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AAA) Senior Software Engineer / Research Scientist - Machine Learning…$170-$240K base, plus bonus New York, NY The Role: The R&D Machine Learning group at this prestigious NY client is looking for experienced software engineers and researchers to join and contribute to a variety of projects at the intersection of machine learning, natural language processing and computational linguistics. Our group develops applications such as sentiment analysis of financial news, market impact indicators, social media analytics, topic clustering and classification, question answering, recommendation systems, risk analysis and predictive models of market behavior. The ideal candidate would have background in mathematics and statistics as well as machine learning and natural language processing and would be able to contribute immediately to the group's projects. The team members play a major role in the design and implementation of some of the most innovative and critical applications for them. Qualifications: Strong C++ and STL expertise Knowledge of Boost or similar libraries a plus Strong Computer Science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures) Background in natural language processing and/or machine learning Mathematical background (probability & statistics) a strong plus Industry experience developing multithreaded applications Strong communications and interpersonal skills a must Knowledge of SQL and standard RDBMSs a plus BBB) Senior Server Software Engineer – User Interface, Web & Mobile Applications (2 Open Positions) - Wilmington MA - $120k range How often do you get to write an enterprise application suite from scratch?! We are at the very beginning of the migration our well-established product line to a new set of technologies. We are working with best-of-breed open source layers to build a modern application server suite to support our web applications, mobile applications and external system integrations. Our server stack is based in Java, Spring & Hibernate. Our web front-end will utilize HTML5, JavaScript, Angular, JQuery UI & JSON. We are also building a cross-platform mobile solution using a hybrid approach using similar technologies. Your experience building cross-platform mobile applications would also be a great help. A software engineer joining this talented team has the opportunity to work with a modern software development framework in a dynamic, fast-paced environment – and contribute to the development of both our web and mobile application suites. Requirements: · Bachelor's or Master's degree in the computer science or related field · At least 5 years’ experience developing large-scale enterprise systems · Ability to solve problems quickly and completely · A solid understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts · Excellent communication skills · Ability to multi-task and stay organized in a dynamic work environment · A positive attitude · Expert knowledge of data structures. · Expert knowledge of maintaining and debugging live software systems. · Significant experience with Java, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, JSON, SQLite and Angular is HIGHLY desired · Experience with Spring, Hibernate, C# - a plus Functions: · Designs and codes superior technical solutions · Easily recognizes system deficiencies and implements effective solutions · Communicates and enforces coding standards · Reviews work of team · Understands complex database concepts as well as the implications of different database designs · Creates well designed, reusable objects · Understands the benefits of the various design methodologies and object oriented environments · Facilitates effective team interaction. C CCC) Full relo, base $150-250K with Bonus - NYC (will sponsor if less than 2 yrs left on visa) Big Data Software Development… The Role: Our New York client is looking for a software developer who has experience in interactive analytics over Big Data to assist in the design and development of their Data Model and Query Platform. The goal is to structure data in forms that make it amenable for analysis and to provide a framework that enables interactive analytics over this data. This is a unique opportunity to join a talented group of engineers in start-up like environment, working with cutting-edge technologies on a greenfield project. In addition, this developer opportunity will serve as a liaison with the open source community directing the future evolution of the technology in ways that will benefit my client, and you!. Responsibilities: Being the lead developer and point person for interactive analytics over big data Collaborate with application engineering teams and other stakeholders to understand client use cases for financial analytics. Evaluate, adopt and where necessary, build services and frameworks for interactive distributed query processing over large volumes of financial data. Collaborate with infrastructure teams to integrate the analytics framework into the Big Data stack. Big Data Experience Required: Passion and interest for all things distributed - file systems, databases and computational frameworks A strong background in interactive query processing is a must; you can speak to the shortcomings of the map-reduce paradigm when it comes to interactive and iterative analytics and have thought of ways to overcome it. Hands on programming and development experience; excellent problem solving skills; proven technical leadership and communication skills Have a solid track record building large scale, fault-tolerant systems over the whole lifecycle of the project; you have spent significant time and effort observing large-scale systems in production and learning from it. Strong understanding of how the various technical pieces fit together: you can explain why you made certain architectural/design decisions and chose certain tools/products. Have made active contributions to open source projects like Hadoop, Berkeley Spark/Shark or Cassandra. Technical Stack Required: 5+ years of programming experience (Java and Python on Linux) 2+ years of hands-on experience with key-value store technologies such as HBase and/or Cassandra. 2+ years of experience with the Hadoop stack - MapReduce, Cascading or Pig. 1+ years of experience with analytic frameworks such as Impala, Phoenix (for HBase) and the Berkeley Analytics stack (Spark/Shark) Experience with data analysis in Python using frameworks such as Pandas and NumPy is a very strong plus. Prior experience with query processing in a distributed RDBMS such as Aster Data or Vertica is a plus. DDD) >>>>>>>>>>Hadoop Infrastructure Engineer…A rare opportunity…. The Role: New York City major client is looking for a senior Hadoop infrastructure engineer to join its Foundational Services - Hadoop Infrastructure team. This group is responsible for building very low-latency systems that host massive amounts of datasets. The team provides the core infrastructure and service framework to manage, access and analyze current and historical datasets in a distributed environment to our varied applications. It deals with challenges of storage, low latency retrievals, high volume requests, scalability and high availability. We are currently engaged in building out a Hadoop infrastructure to manage our ever increasing amounts of data. We are looking for someone who enjoys building large-scale data systems with the challenge of low-latency requirements and large storage capabilities. An open-source outlook is useful, as our infrastructure is open source… Ideally, someone with systems and Dev. Ops. experience with a "big data" bent. Responsibilities: Automate operation, installation and monitoring of Hadoop ecosystem components in our open source infrastructure stack; specifically: HBase, HDFS, Map/Reduce, Yarn, Oozie, Pig, Hive, Tez, Kafka, Storm Evaluate Hadoop infrastructure requirements and design/deploy solutions (high availability, big data clusters, elastic load tolerance, etc.) Create productive models for integrating internal application teams and vendors with our infrastructure Do performance analysis and capacity planning for our clusters Troubleshoot and debug Hadoop ecosystem run-time issues Provide developer and operations documentation Recommend OS and hardware level optimizations Qualifications: Proven experience building and scaling out Hadoop based or Unix hosted database infrastructure for an enterprise 2+ years experience of Hadoop administration or a strong and diverse background of distributed cluster management experience 2+ years of Chef, Puppet, Ansible, etc. system configuration experience (or incredible quality shell scripting for systems management -- error handling, idempotency, configuration management) 2+ years of Dev. Ops. experience or System Administration experience (be conversant in Unix networking and C system calls) Having used continuous integration (Jenkins or Buildbot) for at least one released software project is a plus Experience in Java, Python or Ruby development is a plus (including testing with standard test frameworks and dependency management systems, knowledge of Java garbage collection fundamentals) Open source experience is a plus (a well curated blog, upstream accepted contribution or community presence) EEE) - Solutions Engineer Big Data is exploding as organizations across the world are deploying Apache Hadoop to derive business meaningful insights. Customers are starving for Data Platform Engineers who are energetic Pre-Sales Engineers that have and hone a diverse range of talents, beyond the technical. Equally important, nothing can substitute for the hands-on demonstration when it comes to closing a deal, therefore deep technical skills are a must. As a Solution Engineer you will utilize your strong technical, business competencies and customer service orientation to provide the highest level of business and technical consultation to sales teams, prospects and customers to support sales goals. You will work on cross-functional teams including Sales, Product Management, Product Marketing, Services, Business Development, Training and Engineering to create solutions that provides the immense business value. You will become intimately acquainted with customers’ business requirements, technical needs, systems, environment and service history, enabling you to present targeted business solutions. A successful Solution Engineer has the heart of a salesperson wrapped in the mind of an IT pro. Essential Functions: Educate the prospects in how their business priorities (use cases) map to Hadoop solutions and integrate with the ecosystem Understand the customer’s customer, what business each of the business units are in and their criterion for success Interface with account and partner teams to share account insight and solicit inclusion for increasing account penetration, revenues and deal size You will utilize your excellent technical and relationship building skills in working with prospects, customers, vendors, partners and sales to ensure that optimum systems solutions are provided to customers. Understand prospect “insiders” and how competition sells to the account. Develop insights from this and from public sources Start the journey of being a trusted and business advisor to the community and your customer base by balancing customers success criterion with clients aspirations Understand the vast immature and mature Hadoop ecosystem unfolding and apply to your customers’ business priorities Grow your vast technical acumen on Apache Hadoop, the ecosystem and customer critical and specific solutions Stay ahead and on top of all new product features and fixes Provide technical consultation and education to the Sales team by keeping them apprised on new product information Limited management supervision and direction is provided. This individual will operate independently and drive results as a team and as an individual Ability to pass US Government security clearances highly desirable Identify customer needs and requirements Define all of the elements of a customer's technical computing environments Answer customer questions Provide technical support to current customer and 'try-and-buy' test projects Define customer acceptance criteria for 'try-and-buy' evaluation projects Work with Sales to respond to RFP's Attend customer calls with the Sales Representative Provide technical consultation and disseminate product information to the sales team Excellent written and verbal communication skills Good interpersonal communication and customer service skills are needed in orderwork successfully with prospects, customers, and cross functional teams to meet performance goals Account management and project management experience Strong aptitude for learning new technologies and understanding how to utilize them in a customer-facing environment. Ability to follow standard engineering principles and practices Creative approach to problem solving Travel to the prospective customer's sites as necessary Excellent Prospect and Partner presentation skills Desired Skills and Experience: Experience with core enabling technologies, networking, Unix, Linux, Window operating systems, building and managing compute farms, scripting and java programming, and/or data warehousing solutions. Experience using and developing infrastructure solutions including but not limited to: Apache Hadoop, (HDFS, MapReduce, Common), Hive, Pig, Sqoop,Oozie, Ambari, HCatalog, Zookeeper, and Flume Experience with enterprise scale distributed NoSQL solutions including but not limited to: HBase, Cassandra, Riak, MongoDB, etc. Experience with Enterprise Data Warehouses including but not limited to: Teradata, Netezza,Exadata, MSSQL PDW and GreenPlum FFF) Sr. Software Engineer-Search Ranking and Relevance! The Role: The R&D Search group is looking for an experienced software engineer to join us in building Machine Learning based models for improving ranking for a federated search engine. Our client provides a single interface to search through millions of data points from dozens of structured and unstructured data stores including time-sensitive content (like news or events) and Natural Language Question Answering engines. We are exploring state of the art methods to learn and achieve optimal ranking and interleaving of results retrieved from such disparate sources. Our current initiatives include: Researching and implement highly scalable and efficient ranking models for a federated search system. Building query and user-intent classifiers using statistical methods. *Dynamically identify and boost trending and time-sensitive content. Exploring using session context and user behavior to improve search results. For this role we are looking for engineers who can immediately contribute to these projects and keep up with the state of the art in learning-to-rank, user intent classification and search engine evaluation metrics. Qualifications: 3+ years of industry experience in production-level software development using C++ (preferred) or Java. Very strong fundamentals in Machine Learning and Information Retrieval. *Industry experience in solving search/discoverability related problems such as learning-to-rank, intent classification, query reformulation, recommendations or personalization. Experience with a Lucene-based search system (SOLR/ Elastic Search) is a plus. GGG) Director of Research & Development We are now seeking candidates to fill a Director of Research & Development opening in Cambridge, MA with compensation up to $200K base and Bonus for a 150-person, private, growing company… You must be US Citizen, a technology guru turned leader and a dynamic, systems-level player. (If not for you please consider forwarding to your qualified friends) You will lead the development of the newest additions to perhaps the world's most widely-deployed text analytics suite. Responsibilities Serve as the R&D team's product owner, deciding the most valuable work to do sprint-by-sprint to fulfill larger goals set in collaboration with the VP, Engineering, CTO and other members of the executive and product management teams. As technical owner, you will Decide how the work is done to fulfill research and engineering architectural vision facilitating by whom it's done to effectively engage the entire team and implementing specific items of work (e.g., stories, bugs) if needed. Serve as personnel manager of the members of the R&D team, mentoring, developing, managing and recruiting its members. Serve as a key member of the engineering management team advising on department-wide decisions. Engage with the broader marketplace as well as current and prospective customers to inform R&D strategic goals Advise other teams on R&D-related topics as needed Oversee technical portions of externally funded R&D projects. Represent the organization to the research community, including through occasional service to it (e.g., as a reviewer or organizer) Support the establishment of teams to productize technology spun out of the R&D team Collaborate with internal development infrastructure providers Qualifications PhD or equivalent in NLP, Information Retrieval, Computer Science or a similar field, including respected publications 6+ years implementing production-quality, multi-threaded software (e.g., in Java) 3+ years managing a team of engineers building production-quality software products Eagerness to lead and serve a collaborative, consensus-driven team Desire to solve customers' problems through clean and creative solutions From our previous postings; a) In Boston or any of the top 20 cities in US: you must be able to travel Monday thru Thursday€¦7 weeks off, top pay and benefits€¦Sign on and annual bonus€¦ SaaS Salesforce.com Service Cloud Senior Technical Manager Senior Manager Manager/Senior Manager Lead Architect Cloud Architect Business & Systems Integration Cloud Manager/Senior Manager Business & Systems Integration Cloud Consultant Marketing Manager Business and Systems Integration - Cloud Architect Life Sciences - SaaS Cloud Architecture Manager SaaS Business & Systems Integration Cloud Consultant SaaS Business & Systems Integration Cloud Manager/Senior Manager Solutions Architect - Manager US CITIZEN, Green Card or EAD tied to Green Card process, open to 80% travel and completed bachelors degree CONSULTANTS $85 - $120K plus up to 10% bonus €“ sign on bonus $5k MANAGERS $120K - $150K plus up to 22% bonus €“ sign on bonus $5-10k b) a sales opening - red hot client, east of Boston - in the inbound marketing, Web, and lead generation space, a unique consulting firm with practice areas in digital-marketing campaigns, Web presence and sales and marketing automation in New England. They are seeking an experienced sales person to participate in a ground floor opportunity€¦Although doing over $600K a year, 4-year-old company is offering founders equity with a dynamic package! Are you a "hunter" who has passion for the deal, who can relate to and understand the customer as you close the deal! Love selling? Love to win, and have true win-win attitude for both the customer and you?....Then our client would love to speak to you! More details if you ask me for them. c) Cambridge sw developer opening $100k-$115k; a health-oriented client, needs to fill 3 opening, with these skills: Reports to Manager IT seeking Strong SQL SSIS SSRS 70% reporting services data 30% coding in .net C# Designs, develops, and modifies software applications. Participates in the testing process through test review and analysis and remediation. Designs, plans, and coordinates work efforts. Be familiar with a variety of the concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Perform a variety of tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. • Develops software specifications. • Develops and schedules software improvements and upgrades. • Codes according to specifications. • Runs and monitors performance tests on new and existing programs for the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging. • Performs analysis of test results and delivers solutions to problem areas. • Assists in the development and maintenance of user manuals and guidelines. • Writes programming scripts to enhance functionality and/or appearance of company Web site and/or related Web applications as necessary. • Develops SQL databases for data storage and reporting; • Integrates data from multiple data structures and a variety of sources into SQL tables. d - 1) Wilmington MA - Java Web UI Developer - long-time client - "one of the country's 50 Most Engaged Work Places" - looking for folks with: 3+ years of experience working with Java and J2EE technologies Fluent in Java and OO design Exceptional analytical skills and problem solving ability Very strong, delivery focused work ethic that takes ownership and produces results Agility to multitask and switch tracks as needed Working knowledge of HTML/CSS/Javascript/JQuery Ability to function in an agile team environment using Scrum framework Strong verbal and written communication skills More ways to impress them... High volume customer facing e-commerce web applications Creating and consuming RESTful services using JSON Spring / Struts2 / Hibernate/ Ehcache Awareness of common eCommerce tools and methodologies (A/B testing, SEO friendly site design, Site Analytics etc.) Ask me for the compete spec when you submit your current resume in MSWord format d - 2) ALSO, at the same client; a Release Engineer with as many of these skills as possible (but at least 4) - Ant script, CVS, Git, VSS, Java, Jenkins configurations and support, rock solid Linux skills required, Python script, shell script, SoftwareDevelopmentLifeCycle. Also: Knack for cultivating and maintaining supportive relationships within the team and the enterprise at large Know-how to customize Bugzilla and RT, and integrate with build processes and issue tracking processes Experience with repository codes systems such as CVS, GIT, VSS Working Knowledge of ASP, .NET, css , HTML, XML, javascript, Spring Framework Advance configurations on JBOSS, TOMCAT, and APACHE with virtual host, multiple Data Sources and hosts, multiple instances, clustering, TOMCAT Manager, JBOSS Remote deploy and tuning on JVM Ask me for the compete spec when you submit your current resume in MSWord format e) Hadoop Systems Architect…New York region…sometimes in Boston area…need 50% travel A 2.5 year-old client and already has sales over $100 million, and has $150 million in funding! They expect to be at $1 BILLION when they go public in 2016…Want in? Base of $130-$165K, with up to $60K bonus so possible $220K at plan…PLUS EQUITY. Most important talents needed: 
 More than five years of Professional Services (customer facing) experience architecting large scale storage, data center and /or globally distributed solutions 2+ years designing and deploying 3 tier architectures or large-scale Hadoop solutions Ability to understand and translate customer requirements into technical requirements Experience implementing data transformation and processing solutions using Apache PIG Experience designing data queries against data in the HDFS environment using tools such as Apache Hive Experience implementing MapReduce jobs Experience setting up multi-node Hadoop clusters Strong experience implementing software and/or solutions in the enterprise Linux or Unix environment Ask me for the complete spec when you send me your up-to-date resume in MSWord format. Thanks f) C# .Net developer at Reading client - analytics company - recently bought out by a big firm (right off I-93) - $95K-$105K…10% Bonus - short list of important qualifications: A minimum of three years of application development experience is required. Working knowledge of ASP.NET, C#, .NET Framework and SQL Server. Additional programming languages and technologies a plus. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Systems or other related field. Proven experience designing and building Web applications using the following technologies: Microsoft.NET (4.5/4.0, 3.5, 2.0,1.1), C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Web Services, WCF, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, XML, SOAP, CSS and XSLT. 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing software applications. 2+ years of experience with data and event driven architecture. REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS: Languages and Other skills: .NET Framework (2.0/3.5/4.0/4.5), ASP.NET, MVC Framework, C#, VB, JavaScript, XML, T-SQ, VBScript, AJAX, JQuery, Entity Framework, LINQ. Databases: MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008, MS Access Tools: Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010, SQL Server 2005/2008, SVN, MS Vision and MS Project. Ask me for complete specifications when you submit your resume in MSWord format to patrick@e-placers.com Patrick Mertens Pure Placements of New England 103 Union Street, Suite 303 Watertown MA 02472-2524 ph. - 617-710-0471 http://www.e-placers.com Mass. Registration #R2683 http://e-placers.blogspot.com/ Skype me at patrickedwardmertens Twitter follow me http://twitter.com/eplacers If you have not already done so, consider joining our LinkedIn network using ID = patrick@e-placers.com

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A1) Boston C#.NET SQL Developer Position Detail/Essential Functions: KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Develop innovative Business Intelligence platform using SSRS to support next generation reporting capabilities Integrate BI application with other products Develop data warehousing capabilities Manage, support and enhance existing reporting application Configure & Deploy applications in all Environments REQUIREMENTS Strong hands on knowledge of ASP.NET, C# & SQL Strong hands on knowledge of SSRS Strong experience in SQL Query Tuning Experience building Self Service Reporting Capabilities Experience developing Operations and Analytical Reports Track status and communicate progress effectively to project management Provide necessary knowledge transfer to support and services organizations Continuously look for ways to improve effectiveness and efficiency allowing us to provide a higher quality product in less time. Demonstrated understanding of the software product development life-cycle Experience working on projects developed and tested iteratively (Agile/Scrum experience a plus) Strong sense of teamwork, personal integrity, responsibility and accountability GOOD TO HAVE: 8+ years of development experience Data Modeling for Reporting application Share point Integration with SSRS Experience in developing reporting applications of enterprise scale Exceptional interpersonal relationship and communication skills, verbal and written (peers, executives, cross culture) Experience in other reporting technologies like Cognos, Business Objects, Crystal B2) A "junior" candidate of (above) A1 for a Burlington client C3A) Travel to or live in, but work in Atlanta or NY or Minneapolis, or Chicago currently, just 4 days a week, from your home office…Top compensation for the following needs: Director Level to Engagement Director or Manager, Project Lead/Manager, Architect, Sr. Consultant, and or Consultant… This start-up client seeks SAP ABAP Project Leads for a new practice being built within a globally-recognized IT Consulting Services Firm. The appropriate candidate will lead and facilitate SAP blueprint workshops, project integration and process design for large client initiatives across the US. To qualify for this role you must have the following experience: At least 7-10 years of SAP ABAP functional project leadership, blueprint workshop faciliation, and process design experience and Big 5 Consulting or Equivalent Experience Required C3B) Same start-up client also needs SAP OTC, PP, FICO and APO expertise as well. C3C) Same start-up seeks a Big 5 Oracle EBS Financials Leader. The appropriate candidate will assist in practice development and lead overall client workshops, project integration, and executive advisement of large Oracle EBS Finance Implementations for global manufacturing companies. To qualify for this role you must have the following experience: - At least 10+ to 15+ years of Oracle EBS Finance leadership experience in manufacturing and or financial environments - Extensive Big 5 or Oracle Consulting background. C3D) Same start-up client also needs: Big 5 Oracle EBS Supply Chain Management (SCM) Leader The appropriate candidate will assist in practice development and lead overall client workshops, project integration, and executive advisement of large Oracle EBS SCM Implementations for global manufacturing companies. To qualify for this role you must have the following experience: - At least 5 to 10 to 15+ years of Oracle EBS SCM Leadership experience in manufacturing environments, or some with Financial Environments/expertise … - Extensive Big 5 or Oracle Consulting background required… There is much more, and many more ORACLE needs, not just these… C3E) This start-up client also needs folks with Oracle Hyperion. C3F) Same start-up client also needs SAP ABAP Project Leads for a new practice being built within a globally recognized IT Consulting Services Firm. The appropriate candidate will lead and facilitate SAP blueprint workshops, project integration, and process design for large client initiatives across the US. To qualify for this role you must have the following experience: - At least 7-10 years of SAP ABAP functional project leadership, blueprint workshop faciliation, and process design experience - Big 5 Consulting or Equivalent Experience Required C3G) This start-up client also needs folks with SAP OTC, PP, FICO and APO expertise. D4) IBM Mainframe Systems Programmer (z/OS) - Concord, NH This new client is looking for candidates with strong experience in mainframe systems programming with an emphasis on security including RACF, as well as strong experience in the installation/maintenance of IBM and 3rd party software packages. Even though this is older Legacy technology this is a great client to work for, candidate needs to be a good communicator; $120k-$135k. The following is a sample of the responsibilities of this position: · Apply IBM software maintenance · Apply software maintenance of 3rd party software packages · RACF maintenance · CICS System Programming support Education, Experience and Skills Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related technology, or equivalent experience 10 – 12 years of experience in IBM Mainframe technologies, CICS, and general IBM Mainframe Systems Programming 10 – 12 years of experience maintaining 3rd party software packages on an IBM mainframe including CA and ASG to name a few Knowledge of a Unix System Services on z/OS a plus Hands-on experience using RACF, Websphere a nice to have but can learn Ability to debug/trace system processes to identify problems Ability to extrapolate performance numbers from SMF data E5) Another position in Western Connecticut: different from the one we posted a few weeks ago: Senior Software Development Test Engineer · Minimum of 5 years of applications and/or embedded software testing experience; should include writing test plans, writing test cases/scripts/procedures, and executing and documenting tests. · In-depth knowledge and experience with software testing, test methodologies, and how test and quality fit into the software development cycle. · Proven ability to understand and translate functional requirements into working test plans and test cases for complex features and use-cases. · Experience with automated test tools. · Knowledge of object oriented programming with coding and debugging skills in C, C++, or .NET is desirable. · Understanding of the Windows Operating System. Experience with UNIX and RTOS is a plus. · Good understanding of software design principles, algorithms, data structures, and multithreading concepts. Let me know if you want to hear more; possible re-lo. F6) Chelmsford MA - Technical manager role in DEV/OPS Lead architect responsible for Linux and advanced virtualization to lead a world-class private Cloud infrastructure group, transitions to management in 3-6 months. Needs experience in design, performance tuning, and complex troubleshooting of highly available, secure systems using best-of-breed technologies (Puppet, VMWare Automation, etc.) Salary /Bonus $130-150k AAA) Principal UI/UX Architect Opportunity - Boston Area In this role you will lead the architecture and implementation of our flagship product that blends cloud and enterprise environments seamlessly into a rich user experience. A combination of creative and programming skills are required with expertise in the development of application user interfaces from the ground up. You will be responsible for setting the standards, framework choices and working with backend architects to define interfaces between UI and backend. Must have strong programming skills with the ability to deliver high quality versions of UI from beta to GA 1.0 iteratively. Required Skills - User Experience (5-10+ years’ experience) - Storyboarding/User Story generation - RIA: Flex/AIR, MXML/Actionscript, sqllite, Dataservice frameworks like BlazeDS, LCDS - HTML5, Javascript, CSS, AJAX libraries - UI testing frameworks - Adobe toolchain for graphics/web design, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. ---------- BBB) Spring/Java Web Services Architect Opportunity - Boston Area Multiple Positions: Principal level, Senior Level We are looking for highly skilled senior level Java Developers with extensive experience building scalable service-based distributed systems using Spring/Java technologies. Must be able to evaluate, adopt and implement appropriate open source technologies to match the product/technology requirements. Must be able to set standards for testing and code review in an iterative development lifecycle. Required Skills - Backend Web Services (5-10+ years’ experience) - Jetty/Apache, maven, cargo - REST, Spring MVC, Java, Hibernate, NoSQL - Redis, Mongo etc. - Distributed Systems, Distributed Databases, Service Oriented Architecture - Junit/TestNG, Hudson/Jenkins Additional skills (nice to have) :- - VMware vSphere APIs - Amazon Web Services: EC2, EMR, EBS, S3, Glacier, VPC, Route53 ---------- CCC) Principal Software Engineer Opportunity - Boston Area Multiple Positions: Principal level, Senior Level We are looking for software architects that want to build the next generation of software defined datacenter products. Need to have a detailed understanding of distributed systems, data consistency models, efficient data movement and synchronization, storage techniques, optimizations between user space and linux kernel, algorithms to persist, index, search and store large amounts of data efficiently. Must be able to set standards for testing and code review in an iterative development lifecycle. Skills - Infrastructure: Storage/Networking (10-15+ years' experience) - Virtualization (VMware), Linux - Ubuntu/RHEL - C/C++, Ant/Make - FUSE/User space/kernel interaction, I/O performance - FileSystem (ZFS/XFS), iSCSI, CIFS/NFS I/O performance - Distributed caching (memcached), Distributed shared memory, RDMA, IPC/RPC. - Load balancing algorithms - Deduplication/Compression - TCP/IP, UDP protocols, P2P, network drivers, WAN acceleration - Security Protocols - OpenVPN, OpenSWAN Additional skills (nice to have) :- - VMware vStorage APIs - VADP, VMware HBR, VMware vSCSI Filter Drivers DDD) QA/DevOps Lead Engineer - Boston Area Multiple Positions: Senior level, Junior Level We are looking for strong QA/DevOps engineers who can work with the development team to establish and execute the plan for delivering an enterprise quality software product during various phases of the product lifecycle from beta to GA 1.0 and beyond. Has experience building highly automated environments from scratch using virtual and cloud resources. (5-10+ years experience) - Continuous Build:Jenkins/Hudson - Chef/Puppet - Windows - WMI, PowerCLI, Shell scripting, Perl, Microsoft VSS - ActiveDirectory/LDAP, DNS - Oracle RMAN, MSSQL log shipping EEE) Director of Network Communications - Lexington MA Responsible for planning, coordinating, configuring, installing, and management of all data and voice networks (local and wide-area) and related client services to meet business requirements. Manage a technical staff to provide operational support of Networks, Telecommunication and Security EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS: · Minimum 8+ years in management experience · Minimum 5+ years of Data network design experience. Prior experience with large scale network engineering is a strong asset · Demonstrated management and leadership abilities with strong organizational skills · Expected to possess strong systems engineering knowledge and analytical skills · Strong track record with successful vendor management · Strong knowledge of Internet protocols and layer II networking · Successful track record as a problem-solver and effective leader · Excellent communications, interpersonal and problem-solving skills Flexible with the ability to Lead and adapt to evolving Technologies and environments 130-150k plus 20% bonus Incentive FFF) Middleware support (also Lexington) - supporting middleware infrastructure in Windows, UNIX and LINUX: installation, tuning and maintenance of middleware applications. Perform system security, backup and recovery in these environments . Required: - 5-8 years as a Windows/UNIX/LINUX Systems Administrator role with 10 years of technical experience - Expert level with Websphere and/or Oracle Application Server / Weblogic. - Windows/UNIX/Linux expertise - Experience with Oracle DB (10/11g) environment required. - Experience with Oracle RAC and DB2 is a plus. - Knowledge of platform internals. - In-depth knowledge of Java Technologies and some experience with Enterprise Storage systems. GGG) Project Lead DW / BI - Lexington: Healthcare/Pharma or Clinical Reporting is a priority You will lead solution definition, lead interface and confer with business sponsors, analysts and other technical teams to understand the problem being solved, options, dependencies and constraints. Facilitate and lead the requirements definition including analysis needed. Ensure that requirements documentation is accurate and complete. Provide leadership within the team to improve the agility / nimbleness of solution delivery. Lead the technical design of the solution. Facilitate and lead the discussions on technical options. Lead and direct the development team including integration and performance tests. Lead delivery of the solution through quality assurance, user acceptance tests and production deployment. Manage projects or in larger solutions work closely with the Project Managers. Required: 7 years of overall BI/DW experience including minimum of 3 years in a team lead or manager role. Deep competency in BI/DW methodologies, DW design and software development lifecycle. Experience and certification in agile development methods strongly preferred. Expertise in BI tools such as SQL Server, or Oracle ,BO, Web, Data Provisioning , Strong in BI tool set would be focus. technical leadership, understand Data warehouse design, customer interfacing... Experience with interacting directly with the business stakeholders and users to present project status, address architectural topics and participate in resolution of project risks and issues. Knowledge of reporting, data analysis and forecasting algorithms. Exposure to environments with continuous integration, automated testing and agile software development a plus. HHH) based in Alewife area¦Salary to $155K plus Bonus - Director of Engineering Tools, another great client Are you a data-driven, hands-on leader eager to direct the team that helps engineers across the department write, build, test and release quality software? Do you find satisfaction in seeing your work used by other very smart developers who in turn produce greater value for the company?  If so, consider applying to be our Director of Engineering Tools reporting to the Vice President of Engineering. Responsibilities: Direct our agile Engineering Tools team. This team seeks to help other engineering teams be more productive through ownership of cross-team tools, measurement and infrastructure. Directing this team involves serving as its: o Product Owner: decide the most valuable work to do sprint-by-sprint to fulfill larger goals set in collaboration with other teams and engineering management o Technical Owner: decide how the work is done to fulfill your architectural vision and facilitating by whom it’s done to effectively engage each member of the team Serve as Manager leading, mentoring, developing, and recruiting a group of subject matters experts in testing, automation, release engineering, technical writing, data management, and tools development Serve as a key member of the Engineering Management team advising on department-wide decisions Collaborate closely with technical owners and others engineering team members as your customers, identifying needs your own team can address and how to address them, exercising both influence and authority Collaborate with the corporate Information Technology (IT) team as your suppliers, identifying and communicating engineering’s hardware and software needs·        Collaborate with the legal, sales, and sales engineering teams as your customers for the tools to support and ship our products, looking for opportunities to transition ownership of some or all of those tools Qualifications: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science with a love for algorithms and systems Track-record of managing or directing a strong engineering team at a fast pace while fostering a sense of camaraderie, transparency and collaboration 5+ years experience developing Java Proficiency with Python or another dynamically typed language Experience with and excitement for open source development tools such as git, maven, and jenkins Strong software architecture taste and commitment to measurement and automation Experience with development and measurement of approximate algorithms, such as those used in natural language processing (NLP), computational linguistics (CL), information retrieval (IR), speech recognition (SR), or machine learning (ML) is desirable Excellent written and verbal communication skills Aye-Aye-Aye) Senior Systems Engineer, $110-135k + equity; need SMS gateway experience, Networks, VMware and strong SQL (SQL Replication) You'll be instrumental in the design and implementation of our Cambridge client’s SaaS production environment to host our solutions. You'll play a key role in the architecting and designing of their hosted virtual enterprise solutions including SMS gateways for hosting role will encompass the design, definition and implementation of complex (internal and external) total system requirements through to monitoring, maintenance and daily database administration. Qualifications, in order of importance: 1. SQL server 2008 R2 installation, replication, configuration and support (Production solutions) 2. General understanding of IIS and the deployment of web servers (Production) 3. General experience in supporting Microsoft’s Active Directory domain environment including Windows Server 2008 R2 (Internal IT or legacy product support) 4. Supported Data Centers (24x7) including server hardware running VMWare vCenter 4.1/5.0; VMWare View setup and support experience a plus (Production) 5. General knowledge of UNIX/Linux based OS environments (Internal as well as Production) 6. 5+ years of experience working with Internet protocols including TCP/IP. (Internal as well as Production) 7. 5+ years of strong expertise with building scalable multi-threaded server applications. (Production) 8. Ability to configure and troubleshoot VPNs (L2L and RA) on Cisco ASA platform (Internal as well as Production) 9. General experience with enterprise class switching, routing, load balancers and firewalls - routing and load balancing – very important (Internal as well as Production) 10. Scripting language experience, e.g., Python, perl, etc. (As needed/Production) 11. Ability to provision iSCSI SAN for VMs  (Internal as well as Production) 12. Knowledge of GPO and software deployment requirements and processes (Production) 13. General understanding of software development principles (Production) JJJ) An Andover MA client needs a Cisco networking specialist with the following. (I'll provide complete info upon receipt of your updated resume in MSWord format) Strong background in enterprise networking (L2 and L3) and IP communication, esp. IGMP multicast, TCP/IP. Strong background in 802.11 wireless installation, communication and troubleshooting Both on-site and remote network troubleshooting Performing site surveys for wireless network deployment a plus In-depth familiarity with traffic capture utilities Wireshark/Ethereal (Windows), tcpdump (Linux) or other. Analysis of complex system behavior, performance and application issues. Some computer programming experience a plus LLL) Connecticut: a well-known company on the fast track, the one where my cousin a finance VP. They will consider test engineer candidates from all over, i.e., pay relocation expenses, and will also consider candidates with Green Cards and perhaps H1b visa holders. Salary: at least $90K, could go higher. No project managers or SQA-only candidates, please. If this is not for you please forward to your colleagues with hardware/software test experience. Here are the bare bones of the spec. if you are interested I'll send the complete details. This position will work as a member of a 8-member team of Test Engineers with Software Developers, Electrical, Mechanical and R&D Engineers, and/or MFG Engineers on a multi-functional project team which works on a 6-month test cycle. Details: This is a position which does not write any code writing, but candidates must be familiar with UNIX, Windows, or RT operating systems. Must know verification and validation techniques, be able to build test cases and develop a strategy for testing medical devices (MRI, Medtronics. Experience in a federal regulatory environment is essential, but not limited to medical; can be CMM, ISO, SPICE, FDA, FAA, SEC, DoD, aerospace, etc. FDA 21 CFR Part 820 is ideal. Must have excellent colloquial American English ability. MMM) Senior Network Engineer - Burlington MA Another new client is building out a new datacenter; 200 folks on board now; this position will be the first Cisco-dedicated engineer on staff. You will need to have experience with design, and build out, solid distributed Nexus Switches, Voice, SIP or PRI a Plus  Summary of position: As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be a senior technical member of the group and will set an example for other team members. You will be responsible for leading architectural design of all network related components within the local and wide area network topology. These components include, Cisco, Nexus switches, routers, firewalls, VPN devices, load balances, content switches, voice/data circuits and telecommunication devices and more. NNN) Red hot!! $80-110K+ new client needs a mid-to-senior level Web developer, .Net skills, agile, etc. - they call it a fun company…125 people and growing. Burlington MA client,, a marketing solutions provider using advanced analytics to drive better results for data-intensive marketers, is looking for senior .NET Developer- a key technical member of the growing team of Digital Marketing Technology. Responsibilities: to develop and deploy digital marketing technology solutions for our clients, including development of analytics-powered and data-driven marketing applications integrated with third party marketing systems including e-mail (ExactTarget), mobile, consumer websites, and e-commerce/Web applications. Problem-solving orientation, can-do attitude, and learning ability to excel in an agency setting are also essential for the position. Qualifications: 5+years building interactive consumer Web sites using C#, .Net Framework (esp. ASP.Net MVC), SQL Server, etc. Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, Bootstrap, Knockout.js pluses) Experience working in an Agile environment (ScrumMaster a big plus) Relational and dimensional data modeling experience and knowledge a big plus Good communications with non-technical team members and client users Experience in IIS administration, performance tuning, load balancing, etc. a plus ------------------ 2) We are looking for a Director candidate, maybe you, maybe someone you know. We have been on this for a while but have not identified the most suitable person for this position at our big Lexington client, the one mentioned on the front page of the NY Times recently. Here are some tantalizing qualifications. Do you have them? Our client is looking for a person who is able to build a very solid, credible and trustworthy relationship with their end-users and the technical teams through his/her communication, analytical, technical and team management skills. 4 Directs BI DW DBMS Reporting 45 - 50 total. Candidates should have: - professional maturity, chemistry and communications comfort level - healthcare/ Pharma/ Bio/ Medical Devices industry knowledge - experience in managing and supporting BI/DW production operations - not just the design. - are fluent in BI/DW technical lingo and can understand various BI/DW architectural solutions, their pro/cons, can differentiate between ROLAP/OLAP/MOLAP/HOLAP etc. - have done years of hands-on work. - have a good knowledge of VLDW engines and or experience and BI tools. - an awareness of what is happening in the BI world, especially in the DW accelerator's world and Information delivery models - managed team, hire/fire/review/budgets - experience in developing a strategic plan for the organization - an awareness of how Health Industry is evolving around EMR/EHR/PHR etc.CMS Medicare/Medicaid etc. PS. Package could go into the $200K range. AA) Cambridge: We need 2 customer support engineering openings, will consider recent college grads with 1 or 2 years' experience, preferably in support; a partial list of qualifications: Experience with the use and configuration of operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, and OS X Conceptual understanding of databases, cloud services, and enterprise servers Previous SQL-Plus experience is desirable Ability to diagnose, research, and resolve Internet browser issues including compatibility concerns, security configurations, and plug-in installation and removal Basic understanding of networking concepts such as packet capture, firewalls and TCP/IP Previous experience managing trouble tickets or using customer management software a plus Hands-on experience with Android and/or Apple smartphones with a working knowledge of the app stores and app management BB) IT Business Analyst/Project Manager (this is a manager of projects, not people) Key buzz words are WEB, HTML, SQL - looking for dynamic, smart, top players... Job Description: Are you an experienced Analyst who has excelled in an e-commerce environment and are looking to add more independence and project management responsibility to your portfolio? Do you thrive in solving business problems through technology? Our wonderful Wilmington, MA client is looking for an experienced, passionate Business Analyst/Project Manager for their IT Solution Design and Delivery team, someone who has the proven ability to excel in an e-commerce focused organization. This team is responsible for scoping, defining, delivering, and communicating software initiatives that support their strategic objectives. Major Areas of Accountability: Leading project teams to deliver multiple simultaneous projects that could span several business or technology arenas. Responsible for clearly and concisely communicating project details and setting expectations and context across all levels of business and Engineering. Lead project initiatives: including identifying and analyzing preliminary business needs, budget considerations, time and resource estimates, defining the project scope and objectives, and getting business user consent. Strong Business Analysis skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements and document and communicate them via business process, use case, and workflow diagrams. Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans. Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team. Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs. Work with the training Department to identify and assist in the development of training requirements for the delivery of all system projects to include "train the trainer" requirements and the necessary training materials. Provide production support for end users and act as liaison to Development to resolve issues. Experience Required: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in a related field Proven ability to exercise independent judgment, effective time-management while balancing concurrent project workloads. Possess a proven ability and aptitude to analyze problems thru effective listening to provide solutions in a time sensitive environment. Experience critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs. Previous experience with Agile methodologies Working knowledge of SQL, HTML, XML Strong Decision-making and leadership abilities Strong Project Management skills Strong Business Analysis Skills In depth knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle Salary is $85-100K Best regards, Patrick Mertens Pure Placements of New England 103 Union Street, Suite 303 Watertown MA 02472-2524 ph. - 617-710-0471 http://www.e-placers.com Mass. Registration #R2683 http://e-placers.blogspot.com/ Skype me at patrickedwardmertens Twitter follow me http://twitter.com/eplacers

9 fabulous new openings - Boston and across the US

Still searching for good candidates in Boston and (#9) around the US. 1) A Boston client needs a New Media Specialist Job Description: The New Media Specialist will assist in the day-to-day management of web, mobile and social media marketing platform initiatives, as well as the electronic customer relationship management systems, You will also: write, edit and update content on the web site and mobile optimized site; assist with the preparation, production and maintenance of course and program offerings on the web site, manage communications on the mobile optimized site; respond to and help to remediate any negative comments, add or delete subscribers to the email subscriber list; produce and execute e-mail blasts to promote programs, deadlines and event dates, with direction from and final review by the Associate Director; update information database; perform keyword searches and identify niche markets; work with marketing staff to analyze effectiveness of media buys and perform search engine optimization to maximize the effectiveness of any marketing campaigns and to maximize return on investment; research photos and prepare for use on web site, mobile site and in print, in coordination with the Associate Director and Marketing and Communications staff; actively explore emerging trends and tools in new electronic media and recommend and inform the Associate Director on such; prepare fillable .pdf forms; and other duties as assigned. Requirements: Bachelor's Degree, preferably in English, Marketing, Communications or Interactive Media, and a minimum of one-three years of administrative work experience is required. Working knowledge of social media and online marketing is required. Proficiency in XHTML 1+, CSS, and HTML 4+ is required. Hands-on expertise in the following software applications: Dreamweaver MX and Fetch or equivalent FTP client application is required. Ability to work without WYSWYG and ability to code by hand is required. Prior experience in a higher education environment is preferred. Proficiency in Javascript, SSI and Accessible Design Standards (ADA compliance) is preferred. Knowledge and/or experience in e-mail marketing services (e.g. Mailchimp) and shopping cart services (e.g. Americart) is preferred. Experience with web-based tools such as Google Analytics, Basecamp (project management tool) and Wufoo (form builder) is preferred. • Knowledge of both Windows and MacIntosh operating systems; • Working knowledge of standard publishing applications, including Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator; • Knowledge of and ability to work with mobile and social media platforms HTML/CSS/JS/SSI; • Ability to utilize web development applications, content management systems and web analytic tools; • Ability to work independently and as a member of a team; • Ability to deal with interruptions and work well under pressure; • Ability to coordinate and work with others to accomplish assigned tasks; • Excellent oral and written communication skills; • Excellent writing, editing and research skills; • Strong commitment to customer service. Additional Information: Our client is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Title IX Employer. 2) IT Business Analyst/Project Manager - North of Boston Job Description How would you like to work for one of the country's 50 Most Engaged Work Places? Are you an experienced Analyst who has excelled in an e-commerce environment and is looking to add more independence and project management responsibility to your portfolio? Do you thrive in solving business problems through technology? Our long-time client is looking for an experienced, passionate Business Analyst/Project Manager for their IT Solution Design and Delivery team, someone who has the proven ability to excel in an e-commerce-focused organization. This team is responsible for scoping, defining, delivering, and communicating software initiatives that support the strategic objectives of the Organization. Major Areas of Accountability: o Leading project teams to deliver multiple simultaneous projects that could span across several business or technology arenas. o Responsible for clearly and concisely communicating project details and setting expectations and context across all levels of business and Engineering. o Lead project initiatives: including identifying and analyzing preliminary business needs, budget considerations, time and resource estimates, defining the project scope and objectives, and getting business user consent. o Strong Business Analysis skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements and document and communicate them via business process, use case, and workflow diagrams. o Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans. o Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team. o Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs. o Work with the training department to identify and assist in the development of training requirements for the delivery of all system projects to include 'train the trainer' requirements and the necessary training materials. o Provide production support for end users and act as liaison to development to resolve issues. Job Requirements Experience Required: o Working knowledge of SQL, HTML, XML o Strong Decision-making and leadership abilities o Strong Project Management skills o Strong Business Analysis Skills o In depth knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle o Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing or a related field with a minimum of 6 years related professional experience o Proven ability to exercise independent judgment, effective time-management while balancing concurrent project workloads. o Possess a proven ability and aptitude to analyze problems thru effective listening to provide solutions in a time sensitive environment. o Experience critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs. o Previous experience with Agile methodologies o Prior travel related experience a plus 3) At this long-time client in Lexington, we have been asked for search for a BI solutions lead; they're migrating to a brand new DW and they need someone to lead the design, development and implementation of BI Solutions. This client client was recently mentioned on the front page of the New York Times. DUTIES: You will lead solution definition, lead and confer with business sponsors, analysts and other technical teams to understand the problem being solved, options, dependencies and constraints. You will facilitate and lead the requirements definition including analysis needed and ensure that requirements documentation is accurate and complete In addition, you will lead the technical design of the solution, facilitate and lead the discussions on technical options, engage with ITG outside resources in early project reviews as design options are identified and in on-going design reviews as detailed specs are written. Furthermore you will lead delivery of the solution through quality assurance, user acceptance tests and production deployment SKILL REQUIRED: 7 years of BI/DW experience including 3+ years in a team lead or manager role Deep competency in BI/DW methodologies, DW design and software development lifecycle Expertise in BI tools such as Business Objects, LogiXML, Microsoft BI and/or RDBMS including SQL Server, Oracle and Netezza Business process knowledge in multiple business process area desired, especially around healthcare vertical Experiences with at least 3 large full life cycle BI projects Experience assessing impact of change requests against resources requirements, time constraints, version and release control and functionality 4) Sales Operations Business Analyst! …Waltham, MA…Voted Number 1 Technology company in America! Work for one of the hottest CRM companies in America! We have placed a number of people here who love it! The work is stimulating, and the people communicate and give feedback to one another, just a great working atmosphere!! Job Summary This full-time, permanent position will function as the primary liaison to the Sales and Support organizations as it relates to project scoping, new technology implementation and associated process definition. As the Business Analyst, you will observe existing practices and technologies with the intent of measuring effectiveness and recommending improvements. This role will channel the voice of the customer for our internal end users into actionable improvements in standard operating procedures. Essential Qualifications • Minimum 4-5 years’ experience with enterprise-level applications in a Sales Operation role • Demonstrate an ability to assimilate new technology and teach end users to be effective with these solutions • Project Management experience • Hands-on process design experience • Expert level experience with process documentation applications (Visio, Omnigraffle...) • Significant hands-on experience with Salesforce.com, Marketo, various data vendors, and other sales process application experience. • A solid understanding and previous experience working within an organization with complex products and services and multi-channel sales strategy. Desired Qualifications • Exceptional communication, presentation skills and presence. • Strong organizational skills and the ability to pay close attention to detail while handling multiple, simultaneous projects • Strong influencing skills required • Sets an example in terms of quality, consistency and level of work, as well as work ethic and approach • Presents a positive attitude when dealing with customers and co-workers • Experience working in a cross-functional teaming environment Job Functions • Work with the manager of Sales Operations to implement programs, applications and business processes. As such, you will turn team requirements into functional specifications which can be used by Operations to understand and implement process and system needs. • Advocate for end user team initiatives with the supporting teams (Operations, Web Dev, Marketing...) and vendors. • Lead the effort for training all end users on the use of all required applications and processes. • Develop and maintain process documentation relating to team processes and integrated applications/systems to optimize best practices across the end user organizations. • Play a key role in working with marketing and web/dev to insure that the Web site is effectively integrated into an evolving sales model. 5) C# .NET SQL Developer…Salary $60-68K…Work from home; meet up once every two or three weeks for discussions…Team is 7 people today…. This is a red hot, growing opportunity…those placed there love the work and the environment. The reporting system uses SQL Server 2012 in the backend with ASP.NET MVC4/Entity Framework 5/C# in the frontend along with a C# Console Application to download 3rd-party data on a daily basis. Team Foundation Server is used for source control and for Agile/SCRUM project management and document repository in the future. You, or someone you refer would initially be expected to get acquainted on all the tiers of the code base by taking on small enhancements and bug fixes. This can be either on the frontend (the reporting application) or the backend (the file processing system) depending on the comfort level of the individual in either areas. After gaining sufficient proficiency and understanding, you would take on small projects such as implementing a new feature from scratch with guidance on the technical side and on the business side. A side project can include setting up Team Foundation Server to act as project management portal. Since the client is in the process of transitioning to a more SCRUM/Agile environment, you will also be expected to learn the process and use it. The Lead Architect will be the SCRUM master and daily SCRUMs will be conducted over the phone in a conference call. They're looking for candidates 4 to 6 YEARS OUT of COLLEGE If this sounds good to you, send me an up-to-date resume ASAP and we'll get it to the client immediately. 6) Senior Systems Engineer, $110-135k + equity; need SMS gateway experience, Networks, VMware and strong SQL (SQL Replication) You'll be instrumental in the design and implementation of our Cambridge client’s SaaS production environment to host our solutions. You'll play a key role in the architecting and designing of their hosted virtual enterprise solutions including SMS gateways for hosting role will encompass the design, definition and implementation of complex (internal and external) total system requirements through to monitoring, maintenance and daily database administration. Qualifications, in order of importance: 1. SQL server 2008 R2 installation, replication, configuration and support (Production solutions) 2. General understanding of IIS and the deployment of web servers (Production) 3. General experience in supporting Microsoft’s Active Directory domain environment including Windows Server 2008 R2 (Internal IT or legacy product support) 4. Supported Data Centers (24x7) including server hardware running VMWare vCenter 4.1/5.0; VMWare View setup and support experience a plus (Production) 5. General knowledge of UNIX/Linux based OS environments (Internal as well as Production) 6. 5+ years of experience working with Internet protocols including TCP/IP. (Internal as well as Production) 7. 5+ years of strong expertise with building scalable multi-threaded server applications. (Production) 8. Ability to configure and troubleshoot VPNs (L2L and RA) on Cisco ASA platform (Internal as well as Production) 9. General experience with enterprise class switching, routing, load balancers and firewalls - routing and load balancing – very important (Internal as well as Production) 10. Scripting language experience, e.g., Python, perl, etc. (As needed/Production) 11. Ability to provision iSCSI SAN for VMs (Internal as well as Production) 12. Knowledge of GPO and software deployment requirements and processes (Production) 13. General understanding of software development principles (Production) 7) Lexington Responsible for supporting middleware infrastructure in the Windows, UNIX, LINUX Technology space. Duties include the installation, tuning and maintenance of middleware applications. Perform system security, backup and recovery in these environments. Work closely with the rest of the team and application development teams to troubleshoot and optimize Java-based environments under the general supervision of the Manager, Middleware Technologies. The ideal candidate will have expert level Websphere and Oracle DB 10/11g environment and have in depth knowledge of Java technologies with Enterprise Storage systems. Duties • Responsible for driving the culture through values and customer service standards. • Accountable for outstanding customer service to all external and internal customers. • Develops and maintains effective relationships through effective and timely communication. • Takes initiative and action to respond, resolve and follow up regarding customer service issues with all customers in a timely manner. Responsibilities: - Install, maintain and tune middleware applications. - Responsible for provisioning middleware infrastructure. -Responsible for Websphere based middleware patch maintenance/upgrades. -Responsible for Oracle based middleware patch maintenance/upgrades. - Develop procedures for backups/restores of the middleware software. -Provide performance analysis of Java based infrastructure including capacity planning to maintain application stability. - Analyze performance data and make recommendations to management. Project & Development Support: - Participate in project meetings acting as a resource regarding technical tasks on projects. - Responsibilities include project planning on technical tasks, the development and testing of system components, documentation preparation and review, system implementation activities, participation in project and team meetings and product implementations within LINUX/UNIX technologies. Production Support and Maintenance: - Provide support for application development team for debugging and troubleshooting. - Work closely with the rest of the team and application development teams to troubleshoot and optimize the environment. - Communicate with development teams when changes occur. - 5-8 years as a Windows/UNIX/LINUX Systems Administrator role with 10 years of technical experience - Expert level with Websphere and/or Oracle Application Server / Weblogic. - Windows/UNIX/Linux expertise - Experience with Oracle DB (10/11g) environment required. - Experience with Oracle RAC and DB2 is a plus. - Knowledge of platform internals. - In-depth knowledge of Java Technologies and some experience with Enterprise Storage systems. Nice to have: - Experience with CA Autosys is a plus. - Requires very strong troubleshooting skills. - Requires very good knowledge of TCP/IP and DNS. - Working experience in large scale Middleware environment. - Must have good verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to effectively interface with internal IT and User personnel. - Requires good documentation skills to meet compliance requirements - Candidate must be well versed in security, system performance, troubleshooting, clustering, and fluent in shell scripting. Position interacts with users to recommend purchases of hardware/ software and coordinates installation with vendors and/or technicians. Education: • B.S. (Computer Science or MIS a plus) • MIS or Computer Science course work at the graduate level a plus • Any Certification on Websphere, Oracle and Windows/Linux/Unix is a plus 8) NLP is not needed but client seeks super smart candidates with C++ and JAVA…don't be shy about this. Another Cambridge client is seeking a talented Principal Software Engineer to work on our client's core software platform. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of dedicated engineers to advance the capabilities of the software that provides linguistic smarts to some of the world's largest search applications. If you would like to work on groundbreaking natural language processing technology and solve challenging language analytics problems, they’d love to hear from you. Responsibilities • Design, write and test product code written in Java and C++ • Work with other members of an Agile team to specify, manage and implement development goals • Convert proof-of-concept designs into production level applications • Innovate and develop new approaches to challenging issues Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field • 3-7 years experience with portable C++ or Java (or both) • Firm understanding of foundational algorithms and data structures • UNIX shell scripting skills • Proficiency with a dynamically typed language such as Python Desired Qualifications • Experience with natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning • Proficiency with open source search platforms such as Solr, Lucene, and Elasticsearch • Knowledge of data management and analytics at large scale • Expertise with cloud-oriented tools such as Hadoop, Amazon’s AWS, etc. • Familiarity with the full software development life cycle including tools such as Make, Maven, Git, SVN, Eclipse 9) If you live in any of the top 30 US cities or are within 60 minutes of their airport and can travel Monday-Thursday and have one or some of the below laundry list...let me know - these jobs are wide open to multiple locations - US citizens, Green Card, EADS - 80% travel, nice compensation packages - you know this client - see details after the laundry list - send your updated resume asap! Business Intelligence Visualization - Consultant Cognos Developer - Consultant Communications, Media & Technology - Project Management Consultant - San Jose+ Cyber Security Developer Consultant - Arlington, VA**-BIG6688747 - Java Development Consultants for Cyber Security Solutions - DC based Cyber Security Engineering Lead - Arlington, VA**-BIG6689895 - Java Engineering Lead for Cyber Security Solutions - DC based Cyber Security Engineering Senior Manager - Java Development Manager for Cyber Security Solutions - DC based Data Modeler - Consultant+ Digital Enterprise Content Management - Consultant + Documentum or Filenet ECM Embedded Solutions Engineer + Field Services Manager Hadoop - Consultant Hyperion Data Integration (FDM/ODI) - Consultant** Hyperion DRM - Consultant** Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) - Consultant** Hyperion Planning (HP) / Essbase - Consultant** IT Strategy Senior Manager Master Data Management - Consultant + MDM Master Data - Consultant Mobile Applications Analyst + Mobile Applications - Consultant + Mobile Testing Oracle Retail IT - consultant Pegasystems Architect – Analyst – Consultant - Manager S&CS Customer Services Manager+ SaaS NetSuite - Consultant+ SaaS Salesforce.com Senior Technical Manager+ Salesforce.com Business Analyst+ Salesforce.com Cloud Architect+ Salesforce.com Lead Architect+ Salesforce.com Senior Software Engineer + Salesforce.com Senior Systems Analyst + Salesforce.com Systems Analyst + SAP HCM Success Factors Professionals+ Web & eCommerce Development Lead - IBM WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) version 6.x/7.x, Hybris, or ATG Commerce Web & eCommerce Business Analysis and Functional Design IBM WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) version 6.x/7.x, Hybris, or ATG Commerce Web & eCommerce Developer - IBM WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) version 6.x/7.x, Hybris, or ATG Commerce Web & eCommerce Project Manager - IBM WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) version 6.x/7.x, Hybris, or ATG Commerce Web & eCommerce QA (test) Lead - IBM WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) version 6.x/7.x, Hybris, or ATG Commerce Web & eCommerce Technical Architect - IBM WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) version 6.x/7.x, Hybris, or ATG Commerce Web and eCommerce Business Analysis and Functional Design - IBM WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) version 6.x/7.x, Hybris, or ATG Commerce Web and eCommerce Development Lead - IBM WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) version 6.x/7.x, Hybris, or ATG Commerce Workday - Consultant+ Workday Manager+ Best regards, Patrick Mertens Pure Placements of New England 103 Union Street, Suite 303 Watertown MA 02472-2524 ph. - 617-710-0471 http://www.e-placers.com Mass. 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Current searches of Pure Placements of New England

Current searches we are conducting; please send your updated resume to us at the address at the bottom of this posting.


A) 3 openings in Beverly MA; client loves folks coming out of Fidelity!  Ask me for complete info on your favorite of these three:

1. Senior Tech Lead. They would like someone that they can grow into Management. to $110K + bonus.  Cisco, Blackberry, SAN, Citrix and MS SQL Server all are hot buzz words.

 

2. A super Help Desk person.  All the help desk, troubleshooting  and tech support stuff...including dealing with client's CEO and Senior executives.  High visibility hand holding to solve problems with mobile devices, etc.,  to $85K + bonus.  Mac, Win7, IOS and ActiveSync are all good buzz words to have on your resume.

 

3. SQL DBA - Sr. Financial Services a plus. 5 plus years - $120K + Bonus; needs excellent communication skills in colloquial American English, as well as

Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.

§  Current MCDBA certification with and extensive experience designing, building, installing, configuring and supporting Microsoft SQL Server databases.

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NOTE: Personality, appearance and being extremely flexible with hours is equally important as technical skills.JM

B) Concord MA: We are now seeking an experienced Consulting Engineer to work with customers in deploying AccuRev, Continuous Integration, Issue Tracking and associated
technologies. This is a key role and is critical to ensuring long term
success for our client's clients.  You will deliver training for both process
stakeholders (i.e., release engineers and process leaders as well as
developers), deliver implementation and migration services and generally
implement and evangelize a unique and powerful approach into their world
class customer base.  
 
    Ability to travel up to 30-40%

Needs a strong background in SCM products and customer-facing experience.
 
Technical Skills

ALM Tools: AccuRev, ClearCase, Perforce, Team Foundation, GIT, Subversion, 
        JIRA, ClearQuest, BugZilla, HP/Quality Center, Rally, VersionOne
        Hudson, Jenkins, Anthill, Bamboo,Cruise Control, BuildForge,
 Electric Cloud, Maven
Operating Systems:   Windows, Linux, Solaris
Scripting:  Perl, XML, Python, UNIX shell
Other:  SQL, JAVA, Eclipse, Visual Studio, C/C++ - DA



C) Director, Business Intelligence - Lexington MA

This position pays $140-150K, with bonuses up to $200-210k package; 4 direct reports, 50 total, needs DW, BI, databases, reporting and some experience in the health care arena.  

        EXPERIENCE  AND REQUIRED SKILLS:
      
      

You will be responsible for  establishing and executing enterprise data warehouse and reporting strategy to enable clinical performance initiatives. Working closely with clinical leaders, business leaders and information technology experts, you will be responsible for the identification of the      organization's information needs, the design and oversight of an enterprise-wide data warehouse, the development, deployment, and adoption of business intelligence and reporting tools; and the delivery of reporting and analytical solutions to key stakeholders.
D)Qualifications:
        This well-known client is searching for a SystemsEngineer who will provide technical and architectural expertise to mostly government agencies in DC.  As the primary technical interface, you must be able to recognize needs, interpret them and produce comprehensive solutions.  

        Responsibilities  include: product presentations, system architecture and design,
      technical responses to RFIs/RFPs, and system troubleshooting.
    

Degrees

        in CS/EE or relevant engineering discipline; 3-5 years of
        experience in a UNIX/Linux server environment with demonstrated
        knowledge of x86 server and Hadoop cluster architecture, high
        performance computing and high performance storage systems such
        as SAN, NAS, etc.  You should have some knowledge of Federal
        Procurement Process and C/C++.  (Current or prior clearance, a
        plus.)MD

 E) 

1) This is a Java front end position…some back end…Salary to $100K…
    

Our wonderful Wilmington-based client, is seeking a software engineer to join their Java/Web team. This team is responsible for the development of an eCommerce platform running more than 30 very popular travel Web sites with over 50 million pageviews/month. 

They are continuing to build out their mobile and Web platforms which run all their websites on top of one shared code base. For the right individual, this is a chance to influence the design and
        direction of a huge eCommerce effort while learning what works
        and what doesn't at this scale. 

The ideal candidate for this position will have exceptional
        analytical/problem-solving skills and a strong background in
        Java. This role is ideal for a strongly-motivated individual,
        looking to make a difference with his or her talent and energy.
        

Key  Responsibilities


o    Own the design and development of new features across the full stack    

o    Lead/participate in design discussions, prototype development and code reviews

o    Collaborate with Product manager and UI experts to develop in quick iterations

o    Fluent in Java/JSP and OO design

o    Working knowledge of HTML/ CSS/ Javascript / JQuery    

o    Exceptional analytical skills and problem solving ability
    

o    Very strong, delivery-focused work ethic that takes ownership and
        produces results 

o    Ability to multitask and switch tracks as needed

o    Knack of cultivating and maintaining supportive relationships within
        the team and the enterprise at large 

Experience with one of the following is a significant plus:


o    Spring  and Hibernate

o    Experience with Struts2 /Tiles 

o    Familiarity with Web Content Management Systems

o    Awareness of common eCommerce tools and methodologies (A/B testing, SEO
friendly site design, Site Analytics etc...) TK      

2) Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, Reporting Analyst Search, same
          client, at Woburn site


      


          

            



              
              

Primary Function: The
                  Business Intelligence Developer/Reporting Analyst
                  performs a key role on a high performance team focused
                  on delivering Business Intelligence across the entire
                  WTH organization.  This individual with work with both
                  the technical team and the business users to develop
                  reporting solutions which support day-to-day
                  decision-making, as well as long term strategic
                  goals.  The individual will be directly involved in
                  building and maintaining elements of the Business
                  Intelligence environment and will be responsible for
                  timely delivery of report outputs from that
                  environment.  

 

The successful candidate will have
                  hands on, in depth, experience and expertise with the
                  Cognos 8 product suite, as well as knowledge of
                  structuring and designing data models to optimize the
                  use of the various reporting platforms. Additionally,
                  this person will work with Cognos 8 to build reporting
                  solutions against existing dimensional and relational
                  schemas.

                  

                
                

Key Responsibilities:

The Business Intelligence
                    Developer/Reporting Analyst must be able comprehend
                    functional business requirements and reporting tool
                    functionality; synthesize the requirements and
                    reporting capabilities into functional
                    specifications; prepare technical specifications;
                    and develop and QA test the final product. The
                    solution will contain ad-hoc query, drill-down,
                    slice and dice capabilities, static reporting,
                    managed queries, and dashboards.  Key
                    responsibilities are as follows:

                    

                    Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

Developing packages, reports,
                      and dashboards using Cognos 8  
Gathering report requirements
                      from internal business users       
Defining and maintaining Cognos
                      framework manager projects  
Executing, migrating and
                      automating existing reports to support day to day
                      requests  
Collaborate extensively with
                      the data development team to ensure reporting
                      requests can be supported by the underlying data
                      source  
Performing analysis to
                      investigate and troubleshoot data inconsistencies
                      and data integrity issues when necessary. 
                  
Installs, configures, deploys,
                      and tunes Business Intelligence tools and
                      environment.  
Develops and manages BI
                      training, documentation, and help desk
                      capabilities. 




        

          
 
        

          

            

              

 

Bachelor's Degree plus 3-5 years
                    experience  
Experience gathering business
                    requirements and turning them into detailed
                    functional design specifications.  
3+ years of hands on experience
                    with the Cognos series 7 and 8 suite of applications
                   
Data Warehouse development
                    experience is required, preferably in an Oracle DBMS
                    platform  
Programming experience with SQL
                    & PL/SQL  
Experience with dimensional,
                    logical and physical data modeling for data
                    warehouse/data marts  
Ability to comprehend complex
                    technical and logical concepts and adapt quickly 
                
Ability to maintain own workflow
                    and meet deadlines  
Ability to balance flexibility
                    and task priorities to best meet the frequent
                    demands of multiple internal customers  
Strong troubleshooting and
                    problem solving skills  
Strong communication and
                    interpersonal skills  
Strong Analytical and
                    quantitative skills  
Ability to work both autonomously
                    and cooperatively within a fast-paced environment 
                
Windows Server 2000/2003
                    knowledge is desired  
Knowledge of Oracle Reports 10g
                    is a plus

                  



        

    

F) here's another HOT job for a database developers:  a long time, very interesting client,  where a former co-worker is also a DB architect (and loves it there), is looking augment their DB development team.  If not for you, please forward to friends and colleagues for whom this would be a great career move. 

Job Summary:

Our client seeks a Database Developer, preferably with an interest in CRM / Marketing Automation. This position requires a creative person who possesses great attention to detail, the ability to organize, prioritize and work independently as well as a member of a team.  This role will involve client data analysis, data transformation development (primarily using SQL), data aggregation and summarization for reporting purposes, customizing and deploying third party software products, application testing, end user support and ongoing operations support. The candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, outstanding customer service skills, and a willingness to work hard.  This is an ideal opportunity for a dynamic, motivated candidate to join up with a small organization that actually gets things done.

Minimum requirements

                2+ years' experience including full life-cycle implementations

·         Strong problem solving skills

·         Strong SQL skills (preferably Oracle, including understanding of:

o        In-line table queries

o        Nested/Correlated queries

o        Outer / Inner joins

o        SQL functions

·         Unix / Linux scripting experience (Perl, Shell, Python)

·         UNIX / Windows administration, support

·         Application design, testing and support experience

·         Some programming experience (Java, PHP,C/C++)

·         Excellent organizational and communication skills

The ideal candidate will also have:

·         Oracle DB design, performance tuning, administration

·         Perl Experience including DBI/DBD module

·         VLDB design, support in a DSS environment

·         Database striping setup, support

(A job offer is contingent upon successful completion of background checks)

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Patrick Mertens

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