C# developer with VERY STRONG design patterns exp

Our client is looking for a strong C# developer with VERY STRONG design patterns and MVVM/WPF experience. The client has a desktop app that’s built in C# and interfaces with Windows Phone out in the field.  If we find someone with strong C# and MVVM design patterns experience (even someone without Windows Phone) the design patterns knowledge will help them understand the architecture of the system and be able to set up connectivity to the Windows Phone app.

C#.Net Windows Phone Developer  (7 month contract)  

We are now recruiting for one additional consultant (joining a team of 2 others) to assist our client with a large application implementation.  These positions will be based out of Eastern North Carolina.  This position offers the opportunity to work with great technology, experienced team members, a global company capturing data in several languages and currencies.

Data is captured with Windows Mobile devices at remote locations around the world and later synced with corporate databases to capture the data.  We require solid .NET, SQL Skills, and design patterns experience.  You’ll be handling maintenance/change requests as well as the development of new functionality, user interfaces, data structure, etc.

Desktop (Must Have all of the highlighted skills)

Ø  .NET Framework 4.0

Ø  C#, WPF & XAML

Ø  MVVM (Patterns and Practices)

Ø  Experience with Prism - Composite Application Framework

Ø  Strong knowledge and work experience with design patterns

Ø  LINQ (nice to have)

Ø  Dependency Injection, Unity

Ø  SQL Server 2008 R2

 

Phone

 

Ø  Windows Phone Development [Good to have but not required if you have top notch design patterns]

Ø  C#, WPF & XAML

Ø  Web Services, WCF

Ø  Rx (Reactive Extensions), ASP.NET Web API [Good to have]

Ø  Windows Services

Ø  Silverlight

Ø  SQL Server 2008 R2 (Basic knowledge will be helpful)

 

Database (Basic Knowledge)

 

Ø  SQL Server Reporting Services

Ø  SQL Server Integration Services

 

Source (Good to have)

 

Ø  TFS - Agile Process

Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu 

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

PROGRAMMER (ETL Developer) consultant

PROGRAMMER (ETL Developer) consultant

Location: Columbus, OH

Duration: 1 Year +

Interviews planned for September 20-25
(Please Note: If your candidate is not available to interview at this time, please don’t apply)
 
Projected Start Date:  October 7, 2013.

Background

Our Customer is implementing a new Claims, Policy and Billing system.  This new implementation is shifting our Data warehouse and Reporting infrastructure from DB2/Hyperion to Oracle/Cognos.  The nature of our data is also changing, as data elements are changing purpose and semantics as part of the transition.

 

Customer’s new system will have a transaction data store (TDS), operational data store (ODS) and a newly designed Oracle Enterprise Data warehouse.  Extract, transform and load (ETL) jobs will be designed, developed and tested to move data between these various databases.

 

The contractors selected will be working for Customer as a Programmer/ ETL Developer in support of the Data Warehouse project. This will include:

  

Skill Sets

 

Required

 

• 10 or more years of experience in design, development, modification and testing of ETL processes
• 10 or more years of experience developing ETL processes using tools such as Pentaho, Informatica, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Talend etc.
• 5 or more years of software development experience with Oracle databases
• 5 or more years of experience developing ETL processes against dimensional/star-schema based data structures including fact tables (commonly referred to as Kimball). 
Desired
 
• Experience developing and modifying ETL processes with Pentaho
• Experience scheduling ETL processes
• Experience with Cognos business intelligence tools (It may say desired – but it is required)
• Software development experience with Oracle RDBMS 11g
• Software development experience with IBM DB2/UDB
• Experience developing ETL against normalized data structures (commonly referred to as Inmon)
• Knowledge of property and casualty insurance systems
• Knowledge of Ohio BWC business model and processes (very helpful)
• Experience using Oracle SQL*Plus, Toad, Oracle PL/SQL Developer
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Experience developing and modifying scripts in a Linux or Unix environment
• Experience in measuring and tuning the performance of batch systems in a Linux or Unix environment
• Skill in the use of organizational tools & methods (MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook, VISIO, Clarity)
• Ability to quickly adapt to changes, enhancements, and new technologies
 
Typical Daily Activities:
 
During a given day, this position will be expected to:
 
• Work with Business Analysts and potentially business customers to verify requirements.
• Follow design documents involving source and destination databases.
• Interpret design documents to understand mapping and transformational requirements.
• Design, develop and test ETL processes using Pentaho or comparable ETL tool to move data to/from relational and star-schema based data structures.
• Optimize ETL processes to fit in a desired time frame.
 


 
Schedule:
 
• Normal business hours (between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM) Monday through Friday.
 
 
 
 




Thanks and Warm Regards,


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

SAP SD consultant with Orders, Billing and FI-AR integration

Title: SAP SD consultant with Orders, Billing and FI-AR integration

Duration: Long Term

Rate: Open+Exp

Start Date: Monday
    

We have a client in Houston, TX. that has asked us to secure a Sr. level SAP SD consultant with Orders, Billing and FI-AR integration skills that is client facing to work with documenting and observing business processes (in San Antonio, TX) then returning to Houston to work on specifications and planning for the SAP implementation.   They would like to start Monday if possible. 

Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu 

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

Linkedin:http://www.linkedin.com/in/mathanbrabhu 

DATA WAREHOUSE DATA ARCHITECT consultants (2)

DATA WAREHOUSE DATA ARCHITECT consultants (2)

Location: Columbus, OH

Duration: 1 year Plus

Interviews planned for September 23-25, 2013
(Please Note: If your candidate is not available to interview at this time, please don’t apply)
 
Projected Start Date:  October 1, 2013.

 

Background

Our customer is implementing a new Claims, Policy and Billing system.  This new implementation is shifting our Data warehouse and Reporting infrastructure from DB2/Hyperion to Oracle/Cognos.  The nature of our data is also changing, as data elements are changing purpose and semantics as part of the transition.

 

Customers’s new system will have a transaction data store (TDS), operational data store (ODS) and a newly designed Oracle Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW).  With the move to an EDW, BWC will also be shifting from a relational based data warehouse towards dimensional/star-schema models.  This position will be required to aid Customer's in this shift.  Additionally, this position will be responsible for taking requirements and designing, creating, tuning and supporting Oracle Data Warehouse databases.

 

The contractors selected will be working for our Customer as Data Warehouse Data Architects in support of the Data Warehouse project. This will include:

 

  

 

Skill Sets

 

Required

 

• 10 or more years of experience in design, development, modification and testing of databases designed to support Data Warehousing and BI business teams
• 10 or more years of experience with design, development and support of normalized data structures (commonly referred to as Inmon)
• 7 or more years of experience developing Data Warehouse databases using Oracle RDBMS platform and tools.
• 5 or more years of experience with design, development, tuning and support of dimensional/star-schema based data structures including fact tables (commonly referred to as Kimball).
• 5 or more years of experience with database modeling tools (Erwin, Power Designer etc.) 
• 3 or more years of experience with Cognos Business Intelligence tools, specifically Framework Manager Modeler (FMM)
• 3 or more years of experience in the use of organizational tools & methods (MS Excel, MS Word, MS outlook, VISIO, Clarity)
 
Desired
 
• Experience with Cognos business intelligence tools related to report creation
• Software development experience with Oracle RDBMS 11g
• Installation and Administration experience with Oracle RDBMS 11g
• Software development experience with IBM DB2
• Experience developing queries against normalized as well as dimensional data structures
• Experience using oracle SQL*Plus, Toad, Oracle PL/SQL Developer
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Experience developing and modifying scripts in a Linux or Unix environment
• Experience in measuring and tuning the performance of Oracle Data Warehouse databases
• Ability to effectively communicate with business and IT staff
• Ability to quickly adapt to changes, enhancements, and new technologies
Nice To Have
• Knowledge of Ohio BWC business model and processes
• Knowledge of property and casualty insurance systems
 
 
Typical Daily Activities:
 
• Work with Business Analysts and potentially business customers to verify requirements for data warehouse and resulting reports
• Work with IT ETL and Report Developers to communicate database designs
• Creating design documentation for relational and dimensional data structures
• Design and implement data warehouse tables and data marts for consumption by report and ETL developers
• Perform modeling tasks associated with dimensional and relational models
• Analysis and Performance tuning of queries developed to access dimensional and relational models
• Using Cognos and Oracle software and tools to perform required tasks
 
 
Schedule
• Normal business hours (between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM) Monday through Friday.
 
 
 






Thanks and Warm Regards,


C Mathan Brabhu 
V: 301.880.0219 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com | C: Optimal Business Group, Inc 
Linkedin:http://www.linkedin.com/in/mathanbrabhu 

OBIEE Devloper

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
OBG is a MD,USA based Corporation. We are an Information Technology Consulting and Multi-Project management Organization that provides end-to-end business and technology solutions to our clients in various areas of expertise.

Title: OBIEE Devloper
Duration: 6 months+
Phone/Skype interview
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL


The ideal candidate will have strong hands on experience with OBIEE 11g and have strong experience with Repository Configuration and T-SQL. Experience with Informatica and/or Siebel would be considered a strong plus.


Required Skills:
Strong hands on experience with OBIEE 11g
4+ years of experience with Repository Configuration, RPD
Experience in database schemas, dimensional modeling and T-SQL
Desired Skills:
Informatica
Data Model knowledge of Siebel CRM and/or Siebel OLAP data model 



Thanks and Warm Regards,

C Mathan Brabhu 
V: 301.880.0219 | F: 888.599.5824 | E: Mathan@optimalbg.com