Saturday, January 09, 2010

Business Analyst in New York, NY

Saturday, January 09, 2010
A large financial organization located in downtown Manhattan seeks a mid-level Business Analyst to work within the Treasury Services line of business.

Excellent and proven skills in engaging a range of stakeholders in documenting requirement to automate business processes. This person should have outstanding interpersonal, communication, organizational skills, Experience with provision is a plus. Person should have experience managing re-engineering projects
Experience: Must be a US Citizen, EAD or green card holder for this role.

Please forward an attached MS Word version of your resume along with hourly pay requirements to


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Java Swing GUI Developer – Equities or Fixed Income in New York, NY

Java Swing GUI Developer - Equities or Fixed Income

Our client, an award-winning Investment Bank located in New York City, is recruiting for a mid to senior level Java Swing GUI Developer to join their Equities group. In this role, you will be responsible for contributing to the development of the Equities Order Management System. Along with being a strong Java Swing GUI Developer, you must also have experience in the analysis, design and implementation of real-time message driven systems. You will need at least 3 years of experience working within the finance industry for an Investment Bank, Hedge Fund or similar trading firm with strong Equities and/or Fixed Income product knowledge. This position provides great business exposure as you will be liaising with business users including traders, quants and all levels of management.
Experience: Required Experience/Skills:
- 5+ years Java experience.
- 3+ years Swing experience.
- 1+ years Tibco / Rv.
- 3+ years Relational Databases (Sybase or Oracle).
- 3+ years Unix Environment.
- 3+ years Perl Script and/or other Scripting Language (Python, Shell, etc.).
- 2+ years Multi-threaded design and implementation.
- 3+ years General understanding of TCP/IP and UDP.
- 3+ years FIX protocol.

If you are a strong Java Swing GUI Developer currently working for a financial firm and are looking to gain more business exposure by working in the front office developing an Order Management System, then submit your resume to Crystal at immediately for consideration!

Genesis10 is a business and technology consulting company specializing in project management, business analysis, business transformation and large-scale systems infrastructure and application integration. Genesis10 services a variety of industries including banking and financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and more. At Genesis10, we recognize that our consultants are our most powerful resource. Selecting only the most talented and experienced consultants provides our clients with the best the industry has to offer. We take pride in attracting the world's finest business and technology consultants.

Java. Swing, GUI, developer, programmer, Investment Bank, Finance, OMS, Order management, Order Management System, Trading System, Trade Process, Trade Capture, Trade Entry, Equities, Equity, Fixed Income, Front Office, Tibco, Tibco RV, Multithreading, FIX protocol
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UAT Project Manager in New York, NY

UAT Project Manager

Our international financial services client located in Manhattan is seeking a manager with 8 plus years as a User Acceptance Testing Manager and about 15 plus years of experience dealing with Capital Markets. In this role, you will deal with finance, relevant IT groups, and various capital markets and work alongside front, middle, and back office to ensure consistent business requirements, key deliverables, dependencies, and risks. Must be highly organized and motivated, have a proven track record of UAT success in capital markets, and be able to work independently with limited supervision.

Responsibilities:
- Work alongside IT groups to resolve issues across system boundaries.
- Arrange and facilitate working group meetings, including setting deadlines, meetings agendas, etc.
- Report and present on system performance and progress of issues resolution.
- Develop and manage UAT test plans.
- Coordinate the delivery of multiple IT solutions, as well as various test regions to ensure prompt delivery of projects.
- Manage script creation and test execution.
- Compile status reports.
- Ensure documentation of all user requirements.
- Continuous updating of support reference material.
Experience: Required Experience/Skills:
- Experience and knowledge of QA life-cycle.
- Excellent financial (equity, operations, debt, securities) business knowledge.
- Influential problem solving, communication, and business analysis skills.
- Strong technical background in financial institutions.
- Project management in large IT projects.
- Ability to coordinate amongst IT, Equities, Finance, and Operations personnel.
- Ability to understand conceptual data flow between systems and how technology aids and hinders changes.
- Impeccable written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to pay attention to detail and handle multiple projects are essential.
- Project Management and/or Quality Analysts background are welcome.
- Third-Party working experience is a must.
- Worked with post-trade securities processing groups.
- Proven track record of delivering changes in management projects.
- Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and be comfortable speaking to investment banking professionals.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a winning team. Take your career to the next level and turn your interest into action. Apply Now! Or, send your resume directly to . The only way to learn more is by taking the next step.

Genesis10 is a business and technology consulting company specializing in project management, business analysis, business transformation and large-scale systems infrastructure and application integration. Genesis10 services a variety of industries including banking and financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and more. At Genesis10, we recognize that our consultants are our most powerful resource. Selecting only the most talented and experienced consultants provides our clients with the best the industry has to offer. We take pride in attracting the world's finest business and technology consultants.
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Development Team Leader/Manager in Webster, NY

Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects.

With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.

We are recruiting for a direct hire .net development team lead/manager fro our Rochester, NY client.

This is not a senior developer position but the successful candidate will also have experience managing teams, a "hands on" team leader.

Required:
. 3+ years experience with .NET
. Project Lead experience (using project planning tool, planning and managing other development resources)

Preferred:
. TFS experience (source code control, work item tracking)
. Agile experience

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Systems Manager I (0567) in Buffalo, NY

Did you know that M&T Bank made Forbes Magazine’s “400 Best Big Companies” list for the 10th time this year, that we’ve been in business for over 150 years, rank #509 on the “Fortune 1000” and are one of the nation’s top 20 bank holding companies with nearly $70 billion in assets?  M&T Bank is a great place to be because we’re established, strong, and even in these turbulent financial times, we remain stable and profitable. For this key leadership role, we are looking for a seasoned Systems Manager professional who has deep understanding and experience in project management. CONSULTATIVE PARTNERSHIP: Work with dedicated lines of business managers and to fully understand the technology applications and develop effective and efficient solutions to meet the business needs. Maintains relationships with vendors and professional organizations. Interacts with senior managers across the organization, technology personnel, various business units and vendors PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Responsible for project strategy, project planning, project implementation, execution and control. This may include the implementation of technical aspects of business projects or technology driven projects Facilities activities for enterprise projects or programs and oversees the work of other Project Managers Responsible for directing the more complex, high risk, large scope program efforts which may include off-shore components Monitors overall technical project schedules and ensures detailed plans are outlined for the upcoming stages, to include activities to be performed, estimated time frame and effort STAFF LEADERSHIP: Organizes and controls the activities of other project management staff, assigns personnel to various projects and directs their activities. Responsible for short and long term planning of project management staff Provides input to managers for performance appraisals based upon project participants’ performance Responsible for the job growth and career development of staff members by providing training plans, guidance and sharing knowledgeRecommends and initiates new policies and procedures which will improve the performance and effectiveness of the departmentSTRATEGIC PLANNING: Initiates or participates in the request for proposal process, including vendor management through completion of product deliverables Recognizes technical, business and operational impacts of a project. Brings issues to resolution and escalates issues or concerns to the Project Sponsor and Senior ManagementMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Minimum of four years college with at least ten years experience in project related work, staff management, systems analysis and a systems development environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience Experience on large scope projects and with a complete understanding of a project life cycle methodology The Systems Manager needs to know how to work within the organization and understand the agendas and perspectives of others Ability to proficiently use project management, word processing and spreadsheet applications Excellent problem solving skills to assist in detecting potential issues and issue resolution Familiar with application software and hardware platforms Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to effectively present to the target audience Must be able to work effectively with clients, IT management and staff personnel Requires strong judgment and excellent project management skills Detail oriented and self motivated Excellent analytical, organization and time management skills Asserts ideas, encourages teamwork and acts as a role model when leading and directing others IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:Masters Degree preferred Aware of the Bank’s business plan and strategic objectives Understanding of Bank culture Good understanding of Bank’s enterprise architecture An understanding of multiple business area functions is preferred
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Helpdesk/User administrator in Bethpage, NY

Our direct client located in Long Island has 1 year Consulting opportunity available for a Helpdesk/User administrator. Responsibilities include supporting end users (20,000 users). Daily support of the following will be crucial: Citrix, Novell, MS Office, MS Outlook, etc.
If you are interested, please send a copy of your resume (preferably in MS Word format) to . Please be sure to include contact information along with the best time to reach you.

Apply directly at: http://www.net-temps.com/job/r84g/HDLI/helpdesk_user_administrator.html?r=gad
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Storage Design Engineer in New York, NY

Looking for minimum of 5 years experience. Must be open to travel, two main locations will be datacenters in St Louis and Hartland, WI.

Reviews, evaluates, designs, SAN and NAS storage solutions. Identifies storage requirements and documents final design to be delivered to Storage I&S. Demonstrates the ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stake holders. Has an in-depth knowledge of SAN and NAS design principles. Experience with EMC, Netapp, CISCO Fibre Channel switches required with TSM backup and SRDF replication desirable. Working knowledge of productivity/documentation tools such as Excel, Visio, etc. At least 6 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. Provides consultation on complex projects and is considered to be the top level contributor/specialist. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Reports to Head of Storage Design.

Description: This design engineer's role is to design SAN and NAS storage solutions based on Business requirements for capacity, performance, replication(DR), and backup. This infrastructure and standards used in the solution require a knowledge of EMC, Network Appliance, and IBM TSM, and CISCO FC switches.

Responsibilities:
Work with stakeholders of customer drive projects to determine overall storage requirements for both primary storage and data protection.
Provide the storage implementation group with a detailed design describing primary storage needs and backup data storage retention needs of each project which adhere storage best practices.

Work closely with Primary Storage and Data Protection Architects on documenting and testing new storage technologies. As well as working with these individuals to resolve exceptions to existing standards as they arise.

Provide authoritative knowledge on storage standards and advise and counsel project teams on the relative importance of these issues.

Position Requirements:
- Excellent knowledge of SAN, NAS, DAS, RAID, SCSI, and Fibre Channel technologies in an EMC/Netapp and Veritas environment. This includes SRDF, Timefinder, ECC, Workload Analyizer, Optimizer, etc, as well as other SANS/NAS tools.

- In-depth understanding of storage architecture design techniques, theories, principles, and practices.

- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and provide regular status.

- Solid experience with developing backup and restore procedures with tape/disk drive technologies, either Netbackup or TSM prefered.

- Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring, and supporting storage servers and software.

- Experience working with Veritas Clustering and Volume Manager as they pertain to storage.

- Familiar with EMC, Netapp, Brocade and Cisco SAN/NAS components.

- Solid storage related skills in Unix and Windows operating systems, VMWare a plus..

- Project management/project lifecycle experience.

- Storage performance analysis a plus.

- Good written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

- Strong technical documentation skills.

- Ability to conduct research into storage issues, standards, and products.

- Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.

- Highly self motivated and directed.

- Keen attention to detail.

- Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.

- Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

- Strong customer service orientation.

- Experience and fundamental work ethic of working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

- This position is part of a global team of Storage Design Engineers
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Asset Management Business Analyst in New York, NY

A well known financial services company based out of New York City is looking for a Business Analyst with Asset Management experience.
Skills:
- BA's will be working for the PB & PWM Group
- tasks will be data conversion work, software development, platform consolidation, and additional integration with Bear Stearns systems
- Need 2 BA's with 4-6 years industry experience
- Candidate must possess core BA skills
- Desire strong technical background with seasoned BA
- Highly effective communicator with solid documentation skills
- Must be able to assist/help coders and business users
- Financial services background a must, want a person that has done technical projects in a Bank
- Past credit experience working with loan data is wanted
- BA will be developing functional spec's, build test scripts (Some Merc Quality Center or other tool desirable), and prepare applications for implementation
Experience: PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE.

Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia at pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com
Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

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Business Data Analyst in New York, NY

A well known financial services company in the New York City area is looking for a Business Data Analyst.

The mission of the Global Product Administration Team is to be one high performing virtual team that delivers predictability of service and accuracy with regards to Product Launch and reference data and is also a dependable and trusted business partner within Customer Administration.
We are looking for a Analyst who will take responsibility for managing a one-time baseline synchronization of all our product definitions across systems. In parallel, supporting process improvement to prevent definitions from going out of sync again.

The role will be to analyze data, define and adhere to processes to ensure integrity of data across multiple administration systems.

The role focuses on global goals and remits while offering the exciting opportunity to work as part of a global virtual team with experts who share best practice and aid each other in developing and implementing new global solutions.

The role involves working with business owners and key stakeholders across the Thomson Reuters organization (such as Global Product Administration Teams globally, Entitlements Team and Product Team). The candidate's role is to primarily to lead analysis and reconciliation of data across core administration systems.

Experience: .compare product definitions across business systems to a gold master
.consolidate required changes - 1st level, 2nd level permission bits, downstream system routing specs
.submit paperwork through SOX approvals to make changes across systems
.collaborate with various teams to implement (Bangalore Entitlements, Product Master team, Siebel GPA team, SEA team)
.test changes post-implementation to ensure consistency with request
.coordinate communication & rollout of changes across existing installed base

1. Enthusiasm and ability to manage and implement projects
2. Strong analytical skills
3. Ability to work under pressure, against deadlines and think outside the box'
4. Knowledge of MS applications, such as Excel.
5. Ability to work across different teams.

PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE.

Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia at 212-661-8235 x237 or pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com
Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).


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Web Product Manager in New York, NY

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) was founded in 2000 to raise private resources to fund research directed at developing a cure for Parkinson's disease. The Foundation applies extraordinary scientific, business and media assets to this singular focus--thus creating a unique and dynamic organization. Since its inception, MJFF has quickly grown into the largest funder of Parkinson's disease research outside the U.S. federal government, having funded $170 million in research projects globally in both academic and industry labs. The Foundation is an international organization with a national fundraising base. Our office is located in the Wall Street area of downtown Manhattan. MJFF is seeking an experienced Web Product Manager to manage a dynamic, high-profile scientific research-oriented website: PD Online Research (www.pdonlineresearch.org). PD Online Research (PDOR) is a collaborative community for technical discussion and problem-solving in Parkinson's disease science. Our goal is to speed timely information-sharing and foster productive debate that accelerates PD therapeutic development and enables smart, informed decision-making by scientists and funders alike. This position is an onsite position and is not conducive to telecommuting.Responsibilities include:* Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to identify and refine goals and strategy for Web site operations * Develop and manage project plans for implementing Web site updates and improvements; maintain a Web products roadmap for how to roll out enhancements over time* Manage execution of Web site updates, including drafting of wire-frames for Web updates and directing/supporting external Web development teams* Suggest new tools and best practices to keep Web site effective and relevant in evolving interactive environment; maintain strong understanding of emerging technologies and opportunities* Ensure that the live site reflects the specified information design, interaction design, and information architecture and quality test new releases.* Drive traffic, optimize for organic and paid search, and increase time-on-site and other critical metrics. * Develop and grow the site community, increasing the quality and quantity of conversations and interactions.* Establish and regularly report on success metrics for the Web site(s); propose improvements as appropriate and develop action plans for implementationAdditional responsibilities may include:* Ensure Web site software and hardware meet business requirements, including determining whether current software architecture and hardware infrastructure meets current and anticipated needs; contribute to budgeting, purchasing and evaluating software/hardware changesQualifications and Experience Needed:* Minimum of 3-5 years experience in managing Web-based products and Web development teams* Advanced computer skills and experience with bug tracking and product management software.* Experience with sites using Drupal and ColdFusion a plus; * Solid Web site analysis skills, including experience with Google Analytics a must* Experience growing and managing online communities required.* General working knowledge of SEO and SEM.* Must have excellent communication and writing skills and ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical staff* Must be proactive, self-directed and detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills and project management ability* Must have willingness to learn and be comfortable with wearing many different hats* Strong interpersonal and people management skills; ability to manage and be managed* Motivated, creative problem-solverHow to ApplyInterested candidates should send a resume and thoughtful cover letter describing your specific qualifications and interest in the position to . Please be sure to include Web Product Manager in your subject line. Please, no telephone inquiries. Applicants who best match the position needs will be contacted.The Michael J. Fox Foundation is an equal opportunity employer
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Friday, January 08, 2010

Visual Basic Programmer in Syracuse, NY

Friday, January 08, 2010
Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects.

With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.



Experience: We are currently seeking a Visual Basic 6.0 programmer. Plus to have experience with SQL and XML.

**local candiates only, no third party vendors or 1099 contractors**
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Unix/LINUX Systems Administrator in New York, NY

A well know financial services company based out of New York City is looking for a UNIX/LINUX Systems Administrator.
Shift: 4 PM-12 AM (Mon - Fri)


Overview: The Systems Support analyst's job responsibility is to identify and resolve system-wide issues on market data servers and data delivery networks. Systems Support Analysts interact with field engineers, communication technicians and end users via phone. The Technical Support Analyst will typically spend several hours per day supporting customers over the phone.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Identify and resolve system-wide issues on market data servers and data delivery networks (LAN and WAN)
Interact with field engineers, communication technicians and end users via phone. The Technical Support Analyst will typically spend several hours per day supporting customers over the phone.
Isolate or fix problems in malfunctioning equipment or software.
Analyze system performance data such as error logs, system logs, bandwidth utilization reports and other diagnostic and fault isolation tools to identify problem issues, taking corrective action as necessary.
Utilize monitoring tools to monitor system, application and network behavior and performance
Code and maintain basic scripts for statistics gathering and analysis, task automation and system monitoring
Perform scheduled system upgrades
Report design reliability and maintenance problems or "bugs" to design engineering/software engineering teams.
Accept ownership of customer issues until a solution is achieved providing complete customer satisfaction.
Work independently or part of a team on technically challenging projects to design, implement and manage specialized support technologies and activities aimed at improving the support experience of the customer.
Work in a 24/7 support environment
Experience: Qualifications:

Degree Required
Desired Skills/Technologies:
LINUX/UNIX
TCP/IP
CISCO routers and switches
Unix Shell Scripting
PERL
Apache Web Server
C/C++
SQL
Sybase
Oracle
HTTP/HTTPS/SSL
SSH/OpenSSH
IP Routing protocols
SNMP
VPN

PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE.

Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia at pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com
Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

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IBM Support Analyst - Night Shift in New York, NY

A large financial and market data company located in downtown Manhattan seeks a consultant to work the night shift as a Vendor Management Analyst. This spot is a 6 month + contract with 6 PM - 2 AM hours.

Overview: The Vendor Management Analyst is to support IBM Field Services
Engineers over the phone. This individual will be responsible for permissioning
services via SPM application. Analyst will also be acting as an SME to
troubleshoot technical authorization issues and work toward a final resolution.
Responsibilities and Duties:
. Use Server Permissioning Model (SPM), a proprietary application, to fulfill client's request
. Proactively research issues and follow-up with any necessary employees or customers to determine a final resolution
. Process requests accurately and timely in accordance with the priorities established for the day
. Promote a team-oriented environment through a demonstrated positive attitude and willingness to help others

Qualifications:

Desired Technologies/Skills
. Computer experience
. Effective written and verbal communication skills
. Self motivated
. Reliable
. Detail oriented
. Able to multitask
. Quick learner

Experience: Please forward an attached MS Word resume along with hourly pay requirements to
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Selenium Functional Test Specialist - NEEDED NOW!! in New York, NY

WHY WAIT?
Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity?
This may be your lucky day!
It is time for a change, and CDI can help!

We have an immediate need for a Selenium Functional Test Specialist - long term contract in midtown

JOB DESCRIPTION
Develop test plans and test cases according to business and technical requirements
Conduct exploratory testing and acceptance of new features, execute test cases
Identify bugs through systematic testing, help developers reproduce errors, report defects and ensure that defects are fixed

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Working knowledge of Selenium
The successful candidate will have 4 or more years QA experience in an enterprise software product environment
Ability to generate test plans independently and become an expert quickly on the feature areas you have owned, in order to test those areas effectively
Must have experience writing automated tests .
Excellent attention to detail and ability to identify, isolate and document defects .
Ability to communicate and collaborate with developers to identify bugs through systematic testing, help developers reproduce errors, ensure that defects are fixed, and structure robust test cases
Candidates must have strong technical skills, such as an ability to understand basic SQL syntax for checking results in a database .
Familiarity with Unix/Linux environments
Understanding of enterprise software product life cycle, QA principles and process
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies
Comfortable and adaptable in a fast-paced environment
MS/BS in Computer Science or a related field preferable


TAKE ACTION!
Why wait another day?
It is time to act!
Apply NOW and join the CDI Team TODAY!!!
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ASP.NET Developer - 6 month + Contract To Perm in New York, NY

ASP.NET / SQL Server Consultant to build new and support the existing web applications. Our client is a medium size property management company located in the Downtown NYC financial district. The initial contract position is $40/h W2 or $45/h C2C can be converted into permanent position in 6 month or extended for a longer period.3-5 years experience ASP, ASP.NET, SQL Server, JavaScript, XSLT,
Nice to have: JQuery

Apply directly at: http://www.net-temps.com/job/dx58/ASPNET01/asp_net_developer_6.html?r=gad
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Senior Developer, Electronic Trading Technology in New York, NY

Senior Developer, Electronic Trading Technology
- Senior developer within the Global Electronic Trading Technology group - Algorithmic Trading, Smart Routing, Crossing, Client Connectivity, DMA, Market Access
- Maintain existing Electronic Trading components
- Design, architect, build and deploy a state of the art multi asset Global Electronic Trading platform
- Work close with key business and technology partners
- Position is inCapital Markets Electronic Trading Group - a challenging, fast paced, highly rewarding, growth area of the firm

Business
- Strong business knowledge, clear understanding and prior experience with Electronic Trading Systems.
- Good understanding and appreciation of overall knowledge of related Electronic Trading components including data dependencies (static, historical statistics), Booking, Reporting
- Detailed understanding of Equities products (Equities, Options)
- Knowledge of other Capital markets products - Futures, Fixed income products a plus

Technical
- Strong hands-on technical knowledge with a proven track record
- Strong knowledge of UNIX/Linux
- Strong hands-on programming language skills - C++, Java
- Ability to work on both tactical and strategic projects.
- Experience with working on large scale, global, high performance, real-time, low latency, load balanced, fault tolerant systems.
- Broad knowledge and appreciation of technology to support to the EQ business.
- Experience with various design patterns
- Strong design & architecture skills
- Experience with trading framework components including messaging, state management, persistence, recovery, load balancing, highly desirable
- Experience in assortment of the following areas a big plus - Order management, Smart Routing, Client Connectivity, Exchange Connectivity, Algorithmic Trading, Crossing.

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Vendor Management Analyst ( IBM ) - Night Shift in New York, NY

A large financial and market data company located in downtown Manhattan seeks a consultant to work the night shift as a Vendor Management Analyst. This spot is a 6 month + contract with 6 PM - 2 AM hours.

Overview: The Vendor Management Analyst is to support IBM Field Services
Engineers over the phone. This individual will be responsible for permissioning
services via SPM application. Analyst will also be acting as an SME to
troubleshoot technical authorization issues and work toward a final resolution.
Responsibilities and Duties:
. Use Server Permissioning Model (SPM), a proprietary application, to fulfill client's request
. Proactively research issues and follow-up with any necessary employees or customers to determine a final resolution
. Process requests accurately and timely in accordance with the priorities established for the day
. Promote a team-oriented environment through a demonstrated positive attitude and willingness to help others

Qualifications:

Desired Technologies/Skills
. Computer experience
. Effective written and verbal communication skills
. Self motivated
. Reliable
. Detail oriented
. Able to multitask
. Quick learner

Experience: Please forward an attached MS Word resume along with hourly pay requirements to
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Sr. Analyst - Dist./Web in Buffalo, NY

Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects.
With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.

We have an immediate need for a 6+ month contract with our client in Buffalo, NY.
The job is a programmer analyst in a distributed web application environment.

The successful candidate needs to have more than 3 years experience in Visual Studio, SQL, MS-Access and Crystal reports and more than 6 years of overall IT industry experience.

Application Skill
. Developer experience required in MS-Access, SQL and Crystal Reports.
. Visual Studio is a plus.

Responsibilities:
. Plan/develop/test/document computer programs, applying knowledge of programming techniques/computer systems.
. Evaluate user request for new/modified programs. Outline steps required to develop program, using standard development methodologies.
. Capture requirements using development frameworks/tools. Design reports/forms/letters/computer terminal screen displays to accomplish goals of user request.
. Convert project specs into sequence of detailed instructions & logical steps for coding in a computer processing language, applying knowledge of computer programming techniques/computer languages.
. Analyze/review/alter program to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
. Document program development/logic/coding/corrections. Write functional specs. Develop installation & operating procedures manual.
. Assist in solving operating problems. May use computer-aided software tools in each stage of system development. Oversee hardware/software installation; provide technical assistance to program users.
. Install/test program; monitor program performance after implementation.

Base Qualifications:
. Bachelor's degree
. 6 years experience in systems analysis/application development or equivalent combination

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ALDAP Systems Analyst in East Aurora, NY

ALDAP Systems Analyst

Location: East Aurora, NY


Required skills:

ALDAP Exp a MUST
DIRX ML
Active Directories
Lotus
People Soft a plus
Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to educate the group on where to find the info and how to update it.

Scope:

Candidate will be responsible for discovery and documentation of clients Directories

Education:

4 year degree
5+ years experience.
Not looking for a programmer but truly a systems analyst


Other Requirements:

Manager prefers a local candidate from the West New York area.

Analyze the various directories we have in our environment and produce documentation as to how they are all integrated.

This individual must have LDAP expertise.

Knowledge of DirXML would be highly desireable. Familiarity with Active Directory, LOTUS & PeopleSoft would be a plus.

This individual will also be responsible for communicating and educating other IT Technicians on the directory components identified in this discovery phase.
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PHP Dev in New York, NY

I have several nation wide clients that are always looking to hire PHP rock stars. If you have three to five years of experience, and feel that you have the knowledge to make an impact, please feel free to forward me your resume, connect with me on , or follow me on Twitter or Facebook for new opportunity updates. If I can't help you now, I'm sure I can help you eventually.

I specialize in placing Open Source Professionals.


Experience: Linux, Apache, Php, Perl, MVC, memcache, Python, Subversion, etc

Please forward resumes to cmcclaskie@ or charles.mcclaskie@

Charles McClaskie
Sr. IT Recruiter

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Thursday, January 07, 2010

Quality Engineer in New York, NY

Thursday, January 07, 2010
Our direct client located in NEW YORK CITY has 6 month Consulting opportunity available for an Quality Engineer. If you are interested, please send a copy of your resume (preferably in MS Word format) to www.techlink-usa.com or call (201) 786-2400. Please be sure to include contact information along with the best time to reach you.

Job Description
? Needs an Automation person who has done Automation with Mobile devices
? Person will need to specifically code manuals to test scripts
? Needs experience with Mobile Complete or Device Anywhere
? Experience with QTP
? Experience with VB Script
? Needs to have done coding on a mobile device
? Will be taking existing manual test scripts and converting into the Automation toll (Device Anywhere)

Nice to have: Load Runner

Apply directly at: http://www.net-temps.com/job/r84g/qualityengineer/quality_engineer.html?r=gad
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Virtualization Project Manager in New York, NY

Coordinating relationship between business and tech team.
Getting tech requirements from the businesses users.
Should have a technical background as you will be talking to tech managers
This is a long term is a virtualization project
Should be flexible as most of team is offshore in India
Should be mainly day hours but occasional early or night hours
High level knowledge of App V will help, or windows 7
Will be project managing and coordinating
Virtualization will be in IB and treasury services to start but inevitably will rollout to the entire bank
Need a standard PM with heavy technical background
will help with coordination of any issues that arrise

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Sr. Project Manager - Automation Workflow Content Workflow in New York, NY

Our direct client located in New York, NY has 6 + consulting opportunity available for a Sr. Project Manager to lead the Automation Workflow program.

IMPORTANT: Candidate MUST have experience in ALL of the following:

- Automation Workflow Tool experience
- Process re-engineering experience
- Familiarity with Content Workflow Tools such as IBM WebSphere, Lombardi or Pegasystems.
- Business Process Management implementation experience
- Experience carrying out technical Proof of Concepts
- Vendor Selection


Candidate will be responsible for the delivery of several complex projects. The successful candidate will be an experienced and capable Senior Project Manager with a proven track record of delivery of complex initiatives to agreed quality, time and budget specifications from initiation through to deployment using standard project process as appropriate. The successful candidate will have a proven history of managing global cross-functional project teams.

Requirements:

- Minimum of 6-8 years of Project Management experience (10+ preferred)
- Solid experience in Automation Workflow and Content Workflow are required!
- Automation Workflow Tool experience
- Process re-engineering experience
- Familiarity with Content Workflow Tools such as IBM WebSphere, Lombardi or Pegasystems.
- Business Process Management implementation experience
- Experience carrying out technical Proof of Concepts
- Vendor Selection
- Solid financial services experience is a big plus
- Market Data experience a big plus.
- PMP Certification highly desirable
- Excellent communication skills


If you are interested, please send a copy of your resume (preferably in MS Word format) to or call (201) 786-2413. Please be sure to include contact information along with the best time to reach you.


Contact:

Mike Potenza
Recruiting Manager
Phone: (201) 786-2413
Fax: (201) 786-2410

www.techlink-usa.com

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Information Technology Director in Syracuse, NY

Our client, a global market research firm which offers customized services to a client base that includes many Fortune 100 companies is seeking an Information Technology Director.

This individual will be responsible to manage the development of all IT functions including systems and infrastructure develo9pment, and to lead technology initiatives that involve translating needs identified by clients (external) and their strategic technology task force (internal) into world class business solutions.

Responsibilities:

. Participates in client and board task force discussions and provides though leadership in articulating technology requirements and system solutions for complex business process.

. Leads all major IT projects to assure compliance with their client's technology requirements as well as IT policy, standards and security guidelines.

. Ensures that key IT/technology priorities are implemented on-time and on-budget.

. Recommends appropriate staffing and resource requirements including cost effective outsourcing strategies for system design and development.

. Manages the day-to-day activities of the IT team in partnership with the data analysis and survey development teams.

Experience: Skills Required:

. Proven success in managing the complete technology development life cycle.

. Experienced at the executive level in developing a corporate "IT vision" for our client, one that enriches its customer engagements and research capabilities.

. Proven track record for successfully selecting and managing outsourcing/consulting partners.

. Strong written and verbal communications skills to facilitate client and senior staff interaction.

. Strong team management skills, including consensus-building and negotiation techniques.

. Experienced in managing IT infrastructure development and an IT environment that includes SQL and relational database programs and systems, structured query languages, advanced analytical programs, portal technology, internet protocols and standards and data warehousing.

. Ability to troubleshoot applications and identify appropriate solutions and modifications.

. Ability to manage and execute projects in a fast paced environment.

Minimum Requirements:

. Eight to ten years of progressive responsible positions in forward thinking IT environments including strategic management of technology development and software systems. Knowledgeable of business process and design of targeted technology solutions.

. Bachelor's degree required. Training and/or working experience in computer science, information systems technology, management and/or business administration is preferred. Master's degree in a relevant area would be advantageous.



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SEM Professional - in New York, NY

For qualified SEM professionals who are experienced in PPC, SEO, Web development or design. Ideal candidate will have expert knowledge of the marketing potential of the Internet, excellent communication skills both written and oral, experience with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, HTML.

Excellent knowledge and understanding of interactive media. In depth understanding of media planning, negotiation, implementation and
performance analysis. Proficient computer and media research skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) Time management and problem solving skills

Extensive online media experience is an absolute must.
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Software Technical Specialist in New York, NY

Software Technical Specialist

Our client, a leading global financial software firm is looking to hire a Software Technical Specialist for their New York Office. This position will be joining an existing team that interfaces with external clients on a regular basis. No Travel is required. In this role, you will be self-motivated, think for yourself, take advantage of opportunities offered, ask for and provide explanations, manage deliverables and timeframes, and help out members of own team and other teams.

Responsibilities Include:
- Work with clients throughout the whole development lifecycle, including pre-sale, system presentation, installation, implementation, training, updates, etc.
- Take responsibility for training clients to ensure autonomy in the setting of parameters and product functionalities.
- Carry-out pre-defined tasks to ensure client satisfaction and build products and services.
- Diagnose technical and functional situations by closely analyzing the situation, establishing links, and acting accordingly.
- Support client within own scope of responsibility - development, testing, corrective measures, and improvement.
- Maintain constant written and verbal communication with clients and team members.
- Monitor deadlines and priorities, clarity and precision of documentation, and quality and rigorousness of testing.
- Write and distribute technical and functional documentation.
- Complete project planning and support activities.
- Act autonomously in the boundaries set by manager.
- Conduct a self assessment in any given situation.
- Become aware of own limitations and capabilities, ask for explanations, build knowledge.
- Become be a key player in own career development.

You will benefit from individualized attention as part of a small team, exposed to a variety of cutting edge technologies.
Experience: Required Experience/Skills:
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics.
- 2 to 4 years of customer service and support experience.
- Strong C/C++/JAVA Programming Language experience.
- Strong UNIX / Linux Operating Systems experience.
- SQL/Database experience.
- Coding skills.
- Software and system design skills.
- Excellent documentation skills.
- Absolute passion for computing.

Preferred Experience/Skills:
- Oracle, Sybase, Shellscript, XML, ANT.
- An understanding of financial markets.
- Experience with all aspects of the development lifecycle.
- Software architecture knowledge and experience.
- Fluency in Spanish.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a winning team. Take your career to the next level and turn your interest into action. Apply Now! Or, send your WORD resume to . The only way to learn more is by taking the next step.

Genesis10 is a business and technology consulting company specializing in project management, business analysis, business transformation and large-scale systems infrastructure and application integration. Genesis10 services a variety of industries including banking and financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and more. At Genesis10, we recognize that our consultants are our most powerful resource. Selecting only the most talented and experienced consultants provides our clients with the best the industry has to offer. We take pride in attracting the world's finest business and technology consultants.
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SR. C/C++ APPLICATIONS ENGINEER in New York, NY

Leading global provider of financial data, news and analytics. Media services provide real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world.
Application Development teams are looking to add to their current talent with self-motivated, highly experienced C/C++ Software Engineers.







The successful candidate will join one of our product-oriented team specializing in analytics and display of financial data in such areas as equities, bonds, derivatives, foreign exchange, commodities, mortgage-backed securities, structured products, or law.

Each application team is an entrepreneurial unit handling the complete development life-cycle of its products. Team members work every phase of development from requirements and design to production roll-out and test. Development is incremental, iterative, and always on a short time fuse.

This is an opportunity to join a diverse, industry-knowledgeable, technically skilled group of software engineers who design highly visible products.

Knowledge of the world financial markets is a definite plus but not a requirement. Superb application development skills, a strong user-orientation, and creativity are requirements.

Qualifications
* BS/MS/PhD Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or Related Field (or equivalent expertise)
* 5+ years hands-on C/C++ Development Experience on Unix (or equivalent expertise)
* Strong skills in User-Oriented Design
* Solid Understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms, and Object-Oriented design
* Working knowledge of Financial Markets a plus
* Practical Experience with Unit/ Regression Testing
* Practical experience with Version Control Systems
* Solid verbal and written Communication skills
* Ability to Coach and eventually Mentor team members

Apply directly at: http://www.net-temps.com/job/qcxa/C9712/sr_c_c_applications.html?r=gad
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Implementation Consultant in New York, NY

This job requires someone that has at least 3 years of hands-on accounting experience in working with cost accounting systems. Must be willing to travel 75% of the time with most weekends off. The balance of your time will be in the corporate office working remotely with clients.

My client develops financial and cost accounting software for large commercial construction companies throughout North America, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The company is 29 years old and is privately held. We are looking for additional Implementation Consultants who have the ability work with their clients at their location to make recommendations as to the best utilization of our software and then implement our Financial Accounting and Project Management Software.

Client training will occur at both the clients location and in an in-house classroom environment.

Requirements:

1. Former experience in the commercial construction or heavy highway construction industries.
2. Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a Bachelors Degree in Accounting, specifically public accounting and/or contract accounting.
3. Minimum of 3 years of hands-on accounting experience.
4. Must possess excellent communication and product presentation skills.
5. Excellent overall computer and software skills.
6. Must be a disciplined self-starter and operate without daily supervision.
7. Good organizational and planning skills.
8. Effective interpersonal skills to work as a team member and as a liaison with customers.
9. Professional and confident appearance and presentation.
10. Ability to recognize and utilize opportunities to sell services to customers.
11. Must be able to travel extensively throughout North America.

Base salary is $65,000 per year. Typical total compensation after commissions and bonuses is $102,000.

Experience: They are looking for someone who is/was an Accounting Manager or Controller in a commercial construction company, that is very systems savvy. That is the typical candidate, if thats you, please respond ASAP
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Web (Mobile) Designer in New York, NY

Will support blackberry, iphone, android apps, + mobile web.

Designs and constructs web pages/sites including incorporating graphic user interface (GUI) features and other techniques. Maintains and provides ongoing design of the website, promos and ad banners, seasonal content specials and custom chat launcher design for partners. May require a bachelor's degree in a related area and 4-6 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. Reports to the creative director. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Mobile Designer -

Need a Mobile designer who will establish, plan, and design the user interface design for mobile products, including HTML/iPhone/Blackberry/Android design. You will work with the product development team to design mobile user experiences for Reuters.com mobile products. The designer will interface with internal and external vendors, product managers, developers, and will be responsible for detailed design documentation and validation. The ideal candidate is a natural leader, who is consultative while multi-taking through stages of concurrent projects.

Requirements:
3+ years developing for mobile products
- In depth knowledge of User Interface Design principles, Human Factors, User-Centered Design Processes, Interaction Design guidelines, Usability Testing Methodologies, web-industry standards and trends, platform standards, software development process, and prototyping/design.
- Ability to translate audience, technology and product requirements into effective UI design solutions.
- Knowledge of internationalization and accessibility design considerations.
- Innovative, creative problem solver with an eye for detail and accuracy
- Experience performing UX within an Agile product development environment a plus
- Ability to work in a dynamic multidisciplinary team.
- Proven team player.
- Expert using graphic imaging and design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, DreamWeaver, MS Visio, MS Visual Design Studio, etc.
- Preferred working knowledge of HTML, XHTML and CSS coding.
- Proven track record of mobile application design.


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Lead Systems Analyst in Buffalo, NY

Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects.
With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.

We have an immediate need for a Lead Systems Analyst. We are looking for someone to lead and work with offshore developers. Must be technical but will not be doing the coding. Candidate should have ETL and SQL Integration Services experience - preferrably 2008.

- Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis
of alternatives.
- Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers
with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input
and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be summarized, and formats for reports.
- Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program.
- Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program
change is possible within existing system.
- Studies existing information processing systems to evaluate effectiveness and develops new systems to improve production or
specifications as required.
- Prepares specifications to detail operations to be performed by equipment and computer programs and operations to be performed
by personnel in system.
- Plans and prepares technical reports, memoranda, and instructional manuals as documentation of program development.
- Upgrades system and corrects errors to maintain system after implementation.
- Develops backup and recovery procedures. Evaluates outcomes.
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System Engineer Astoria, NY (Job #9735) in Astoria, NY

SMARTSOURCE is currently searching for a System Engineer for a permanent opportunity in Astoria, NY

Job Type: Permanent
Location: ASTORIA, NY 11102
SALARY RANGE is $50-60k.


The Systems Engineer's role is to ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the in-house information systems that support core organizational functions. This is achieved by monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all networked software and associated operating systems.

Strategy & Planning
• Collaborate with network support and management staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Work with CIO to define business requirements and systems goals to identify and resolve business systems issues.

Acquisition & Deployment
• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing applications, software, and operating systems.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure system-related products and services.

Operational Management
• Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
• Propose and create system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system programmers and development teams.
• Design and perform server and security audits, system backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the company's disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.

• Accreditation from a reputable school and/or [5-7] years equivalent work experience.
• Certifications in MCP, MCSE are a plus.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
• Highly self motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong customer service orientation.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment


Resumes can be sent to Rick

888-832-7823 x 1050
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Network Engineers in New York, NY

eConsultAmerica is a preferred vendor supplier on retainer with a leading global supplier of secure radio communications and embedded high-grade encryption solutions for military, government and commercial organizations and a leading supplier of assured communications systems and equipment for public safety, utility and transportation markets, with products ranging from the most advanced IP voice and data networks to portable and mobile single- and multiband radios, with billions in assets. Our client is seeking two (2) experienced and savvy Network Engineers. These positions will be based in Las Vegas, NV and Lynchburg, VA. This position will require 40% domestic travel. If you are interested please forward a brief cover-letter and your updated resume and I will respond back within one (1) business day. US Citizens or Green Card holders only apply. Job DescriptionThe candidate will be a member of a team responsible for implementing and supporting all standard network and security platforms used within the VIDA network. The candidate will be responsible for solid, consistent deployments, to maintain high standards of security, availability, and performance for multiple large-scale public safety voice systems. The candidate will provide networking expertise to the implementation system engineering team, serve as escalation point for network deployment issues and will be responsible for consistently documenting lessons learned.Other responsibilities will include Implementing complex IP-Based radio systems, including pre-sales support and design; Utilizing standard configuration templates to consistently and efficiently deploy real-world networks; Understanding and deploying new Cisco hardware and operating systems; Aggressively resolving problems; Administering Cisco networks; Executing and updating Standard Operating Procedures; Coordinating and facilitating activities with vendors, escalation support teams, and other teams within our client's organization.BEST INDUSTRY – CommunicationsBEST DEPARTMENT – Engineering
Experience: Bachelors Degree is highly preferred, but not required.6+ years of network administration or design experience is required.Experience with TCP/IP and networking principlesExperience in network security and network security auditing toolsExperience with troubleshooting network issuesExperience with Windows operating systemsExperience with the Solaris/UNIX operating systemsPreferred Additional SkillsProfessional certifications (e.g. CCNP, CISSP) are a plus; candidate must be able to complete DoD 8570 TECH II baseline IA certifcation (or higher) within one yearSome programming experienceIn depth knowledge of EIGRP, ACL's, intrusion detection systems and firewall rulesKnowledge of VoIP systemsAbility to remain calm under pressure, to smoothly context switch between issues and prioritize them appropriatelyHas clear & concise ability to communicate issues in a less technical sense to management and businessDemonstrate leadership skills which include customer focus, change management, teamwork, diversity, and integritySelf-motivated team player, able to set priorities and manage to deadlinesExcellent trouble-shooting, communication and customer service skillsDemonstrated ability to proactively resolve problemsCompensationNegotiable
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Deployment Technician - Hardware in Islandia, NY

Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Duration: Initially 2+ weeks with extension till April 2010.
Start Date: 2/8/2010.
Work Hrs: M-F 8 AM - 5 PM

? Perform Hardware Deployment utilizing supplied documentation and tools
o Deliver the new hardware systems to end-users
o Login as the end-user
o Configure Microsoft Outlook
o Fix screen saver timeout
o Set proxy and homepage
o Insure that end-users backup data
o Copy/transfer Favorites (bookmarks) and other designated files to new hardware systems
o Install network or local end-user printers
o Test the hardware systems after deployment in accordance with the supplied documentation and
o Inventory new hardware systems, record information to Excel file (asset number, machine name, make, model, etc.) and return Excel file to Project Tech Lead
o Package new hardware systems for deployment

A+ certification required; minimum 2-years of experience in Hardware Image Installation in large corporate environment with the following technical disciplines:
? Experience in applying workstation build and deployment with Windows XP installation and configuration in RAM for Editorial devices
? Experienced in workstation data migration and data cleansing tools/techniques
? Knowledge imaging Dell E4300/E6400 laptops and Dell Optiplex 760 desktops working from WinPE bootable media
? Experience in networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP) and understands UNC connectivity relationship between workstation and servers
? Experience working with Radia and migrating profiles
? Experience with Kobra display template, Dell Control Point Connection Manager, Acrobat 9.0 Reader, IE7, Ghost32, DOS
? Knowledge of ERAS installation, Trend 8 Client, VPN software, iPassConnect, iPass Hotspot Finder, FW Firewall Control, 3000 Xtra, RAM SINK/DBUs, Decade
? Candidates should have excellent follow through, customer service skills, strong work ethic, results oriented and be able to work independently as well as within a team
? Fluent in English ? excellent verbal and written communication; will have direct contact with end-user

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Implementation Consultant in New York, NY

This Position in in Scottsdale, Arizona. There is NO RELOCATION PROVIDED.

This job requires someone that has at least 3 years of hands-on accounting experience in working with cost accounting systems. We are looking for additional Implementation Consultants who have the ability work with our clients at their location to make recommendations as to the best utilization of our software and then implement our Financial Accounting and Project Management Software.

Client training will occur at both the client's location and in an in-house classroom environment.
Requirements:

1.Former experience in the commercial construction or heavy highway construction industries.
2.Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, specifically public accounting and/or contract accounting.
3.Minimum of 3 years of hands-on accounting experience.
4.Must possess excellent communication and product presentation skills.
5.Excellent overall computer and software skills.
6.Must be a disciplined "self-starter" and operate without daily supervision.
7.Good organizational and planning skills.
8.Effective interpersonal skills to work as a team member and as a liaison with customers.
9.Professional and confident appearance and presentation.
10.Ability to recognize and utilize opportunities to sell services to customers.
11.Must be able to travel extensively throughout North America.

Base salary is $65,000 per year. Typical total compensation after commissions and bonuses is $102,000.




Experience: ******** Must be willing to travel 75% of the time with most weekends off. The balance of your time will be in the corporate office working remotely with clients.

**** Must have a 3 years hands on accounting experience
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JAVA Architect in Rochester, NY

Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects.
With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.

We have an immediate need for a Senior JAVA Architect in Rochester, NY.

Required:
. BA/BS degree in computer-related field
. Minimum of seven years experience in software application design and development
. Java/J2EE architecture experience
. Web Services experience
. 5+ years experience participating and providing technical leadership on software development projects and teams
. Strong development experience with languages such as HTML, DHTML, XML, SQL, JSP, JSF
. Excellent understanding of coding methods, debugging, documentation, and best practices.
Preferred:
. Experience with Adobe technologies such as Flash, Flex or Adobe AIR
. High degree of competency in requirements gathering and process design
. Possess strong ability to partner, develop results-supporting relationships, and negotiate complex and often contentious issues and work through people to achieve goals.
. Modeling tools such as MS Visio, Enterprise Architect and ERWin

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Actimize Quality Assurance Tester in New York, NY

A large financial company located in lower Manhattan seeks a consultant to work a one year + contract as a Quality Assurance Tester.

In addition to the job description below, candidate must have experience with Actimize.

The candidate will be responsible for writing and executing test scenarios to fully test a vendor application in order to ensure functional requirements are met.
Key Accountabilities:
Analyze requirement documents to identify test requirements
Assist with preparation of QA artifacts including, but not limited to Functional Test Plan, QA Acceptance Plan, defect tracking report
Participate and / or review of documentation and / or test results in all QA test phases such as Requirements validation, Integration and Functional testing
Follow the defined QA processes to ensure all standards are met
Develop the Test Script /Scenario; Execute Test Script/Scenario
Coordinate/Document actual test results and responsible for the end-to-end tracking of all issues found
Communicate status to QA leaders
Provide QA support to Actimize, BU, BSA and development teams during development, testing and implementation.
Participate in release meetings for the project
Address and clarify specifications and requirements for business users
Work with the developers, Vendor consultants and Global business users to successfully test business requirements for compliance functions
Ensure test cases and defects logged to defect tracking system and resolved in a timely manner; Assist in defect investigation and escalation
Participate in implementation planning, data preparation and post implementation validation, coordination of user validation
Job Requirements: (Knowledge/ Experience):
Technical Skills
5+ years of experience in banking/financial industry preferred - Capital Market in particular
3+ years of Actimize application or development experience is an asset
5+ years of SQL experience
5+ years of experience in trade surveillance functions (Control Room, Employee trade monitoring, Trade surveillance) and capital markets products and trade processes preferred
5+ years of experience with QA analysis and software development.
Ability to work with a global business group and requirements
Expertise in managing various stakeholder expectations in delivering project deliverables
Expertise and knowledge in testing approaches, methodologies, controls and overall Quality Assurance discipline
Ability to understand data base models and data mapping.
Experience in working with large projects with multiple data sources and system interfaces
Diverse computer skills / understanding of computerized environment
Experience and familiarity with the software development lifecycle

Experience: While candidates do not have to be US Citizens for this role, there will be 2-3 weeks of travel to canada so an H1 visa must be stamped for travel outside of the US.

Please forward an attached MS Word version of your resume along with hourly pay requirements to
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SQL Engineer in New York, NY

A well known financial services company based out of New York City is looking for an SQL Engineer.

The open position is focused around delivering platform-oriented software components out of the MSSQL database area. Target platforms for MSSQL databases are Windows.

- Collaboration in engineering MS/SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008/2008 R2
- Improvement and Standards-Maintenance for MS/SQL Server 2005 and 2008 on Windows Server 2003
- Development and Improvement of in-house Scripts used by DB Operations based on Perl and VB.NET
- Collaborate with peer Technology teams (e.g. Windows Engineering) on Virtualization and DB Clusters
- Collaborate with peer Technology teams (e.g. Systems Management) to Improve monitoring and maintenance concepts for database installations on large platforms
- Contribute to security baselines, patch- and vulnerability policies and lifecycle management guidelines
- Analyze, improve and develop Perl scripts used by DB Operations
- Integrate tightly into the working processes of global DB Engineering, Platform Development and Provisioning
- Collaborate with DB Operations and provide 3rd level support on request
Experience: WORK EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND:
Essential:
- Proven MSSQL DB Operations or Engineering skills
- Working experience on standardized large environments
- Working experience in large financial organizations
- Problem Solving and Cross-Technical Integration
Desirable:
- Work Experience in International Teams
- Windows System Administration
- Exposure to Application Server software
- Perl or .Net Debugging, Testing

TECHNICAL/BUSINESS SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:
Essential:
- MSSQL 2008
- MSSQL 2005 (4+ years)
- Experience with MSSQL on Microsoft Clusters
- Experience with MSSQL in virtualized environments
- Perl or C# scripting (2+ years)
Desirable:
- VB.Net scripting (1+ years)
- Experience with BMC Performance Manager (patrol)
- Experience with Cloakware
- Sybase and Oracle experience

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Essential:
- Ability to work efficient and drive results under pressure
- Ability to communicate between different time zones
- Must adhere to the quality commitments of the firm
- Willing to improve current environment and processes
- Excellent written and spoken communication in English language
Desirable
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2nd Shift Computer Operations Supervisor in Albany, NY

Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects.
With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.

You must be able to join Ajilon Consulting as a W2 hourly employee for this opportunity, no H1B or corp to corp.
Experience: candidate will be responsible for maintaining optimum levels of efficiency and accuracy with our computer data center/services through the supervision of junior level computer operators. This resource will be supervising 2 other individuals.
Essential Duties:
. Solid experience and strong working knowledge in a production Unix client server and windows server environment
. Provides direct supervision of the data center associates.
. Responsible for verification that the daily run logs, processing schedules are complete and accurate.
. Responsible for proper handling of tapes and ensures proper and timely distribution of output.
. Responsible for proper escalation, communications, and management of production system problems.
. Responsible for training associates in the daily routines and required communications.
. Provides daily status reports and input to the Management team.
. Identifies and reports to direct manager any process improvements that could provide additional efficiencies to the daily operation of the data center.
.Ability to train less experienced staff is required.


Proficient with Microsoft Windows & Unix operating systems and utilities. Understands file and directory structure and can easily navigate through the operating system. Excellent oral and written communications skills. Assoc deg and 3-4 year exp.

Required Skills
-Prior experience as a shift supervisor of a data center
-Experience with supervising 2 or more team members
-Must be willing to work 2nd shift 4pm-12:30am
-must be proficient with basic Unix/Windows skills

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QA Tester ( Actimize ) in New York, NY

A large financial company located in lower Manhattan seeks a consultant to work a one year + contract as a Quality Assurance Tester.

In addition to the job description below, candidate must have experience with Actimize.

The candidate will be responsible for writing and executing test scenarios to fully test a vendor application in order to ensure functional requirements are met.
Key Accountabilities:
Analyze requirement documents to identify test requirements
Assist with preparation of QA artifacts including, but not limited to Functional Test Plan, QA Acceptance Plan, defect tracking report
Participate and / or review of documentation and / or test results in all QA test phases such as Requirements validation, Integration and Functional testing
Follow the defined QA processes to ensure all standards are met
Develop the Test Script /Scenario; Execute Test Script/Scenario
Coordinate/Document actual test results and responsible for the end-to-end tracking of all issues found
Communicate status to QA leaders
Provide QA support to Actimize, BU, BSA and development teams during development, testing and implementation.
Participate in release meetings for the project
Address and clarify specifications and requirements for business users
Work with the developers, Vendor consultants and Global business users to successfully test business requirements for compliance functions
Ensure test cases and defects logged to defect tracking system and resolved in a timely manner; Assist in defect investigation and escalation
Participate in implementation planning, data preparation and post implementation validation, coordination of user validation
Job Requirements: (Knowledge/ Experience):
Technical Skills
5+ years of experience in banking/financial industry preferred - Capital Market in particular
3+ years of Actimize application or development experience is an asset
5+ years of SQL experience
5+ years of experience in trade surveillance functions (Control Room, Employee trade monitoring, Trade surveillance) and capital markets products and trade processes preferred
5+ years of experience with QA analysis and software development.
Ability to work with a global business group and requirements
Expertise in managing various stakeholder expectations in delivering project deliverables
Expertise and knowledge in testing approaches, methodologies, controls and overall Quality Assurance discipline
Ability to understand data base models and data mapping.
Experience in working with large projects with multiple data sources and system interfaces
Diverse computer skills / understanding of computerized environment
Experience and familiarity with the software development lifecycle

Experience: While candidates do not have to be US Citizens for this role, there will be 2-3 weeks of travel to canada so an H1 visa must be stamped for travel outside of the US.

Please forward an attached MS Word version of your resume along with hourly pay requirements to
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Data Stage Consultant in East Aurora, NY

Data Stage Consultant


Function:
Data Storage Consultant

Essential job functions:
Candidate must have 5 + years dealing with Data Storage which is an IBM Software Product.
Data Storage does ETL - Extract, Transform & Load.
Candidate must have experince dealing in a Data Warehouse environment.

3-6 month assignment

Required skills:
IBM's Data Storage
Data Warehouse Environment

Scope:
Data Storage Consultant with 5+ years experience

Education:
BS
5 + years experience with Data Storage


Other Requirements:
Candidate is needed immediately. Looking for a local candidate if possible. Candidates MUST have DataStage Experience.

Manager is looking for Data Stage experience and ETL is a MUST. Candidates must be extremely hands on - not looking for Management types.
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Hardware Image Technician in Islandia, NY

Start Date: Jan 18th 2010
Work Hrs: M-F 8 AM - 5 PM.

NEED 10 RESOURCES FOR THIS PROJECT.

? Perform staging for Hardware Image Installation utilizing supplied documentation and tools
o Receive Dell hardware shipments and unpack shipments (hardware will consist of desktops/laptops)
o Inventory new hardware systems; record information to Excel file (asset number, machine name, make, model, etc.)
o Quick power test and perform visual check for defects,
o Move new hardware systems into staging area and connect to KVMs (desktops) or specified networks
o May need to assist technicians with imaging new hardware systems
o Attach Asset Tags to new hardware systems and record information on Excel file
o Verify new hardware systems are ready for deployment
o Package new hardware systems for deployment and/or shipping to deployment sites
? Perform Hardware Deployment utilizing supplied documentation and tools
o May need to assist technicians with testing the hardware systems for deployment in accordance with the supplied documentation and tools
o May need to assist technicians with delivering the new hardware systems to end-users
? Perform Legacy Hardware Collection utilizing supplied documentation and tools

Minimum 2-years of experience providing administrative and technical assistance to project teams during migration and coordinating daily tasks in large corporate environment:
? Candidates should have excellent follow through, customer service skills, strong work ethic; results oriented and are able to work independently as well as within a team
? Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to escalate technical issues to Project Leads
? Experience with shipping and receiving packages and maintaining inventory status (knowing what stage items are)
? Experience with SharePoint and Microsoft Excel; entering collected data into spreadsheets and providing daily updates
? Some knowledge in Hardware Image Installation, workstation builds, deployments, data migration, data cleansing tools/techniques and networking connectivity
? Approachable and accessible to fellow team members
? Able to lift up to 40 lbs (boxes of computer equipment)
? Fluent in English ? excellent verbal and written communication skills

Apply directly at: http://www.net-temps.com/job/pvds/HITNY/hardware_image_technician.html?r=gad
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Software QA Specialist in New York, NY

This Position in in Scottsdale, Arizona. There is NO RELOCATION PROVIDED.


This job requires someone that has 4 years of hands-on cost commercial construction financial and cost accounting experience. Must have experience in working with large accounting systems.

Responsibilities:

Test software and perform analysis to ensure that software products meet design specifications and are within total quality management limits and standards.
.Develop and apply customized test procedures for the organization's products.
Communicate with product developers, project managers, and technical support specialists on software issues.
Resolve issues and contribute to the business unit/area development.
Manage the work efforts of individual contributors with responsibility for hiring, firing, performance appraisals, and pay reviews.

Requirements:

QA experience in an ERP environment a must
Experienced with Rational automation tools
Create documented test script
Manage manual testing versus automation
Must have previous experience working for a software vendor
Work closely with project managers for work assignments
Deliver perfect releases and service packs on schedule
Prior experience working with enterprise based financial software
Execute operational plan that supports strategic plan
Manage minimum of six staff members
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-demand environment
Accounting knowledge is a plus
Broad knowledge of the field with strong leadership skills
Requires six or more years of experience and at least two years of leadership responsibility



Experience: ******** MUST HAVE COST COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION FINANCIAL AND COST ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE
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Service Manager in New York, NY

A well known financial services company is looking for a Service Manager in the New York City area.

Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project. May require a bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with 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. Leads and directs the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.

Job Description:

The Infrastructure Service Manager is responsible for end to end service, as a member of the Investment and Advisory Content service delivery team. The team is functionally accountable for service, and represents the Infrastructure Owner, by engaging with customers, Helpdesk, Operations, Development, Architects, Third Parties, etc. The team drives problem management activities and represents service during major service outages. The candidate engages through many levels of the organization in order to identify, classify and present risk to stakeholders for sign off. The service team champions ITIL process in order to continuously improve the service and tracks metrics on performance. The Infrastructure Service Manager will leverage both project management and technical skills in order to drive meetings, chase actions and generally drive service improvement as part of a small team.

Duties:

Defines, documents and manages SIPs (Service Improvement Projects) and service forum cases.
Actively participates in all project phases and acts as a point of contact for service.
Chairs service meetings, administers the service forum and develops support models
Drives problem management activities
Tracks OLA and SLA metrics.


Experience: Qualifications:

A bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering etc.)
Excellent oral and written communication skills
10+ years, in technical engineering roles, in complex organizations.
8 + years Windows Server implementation and support with a focus on web technologies and MS SQL server.
4 + years Unix and Linux Server implementation and support (Solaris preferred, HP-UX a plus)
5+ years as a project manager for the delivery of complex products, services and team transitions.
Prior people team management experience preferred.
2 + years experience with ITIL processes and process improvement.
ITIL certification is a plus.

PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE.

Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia at pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com
Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

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QA Lead (ACTIMIZE) in New York, NY

A well known financial services company is looking for a QA Leas with Actimize experience. Candidate must be able to travel outside of the US. Will be taking business trips 2-3 weeks at a times to Toronto.

The purpose of this role is leading QA resources to complete an implementation of a vendor application for the capital markets compliance group.
Key Accountabilities:
Manage/Lead QA (Functional) deliverables for TSS redevelopment Project activities within time and budget
Drive the completion of all testing activities including Detailed Test plan preparation, Test case preparation, Data preparation and variance tracking and resolution.
Provide QA estimates, schedule and other Project MGMT input required for QA activities
Identify risks and corresponding mitigation strategies to plan & budget
Address and clarify specifications with business users
Provide QA support to Actimize, BU, BSA and development teams during development, testing and implementation.
Participate in implementation planning, and post implementation validation for IT and support BU where needed on user validation.
Experience: Job Requirements: (Knowledge/ Experience):
Technical Skills
5+ years of experience in leading group of testers; 6 person test team, augmented by additional BSA's where needed
5+ years SQL experience
5+ years of experience in trade surveillance functions (Control Room, Employee trade monitoring, Trade surveillance) and capital markets products and trade processes.
5+ years of experience with QA analysis and software development.
3+ years of Actimize application or development experience is an asset
Ability to work with a global business group and requirements
Expertise in managing various stakeholder expectations in delivering project deliverables.
Expertise in test planning, test case preparation and testing of data and applications.
Ability to understand data base models, data mapping, integration of data with the functional application.
Experience in working with large projects with multiple phases that may overlap
Strong Business System Analysis fundamentals and documentation skills
Expertise in coordinating QA activities during all phases of the project.
Business Knowledge
Expertise in trade surveillance functions (Control Room, Employee trade monitoring, Trade surveillance) and AML
Knowledge of global Securities industry and products
Advanced knowledge of North American and international securities trading and data related to complete trade life cycle.
Knowledge of capital markets compliance functions.
Knowledge of financial industry and functions.
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Functional Tester/Validation Engineer in Syracuse, NY

Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects.

With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.




Experience: We are currently looking for two candiates to work with our client doing funcational testing and validation. Initially the project is 1-2 months, could turn into long term employment for the individual.

**Local Candidates only, no third party vendors or 1099 contractors**
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