Data Reporting Analyst/Cognos Developer contract in Boston area. The candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of work experience with Cognos, specifically Cognos PowerPlay and Cognos ReportNet. A thorough knowledge of Data Warehouse principals and techniques and Business Intelligence experience within a multi-terabyte Data Warehouse environment. Ability to work with Cognos in both the UNIX and Windows environment. Strong communications skills and demonstrate ability to work independent and as part of a team. . Background in Data Warehouse development with strong SQL and PL SQL skills. User TOAD preferred.

We have also received a number of contract requirements and I would like to share them all with you in the hopes that you may be able to assist in one or more areas:1) services to provide an assessment of privacy, security and risk related to a Boston area university-wide data, network, and systems.2) Construction of a content-management system with extensive LDAP authentication and over 15 million page requests per month. Features include creation of the UI, workflow managment, technical/UDC integration, load balancing, hosting.3) Training users on the above, #24) On-going support on the above, #25) Website Designer - 3 to 6 month contract.
Needed: ASP.NET, ASP, MS SQL Server, T-SQL, XML, JavaScript, VBScript, HTML, CSS 6) Also in the Boston area: SOA: architects and and senior developers needed7) Business-Objects oriented contractors, particularly on Data Quality and Data Intergrator products.8) .Net /SQL server programmersThanks for keeping us up-to-date with your resume, rate and availability; also referrals are always appreciated.

two jobs in Littleton MA area:

1) Principal sw engineer Engineering degree (BS in Computer Science/Engineering, Math or Electrical Engineering) required, MS desirable 8+ years of Working Experience in software development Strong Knowledge of OO/structured software design methods is required Strong Experience with Unix operating systems (admin, network, socket) is required Strong experience with Relational Databases (MySQL, Oracle) is required Working knowledge with J2ee and LAMP frameworks is required Working knowledge with Web Servers (Apache, Tomcat) is required Working knowledge with shell and perl is required Strong verbal and written communication is required Experience with how to deal with large catalog and storage is a plus Experience with firewall, load balancer and web app scalability is a plus Experience with audio content management system (meta data, replication…) is a plus

2) Reporting engineer Engineering degree (BS in Computer Science/Engineering, Math or Electrical Engineering) required, MS desirable 4+ years of Working Experience in software development Strong Knowledge of OO/structured software design methods is required Good Expertise with BI and Reporting Solutions (SAP, Penthao, Cognos) is required. Working Experience with Web Server Management issues such as network security, redundancy, load balancing, configuration, software upgrade, scalability Working knowledge with Relational Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) Working knowledge with Web Servers (Apache, Tomcat) Strong Experience with Unix operating systems (admin, network) is required Good Experience with shell and perl is required TK

three jobs in Lexington MA area:
1. Sr. QA Engineer - 7+ years – Range 80-95k
An individual that has a) experience testing web applications, b) is comfortable with Linux - and Windows, c) can script (experience with shell scripting/ANT) d) is a voracious manual tester and cn contribute to test automation. Testing in a variety of environments and experience configuring and testing with applications servers like Tomcat, JBOSS, WebSphere, or WebLogic is a must.

2. Sr. UI Engineer - 7+ years - Range 90 -110k

An Engineer with web development experience and user-interface development experience using an even-listener driven model. Our preference is with developers that have Adobe Flex experience, but Java Swing, Laszlo, .NET, and even heavy-Ajax development will be considered. What we are NOT looking for is people with only HTML/CSS, JSP, TILES, etc.

3. Server Engineer - 5+ years of experience - Range 80-95k

An Engineer with web development experience on the Java platform. Experience with Groovy is a plus (interest in Groovy is essential). Our platform consists of Tomcat, JBOSS, Spring, Groovy, Hibernate, and MySQL. Our experience has been that developers with a wider range of programming experience (C++, Python, Ruby, C#, Lisp, etc.) tend to be a better fit than someone that has only used Java. MS

Three openings for Software Engineer - C#/MS SQL Server - Web Development - Waltham, MA you will need a strong understanding of algorithmic complexity, advanced data structures, computer networking and operating systems, demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following technical areas: XML/XSLT, AJAX/Javascript, HTML/CSS, Web Services/SOAP/REST, RSS/ATOM, Google APIs, SalesForce.com AppExchange, Ebay Shopping APIs, or Yahoo Merchant APIs and knowledge of software architecture and patterns (components, reuse, skinning, OOP) AG

A special plea for Python programmers willing to consider full time positions....

Finally another couple of new senior level SQA positions in downtown Boston; ask me for details....

Patrick Mertens
Pure Placements of New England
103 Union Street, Suite 303
Watertown MA 02472-2524
ph. - 617-710-0471

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