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! 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