SQL Server DBA skills - installing SQL server, backup and recovery, performanceand tuning. Oracle DBA skills - Oracle 9 required, 10g nice to have. Support for oracle on Unix / Intel (AIX, HP, Windows). Unix korn shell scripting for monitoring oracle. Oracle backup and recovery using RMAN. Oracle performance and tuning. Oracle installs and upgrades - patching. Oracle proactive monitoring. Oracle database design. Oracle utilities like export / import for complicated database refreshes. Perl skills - familiarity with perl - we are using it to monitor SQL server.

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DIRECTOR, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - CHICAGO

SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

Technology and creativity serve the idea. Together. To view them any other way is to view them with the narrowest of vision.

We are Sapient. Since 1990, we have partnered with some of the world’s most recognized brands, and - by leveraging the power of both creativity and technology - helped them achieve success at a rate nearly three times the industry average. Our commitment to our clients is renowned; our passion for delivering exceptional value unparalleled.

Sapient is looking for individuals who want to make a difference. We are inventors, rule-breakers and catalysts, and the work we do changes lives. Our environment fosters growth and creativity, demands openness and client-focused delivery, and celebrates initiative and risk-taking.

Does this speak to you? Then whether you’re fluent in the language of program management, HTML, strategy, Java, or consumer research, we invite you to bring your talents and passion to Sapient.

Job Title:
Director, Program Management

Job Summary:
This exciting leadership opportunity for a senior-level Project Management professional encompasses all facets of project management, client management and team leadership. The most typical project roles for the Director, Program Management are Delivery Lead or Engagement Lead. The Director, Program Management will be accountable for delivery of large scale engagements to clients as well as managing the client relationship from a delivery and commercial standpoint.

A Director of Program Management must have excellent program management skills to lead teams in distributed environments involved in delivering complex business systems. Relationship building skills, as well as strong leadership and team management skills are key expectations too. He/she must have a deep understanding of various commercial parameters and their business impact on delivery.

The Director, Program Management creates a positive team environment that promotes coaching, individual development and high performance standards, and is responsible for career management and demonstrable growth of the people on his/her teams. He/she also contributes to the development of the Program Management Domain and community through training/mentoring others, knowledge sharing and leveraging of best practices.


Primary Responsibilities:
Structures and manages integrated projects and programs to achieve expected business results
Manages large, complex projects/programs (50-100 people) to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality
Leads proposal efforts and can sell Sapient value proposition
Leads diverse teams (i.e., multiple domains, across geographies, potential partners involved) to deliver integrated client solutions that achieve measurable business results for our clients
Manages the financial profitability of the engagement - costs, collections, etc.
Responsible for relationships with client's senior leadership team and communicates status and issues regularly
Shaping follow-on opportunities for Sapient at existing clients
Identifying business development opportunities for Sapient with new or existing clients and leading our response efforts
Plans Sapient projects or work packages up front by leading the estimation efforts
Mobilizes and manages a team to execute against project plans
Manages the growth of the project team


Experience Guidelines:
10+ years of Project and Program Management
Previous consulting experience with interactive projects in the telecommunications vertical highly desired.
Experience in sales efforts such as writing proposals, RFP responses and other sales related activities
Experience in managing complex IT projects with teams of 40+, must have been part of multiple full project lifecycles and has been in a client facing role
Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously (preferably in an integrated program)
Led a Business Design AND a Technical Design phase
Led teams with multiple discipline representation (especially technology, user experience, and business consulting)
Experience managing J2EE or MS .Net projects
Experience managing new build, upgrade and package implementation projects
Familiarity with Agile and Iterative Development (or other new PM methodologies)

Education:
Bachelor’s degree required
4+ years of education required, Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business or related field desired.

About Sapient
Sapient, a global services firm, helps clients compete, evolve and grow in an increasingly complex marketplace. We operate two groups—Sapient Interactive and Sapient Consulting—positioned at the intersection of marketing, business and technology. Sapient Interactive provides brand and marketing strategy, award-winning creative work, web design and development and emerging media expertise. Sapient Consulting provides business and IT strategy, process and systems design, package implementation and custom development, as well as outsourcing services such as testing, maintenance and support.

Our passion for client success—evidenced by our ability to foster collaboration, drive innovation and solve challenging problems—is the subject of case studies on leadership and organizational behavior used by MBA students at both Harvard and Yale. Leading clients, including BP, Essent Energie, Harrah's Entertainment, Hilton International, Janus, Sony Electronics and Verizon, rely on our unique approach to drive growth and market momentum. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sapient operates across North America, Europe and India. For more information, please visit .

Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation. Sapient is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role, which include hearing, speaking, typing, and occasionally moving and/or lifting up to 15 pounds.

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Job Description
Under technical direction, Develop, create and modify specialized utility programs, automated solutions and integrated applications.Maintain centrally developed systems.Develop, support and code TAP, a Series-3 based underwriting application.Develop and support policy renewal functionality.Develop and support CNA Central (front end application to access TAP) and UWS (underwriter work station interface with TAP).Extensive use of JAVA, Visual Basic and ETL.

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, $85,000 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:
Experience must include:

Visual Basic
JAVA
ETL

Series-3 for underwriting application
Experience: JAVA development experience

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Job Summary
The Quality Management Lead is accountable for the tailored framework (methods, processes, procedures, templates, samples, and training) to enable the work effort’s success throughout the lifecycle. The Quality Management Lead serves as the consultant to the work effort’s Program PRT / Enhancement RRT in ensuring that the Quality Strategies and Plans are addressing the right work effort risk and assuring that the Quality Plan is being executed and controlled.
Manages and coordinates the staff and activities of a business unit which provides project management processes, standards, support and tools. Manages the relationships and acts as liaison between the functional teams, business unit leadership, and other stakeholders throughout the program and project cycle. Develops an implementation approach and methodology for execution of the business strategy and manages implementation.

Activities/Functions:


Tailors standards and best practices (including methodologies, processes, procedures, approaches, samples, templates, tools) from CNA’s process asset library and industry into the working practices of the work effort
Ensures that the Quality Management Strategy and Plan is tailored to the appropriate level to provide the highest level of value for the work effort at the appropriate level of cost, while addressing the risk of the work effort. Provides Quality Strategies and Plans based on enterprise lessons learned and best practices.
Develops proposed improvement plans to product, process, and resource quality gaps for alignment and action, via After Action Reviews, Quality Reviews, and Quality Metrics
Assists with decision on appropriate phase and subphase exit criteria in order to properly govern the delivery and ensure quality throughout the lifecycle
Consults in defining and governing the appropriate quality metrics to use in measuring the overall product, process, and resource quality within the work effort
Consults in defining and governing the quality reviews of the work effort’s products, processes, and resources
Performs collection, analysis and trending reports on quality metrics and key performance indicators to enable decisions and action plans
Accountable for Quality Management, methodology, process, and tool training material and coordination and delivery of training to the work effort’s team members
Provides coaching and expertise in delivery lifecycle functions on work effort
Leads internal quality audits, as needed

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Manages the work activities and staff of the functional area and has full management responsibilities for the performance and development of subordinate staff in accordance with corporate strategic directions.
2. Manages the work activities for multiple projects, consisting of one or more project teams.
3. Leads project prioritization processes for the area, linking to business strategies. Reviews and evaluates project plans and objectives, project plans and budgets and priorities.
4. Supervises project execution including scheduling, team building, and maintains working relationships with functional areas, monitoring progress and results.
5. Establishes quality and performance targets. Applies effective project management methodologies and control techniques and financial trending analysis for evaluation of projects.
6. May provide technical expertise for technically complex aspects of assigned projects.
7. Develops and implements communication plan, and implements document management process.
8. Participates in the development of financial plans and budgets.
9. Responsible for staying up to date on trends and developments within functional area of expertise as well as the insurance industry.
10. May participate in development of business requirements to support continuous improvement in project management capabilities.
Organizational Alignment:

Direct Line report to the Quality Management Function in the ePMO
In-direct / Dotted Line report to the work effort lead / sponsor (PRT Lead or Business Sponsor) as a consulting role to the PRT / RRT

Qualifications:

Graduate Degree / MBA in business and/or Information Technology is preferred
Total experience: 10+ years of both consulting and general industry experience in Software Engineering practices with approximately 5-6 years specific to Software Engineering Quality
Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of quality management challenges, trends, and leading practices
High competency of written and verbal communication, influencing, presentation, and listening skills in order to interact with executive leadership
Knowledge of industry standards such as: ISO9001, COBIT, CMMi, ITIL.
Knowledge of and experience of industry software lifecycle techniques such as: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Spiral, Enterprise Package Implementation, Business Intelligence, Custom Development, Integration
Strong organizational, time management, and follow up skills
Ability to be independent and complete work assignments with little oversight
Hands on experience in implementing Software CMM, CMMI at least at Level 3
Should have exposure in Quantitative process management across the organization
Experience in Product Quality Assurance, including Quality Planning, Assurance, and Control
Should be familiar with Six Sigma/ Total Quality Management/Lean and other models.
Experience with Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)



Experience: Graduate Degree / MBA in business and/or Information Technology is preferred
Total experience: 10+ years of both consulting and general industry experience in Software Engineering practices with approximately 5-6 years specific to Software Engineering Quality
Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of quality management challenges, trends, and leading practices
High competency of written and verbal communication, influencing, presentation, and listening skills in order to interact with executive leadership
Knowledge of industry standards such as: ISO9001, COBIT, CMMi, ITIL.
Knowledge of and experience of industry software lifecycle techniques such as: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Spiral, Enterprise Package Implementation, Business Intelligence, Custom Development, Integration
Strong organizational, time management, and follow up skills
Ability to be independent and complete work assignments with little oversight
Hands on experience in implementing Software CMM, CMMI at least at Level 3
Should have exposure in Quantitative process management across the organization
Experience in Product Quality Assurance, including Quality Planning, Assurance, and Control
Should be familiar with Six Sigma/ Total Quality Management/Lean and other models.
Experience with Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

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Opportunities for excellent Helpdesk professional in Downtown Chicago!! The ideal candidate must be able to respond, research and resolve requests and problems received via telephone and email ; manage the process of incidents, requests, and problem tickets to ensure they have been resolved according to the appropriate service level management; provide answers to non-technical customer questions.; escalate problems that can not be resolved in a timely manner.<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 must have minimum of 2 years of experience in a Helpdesk environment and a Bachelors degree. The ideal candidate must have strong customer service skills with ability to balance technical support; basic understanding of WANs, LANs, servers and PCs; knowledge of Mac OSX platforms; knowledge of Acronis Imaging software

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The NetWeaver Administrator is responsible for the installation, technical administration,tuning, and monitoring of the SAP BI application and supporting the functional teams.
Since the company has all SAP Components, we expect that this person have significant
experience in at least 1 other SAP component other than BI. SAP Components: ECC
6.0, CRM 4.0/5.0, SCM 4.1/ICH 5.0, SRM 4.0, (XI, BI, EP 7.0) NetWeaver 2004S.

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DIRECTOR, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - CHICAGO

SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

Technology and creativity serve the idea. Together. To view them any other way is to view them with the narrowest of vision.

We are Sapient. Since 1990, we have partnered with some of the world’s most recognized brands, and - by leveraging the power of both creativity and technology - helped them achieve success at a rate nearly three times the industry average. Our commitment to our clients is renowned; our passion for delivering exceptional value unparalleled.

Sapient is looking for individuals who want to make a difference. We are inventors, rule-breakers and catalysts, and the work we do changes lives. Our environment fosters growth and creativity, demands openness and client-focused delivery, and celebrates initiative and risk-taking.

Does this speak to you? Then whether you’re fluent in the language of program management, HTML, strategy, Java, or consumer research, we invite you to bring your talents and passion to Sapient.

Job Title:
Director, Program Management

Job Summary:
This exciting leadership opportunity for a senior-level Project Management professional encompasses all facets of project management, client management and team leadership. The most typical project roles for the Director, Program Management are Delivery Lead or Engagement Lead. The Director, Program Management will be accountable for delivery of large scale engagements to clients as well as managing the client relationship from a delivery and commercial standpoint.

A Director of Program Management must have excellent program management skills to lead teams in distributed environments involved in delivering complex business systems. Relationship building skills, as well as strong leadership and team management skills are key expectations too. He/she must have a deep understanding of various commercial parameters and their business impact on delivery.

The Director, Program Management creates a positive team environment that promotes coaching, individual development and high performance standards, and is responsible for career management and demonstrable growth of the people on his/her teams. He/she also contributes to the development of the Program Management Domain and community through training/mentoring others, knowledge sharing and leveraging of best practices.


Primary Responsibilities:
Structures and manages integrated projects and programs to achieve expected business results
Manages large, complex projects/programs (50-100 people) to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality
Leads proposal efforts and can sell Sapient value proposition
Leads diverse teams (i.e., multiple domains, across geographies, potential partners involved) to deliver integrated client solutions that achieve measurable business results for our clients
Manages the financial profitability of the engagement - costs, collections, etc.
Responsible for relationships with client's senior leadership team and communicates status and issues regularly
Shaping follow-on opportunities for Sapient at existing clients
Identifying business development opportunities for Sapient with new or existing clients and leading our response efforts
Plans Sapient projects or work packages up front by leading the estimation efforts
Mobilizes and manages a team to execute against project plans
Manages the growth of the project team


Experience Guidelines:
10+ years of Project and Program Management
Previous consulting experience is highly desired
Experience in sales efforts such as writing proposals, RFP responses and other sales related activities
Experience in managing complex IT projects with teams of 40+, must have been part of multiple full project lifecycles and has been in a client facing role
Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously (preferably in an integrated program)
Led a Business Design AND a Technical Design phase
Led teams with multiple discipline representation (especially technology, user experience, and business consulting)
Experience managing J2EE or MS .Net projects
Experience managing new build, upgrade and package implementation projects
Familiarity with Agile and Iterative Development (or other new PM methodologies)

Education:
Bachelor’s degree required
4+ years of education required, Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business or related field desired.

About Sapient
Sapient, a global services firm, helps clients compete, evolve and grow in an increasingly complex marketplace. We operate two groups—Sapient Interactive and Sapient Consulting—positioned at the intersection of marketing, business and technology. Sapient Interactive provides brand and marketing strategy, award-winning creative work, web design and development and emerging media expertise. Sapient Consulting provides business and IT strategy, process and systems design, package implementation and custom development, as well as outsourcing services such as testing, maintenance and support.

Our passion for client success—evidenced by our ability to foster collaboration, drive innovation and solve challenging problems—is the subject of case studies on leadership and organizational behavior used by MBA students at both Harvard and Yale. Leading clients, including BP, Essent Energie, Harrah's Entertainment, Hilton International, Janus, Sony Electronics and Verizon, rely on our unique approach to drive growth and market momentum. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Sapient operates across North America, Europe and India. For more information, please visit .

Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation.

Keywords: Technical Project Manager, Development Manager, CIO, Chief Information Officer, CTO, Chief Technology Officer, Principal, Consultant, Technical Lead, Project Lead, Program Manager, eBusiness Manager

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role, which include hearing, speaking, typing, and occasionally moving and/or lifting up to 15 pounds.

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We are currently seeking to fill a Magic 6 Programmer 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:
Our client is in need of two Magic programmers to migrate Magic and Btree applications off of Novell 411 enviornment to Windows ops. Magic 6.0 Apps and Btree Databases reside on Novell 411 environment.

Candidates must have extensive Magic 6 coding experience and at least 5 years Magic application migration experience.

Working remotely is possible.

In addition to great career opportunities, Harvey Nash is proud to offer its valued contract professionals a number of benefits including health insurance and 401(k) matching. 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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