Lead QA with AGILE

Title: Lead QA with AGILE
Position: Contract
Location:  Forth Worth, Texas
Duration: 12 Months
Rate: Max $45.00 C2C
Face to Face must


First interview will be VIDEO Skype if advanced the Candidate must be avail. For final interview onsite.
Do not submit if this is not acceptable.
MUST HAVE 2 YEARS IN AGILE
Lead QA

Education/Experience
This position is an Agile Quality Assurance lead role. Successful candidates will work on an Agile Scrum team to test and deliver new functionality on our website.
Responsibilities:
•             Lead QA testing efforts for new releases and ongoing application maintenance
•             Lead testing efforts for an Agile project team during 2 week iterations
•             Lead the testing team in user story development and sizing
•             Participate in backlog grooming
•             Assist the Product Owner and Business Analyst with developing acceptance criteria
•             Define and document test strategy, test plans and test cases by evaluating functional and non-functional requirements of their user stories
•             Provide leadership to non-technical functional testers on a day-to-day basis by empowering the test team and teaching them how to design and implement testing tasks necessary to meet the project deliverables
•             Mentor testers on a daily basis and train them to function independently
•             Develop a strong understanding of the application and domain to perform hands-on testing of the services from a technical standpoint (especially to test non-functional aspects such as load, response time, end-to-end connectivity, availability, security etc.)
•             Manage the status of defects and changes in Quality Center and provide updates to the team on a daily basis
•             Attend/conduct meetings with the IT team, vendor, business team, project program and other application teams to accomplish project goals
•             Participate in demos to business unit for completed functionalities
•             Create weekly metrics/reports to capture test progress for projects and releases
•             Handle testing efforts for multiple projects/releases concurrently
•             Evaluate and implement test automation in the iteration cycle
•             Identify and manage test cases for automation
•             Adapt to the needs of the group to coordinate testing efforts
Following skills are a must:
•             Day to day experience working in and Agile environment on an Agile team.
•             Strong leadership skills, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, and inter-personal skills
•             Extremely detail-oriented and organized
•             Strong at multi-tasking and prioritizing activities to meet the project needs
•             Excellent background in foundational concepts of testing
•             Recent experience in creating test strategy, test plan and test cases for large projects
•             Hands-on experience testing web sites
•             Technical depth to create and run test cases that cover a wide variety of scenarios such as functional, regression, endurance, performance, SLAs etc.
•             Good at capturing and documenting necessary details for test cases
•             Ability to learn the business logic quickly to interpret requirements and prioritize defects
•             Hands on daily use of QC, BPT, QTP, BPM, or other test automation software
Skills that are a plus:
•             Experience with Rally, Bugzilla and MS Visio
•             Sabre experience
•             Experience in coordinating efforts across team members who may not be co-located.
Education/Experience:
•             Degree (Master’s or Bachelor’s) in computer science, computer engineering or relevant field is preferred
•             5-7 years’ experience required
•             1-2 years working as a QA lead on an Agile scrum team
Qualification       Rating
Default Category
Agile (Scrum) Methodology *
  and 2+ Yrs.
Agile Methodology *
  and 2+ Yrs.
Agile User Stories/Acceptance Criteria *
  and 2+ Yrs.
Quality Center *
  and 2+ Yrs.
Rally Software Tool *
  and 1+ Yrs.



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C Mathan Brabhu
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DataStage Lead Developer

Title: DataStage Lead Developer
Position: Contract
Location: Columbus, OH
Duration: Long term

We have the following position in Columbus, OH; long term contract.  I am open on rate – need a strong DataStage Conversion Lead with SAP Financials conversion experience.
DataStage Lead Developer


This person will work on a project whose total scope includes the design, development and implementation of an industry standard package Accruent and SAP - for a comprehensive Real Estate and SD&C Document Management solution. The Real Estate system is used to manage strategic and transactional real estate information and processes. It houses the core source data and information for our lease plans, capital and non-capital deals, centers, stores, competitors, co-tenancy, and leases. The SD&C Document Management system is used store all documents that are generated during the construction of the physical stores. SAP will be used for all financials related to the real estate and store design and construction activities in the future state.

The role on this project is specifically as an onsite technical lead for the data conversion activities for the financial data from legacy JDE into SAP.

Application / Modules:
IBM Datastage
IBM QualityStage

Responsibilities:
·        Leadership / coordination of up to 3 developers all focused on data conversion
·        Participate in data analysis efforts with other teams and participate in requirements sessions to contribute to overall data conversion strategy definition and detailed requirements gathering specific to the datastage conversions that will need to be built
·        Participate in and be prepared to give effort estimates for development of conversion jobs in Datastage and QualityStage
·        QA programs / datastage jobs written by other developers
·        Testing and defect correction
·        Performance test
·        SQL experience

Skill Level
Experience with ERPs, preferably SAP for financial data
Intermediate 5-7 yrs experience


Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

SAP HR HCM Opportunity

Title: SAP HR HCM Opportunity
Position: Contract
Location: Plano, Texas.
Duration:  3-6 month

Our client is looking for an experienced HCM/Payroll (US and Canadian payroll) consultant for a 3-6 month initial contract beginning December 9th. Here are the requirements:

·               Strong SAP Payroll ( Gross To Net US and Canada) experience including Tax Reporter.  Should have experience payroll schema and rules.
·               Additional qualification Time - CATS, Kronos and time evaluation
·               6-8 Years of experience
·               At least 2 Full life cycle implementations



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

JAVA/WEBLOGIC/Oracle DEVELOPER

Title: JAVA/WEBLOGIC/Oracle DEVELOPER
Position: Contract
Location: Austin, TX
Duration: 12 Months

Dear Associates,

MANDATORY Minimum Requirements:
Years                    Skills/Experience
               8                            IT application development
               6                            Java
               6                            Weblogic
               6                            Oracle PL/SQL
               1                            Oracle SOA



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

ORACLE DEVELOPER

Title: ORACLE DEVELOPER
Position: CONTRACT
Location: AUSTIN TEXAS
Duration: 6-12 MONTHS


Dear Associate,

Local candidate preferred.

Description of Services:  Oracle SOA developer will analyze high-level business requirements and design services (Composites) that fulfill the requirements, keeping extensibility/usability in mind.  Developer will work with Java, .Net, and SQL developers and architects to design and implement multi-tenant enterprise applications.  Will be part of a 3-member SOA team and 12 member developer/testing team to deliver multiple concurrent projects.

Skills and Qualifications:  Oracle SOA suite 11g/10g; BPEL/ESB/OSR/OER; WSM; Weblogic; Oracle PL/SQL; .Net 4.0/3.5; Java

II.              WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
               Minimum Requirements:
Years
Skills/Experience
8
IT application development
6
Java
6
Weblogic
6
Oracle PL/SQL
1
Oracle SOA
       
            Preferences:
Years
Skills/Experience
2
BPEL/ESB/OSR/OER
2
.NET 4.0/3.5



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

Java Developer

Title: Java Developer
Position: Contract
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Duration: 6-18 Months
Pay Rate: Open

Dear Associate,

Java Developer - Los Angeles, CA



Our customer is interested in hiring a Senior Java Developer for an initial 6 month contract that can be extended up to 18 months. This individual will be working on Middle tier/Back-end, Web Services and Data Oriented services. They will be communicating with off shore teams, in addition to various members within the organization to advance and complete projects. If you think that you are a fit for the role or know someone who may be interested please don't hesitate to reach out. The candidate(s) must be local to the Los Angeles area for a F2F interview as well as the J2EE test. You will need to take a J2EE test in order to be considered for this position. Please only send qualified candidates that meet the requirements. No generic resumes will be accepted. Thanks.



Requirements:

- 6 + years as a Java/J2EE Developer

- Experience with SOAP

- Experience with REST

- Experience with WebLogic

- Script and Hibernate are a must have

- Metadata is a must have

- Experience on large scale, enterprise projects is a plus

- Entertainment Industry experience is a plus



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

WebSphere admin

Title: WebSphere admin
Position: Contract
Location: Boston, MA
Duration: 6 Months
Pay Rate: Open

Dear Associate,

Duration: 6 months to begin (good chance at a year extension)
Location: Boston, MA
Pay Rate: Open
Interview: 1 phone screen and 1 in person interview (MUST BE ABLE TO MAKE F2F)

Description:
Qualifications
Education, Skills and Competencies:
Experience should include but not limited to:
BS in Computer Science (or equivalent), relevant professional certifications or proven equivalent work experience
5 - 7 years of WebSphere administration running on a Linux Operating System (preferably Red Hat Linux)
Extensive experience in installing and configuring web application products in highly available and fault tolerance environment
Extensive experience with the FileNet and ISIM/ISAM applications and administration is plus
Minimum 5 years progressive experience with web technologies like XML, XSLT, HTML, HTTP(S), LDAP, JSP, Apache Struts, ANT, IIS, Web Services, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, etc...
Administration skills in DataPower appliance.
Experience in setting up DataPower policies, setting up security and upgrading firmware.
Experience working with UDDI and Registry tools
Minimum 5 years with Java and JDBC connection configurations
Minimum 5 years Oracle client DB connection configurations
Minimum 2 years writing automation scripts using various technologies (e.g. Bash, Perl, Ruby, Python, WebLogic Scripting Tool PowerShell, VB Script, T-SQL, ANSI SQL, etc...)
Must be able to work independently with little supervision
Prior experience on projects with federal, state or local government is desirable, but not required
Prior experience with ITIL v3 is a plus
Be able to work collaboratively with other Infrastructure and Development groups to build, maintain the product roadmap.
Must have strong analytical and interpersonal skills, as well as outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
The following technical skills are a plus: DB2, Oracle DB, Tomcat, Apache, LDAP, Tivoli Monitoring platforms.



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

.NET Developer (web applications)

Title: .NET Developer (web applications)
Position: Contract
Location: Boston, MA
Duration: 1 Year
Rate:  $50/hr


Dear Associate,


.NET Developer (web applications) position within a branch of local Government in the Boston area. Please let me know if you have any qualified candidates that are local to MA. I will review the resumes of people in NJ, PA, NY, CT, NH also. Thank you!

Location: Boston, MA
Must Have Skills: ASP.NET, MVC, web development, C#, SQL Server 2008, web applications
Rate:  $50/hr
Industry: Government
Interview Process: PS and in person
Duration: 1 year plus




Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

Informatica Developer

Title: Informatica Developer
Position: Contract
Location: San Diego, California
Duration: 1 Year
Rate: Determined on Experience

Dear Associate,

I am looking for a highly experienced Informatica Developer in San Diego, CA
This is a  1 year contract with the potential to be extended further.
Face to Face interview is a requirement and work cannot be done remotely, therefore, ONLY SEND LOCAL CANDIDATES
Rate: Determined on Experience
Location: San Diego, CA
Interview Process: Phone screen followed by second round in-person team interview.
If you have local candidates, please forward me their details.

Senior Informatica Developer - San Diego, CA
The Senior Informatica Developer will provide a full spectrum of support services from strategy development to hands-on mapping development. The client is supporting the implementation of a new Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) system named Blackbaud.  As part of the Blackbaud rollout, a related Business Intelligence capability will be developed including an Operational Data Store and Data Warehouse.  The primary objectives are to successfully implement External Affairs (EA) data management requirements, Informatica based ETL capabilities and to enable ACT to identify and execute Informatica best practices within the overall rollout guidelines. These guidelines include a best practices data management strategy, self-service BI model, data governance, appropriate utilization of ETL tools, support for an Informatica community of practice and optimized data integration processes. More specific duties include:
Review EA data model and ensure complete understanding.
Review EA ETL requirements and ensure all related documentation is in place and approved.
Liaise with internal staff for Informatica strategy and implementation.
Develop Informatica implementation plan for EA subject areas.
Engage EA customers in defining and remediating outstanding data management gap analysis.
Verify Informatica architecture and ensure capability in place to support EA rollout.
Develop, test, implement and document Informatica data mappings.
Put Informatica processes into production.
Ensure supportability of developed Informatica processes by permanent staff.
Assist in development of overarching Informatica rollout strategy.
Assist in development of Informatica concept of operations.
Assist in development of standard operating procedure.
Assist in development of Informatica training materials.
Assist in development of Informatica development standards.
Assist in implementation of Informatica change management process.





Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

.Net developer

Title: .Net developer
Position: Contract
Location: Dayton, OH
Duration: 1 Year
Rate: 50$/hr
Interview: Phone and Face to Face


Dear Associate,

Must have front and back end experience.

Must have 3+ Years of XSLT experience

Must have strong C# experience (attributes and reflections)

Must be willing to travel onsite for an interview. NO Skype, sorry


Phone and face to face (no skype)
Well rounded front and back end
This person will be a part of a team of about 20 developers. This team supports 2 major applications for the client. The application that this person will be working on mostly is an online application for searching public records data. This product is about $140 million in revenue for the company. It searches any type of public records information (drivers licenses, property records, bankruptcies, etc). They are running about 300,000 searches a day, and thus there will be extensive production/operations support and maintenance to the system. The client also builds analytic products on the data offerings, and sells these reports to their clients. Although this is a lot of support development, this group does get assigned projects as well which will be new development.

This is a long term contract, and will renew every 6 month. The majority of programming will be .Net and C#, but we want someone who is experienced in doing front end development as well focusing on HTML and web development. This person should be proficient with object oriented programming and web services. Below is the formal description.

Designs, modifies, develops, writes and implements software programming applications. Provides technical support to project team members. Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and at least 8-10 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May provide consultation on complex projects and is considered to be the top level contributor/specialist. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. May report to an executive or a manager.

Work will involve maintenance and development support for an existing
Windows 2008, IIS 7, .NET 4.0 application. Javascript, Visual Studio,
ASP.NET, C#, XSLT and XML are required skills. Experience with
SQLServer, SQL, SOAP and REST is preferred. Experience with
Subversion, CruiseControl, JQuery, StructureMap and NUnit are a bonus



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

strong mid-tier C# ASP.NET

Title: strong mid-tier C# ASP.NET
Position: Contract
Location: Columbus, OH
Duration: 1-2 Years



Dear Associate,

Location: Columbus, OH

Interviews will be held in person, no exceptions.

Our customer is look for a resource with a strong mid-tier C# background as well as experience in ASP.NET Web Forms and SQL Server.
Significant knowledge of Entity Framework Code First is mandatory and experience with CSLA would be helpful to facilitate migration away from the legacy code base. Knowledge of Dependency Injection is also important (we use Ninject as a DI container).
Good communication and some BA skills are always helpful, since there isn't a BA on the project and so our team interacts directly with customers, needing to translate their customer-speak into clear requirements.

Skill
Required / Desired
Actual Years of Experience
Last Used
8 years of experience with ASP.Net Web Forms
Required
 
8 years of experience with SQL Server
Required
 
8 years of experience with Entity Framework Code First
Required
 
8 years of experience with CSLA (i.e. migration efforts away from legacy code base
Required
 
8 years of experience / knowledge of Dependency Injection (i.e. Ninject)
Required
 
6 years of experience establishing / translating business requirements with stakeholders and end users
Required
 
4 years of experience in Agile environments
Highly Desired
 
Excellent interpersonal skills both oral and written
Required
 

Preferred Education:
4 year college degree or equivalent technical study with advanced study preferred.
Role Description:
·        Proven track record of hands-on technical design and code work within large complex systems.
·        Proven hands-on technical work with a variety of technologies.
·        Demonstrated technical expertise integrating a variety of diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.
·        Proven experience mentoring and performing supervisory functions for technical teams.
·        Ability to make best practice recommendations based on past work.
·        Proven ability to present complex technical constructs to business and non-technical users.
·        Proven ability to collaborate with business users, project managers and technical architects.



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

Senior C# Developers Needed Immed

Title: Senior C# Developers Needed Immed
Position: Contract
Location: Dallas Texas
Duration: 12-18 Months
MAX RATE: $55.00 C2C


We are looking for senior level .NET developers with experience implementing non-trivial web based applications using .NET and iterative development methodologies. The ideal candidate would conscientiously apply their mastery of .NET to ensure our clients receive applications that are both beautiful and functional inside and out.


Required Skills & Experience
• 5+ years of .NET Experience using C#
• ASP.NET MVC 3+ and WebForms
• Excellent OO Analysis and Design Skills
• Database design/modeling/programming (SQL Server)
• Test Driven Development, mocking frameworks, IoC, dependency injection
• Good understanding of creating service layers using both WebAPI and WCF
• Front end development using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and a responsive design framework like bootstrap
Desired Skills & Experience
• Client side JavaScript framework like Knockout, AngularJS, or Backbone
• NServiceBus
• Couchbase
• MSBuild
• VB.NET
• NHibernate



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER

Title:SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER
Position:Contract
Location: AUSTIN TEXAS
Duration:12 Months



Local candidate needed.
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER
AUSTIN TEXAS
12 MONTHS
MAX RATE: $40.00 HOUR C2C
II.              WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

            Minimum Requirements:
Years
Skills/Experience
5
Experience in testing through a full system development life cycle.  Specifically, in designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases, and test processes for web applications, data warehouses and integrated applications which provide simple to complex business solutions.
5
Experience and knowledgeable in use of test automation tools, particularly HP Quality Center Test Director 9.2 and HP Quick Test Professional, Load Runner.
5
Experience in designing and building a framework for test automation, and writing test scripts.
5
Experience in designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases, test scenarios and test reports processes for integrated applications from Software Requirements Specification Documentation and other specification documents.
4
Experience with use of database query tools such as Oracle PL/SQL or MS SQL.
2
Experience or testing knowledge of Microsoft .Net Framework and the following .Net languages:  ASP.NET, VB.NET and C#.NET, or other OO software development.
       
            Preferences:
Years
Skills/Experience
2
Experience in working with complex integrated applications.
2
Experience working in an Agile Development environment, planning and participating in sprints.
1
Experience in ADA testing.
1
Experience with software change management and version management tools, preferably with Merant PVCS and Version Manager.



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

strong mid-tier C# ASP.NET

Title:strong mid-tier C# ASP.NET
Position: Contract
Location: Columbus,OH
Duration: 1-2 Years



Interviews will be held in person, no exceptions.

Our customer is look for a resource with a strong mid-tier C# background as well as experience in ASP.NET Web Forms and SQL Server.
Significant knowledge of Entity Framework Code First is mandatory and experience with CSLA would be helpful to facilitate migration away from the legacy code base. Knowledge of Dependency Injection is also important (we use Ninject as a DI container).
Good communication and some BA skills are always helpful, since there isn't a BA on the project and so our team interacts directly with customers, needing to translate their customer-speak into clear requirements.

Skill
Required / Desired
Actual Years of Experience
Last Used
8 years of experience with ASP.Net Web Forms
Required
 
8 years of experience with SQL Server
Required
 
8 years of experience with Entity Framework Code First
Required
 
8 years of experience with CSLA (i.e. migration efforts away from legacy code base
Required
 
8 years of experience / knowledge of Dependency Injection (i.e. Ninject)
Required
 
6 years of experience establishing / translating business requirements with stakeholders and end users
Required
 
4 years of experience in Agile environments
Highly Desired
 
Excellent interpersonal skills both oral and written
Required
 

Preferred Education:
4 year college degree or equivalent technical study with advanced study preferred.
Role Description:
·        Proven track record of hands-on technical design and code work within large complex systems.
·        Proven hands-on technical work with a variety of technologies.
·        Demonstrated technical expertise integrating a variety of diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.
·        Proven experience mentoring and performing supervisory functions for technical teams.
·        Ability to make best practice recommendations based on past work.
·        Proven ability to present complex technical constructs to business and non-technical users.
·        Proven ability to collaborate with business users, project managers and technical architects.



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

Lead .NET Developer position

Title:Lead .NET Developer position
Position: Contract
Location: Boston, MA
Duration: Long Term
Rate    : $55/hr


I have a new Lead .NET Developer position open for the State of MA. They are looking for someone local to Boston, MA with excellent communication skills who has also led a project. Please let me know if you have someone local to Massachusetts (NY, NJ, PA, etc)

I have posted the description below. the rate for this position is $55/hr .

Must have lead experience*


General Qualifications (Listed in order of importance):
·         7 – 10 years experience developing applications using.NET Frameworks
·         Minimum of 2 years as a Lead Developer
·         Strong problem research and analysis skills
·         Ability to work individually or within a team
·         Ability to delegate and monitor the work of less experienced .Net developers
·         Troubleshoot issues, identify and implement resolutions and work with technical and business staff to ensure timely deployment
·         Complete assigned tasks in an organized and efficient manner
·         Strong written and verbal communication skills
·         Ability to multitask and work in an environment of rapidly changing priorities
Technical Qualifications (Listed in order of importance):
·         Classic ASP, ASP.Net, VB.net
·         WCF & Entity Framework
·         .Net Framework 4.0 & Visual Studio 2010
·         IIS 6+
·         SQL Server (2005+, 2000) including Security Permissions, Database Users and Roles and Assigning Permissions for Groups via Windows Authentication.
·         Adobe Acrobat
·         SSIS/SSRS
·         Visual SourceSafe
·         Microsoft Excel
·         Microsoft Word
Experience with the following considered a plus:
·         Visual Basic for Applications (Microsoft Office)
·         Knowledge of Database Design Concepts
·         Microsoft Access
Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Information Warehouse



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc han@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

Oracle/SQL DBA

Title:Oracle/SQL DBA
Position: Contract
Location: Boston, MA
Duration: Long Term
End Client Industry: Higher Education


KEY SKILLS:

40% Oracle administration (11g, 12c)

40% SQL Server administration (2005 & 2008)

20% Database Protection (Audit Vault, Guardium, Imperva)



DESCRIPTION

Database Administrator
We are looking for a Senior Database Admin to assist with management of the Oracle data infrastructure and help mentor junior DBA staff on administering MS SQL Server and best practices for management.

Requirements
Must have knowledge of Oracle 12c/11g, SQL Server 2008/2005, Oracle RAC, Oracle Audit Vault/database firewall, IBM Guardium, AIX 6.1, Red hat Linux 6, Windows 2008 server.
Must have three to five years of SQL server database administration experience and five to seven years of Oracle database administration experience.

Skills needed
· Must have extensive knowledge in Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2005 and 2008 versions.
· Performance of Oracle database administration on Windows, Linux and AIX Operating systems.
· Experience with Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Data Guard.
· Strong technical knowledge in evaluation and implementation of Oracle's and other industry leading database security products.
· Knowledge in database encryption and masking products.
· Responsible for writing DBA documentation including database standards, procedures and best practices.
· Working closely with IT project managers and developers.
· Experience in PeopleSoft environments is preferred but not desired.



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu
V: 301.880.0219 | C: 301.327.8532 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 

VM-INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Title: VM-INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Position: Contract
Rate:$55/hr MAX C2C RATE
Location:  TX
Duration: Long Term


This is an Infrastructure Engineer position working with a variety of technologies as listed below. The successful candidate will require knowledge of system features and internals and the ability to communicate that knowledge to peers and managed service providers. For operating systems and middleware, this includes the ability to install, configure, and customize to a high degree. Candidates are expected to understand operating system or middleware internals and pass along that knowledge to others. Strong system administration skills are expected.

This position takes the lead on projects with only vendor support and architecture guidance. The ability to organize and manage tasks is important. Heavy use of scripting with commands, DataPower and IBM MQ experience is required.

This position is responsible for overall infrastructure systems design as part of the Infrastructure team. The Infrastructure Engineer must optimize application deployments with limited system resources, particularly in shared environments. Documentation must be written and given to a support vendor for implementation. Communications skills are crucial in this situation.

The Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for ongoing system maintenance including operating system patches, middleware patches, storage integration, network communication to the server, application startup and shutdown automation, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery.

Candidates MUST HAVE experience with one or more of the following technologies:
IBM MQ (Preferred)
DataPower (Preferred)
IBM WebSphere Application Server setup, configuration, and deployment (Preferred)
VMWare ESX and vCenter Server installation and ongoing administration
Red Hat Linux kickstart installation and administration with strong shell scripting
Microsoft Windows Server installation and ongoing administration

Experience in the required areas should include installation, configuration, patching, backup and recovery, ongoing incident and problem management, security administration, performance tuning, and system maintenance within that area of expertise. Must be able to perform advanced administration tasks with minimal supervision. Engineers work on a daily basis in our development environment. Responsible for documentation and scripting used by the managed service provider for implementation.

Preferred candidates will have experience in several of the following technologies:
HP-UX
F5 BigIP appliances
IBM Datapower appliances
Brocade SAN switches and software
Cisco network routers, switches, firewalls, and software
HP blade servers (C-class)
EMC hardware (CLARiiON, DMX, Celerra, VNX, VMAX) and software (PowerPath, ECC)
Citrix remote desktop services

Experience in the following tasks is helpful:
Shell and/or Jython scripting
Powershell scripting
Firewall configuration
Storage management and tuning
Load balancing of Web sites and Web services
Server clustering and failover
Disaster Recovery design and processes
Java programming / development



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SAP Basis Administrator

Title: SAP Basis Administrator

Position: Contract
Rate:Open All inclusive
Location: Charlotte, NC  [Local candidate preferred]
Duration: 6 Months


Position Summary:

This resource will be responsible for the administration of the SAP systems. This includes installations, upgrades, performance, security, sizing, support and connectivity.  Also responsible for DBA duties for SAP systems, performing database upgrades, backups/restores, reorganizations, SAP system sizing, and infrastructure planning and execution.

 Essential Functions:

Minimum 5yrs experience in SAP Basis - UNIX (prefer AIX)/Oracle platform
Minimum 3yrs SAP Security/Authorizations
Strong SAP Installation and Support (including UNIX/AIX, Oracle)
Netweaver SAP Web AS Certified a plus, WAS, Enterprise Portal, PI, CRM, ITS, J2EE Experience
Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting skills
Client/Instance and Architecture competence




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ETL Database Architect

Title: ETL Database Architect
Position: Contract
Rate: $55/Hr
Location: Boston, MA
Duration: 11 Months


We are actively looking to hire a consultant for a Database Architect to work in Boston, MA to start as soon as possible. Job Description is attached below for your review.

We are only accepting resumes from strong Database Architects with excellent communications skills, solid background with Cognos, SQL Server and ETL. Please do not send resumes that to not match this criteria. The interview process is a phone screen by the hiring manager then followed by a face to face interview with the manager and development team. Local candidates preferred.

Start of Project: Immediately, possibly start on Monday, Nov 18, 2013
Duration of project: 11 Months
Consultant Pay Rate: $55/Hr Range

If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your help!

##### Job Description

Database Architect- Boston, MA

The Database Architect is responsible for the design, and optimization of our client's Data Warehouses and Data Marts. This position will be actively involved in the design, review and maintenance of database structures, ETL and query optimization, and data management. This position will work collaboratively with the Data Warehouse other Database Architect to ensure high levels of availability and accuracy

REQUIREMENTS:
-Cognos
-SQL Server or Oracle
-ETL and Data Integration Tools

NICE TO HAVE:
-Peoplesoft



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Lead .Net Developer

Title: Lead .Net Developer

Position: Contract
Rate:   $52/hr
Location: Boston, MA
Duration: 2 years


I currently have a Lead .Net Developer position in the Boston area for the State of MA. The rate is $52/hr. This is going to be a long term (possibly multi-year) contract role. Let me know if you have anyone local to MA. (NJ, NY, Pennsylvania, CT, NH)



Technical Qualifications (Listed in order of importance):

· Classic ASP, ASP.Net, VB.net
· WCF & Entity Framework
· .Net Framework 4.0 & Visual Studio 2010
· IIS 6+
· SQL Server (2005+, 2000) including Security Permissions, Database Users and Roles and Assigning Permissions for Groups via Windows Authentication.
· Adobe Acrobat
· SSIS/SSRS
· Visual SourceSafe
· Microsoft Excel
· Microsoft Word



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Lead .Net Developer

Title: Lead .Net Developer

Position: Contract
Rate:  $50/hr
Location: Boston, MA
Duration: 1 year


We have a Lead .Net Developer position. This position is located in Boston, MA and is going to be a long term contract role. I have posted the description below. Let me know if you have any consultants who would be interested in this role. I can definitely speak with your consultants to explain this position in more detail.

They are looking for a Senior .Net Developer (7-10 years) who also has some lead experience. The rate for this position is $50/hr.

LOCAL CANDIDATES PLEASE (NJ, NY, RI, MA, ETC.)

Lead .NET Developer – Boston, MA

Responsibilities
Oversight of all .Net Applications developers including delegation and monitoring of assignments, and providing technical direction.  
Support and maintain existing and newly implemented .Net applications.
Expected to provide resolution to trouble tickets, satisfy ad-hoc requests and perform bug analysis and bug resolution quickly.
Completion of small to midsize projects.
Be part of the Applications Support team that supports all application systems.
General Qualifications:
7 – 10 years experience developing applications using.NET Frameworks
Strong problem research and analysis skills
Ability to work individually or within a team
Ability to delegate and monitor the work of less experienced .Net developers
Troubleshoot issues, identify and implement resolutions and work with technical and business staff to ensure timely deployment
Complete assigned tasks in an organized and efficient manner
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to multitask and work in an environment of rapidly changing priorities
Experienced developer
Experience with and comfortable correcting existing code and adding new enhancements.
Technical Qualifications:
Classic ASP, ASP.Net, VB.net
WCF & Entity Framework
.Net Framework 4.0 & Visual Studio 2010
IIS 6+
SQL Server (2005+, 2000) including Security Permissions, Database Users and Roles and Assigning Permissions for Groups via Windows Authentication.
Adobe Acrobat
SSIS/SSRS
Visual SourceSafe
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Preferred:
Visual Basic for Applications (Microsoft Office)
Knowledge of Database Design Concepts
Microsoft Access


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Oracle Programmer Analyst

Title:  Oracle Programmer Analyst

Position: Contract
Rate: 50-60/hr
Location: NYC
Duration: 6 months


We need a SENIOR Oracle Programmer Analyst for my client in NYC for a 6+ month assignment.



MANDATORY SKILLS / EXPERIENCE: Note: candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered.

· At least 4 years of overall development experience in Oracle

· Strong knowledge of XML, XML Schema, XSD, XSLT/XPath and BI and Data Warehousing concepts

· Strong experience in Oracle, PL/SQL

· Unix shell scripting

· Must be able to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance.

· Must be able to provide documentation on their work.

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE :

· A Bachelors or Masters degree in MIS, Computer Science, or equivalent experience is desired;

· Knowledge of Java/J2EE is a plus

· Experienced with formal SDLCs and business analysis methodologies; Working knowledge of business analysis documentation standards;




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AIX Administrator

Title: AIX Administrator

Position: Contract
Rate:  $50-55
Location: Austin, TX
Duration: 11 months with the possibility of renewable
Date Due: as soon as possible.


We are looking for qualified candidates to fill a position as a AIX Administrator .


Interview Mode: Normally Phone first then possibly a Face to Face

The job description is listed below:


Description Of Services:
Worker will work on the design, configuration and optimization of existing and new enterprise AIX/Power infrastructure and systems.

Worker Skills And Qualifications
Expert-level knowledge/experience with installation, administration, tuning, performance and maintenance of enterprise AIX/Power architecture, infrastructure and systems including LPARs, NIM, PowerVM, VIOS, HMC, LVM, LPM, MPIO, VLAN, SVC, security and related enterprise-grade technology knowledge necessary for highly available, redundant systems. Strong working-knowledge of IBM enterprise storage technologies including SAN Volume Controllers and DS-series disk systems is necessary.

Minimum Requirements:
8 years Installation/administration of AIX in an enterprise environment
5 years Installation/administration of IBM enterprise storage (SVC, DS8xxx)
Certification or Equivalent:
·         IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert –
·         AIX and/or Certified Systems Expert
·         AIX (or clearly demonstrable equivalent experience/knowledge)

Preferences:
5 years Cisco SAN fabric knowledge
Thank you and I look forward to working with you.



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Storage Engineer

Title: Storage Engineer

Position: Contract
Rate: $50/hr
Location: Austin, TX
Duration: 11 months with the possibility of renewable

We are looking for qualified candidates to fill a position as a Storage Engineer.
Interview Mode: Normally Phone first then possibly a Face to Face

The job description is listed below:


Expert-level knowledge/experience with installation, administration, tuning, performance and maintenance of enterprise platform storage infrastructure and systems including two or more of the following technologies: IBM SAN Volume Controllers, IBM DS series disk systems, IBM V7000 disk systems, Netapp disk systems, EMC Data Domain disk systems. Expert-level knowledge of SAN fabric components such as switches (edge/directors), FC, FCOE, as well as SAN replication.

Minimum Requirements:
8 years Installation/administration of enterprise storage
5 years Installation/administration of IBM DS series storage
5 years Installation/administration of IBM SAN Volume Controllers/Clusters
5 years Installation/administration of SAN Fabrics (Cisco/Brocade edge switches/directors)
Certification or Equivalent:
·         IBM Certified Specialist - Enterprise Storage Technical Support V3
·         IBM Certified Specialist - System Storage DS8000 Technical Solutions V3
·         or clearly demonstrable equivalent experience/knowledge

Preferences:
5 years Installation/administration of IBM V7000 storage
5 years Installation/administration of Netapp storage

Thank you and I look forward to working with you.



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C Mathan Brabhu
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SAP Netweaver Java Webdynpro ESS/MSS

Title: SAP Netweaver Java Webdynpro ESS/MSS

Position: Contract
Rate: 65-70$/hr
Location:  Beaverton, Oregon
Duration: 1 year



Primarily responsible for developing SAP Netweaver Java Portal applications to enable business needs. Accountable to plan, configure, test, rollout, and support a large-scale SAP Netweaver Portal 7.31 solution. Leads developing systems requirements, designing, configuring and prototyping, testing, clarifying, documenting, optimizing, and automating business processes; specifically in the areas of interfaces, portal, workflow, universal work list, and forms. Must have general working knowledge of: Org Management, Personnel Administration, and Benefits, Comp, Payroll, ESS/MSS.　

Essential duties and Responsibilities　
. Creates/oversees completion of technical specifications and identifies gaps between business requirements and standard SAP Portal application capabilities and negotiates resolution.　
. SAP technical expert in Netweaver portal development　
. SAP technical expert to manage/configure SAP workflow, universal work list, and forms in multiple countries and languages.　
. SAP technical expert in SAP Java HR with experience in supporting benefit vendor interfaces　
. Experience with Java webdynpro　
. Experience with MSS workflows, ESS&MSS SAP user exits.　
. Experience in developing or changing SAP application　
. Experience implementing SAP notes, Support Packs, and Enhancement Packs　
. Functional knowledge and experience on HCM Process and Forms, ESS, MSS, HR-PA, Time Management, Payroll, and Talent Management modules　
. Develops testing approach/strategy to test requirements and supports UAT efforts through application readiness, preparation of test environments, creation of data and user profiles.　
. Works directly with SAP HCM Functional systems analyst to ensure application alignment.　
. Works directly with SAP HCM Functional systems analyst to document the technical requirements as well as develop and recommend solutions and identify any potential process changes affected.　
. Configures technical design for new projects and enhancements to existing projects within SAP Portal module specifically within workflow and forms.　
. Provide production support for SAP HCM by utilizing troubleshooting skills with deep understanding of SAP Java processes and generated errors.　
. Deploys software changes, regulatory updates, change requests with appropriate test and back out plans for highly complex changes.　
. Respond to issues as they arise, learn to use tools and processes to manage support tickets, navigate SAP system, perform analysis and research complex problems that might include things with the environment that require escalating.　
. Flexibility to take on-call
Desired Skills and Experience
Mandatory Qualifications:　
BA/BS Degree in IT, MIS or business related functional disciple. Deep SAP Portal experience required. Minimum of 5-10 years of progressive experience managing business processes with retail systems and processes. Minimum 5 years hands on SAP Portal experience in portal, workflow, forms , Print forms and Universal Work lists and at least one cycle doing an ERP upgrade. Experienced with complex HR rules and processes.　
. Excellent written and oral communication skills.　
. Deep SAP technical expert knowledge in Portal, Java Web Dynpro, HCM forms and processes with deep experience in SAP Enhancement framework(User Exits) RFC, Object Oriented Programming, Print forms(SAP Scripts/Smartforms/Adobe forms), ALV reporting and Performance fine tuning.　
. A general knowledge of payroll processes, rules, and laws for US/Canadian payroll including experience and knowledge of configuration with the payroll schema, BSI Tax factory, gross-net payroll, taxes, garnishments and forms and how they affect SAP Portal.　

. A general knowledge of PA/OM/Benefits, Comp, Payroll, Talent Management ESS/MSS and how they interact with workflow/print forms.　
. Self-motivated and discipline to meet deadlines with speed, accuracy and professional attitude.　
. Excellent analytical and trouble-shooting skills.　
. Work well with and through others within and outside IT.　
. Strong functional business process expertise in Human Resources software and processes.　
. Ability to lead project teams consisting of internal staff, partners, and contractors.　
. Ability to address short term tactical requirements without losing site of the longer range strategic direction.　
. Ability to resolve conflict in a constructive manner and work around obstacles to ensure project success.　

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:　
. SPHR　
. HP/Mercury Quality Center　
. . Experience leading and working in an international environment.　
. Experience using an ERP vendor's project methodology/roadmap



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DOC1 Designer

Title: DOC1 Designer

Position: Contract
Rate: Open
Location:  Columbus, OH
Duration: 1 year

DOC1 Designer – Job Description
·         Deliver high quality solutions by developing templates in DOC1 Designer (Especially Interactive Correspondence)
·         Configure and update various domains in EngageOne Admin
·         Review and update AIX Shell Scripts for Batch Execution
·         Executing Shell Scripts for Batch Testing in multiple domains
·         Reviewing XML input files for error debugging
·         Updating scripts and templates in ClearCase
·         Working in high paced – high demand AGILE work environment. There are multiple domains/environments and as a developer, I need to support each and every domain and provide appropriate solution to the problem or identify the team that can resolve the issue.


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ETL Datastage Coding consultant with UNIX

Title: ETL Datastage Coding consultant with UNIX
Position: Contract
Rate: Open
Location:  Columbus, OH
Duration: 1 year


We are  looking for a ETL Datastage Coding consultant with UNIX (AIX,HP-UX) and shell scripting exp.

Summary
ETL Datastage Coding - Code and test ETL processing for support of data warehouses and/ or operational data stores.
Determine the appropriate code for ETL applications based on information gathered including data sources, data targets, data definitions, data relationships, and business rules.
Provide technical expertise on ETL design, Data modeling, Data Warehousing, and Data integration Partner with Business operational teams to understand data sources and implement new requirements.
Able to function independently with minimal oversight/direction and is also capable of authoring quality documentation of deliverables
Analyze and summarize data to facilitate Business decisions.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of related IT experience.
Minimum 5 years of ETL development experience Minimum 3 years of Datastage experience
SQL experience of 5 years
Skill Requirements:
Datastage v8.5 Enterprise Edition with Oracle database experience
UNIX (AIX, HP-UX) and shell scripting skills
Ability to work independently to flesh out ambiguous technical specifications if necessary


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Senior Data Warehouse Analyst

Position: Senior Data Warehouse Analyst
Location: Tumwater or Olympia WA
Duration : 1 Year +
Rate: Market


Mandatory

Minimum 5 years of experience in creating and maintaining Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes using SQL Server Integration Services.
Minimum 5 years of experience writing complex queries using Transact SQL for reporting and data validation purposes.
Minimum 5 years of experience using Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008 r2 software tools to administer and/or manage SQL Server databases.
Minimum 5 years of experience working with large organizations (over 1000 employees).
Minimum 5 years of experience employing data warehouse principles and theories, including knowledge of the various tactical approaches to data warehouse development.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Creating and maintaining Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes using Informatica, including use of PowerCenter for SQL Server.
Experience creating and maintaining OLAP cubes.
Experience tuning and optimizing SQL Server databases.
Understanding of database modeling and design principles and ability to use a data model diagram.
Experience performing mainframe-to-server automation, bulk copy and FTP download
Experience programming in .Net. or COBOL and/or Natural running on an MVS/zOS platform.
Experience using PowerExchange for Mainframe ADABAS.




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SharePoint Solutions Architect

Title:    SharePoint Solutions Architect 

Position: Contract
Rate: Open
Location: Boston
Duration: long term

Job Description:
This position oversees all aspects of administering the 2007/2010/2013 IIS/SharePoint/SQL environment, including design, architecture, availability, reliability, performance, monitoring and security. This position oversees the IIS/SharePoint/SQL infrastructure, user access and application deployment – it is the lead role in implementing IIS/SharePoint/SQL across the corporation. Support the installation, configuration, security, operation, and maintenance of all web servers, equipment, and software related to IIS/SharePoint/Project Server infrastructure. Participate in planning and execution of tasks related to the evaluation of new IIS/SharePoint/SQL based initiatives (Upgraded Versions, Third-Party Solutions, and Integration with additional Enterprise Systems). Develop, configure and maintain document libraries, enterprise lists and site collections. Perform typical system administrative activities such as site creation, team training, backup, restore and issue resolution.  Work with IT Project Managers and Business Analysts to design and develop solutions to address business needs and opportunities, and propose changes that would make the IIS/SharePoint/SQL environment a more effective solution. Examine requirements documents and create technical design documents, assist unit test, system test and implementation plans for small to complex projects. Maintain and administer Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and Microsoft SQL, including daily monitoring, troubleshooting and performance analysis; as well as perform as the IIS/SharePoint/SQL Subject Matter Expert (SME). Provide technical guidance to the team in the technologies related to the development and support of an Enterprise IIS/SharePoint/SQL environment (understanding relationship with active directory, SQL, IIS, etc).
Sharepoint Solutions Architect

Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 4 years experience with SharePoint
Minimum 6 years experience IIS Manager and IIS 6.0 & 7.0 Architecture
Minimum 6 years experience with Active Directory (including LDAP queries)
Minimum 8 years experience with all aspects of Windows systems administration; including event, performance and capacity monitoring, planning and reporting.
Minimum 8 years experience utilizing environment performance and capacity management, including SAN IO distribution, LUN definitions, and backups.
Minimum 8 years experience with SharePoint/SQL replication, backup and Disaster Recovery planning.
Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed computing environment concepts; understands DNS, SMTP, Network Load Balancing, clustering, mirroring and Windows firewalls.
Strong background on the Microsoft Technology. Especially SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 , SharePoint 2013and Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Power Shell.
·                     B.S. Degree and / or 10 years of equivalent relevant  IT experience in lieu of Degree
Desired Qualifications:

    Strong inter-personal and communication skills
    Working knowledge of VM Vranger and Vreplicator
    Working knowledge of SQL server performance tuning, optimization of SSIS and SSAS debugging
    Practical knowledge of Windows, Sharepoint and SQL Server disaster recovery planning

Microsoft SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, Configuration Certification
Microsoft SQL server (MSDBA) 2008/2012 Certification
Note: Find someone who's done customer/product support for software companies like Nuance, Intuit, Symantec, Spectorsoft, etc.


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Application Support Analyst

Title: Application Support Analyst
Position: Contract
Rate: Open
Location: Seattle, WA
Duration: 6 months


key Skills:
Experienced in supporting a commercial product
Remoting into users' computers to determine problems with product install, investigate windows configuration issues, etc.


Note: Find someone who's done customer/product support for software companies like Nuance, Intuit, Symantec, Spectorsoft, etc.


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Peoplesoft Financial Developer

Title: Peoplesoft Financial Developer
Position: Permanent
Salary: $130-150k base
Location: NYC, NY
Number of positions: 2


key Skills:
Peoplecode, People tools, SQR, SQL, GL, AR, Billing, etc.

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J2EE/Java Developer with Selenium

J2EE/Java Developer with Selenium



Position Type: Contract 6 months



Position Location: Charlotte, NC





Opportunity Details



Description:

Our client is a leader in their field nationally and is growing
at a very steady pace. This is an opportunity to get your foot in the door
of a world class IT organization. They are looking for a contractor that
can help multitask between New Software Development on an enterprise
application and someone that can help with their automated testing using
Selenium. If you are a Java developer with some Selenium experience, you
are likely a good fit for this project.



This is a contract opportune ity with an initial term thru the
end of theis year but I can tell you if they like you and you them, this can
likely go on for much longer.



Must Have:

- JAVA/J2EE Development Experience

- Front End development

- Experience with Selenium



Nice to Have:

- DOJO

- STRUTS AND SPRING Framework

- Hibernate

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