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April 9th, 2012

Creating culture of IT innovation includes rewarding failure – Computerworld lnkd.in/mfGKif

In IT Projects, More Needs to Be Less Too – Information Management Blogs Article lnkd.in/rFZ3CK

Personal and Enterprise IT Gains – Information Management Blogs Article lnkd.in/fu9VKq

Attention tech sales people: Don’t go around the CIO :: Editor’s Blog at WRAL Tech Wire lnkd.in/SbT5YF

IT Must Provide Enterprise Collaboration Tools Employees Will Use lnkd.in/nf6qa9

When Will the Offshore Flow of IT and Finance Jobs End? CIO.com lnkd.in/YcF2vP

Bring your own tech: IT’s missed opportunity | Byod – InfoWorld lnkd.in/sHUXmm

Offshoring Shrinks Number of IT Jobs, Study Says CIO.com lnkd.in/553iN6

CIOs Overcome Shortage of Business Analytics Talent lnkd.in/ukwwzv

India’s IT Firms Hire U.S. Workers As They Fight for Visas CIO.com lnkd.in/fDhir8

Small Business Data Backup Plans Found Lacking – Small and Medium Business IT – News & Reviews – Baseline.com lnkd.in/yHWPaZ

Execs to IT: Take these cloud services and manage them | Cloud storage – InfoWorld lnkd.in/t6AMGu

How to Get a Hot Job in Big Data CIO.com lnkd.in/DWHzEX

Getting A Recommendation From A Past Employer lnkd.in/AnAXJE

Offshoring Shrinks Number of IT Jobs, Study Says CIO.com lnkd.in/8RnBUz

Why the ‘personal cloud’ is no PC killer | Cloud computing – InfoWorld lnkd.in/7byGYH

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Direct-hire Manager Networking & Communications Opportunity with a Great Company in Dallas, TX

Manager Networking & Communications

Job Description:

This position will report to the Director of Technical Services and Operations and will be responsible for the Networking and Communications team. Accountability includes but is not limited to; the on time delivery of projects, day to day operations, outage resolution, employee development and budget planning and tracking.

· Manage the day to day activities of the Network and Communications team. This includes performance appraisals, career development and mentoring team members

· Responsible for Network and VoIP architecture, Standards and Practices

· Responsible for Network Security (PCI)

· Responsible for managing budget for equipment and ongoing expenses for data circuits and etc.

· Negotiate and manage contracts with third party providers and vendors.

· Responsible for maintaining all network systems, applications, security and configurations.

· Test and evaluate network systems to eliminate problems and make improvements.

· Creates and maintains disaster recovery plans.

· Responsible for evaluating and ensuring all upgrades, patches, and new applications and devices are deployed properly.

Requirements:

· Bachelor’s degree and 8-10 years experience in the field or related area.

· Must have experience with both Juniper and Cisco devices.

· Advanced knowledge of firewalls, wireless devices, routing principals, and network architecture along with knowledge of  Voice over IP (VoIP)

· 3+ years in a leadership role.

· 3+ years managing capital and expense budgets

If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

2) What is your availability to start?

3) Are you open to a direct-hire position?

4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

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Direct-hire Sr Desktop Engineer Opportunity with a Great Company in Grapevine, TX

SUMMARY
The Desktop Engineer is responsible for the architecture, implementation, management, and support of desktop platforms and connected systems. This position responds to escalated support requests that require an expert level of experience for troubleshooting and/or resolution, and works on a variety of projects including: software deployments, new platform research, reporting, and architecting new processes related to the platform. The Desktop Engineer works under general supervision to ensure the stability of the platform and minimize the downtime of the platforms used by all users.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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Resolve escalated incidents efficiently to minimize down time, and provide support documentation to front line support in order to reduce the number of escalated incidents.

· Initiate escalation of severe service problems as appropriate with vendors or other organizational groups and ensure management and Help Desk remain informed until the problem is resolved.

· Manage day-to-day and project tasks including Patch Management, Software Packaging and Distribution, maintaining OS deployment processes, process automation and ad-hoc reporting.

· Ensure proper compliance with Sarbanes – Oxley and PCI regulations in order to pass audits.

· Ensure adequate training and documentation is provided to customers (other IT groups and business units) on solutions provided to empower them to maximize the solution’s value and reduce incidents.

· Partner with other IT groups or business units to identify platform design requirements, support processes and software requirements.

· Architect and implement solutions and processes for client systems that minimize support costs and maximize up-time and customer productivity.

· Work with software and hardware vendors to identify and implement solutions for use and integration into production, test, and QA systems to meet business needs, reduce costs, reduce incidents, and increase productivity.

· Continually identify opportunities for process improvement.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, JOB SKILLS, ABILITIES

· Satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeps up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise.

· High School Diploma or GED required

· At least 3 years of IT support experience in a Windows 2000, XP, Win7 environment consisting of 300+ workstations required

· Must be able and willing to work additional hours and weekends as business needs require

· Must be able to participate in a rotating “on-call” rotation and accept calls after hours and on weekends

· Microsoft Certification in at least one area related to the position such as MCSE or MSDST preferred

· Must know scripting and at least 1 programming language (VB6, C#  or VB.net preferred)

· Demonstrated customer service expert with the ability to interact with all levels of users from front line to executive

· Proficient project planning skills, including the ability to organize, prioritize and control job responsibilities in order to meet deadlines in an environment with overlapping and potentially conflicting priorities

· Proficient ability to communicate effectively with others using spoken and written English

· Proficient knowledge of scripting using VBScript

· Proficient knowledge of Application and OS patching methods

· Demonstrated ability to take ownership of an issue and follow it through to resolution

· Working ability to remain effective under stress, and respond to pressure in a manner acceptable to others and to the organization

· Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with others; conducts working relationships in a manner acceptable to others and to the organization

· Proficient knowledge of performing SQL queries

· Proficient with technical writing with the ability to create and maintain documentation of support instructions and processes

· Proficient in reading and comprehending printed data/information in software manuals and documents, and data/information displayed on a PC monitor.

· Proficient in recognizing discrepancies in written/recorded data/information.

· Working knowledge of Operating System deployment methods

· Working knowledge of Software packaging and deployment methods

· Working knowledge of coding and compiling executables using tools such as Visual Basic, C++, C# or an equivalent preferred

· Working knowledge of how to build web interfaces using HTML, ASP, ASP.NET or an equivalent preferred

· Working ability to support one or more of the following products; McAfee ePO/AntiVirus, PGP, Remoteware, Service Desk Express, BigFix, Tivoli preferred

· Working knowledge of WMI and other low level Microsoft technologies to remotely manage client systems preferred

· Experience as a Remoteware Administrator highly preferred.

· Experience supporting store systems (point of sale, customer facing kiosks, digital signage, etc) is a plus.

· Consistently demonstrates a commitment to company policies and procedures, including but not limited to, attendance, confidentiality, conflict of interest, and ethical responsibilities

If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

2) What is your availability to start?

3) Are you open to a direct-hire position?

4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

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Contract Backup Administrator Opportunity in Dallas, TX

POSITION SCOPE: We are seeking an experienced Backup Administrator to define, design and implement ITIL-Compliant Processes for regular backup and recovery of Windows/Intel Servers. Manage execution, monitoring, and reporting of regular backup jobs and works with systems administrators to ensure reliability and integrity of installed equipment.

Experience:

5+ years as Backup Administrator or Systems Administrator in a Windows environment

3 years experience with VMware

3 years experience with Symantec Net Backup or Tivoli Storage Manager or Commvault

Education:

BS Degree or Equivalent Experience

If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

2) What is your availability to start?

3) Are you open to a contract position?

4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

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Contract Systems Engineer Opportunity in Dallas, TX

POSITION SCOPE: We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to assist with the implementation, maintenance and daily operations of our Microsoft Windows Server Infrastructure. The successful candidate will have extensive Microsoft Windows and VMware Server experience in a large enterprise environment.

The successful candidate for the position of Systems Engineer (Intel) will be expected to perform the following tasks:

Server builds and migrations,

load testing,

performance tuning,

capacity planning and sizing,

operating system installation and configuration,

operating system upgrades and patches,

system and process monitoring,

process documentation,

VMware support and implementation,

Citrix support and implementation,

backup support and implementation,

and help desk ticket resolution.

Job Requirements:

Experience installing and supporting Windows Operating Systems

Experience configuring and troubleshooting server hardware

Experience installing and supporting VMware ESX Clusters

Experience creating file systems from San Raid Groups

Experience with enterprise level backup systems

Experience with server monitoring and tuning utilities

Experience with active directory including multiple domains and OUS

Working knowledge of Ethernet and fiber channel networks

Ability to conceptualize alternative approaches to problem resolution

Ability to adjust, sort and distinguish priorities

Ability to take ownership of an assignment through to completion

Detail oriented with excellent oral and written communication skills

Experience:

5+ years of Windows Server experience in a large enterprise environment – Required

3+ years of large VMware Cluster experience – Required

2+ years of storage area network experience – Required

2+ years technical writing– Preferred

2+ years Project Management – Preferred

Education:

BS Degree or Equivalent Experience

If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

2) What is your availability to start?

3) Are you open to a contract position?

4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

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Contract Computer Operator Opportunity in Johnson City, TN – 6 Months Contract

LOCATION: Johnson City, TN

POSITION SCOPE: This temporary position is in our Johnson City, TN location. Under general direction, monitors and controls one or more mini or mainframe computers by operating the central console or on-line terminals.

Mounts and dismounts tapes required for daily backup rotations.

Executes processes necessary to produce required reports.

Monitors assigned systems.

Performs functions as described in the Operations Policies and Procedures Manual.

Monitors all systems for irregularities.

Maintains Data Center cleanliness and security.

Reports variations from expectations to the appropriate person.

Completes the Daily Report.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

High School Diploma or equivalent.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Excellent verbal/written communication skills.

Skill in organization, prioritization, and attention to detail.

Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs.

Strong team player who is able to work across multiple functions and disciplines.

If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

2) What is your availability to start?

3) Are you open to a contract position?

4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

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Direct-hire Senior Web Developer – Dallas, TX

General Position Summary: This position will serve as a Senior Web Developer to a team of varying experience levels of database administrator/developer, software developer, and web developer staff. The Senior Web Developer is expected to be involved from inception to completion in the development of our full-life cycle database driven web application(s) that begin with needs assessment and continue thru implementation, testing, training and support. This position will also identify and solve problems in our existing custom software; analyze incoming data, process data, analyze results, and troubleshoot for our claim process using our custom software; provide expertise in web server infrastructure setup & configuration, including but not limited to network, hardware/software, backup and restoration.

Principal Accountabilities:

  • Web server administration and security.
  • Web application design and development.
  • Resolution of complex server performance issues.
  • Web server capacity, performance, and availability planning.
  • Web server infrastructure configuration/optimization.
  • Database design and development.
  • Performs business process analysis and solution proposals.
  • Develops implementation plans, complete with time-estimations.
  • Conducts research and debugging; Responsible for quality assurance process.
  • Create/maintain all related documentation.
  • Provides all related training and support.

Working Conditions and/or Physical Requirements:

  • This position works in a typical office environment and light lifting is required.

Travel Requirements:

  • Minimal Travel Required

Education and Experience Required:

  • Bachelors of Science required in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science Engineering, Web Development, Web Design or Computer Graphic Design.
  • 7 (+) Years in database driven web application development on Microsoft SQL Server and ASP.Net platform.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

  • MS SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008
  • Design and development
  • Stored procedures, functions, triggers, and views
  • Ad-hoc T-SQL and report generation
  • ASP.Net
    • Administration, design, development, and security
    • Object oriented programming
    • Cross-browser JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, DHTML, & CSS
    • IIS6 & IIS7
  • .Net Framework 2.0, 3.5
  • C#.Net, VB.Net
  • Quality assurance
  • Presentation & documentation
  • Process & data analysis
  • Knowledge and Skills Preferred:

    • ETL, SSIS / DTS, & SSRS
    • Experience with additional web application platforms (Coldfusion, PHP, JSP, etc.)
    • Experience with desktop application platforms (Java, etc.)
    • Windows Servers & Services
    • Healthcare industry/domain knowledge
    • Experience with EDI

    If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

    1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

    2) What is your availability to start?

    3) Are you open to a direct-hire position?

    4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

    5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

    6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

    We pay for referrals, so if this opportunity is not a good match for your skills or you are not available but know someone who is, please forward this link to them.

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    Contract-to-hire SQL Server DBA Opportunity in Dallas, TX

    Enjoy working for a company that respects and encourages individual ability and creativity and values winning as a team. Take a challenging position in a global company which is uniquely positioned as the market leader. This client has been named a BusinessWeek 50 “best in class” company for three years in a row and one of the best large companies to work for in Dallas by the Dallas Business Journal for several years in a row.

    Our Client is looking for a JD Edwards Programmer Analyst knowledgeable in a large JDE Development Environment. This is an exciting career advancement position where the Developer will be responsible for providing technical solutions to business challenges. You will interact with the Functional analysts, and the business leaders to design, develop and help implement the solutions that extend the basic JDE functionality in a supportive company environment.

    Responsibilities will include analysis of user requests to determine feasibility and technical design of delivered specifications, developing project plans, workload estimates and schedules for assigned projects, performing complex systems analysis/design work for new or modified systems being developed by client IT staff and or consultant delivered systems, as well as programming solutions, often complex, using JDE technologies .

    The ideal Developer should possess a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field, or, equivalent combination of education and experience and a minimum of five years work experience in Information Systems. Extensive working experience with JDE is required.

    Responsibilities

    *Managing and maintaining various, complex production and non-production databases.

    * Responsible for standards and design of physical data storage, maintenance, access, and security administration.

    * Optimizing database access and allocating/re-allocating database resources for optimum configuration, database performance and cost.

    * Installing, upgrading, refreshing and maintaining all database environments.

    * Responsible for the day to day database administrative tasks, such as: proactive monitoring, error checking, performance tuning, trouble-shooting, back-up and recovery.

    * Collaborating with project teams to set up database, DB interface, and production set-up and configuration.

    * Managing user security and access to databases to provide controlled access environment.

    * Investigating, reviewing, applying and testing all patches and bug fixes in the database environment and providing consultation on patch management, custom interface design and operational implementation.

    * Interacting with developers and programmers in order to design/review programs, custom interfaces and queries according to standards.

    * Utilizing data management tools such as SSIS, SSAS, DTS, and SSRS

    * Will be required to be on an on-call rotation

    Qualifications

    * Bachelor’s degree preferred.

    * 5 to 7+ years’ experience of Database Administration, Database Design, Performance Analysis, and Production Support

    * Preferred industry related certifications

    * Expert knowledge of Microsoft SQL 2000/2005 or greater, 2005+ preferred

    * Expert knowledge in installation, backup, and restoring of SQL databases

    * Strong database administration skills with an emphasis on enterprise scale architecture

    * Expert knowledge of database security methodologies. Including SQL security, mixed security, server roles, and database roles

    * Strong knowledge of Data Management Tools SSIS, SSAS, DTS, and SSRS

    * Strong understanding of business continuity and disaster recovery processes and procedures

    * Strong knowledge of clustering and replication

    * Strong knowledge of import, export, and bulk copy processes

    * Ability to use Microsoft tools to troubleshoot performance related issues

    Performance Monitor

    Profiler

    Query execution plans

    * Ability to use Microsoft tools to troubleshoot logic, syntax, deadlock issues

    * Working knowledge of Windows Server 2003 or greater

    If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

    1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

    2) What is your availability to start?

    3) Are you open to contract or contract-to-hire?

    4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

    5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

    6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

    If this opportunity is not a good match for your skills or you are not available but know someone who is, please forward this link to them as we pay referral fees for anyone you refer that we place with a client.

    Thanks,

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    2011 will be a big year for IT change and growth, here is a look at a few predictions for how the IT industry will change.

    2011 will be a big year for IT change and growth, especially as IT budgets are back on the rise – Gartner has even predicted that spending, specifically on IT, will increase by 60% (per employee). Here is a look at a few predictions on how the IT industry will change and grow over the next year:

    A new hybrid desktop world is emerging, where users interact with multiple sessions (or “screens”). The primary screen for most users is still their local rich desktop that resides at their physical workstation, but more and more that’s being supplemented with a form of a virtual desktop. These can be hosted in the data center on Terminal Services, directly on a hypervisor, or on the client through type-1 or 2 hypervisors. In addition, multiple models for application delivery have emerged (i.e. application virtualization and streaming), which also cannot be effectively managed with legacy product sets. With all these new forms of desktop “screens”, hosting centers and application delivery mechanisms coming together, IT is facing major management challenges. Organizations need to look at a more strategic desktop management platform to help streamline the oversight of their desktops and also increase the automation functionality used in making updates and/or changes to this part of their environment. Most current models do not support this type of management. Some of the major technology providers, like Microsoft and Citrix provide multiple desktop and application delivery products, yet they do not currently provide a unified way of managing these related, yet disparate models. Now imagine trying to manage a multi-vendor delivery environment? The need for a unified management solution becomes crystal clear.

    With Windows XP support ending at the end of this year, the need for a central management solution will also be enhanced by a predicted jump in the adoption rate for Windows 7 in 2011. During the Windows 7 migration, IT managers will face significant challenges when dealing with the reconfiguration of user settings, as with most updates of this kind. However, there is a solution to make this and future migrations easier. Separating a user’s desktop environment from the underlying operating system and hardware is one way to create an infrastructure that is more adaptable to change. This type of dynamic desktop environment allows IT to centrally manage changes like migrations or wide-spread updates without disrupting the access that employees need to their applications, data and printers, etc, and allowing users to retain their personal settings.

    Security will also be extremely important in 2011, especially in the hybrid environments discussed above. Once the environment becomes centrally managed from a single console, security is simplified as it enables consistent security across the entire infrastructure. When considering security, the dynamic desktop environment should also employ a context aware approach. This is another area we expect to see growth continue in 2011. With this functionally, IT can determine which rights and limitations apply to a particular user based on their location or even time of day, and apply those rights to applications, data, printing and personal settings. As a result, IT can ensure that users get only the services they need, when they need them and also create rules to ensure certain sensitive applications, like financial databases, aren’t accessible from unsecure login points.

    The last trend we see coming to light in 2011 is an increased demand for solutions that improve automation across infrastructures. This will be a critical feature in ensuring IT sees faster return on investment from all of its technology investments. After unifying and managing each desktop and application delivery platform, the end-user experience and

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    Contract/Contract-to-hire Web Developer Opportunity in Richardson, TX

    If this opportunity is not a good match for your skills or you are not available but know someone who is, please forward this email to them as we pay referral fees for anyone you refer that we place with a client.

    Web Developer – (6 months initially, potential to go perm)

    JOB SUMMARY:

    Responsible for development of complex, multi-tiered, scalable applications in a web environment. This

    group is responsible for development of business solutions for Internet / Intranet applications using

    key technologies, such as SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010, HTML, CSS, Web Services, ASP.Net. We seek to hire driven and talented

    individuals for our team.

    MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

    Developer Role/Duties:

    Works with Business Analysts, Clients, and Quality Assurance Analysts to fully understand requirements and business processes.

    Incorporates Software Development Life Cycle standards in all work products.

    Enhances existing code, production support changes, and new development, as assigned.

    Works with business analyst and other development team members to modify existing and design new database tables, stored procedures and triggers as necessary to provide application efficiencies.

    Identifies and develops background processes necessary to provide support for interfaces with other systems.

    EDUCATION/CREDENTIALS:

    BS, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

    Seeking a candidate with 4-7 years of experience.

    JOB RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

    Required skills: Visual Studio 2010, Web Services, ASP.NET membership security, HTML, XML, SQL Server, Classic ASP, VB

    Excellent analytical, coding, and testing skills.

    Ability to quickly and accurately perform troubleshooting and repair of applications

    Interest in enhancing skills and learning new technologies

    Ability to work independently and as part of a team

    Ability to handle multiple assignments

    Experience with the full systems development lifecycle, covering requirements, design, development, testing and delivery of n-tier architecture

    JOB-RELATED SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:

    Ability to work with other Developers, Database Administrators, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Business Analysts in resolving issues and identifying and correcting problems.

    Interpersonal, oral and written communication skills to communicate technical issues, understand business and process requirements, and provide interactive demonstrations to client

    groups and team members.

    Attention to detail, reliability, consistency, initiative / dedication are essential.

    Team fit is critical, we look for; a positive can do attitude, a fun spirit, someone who is strong technically, comfortable with saying they don’t know the answer, and open / eager to learn from others.

    If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

    1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

    2) What is your availability to start?

    3) Are you open to contract or contract-to-hire?

    4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

    5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

    6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

    If this opportunity is not a good match for your skills or you are not available but know someone who is, please forward this email to them as we pay referral fees for anyone you refer that we place with a client.

    Thanks,

    Mike Hanes
    ProVisionTech

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