Urgent Need_SQL Developer with strong C# experience.

Position:     SQL Developer
Location:     Corpus Christy
Duration:     2 months

Experience with C# Programs Required!

Strong skills in SQL Server integration services (SSIS). Strong skills in reading and interpreting C# programs.
The individual would need to read the C# program, fully understand the logic and object oriented design and functionality and extract the logic and sql to be able to rebuild the same functionality in a SQL Server Integration Services.
Experience in SQL Server Integration Services is needed to guide the staff as they assist with the project.

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C# Programmer_Baltimore, MD_5 years+

Position: C# Programmer

Location: Baltimore, MD

Duration: 5 years+

Minimum Requirements: The Master Contractor’s proposed staff shall possess, and the Master Contractor’s proposal shall document, a professional level of expertise in both the technical areas identified in Section 2.5 above, as follows: Senior Computer Programmer (propose up to three) Individuals in this category shall participate in all phases of software development and maintenance. Emphasis is on analysis, programming, testing, and documentation. The individual shall possess the following minimum qualifications: · These individuals shall have a minimum of eight (8) years of programming experience in software development OR maintenance. · At least three (3) of the past eight (8) years of working experience shall be directly related to a subset of the following technologies, listed in decreasing order of importance: o VB.NET, C#.NET, or ASP.NET programming o Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 / 2012 o Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, or 2012 o Service-Oriented Architecture o Formal Change Management and Control regime · A minimum of two (2) years of experience developing or maintaining financial-type application systems that support 2 or more of: general / managerial accounting, tax, interest-bearing customer accounting, or actuarially-based calculations.

Preferred Qualifications: · It is strongly preferable that proposed Senior Computer Programmer personnel have a minimum of two (2) years of experience working with public defined benefit pension systems in addition to requisite technical skills, and these industry-specific skills will be given additional weight in considering and comparing the Master Contractors’ proposals.

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Senior Business Systems Analyst_Baltimore, MD_5 years+

Position: Senior Business Systems Analyst
Location: Baltimore, MD
Duration: 5 years+

Duties/ Responsibilities:1 Provide, on a continual basis for all assigned tasks, the personnel required in this TORFP within the timeframe required as specified by the TO Manager. 2 Provide support during normal business hours. 3 Provides technical and administrative direction for personnel performing software development tasks. 4 Reviews work products for correctness, adherence to the design concepts and to the user standards. 5 Review progress in accordance with schedules. Coordinates with the TO Manager to ensure problem solution and user satisfaction. 6 Make recommendations, if needed, for approval of major system installations. Prepares milestone status reports and deliveries/presentations on the system concept to colleagues, subordinates, and end user representatives. 7 Create User Guides and Functional Requirement Specifications of current and future systems. 8 Develop, maintain and present test plan, test cases, and test scripts. 9 Conduct functional testing of current systems prior to UAT. 10 Develop and maintain defect management. Document issues found and verify fixes once they have been addresses by programming staff. 11 Create GAP Analysis by reviewing system documentation (file layouts, specification manuals, etc.) for upcoming collection period comparing to previous year collection. 12 Be able to interact between users and developers. Receive feedback from users on enhancements and changes to applications. Document user enhancement requests so developers understand modifications to make to applications. 13 Attend internal MSDE staff meetings as requested. 14 Produce weekly status report.

Minimum Requirements:Education: A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline. General Experience: Must have five (5) years of computer experience working independently or under general direction on complex application problems involving all phases of systems analysis Specialized Experience: · At least five (5) years of experience in analysis and design of business applications for complex large-scale or mid-tier computer systems, or LAN-based systems, to include experience in Database Management Systems (DBMS), and use of programming languages. Knowledge of current storage and retrieval methods and demonstrated ability to formulate specifications for computer programmers to use in coding, testing, and debugging of computer programs.

Other Requirements:· General Industry Experience: At least two (2) years’ experience working in PreK-12 education system. · Good Oral and written communication skills: This will be validated during the interview process. Candidates will be required to submit samples of past written communications for review. Sensitive information can be redacted. Oral communication skills can and will be validated during the interview process.

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Technical Writer / Editor_Baltimore, MD_6 months+

Position:              Technical Writer / Editor
Location:             Baltimore, MD
Duration:             6 months+

Job Description:CSEA, a unit within DHR, is seeking a Technical Writer with at least five (5) years of experience in technical writing and technical editing support. This individual will develop and write the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the Privatization of Child Support Services in Baltimore City. The successful candidate must be organized and detail-oriented, with exceptional writing and communication skills. DHR desires a Technical Writer with documented successful experience in drafting technical specifications for programs, preferably related to child support programs.DHR values a team approach to project work efforts; therefore, the successful candidate must possess exemplary communication and people skills and be skilled in facilitating project team interactions.

Duties/ Responsibilities:a. Develop comprehensive technical specifications of the child support services that will be privatized, that reflects a cost-effective program designed to provide optimal customer services. The RFP shall include innovative services with specific emphasis on increasing support collections that will be needed to propel the Baltimore City program into the top ten urban performers based upon the federally mandated performance measures.b. Require the Technical Writer to coordinate and facilitate meetings and obtain input from subject matter experts (front-line workers, team leaders, middle managers, senior managers, DHR Executive Leadership, etc.) within DHR.c. Be prepared to work during the hours of 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM. In addition, be prepared to work evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and other non-standard work hours, as may be necessary, to complete the tasks outlined in this RFR, or as the work and DHR dictate. Services requiring non-standard work hours may include but are not limited to: issue resolution and research, work required to meet established deliverable due dates, and other activities that must occur outside regular business hours to meet the needs of this RFR. d. Be precluded from development, implementation, or hosting projects for DHR that result from the Master Contractor’s activities under this RFR. The Master Contractor shall be precluded both as the prime contractor, subcontractor, or consultant. e. Ensure that it does not engage in additional business development activities related to DHR without first consulting with the agency and obtaining a formal opinion so as to avoid any potential conflict of interest. Should the DHR Project Manager learn that the Master Contractor has failed to observe these guidelines, the Master Contractor shall be immediately dismissed from the engagement. f. Deliver all notes, meeting minutes, work papers and project artifacts to CSEA upon request and at the conclusion of this Contract. g. Maintain open communication and provide a weekly status report to the DHR Project Manager in a format to be determined jointly by DHR and the Master Contractor following start of Contract. h. Oversee and manage the development of the RFP, to include: project plan, scope management, budget management, resource management, time management (activities & task planning), communications, risk, transition planning, and support. i. Coordinate meetings with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) identified by DHR’s Project Manager and analyze and synthesize information learned from SMEs to be incorporated into RFP. j. Research privatized child support services, on a national level, and provide a detailed comparison of the services among the states, performance of each state based on the federally mandated performance measures, and related costs. k. Ensure that the RFP conforms to industry best practices, federal and Maryland State laws, regulations and policies. l. Perform additional job-related duties as requested.

Minimum Requirements:Education:· Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, such as English or Journalism.General Experience: · A minimum of five (5) years of experience of comparable RFP development. Specialized Experience: · At least two (2) years of experience in preparing and editing documents, including technical documents. Also includes researching for applicable standards.

Preferred Qualifications:Education: · A Bachelor of Arts Degree is preferred from an accredited college or university in Liberal Arts, such as English or Journalism.Specialized Experience: · At least two (2) years of RFP privatization writing experience in government service areas. · At least five (5) years’ experience with supervising program development/operations in federally-regulated child support programs during the past seven years preferred. · At least five (5) years’ experience creating and maintaining technical documentation using Microsoft Office Suite products.

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IA Technician (Information Technology (IT) Security Support Services)_Seaside, CA _3 years

Minimum Qualifications:

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED!

• Experience in the use the following testing tools including Vulnerability Scanners (Nessus, eEye Retina, AppDetective and WebInspect) and Compliance Scanners (DISA Security Readiness Reviews (SRRs) and Microsoft Management Console).
• Provide expertise in accomplishing technical testing and analysis related to system design and security implications. Analysis shall include developing suggested solutions to identified security issues and problems and providing technical evaluations of new security technology.

Job Description:

• Support implementation of DMDC’s IA program to certify, monitor and maintain the accreditation of infrastructure, automated information systems, applications, and automated tools.
• All aspects of the associated preparation, testing, analysis and documentation, as well as the performance of day-to-day IA operations.
• Perform all IA program support services in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines.
• Perform On-Site DIACAP & FISMA Certification and Accreditation (C&A) and Annual Compliance and Verification Audits at the DMDC facility in Seaside, California.
• Provide Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) Support.
• Perform security test and evaluation by a variety of techniques: Gold disk; network vulnerability; source code and web application scans; Security Readiness Review (SRR) evaluation; penetration testing (black box, white box, gray box); and manual checks of all security controls using the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) to validate proper contingency plans, physical, and operational security are in place.
• Gather information and prepare Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) packages.
• Include identification and authentication, auditing, system configuration, discretionary access control, object reuse, security tool utilization, active network ports and services, and system configuration in all security testing.
• Utilize Non-Technical Testing Tools. Assess the non-technical security mechanisms associated with DMDC to determine the adequacy of security measures and identify security deficiencies. This includes review any system documentation and/or interview functional expert POCs to accomplish this task. Categories include: physical security, personnel security, contingency planning, incident response, security training, account management, and password management.
• Provide Strategic IA Support.
• Conduct analysis of new architecture designs and technologies.
• Provide high-level security engineering, support the current architecture to maintain required levels of IA, and future architectures to provide for the secure implementation of new technologies.
• Identify best practices and improvement opportunities in existing security management processes.
• Assist in System and Application Development. Assist in the adoption of software assurance into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to encompass the development and implementation of methods and processes for ensuring that software functions as intended while mitigating the risks of vulnerabilities, malicious code or defects or other information assurance findings that must be fixed through patches or modifications to the application.
• Perform monitoring, detection, analysis and remediation activities from both inadvertent and malicious attacks on DMDC networks. Use Government provided standard operating procedures, software configuration parameters, system changes, or combinations thereof to mitigate the risk associated with identified vulnerabilities.
• Provide monitoring, detection and analysis reports on a weekly basis to the IA Branch.
• Provide expertise in accomplishing technical testing and analysis related to system design and security implications. Analysis shall include developing suggested solutions to identified security issues and problems and providing technical evaluations of new security technology.
• Perform Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVA) Compliance.
• Support the IA Branch in responding to all incidents involving malicious or suspicious code to include viruses, Trojan horses, worms, and macros and respond to malicious attacks;
• Provide IA technical advice and collect incident tracking information.
• Develop and implement solutions that will provide a means of planning and monitoring corrective actions and risk mitigation.
• Integrate information security into the enterprise architecture and system development life cycle;
• Provide emphasis on the selection, implementation, assessment, and monitoring of security controls, and the authorization of information systems;
• Link risk management processes at the information system level to risk management processes at the organization level through a risk executive (function); and Create and maintain IA Program documentation

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Application Developer in Chambersburg, PA

Position:   Application Developer
Location:  Chambersburg, PA
Duration:  2 years+

Job Description: Must be able to perform all the tasks from the C4IM Table located below.  Basic tasks to be performed range from setting user permissions, to developing applications in various program languages such as C#, .net ASP.net, to migrating applications to new operating environments.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and three (3) years of Information Technology experience or five (5) years technical experience with SharePoint Development SharePoint 2007 and 3 years with MOSS 2010 Secret Clearance (IT-II background checks) GSEC, SCNP, Security+, or SSCP Certification (IAT-II) Server+ Certification Five (5) years’ experience with software development Four (4) years’ experience with C# development Four (4) years’ experience with database design Four (4) years’ experience with database analysis Four(4) Years’ experience in SQL 2005/2008/ 2012 Four(4) Years’ experience in SQL Reporting Services Four (4) Years’ experience in database analysis Three (3) years’ experience in WSS 3.0 Three (3) years’ experience in MS SQL Server 2005 Three (3) years’ experience in MS IIS 6.0 Three (3) years’ experience in Active Directory Three (3) years’ experience with TSQL development Three (3) years’ experience with ASP.NET development Three (3) years’ experience with web services development Three (3) years’ experience with HTML Three (3) years’ experience with CSS Three (3) years’ experience with XML Three (3) years’ experience with VB.NET Two (2) years’ experience with JavaScript or jQuery development One (1) year experience with SharePoint 2010 development Please email your profiles to jngrover@elegantsolutions.us for immediate response!

Hiring Oracle Administrator in Chambersburg, PA

Position:   Oracle Database Administrator
Location:  Chambersburg, PA
Duration:  2 years+

Security Clearance Needed!

Job Description: Must be able to perform all the tasks from the C4IM Table located below.  Basic tasks to be performed range from resetting user passwords, migrating Oracle Database / environment to new platform (I.E. 10g to 11G), and developing programs and reports in APEX, Java.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and three (3) years of Information Technology experience or five (5) years technical experience with an Oracle Database Administration Secret Clearance (IT-II background checks) GSEC, SCNP, Security+, or SSCP Certification (IAT-II) and Server+ Two (2) years’ experience in Data changes/conversion using SQL procedures Two (2) years’ experience in Data changes/conversion using shell scripts Five (5) Years’ experience in Oracle 10g/11g Five (5) Years’ experience in Java Five (5) Years’ experience in Oracle DBA Five (5) Years’ experience in Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) Five (5) Years’ experience in Oracle Database Administration Five (5) Years’ experience as a Oracle Database Administrator Five (5) Years’ experience with database design Five (5) Years’ experience with systems analysis Three (3) years’ experience developing reports in APEX Three (3) years’ experience developing reports in Java.

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Java Programmer Analyst_Lansing, MI_12 months

Position:      Java Programmer Analyst
Location:    Lansing, MI
Duration:   12 months

Skills Required:

• 3+ years’ experience analyzing business requirements, generating project specifications and converting them into code, and applying knowledge of computer programming techniques and computer languages.
• 3+ years’ experience developing technical designs in consultation with other technical experts.
• 3+ years’ experience in the following development and design tools: Rational Software Architect RSA or other Eclipse based,  UML Modeling Tools, Hyperion or Crystal Reports (or SQL Reporting Tool)  Perforce, CVS or SVN
• 3+ years development experience in the following languages: J2EE, Java 5, EJB, JSP and Servlets, SQL, Struts, Hibernate, Spring, Web Services, JavaScript, XML, LDAP using Active Directory or Tivoli
• 3+ years’ experience with IBM WebSphere and/or BEA Weblogic web application servers
• 3+ years’ experience developing and following unit test plans, test data, and scripts for application validation and verification.
• 3+ years’ experience working with application/solution architects to set direction of design and development for application development projects.
• 3+ years’ experience developing solutions, following design documents and use cases
• 3+ years conducting unit test
• 3+ years’ experience performing peer reviews of developed code to insure conformity to standards and design best practices

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Direct Client_Linux / Unix Administrator_Columbia,SC_3 months

Position:         Linux / Unix Administrator
Location:        Columbia, SC
Duration:       3 months

Scope:

Candidate should possess senior level administrative knowledge in the support, architecture and implementation of Unix/Linux servers. must have extensive knowledge of Red Hat Linux, AIX, and HP UX server support and management in an enterprise environment.  Satellite Server is a requirement.  ability to work with diverse groups and to communicate complex ideas and subjects accurately, clearly and concisely as well as the ability to transfer knowledge to management, peers and functional teams is required.

Must be available to work outside the normal Monday – Friday 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM business hours as needed

Local candidate preferred.  This position requires ON SITE support!

Duties:

1. Review, install, maintain, and test operating system and application software on UNIX/Linux server platforms.
2. Administer and tune UNIX/Linux servers for optimum operating efficiency.
3. Perform local security auditing and updates on Unix/Linux platforms.
4. provide technical guidance to peers by instructing them in the maintenance and support of various components of the multi-processing systems hosted in the Unix/Linux environment.
5. assist with the architecture, design and implementation of an offsite datacenter for redundancy purposes assist with the architecture and enhancement of distributed enterprise backup systems.

Required Skills:
Red Hat Linux and Unix administration skills

Preferred Skills:
Linux, Unix, San,  Networking

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Direct Client Need_Business Analyst_Baltimore, MD_5 years

Position:               Business Analyst
Location:              Baltimore, MD
Duration:             5 years

Responsibilities:

• Preparing scope and requirements documents
• Working collaboratively with State staff (contractors and State employees)
• Prepare business processes, functional and non-functional requirements and associated procurement re-writes to secure the appropriate vendor for COTS and/or SaaS solution,
• Creating and regularly updating project schedules, staff task work plans, issues list, risk lists, and other documents required by Client for management and governance of information technology projects,
• Maintain standard project management SDLC waterfall documentation using the requirement templates for the Maryland Department of Information Technology (MITDP),
• Communicate effectively with stakeholder, explaining the client’s  SDLC waterfall methodology in a way that non-IT Project Management type individuals can understand,
• Manage the entire project success and assure the successful attainment of each and every goal set out at the onset of the project,
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other related discipline

General Experience:

• At least five (5) years of experience in project management.
• PMI certification as a PMP

Specialized Experience:

• At least five (5) years of experience in managing IT related projects.
• Must demonstrate a leadership role in at least three successful projects that were delivered on time and on budget.
• AND at least two (2) years of experience with planning a COTS and/or SaaS financial system from a legacy system, preferable Payroll related