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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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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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 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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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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SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Consultant who is responsible for meeting with businessusers and analyzing BW reporting requirements, developing detailed reporting specifications,
reviewing BW data models and designs, and developing or modifying custom BW reports.
Skill Sets Design and configure BW queries and workbooks utilizing BEx functionality; Analyze, design and configure reconciliations between BW and data sources; Understands Consumer Packaged Goods company process and operations with a focus
on the Finance functional area (Planning/forecasting, Period close, Control, etc).
Ability to translate business processes into business and technical requirements
Proficient in BW design and architectural discipline; The complete range of BW configuration knowledge and skills for data sources,
data loads, transfer rules, update rules, data targets query and workbook, for BW
3.5, would be expected, as well as documentation skills. Exp w/transfer rules,
update rules desired Exp w/data targets query, and workbook f/BW 3.5 Required
Exp w/data sources, data loads Required Mentor and coach business users of BW (Reporting Superusers) Project Management experience desired Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs Work well with IT and functional areas; Ability to develop detailed documentation for BW architecture designs; Communicates effectively Meet project deadlines, accept responsibilities, and report progress; Proficiency in MicroSoft desktop applications; Ensure that all project goals are accomplished according to specifications and
reporting requirements; Determine time estimates and schedules for own and dependent
work and resolve issues in a timely manner; Identify and track issues, risks and
action items; Anticipate, identify, track and resolve issues and risks affecting
own work and related work of the project team. Develop contingency plans as necessary.
Consistently provide accurate and detailed estimates; Execute all assigned responsibilities with little direct supervision; Documentation skills Required

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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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Temporary
Experience: Candidate will have 3+ years of experience and an expert working in Adobe, Illustrator, Power Point, Excel and familiarity with Visio.

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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 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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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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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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DUTIES: You will initially be responsible for migrating this IBM partners environment from JBOSS to WebSphere Commerce 7.0. This is a triple play environment where there is opportunity to work with Ecommerce, Portal, and Web Content Management. They are committed to the full spectrum of IBM products, so you will always be on the leading edge of technology. Continuing to work with WebSphere Commerce as this companies on site expert internally and for their clients.
Experience: REQUIRED: A minimum of 3 years as a lead for a major web-based application from architecture, design, through implementation. Have participated in a minimum of 2 migrations to WebSphere Commerce to deployment. Other WebSphere related products, ie. WAS(WebSphere Application Server), Java J2EE.

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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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Our client is a prestigious not for profit organization looking for the right web developer/designer to join their team. This person will be completely responsible for managing the organization's web site in terms of informing and linking individual supporters, funders, donors, and organizations involved in early childhood education reform. This person's responsibilities will range from managing/updating content, function and design of the site, managing growth of the site, developing standardized templates and branding for web and print, ensuring that all materials and communications adhere to verbal and visual brand management guidelines, and also serve as the in-house designer for all print materials.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: -B.A. Degree
-3+ years not for profit experience
-2+ years working with HTML
-2+ years working with Powerpoint, Excel, Publisher, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDeisgn
-1+ year working with Flash
-Experience with online/email marketing and online customer/donor relationship management tolls (Kintera, Convio) is a plus
-Strong graphic design (print) experience
-Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills

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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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DUTIES: You will initially be responsible for migrating this IBM partners environment from JBOSS to WebSphere Commerce 7.0. This is a triple play environment where there is opportunity to work with Ecommerce, Portal, and Web Content Management. They are committed to the full spectrum of IBM products, so you will always be on the leading edge of technology. Continuing to work with WebSphere Commerce as this companies on site expert internally and for their clients.
Experience: REQUIRED: A minimum of 3 years as a lead for a major web-based application from architecture, design, through implementation. Have participated in a minimum of 2 migrations to WebSphere Commerce to deployment. Other WebSphere related products, ie. WAS(WebSphere Application Server), Java J2EE.

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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 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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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 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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SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Consultant who is responsible for meeting with businessusers and analyzing BW reporting requirements, developing detailed reporting specifications,
reviewing BW data models and designs, and developing or modifying custom BW reports.
Skill Sets Design and configure BW queries and workbooks utilizing BEx functionality; Analyze, design and configure reconciliations between BW and data sources; Understands Consumer Packaged Goods company process and operations with a focus
on the Finance functional area (Planning/forecasting, Period close, Control, etc).
Ability to translate business processes into business and technical requirements
Proficient in BW design and architectural discipline; The complete range of BW configuration knowledge and skills for data sources,
data loads, transfer rules, update rules, data targets query and workbook, for BW
3.5, would be expected, as well as documentation skills. Exp w/transfer rules,
update rules desired Exp w/data targets query, and workbook f/BW 3.5 Required
Exp w/data sources, data loads Required Mentor and coach business users of BW (Reporting Superusers) Project Management experience desired Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs Work well with IT and functional areas; Ability to develop detailed documentation for BW architecture designs; Communicates effectively Meet project deadlines, accept responsibilities, and report progress; Proficiency in MicroSoft desktop applications; Ensure that all project goals are accomplished according to specifications and
reporting requirements; Determine time estimates and schedules for own and dependent
work and resolve issues in a timely manner; Identify and track issues, risks and
action items; Anticipate, identify, track and resolve issues and risks affecting
own work and related work of the project team. Develop contingency plans as necessary.
Consistently provide accurate and detailed estimates; Execute all assigned responsibilities with little direct supervision; Documentation skills Required

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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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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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Temporary
Experience: Candidate will have 3+ years of experience and an expert working in Adobe, Illustrator, Power Point, Excel and familiarity with Visio.

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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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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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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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DUTIES: You will initially be responsible for migrating this IBM partners environment from JBOSS to WebSphere Commerce 7.0. This is a triple play environment where there is opportunity to work with Ecommerce, Portal, and Web Content Management. They are committed to the full spectrum of IBM products, so you will always be on the leading edge of technology. Continuing to work with WebSphere Commerce as this companies on site expert internally and for their clients.
Experience: REQUIRED: A minimum of 3 years as a lead for a major web-based application from architecture, design, through implementation. Have participated in a minimum of 2 migrations to WebSphere Commerce to deployment. Other WebSphere related products, ie. WAS(WebSphere Application Server), Java J2EE.

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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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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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Our client is a prestigious not for profit organization looking for the right web developer/designer to join their team. This person will be completely responsible for managing the organization's web site in terms of informing and linking individual supporters, funders, donors, and organizations involved in early childhood education reform. This person's responsibilities will range from managing/updating content, function and design of the site, managing growth of the site, developing standardized templates and branding for web and print, ensuring that all materials and communications adhere to verbal and visual brand management guidelines, and also serve as the in-house designer for all print materials.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: -B.A. Degree
-3+ years not for profit experience
-2+ years working with HTML
-2+ years working with Powerpoint, Excel, Publisher, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDeisgn
-1+ year working with Flash
-Experience with online/email marketing and online customer/donor relationship management tolls (Kintera, Convio) is a plus
-Strong graphic design (print) experience
-Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills

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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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This Call Center Technology Manager Position Features:

Great Location
Business Casual Environment
Great Pay to $68K

Immediate need for call center technology manager seeking job stability and the opportunity to help people. Great attention to detail, team skills and good interaction skills with end users are a must. Duties will consist of managing various call center technologies, call center reporting and inventory management and other managerial duties. To apply for this position, please attach resume'. Qualified candidates will be contacted directly.
Experience: , , Call Center Technology Experience, 2 + years of Call Center Management

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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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SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Consultant who is responsible for meeting with businessusers and analyzing BW reporting requirements, developing detailed reporting specifications,
reviewing BW data models and designs, and developing or modifying custom BW reports.
Skill Sets Design and configure BW queries and workbooks utilizing BEx functionality; Analyze, design and configure reconciliations between BW and data sources; Understands Consumer Packaged Goods company process and operations with a focus
on the Finance functional area (Planning/forecasting, Period close, Control, etc).
Ability to translate business processes into business and technical requirements
Proficient in BW design and architectural discipline; The complete range of BW configuration knowledge and skills for data sources,
data loads, transfer rules, update rules, data targets query and workbook, for BW
3.5, would be expected, as well as documentation skills. Exp w/transfer rules,
update rules desired Exp w/data targets query, and workbook f/BW 3.5 Required
Exp w/data sources, data loads Required Mentor and coach business users of BW (Reporting Superusers) Project Management experience desired Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs Work well with IT and functional areas; Ability to develop detailed documentation for BW architecture designs; Communicates effectively Meet project deadlines, accept responsibilities, and report progress; Proficiency in MicroSoft desktop applications; Ensure that all project goals are accomplished according to specifications and
reporting requirements; Determine time estimates and schedules for own and dependent
work and resolve issues in a timely manner; Identify and track issues, risks and
action items; Anticipate, identify, track and resolve issues and risks affecting
own work and related work of the project team. Develop contingency plans as necessary.
Consistently provide accurate and detailed estimates; Execute all assigned responsibilities with little direct supervision; Documentation skills Required

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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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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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Temporary
Experience: Candidate will have 3+ years of experience and an expert working in Adobe, Illustrator, Power Point, Excel and familiarity with Visio.

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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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Duration: 6 Months+

Location: Chicago, IL ( Candidate should be willing to relocate if not local).


Job Description:
1. Primary focus will be to design, develop and test the SAP Business Warehouse (BW) components required to support the Project 1Up analytic reporting requirements including BW infocubes, virtual infocube, infoobjects, BW extractors, ODS objects etc., as necessary.
2. Work with other members of the Data Warehouse Realization team to integrate these designs within the context of the overall clients data strategy while also leveraging SAP pre-delivered content as much as possible.
3. Also support the Project 1Up process teams by providing guidance on how BW can best be leveraged within the total delivered solution and where appropriate build prototypes to demonstrate capabilities.


Required Skills:
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in IT development, 2-3 years of which must be with BWBW front end and backend.
- 2-3 years of data warehousing, data modeling.

Desired Skills:
- Experience with any specific BW application (e.g. APO, CRM, SEM) and ABAP is a plus.
- Experience with TeraData is also a plus

If you are interested, please respond with the following details:
. Updated resume in Word format
. Your availability to start
. Your salary expectations
. Your work Authorization
. Best number and time to reach you
. If not local, are you open to relocation / travel?
Experience: SAP BW,

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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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SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Consultant who is responsible for meeting with businessusers and analyzing BW reporting requirements, developing detailed reporting specifications,
reviewing BW data models and designs, and developing or modifying custom BW reports.
Skill Sets Design and configure BW queries and workbooks utilizing BEx functionality; Analyze, design and configure reconciliations between BW and data sources; Understands Consumer Packaged Goods company process and operations with a focus
on the Finance functional area (Planning/forecasting, Period close, Control, etc).
Ability to translate business processes into business and technical requirements
Proficient in BW design and architectural discipline; The complete range of BW configuration knowledge and skills for data sources,
data loads, transfer rules, update rules, data targets query and workbook, for BW
3.5, would be expected, as well as documentation skills. Exp w/transfer rules,
update rules desired Exp w/data targets query, and workbook f/BW 3.5 Required
Exp w/data sources, data loads Required Mentor and coach business users of BW (Reporting Superusers) Project Management experience desired Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs Work well with IT and functional areas; Ability to develop detailed documentation for BW architecture designs; Communicates effectively Meet project deadlines, accept responsibilities, and report progress; Proficiency in MicroSoft desktop applications; Ensure that all project goals are accomplished according to specifications and
reporting requirements; Determine time estimates and schedules for own and dependent
work and resolve issues in a timely manner; Identify and track issues, risks and
action items; Anticipate, identify, track and resolve issues and risks affecting
own work and related work of the project team. Develop contingency plans as necessary.
Consistently provide accurate and detailed estimates; Execute all assigned responsibilities with little direct supervision; Documentation skills Required

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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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Temporary
Experience: Candidate will have 3+ years of experience and an expert working in Adobe, Illustrator, Power Point, Excel and familiarity with Visio.

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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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DUTIES: You will initially be responsible for migrating this IBM partners environment from JBOSS to WebSphere Commerce 7.0. This is a triple play environment where there is opportunity to work with Ecommerce, Portal, and Web Content Management. They are committed to the full spectrum of IBM products, so you will always be on the leading edge of technology. Continuing to work with WebSphere Commerce as this companies on site expert internally and for their clients.
Experience: REQUIRED: A minimum of 3 years as a lead for a major web-based application from architecture, design, through implementation. Have participated in a minimum of 2 migrations to WebSphere Commerce to deployment. Other WebSphere related products, ie. WAS(WebSphere Application Server), Java J2EE.

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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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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 ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SPLEASE INCLUDE JOB TITLE IN SUBJECT HEADINGSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)Client offers a business casual, entrepreneurial work environment with strong growth potential; a competitive compensation package; along with a complete benefits package including medical/dental/vision/life insurance; education assistance; 401(k) with company match and much more!Our Client,has an immediate opening for a SAN Storage Administrator located at their suburban facility. We are seeking a dynamic, hard-working professional with a solid education or background in SAN administration and a desire to work for a fast-paced, large corporate organization. In addition to exceptional leadership and analytical skills, and you must have a roll up your sleeves attitude.Required Skills*Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.* Proven interpersonal, communication, organizational and leadership skills* 3 to 5 years of IT work experience with at least 2 years as a SAN Administrator* Hitachi SAN Admin experience A MUST HAVE!* Cisco MDS 95xx series San switch expertise* SUN, Linux, Windows 2000/2003 server admin experience* Knowledge of VMware and Solaris Zones* Expertise with SAN Administration Tools * Enterprise backup experience, Netbackup, Commvault Galaxy* Experience with Veritas Volume Manager, Solaris Volume Manager, Oracle RMAN* Experience with large high transactional RDBMS environments* Solid understanding of SCSI, Fibre Channel, SAN, NAS, RAID and I/O Storage Sub-Systems* Working knowledge of LAN/WAN infrastructures* Proven ability to maintain leading edge skills Required Experience* Hitachi SAN Admin experience A MUST HAVE!* Efficient and reliable storage allocation and define backup, recovery, archival procedures* Develops and implements business continuity practices for storage management* Installs, configures, tests and implements storage management software and hardware* Monitors use and availability of storage resources* Maintains and modifies backup and recovery procedures to meet high availability and mission critical business needs* Troubleshoots storage related issues and takes appropriate actions* Generates reports and analysis on storage usage* Maintains storage configurations to provide capacity planning and performance monitoring/tuning of systems* Benchmarks, evaluates and makes recommendations for the selection of storage management software and hardware products* Possesses skills and knowledge related to network, operating systems, Storage Area Network (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and tape backup solutionsIn return, Client offers a business casual, entrepreneurial work environment with strong growth potential; a competitive compensation package; along with a complete benefits package including medical/dental/vision/life insurance; education assistance; 401(k) with company match and much more!
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SPLEASE INCLUDE JOB TITLE IN SUBJECT HEADINGSALARY: Open (based upon experience and qualifications)

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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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