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The SAP HR Project Manager (PM) is directly accountable/responsible for successful project delivery of SAP / HCM technology & process engagements using structured PM methodologies, which will involve creating & managing project plans, budget, structure, schedule and staffing requirements, including onshore and offshore client employees and 3rd party vendors. This individual provides hands-on leadership & direction to the team as well as manages client relationships. The PM will also be heavily involved in business case development and in leading proposal efforts and selling consulting engagements. This is a hands-on consulting delivery role.

Experience:
Min. 6 yrs. SAP HR project management experience managing all phases of the implementation lifecycle with version 4.6 or above, including managing global implementations
Bachelor s Degree or equivalent experience
Experience consulting with a consulting firm is required
Proven track record working successfully with senior management/executive levels
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Advertising agency specializing in non-for- profit seeking a on-site web site designer for a contract job. Looking for 5+ years of experience. Applicant must have the following criteria: background in web and print communication, non-for-profit experience, experience doing banner for the web. Seeking a professional who has great concept skills, can throw ideas and add variety, must communicate well and comfortable meeting with clients and consultants. Experience with education a plus.

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: Background in web and print communication non-for-profit experience Interactive banner experience experience working with a print designer Programs: InDesign Flash Illustrator Motion graphics To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Seeking high-level, experienced information architects for growing high-end web consulting company that works with fortune 500 company clients!

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: Candidate must have strong strategic and concepting skills and the ability to implement portal, content management, and integration solutions. Must be able to Lead various areas of user experience design for online portal and content management applications in financial services (capital markets, commercial banking, consumer banking and payment solutions) and media and television industries. Develop site maps, design schematics, etc. to support technical and visual design teams. Given this is a freelance opportunity first, please do not apply if you are in a full-time position. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

We are currently seeking to fill a Research and Development Architect 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.

Responsibilities:
- Work closely with business and technology counterparts to understand the enterprise objectives and initiatives and their impact on the manufacturing and supply chain technical architecture environment
- Initially, focuses on evaluating technologies for manufacturing, supply chain, general business computing usage, for example, RFID, EAN, PDA, voice recognition solutions Over time, expand this technology set to Customer Relationship, pricing, etc.
- Develop and maintain the architecture R&D agenda and associated blueprints, reference architectures/blueprints that are aligned with the enterprise objectives and initiatives and the overall technical strategy with respect to budget, functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules and adherence to architectural goals and principles
- Develop documents to communicate and build consensus with business and technology counterparts on the R&D technical architecture strategy, associated reference architectures/blueprints, and roadmap
- Develop, maintain, and enforce common conventions, standards, and technologies across the IT landscape
- Oversee the selection, design, and implementation of the appropriate solutions needed to deliver the manufacturing and supply chain technical architecture strategy and architectures
- Provide technical leadership and hands-on support to project activities to ensure solutions are being implemented per the architectures
- Provide Level 3 escalation support to project and operations activities
- Provide thought leadership on varies technical architecture and conduct technical research to stay abreast of trends and identify points of view and new technologies that will improve the business or technology landscapes
- Lead small teams of architects and engineers in the development of the manufacturing andsupply chain technical architecture

Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience performing R&D architecture work
- BS in Computer Science or related field required, Masters preferred
- Strong business and technical acumen
- Ability to translate highly complex and ambiguous problems into actionable components and lead the solutioning efforts
- Experience with blueprinting and developing conceptual, logical, and technical architecture models
- Excellent communication, presentation and relationship skills, especially the ability to articulate advanced technical topics and build consensus among business and technical constituents
- Self-starter with excellent organization, administrative, interpersonal skills and project management
- Demonstrates creative, out of the box thinking, but can operate in a structured environment

Preferred Qualifications:
- Very strong technical leadership and ability to command respect at all levels of the organization
- Experience developing high level plans and budgets
- Experience leading and developing small teams of architects and engineers
- Very strong technical leadership and ability to command respect at all levels of the organization
- Experience within a manufacturing and/or supply chain environment

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

We are currently seeking to fill a Sr. System Designer 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.

Position Summary:
The System Designer will have a strong understanding of the Documentum 5 tool set and development lifecycle that will allow them to help in the development of several Documentum projects. This designer will have hands-on experience with Documentum WDK, DFC, APIs, DQL and a strong working experience with Web Publisher, Content Server, Application Builder, Site Caching Services and Documentum Administrator. Some knowledge of Digital Asset Manager, Media Services, Content Rendition Services and Thumbnail Services is desirable.

The System Designer will convert business requirements into program specifications and analyze the impact of the proposed solutions. He / she will work within a larger team to develop, implement and maintain current and new projects utilizing various Documentum products. He / she will ensure satisfactory functioning through testing, analysis of results and correction of deficiencies according to business requirements.

Required Qualifications:
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience of Documentum development (version 5 preferred); A minimum of five years total development application experience
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, time management, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Ability to multitask and adapt to a changing environment while still providing attention to detail and quality
- Experience in the following technologies: XML/XSLT, Java, JSP/Servlets, HTML/Javascript, Structured Query Language (SQL), Documentum Foundation Classes (DFC), Documentum WDK
- A working knowledge of Web Publisher 5.2+, Content Server 5.2+, Application Builder, Site Caching Services and Documentum Administrator
- Extensive knowledge of programming methodology and development life cycle

Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Digital Asset Manager, Media Services, Content Rendition Services and Thumbnail Services is desirable
- Unit and system testing experience
- Oracle DBA experience a plus
- Experience working with BEA WebLogic, Autonomy and PVCS a plus

Education:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field is required. Masters degree is preferred.

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

We are currently seeking to fill a great opportunity for a qualified individual with excellent interpersonal skills for the position of Hyperion Applications Administrator in downtown Chicago, IL. We invite you to review the position requirements below and apply today if your skills match our need.

Current Hyperion Applications to be Maintained:
- Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Reports
- Upstream Weblink, Hyperion Essbase

Future Applications:
- Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Analyzer

Duties will include the administration of all modules for the above mentioned applications, including:
- User additions and deletions to the Security modules of each application
- Creating or updating data entry screens for end users
- Updating reports and printing books
- Creating and updating journal entry templates
- Copying and clearing application data through Database Management Module
- Preparation and forwarding of Update details to end users
- Monitoring Service Requests using Service Desk software and providing first level support as appropriate
- Creating and maintaining documentation for all Hyperion Administrator procedures
- Performing monthly application maintenance including backups
- On-going administrative maintenance of the Essbase operational reporting tool
- Produce operational book of reports for executive management

Training:
- Provide remote training and user coaching to end users on all Hyperion applications
- Provide Webex training for application upgrades and new features
- Instruct users on corporate accounting policy and data loading procedures
- Preparation and maintenance of all teaching aids and training documentation for Hyperion applications

Development and Implementation:
- Review and evaluate needs of end users and company goals
- Assist in the build and implementation of development plan
User Support:
- Assist users with Service Desk queries
- Identify, research and resolve user or application problems and liaise with outside consultants when appropriate
- Respond to telephone calls, emails and personal requests as they arise
- Provide evening and weekend support for end user during financial period close
- Assist users with mapping chart of accounts or upload issues
- Document all user issues and resolutions using Service Desk

Testing:
- Coordinating and assisting the Senior Systems Architect with testing and documentation of system updates and software version changes

Requirements:
- Bachelors degree (BA/BS) in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance or related discipline; IT related course work would be helpful.
- Must communicate regularly and effectively with both corporate and regional executive personnel, finance staff, IT personnel, outside consultants, internal and external auditors, etc.
- 1 - 2 years related experience in an end user support environment
- A willingness to commit to additional Hyperion Administrator training
- Working knowledge of concepts related to accounting and financial reporting
- An ability to work well under pressure managing and prioritizing large volumes of service requests with limited supervision
- Well organized and self motivated

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

Provide technical leadership and consultation. Provide computer program and system development and technical support for highly complex, critical programs and systems. Implement strategies to address automation, productivity and infrastructure problems and issues. Plan and coordinate tests and identifies prevention opportunities. Maintain expert knowledge in specialized systems or in multiple systems.



Facilitate technical leadership and consultation to project team members as directed by the project manager. Lead teams or projects of high complexity. Initiates and conducts feasibility studies of new and modified operational procedures. For large systems, prepare cost/benefit analyses, functional and detail specifications. Provide direct guidance in planning, designing, programming, documentation and implementation of the systems. Perform reviews of new and existing systems to ensure operational integrity and accomplishment of stated objectives. Design, code, test, debug and document programs. Analyze vendor solutions and coordinate technology, productivity and performance initiatives. Coordinate activities of assigned personnel and projects. Control project risks and impact on business and strategic plans. Manage multiple projects simultaneously.



Manage large or critical projects as assigned to ensure objectives are met on time and within cost while continuing to utilize technical expertise. Assist in defining and delivering global and strategic technical projects. Identify and address interfacing functions and applications affected by projects.



Advise business staff or unit of technology uses to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Provide technical analysis and solutions to business issues, provide consultation, research and implement technical alternatives, and maintain awareness of business technology strategies and the technical infrastructure to meet business requirements.



Seek technical and professional information and processes regarding area of responsibility to enhance department knowledge base. Adhere strictly to compliance and operational risk controls in accordance with HSBC and regulatory standards, policies and practices; report control weaknesses, compliance breaches and operational loss events. Complete other related duties as assigned, support the Company’s Diversity programs. Experience:

We are currently seeking to fill a SAP CRM Project Manager position for our client, a Global billion dollar organization. This is an excellent, once in a life time opportunity. Our client provides leading edge benefits, such as:

- Very competitive base salary
- 401(K)/Pension Program
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Competitive Health Benefits
- Health Care Spending Account
- Dependent Care Spending Account
- Bonus

We invite you to review the position requirements below and apply today if your skills match our need.

Responsibilities:


- This position requires 2-3 successful full life cycle SAP CRM implementations in a Project Manager role as well as SAP CRM product knowledge/experience across all or most SAP CRM -Mobile Sales, CRM On-line, CIC, ISA, Marketing/Campaign Management, or Service Management.

- Strong financial, managerial and communication skills required. Successful candidates will be able to give expert advice and lead others to perform in SAP CRM implementations.

- Up 100% travel required. This role assists clients in the selection, implementation, and support of application packaged solutions. They use in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients business environment to achieve client-expected business results. Responsible for the overall on-time, on-budget delivery of a successful SAP CRM implementation.

- Develop work plans, manage deadlines and coordinate team activities, estimate project skill requirements, work with deployment to identify appropriate resources and manage their integration into the team Define and agree on deliverables and milestones, set and control scope Communicate status and vision to client management and stakeholders.

- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.


Qualifications:

This position requires 2-3 successful full life cycle SAP CRM implementations in a Project Manager role as well as SAP CRM product knowledge/experience across all or most SAP CRM -Mobile Sales, CRM On-line, CIC, ISA, Marketing/Campaign Management, or Service Management.
Strong financial, managerial and communication skills required.
Successful candidates will be able to give expert advice and lead others to perform in SAP CRM implementations
Develop work plans, manage deadlines and coordinate team activities Estimate project skill requirements, work with deployment to identify appropriate resources and manage their integration into the team Define and agree on deliverables and milestones, set and control scope Communicate status and vision to client management and stakeholders


Up to 100% Travel is required. Our client works diligently at finding client work in the market that hired resources live. Qualified candidates must live within the following metro
areas: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Hartford, CT; Houston, TX; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York City, NY and surrounding area; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, DC.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. 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.
Experience: Desired skills: . To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

We are currently seeking to fill a SAP CRM Project Manager position for our client, a Global billion dollar organization. This is an excellent, once in a life time opportunity. Our client provides leading edge benefits, such as:

- Very competitive base salary
- 401(K)/Pension Program
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Competitive Health Benefits
- Health Care Spending Account
- Dependent Care Spending Account
- Bonus

We invite you to review the position requirements below and apply today if your skills match our need.

Responsibilities:



- This position requires 2-3 successful full life cycle SAP CRM implementations in a Project Manager role as well as SAP CRM product knowledge/experience across all or most SAP CRM -Mobile Sales, CRM On-line, CIC, ISA, Marketing/Campaign Management, or Service Management.
- Strong financial, managerial and communication skills required. Successful candidates will be able to give expert advice and lead others to perform in SAP CRM implementations.
- Up 100% travel required. This role assists clients in the selection, implementation, and support of application packaged solutions. They use in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients business environment to achieve client-expected business results. Responsible for the overall on-time, on-budget delivery of a successful SAP CRM implementation.
- Develop work plans, manage deadlines and coordinate team activities, estimate project skill requirements, work with deployment to identify appropriate resources and manage their integration into the team Define and agree on deliverables and milestones, set and control scope Communicate status and vision to client management and stakeholders.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.


Qualifications:


This position requires 2-3 successful full life cycle SAP CRM implementations in a Project Manager role as well as SAP CRM product knowledge/experience across all or most SAP CRM -Mobile Sales, CRM On-line, CIC, ISA, Marketing/Campaign Management, or Service Management.
Strong financial, managerial and communication skills required.
Successful candidates will be able to give expert advice and lead others to perform in SAP CRM implementations
Develop work plans, manage deadlines and coordinate team activities Estimate project skill requirements, work with deployment to identify appropriate resources and manage their integration into the team Define and agree on deliverables and milestones, set and control scope Communicate status and vision to client management and stakeholders


Up to 100% Travel is required. Our client works diligently at finding client work in the market that hired resources live. Qualified candidates must live within the following metro areas: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Hartford, CT; Houston, TX; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York City, NY and surrounding area; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco,CA ; and
Washington, DC.


All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. 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

One of our clients in the downtown Chicago area is currently seeking a highly driven, professional individual for the position of Report Analyst. This position will work closely with business analysts to gather reporting requirements and work with Report Developers to implement these requirements. This position reports to the Manager of Information Delivery.


Responsibilities:

Work with internal IT resources to deliver reporting services in a timely and cost effective manner.
Analyze, capture and refine information, data and integration requirements for projects.
Develop report templates and reports, and partner with key business resources in the development and deployment of business intelligence solutions.
Contribute to the development of overall enterprise data architecture strategy, standards, and manage the portfolio of database systems.
Support existing database systems and dependencies between them.
Provides consultation to application support teams on knowledge of the architectural design of systems and data content.
Assist as Train-the-trainer in training permanent staff members on developing interfaces and reports.
Support the development and deployment of IT governance practices, as they relate to corporate reporting.
Experience: Experience / Education:
Degree in Computer Science / MIS or equivalent work experience.
5+ years experience in the information technology field.
3+ years experience with data architecture including ODS, Data Warehousing, or Business Intelligence.
3+ years hands-on experience with self-service reporting tools such as Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Cognos, Brio, etc. Knowledge of data warehousing solutions is a plus.
Five to ten years experience in a business analysis / project management role.
Demonstrated strong communication skills at multiple levels of the organization, including the ability to communicate technical information to business users.
Demonstrated ability to interact with project managers, business analysts, developers, and operational DBA's. Must be self-motivated.
Demonstrated ability to communicate, understand our businesses, work across business units, be a team player and enjoy working in a team oriented environment.
Demonstrated solid technical knowledge of relational database management systems and strong SQL skills in general.
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Detailed Job Description

Organization
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Clearly defined and communicated objectives and tasks that are challenging, yet achievable
Assure work environment and processes foster knowledge sharing and teamwork within and outside the ETL development organization
Planning and Workload Management
Assure ETL project plans are developed following project management guidelines and are aligned with Data Management project plans
Assure ETL project plans are maintained and communicated following project management guidelines and accurately reflect current status at each reporting period
Assure work plans are completed with high quality standard deliverables and within agreed upon schedule.
ETL Development
Analyze business requirements
Design ETL programs and prepare for and conduct program design walkthroughs
Design unit test plan
Design or build unit test data
Unit test ETL programs
Assist with development of system test plans
Assist with development of building system test data
Assist with execution of system testing
Analyze production support issues and diagnose problems
Develop design and code changes to fix production problems
Assist with ETL workflow design
Assist with development of ETL workflow production scripts, etc.
Develop necessary program and workflow documentation
Work with Data Architect/DBA to ensure IMPACT data mapping and data models are designed, implemented, and maintained to support timely ETL development



Experience: Experience Required
3- 5-years application development experience in medium-large data warehouse environment
3-5 years structured programming experience (PL/SQL, COBOL, C, T-SQL)
Strong database technology skills in one or more of the following: DB2, Oracle, and teradata
1 years ETL experience (Ab Initio preferred, Informatica, Data Stage, etc) To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

We are currently seeking a highly driven, professional individual for the position of Crystal Report Writer. This person will be responsible for implementing reporting solutions according to specifications utilizing Business Objects XI or Crystal Enterprise 10. Top candidate will be proficient with Crystal Reports, Crystal Analysis, OLAP Intelligence, and will possess a working knowledge of Business Views, Universes, and Microsoft SQL Server. The Crystal Report Writer must understand and be able to refine report specifications. Understanding unit testing and version control methodologies. This position reports to the Manager of Information Delivery.

Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and test in Crystal Reports.
Create necessary views and database objects to increase the performance of the reports.
Design, develop work-books using Crystal Reports on an operational data store.
Serve as the technical resource for the staff and assist them to create ad-hoc Reports using Crystal Report viewer.
Develop Reports design specification, system configuration, database structure documents.
Assist as Train-the-trainer in training permanent staff members on developing Reports.
Experience: Experience Education:
3+ years using Crystal Reports (versions 10 and/or 11 required).
3+ years using Business Objects (versions 6.X preferred) .
3+ years using SQL to query complex relational databases and validate reporting results.
Crystal/OLAP Analysis report design (versions 10 and XI strongly preferred).
Excellent communication skills are required, both written and verbal.
BS/BA degree in computer science, business administration, or related field or equivalent work experience.
Working knowledge of change management methodologies a plus.
Minimum 2 years of experience in developing stored procedures, Microsoft SQL scripts.
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SkilGroup, Inc. is in immediate need of a Business Process Outsourcing Consultant. Our client is in need of an individual with business process outsourcing/re-engineering skills, preferably with outsourcing business processes to India and/or in the insurance industry. Qualified candidates must have the following skills and experience: experience in operations improvement and process management; demonstrated ability to think strategically, identify and solve difficult business problems; strong project management capabilities and ability to supervise the work of several concurrent projects; the ability to express oneself clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing; independent judgment and a high degree of responsibility for actions and recommendations; a demonstrated ability to create good working relationships and deal with difficult workplace situations (people in some of the branches will lose their jobs due to this process change) and training/facilitation experience as this person will work with the offices to train them in how to set up the processes to move information/documents, etc. to India, how to receive info/docs from India, etc. Previous consulting experience in a Big 5 or other consulting firm is a major plus and a bachelors degree in business, industrial engineering, or related field is required. Our client has developed a process to outsource much of the process of writing, maintaining, modifying, etc. insurance policies to India for their client. The role of the consultant is to go to the branch offices and work with the staff there to begin implementing this process. The process is focused on moving the processing of the insurance work mentioned above to India it has little to do with IT or technology changes. It is mainly business process changes and outsourcing. The consultant needs to learn the process, go to the branch office and work with staff there to begin installing the process, work through the changes it will have on the operation of the branch office, train staff in how the process works, train staff in interacting with folks in India, etc. Other than this change the branch/satellite offices will function as they always have and there is a major focus of making sure the installation of this process does not interrupt they day to day business of the branch. Some staff will have to learn a new role/parts of a role to do the India interaction. Some people will lose their jobs the consultant needs to have experience in sensitive situations like that and know how to work through them and maintain a positive atmosphere in the office to the best extent possible. This is a 6+ month project that will initially be based in Chicagoland. However, eventually it will be up to 100% travel. Chicago-based consultants are preferred, but individuals will to travel to Chicago initially will be considered.


Experience: business process outsourcing/re-engineering skills, preferably with outsourcing business processes to India and/or in the insurance industry. Qualified candidates must have the following skills and experience: experience in operations improvement and process management; demonstrated ability to think strategically, identify and solve difficult business problems; strong project management capabilities and ability to supervise the work of several concurrent projects; the ability to express oneself clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing; independent judgment and a high degree of responsibility for actions and recommendations; a demonstrated ability to create good working relationships and deal with difficult workplace situations (people in some of the branches will lose their jobs due to this process change) and training/facilitation experience as this person will work with the offices to train them in how to set up the processes to move information/documents, etc. to India, how to receive info/docs from India, etc. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

SkilGroup, Inc is in search of a VB6 Developer. Our client uses Microsoft on both the PC (Windows XP) and server platforms (a mix of Windows Server versions). We are in need of a Developer to program VB 6. Any experience with VB.NET, ASP.NET, and SQL Server is a plus. The following skills are highly desired: C++, VB6, COBOL, Actuate, Access, FTP, EDI (GEIS), Cyclone, AS2, XML, and X12. We are in need of some with strong technical skills to work with applications for the first time to analyze, diagnose, and fix defects. Candidates must have strong analytical and communications skills to work with business users to provide business definitions for defects and other requirements to drive the technical solutions. Responsibilities include: provide deliverables quickly in response to business- or client-critical needs; be equally comfortable and effective working with technical and non-technical people; be self-motivated and work effectively with minimal direction and supervision; and as assigned, research and document existing IT and business processes. This is a 3-6 month contract for a client in the near north Chicago suburbs. LOCAL candidates only, please.



Experience: vb6 To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Advertising agency specializing in non-for- profit seeking a on-site web site designer for a contract job. Looking for 5+ years of experience. Applicant must have the following criteria: background in web and print communication, non-for-profit experience, experience doing banner for the web. Seeking a professional who has great concept skills, can throw ideas and add variety, must communicate well and comfortable meeting with clients and consultants. Experience with education a plus.

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: Background in web and print communication non-for-profit experience Interactive banner experience experience working with a print designer Programs: InDesign Flash Illustrator Motion graphics To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

We are currently seeking a highly driven, professional individual for the position of Data Analyst. This person will be responsible for Integrity and Consistency of Enterprise Data Oracle SQL/PLSQL and Microsoft SQL Server. This position reports to the Manager of Data Administration.

Responsibilities:
Analyze, capture and refine information, data and integration requirements for projects.
Data modeling, database design, creation of both logical and physical data models.
Contribute to the development of overall enterprise data architecture strategy, standards, and manage the portfolio of database systems.
Support existing database systems and dependencies between them.
Provides consultation to application support teams on knowledge of the architectural design of systems and data content.
Assist as Train-the-trainer in training permanent staff members on developing interfaces and reports.

Experience: Experience / Education:
Degree in Computer Science / MIS or equivalent work experience.
7+ years experience in the information technology field.
4+ years experience with data architecture including ODS, Data Warehousing, or Business Intelligence.
Oracle/SQL skills are a must.
Proficient in the use of ER Studio design tool.
Demonstrated strong communication skills at multiple levels of the organization, including the ability to communicate technical information to business users.
Demonstrated ability to interact with project managers, business analysts, developers, and operational DBA's. Must be self-motivated.
Demonstrated ability to communicate, understand our businesses, work across business units, be a team player and enjoy working in a team oriented environment.
Demonstrated data modeling experience, including strong relational and dimensional data model design skills, applying enterprise data architecture considerations when designing and developing solutions for individual projects.
Demonstrated solid technical knowledge of relational database management systems and strong SQL skills in general.
Demonstrated problem solving skills, particularly as they relate to problem resolution support for DBMS related issues including security, performance, implementation, recovery, and connectivity.
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas:

- IT Operations tasks including running jobs, verifying output of jobs, updating databases, moving files/reports around the systems.

Qualified candidates MUST HAVE:
Perl
Unix skills
Shell scripting
NT skills

This is primarily a "support role" ...but will involve project work. The ideal candidate will be asked to take on additional roles/responsibilities as their abilities and business needs allow.

Another focus of this role is the data integrity of data sources for Fund of Funds analysis, database, and applications. This position will require strong communication skills and knowledge of Equity and Hedge Fund Markets. The candidate will possess strong problem solving skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment.

Experience: Responsibilities Include:
"h Data integrity of vendor data feeding Fund Database.
"h Maintain open channels of communication between the Data Group, IT, Operations, Finance & Control, and Analysts.
"h Identify and initiate areas of automation and development within existing processes.
"h Proactively identifying and resolving potential problems and risks before they arise and know when to escalate issues.
"h Gain knowledge and help support the flow of information between the database and applications used by the Fund of Funds Team.
"h Knowledge of Hedge Funds, Equity markets, products, and derivatives.
"h Ability to prioritize time and work in a fast paced environment.
"h Excellent team player, continually reviewing processes and communicating problems and fixes with global counterparts.
"h Participate in the implementation of new system flows.
"h Understand SQL and the structure.

* Recent college graduates with a degree in Computer Science will also be considered.
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Seeking high-level, experienced information architects for growing high-end web consulting company that works with fortune 500 company clients!

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: Candidate must have strong strategic and concepting skills and the ability to implement portal, content management, and integration solutions. Must be able to Lead various areas of user experience design for online portal and content management applications in financial services (capital markets, commercial banking, consumer banking and payment solutions) and media and television industries. Develop site maps, design schematics, etc. to support technical and visual design teams. Given this is a freelance opportunity first, please do not apply if you are in a full-time position. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Robert Half Technology has a need for a Help Desk Analyst for ongoing opportunities. Candidates will be responsible for providing level I technical support for end users via telephone. Responsibilities also including entering tickets into call tracking software and escalating the proper phone calls to level II support. Candidates must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Duties include: Providing support to end users on a variety of issues. Identifies, researches, and resolves technical problems. Responds to telephone calls, email and personnel requests for technical support. Documents, tracks and monitors the problem to ensure a timely resolution. Pleas send resume to Jessica DeLopez at .

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: 2+ years of help desk experience, excellent verbal and written communication skills, Knowledge of commonly-used technology concepts, MS Windows 2000/XP, MS Office, and MS Outlook. Experience with call tracking software. Certifications are a plus. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Our company is looking for an enthusiastic Technical Project Manager (TPM).



This TPM will help coordinate cross-functional projects across the Network and Operations Organization. Your responsibilities will include managing projects that improve the planning process for building and managing the network, reduce costs in the network, and utilize our network resources more efficiently. As such, this role requires excellent oral and written communications skills and consensus building across different cross-sections of the company.



A successful TPM must be a self-starter and able to manage and prioritize many tasks. The TPM must be able to work collaboratively and to coordinate among many groups within our company. Being able to see and understand the ‘big picture’, while managing and following through on the details is an absolute requirement. You must be able to distill a lot of disparate information and organize it into a set of coherent objectives and plans. Ability to analyze data and creativity is highly desirable. The TPM must also be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a highly technical team.

BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE-BE) is one of the world's largest Management and Technology Consulting companies dedicated to aligning business and systems to empower Global 2000 companies and government organizations.

The BearingPoint SAP Practices are experiencing phenomenal growth and are actively seeking the best and brightest in the SAP community to share and contribute in this exciting time. Our current full-time hiring needs assemble around the following modular proficiencies:


Functional SAP Financials (primarily FI-CO, FI-AM, FI-CA. Treasury)


BearingPoint will consider talented candidates at the Consultant and Senior Consultant levels provided that you meet the following criteria:


1. At least 2-3 full life cycle SAP Financials implementations in a FUNCTIONAL capacity.
2. Strong current or previous experience in functional setup and configuration of the aforementioned modules
3. Successful client facing experience and effective team collaboration


4. Superior understanding and Business Process and Process Transformation


5. Ability to work independently on client site
6. Ability to accommodate heavy travel
7. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
8. US or Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency


Location: North America


Relocation: Possible, Case-by-Case Consideration


Performance Profile:


-Typical duties include but are not limited to: Client requirements gathering, functional setup and configuration, fit-gap analysis, blueprinting, implementation and go-live activities and production support, business process transformation activities


-Building upon delivery success and relationship development to identify additional revenue and value-add opportunities


Heavy client interaction and team collaboration in delivery


We are looking for energetic, self-motivated and career-minded professionals to join our dynamic team in this time of explosive growth. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

My downtown client seeks a Database Reporting and Development resource to join their team on a full- time, permanent basis. They are a smaller, start- up type company with a great environment and an opportunity to work with the latest technologies. Qualified candidates please email resumes to Experience: Candidates must possess the following skills to be considered: SQL, Database and Transaction processing concepts, knowledge of query analysis tools and performance optimization of queries, experience using Crystal Reports or SQL Server Reporting Services, .net development toolset, and experience working with version control systems. Desired skills include: OLAP and data analysis tools, stored procedures and procedural SQL, Data Warehousing concepts, knowledge of SQL Server 2000 DTS packages, SQL Server 2005 and Analysis Services, and JavaScript To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Robert Half Technology currently has exciting ongoing opportunities for .Net developers and architects in the downtown Chicago area. Must be able to formulate and define system scope, objectives, and specifications. Also must be able to assist users in defining needs, code, and test, analyze, and debug new software or make enhancements to existing software on the .Net framework. Develop and possibly oversee software integration and external interface development. Devise or modify procedures to solve highly complex problems, considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results. All interested candidates contact Jessica DeLopez at jessica.delopez or (312) 616-7974.

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: 2+ years of experience developing web applications on a Windows platform. 2+ years of .Net development experience including any of the following: C#, ASP.Net, VB.Net, Visual Studio, ADO.Net, SQL Server. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Multi-cultural broadcast station in downtown Chicago is seeking a freelance bi-lingual, Post-Production Editor for interim position. This person must be conceptul, creative and have experience with working to finish agency commercials. This is an excellent opportunity to get some great work for your reel!

All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada. Experience: Ideal candidate will have 3+ years as a Post-Production editor for a post house or advertising agency. Must be able to speak and write in Spanish and English. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Our downtown Chicago client is seeking an experienced Automation Specialist. Candidate's position will focus on the automation of application testing and support processes for the company. Candidate will work with management to focus on efficiency processes. For further information, please contact Jessica DeLopez at .

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: Scripting: Perl, must have at least intermediate skill-level (candidate will minimally have written dozens of production scripts that are 50+ lines). Unix shell scripting, must have at least intermediate skill-level with 2 or more shell environments (bash, sh), must be intimately familiar with regular expressions and standard Unix text processing utilities (sed, grep, and awk). Database, must have intermediate skill-level writing SQL queries and ability to design and implement databases using SQL Server and/or mySQL. Visual Basic, experience with VB development strongly preferred. Securities Trading: Must have basic knowledge of options pricing theory. FIX protocol familiarity a significant plus. Experience working with real-time market data (SIAC, OPRA, 3rd party vendors) a plus. Software Testing: Experience with software quality assurance testing strongly desired. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

SkilGroup, Inc. is in immediate need of an Application Architect. Qualified candidates must have 7+ years of applications architecture background, looking across several applications to determine options and best strategies to connect systems together to achieve business goals. Preferred skills include Oracle applications and/or experience with large systems such as SAP, PeopleSoft, etc. Manufacturing experience and fortune 1000 company experience with high visibility projects is preferred as well. We are looking for individuals with strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact effectively within team, across teams and with executives. Candidates must have strong analysis and decision making skills and the proven ability to analyze situations and make logical and sound business decisions. The Architect will be part of the Architecture team reporting to the Director of Infrastructure. Responsibilities include: bring architecture expertise to bear on a few key initiatives; determine requirements, determine pros/cons of various options to connect applications; work with Director and team to choose best options; and be part of/give advice related to implementing chosen option(s) (not in charge of overseeing implementation). The Architect will work on a development project connecting Oracle ERP to manufacturing system related to RF and bar coding. Our client is actively seeking a full time employee for this position but needs help now and has not been able to fill the job. This position can be contract only, contract to hire, or a straight permanent position. Our client is located in downtown Chicago. LOCAL candidates only, please.
Experience: Qualified candidates must have 7+ years of applications architecture background, looking across several applications to determine options and best strategies to connect systems together to achieve business goals. Preferred skills include Oracle applications and/or experience with large systems such as SAP, PeopleSoft, etc. Manufacturing experience and fortune 1000 company experience with high visibility projects is preferred as well. We are looking for individuals with strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact effectively within team, across teams and with executives. Candidates must have strong analysis and decision making skills and the proven ability to analyze situations and make logical and sound business decisions. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE-BE) is one of the world's largest Management and Technology Consulting companies dedicated to aligning business and systems to empower Global 2000 companies and government organizations.

The BearingPoint Commercial Services Practice is currently searching for Tririga Implementation Consultant.

Tririga Implementation Consultant will be responsible for leading the requirements design process, testing, and delivery of customer specific solutions using TRIRIGA's cutting edge momentum.

The Implementation Consultant interacts with customers to ensure documentation of accurate and comprehensive use cases, data and reporting requirements, interface mapping, and produces a technical specification bases on these requirements.

Responsibilities also include recording and managing project development, verifying project plans, task details, schedules, milestones and supervising execution details of configuration design, and development. Ensures timely issue escalation and resolution. Also provides technical assistance in designing, evaluating, and developing the configured system and ensures quality output of team through validation and testing processes.

Position Requirements:
* In depth knowledge of enterprise business applications

*Proven experience with leases or lease accounting


* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Must be detail oriented, and posses strong leadership skills with the ability to drive project initiatives
* Must manage change, independently anticipate problems, and manage risks associated with the project
* Independently prioritize while multi-tasking all aspects of the project and ensure project objectives are met
* Must be technical and have strong understanding of all phases of software development life cycle * Experience with Internet strategies and technology
* Experience with one or more of the following industries: Corporate Real Estate Management, Facility Management, Capital Construction Project Management or Retail Store Development


Preferences:
* 7 - 10 years of consulting or development work on enterprise wide ERP/CRM systems, to include design and implementation of solutions.
* Experience with project management in mission critical application environment


EDUCATION
Requires a minimum of a BS degree in a technology or related field. MS/MBA preferred.


Travel required. Experience: BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE-BE) is one of the world's largest Management and Technology Consulting companies dedicated to aligning business and systems to empower Global 2000 companies and government organizations.

The BearingPoint Commercial Services Practice is currently searching for Tririga Implementation Consultant.

Tririga Implementation Consultant will be responsible for leading the requirements design process, testing, and delivery of customer specific solutions using TRIRIGA's cutting edge momentum.

The Implementation Consultant interacts with customers to ensure documentation of accurate and comprehensive use cases, data and reporting requirements, interface mapping, and produces a technical specification bases on these requirements.

Responsibilities also include recording and managing project development, verifying project plans, task details, schedules, milestones and supervising execution details of configuration design, and development. Ensures timely issue escalation and resolution. Also provides technical assistance in designing, evaluating, and developing the configured system and ensures quality output of team through validation and testing processes.

Position Requirements:
* In depth knowledge of enterprise business applications

*Proven experience with leases or lease accounting


* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Must be detail oriented, and posses strong leadership skills with the ability to drive project initiatives
* Must manage change, independently anticipate problems, and manage risks associated with the project
* Independently prioritize while multi-tasking all aspects of the project and ensure project objectives are met
* Must be technical and have strong understanding of all phases of software development life cycle * Experience with Internet strategies and technology
* Experience with one or more of the following industries: Corporate Real Estate Management, Facility Management, Capital Construction Project Management or Retail Store Development


Preferences:
* 7 - 10 years of consulting or development work on enterprise wide ERP/CRM systems, to include design and implementation of solutions.
* Experience with project management in mission critical application environment


EDUCATION
Requires a minimum of a BS degree in a technology or related field. MS/MBA preferred.


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

SR. NETWORK (INFRASTRUCTURE) ENGINEER

Employment Type: Permanent-FT

Job Description/Responsibilities:
This position assists and participates in the infrastructure team in tactical and strategic operations for the ITS group of a Trading/Futures co. in Chicago. Reports to an Infrastructure Manager. Servers Supported 50+
Assist in the daily and pro-active maintenance of the Windows infrastructure environment.
Help in the evaluating and testing of implementations of hardware firmware, OS patching and network operation systems updates.
Assist with the daily monitoring of Windows and infrastructure servers through use of the network management system and pro-actively resolve issues as need arise.
Participate in a 24 by 7 rotation for troubleshooting and solving outages as an on call engineer providing documentation and communications to the rest of the team when an incident arises.
Participate in the early morning shift rotation to cover infrastructure related issues and assist in the helpdesk early morning shift as requested from the staff on the shift.
Take ownership and assist in resolving all infrastructure related tasks i.e. Notes, Firewall, VPN, security and others that arise through the helpdesk system. Become 3rd level support for all Infrastructure related incidents and projects.
Provide third level support through peering and knowledge transfer for the helpdesk in supporting the clients.
Assist the Infrastructure Manager in infrastructure related projects as assigned using documentation and other resources as needed. Participate in related meetings to current projects and the weekly status meetings to provide concise and timely updates.
Participate in the evaluation/testing of new server technologies and server network operating systems. Offer new and innovative ideas that will increase our reliability and effectiveness of our network servers and infrastructure.
Assists in managing the Infrastructure team to accomplish team tasks and goals through delegation and cooperation. Attend meetings concerning this clients infrastructure environment related to incidents and new engagements.
Create and manage pro-active and preventative procedures on all Intel servers on a regular basis. I.e. Monitoring Active Directory, maintaining consistent service packs, HP System Insight Manager.

Top Skills:
HP Equipment DL, ML & Blades SAN HP or EMC
MS Clustering multi-Node DNS & DHCP NT 4 and AD
Active Directory Migrations from NT 4, GPO Trading Environment a Plus
SMS Deployments MOM Monitoring
HP RDP Image deployments Virtual Technogolgy MS or VMware

Qualifications:
Education Required: High School + Engineer must be working toward certification of a MSCE and infrastructure related certification or at least experience equal to having a MSCE.
5+ years of experience in server related maintenance and installation of Windows
Linux a big plus.
7+ years or more in Information Technology.
In depth knowledge of TCP/IP and related routing protocols.
In depth knowledge of server hardware and technologies.
The ability to pro-actively learn through the use of documentation and web based resources like forums, vendor publications and knowledge bases.
Trading environment experience is a PLUS!

The Company:
Industry Leader
Located in Down Town Chicago, IL

To Apply: Contact: Natalie Wharton 630.466.9892
Experience: Desired skills: . To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Prestigious Fortune 500 Company located in Chicagos Loop is currently seeking an Application DB2 UDB DBA. Candidates will support the applications that run on top of the databases. Candidates will be used a technical analyst doing data administration, table structures, logical modeling, impact analysis, using triggers, etc.

Required Skills and Experience

Team player with good organization skills and attention to detail
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong verbal & written communication skills
Strong technical knowledge of multiple-level (client/server or n-tier) applications
At least five years demonstrated experience in relational database administration or programming, at least two years of which must be DB2 UDB, to include:
Database logical and physical design
DDL for tables and indexes
Developing and troubleshooting stored procedures and triggers; SQL
Application interface (connection pooling, ODBC, JDBC, etc.)

Experience: Work experience in:
Data extract, transformation and loading (ETL)
Data security and integrity practices
Database requirements specification (instance configuration, connections, buffers, etc.)
Data reporting and ad hoc query tools (preferred: Cognos)
Data dictionary creation and maintenance
Database performance tuning; index impact analysis; denormalization for performance
Mainframe data management (job scheduling, migration/conversion, etc.)
Unix shell scripting
Object-to-relational mapping; programming for object persistence
End-user support and problem analysis
System & project documentation (PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Visio, and MS Excel)
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

SkilGroup, Inc. is in immediate need of a UNIX Systems Administrator. THIS IS A 6 AM 3 PM SHIFT. Qualified candidates must possess the following: a BS in Computer Science or 2 to 3 years work experience as a UNIX systems administrator; knowledge of the UNIX operating system (Solaris and Linux preferred); good Perl and shell programming skills; C and C++ knowledge is a plus; strong interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with users; excellent verbal and written communication skills; self-motivated with interest in learning new applications and systems; ability to handle multiple issues of varying priority effectively; and the ability to work unsupervised. User support is a major facet of this position. The availability of the systems and applications are critical to the function of the business and the user community and therefore must be monitored on an on-going basis to ensure problem free use and smooth operation through training, guidance, and ongoing support when problems are encountered. Feedback from users is critical to enhancing system administration. This position must promote and use that feedback to improve the service provided. The primary focus of this position is the operational support of multiple, remote, proprietary trading environments. The second focus involves performance monitoring and analysis of the aforementioned environments and the development of improved monitoring methodologies, tools, and systems reporting processes. Duties and responsibilities include: provide first level technical support for trading staff; communicate systems related issues to trading staff; understand the architecture of the trading environment; manage the startup of the trading environment; monitor the trading environment and identify and report system failures and inefficiencies; understand the purpose of the applications used by the trading staff; understand how these applications are accessed by the trading staff; understand the communications needs and expected behavior of these applications; troubleshoot and resolve unexpected application or system behavior; recommend improvements to facilitate better management and monitoring of the environment. Often there are several phases of projects running concurrently. This requires identifying solutions to problems, specifying projects, recommending schedules and priorities for projects, and programming solutions to these problems. All these phases must be coordinated to achieve results that satisfy both users needs and desires as effectively as possible. Our client in the trading industry and is located downtown in the Loop, close to public transportation. This is a PERMANENT position. LOCAL candidates only, please!
Experience: Qualified candidates must possess the following: a BS in Computer Science or 2 to 3 years work experience as a UNIX systems administrator; knowledge of the UNIX operating system (Solaris and Linux preferred); good Perl and shell programming skills; C and C++ knowledge is a plus; strong interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with users; excellent verbal and written communication skills; self-motivated with interest in learning new applications and systems; ability to handle multiple issues of varying priority effectively; and the ability to work unsupervised. User support is a major facet of this position. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE-BE) is one of the world's largest Management and Technology Consulting companies dedicated to aligning business and systems to empower Global 2000 companies and government organizations.

The BearingPoint SAP Practices are experiencing phenomenal growth and are actively seeking the best and brightest in the SAP community to share and contribute in this exciting time. Our current full-time hiring needs assemble around the following modular proficiencies:


Functional SAP Financials (primarily FI-CO, FI-AM, FI-CA. Treasury)


BearingPoint will consider talented candidates at the Consultant and Senior Consultant levels provided that you meet the following criteria:


1. At least 2-3 full life cycle SAP Financials implementations in a FUNCTIONAL capacity.
2. Strong current or previous experience in functional setup and configuration of the aforementioned modules
3. Successful client facing experience and effective team collaboration


4. Superior understanding and Business Process and Process Transformation


5. Ability to work independently on client site
6. Ability to accommodate heavy travel
7. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
8. US or Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency


Location: North America


Relocation: Possible, Case-by-Case Consideration


Performance Profile:


-Typical duties include but are not limited to: Client requirements gathering, functional setup and configuration, fit-gap analysis, blueprinting, implementation and go-live activities and production support, business process transformation activities


-Building upon delivery success and relationship development to identify additional revenue and value-add opportunities


Heavy client interaction and team collaboration in delivery


We are looking for energetic, self-motivated and career-minded professionals to join our dynamic team in this time of explosive growth. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Great Fortune 500 Company, located in downtown Chicago, is currently seeking a DB2 DBA on Unix to do physical design and production support. Candidate will perform database administration duties using DB2 on AIX/UNIX and will be responsible for physical databases; designs and implements backup, recovery, archiving and conversion strategies. Manages and maintains data in production and test databases. Converts logical data model to physical database model, ensuring efficient and reliable database performance, as well as managing database distribution, security and access requirements.

Requirments:

-Four years of work experience with a Bachelor Degree Information Technology OR Six years of work experience in DB2 database administration.
-Very good verbal and written communication skills.
-Experience with large AIX DB2 databases, including use and experience with the Data Partitioning Feature.
-Knowledge and experience with DB2 Connect implementation, tuning and troubleshooting.

10-20% Bonus.

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

Our company is looking for an enthusiastic Technical Project Manager (TPM).



This TPM will help coordinate cross-functional projects across the Network and Operations Organization. Your responsibilities will include managing projects that improve the planning process for building and managing the network, reduce costs in the network, and utilize our network resources more efficiently. As such, this role requires excellent oral and written communications skills and consensus building across different cross-sections of the company.



A successful TPM must be a self-starter and able to manage and prioritize many tasks. The TPM must be able to work collaboratively and to coordinate among many groups within our company. Being able to see and understand the ‘big picture’, while managing and following through on the details is an absolute requirement. You must be able to distill a lot of disparate information and organize it into a set of coherent objectives and plans. Ability to analyze data and creativity is highly desirable. The TPM must also be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a highly technical team.

Multi-cultural broadcast station in downtown Chicago is seeking a freelance bi-lingual, Post-Production Editor for interim position. This person must be conceptul, creative and have experience with working to finish agency commercials. This is an excellent opportunity to get some great work for your reel!

All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada. Experience: Ideal candidate will have 3+ years as a Post-Production editor for a post house or advertising agency. Must be able to speak and write in Spanish and English. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Robert Half Technology currently has exciting ongoing opportunities for .Net developers and architects in the downtown Chicago area. Must be able to formulate and define system scope, objectives, and specifications. Also must be able to assist users in defining needs, code, and test, analyze, and debug new software or make enhancements to existing software on the .Net framework. Develop and possibly oversee software integration and external interface development. Devise or modify procedures to solve highly complex problems, considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results. All interested candidates contact Jessica DeLopez at jessica.delopez or (312) 616-7974.

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: 2+ years of experience developing web applications on a Windows platform. 2+ years of .Net development experience including any of the following: C#, ASP.Net, VB.Net, Visual Studio, ADO.Net, SQL Server. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Robert Half Technology has a need for a Help Desk Analyst for ongoing opportunities. Candidates will be responsible for providing level I technical support for end users via telephone. Responsibilities also including entering tickets into call tracking software and escalating the proper phone calls to level II support. Candidates must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Duties include: Providing support to end users on a variety of issues. Identifies, researches, and resolves technical problems. Responds to telephone calls, email and personnel requests for technical support. Documents, tracks and monitors the problem to ensure a timely resolution. Pleas send resume to Jessica DeLopez at .

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: 2+ years of help desk experience, excellent verbal and written communication skills, Knowledge of commonly-used technology concepts, MS Windows 2000/XP, MS Office, and MS Outlook. Experience with call tracking software. Certifications are a plus. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Robert Half Technology has a downtown Chicago client who is in need of an experienced QA Tester. Candidate will be responsible for the design and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure that quality standards are met during production. They will oversee testing of processes and products. For more information, please contact Jessica DeLopez at or (312) 616-7974.

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: 3+ years experience performing quality assurance testing, preferably in a UNIX environment. Experience working in a Securities Trading Environment. Fix Protocol knowledge is a plus. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Our downtown Chicago client is seeking an experienced Automation Specialist. Candidate's position will focus on the automation of application testing and support processes for the company. Candidate will work with management to focus on efficiency processes. For further information, please contact Jessica DeLopez at .

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: Scripting: Perl, must have at least intermediate skill-level (candidate will minimally have written dozens of production scripts that are 50+ lines). Unix shell scripting, must have at least intermediate skill-level with 2 or more shell environments (bash, sh), must be intimately familiar with regular expressions and standard Unix text processing utilities (sed, grep, and awk). Database, must have intermediate skill-level writing SQL queries and ability to design and implement databases using SQL Server and/or mySQL. Visual Basic, experience with VB development strongly preferred. Securities Trading: Must have basic knowledge of options pricing theory. FIX protocol familiarity a significant plus. Experience working with real-time market data (SIAC, OPRA, 3rd party vendors) a plus. Software Testing: Experience with software quality assurance testing strongly desired. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Prestigious Fortune 500 Company located in Chicagos Loop is currently seeking an Application DB2 UDB DBA. Candidates will support the applications that run on top of the databases. Candidates will be used a technical analyst doing data administration, table structures, logical modeling, impact analysis, using triggers, etc.

Required Skills and Experience

Team player with good organization skills and attention to detail
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong verbal & written communication skills
Strong technical knowledge of multiple-level (client/server or n-tier) applications
At least five years demonstrated experience in relational database administration or programming, at least two years of which must be DB2 UDB, to include:
Database logical and physical design
DDL for tables and indexes
Developing and troubleshooting stored procedures and triggers; SQL
Application interface (connection pooling, ODBC, JDBC, etc.)

Experience: Work experience in:
Data extract, transformation and loading (ETL)
Data security and integrity practices
Database requirements specification (instance configuration, connections, buffers, etc.)
Data reporting and ad hoc query tools (preferred: Cognos)
Data dictionary creation and maintenance
Database performance tuning; index impact analysis; denormalization for performance
Mainframe data management (job scheduling, migration/conversion, etc.)
Unix shell scripting
Object-to-relational mapping; programming for object persistence
End-user support and problem analysis
System & project documentation (PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Visio, and MS Excel)
To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

SR. NETWORK (INFRASTRUCTURE) ENGINEER

Employment Type: Permanent-FT

Job Description/Responsibilities:
This position assists and participates in the infrastructure team in tactical and strategic operations for the ITS group of a Trading/Futures co. in Chicago. Reports to an Infrastructure Manager. Servers Supported 50+
Assist in the daily and pro-active maintenance of the Windows infrastructure environment.
Help in the evaluating and testing of implementations of hardware firmware, OS patching and network operation systems updates.
Assist with the daily monitoring of Windows and infrastructure servers through use of the network management system and pro-actively resolve issues as need arise.
Participate in a 24 by 7 rotation for troubleshooting and solving outages as an on call engineer providing documentation and communications to the rest of the team when an incident arises.
Participate in the early morning shift rotation to cover infrastructure related issues and assist in the helpdesk early morning shift as requested from the staff on the shift.
Take ownership and assist in resolving all infrastructure related tasks i.e. Notes, Firewall, VPN, security and others that arise through the helpdesk system. Become 3rd level support for all Infrastructure related incidents and projects.
Provide third level support through peering and knowledge transfer for the helpdesk in supporting the clients.
Assist the Infrastructure Manager in infrastructure related projects as assigned using documentation and other resources as needed. Participate in related meetings to current projects and the weekly status meetings to provide concise and timely updates.
Participate in the evaluation/testing of new server technologies and server network operating systems. Offer new and innovative ideas that will increase our reliability and effectiveness of our network servers and infrastructure.
Assists in managing the Infrastructure team to accomplish team tasks and goals through delegation and cooperation. Attend meetings concerning this clients infrastructure environment related to incidents and new engagements.
Create and manage pro-active and preventative procedures on all Intel servers on a regular basis. I.e. Monitoring Active Directory, maintaining consistent service packs, HP System Insight Manager.

Top Skills:
HP Equipment DL, ML & Blades SAN HP or EMC
MS Clustering multi-Node DNS & DHCP NT 4 and AD
Active Directory Migrations from NT 4, GPO Trading Environment a Plus
SMS Deployments MOM Monitoring
HP RDP Image deployments Virtual Technogolgy MS or VMware

Qualifications:
Education Required: High School + Engineer must be working toward certification of a MSCE and infrastructure related certification or at least experience equal to having a MSCE.
5+ years of experience in server related maintenance and installation of Windows
Linux a big plus.
7+ years or more in Information Technology.
In depth knowledge of TCP/IP and related routing protocols.
In depth knowledge of server hardware and technologies.
The ability to pro-actively learn through the use of documentation and web based resources like forums, vendor publications and knowledge bases.
Trading environment experience is a PLUS!

The Company:
Industry Leader
Located in Down Town Chicago, IL

To Apply: Contact: Natalie Wharton 630.466.9892
Experience: Desired skills: . To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE-BE) is one of the world's largest Management and Technology Consulting companies dedicated to aligning business and systems to empower Global 2000 companies and government organizations.

The BearingPoint Commercial Services Practice is currently searching for Tririga Implementation Consultant.

Tririga Implementation Consultant will be responsible for leading the requirements design process, testing, and delivery of customer specific solutions using TRIRIGA's cutting edge momentum.

The Implementation Consultant interacts with customers to ensure documentation of accurate and comprehensive use cases, data and reporting requirements, interface mapping, and produces a technical specification bases on these requirements.

Responsibilities also include recording and managing project development, verifying project plans, task details, schedules, milestones and supervising execution details of configuration design, and development. Ensures timely issue escalation and resolution. Also provides technical assistance in designing, evaluating, and developing the configured system and ensures quality output of team through validation and testing processes.

Position Requirements:
* In depth knowledge of enterprise business applications

*Proven experience with leases or lease accounting


* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Must be detail oriented, and posses strong leadership skills with the ability to drive project initiatives
* Must manage change, independently anticipate problems, and manage risks associated with the project
* Independently prioritize while multi-tasking all aspects of the project and ensure project objectives are met
* Must be technical and have strong understanding of all phases of software development life cycle * Experience with Internet strategies and technology
* Experience with one or more of the following industries: Corporate Real Estate Management, Facility Management, Capital Construction Project Management or Retail Store Development


Preferences:
* 7 - 10 years of consulting or development work on enterprise wide ERP/CRM systems, to include design and implementation of solutions.
* Experience with project management in mission critical application environment


EDUCATION
Requires a minimum of a BS degree in a technology or related field. MS/MBA preferred.


Travel required. Experience: BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE-BE) is one of the world's largest Management and Technology Consulting companies dedicated to aligning business and systems to empower Global 2000 companies and government organizations.

The BearingPoint Commercial Services Practice is currently searching for Tririga Implementation Consultant.

Tririga Implementation Consultant will be responsible for leading the requirements design process, testing, and delivery of customer specific solutions using TRIRIGA's cutting edge momentum.

The Implementation Consultant interacts with customers to ensure documentation of accurate and comprehensive use cases, data and reporting requirements, interface mapping, and produces a technical specification bases on these requirements.

Responsibilities also include recording and managing project development, verifying project plans, task details, schedules, milestones and supervising execution details of configuration design, and development. Ensures timely issue escalation and resolution. Also provides technical assistance in designing, evaluating, and developing the configured system and ensures quality output of team through validation and testing processes.

Position Requirements:
* In depth knowledge of enterprise business applications

*Proven experience with leases or lease accounting


* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Must be detail oriented, and posses strong leadership skills with the ability to drive project initiatives
* Must manage change, independently anticipate problems, and manage risks associated with the project
* Independently prioritize while multi-tasking all aspects of the project and ensure project objectives are met
* Must be technical and have strong understanding of all phases of software development life cycle * Experience with Internet strategies and technology
* Experience with one or more of the following industries: Corporate Real Estate Management, Facility Management, Capital Construction Project Management or Retail Store Development


Preferences:
* 7 - 10 years of consulting or development work on enterprise wide ERP/CRM systems, to include design and implementation of solutions.
* Experience with project management in mission critical application environment


EDUCATION
Requires a minimum of a BS degree in a technology or related field. MS/MBA preferred.


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