Instructions: You must include the following when applying for this position. NO EXCEPTIONS! Include your 1) current and 2) expected salary; 3) in the case of contracting engagements, you must include all employers as well as end clients on your resume. We need this information to be able to submit you to the hiring manager.
You must also include a short paragraph in the body of your email which briefly summarizes matches from your professional experience to the "Required Background/Experience" and "Major Pluses To Have" sections below. We appreciate your time in advance on this matter.
Note to H1-B candidates: You must be willing to transfer your H1. We cannot work through third-party contracting agencies holding your H1.
Summary
As a Ruby on Rails Developer, you will work collaboratively in an Agile environment with product managers, software engineers, and architects to develop our next generation of Web 2.0 products. You will write well-factored, extensible, and elegant Ruby on Rails code with a test-driven approach.
Reports to: The Applications Development Manager
Duties/Responsibilities

Actively participate in custom software development in an Agile, test-driven iterative environment
Conduct technology evaluations
Scale systems for growth, and design for different clients and roles
Design systems for high-traffic, high-availability, and monitoring
Work as part of a cross-functional team tasked to work with business stakeholders

You must possess the following qualities

Excellent communication skills
Proven ability to design and deliver solutions relevant to complex business problems
Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment supporting business-critical production environments

Major Pluses to have

Bachelor's degree in computer science or closely related field

All applications for this position are accepted via email. You can begin the interview process or REFER someone you know by sending us your resume and your salary history. Once you have completed the interview, your information will be sent directly to the hiring manager for decisions on the next steps. Regardless of the outcome, My ePersona will keep you updated of your status by e-mail or phone.
Experience: Required Background/Experience

1+ year(s) experience as a Ruby on Rails Developer
2+ years programming experience, predominantly in Ruby
Strong experience in Web User interface design
Strong analysis, design, and modeling skills


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Our client is a non-profit organization in downtown Chicago. They are looking for a Project Manager to help create and manage their web and audio casts. In this position, you'd be responsible for helping create audio seminars and working in Power Point to assemble various presentations. You're also the project lead and must help book and negotiate payment for webcast speakers, make sure web and audio casts deadlines are met, as well as manage the budget. While having web cast or e-learning experience is a plus, our client is willing to consider candidates with similar skills.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: To be considered for this position, you must have 3+ years experience as a Project Manager. Our client prefers candidates who have experience with lifecycles of audio seminars, webcasts, or distance learning programs. But, will consider candidates with similar project management skills and experience. You must be and expert working in Power Point. You must also be comfortable negotiating and booking speakers as well as managing budgets.

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Looking for an Audio Visual Specialist to provide expertise to our growing Special Events business. The individual must be skilled in all aspects of AV production including sound, lighting, VHS/DVD/CD formats, Video recording, digital imaging, set-up and take down procedures. This is a project that will be 3-4 days a week for 3-4 months!<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: 3+ years of prior experience required for this Audio Visual Specialist role.

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Robert Half Technology is looking for a Help Desk / Desktop Support candidate for a contract position with one of our clients. The candidate must have excellent MAC / PC skills as well as strong communication skills. This position will be responsible for troubleshooting hardware and software issues, printers, and providing end user support. The ideal Desktop Support Specialist for this position must be customer service oriented and proactive in anticipating and resolving problems. This is an ongoing recruiting effort by Robert Half Technology.
<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 Desktop Support Specialist must have excellent MAC / PC skills and strong communication skills.

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At Arc, you'll work with a team of smart marketers and gain global marketing insights, as we share our capabilities across 37 offices in 31 countries. And talk about our marquis list of clients! We partner with Disney, Kellogg, McDonald's, Proctor & Gamble, Purina, Visa, Whirlpool, and the list goes on...We're also part of Paris-based Publicis Groupe, the world's fourth-largest marketing and communications company.



As a member of the Arc Worldwide team, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact on a wide array of marketing practice areas, share ideas with some of the best minds in the business, and meet creative and professional challenges. Are you ready?



Arc Business Analyst Role

Role and Responsibility



1.Liaises with stakeholders across all management levels both within the Company as well as its clients.



2.Conducts working sessions to elicit and review business requirements.



3.Prepares key deliverables and all relevant supporting documentation for business cases, high and detail level business requirements as well as the project's technical approach. Supporting documentation includes use cases and business rules.



4.Collaborate with Experience Planning for review and input into the creation of process flows, user interface mock-ups, etc. – as needed.



5.Assures that necessary research is performed in order to fully understand the business issues, develop possible solutions and to support development for innovative, cost effective solutions.



6.Participates in the selection and review of the most viable technology solutions for management approval.



7.Supports development and quality assurance testing groups for system test planning to ensure that test conditions, scripts, validation criteria, and expected results will successfully test the business and non-functional requirements.



8.Participates in design reviews to ensure that detailed designs meet the needs of business and non-functional requirements.



9.Functions as primary leader for scope management and is responsible for completing change control forms under the Company's change management processes as needed.



Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

1.Broad understanding of the interactive marketing and/or the advertising industry - its practices and operations.



2.Broad knowledge of the system development life cycle, and technology alternatives; understanding of interface design and user/partner-centered work methods.



3.Strong analytical and problem solving skills.



4.Solid oral and written communication skills - ability to convey business requirements and technical needs in clear, concise, and effective manner.



5.Solid interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with company stakeholders, creative personnel, clients and IT staff.



6.Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.



7.Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite and other business related software systems.



Education/Experience

Undergraduate degree in business or computer science

5 years experience with web development projects

Significant experience in client facing engagements

Experience in developing large scale digital/interactive marketing projects a big plus!

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Looking for a high-level Network Engineer/Lead to assist in the Firm-wide configuration, maintenance, and support of all network hardware including cisco and juniper routers, nortel, extreme and cisco switches as well as cisco wireless access-points. Knowledge of ASA and netscreen firewalls is a plus. In-depth knowledge of spanning-tree, vlans, tcp/ip, rip , ospf , qos vrrp and vpn technologies required. Candidate must also possess strong verbal/written communication, and interpersonal skills. Must be available to support a 24x7 environment.
Experience: This candidate must have knowledge and experience with support and maintenance of cisco, juniper routers, and nortel cisco and extreme switches. Knowledge and experience with supporting rip ospf, vpn, tcp/ip, spanning-tree, vlans and qos.

Professional certification ccna, ccnp, jncia, jncip or other. B.A. in computer science or significant equivalent experience. Capable of working independently with little supervision. They must have the ability to deal effectively with technical and non-technical staff and firm client personnel. The ability to effectively troubleshoot and repair complex network problems, ability and willingness to learn, and strong verbal and written communications skills.

Please contact

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We have multiple interactive agencies in the downtown loop area that are in need of FLASH guru's! <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: CSS,HTML, AS 2/3, Java --throw in some backend development and name your price!

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Our client is a non-profit organization in downtown Chicago. They are looking for a Project Manager to help create and manage their web and audio casts. In this position, you'd be responsible for helping create audio seminars and working in Power Point to assemble various presentations. You're also the project lead and must help book and negotiate payment for webcast speakers, make sure web and audio casts deadlines are met, as well as manage the budget. While having web cast or e-learning experience is a plus, our client is willing to consider candidates with similar skills.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: To be considered for this position, you must have 3+ years experience as a Project Manager. Our client prefers candidates who have experience with lifecycles of audio seminars, webcasts, or distance learning programs. But, will consider candidates with similar project management skills and experience. You must be and expert working in Power Point. You must also be comfortable negotiating and booking speakers as well as managing budgets.

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