Our cleint has an exciting opportunity for a SQL Database Administrator to join our team in Chicago, IL. This candidate must have a minimum of 5 - 7 years working in this field. This position requires strong communication and organization skills.
9 month contract - best rate C2C
Requirements:
Over all SQL knowledge. Data Partitioning, clustering and replication. Has to have extensive experience.

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



Overview:

The Interface Engineer will code, maintain and implement interfaces and services with our customers backend systems. You will be working with interfaces using HL7 formats, XML data feeds and developing XSLTs to meet customer requirements. You will also be working closely with developing and utilizing SQL stored procedures with our interface and transactional databases. You will also be assisting with the development and maintenance of Windows 2003 services written in C#.



Responsibilities:

- Monitoring and updating existing back-end B2B systems used to exchange data with customer systems

- Code and deploy new interfaces to customer systems

- Analyze and resolve problems with existing interfaces to customer systems

- Design, build and implement tools to monitor availability and performance of B2B systems

- Identify the need for and selected 3rd party products for use

- Develop and maintain Windows services



Requirements:

- 1+ years C# or VB.Net

- 1+ years SQL

- 1+ years XML and XSLT

- Possess the ability to work independently and be self-motivated.

- Strong sense of ownership and good follow through skills required.

- Strong organizational, troubleshooting and problem solving skills required.

- Ability to work consistently without requiring constant supervision and take initiative to generate new ideas to improve department operations.

- Strong analytical skills to facilitate code design and impact analysis.

- Excellent organizational skills with an attention for detail and ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks at the same time.

- Must have a good sense of humor, patience and a positive attitude.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

- Must be able to work after hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.

- Programming Skills including C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server and XML/XSLT/XSDs.

- Strong unit testing knowledge and skills.

- Ability to manage multiple/demanding tasks is required

- Willingness to learn

- Must have high energy level, positive attitude, and strong work ethic.



Desirable Skills:

- .NET / C#

- TCP/IP

- HL7

- Prior EDI or B2B experience particularly BizTalk, CloverLeaf, MasterChart IP, etc.



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



Overview:

The primary purpose of this position is to assist in the successful implementations and support of demographic and clinical interfaces with our client's hospitals and providers.



Responsibilities:

- Assist with technical interface calls with clients

- Prepare Pre-load files for loading into the database

- Perform unit testing of new interface

- Conduct Interface training to clients over the phone

- Provide Interface client user acceptance assistance to help troubleshoot and answer questions

- Create/Load training date for consulting services

- Provide Interface support during normal business hours and rotating weekend and after hours support



Education and Work Experience:

- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Math or equivalent work experience

- Excellent customer service skills a must

- Familiar with HL7 of Hospital Demographics/Clinical interfaces a plus

- Basic SQL knowledge a must

- Project Management skills a must



Requirements:

- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Possess the ability to work independently and be self-motivated.

- Must be knowledgeable of Internet and Microsoft Office Products.

- Strong sense of ownership and good follow through skills required.

- Strong organizational, troubleshooting and problem solving skills required.

- Ability to work consistently without requiring constant supervision and take initiative to generate new ideas to improve department operations.

- Excellent organizational skills with an attention for detail and ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks at the same time.

- Must have a good sense of humor, patience and a positive attitude.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

- Travel at least 10% of the time

- Willingness to learn



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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CDI is in HOT/IMMEDIATE need for an Exchange Administrator.



Duration-1 year

Location- CHICAGO, Illinois 60601



Job description:

We are looking for two Exchange Administrators for 2nd and 3rd shift to manage a messaging environment.



The position requires work to be performed on site in the Downtown Chicago area.



Good communications skills and the ability to work independently.



Must have strong problem management/resolution skills as well as current technical knowledge of the following:

Exchange 2003 experience

Exchange migration experience

Exchange Cluster

Any migration experience with other email platforms

All versions of outlook

RPC Over HTTP connectivity

Working knowledge of SAN hardware

Active Directory Mgmt (create, edit, manage users)

Blackberry experience

Windows Mobile

Windows 2003

Dell Servers



Weekend Coverage: Weekend coverage is required.

On Call: Needs to be on-call

Years Experience: 4

Travel Required: Travel is not required

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POSITION SUMMARY

The IT Operations Manager is responsible for Grant Thornton's firm-wide systems and data centers, reviews technology project requests, and coordinates schedules and related IT Department priorities. The Manager will grow the Grant Thornton IT organization to efficiently operate our systems across multiple locations by deploying consistent practices and infrastructure. The Manager works with the Director of IT Operations and other directors as needed to develop and implement both location-specific and location-independent applications, processes, and procedures in support of Grant Thornton business operations. This position is based in Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181.



ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

-Coordinate, oversee and complete all aspects of projects, including setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring and summarizing progress of projects.

-Prepare reports for the Director of IT Operations regarding status of projects.

-Ensure effective coordination and technical support across departments and systems areas.

-Delegate project assignments to department members to meet organizational goals.

-Provide direction and guidance for the analysis and evaluation of current or proposed technology-related solutions that address business problems.

-Confer with and advise managers on technical issues, methods, policies and procedures.

-Implement methods to maximize department efficiency.

-Drive complex, system related projects to meet business goals and solve business problems with technology.

-Demonstrate leadership by focusing the IT Team on key activities that have a significant impact on the firm.

-Work effectively with other organizational leaders to meet firm goals.

-Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict confidentiality in matters that require discretion.

-Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis.

-Perform other job-related duties as necessary, sometimes on short notice.
Experience: QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

-Bachelor's degree in an IT discipline, such as Computer Science or MIS or at least four years of experience in a professional IT-related role.

-At least 10-12 years of related work experience in IT, including six or more years successfully managing an IT area.

-Knowledge of MS Windows ( all variants of server and client ); MS Clustering; SAN; Exchange; Active Directory; SMS; Citrix, Colo and DR services, LAN and WAN.

-Experience managing a technical team is required.

-Must have strong leadership and management skills with experience leading, directing, developing and overseeing the work of others.

-Project management experience in a fast-changing environment is required.

-Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures

-Working familiarity with technologies in use at Grant Thornton a plus.

-Ability to partner with business managers and work with them in their business contexts.

-Proven ability to develop and implement effective IT strategies, business plans, and policies for the functional area.

-Must have the demonstrated ability to manage and influence others to achieve desired results and work with other organizational leaders to meet firm goals.

-Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of management, including business leaders and executives.

-Strong customer relationship and management skills as used in consulting engagements.

-Ability to work additional hours as needed.

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Day Communiqué Developers

Location: Chicago, IL | Duration 6-9 Months | Start Date: ASAP |Rate: DOE all in

We have an immediate need for 2 consultants for a business opportunity with client - in Chicago, IL. The duration of the project is a 6 month project with a possibility of extension. START DATE WILL BE ASAP. THE RATE IS $DOE/HR ALL IN. The client might also want to bring this candidate aboard permanent after 6 to 9 months.

The specific requirement is as follows:

Day Communiqué Developers (2 developers)
? Need development resources with Day Communiqué experience (e.g. development/unit testing of templates, components, searching, workflow, etc.)
? Developers will need to participate in testing/bug fixing activities (e.g. system/integration testing, user acceptance testing, etc.)
? Developers may need to assist in preparing for migration to production.
? Developers will also need to provide support for the development after the site goes live


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Our client located in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS currently seeks a Senior Java Developer with WAS experience for a 6 month + project engagement (probable extenstions). MUST have applications migrations experience.


Job Description:

Our client seeks someone who has extensive Java application migrations experience (4-7 years), moving applications from Websphere Application Server 4 to 6.1. The client is also upgrading Java J2EE from current version to latest version 1.5 and JDK's to version 5.0.

20-30 new projects are coming doing upgrades from Websphere 4 to 6.1 in the next year.

Resposibilities:

- Will be taking existing code (vs. creating a new one), migrate it on 6.1, see what happens and solve problems with it. So analytical skills are very important.
- Work with internal framework support for the Java development team (on-site);
- Will be debugging and troubleshooting code and helping developers; doing testing and validations.

Skills required:

- 4-7 years of Java application migrations exp., moving them from WAS 4 to 6.1 or at least 6.
- Good verbal communication skills are very important.
- Work with internal developers in migrating java applications and supporting the development team.
- Good experience with WSAD Java tool.

Skills desired:

- Experience with WBIMB and Websphere Process Server
- Rad( Rational Application Developer) which is part of (IDE)Integrated Developer Environment
- JDK
- mentoring skills

REPLY TO:

mcgstb
@netscape.net


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Location: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Compensation: RATE: OPEN

Experience: REPLY TO:

mcgstb
@netscape.net


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SMARTSOURCE is searching for a Financial Applications Developer for a permanent opportunity with a leading international management consulting firm



Job Type: Permanent

Location: Downtown Chicago on Michigan Ave

Salary: DOE



Title:

Financial applications developer to aid our ongoing effort in the area of new/existing financial applications development for a globally distributed applications environment. This person must be an extremely detail oriented, self-motivated and have the skills necessary to develop and support our financial applications.





Key Working Relationships

. Reports to the Manager of Core Business Group

. Financial Systems Analyst

. Application Developers & Designers

. Accountants

. Database Administrators

. External Contractors



Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications

. Strong enthusiasm for working with financial/accounting applications and the creation of quality products

. Very strong in SQL, proficiency with complex stored procedures, views development, and performance tuning.

. Excellent communicate skills (verbal and written), can communicate clearly and effectively with financial teams, technical teams and business users.

. Extremely detail oriented with the ability to work independently or in a small team with minimal supervision

. Thorough understanding of data modeling, specifically how it pertains to relational and dimensional financial systems.



Desirable Qualifications

. Exposure to SQL Server Reporting Service or Crystal Reports Enterprise

. Familiarity with Analysis Services data warehouse concepts

. Exposure to accounting applications such as Microsoft Navision



Mandatory Working Experience

. Minimum three (3) years hands-on web and desktop Financial or Accounting applications development experience

. Minimum three (3) years server side development experience in SQL Server or Oracle equivalent (preferably with SQL 2005)

. Minimum two (2) years hands-on VB.Net/JavaScript web development experience.

. Solid exposure to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) fundamentals

. Participated in the full development lifecycle from concept/design through product rollout

. Can demonstrate a successful history of having translated business requirements into applications

. Some Experience working in a distributed client/server environment using Delphi or Visual Basic.



Responsibilities



. Work closely with Financial Analyst, Data teams, and business/finance users to uncover and document new business problems.

. Develop web and desktop applications for Finance and Accounting department.

. Evaluate impact of change requests and new projects on our existing architecture and infrastructure.

. Conduct application maintenance / feature extensions of current products which may also involve integration with third party software (Outlook, Word, Excel, Crystal Reports, Navision, Hyperion Enterprise etc.).

. Track and follow through on reported production errors and issues.

. Collaborate with the application development team, the QA team, and the database team, Accounting Department during testing and rollout cycles.

. Be firmly committed to quality and completeness.

. Manage your own source code control.

. Coordinate and produce application builds across testing and production environments.

. Understand our network, server, and desktop infrastructure.

. Occasional weekend/after-hours work may be required to assist in application rollouts.

. Perform ad-hoc financial queries and reports upon request.





Resumes should be sent to:

Rick



888-832-7823 x 1050

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