition Policy Contractor on a 6 month contract basis for a major client in Charlotte, NC. This position can be worked remotely from anywhere in the US, but candidates would have to be available to work on an Eastern Standard Time schedule.


Experience: Required Skills/Experience:
- Must have Information Security background.
- In depth information security policies knowledge.
- Will be assisting with research and analysis of security policies during transition.
- Financial industry experience a must with a very strong policies background.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
- CISO experience preferred: CISSP, CISA, or CISM certifications.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a winning team. Take your career to the next level and turn your interest into action. Apply Now! Or, send your WORD resume to . The only way to learn more is by taking the next step.

Genesis10 is a business and technology consulting company specializing in project management, business analysis, business transformation and large-scale systems infrastructure and application integration. Genesis10 services a variety of industries including banking and financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and more. At Genesis10, we recognize that our consultants are our most powerful resource. Selecting only the most talented and experienced consultants provides our clients with the best the industry has to offer. We take pride in attracting the world's finest business and technology consultants.

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Currently seeking Cisco Certified engineers & technicians with a variety of certs and experience. Responsible for the planning, programming, installation, maintenance, and training for CPE equipment at various locations. Traditional telephony skills and experience helpful. Please forward resume & salary history / requirements via email to: ciscotech@ wnytech. com or fax to 716-995-0707

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Our client currently has an opening in Chicago for a Technical Architect with strong drive and experience in web architecture, web design, application lifecycle development and consulting. This position will require the ability to provide guidance on web development efforts, as well as work with the client on current and future state web architecture. In this role the Technical Architect will be emphasizing 3 main areas of architectural engineering: (1) solution architecture, (2) implementation architecture, and (3) product architecture.

This position is 75% Application Architect and 25% Enterprise Architect. Will require the ability for high travel.
Experience: MUST HAVE:

7+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture. 2+ years of Content Management Experience (FatWire, Vignette etc.). Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with J2EE and Web Services (SOAP, WSDL). Expert knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and Methodologies (waterfall, unified, iterative, agile, etc). Expert knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design and Services as Software (SAS) design concepts Strong relational database skills is a big plus.

Serious candidates can send their resumes to:

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

Location: Chicago
Wage: base plus bonus
Travel: required to Racine WI.

Summary:
The core focus of this role is to effectively support and manage SAP projects including the scoping, planning, budget, governance, deliverables, etc. within the projects constraints (scope, budget, time) in alignment with the ASAP methodology.

The PM will be reporting directly to the Head of the Project Management. The ideal candidate will have additional responsibilities to support the introduction and implementation of Project Management procedures to provide a consistent Company approach and to more efficiently deliver projects.

The role will require travel to Racine, WI and Customer on site activity.

Key Attributes:
Your personality is critical. You will be an animated, outgoing person who brings life to the workplace and maintains a positive attitude in all aspects of your job. You will be dynamic with a get up and go attitude. But most importantly, you will have an attention to detail that you bring to everything you do.

Good communication skills is an essential attribute as the role will involve Senior Management integration both internally and with Customers, as well as running internal Project management related training sessions.

Educational Qualifications: Degree level or higher.

Core Responsibilities:
- Own SAP projects from scoping through to a successful delivery including pre-sales interaction
- Deliver projects to scope, budget, and time
- Manage project schedules using MS Project and MS Excel tools/templates
- Provide regular project status reports
- Manage project risks
- Manage project change control
- Attend senior management meetings
- Facilitate project governance at all levels. Introduce best practice project management processes to projects
- Manage the internal and external team members. Support the personal development of the team members
- Support the development of other project managers within the organization
- Manage and grow client relationships
- Preparation and delivery of Customer pre-sales presentations
- Support the growth of the PM Capability with new technologies

Key Requirements:
- SAP project experience is essential. Must have managed multiple full life cycle implementations with full responsibility for the plan and budget. Consultancy experience is an advantage.
- History of managing SAP projects is essential
- Experience of managing fixed price projects as well as time and material projects.
- Must demonstrate the ability to manage high pressure projects.
- Has had responsibility for managing budgets/commercial for Million + projects with Consultant and Business presence
- Will need to demonstrate knowledge of project methodologies and controls. Knowledge of Prince 2 and ASAP are preferable but not essential.
- Knowledge of SAP Solution Manager is a distinct advantage
- Will need to have a good culture fit within company, with an appropriate management style
- Familiarity with the Microsoft products is essential, in particular MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word
- Will need to have excellent organizational and communication skills as the role will involve interaction with multiple projects in parallel and with people at all levels
- The role will involve travel to Customer sites and also to the company offices. As a consulting role there is an obvious requirement for the candidate to be able to spend nights away from home to support projects and/or company activities.

Salary and Benefits:
- Competitive salary plus bonus
- Family Healthcare cover
- Life Insurance
- 25 days holiday
- Comprehensive Expenses policy

Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

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Our client in Downtown Chicago is currently looking for Telecom Engineer, with excellent background in designing, implementing and supporting telecommunications systems to include data and voice technologies. This position will be a key role in the designing, implementing and supporting of the organization&#146;s MPLS, VoIP and Co-Location infrastructure. This candidate will be analyzing telecommunications requirements and recommend equipment and systems configurations. The responsibilities also include formulating telecommunications systems requirements and procedures for processing and communicating data and other information;
Assisting in the design, maintenance and testing of disaster recovery and business continuity plans as well as network systems related policies and procedures;
Reviewing and analyzing the phone system/data communications equipment costs, long distance/transmission costs, and volume of phone/data related calls and also
Designing systems to make appropriate use of available facilities and equipment
<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal Telecom Engineer must have experience with legacy PBX systems such as Nortel and Avaya;4.Extensive experience with physical infrastructure components such as structured cabling, cooling and power; 4 years of direct experience with Cisco networking to include Call Manager, Call Manager Express, routers, switches, wireless access and security hardware; Bachelor&#146;s degree in Telecommunications/Network Management or other related field or 5 to 7 years of experience in telecommunications administration. The ideal candidate must have a CCNA.

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Our client is a full-service marketing firm headquartered in Chicago. They are currently looking for a interactive project manager with a strategic mentality. The ideal candidate will work with the account managers as well as the creative team to research, organize findings, direct, coordinate, plan, organize, and finally present all steps of the project.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal candidate will have a 50/50 background in both interactive and strategic. He/She will be a PRO with brand identity, have excellent writing skills, presentation experience, and an extraordinary attention to detail. This person should be familiar with IT solutions, HTML, and CSS. If he/she has knowledge of workgroups/base camps it is a plus. Lastly, this person must have a presentable, confident, professional work ethic with the ability to interact with the team and become a leader in any situation.

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Job Description
Under technical direction, analyzes client area requirements and processes, prepares application system specifications, and programs automated solutions or integrates applications to resolve business problems. Maintains centrally developed systems. The focus of this position will be designing or developing business applications and/or designing or developing alternative solutions.
Duties
Develop, create and modify specialized utility programs, automated solutions and integrated applications. Maintain centrally developed systems. Code a Series-3 based underwriting application. Perform defect incident management using PeopleSoft. Use JAVA.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
1. Evaluates defined client area requirements and processes (e.g., new enhancements or maintenance) and detailed designs and develops moderate to complex application program solutions.
2.Assists with the high level design of solutions. Consults with the client area to analyze system requirements and capabilities, identify associated risks, and resolve problems. May act as a liaison between clients and applications area.
3. In conjunction with operations area technical staff, supports the implementation of the application into production and testing environments. May confer with technical personnel to identify and resolve issues.
Mon-Fri., 8:30am to 4:45pm, $80,000 per year; overtime exempt.
Additional Responsibilities
1. Performs other essential duties as assigned.Education & Experience

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering
Four years of experience in position or related field
Will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.
Experience must include:

(1) coding a Series-3 based underwriting application,
(2) JAVA,
(3) defect incident management using PeopleSoft
Listed duties, responsibilities, requirements and functions are not meant to be all inclusive.
Refer to Job # KB-210
Experience: JAVA application development and analysis

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Contract to Hire (junior to midlevel) Front End Web Developer
-CSS, Javascript, HTML
-20% creative 80% technical
-off shore team providing the files
-comfortable working with databases, IT
-creating html templates<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: Ability to work with servers (getting files to/from), Interactive, CSS, Java Script, HTML
2+ years experience in JavaScript

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Currently seeking Cisco Certified engineers & technicians with a variety of certs and experience. Responsible for the planning, programming, installation, maintenance, and training for CPE equipment at various locations. Traditional telephony skills and experience helpful. Please forward resume & salary history / requirements via email to: ciscotech@ wnytech. com or fax to 716-995-0707

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Our client currently has an opening in Chicago for a Technical Architect with strong drive and experience in web architecture, web design, application lifecycle development and consulting. This position will require the ability to provide guidance on web development efforts, as well as work with the client on current and future state web architecture. In this role the Technical Architect will be emphasizing 3 main areas of architectural engineering: (1) solution architecture, (2) implementation architecture, and (3) product architecture.

This position is 75% Application Architect and 25% Enterprise Architect. Will require the ability for high travel.
Experience: MUST HAVE:

7+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture. 2+ years of Content Management Experience (FatWire, Vignette etc.). Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with J2EE and Web Services (SOAP, WSDL). Expert knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and Methodologies (waterfall, unified, iterative, agile, etc). Expert knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design and Services as Software (SAS) design concepts Strong relational database skills is a big plus.

Serious candidates can send their resumes to:

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

Location: Chicago
Wage: base plus bonus
Travel: required to Racine WI.

Summary:
The core focus of this role is to effectively support and manage SAP projects including the scoping, planning, budget, governance, deliverables, etc. within the projects constraints (scope, budget, time) in alignment with the ASAP methodology.

The PM will be reporting directly to the Head of the Project Management. The ideal candidate will have additional responsibilities to support the introduction and implementation of Project Management procedures to provide a consistent Company approach and to more efficiently deliver projects.

The role will require travel to Racine, WI and Customer on site activity.

Key Attributes:
Your personality is critical. You will be an animated, outgoing person who brings life to the workplace and maintains a positive attitude in all aspects of your job. You will be dynamic with a get up and go attitude. But most importantly, you will have an attention to detail that you bring to everything you do.

Good communication skills is an essential attribute as the role will involve Senior Management integration both internally and with Customers, as well as running internal Project management related training sessions.

Educational Qualifications: Degree level or higher.

Core Responsibilities:
- Own SAP projects from scoping through to a successful delivery including pre-sales interaction
- Deliver projects to scope, budget, and time
- Manage project schedules using MS Project and MS Excel tools/templates
- Provide regular project status reports
- Manage project risks
- Manage project change control
- Attend senior management meetings
- Facilitate project governance at all levels. Introduce best practice project management processes to projects
- Manage the internal and external team members. Support the personal development of the team members
- Support the development of other project managers within the organization
- Manage and grow client relationships
- Preparation and delivery of Customer pre-sales presentations
- Support the growth of the PM Capability with new technologies

Key Requirements:
- SAP project experience is essential. Must have managed multiple full life cycle implementations with full responsibility for the plan and budget. Consultancy experience is an advantage.
- History of managing SAP projects is essential
- Experience of managing fixed price projects as well as time and material projects.
- Must demonstrate the ability to manage high pressure projects.
- Has had responsibility for managing budgets/commercial for Million + projects with Consultant and Business presence
- Will need to demonstrate knowledge of project methodologies and controls. Knowledge of Prince 2 and ASAP are preferable but not essential.
- Knowledge of SAP Solution Manager is a distinct advantage
- Will need to have a good culture fit within company, with an appropriate management style
- Familiarity with the Microsoft products is essential, in particular MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word
- Will need to have excellent organizational and communication skills as the role will involve interaction with multiple projects in parallel and with people at all levels
- The role will involve travel to Customer sites and also to the company offices. As a consulting role there is an obvious requirement for the candidate to be able to spend nights away from home to support projects and/or company activities.

Salary and Benefits:
- Competitive salary plus bonus
- Family Healthcare cover
- Life Insurance
- 25 days holiday
- Comprehensive Expenses policy

Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Duties: You will work in an Oracle E-Business suite (manufacturing and finance. You will work with Oracle tools as Oracle 9i databases, Oracle developer, SQL, PL/SQL, and XML, Oracle fusion middleware, JD Developer, Oracle application framework (ADF) and Business Objects. As a senior developer, you will help in planning, design, development, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of Oracle application. In addition, you will work on delivery/strategy, application solutions and customers defining requirements, develop and implement solutions. 90% of your time will be doing development and 10% dealing with 4 business analyst.
Experience: Required: Oracle Application Framework, SQL, PL/SQL, stored procedures, forms 6i, Oracle ERP development.

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Our client in Downtown Chicago is currently looking for Telecom Engineer, with excellent background in designing, implementing and supporting telecommunications systems to include data and voice technologies. This position will be a key role in the designing, implementing and supporting of the organization&#146;s MPLS, VoIP and Co-Location infrastructure. This candidate will be analyzing telecommunications requirements and recommend equipment and systems configurations. The responsibilities also include formulating telecommunications systems requirements and procedures for processing and communicating data and other information;
Assisting in the design, maintenance and testing of disaster recovery and business continuity plans as well as network systems related policies and procedures;
Reviewing and analyzing the phone system/data communications equipment costs, long distance/transmission costs, and volume of phone/data related calls and also
Designing systems to make appropriate use of available facilities and equipment
<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal Telecom Engineer must have experience with legacy PBX systems such as Nortel and Avaya;4.Extensive experience with physical infrastructure components such as structured cabling, cooling and power; 4 years of direct experience with Cisco networking to include Call Manager, Call Manager Express, routers, switches, wireless access and security hardware; Bachelor&#146;s degree in Telecommunications/Network Management or other related field or 5 to 7 years of experience in telecommunications administration. The ideal candidate must have a CCNA.

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Genesis10 is seeking a Transition Policy Contractor on a 6 month contract basis for a major client in Charlotte, NC. This position can be worked remotely from anywhere in the US, but candidates would have to be available to work on an Eastern Standard Time schedule.


Experience: Required Skills/Experience:
- Must have Information Security background.
- In depth information security policies knowledge.
- Will be assisting with research and analysis of security policies during transition.
- Financial industry experience a must with a very strong policies background.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
- CISO experience preferred: CISSP, CISA, or CISM certifications.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a winning team. Take your career to the next level and turn your interest into action. Apply Now! Or, send your WORD resume to . The only way to learn more is by taking the next step.

Genesis10 is a business and technology consulting company specializing in project management, business analysis, business transformation and large-scale systems infrastructure and application integration. Genesis10 services a variety of industries including banking and financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and more. At Genesis10, we recognize that our consultants are our most powerful resource. Selecting only the most talented and experienced consultants provides our clients with the best the industry has to offer. We take pride in attracting the world's finest business and technology consultants.

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We have several opportunities for Senior Content Strategists. Our clients are looking for professionals with 7+ years to help lead and develop content for clients. In these opportunities, you must identify and develop content that is brand specific and user friendly. You will be working with various stakeholders and team members to manage and develop content and also analyze the effectiveness of content and make suggestions and recommendations to clients.









<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: To be considered for these freelance opportunities, you must have 7+ years working in a content strategy. You must have thorough knowledge of assessing client content to identify strengths an weaknesses. Also, at identifying new opportunities to deliver brand message. You must know how to develop content that gains maximum exposure for clients as wells as be familiar with testing and analytics.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Job Description
Under technical direction, analyzes client area requirements and processes, prepares application system specifications, and programs automated solutions or integrates applications to resolve business problems. Maintains centrally developed systems. The focus of this position will be designing or developing business applications and/or designing or developing alternative solutions.
Duties
Develop, create and modify specialized utility programs, automated solutions and integrated applications. Maintain centrally developed systems. Code a Series-3 based underwriting application. Perform defect incident management using PeopleSoft. Use JAVA.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
1. Evaluates defined client area requirements and processes (e.g., new enhancements or maintenance) and detailed designs and develops moderate to complex application program solutions.
2.Assists with the high level design of solutions. Consults with the client area to analyze system requirements and capabilities, identify associated risks, and resolve problems. May act as a liaison between clients and applications area.
3. In conjunction with operations area technical staff, supports the implementation of the application into production and testing environments. May confer with technical personnel to identify and resolve issues.
Mon-Fri., 8:30am to 4:45pm, $80,000 per year; overtime exempt.
Additional Responsibilities
1. Performs other essential duties as assigned.Education & Experience

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering
Four years of experience in position or related field
Will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.
Experience must include:

(1) coding a Series-3 based underwriting application,
(2) JAVA,
(3) defect incident management using PeopleSoft
Listed duties, responsibilities, requirements and functions are not meant to be all inclusive.
Refer to Job # KB-210
Experience: JAVA application development and analysis

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The Senior Flash Engineer (SFE) is responsible for architecture and development of rich media applications on the Macromedia Flash platform, and for owning the applications through QA, Production Deploy and Application Maintenance phases. Responsibilities include implementation and completion of assigned development tasks, supervision of junior team members, enhancing departmental frameworks and procedures, and ensuring quality deliverables throughout the application lifecycle. Other responsibilities include project estimation, providing detailed documentation, mentoring of other members of the team, and enhancement of the Engineering Group's rich media application frameworks and toolsets.



Essential Job Functions



Technical Skills and Experience

1. 3-5 years of Flash/ActionScript software programming experience, specializing in rich web applications

2. Thorough familiarity with object-oriented concepts, design patterns & anti-patterns

3. Experience applying the MVC Model 2 pattern to rich media web applications

4. Past involvement in software applications throughout the full development lifecycle.

5. Familiarity with the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology.

6. Proficiency with XML and knowledgeable of associated technologies such as schemas, XSLT, XPath, transformers and parsers.

7. Familiar with application development and deployment strategies (CVS, VSS, SVN & other source code control applications, Ant, CruiseControl, NUnit, JUnit etc.)

8. Knowledge of alternative Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies (Macromedia Flex, Laszlo) a plus but not required.

9. Knowledge of non-flash web development platforms (Microsoft.NET, Java/J2EE) is a plus, but not required.



Planning/Analysis

Creates architectures and high-level designs for new applications and application features as specified by senior resources

Enhances and re-factors existing application frameworks to develop more comprehensive development tools, to minimize future application development effort, and to foster greater code reuse.

Mentors more junior team members

Creates extensive, intuitive documentation for application components, frameworks, processes etc.

Presents accurate technical information, in written and oral form. Must be able to speak and write confidently in client-facing situations.







Execution

Follows and contributes to Arc World Wide development standards and guidelines.

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

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

Develops reusable, flexible, accurate, well-documented code for broad user base.

Works with QA Analysts as necessary to resolve issues.

Clearly documents code, testing results, and application changes in a timely fashion.

Provides maintenance of their own personal development environments.



Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Core Competency

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

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

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

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

Able to clearly present thorough, accurate and organized technical material in written and oral form.

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

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



Maintains a current working knowledge or preferably a proficiency in most or all of the following:

Ric

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SMARTSOURCE is currently working on a 6 month project in Schaumburg, IL for a QA Analyst

Job Type: contract
Duration: 6 months
Location: Chicago, IL
Pay: $35-$40 an hour

Description:
QA analyst will be responsible for complex & highly integrated software
systems that are internally developed. Requirements or use cases may be
basic or advanced. Analyst must be very experienced at deriving testable
requirements rapidly under less than ideal conditions. Analyst must be very
experienced at developing test strategies, detailed test plans, test cases,
test data, test coverage, and reporting status. Experience with a formal QA
methodology is required, along with experience determining what to optimize
for an aggressive schedule without violating the integrity of a test.
Ability to prioritize and multi task is critical. Ability to work in a team
environment among others with multiple competing priorities is critical.
Ability to be flexible with schedule is critical. While this is billed a 40
hour position, overtime is a possibility as well as weekend work.

Required Skills & Experience:
LoadRunner Yes 1 Novice 3-4 Within 1 Year 2 - 4 Years
Perl Yes 3 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
ClearQuest Yes 3 Novice 1-2 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
SQL Server Yes 2 Intermediate 5-6 Currently Using 2 - 4 Years
ClearCase Yes 3 Novice 1-2 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
Test Scripting Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Java Yes 3 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 2 - 4 Years
SQL Yes 2 Intermediate 5-6 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Linux Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Within 1 Year 4 - 6 Years
Load Testing Yes 1 Intermediate 5-6 Within 1 Year 2 - 4 Years
Unix Shell Scripting Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Tester Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
UNIX Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
FIX Protocol Yes 2 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 2 - 4 Years

resumes can be sent to:


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Our client is a full-service marketing firm headquartered in Chicago. They are currently looking for a interactive project manager with a strategic mentality. The ideal candidate will work with the account managers as well as the creative team to research, organize findings, direct, coordinate, plan, organize, and finally present all steps of the project.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal candidate will have a 50/50 background in both interactive and strategic. He/She will be a PRO with brand identity, have excellent writing skills, presentation experience, and an extraordinary attention to detail. This person should be familiar with IT solutions, HTML, and CSS. If he/she has knowledge of workgroups/base camps it is a plus. Lastly, this person must have a presentable, confident, professional work ethic with the ability to interact with the team and become a leader in any situation.

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

Location: Chicago
Wage: base plus bonus
Travel: required to Racine WI.

Summary:
The core focus of this role is to effectively support and manage SAP projects including the scoping, planning, budget, governance, deliverables, etc. within the projects constraints (scope, budget, time) in alignment with the ASAP methodology.

The PM will be reporting directly to the Head of the Project Management. The ideal candidate will have additional responsibilities to support the introduction and implementation of Project Management procedures to provide a consistent Company approach and to more efficiently deliver projects.

The role will require travel to Racine, WI and Customer on site activity.

Key Attributes:
Your personality is critical. You will be an animated, outgoing person who brings life to the workplace and maintains a positive attitude in all aspects of your job. You will be dynamic with a get up and go attitude. But most importantly, you will have an attention to detail that you bring to everything you do.

Good communication skills is an essential attribute as the role will involve Senior Management integration both internally and with Customers, as well as running internal Project management related training sessions.

Educational Qualifications: Degree level or higher.

Core Responsibilities:
- Own SAP projects from scoping through to a successful delivery including pre-sales interaction
- Deliver projects to scope, budget, and time
- Manage project schedules using MS Project and MS Excel tools/templates
- Provide regular project status reports
- Manage project risks
- Manage project change control
- Attend senior management meetings
- Facilitate project governance at all levels. Introduce best practice project management processes to projects
- Manage the internal and external team members. Support the personal development of the team members
- Support the development of other project managers within the organization
- Manage and grow client relationships
- Preparation and delivery of Customer pre-sales presentations
- Support the growth of the PM Capability with new technologies

Key Requirements:
- SAP project experience is essential. Must have managed multiple full life cycle implementations with full responsibility for the plan and budget. Consultancy experience is an advantage.
- History of managing SAP projects is essential
- Experience of managing fixed price projects as well as time and material projects.
- Must demonstrate the ability to manage high pressure projects.
- Has had responsibility for managing budgets/commercial for Million + projects with Consultant and Business presence
- Will need to demonstrate knowledge of project methodologies and controls. Knowledge of Prince 2 and ASAP are preferable but not essential.
- Knowledge of SAP Solution Manager is a distinct advantage
- Will need to have a good culture fit within company, with an appropriate management style
- Familiarity with the Microsoft products is essential, in particular MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word
- Will need to have excellent organizational and communication skills as the role will involve interaction with multiple projects in parallel and with people at all levels
- The role will involve travel to Customer sites and also to the company offices. As a consulting role there is an obvious requirement for the candidate to be able to spend nights away from home to support projects and/or company activities.

Salary and Benefits:
- Competitive salary plus bonus
- Family Healthcare cover
- Life Insurance
- 25 days holiday
- Comprehensive Expenses policy

Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

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Genesis10 is seeking a Transition Policy Contractor on a 6 month contract basis for a major client in Charlotte, NC. This position can be worked remotely from anywhere in the US, but candidates would have to be available to work on an Eastern Standard Time schedule.


Experience: Required Skills/Experience:
- Must have Information Security background.
- In depth information security policies knowledge.
- Will be assisting with research and analysis of security policies during transition.
- Financial industry experience a must with a very strong policies background.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
- CISO experience preferred: CISSP, CISA, or CISM certifications.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a winning team. Take your career to the next level and turn your interest into action. Apply Now! Or, send your WORD resume to . The only way to learn more is by taking the next step.

Genesis10 is a business and technology consulting company specializing in project management, business analysis, business transformation and large-scale systems infrastructure and application integration. Genesis10 services a variety of industries including banking and financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and more. At Genesis10, we recognize that our consultants are our most powerful resource. Selecting only the most talented and experienced consultants provides our clients with the best the industry has to offer. We take pride in attracting the world's finest business and technology consultants.

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Contract to Hire (junior to midlevel) Front End Web Developer
-CSS, Javascript, HTML
-20% creative 80% technical
-off shore team providing the files
-comfortable working with databases, IT
-creating html templates<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: Ability to work with servers (getting files to/from), Interactive, CSS, Java Script, HTML
2+ years experience in JavaScript

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SMARTSOURCE is currently working on a 6 month project in Schaumburg, IL for a QA Analyst

Job Type: contract
Duration: 6 months
Location: Chicago, IL
Pay: $35-$40 an hour

Description:
QA analyst will be responsible for complex & highly integrated software
systems that are internally developed. Requirements or use cases may be
basic or advanced. Analyst must be very experienced at deriving testable
requirements rapidly under less than ideal conditions. Analyst must be very
experienced at developing test strategies, detailed test plans, test cases,
test data, test coverage, and reporting status. Experience with a formal QA
methodology is required, along with experience determining what to optimize
for an aggressive schedule without violating the integrity of a test.
Ability to prioritize and multi task is critical. Ability to work in a team
environment among others with multiple competing priorities is critical.
Ability to be flexible with schedule is critical. While this is billed a 40
hour position, overtime is a possibility as well as weekend work.

Required Skills & Experience:
LoadRunner Yes 1 Novice 3-4 Within 1 Year 2 - 4 Years
Perl Yes 3 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
ClearQuest Yes 3 Novice 1-2 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
SQL Server Yes 2 Intermediate 5-6 Currently Using 2 - 4 Years
ClearCase Yes 3 Novice 1-2 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
Test Scripting Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Java Yes 3 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 2 - 4 Years
SQL Yes 2 Intermediate 5-6 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Linux Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Within 1 Year 4 - 6 Years
Load Testing Yes 1 Intermediate 5-6 Within 1 Year 2 - 4 Years
Unix Shell Scripting Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Tester Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
UNIX Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
FIX Protocol Yes 2 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 2 - 4 Years

resumes can be sent to:


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Our client currently has an opening in Chicago for a Technical Architect with strong drive and experience in web architecture, web design, application lifecycle development and consulting. This position will require the ability to provide guidance on web development efforts, as well as work with the client on current and future state web architecture. In this role the Technical Architect will be emphasizing 3 main areas of architectural engineering: (1) solution architecture, (2) implementation architecture, and (3) product architecture.

This position is 75% Application Architect and 25% Enterprise Architect. Will require the ability for high travel.
Experience: MUST HAVE:

7+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture. 2+ years of Content Management Experience (FatWire, Vignette etc.). Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with J2EE and Web Services (SOAP, WSDL). Expert knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and Methodologies (waterfall, unified, iterative, agile, etc). Expert knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design and Services as Software (SAS) design concepts Strong relational database skills is a big plus.

Serious candidates can send their resumes to:

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Our client in Downtown Chicago is currently looking for Telecom Engineer, with excellent background in designing, implementing and supporting telecommunications systems to include data and voice technologies. This position will be a key role in the designing, implementing and supporting of the organization&#146;s MPLS, VoIP and Co-Location infrastructure. This candidate will be analyzing telecommunications requirements and recommend equipment and systems configurations. The responsibilities also include formulating telecommunications systems requirements and procedures for processing and communicating data and other information;
Assisting in the design, maintenance and testing of disaster recovery and business continuity plans as well as network systems related policies and procedures;
Reviewing and analyzing the phone system/data communications equipment costs, long distance/transmission costs, and volume of phone/data related calls and also
Designing systems to make appropriate use of available facilities and equipment
<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal Telecom Engineer must have experience with legacy PBX systems such as Nortel and Avaya;4.Extensive experience with physical infrastructure components such as structured cabling, cooling and power; 4 years of direct experience with Cisco networking to include Call Manager, Call Manager Express, routers, switches, wireless access and security hardware; Bachelor&#146;s degree in Telecommunications/Network Management or other related field or 5 to 7 years of experience in telecommunications administration. The ideal candidate must have a CCNA.

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The Senior Flash Engineer (SFE) is responsible for architecture and development of rich media applications on the Macromedia Flash platform, and for owning the applications through QA, Production Deploy and Application Maintenance phases. Responsibilities include implementation and completion of assigned development tasks, supervision of junior team members, enhancing departmental frameworks and procedures, and ensuring quality deliverables throughout the application lifecycle. Other responsibilities include project estimation, providing detailed documentation, mentoring of other members of the team, and enhancement of the Engineering Group's rich media application frameworks and toolsets.



Essential Job Functions



Technical Skills and Experience

1. 3-5 years of Flash/ActionScript software programming experience, specializing in rich web applications

2. Thorough familiarity with object-oriented concepts, design patterns & anti-patterns

3. Experience applying the MVC Model 2 pattern to rich media web applications

4. Past involvement in software applications throughout the full development lifecycle.

5. Familiarity with the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology.

6. Proficiency with XML and knowledgeable of associated technologies such as schemas, XSLT, XPath, transformers and parsers.

7. Familiar with application development and deployment strategies (CVS, VSS, SVN & other source code control applications, Ant, CruiseControl, NUnit, JUnit etc.)

8. Knowledge of alternative Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies (Macromedia Flex, Laszlo) a plus but not required.

9. Knowledge of non-flash web development platforms (Microsoft.NET, Java/J2EE) is a plus, but not required.



Planning/Analysis

Creates architectures and high-level designs for new applications and application features as specified by senior resources

Enhances and re-factors existing application frameworks to develop more comprehensive development tools, to minimize future application development effort, and to foster greater code reuse.

Mentors more junior team members

Creates extensive, intuitive documentation for application components, frameworks, processes etc.

Presents accurate technical information, in written and oral form. Must be able to speak and write confidently in client-facing situations.







Execution

Follows and contributes to Arc World Wide development standards and guidelines.

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

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

Develops reusable, flexible, accurate, well-documented code for broad user base.

Works with QA Analysts as necessary to resolve issues.

Clearly documents code, testing results, and application changes in a timely fashion.

Provides maintenance of their own personal development environments.



Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Core Competency

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

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

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

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

Able to clearly present thorough, accurate and organized technical material in written and oral form.

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

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



Maintains a current working knowledge or preferably a proficiency in most or all of the following:

Ric

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Job Description
Under technical direction, analyzes client area requirements and processes, prepares application system specifications, and programs automated solutions or integrates applications to resolve business problems. Maintains centrally developed systems. The focus of this position will be designing or developing business applications and/or designing or developing alternative solutions.
Duties
Develop, create and modify specialized utility programs, automated solutions and integrated applications. Maintain centrally developed systems. Code a Series-3 based underwriting application. Perform defect incident management using PeopleSoft. Use JAVA.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
1. Evaluates defined client area requirements and processes (e.g., new enhancements or maintenance) and detailed designs and develops moderate to complex application program solutions.
2.Assists with the high level design of solutions. Consults with the client area to analyze system requirements and capabilities, identify associated risks, and resolve problems. May act as a liaison between clients and applications area.
3. In conjunction with operations area technical staff, supports the implementation of the application into production and testing environments. May confer with technical personnel to identify and resolve issues.
Mon-Fri., 8:30am to 4:45pm, $80,000 per year; overtime exempt.
Additional Responsibilities
1. Performs other essential duties as assigned.Education & Experience

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering
Four years of experience in position or related field
Will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.
Experience must include:

(1) coding a Series-3 based underwriting application,
(2) JAVA,
(3) defect incident management using PeopleSoft
Listed duties, responsibilities, requirements and functions are not meant to be all inclusive.
Refer to Job # KB-210
Experience: JAVA application development and analysis

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Our client is a full-service marketing firm headquartered in Chicago. They are currently looking for a interactive project manager with a strategic mentality. The ideal candidate will work with the account managers as well as the creative team to research, organize findings, direct, coordinate, plan, organize, and finally present all steps of the project.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal candidate will have a 50/50 background in both interactive and strategic. He/She will be a PRO with brand identity, have excellent writing skills, presentation experience, and an extraordinary attention to detail. This person should be familiar with IT solutions, HTML, and CSS. If he/she has knowledge of workgroups/base camps it is a plus. Lastly, this person must have a presentable, confident, professional work ethic with the ability to interact with the team and become a leader in any situation.

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Position: SQL DBA
Location: Chicago IL
Duration: 6 Months +

Required Skills: SQL SERVER 2005, SYBASE 11.X, SYBASE 12.X, SQL SERVER MIGRATION ASSISTANT (SSMA)

- Expert level DBA skills in SQL Server 2005 and Sybase 11.x & 12.x
- Experience with major Sybase to SQL Server migration projects and in-depth knowledge of differences between Sybase 11.x , 12.x & SQL Server 2005
- High level proficiency with Microsoft SSMA tool for automating migration between Sybase and SQL Server
- Ability to analyze application changes (C, C++ and Unix batch scripts) required for migrating application from UNIX to Windows environment
- Very proficient with TSQL procedural programming
- Expert level skills in performance tuning, SQL Server mirroring and high availability architectures
- Ability to analyze Visual Basic code for changes required when migrating from Sybase to SQL server
- Net I/Q experience for monitoring SQL Server databases
- Any experience in Informatica/ ETL would be a plus.

Compensation and other relevant details:


1. We are looking only for people willing to join us directly as W2 employees.
2. W2 salaried with full benefits or W2 hourly all-inclusive rates.
3. Prefer Local candidates but W2 salaried employees may also receive relocation assistance.

Mastech is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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We have several opportunities for Senior Content Strategists. Our clients are looking for professionals with 7+ years to help lead and develop content for clients. In these opportunities, you must identify and develop content that is brand specific and user friendly. You will be working with various stakeholders and team members to manage and develop content and also analyze the effectiveness of content and make suggestions and recommendations to clients.









<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: To be considered for these freelance opportunities, you must have 7+ years working in a content strategy. You must have thorough knowledge of assessing client content to identify strengths an weaknesses. Also, at identifying new opportunities to deliver brand message. You must know how to develop content that gains maximum exposure for clients as wells as be familiar with testing and analytics.

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Currently seeking Cisco Certified engineers & technicians with a variety of certs and experience. Responsible for the planning, programming, installation, maintenance, and training for CPE equipment at various locations. Traditional telephony skills and experience helpful.

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Our client in Downtown Chicago is currently looking for Telecom Engineer, with excellent background in designing, implementing and supporting telecommunications systems to include data and voice technologies. This position will be a key role in the designing, implementing and supporting of the organization&#146;s MPLS, VoIP and Co-Location infrastructure. This candidate will be analyzing telecommunications requirements and recommend equipment and systems configurations. The responsibilities also include formulating telecommunications systems requirements and procedures for processing and communicating data and other information;
Assisting in the design, maintenance and testing of disaster recovery and business continuity plans as well as network systems related policies and procedures;
Reviewing and analyzing the phone system/data communications equipment costs, long distance/transmission costs, and volume of phone/data related calls and also
Designing systems to make appropriate use of available facilities and equipment
<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal Telecom Engineer must have experience with legacy PBX systems such as Nortel and Avaya;4.Extensive experience with physical infrastructure components such as structured cabling, cooling and power; 4 years of direct experience with Cisco networking to include Call Manager, Call Manager Express, routers, switches, wireless access and security hardware; Bachelor&#146;s degree in Telecommunications/Network Management or other related field or 5 to 7 years of experience in telecommunications administration. The ideal candidate must have a CCNA.

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Genesis10 is seeking a Transition Policy Contractor on a 6 month contract basis for a major client in Charlotte, NC. This position can be worked remotely from anywhere in the US, but candidates would have to be available to work on an Eastern Standard Time schedule.


Experience: Required Skills/Experience:
- Must have Information Security background.
- In depth information security policies knowledge.
- Will be assisting with research and analysis of security policies during transition.
- Financial industry experience a must with a very strong policies background.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
- CISO experience preferred: CISSP, CISA, or CISM certifications.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a winning team. Take your career to the next level and turn your interest into action. Apply Now! Or, send your WORD resume to . The only way to learn more is by taking the next step.

Genesis10 is a business and technology consulting company specializing in project management, business analysis, business transformation and large-scale systems infrastructure and application integration. Genesis10 services a variety of industries including banking and financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and more. At Genesis10, we recognize that our consultants are our most powerful resource. Selecting only the most talented and experienced consultants provides our clients with the best the industry has to offer. We take pride in attracting the world's finest business and technology consultants.

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Job Description
Under technical direction, analyzes client area requirements and processes, prepares application system specifications, and programs automated solutions or integrates applications to resolve business problems. Maintains centrally developed systems. The focus of this position will be designing or developing business applications and/or designing or developing alternative solutions.
Duties
Develop, create and modify specialized utility programs, automated solutions and integrated applications. Maintain centrally developed systems. Code a Series-3 based underwriting application. Perform defect incident management using PeopleSoft. Use JAVA.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
1. Evaluates defined client area requirements and processes (e.g., new enhancements or maintenance) and detailed designs and develops moderate to complex application program solutions.
2.Assists with the high level design of solutions. Consults with the client area to analyze system requirements and capabilities, identify associated risks, and resolve problems. May act as a liaison between clients and applications area.
3. In conjunction with operations area technical staff, supports the implementation of the application into production and testing environments. May confer with technical personnel to identify and resolve issues.
Mon-Fri., 8:30am to 4:45pm, $80,000 per year; overtime exempt.
Additional Responsibilities
1. Performs other essential duties as assigned.Education & Experience

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering
Four years of experience in position or related field
Will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.
Experience must include:

(1) coding a Series-3 based underwriting application,
(2) JAVA,
(3) defect incident management using PeopleSoft
Listed duties, responsibilities, requirements and functions are not meant to be all inclusive.
Refer to Job # KB-210
Experience: JAVA application development and analysis

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Our client is a full-service marketing firm headquartered in Chicago. They are currently looking for a interactive project manager with a strategic mentality. The ideal candidate will work with the account managers as well as the creative team to research, organize findings, direct, coordinate, plan, organize, and finally present all steps of the project.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal candidate will have a 50/50 background in both interactive and strategic. He/She will be a PRO with brand identity, have excellent writing skills, presentation experience, and an extraordinary attention to detail. This person should be familiar with IT solutions, HTML, and CSS. If he/she has knowledge of workgroups/base camps it is a plus. Lastly, this person must have a presentable, confident, professional work ethic with the ability to interact with the team and become a leader in any situation.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

The Senior Flash Engineer (SFE) is responsible for architecture and development of rich media applications on the Macromedia Flash platform, and for owning the applications through QA, Production Deploy and Application Maintenance phases. Responsibilities include implementation and completion of assigned development tasks, supervision of junior team members, enhancing departmental frameworks and procedures, and ensuring quality deliverables throughout the application lifecycle. Other responsibilities include project estimation, providing detailed documentation, mentoring of other members of the team, and enhancement of the Engineering Group's rich media application frameworks and toolsets.



Essential Job Functions



Technical Skills and Experience

1. 3-5 years of Flash/ActionScript software programming experience, specializing in rich web applications

2. Thorough familiarity with object-oriented concepts, design patterns & anti-patterns

3. Experience applying the MVC Model 2 pattern to rich media web applications

4. Past involvement in software applications throughout the full development lifecycle.

5. Familiarity with the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology.

6. Proficiency with XML and knowledgeable of associated technologies such as schemas, XSLT, XPath, transformers and parsers.

7. Familiar with application development and deployment strategies (CVS, VSS, SVN & other source code control applications, Ant, CruiseControl, NUnit, JUnit etc.)

8. Knowledge of alternative Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies (Macromedia Flex, Laszlo) a plus but not required.

9. Knowledge of non-flash web development platforms (Microsoft.NET, Java/J2EE) is a plus, but not required.



Planning/Analysis

Creates architectures and high-level designs for new applications and application features as specified by senior resources

Enhances and re-factors existing application frameworks to develop more comprehensive development tools, to minimize future application development effort, and to foster greater code reuse.

Mentors more junior team members

Creates extensive, intuitive documentation for application components, frameworks, processes etc.

Presents accurate technical information, in written and oral form. Must be able to speak and write confidently in client-facing situations.







Execution

Follows and contributes to Arc World Wide development standards and guidelines.

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

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

Develops reusable, flexible, accurate, well-documented code for broad user base.

Works with QA Analysts as necessary to resolve issues.

Clearly documents code, testing results, and application changes in a timely fashion.

Provides maintenance of their own personal development environments.



Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Core Competency

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

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

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

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

Able to clearly present thorough, accurate and organized technical material in written and oral form.

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

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



Maintains a current working knowledge or preferably a proficiency in most or all of the following:

Ric

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Our Client in Downtown is looking for a very strong Excel programmer, for an ongoing contract position. The ideal candidate should be very proficient in Excel Macros. He/she should be able to build a macro in excel that exports specific cells in an excel spreadsheet and put them into a pdf file. The Excel programmer must know about graphing data from separate spreadsheets into one unified graph. <br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The ideal candidate for this role must have solid working knowledge of SQL, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel and the ability to translate user requirements into results. Also experience in Advanced Microsoft Excel including calculation formulas, LOOKUP formulas, pivot tables, and linking to external data, is a must.

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Position: SQL DBA
Location: Chicago IL
Duration: 6 Months +

Required Skills: SQL SERVER 2005, SYBASE 11.X, SYBASE 12.X, SQL SERVER MIGRATION ASSISTANT (SSMA)

- Expert level DBA skills in SQL Server 2005 and Sybase 11.x & 12.x
- Experience with major Sybase to SQL Server migration projects and in-depth knowledge of differences between Sybase 11.x , 12.x & SQL Server 2005
- High level proficiency with Microsoft SSMA tool for automating migration between Sybase and SQL Server
- Ability to analyze application changes (C, C++ and Unix batch scripts) required for migrating application from UNIX to Windows environment
- Very proficient with TSQL procedural programming
- Expert level skills in performance tuning, SQL Server mirroring and high availability architectures
- Ability to analyze Visual Basic code for changes required when migrating from Sybase to SQL server
- Net I/Q experience for monitoring SQL Server databases
- Any experience in Informatica/ ETL would be a plus.

Compensation and other relevant details:


1. We are looking only for people willing to join us directly as W2 employees.
2. W2 salaried with full benefits or W2 hourly all-inclusive rates.
3. Prefer Local candidates but W2 salaried employees may also receive relocation assistance.

Mastech is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)BENEFITS AS FOLLOWS:*401(k) Plan with Match * Flexible Spending Accounts * Health Plan * Group Auto and Home * Dental Plan * Holidays and Vacation * Disability Coverage * Long-Term Care * Educational Assistance * Life Insurance Our suburban Client, currently seeks a .NET Developer with 5 or more years of professional experience in applications development. Must be proficient in .Net, C#.Net, HTML and T-SQL. Object oriented methods and web-based technologies a MUST. Knowledge of Crystal and/or Reporting Services highly preferred.Must have solid SQL Server experience including developing and debugging stored procedures and triggers. Should have experience with Internet Server platforms.Ability to organize, prioritize and follow-through on projects and related tasks required.Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills required.Evaluates existing operations & applications and recommends appropriate business solution optionsEnsures appropriate information from user department is obtained to identify, establish consensus on and document operational procedures and project requirements.* Researches and identifies potential solution options.Communicates business solution options and other relevant data to appropriate personnel.* Determines/Evaluates scope and impact of recommended solutions.* Develops business processes that ensure developed application meets all project requirements.* Codes, tests, debugs, installs and documents operating programs and procedures. Manages and monitors implemented business solution(s).Ensures appropriateness of operational procedure documents.* Trains end-users on operational procedures.* Acts as a point-of-contact resource for end-users.* Translates technical information into functional information for end-users.* Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and resolve problems.Assumes responsibility for addressing/resolving production problems and errors.Incumbents in this position are viewed as technical experts in multiple languages and systems as well as in manufacturing operations. Completes complex projects with limited direction. The applicant must be able to identify relevant issues as well as timelines required to successfully complete projects.
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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We have several opportunities for Senior Content Strategists. Our clients are looking for professionals with 7+ years to help lead and develop content for clients. In these opportunities, you must identify and develop content that is brand specific and user friendly. You will be working with various stakeholders and team members to manage and develop content and also analyze the effectiveness of content and make suggestions and recommendations to clients.









<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: To be considered for these freelance opportunities, you must have 7+ years working in a content strategy. You must have thorough knowledge of assessing client content to identify strengths an weaknesses. Also, at identifying new opportunities to deliver brand message. You must know how to develop content that gains maximum exposure for clients as wells as be familiar with testing and analytics.

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

Role Description:
The core focus of this role is to effectively support and manage SAP projects including the scoping, planning, budget, governance, deliverables, etc. within the projects constraints (scope, budget, time) in alignment with the ASAP methodology.

The PM will be reporting directly to the Head of the Project Management. The ideal candidate will have additional responsibilities to support the introduction and implementation of Project Management procedures to provide a consistent Company approach and to more efficiently deliver projects.

The role is clearly a consulting role that will require travel and Customer on site activity.

Key Attributes:
Your personality is critical. You will be an animated, outgoing person who brings life to the workplace and maintains a positive attitude in all aspects of your job. You will be dynamic with a get up and go attitude. But most importantly, you will have an attention to detail that you bring to everything you do.

Good communication skills is an essential attribute as the role will involve Senior Management integration both internally and with Customers, as well as running internal Project management related training sessions.

Educational Qualifications: Degree level or higher.

Core Responsibilities:
- Own projects from scoping through to a successful delivery including pre-sales interaction
- Deliver projects to scope, budget, and time
- Manage project schedules using MS Project and MS Excel tools/templates
- Provide regular project status reports
- Manage project risks
- Manage project change control
- Attend senior management meetings
- Facilitate project governance at all levels
- Manage project clients and relationships
- Support the development of other project managers within the organisation

Key Requirements:
- Project experience is essential. Must have managed multiple full life cycle implementations with full responsibility for the plan and budget. Consultancy experience is an advantage.
- History of managing SAP projects is a distinct advantage but not essential
- Experience of managing fixed price projects as well as time and material projects.
- Must demonstrate the ability to manage high pressure projects.
- Has had responsibility for managing budgets/commercial for £Million+ projects with Consultant and Business presence
- Will need to demonstrate knowledge of project methodologies and controls. Knowledge of Prince 2, ASAP and SAP Solution Manager are preferable but not essential.
- Will need to have a good culture fit within the company, with an appropriate management style
- Familiarity with the Microsoft products is essential, in particular MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word
- Will need to have excellent organisational and communication skills as the role will involve interaction with multiple projects in parallel and with people at all levels
- The role will involve travel to Customer sites and also to the offices. As a consulting role the there is an obvious requirement for the candidate to be able to spend nights away from home to support project or company activities.

Salary and Benefits:
- Competitive salary plus bonus
- Family Healthcare cover
- Life Insurance
- 25 days holiday
- Comprehensive Expenses policy

Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.

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Contract to Hire (junior to midlevel) Front End Web Developer
-CSS, Javascript, HTML
-20% creative 80% technical
-off shore team providing the files
-comfortable working with databases, IT
-creating html templates<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: Ability to work with servers (getting files to/from), Interactive, CSS, Java Script, HTML
2+ years experience in JavaScript

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Our client currently has an opening in Chicago for a Technical Architect with strong drive and experience in web architecture, web design, application lifecycle development and consulting. This position will require the ability to provide guidance on web development efforts, as well as work with the client on current and future state web architecture. In this role the Technical Architect will be emphasizing 3 main areas of architectural engineering: (1) solution architecture, (2) implementation architecture, and (3) product architecture.

This position is 75% Application Architect and 25% Enterprise Architect. Will require the ability for high travel.
Experience: MUST HAVE:

7+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture. 2+ years of Content Management Experience (FatWire, Vignette etc.). Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with J2EE and Web Services (SOAP, WSDL). Expert knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and Methodologies (waterfall, unified, iterative, agile, etc). Expert knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design and Services as Software (SAS) design concepts Strong relational database skills is a big plus.

Serious candidates can send their resumes to:

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SMARTSOURCE is currently working on a 6 month project in Schaumburg, IL for a QA Analyst

Job Type: contract
Duration: 6 months
Location: Chicago, IL


Description:
QA analyst will be responsible for complex & highly integrated software
systems that are internally developed. Requirements or use cases may be
basic or advanced. Analyst must be very experienced at deriving testable
requirements rapidly under less than ideal conditions. Analyst must be very
experienced at developing test strategies, detailed test plans, test cases,
test data, test coverage, and reporting status. Experience with a formal QA
methodology is required, along with experience determining what to optimize
for an aggressive schedule without violating the integrity of a test.
Ability to prioritize and multi task is critical. Ability to work in a team
environment among others with multiple competing priorities is critical.
Ability to be flexible with schedule is critical. While this is billed a 40
hour position, overtime is a possibility as well as weekend work.

Required Skills & Experience:
LoadRunner Yes 1 Novice 3-4 Within 1 Year 2 - 4 Years
Perl Yes 3 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
ClearQuest Yes 3 Novice 1-2 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
SQL Server Yes 2 Intermediate 5-6 Currently Using 2 - 4 Years
ClearCase Yes 3 Novice 1-2 Within 2 Years 1 - 2 Years
Test Scripting Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Java Yes 3 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 2 - 4 Years
SQL Yes 2 Intermediate 5-6 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Linux Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Within 1 Year 4 - 6 Years
Load Testing Yes 1 Intermediate 5-6 Within 1 Year 2 - 4 Years
Unix Shell Scripting Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
Tester Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
UNIX Yes 1 Intermediate 7-8 Currently Using 4 - 6 Years
FIX Protocol Yes 2 Novice 3-4 Within 2 Years 2 - 4 Years

resumes can be sent to:


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