9/23/07 - 9/30/07 | GadBall

Database Administrator in Boston, MA

Our client, located in Boston MA, is seeking a Database Administrator.

Qualifications include:

* B.S. Information Technology, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, or related technical field.

* 2-7 years experience as an Oracle DBA (Oracle 10g RAC is ideal).

* Familiarity with data warehousing concepts, as well as some experience implementing them.

* Core Oracle DBA experience: installation, tuning, and backup.

* Must possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

* Should have experience in the production of documentation.

* Ability to prioritize developmental and operational tasks in a dynamic and challenging environment.

For immediate consideration, please send your resume to 'lisa [at] kalypxo-unbundled [dot] com'
Experience: Please see above.

For immediate consideration, please send your resume to 'lisa [at] kalypxo-unbundled [dot] com'

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Python Developer in Boston, MA

Berean Group is seeking a Sr. Python Developer.

Responsibilities:

Able to develop and support. Needs to be a self starter.

Must have skills:

Content management

Experience with Python and Zope

50/50 Functional/Technical

Day to day functions:

Able to feature and bug in content management systems.

Location: Boston, MA

Duration: Temp to perm

Start date: ASAP

Experience: Desired skills: .

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Desktop Support with room for growth! in BOSTON, MA

Great opportunity for an experienced desktop support administrator to join an expanding IT team at a law firm in downtown Boston. The role is a combination of phone and hands-on support. Must be adapt at troubleshooting software issues as well as general connectivity and hardware issues. The ideal candidate will enjoy training the staff on software applications including Microsoft Office. This position includes an excellent benefit package and a great work environment.
Experience: * Three plus years of desktop support experience in a professional environment
* Experience with application support troubleshooting and training
* Must have excellent customer service skills and communicate effectively
Applicants interested in applying to this position should send resumes directly to

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Web Developer in Boston, MA

Minimum of three years software development experience with web-based solutions.

2+ years experience developing for the presentation layer using JSP/JSLT, XML/XSLT, XHTML, javascript, CSS, etc.

Experience integrating front end code with other web applications.", but when in doubt it really is about the XSLT.

Experience setting up and configuring the Struts framework.

1+ years experience programming web applications in the Struts framework.

Experience creating Ant build scripts for project deployment.

Knowledge and experience in applying industry standard Design Patterns in Java for web application development.

Intimate understanding of the MVC design pattern.

Minimum of three years software development experience with web-based solutions.

2+ years experience developing for the presentation layer using JSP/JSLT, XML/XSLT, XHTML, javascript, CSS, etc.

Experience integrating front end code with other web applications.

Working knowledge of the Sun Java Enterprise System/iPlanet preferred.

Working knowledge of Oracle databases preferred.

Excellent communication, listening, analytical and problem solving skills. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Must have Strong development skills

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Programmer Analyst in Boston, MA

Our Boston client is looking for a PHP consultant that has prior experience troubleshooting existing PHP technology. The right consultant must have web experience as well as the ability to work on the back end development. his is a remote project, no need to travel to an onsite location.

This is a perfect project for a consultant or full-time employee working elsewhere looking for some side work. The industry our client is part of develops up and coming ideas to offer virtual tour solutions for realtors and agents. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Required skills: PHP 5 is preferred but will consider experience with PHP 4. Linux experience is a "must have" as well as SQL 2000 platform experience. Java experience and using web development tools is a PLUS!

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Fixed Income & Derivatives Senior System Analyst (Job #98) in Boston, MA

To submit your resume for this position, you must include BOTH your desired annual salary and current annual salary broken down between base + bonus! NO EXCEPTIONS!

You must also include a short paragraph in the body of your email which briefly summarizes matches from your professional experience to the "Required Background/Experience" and "Major Pluses To Have" sections below. We appreciate your time in advance on this matter.

Summary

As a Fixed Income & Derivatives Senior System Analyst, you will be the domain expert for fixed-income securities and analytics systems. You will manage projects throughout the systems development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, functional specifications, systems and integration testing, and documentation. Your responsibilities will also include ongoing support, problem resolution, and responding to ad hoc requests. This position requires a high level of direct interaction with the business users and excellent communication and delivery skills. You must be a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of assignments with people at all levels of our organization.

Duties/Responsibilities

Partner with the Investment Data and Derivative Service business team to define and document new requirements as they relate to Fixed Income specific initiative

Champion the user's needs to the software and quality assurance engineers, insuring the "what" and "why" are effectively communicated

Assist in the design, testing, and support of the Fixed Income Analytics application and its integration points

Work collaboratively with IS and business teams across Investment Systems, Trading, Compliance, Client Administration, and Infrastructure

Document, track, and research production issues and work with appropriate teams on the resolution

You must possess the following qualities:

Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast paced team environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Employee Benefits

Sorry, but we DO NOT sponsor H1-B transfers or TN-1 Visas for this career opportunity. You must be a citizen or permanent resident

We will reimburse relocation expenses

Vacations - from two weeks to five weeks, based on length of service

11 paid holidays

2 paid floating holidays to be used in the summer time

125% Tuition Reimbursement with an A grade, 100% for a B or Pass (in a Pass/Fail course)

PPO Health Plan/Dental Plan/Short & Long term disability/Life Insurance

Up to 25% bonus!

Retirement & Pension Plan: Profit sharing contribution of 15% on top of your yearly compensation (Base plus Bonus!), Vested from day one

Personal Computing Reimbursement

Commuting Expense Program

Chartered Financial Analyst Program

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

Experience: Required Background/Experience

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Management of Information Systems

7+ years experience as a systems or business analyst

Experience in management of mission-critical production support

Strong understanding of Fixed Income Securities and analytics

Investment Management knowledge in the areas of quantitative analysis or research

Experience writing requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans

Experience in writing basic SQL commands and comfort in navigating relational databases

Major Pluses to Have

Solid knowledge of Fixed Income

Understanding of Derivatives

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Lead Web Developer for leading Corporate Bank in BOSTON, MA

Senior Systems Analyst Derivative Operations (Job #99) in Boston, MA

To submit your resume for this position, you must include BOTH your desired annual salary and current annual salary broken down between base + bonus! NO EXCEPTIONS!

You must also include a short paragraph in the body of your email which briefly summarizes matches from your professional experience to the "Required Background/Experience" and "Major Pluses To Have" sections below. We appreciate your time in advance on this matter.

Summary

As Derivative Operations Senior Systems Analyst, you will be responsible for ongoing enhancements and development of our internal systems with vendor applications for Over the Counter Trades settlement outsourcing, which includes Settlements, Trade Communication, Pricing, Position Reconciliation, and other related functions. The Derivative Operations Group will support a growing volume of Over the Counter (OTC) trades. Your team will be aligned with the Derivative Operations Group to support and enable back office outsourcing, Portfolio Management reference data, Trade entry, Confirm Tracking, Confirm Matching, OTC pricing, and settlements. Your career path from this role would either follow as a Project Manager or a Lead Systems Analyst.

Duties/Responsibilities

Work on the integration with third party systems such as such as MarkIt, DTCC, and SwapsWire

Work closely with the Derivatives Operations Group on additional internal initiatives and building new tools to support other teams, such as the Derivative team, and lead these initiatives through to implementation

Create data analysis reports for the Derivative Operations team

Extract data from our systems and send them out to 3rd-party systems

Lead weekly meetings with business groups, meetings with vendors, and daily phone calls to business users

Work closely with the development team as solutions are implemented

Responsible for assisting with systems testing, deployment, training and support

Your time will be divided almost equally among Systems Analysis, Implementation, and Support

You must possess the following qualities:

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast paced team environment

Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively

Collaborative and interpersonal skills

Employee Benefits

Sorry, but we DO NOT sponsor H1-B transfers or TN-1 Visas for this career opportunity. You must be a citizen or permanent resident

We will reimburse relocation expenses

Vacations - from two weeks to five weeks, based on length of service

11 paid holidays

2 paid floating holidays to be used in the summer time

125% Tuition Reimbursement with an A grade, 100% for a B or Pass (in a Pass/Fail course)

PPO Health Plan/Dental Plan/Short & Long term disability/Life Insurance

Up to 25% bonus!

Retirement & Pension Plan: Profit sharing contribution of 15% on top of your yearly compensation (Base plus Bonus!), Vested from day one

Personal Computing Reimbursement

Commuting Expense Program

Chartered Financial Analyst Program

Experience: Required Background/Experience

Working knowledge of Derivative Instruments and processing (Swap data flow, interest rate swap, and OTC derivatives knowledge)

5+ years of Business Analysis or Systems Analysis experience with a strong ability to extract and document requirements from project stakeholders

Experience with formal QA practices

Proficient with SQL and relational databases

Strong knowledge of back office practices and markets

Ability to extract requirements from business users and communicate them to technical resources

Major Pluses to have

Experience working in iterative development environments

Experience in management of vendor or outsourcing relationships

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Help Desk Analyst III in Boston, MA

Our client has an immediate need for a Help Desk Level 3 Technician with in-depth experience with Windows AND Linux.

Responsibilities
o Set up of new equipment, both loaned and purchased, tear down of old equipment
o Perform hardware troubleshooting and problem resolution, including coordinating repairs with vendors
o Installation and support of desktop software and applications, including operating systems, MS Office productivity tools, and email services
o Troubleshoot and resolve various file and print issues
o Assist in office relocations as required
o Manage trouble ticket queue: input, update and close tickets as work is completed
o Escalate trouble tickets in queue to appropriate resources and follow up to ensure completion within designated SLAs (Service level agreements)
o Other technical projects as required.

Requirements
o Minimum 1 to 5 years of relevant industry experience, preferably supporting Software Engineering environments
o BS in Computer Science or equivalent
o In depth experience with Windows AND Linux operating systems.
o Ability to troubleshoot both hardware and software problems
o Ability to resolve complex support issues, through research, testing and problem solving skills.
o Experience supporting shared services such as file/print
o Software engineering process experience (QA methodologies)
o Excellent communications skills (verbal & written) in English
o Excellent customer service skills All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Advanced Windows XP, Advanced MS Office XP, Advanced Linux

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Linux Systems Administrator in Boston, MA

LINUX Systems Administrator Opportunity!

Our nonprofit client is seeking a qualified candidate to who will focus on operational support/maintenance of their Linux systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES
 Responsible for the administration of OES linux and Red Hat servers.
 Participate in the planning and implementation of new systems and upgrades to existing system
 Perform health checks and performance tuning
 Provide system administration for file, print, e-mail and application servers in a Linux and Windows environment.
 Maintain and plan deployment of Windows and Linux network servers as required. This will include hardware and software installations, upgrades, backups, troubleshooting and data restoration.
 Identify and independently deploy special projects and network implementations.
 Maintain, support and manage pertinent documentation for all enterprise hardware, including
 Dell Switches
 HP Blades, SAN and standalone servers
 Sonicwall Firewalls and
 Cisco routers.
 Assist in the training and Mentoring of Administrative staff
 All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants for this position should possess the following:
 Excellent communication skill, written and oral.
 Ability to interact with and assist a wide range of end users.
 Ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities and workloads.
 Ability to work independently, take responsibility, and follow-through.
 Ability to think independently, learn new skills quickly, and adapt to rapidly changing environments.
 Five or more years of end-user support experience.
 3-5 years (or more) of server, LAN or WAN support experience.
 At least 3-5 years of UNIX/Linux systems administration experience.
 Proficient in OES Linux and Redhat administration, operation, hardware, OS and software installation and configuration.
 Solid understanding of UNIX-based operating systems, OES Linux and Redhat; understand boot process and run levels, paging and swapping, inter-process communication, function of devices and device drivers and file system concepts
 Proficient in Windows OS administration, maintenance, installation, configuration and fundamentals of Windows OS system security.
 Working knowledge of TCP/IP networked environments; configuring network interfaces, routing table, and network troubleshooting.
 Knowledge of Groupwise, HP Blades/ SAN a plus.

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Software Engineer in Boston, MA

Project Scope:

Need 4 programmers to design, test, and implement customized applications within an Oracle environment. Having the knowledge and past experience working within Oracle e-business environment. The project will require the consultant to be able to perform coding ASP.net with an oracle back end on a Sun Server platform. The purpose of using Oracle e-business suite version 11.59 is to work along side the enhancement team to work on the customization and modifying of oracle forms and reports version 6.0. The e-business suite is responsible for recording FLA information (financial data), OTL (Oracle timing labor), billing, and time & attendance.

Required Technology:

Oracle 11i , ASP.net, Oracle e-business suite, Oracle PL/SQL, 5+ years development experience, TOAD, Sun Server, Windows Server 2003, Oracle Reports 6.0, Modifying project extensions within an oracle database environment.

Desired Skills:

Past experience with governmental contracts programming within an oracle environment. Recent experience modifying and customizing existing oracle applications and reports. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: Advanced Oracle 11i, Intermediate ASP.net, Advanced SUN Servers, Intermediate Oracle PL/SQL, Advanced Toad, Intermediate Oracle Financial

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