ProData Team - Positions

ProData Team LLC Open Positions

(1) Informatica ETL Programmer (Location - Maryland, MD - Contract)

Industry/business domain -

Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)

Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of June 2014

Length: Long Term

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Prodata Team is looking for a Informatica ETL Programmer to design, develop, and maintain database /ETL applications for our client.

Primary responsibilities:

Analyze complex education accountability and performance reporting and data storage requirements with end users,
Prepare data models that support the creation of education data structures, KPI development, and ETL development in Informatica and Oracle 11g using ERWIN
Write ETL requirements and specifications documents
Develop, test, and install Informatica ELT programs to maintain and transform data between various systems.

Qualifications

Education: BS in computer science or information systems.

• Five (5) years of data warehousing design and development

• Five (5) years of Informatica 9.x ETL development and administration

• Five (5) years of ETL work experience with Oracle databases 11g or higher

• Five (5) years of creating and updating data models using Erwin modeling tool

• Five (5) years or higher programming in all of SQL and PL/SQL

• Five (5) years of creating Entity Relationship Diagram and dimensional data modeling

• At least one (1) year of documented experience in each of:

o ETLs process design, development, and performance tuning

o Data modeling using ERD and dimensional models for highly conformed data marts, relational operational data stores, and star-schemas.

o Informatica9.x system administrator skills and training

o Data warehouse design and development

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience planning, designing, building, and implementing data warehouses using Informatica creating ETL and data quality programs, and developing data warehouse structures.

• Minimum of five (5) years verifiable experience working with end-users in defining and preparing detail specifications for data warehouses, ETL programs, and quality routines

General Industry Experience: Two (2) years education data warehouse experience.

Good oral and written communication skills

(2) Sr. Software Developer (Oracle 11g/ETL/OBIEE) (Location - Maryland, MD - Contract)

Industry/business domain -

Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)

Years Experience : 8+ Years
Likely Start 4th week of October 2014

Length: Long Term

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
Minimum eight (8) years of experience years of overall IT experience developing and fielding automation solutions
At least five (5) years of experience with implementing Oracle 11g relational databases, business layer models with dimensions and hierarchies, data warehousing, and batch data collection/transfer applications.
Minimum five (5) years of experience in Oracle 11g OBIEE Tools, developing OBIEE dashboards reports, analytics dashboards, and administering role-based security
Minimum five (5) years of experience with Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) ETL processes
Minimum eight (8) years of experience with PL/SQL programming
Minimum two (2) years of data collection manipulation and analytical experience
Minimum five (5) years of experience with Oracle 11g OHS Web application development
Master’s Degree is preferred
Experience in higher education data collection is preferred

Resumes shall clearly outline starting dates and ending dates for each applicable experience or skills.

Technical Requirements

Development environment is Oracle Database 11g (11.2.0.3) and Oracle 11g OHS Web server, VMware, Windows 2008 Release 2 64-bit

All application programming is to be performed using PL/SQL for custom data collection programs

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) functionality for dashboards and reporting purposes.

Data Security with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to establish encryption to maintain PII privacy.

Data file transfers must use Tibco Managed File Transfer MFT

Reports should be flexible and available in various formats – Excel, PDF, HTML, XML, CSV, Dashboards

Build on existing MASID that has been created in two pre-defined tables, the student biographical table and the history data table.

Preferred Experience:

Other ETL experience may be considered but Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) is preferred.

Minimum five (5) years of experience in Oracle 11g OBIEE Tools, developing OBIEE dashboards reports, analytics dashboards, and administering role-based security

** Preference will be given to candidates that meet preferred qualifications in addition to minimum requirements**

(3) Sr.Developer/Architect (Microsoft.NET ) (Location - Maryland, MD - Contract)

Industry/business domain -

Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)

Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 3rd week of Sep 2014

Length: 6+ Months

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

· Responsible for analyzing assigned specifications, planning, designing and developing solutions, utilizing appropriate Internet/Intranet/Extranet architecture processes supporting a wide range of business process.

· Provides appropriate documentation for object design decisions, estimating assumptions, applets and performance metrics – as required by organization architecture process standards, or as assigned.

· Responsible for minimizing the issues between the client and the server applications and for the overall setup and design of the Internet and web server architecture.

· Impact and complexity of this job increases if organization is utilizing Internet solutions (vs. only Intranet), especially those with significant business impact (e.g., e-business).

· Translate application requirements into web-based solutions using available technology.

· Apply existing and new technologies to the software development process.

· Responsible for developing business, data, systems, and infrastructure models.

· Provide project architecture planning and implementation systems and software engineering expertise for detailed definition and development of project requirements.

· Provide expert application architecture support and guidance including integration into existing technology, management, diagnostics, and monitoring systems.

· Code, test and debug application programs to create new business applications and interfaces or maintains/modifies existing business applications according to program specifications.

· Perform unit and/or modular testing and integration testing for new application

· Write and execute programs to extract, transform, and load data for system conversions.

· Assist in database design, development, maintenance and management related activities for business applications.

· Coordinate application design, development, implementation and testing processes with other OIT staff to implement application design specifications.

· Understand and consistently apply the attributes and processes of current application development methodologies.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or equivalent work experience.

General Experience:

At least five (5) years of IT work experience.

Specialized Experience:

At least 5 years Demonstrated experience working independently or as a part of a team under general supervision and coaching more junior technical staff.
At least 5 years Technical expert in an IT organization.
At least 5 years providing input into highly complex and high impacting decisions as it relates to area of expertise.
At least five (5) years expertise in the following technologies:

o Windows Presentation Foundation

o Windows Workflow Foundation

o Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0+

o Development experience in Visual Basic .NET 2005+

o Development experience in Visual Studio .NET 2005+

o Experience in SQL Server 2005+

At least two (2) years of experience in Crystal Reports and Microsoft SQL Reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in a related field of IT is preferred
Experience in Microsoft Visual SourceSafe/team foundation server is preferred
Excellent Communication Skills.
At least two (2) years of performing in a lead role designing complex business applications.

At least eight (8) years of experience in Information System Management (IFSM).

(4) ETL (OWB) DATAWAREHOUSE DEVELOPER (Location - Maryland, MD - Contract)

Industry/business domain -

Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)

Years Experience : 6+ Years
Likely Start 3rd week of February 2014

Length: 6 + Months

Job Description:

Required Skills:

Analyzecomplexeducation accountabilityand performancereportingrequirements with end users;
Preparedatamodels thatsupport the creation of education datastructures,KPIdevelopment, and ETLdevelopment in Oracle11g usingERWIN;
Develop complex ETL workflows;
WriteETLrequirementsand specifications documents
Develop, test, and install ETL workflows to maintain and transform databetween various systems;
Develop Source To Target Mappings (STM);
Perform data profiling as inputs to the STM design;
Develop Data Quality processes to standardize data, improve data quality, and provide Deterministic Identity Resolution;
Design and implement cross-reference and lookup tables into ETL workflows;
Develop data lineage reports from the repository;
Transform unstructured and poorly structured data into 3^rd Normal Form tables with referential constraints;
Aggregate and transform 3^rd Normal Form data into multi-dimensional STAR schema Dimension and Fact table structures.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Must have five (5) years of computer experience in information systems design;
Minimum ofsix(6)yearsof experiencedesigningand developingdata warehousingdatabasestarschemas, 3Ndataform databasesusingOracle10gand11g relational database management systems
Minimum of three (3)yearsof experiencewith the OracleOWB- suite of tools, designing and implementing ETL workflows;
Minimum ofsix(6)yearsof experienceprogrammingin SQL and PL/SQL;
Minimum offour(4)yearsof experienceanalyzinguser requirementsandtranslatingthem intosystemdata structuredesigns and Source-To Target-Mappings (STM’s);
Minimum of two(2)yearsof experienceinstallingand administratinganOWB-ETLapplicationenvironment
Minimum of two(2)yearsof experienceusingErWindesign toolsto create both logical and physical entity relationship (ER) diagrams; and
Minimum of one(1)yearof experience working at a State or Local Education Agency.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

At least three (3) years of experience as an application programmer on large-scale DBMS, knowledge of computer equipment, and ability to develop complex software to satisfy design objectives;
At least one (1) year of PARTY model identity resolution design & development experience;
At least one (1) year of MDM (Master Data Management) implementation experience;
At least one (1) year of Deterministic Identity Resolution (DIR) development and implementation experience; and
Knowledge of Probabilistic Identity Resolution (PIR).

EDUCATION:

A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information
Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline or three (3) years of equivalent
Experience in a related field. A Master’s Degree is preferred.

Analyze complex accountability and performance reporting and data storage requirements with end users,
Prepare data models that support the creation of education data structures, KPI development, and ETL development in Informatica and Oracle 11g using ERWIN
Add meta-data to ERWIN files
Write ETL requirements and specifications documents
Develop, test, and install OWB-ELT programs to maintain and transform data between various systems.

(5) Oracle Business Analyst (Location - Maryland, MD - Contract)

Industry/business domain -

Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)

Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Last week of Oct 2012

Length: 6+ Months

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Assist in development team in the collection and documentation of functional requirements for each data collection system.
Prepare system specifications for each collection system.

Prepare and document business logic for ETL processes and error detection for each collection system.
Define and document new reporting needs for data collection systems the new Oracle environment.
Assist with requirements definition for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) activities for development of collection system dashboards.
Prepare documents and institutional manuals to assist with coordination of system specification deployment to institutions and for beta testing.
Perform other related tasks as assigned by Project Manager
It is preferred that the business analyst have experience with preparing documents and requirements for higher education collections system environments.
The candidate should be very familiar with Oracle DBA responsibilities but the work will be that of a Business Analyst.

Required Experience:

At least 2 years of experience Project Management skills.
At least 4 years of experience Oracle 11g Certification.
At least 5 years of experience with implementing Oracle relational databases, data warehouses, and batch data collection/transfer applications.
At least 5 years of experience as Database Administrator managing databases and warehouses using Oracle 10g/11g and experience.
At least 3 years of experience working as a business analyst with experience preparing software requirements and specification documents.
At least 3 years of experience with ETL and OBIEE development.

Education :

BS required, with MS preferred

(6) ORACLE WEB CENTER Developer (Location - Maryland, MD - Contract)

Industry/business domain -

Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)

Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of Dec 2013

Length: 6+ months

Job Description:

Oracle Web Center developer with extensive version 11.1.1.5 experience to create user web application interfaces.

Responsibilities:

1. Work with business users to develop website requirements

2. Develop website page navigation charts

3. Develop, test and implement Oracle Web Center solution into production environments

4. Operate, manage and maintain Oracle Web Center solutions

5. Develop dynamic webpage to Oracle 11G R2 database connectivity

6. Integrate Oracle LDAP access protocols into the Web Center environment for SSO (Single Sign On) and work with the security operations center (SOC) staff to define and validate LDAP roles as they apply to WebCenter access and security

7. Provide thorough Web Center testing prior to migration to production to include regression testing

8. Design, develop, test and implement Web Center backup and recovery and DR (disaster recovery) solutions for Web Center implementations

9. Monitor Web Center activity and provide performance enhancements to maintain Web Center solutions within tolerances of all Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

10. Troubleshoot and provide support for Web Center issues and work with the State Help desk support teams to resolve issues with Web Center solutions.

11. Maintain strong security for Web Center solutions

Required Experience:

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

1. Must have five (5) years of computer experience in information systems design

2. A minimum of three (3) years of object oriented software development experience designing, building and deploying custom application solutions required

3. A minimum of five (5) years designing and implementing web portals using standard development languages, technologies, and development methods including: HTML/XHTML, SQL, PL/SQL, XML, and Java

4. A minimum of four (4) years of experience conducting software requirements mapping; application configuration and testing; and application interface design & testing

5. A minimum of three (3) years experience with Oracle Web Center Portal implementation, integration, operations, and management in a secure data center environment

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

6. At least three (3) years of experience as an application programmer on large-scale DBMS, knowledge of computer equipment, and ability to develop complex software to satisfy design objectives

7. A minimum of three (3) years experience with any combination of work with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data and compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and/or Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.

8. A minimum of one (1) year of experience providing FERPA compliance for a publically facing education website

9. A minimum of three (3) years experience using Oracle 11G RDBMS API’s (e.g. ODBC & JDBC) in support of web interface database connectivity

10. A minimum of two (2) years experience using Oracle LDAP integration with web services to control access to web pages and content

11. A minimum of two (2) years experience providing audit support from Oracle Web Center logs

12. A minimum of one (1) year of experience working at a State or Local Education Agency

13. Experience with intrusion detection testing and remediation

Education :

A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline or three (3) years of equivalent experience in a related field. A Master’s Degree is preferred.

(7) Oracle OBIEE Business Intelligence Developer (Location - Maryland, MD - Contract)

Industry/business domain -

Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)

Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 3rd week of April 2015

Length: Long Term

Job Description:

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) programmer to support educational performance and accountability data sets, dashboards, alerts, analytics, KPIs, and BI Publisher reports.

Duties:

Analyzes functional business applications and design specifications for functional areas such as
finance, accounting, personnel, manpower, logistics, and contracts. Develops block diagrams and logic
flowcharts. Translates detailed design into computer software. Tests, debugs, and refines the computer
software to produce the required product. Prepares required documentation, including both program-level
and user-level documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency. Provides technical direction to programmers as required to ensure program deadlines are met.

Responsibilities:

Work with end-users to define OBIEE BI reporting requirements.
Work with business analysts to document OBIEE and Publisher BI reporting requirements.
Work with ETL staff to define BI data structures for data loading
Define a BI and Publisher reporting strategy
Define the data mart data structures using ERWIN
Define Connection pools
Design and develop the BI business model in OBIEE and Publisher Reports
Develop the OBIEE presentation layer
Unit test the OBIEE BI dashboard
Set OBIEE security
Implement OBIEE as portlet within Webcenter Suite portal
Define alerts and events as needed for dashboards
Document the dashboard Work with End-users for approval and signoff of dashboards

Required Experience:

Three (3) years verifiable experience developing OBIEE 11g dashboards, analytics, alerts, physical connect strings, business layer model with dimensions and hierarchies, presentation layer development, and role based security.
Three (3) years verifiable experience developing 11g BI Publisher reports.
Three (3) years verifiable experience performing systems business and requirements analysis on data warehouse development projects.
Three (3) years verifiable experience working with end-users in defining and preparing system requirements, dashboard user interface design documents.
Three (3) years verifiable experience translating user requirements into data structure designs to relational 3N form, and star schema database form.
Three (3) years verifiable experience with OBIEE 11g administration and management.
Three (3) years verifiable experience working with end-users in defining OBIEE analysis requirements, and performing OBIEE programming and statistical analysis.
Three (3) years verifiable experience creating and processing large OBIEE data sets.
Three (3) years verifiable experience programming with SQL and analyzing SQL statements.

Education :

A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer
Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline or
three (3) years of equivalent experience in a related field. A Master's Degree is preferred. A Master’s Degree in one of the above disciplines equals one year specialized and two years general experience.

Preferred Experience:

minimum of one year experience working with all Oracle products, including OID, OAM and OVD.
Good oral and written communication skills.

(8) .NET/SQL Server Developer (Location - Annapolis, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of March 2013
Length: 6 + Months

Job Description:

The agency is seeking a qualified advanced technology application developer who will be responsible for developing new and enhancing existing web applications and client server applications for the agency’s Internet and Intranet websites using .NET, C#/VBScript, ASP, XML, XSLT and SQL Server. The developer will be responsible for development following the State’s system development life cycle methodology. The selected candidate will work on-site.

Consults with systems users to plan, develop, evaluate and revise applications systems.
Collects and analyzes data concerning manual processes or existing systems to determine the purpose of the system, work methods used, cause and effect of problems and improvements needed. Prepares conceptual designs of proposed new or revised applications systems.
Prepares technical applications systems designs and project specifications detailing input, processes, output and controls using narrative reports and systems design tools such as class diagrams sequence diagrams and logical/physical data models.
Codes programs using .NET, SQL and other web-based programming languages and compiles programs.
Develops and executes test plan for newly created or modified web applications and/or SSIS packages.
Uses specialty software to perform utility routines including debugging, editing and sorting functions.
Develops and assembles systems documentation to include functional design, technical design, maintenance manual and user guides.
Performs emergency maintenance on applications systems and programs as required

Duties: Must be able to translate applications requirements into web-based solutions using available technology. Must be able to apply new and emerging technologies to the software development process.

Education: A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline or three (3) years of equivalent experience in a related field. A Master’s Degree in one of the above disciplines equals one year specialized and two years general experience.

General Experience: Must have two (2) years of computer experience in at least two of the following disciplines: systems analysis, systems programming, application programming, and equipment analysis

At least two (2) years recent experience designing and developing web applications using Microsoft’s .NET Framework 2.0/3.5/4.0.
At least one (1) year recent experience with SQL/ relational database, including experience, preferably Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008, including experience with stored procedures and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)/Data Transmission Services (DTS).
At least one (1) year recent experience with analytical, testing, problem solving, and technical troubleshooting in a production environment.
At least six (6) months experience with the SDLC or a similar full project development life cycle methodology.
At least one (1) year experience with web development technologies, such as, ASP.NET JavaScript, C#/VBScript, Web Services WCF, XML, and XSLT.
Five (5) or more years experience designing and developing web applications using Microsoft .NET and a SQL/relational database are preferred.

(9) Sr Systems Analyst (Microsoft.NET ) (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 7+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of May 2015
Length: 6 + Months

Job Description:

Our client is seeking a seeking an energetic, versatile and highly skilled Applications Development Expert with strong .NET software development skills to design, develop, implement, and maintain Internet web and Windows desktop software systems to ensure high levels of application availability in support of their mission.

The ideal candidate will have experience in business systems analysis as well as experience using Agile methods in developing and supporting ASP.NET 2.0+ solutions, integrating third party APIs and enabling interoperability among diverse backend system and database platforms.

The Applications Development Expert will work as part of a cross functional team of IT Division employees responsible for developing new as well as modernizing and enhancing current custom software applications, systems, databases and networks. Development tools in use include: ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, JSON, JavaScript, Classic ASP, and SQL Server Stored Procedures. Integrated third party systems include: IBM Filenet enterprise content management (Image Services, IDM Desktop/Web, and Capture), IBM Datacap Taskmaster, Access Formatta E-Forms, TX Text Control, Informatik Image Driver, IrfanView, Microsoft SQL Server 2014, and IBM DB2.

Education:

Preference for a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or equivalent work experience.

General Experience:

At least seven (7) years of IT and business/industry work experience
At least four (4) years' experience using highly effective English oral and written communications skills to correspond with customers and peers using email, conduct in person and/or telephone customer interviews, lead technical training sessions, present technology demonstrations, and develop clearly written, understandable and complete English user and technical project documentation.

At least three (3) years' experience with analysis, testing, debugging and troubleshooting software applications in a mission critical production IT environment.
At least two (2) years' experience using Visual Source Safe or other source code management systems and tools
At least two (2) years' experience developing and delivering software solutions under Agile methodology.

Specialized Experience:

At least three (3) years as Technical Expert in an IT organization coaching and mentoring more junior technical staff, providing technical input into the most complex and high impact IT decisions, translating highly complex concepts for peers and customers, and accountable for the most complex enterprise-wide applications and issues.
At least three (3) years of recent professional experience coding, testing, debugging, implementing, supporting and troubleshooting ASP.NET web and Windows forms applications software using Visual Studio and .NET Framework 2.0 or newer.
At least two (2) years' recent professional experience developing software solutions using C#, JSON, jQuery, JavaScript, ASP.NET, ADO.NET
At least one (1) year recent experience with Microsoft SQL Server including experience with stored procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

General Experience:

Experience developing software solutions involving integrating multiple third party APIs, interoperating and interfacing with diverse system and relational database platforms
Experience with legacy modernization and transformation projects

Specialized Experience:

Working knowledge of one or more of the following software development languages and tools including MVC, WCF, WPF, RIA, NUnit, Ajax, HTML5, COM+, Classic ASP, VBScript, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS), Analysis Services (SSAS), SharePoint Designer
Experience with one or more of the following third party systems and APIs: IBM Filenet enterprise content management (Image Services, IDM Desktop/Web, and Capture), IBM Datacap Taskmaster, Access Formatta E-Forms, TX Text Control, Informatik Image Driver, IrfanView, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010+, Microsoft SharePoint 2007+, Windows Server 2008+, IBM i-series DB2

(10) Project Manager - (Report Card Websites and Web Data Collection System) (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of Jun 2014
Length: Long Term

Job Description:

A.    The Project Manager shall spend 50% of time supporting MDK12 and Report Card Websites and 50% supporting Web Data Collection System.
B.    The Project Manager shall perform day-to-day management of the project, identify issues and risks and recommend possible issue and risk mitigation strategies associated with the project.
C.    The Project Manager shall act as a facilitator between a State agency and IT contractor.
D.    The Project Manager shall be responsible for ensuring that work performed under the MDK12 and Report Card Websites is within scope, consistent with requirements, and delivered on time and on budget.
E.    The Project Manager shall identify critical paths, tasks, dates, testing, and acceptance criteria.
F.    The Project Manager shall provide solutions to improve efficiency (e.g., reduce costs while maintaining or improving performance levels).
G.    The Project Manager shall monitor issues and provide resolutions for up-to-date status reports.

Provide guidance and oversight consistent with Project Management Institute (PMI) and Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) principles of project management and the State of Maryland System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Manage and integrate project resources including oversight of the project team. Exercise PM best practices for the Project and oversee and perform project activities consistent with the nine knowledge areas including:
•    Procurement Management - consisting of procurement planning, contracts planning, authoring solicitations, evaluation, requesting solicitation responses, selecting contractor(s), administering contract(s), and contract(s) closing activities.
•    Schedule Management - consisting of activity definition and sequencing, resource estimating, duration estimating, schedule development, and schedule control activities.
•    Integration Management - consisting of project plan development, project plan execution, and integrated change control activities.
•    Scope Management - consisting of project initiation, scope planning, scope definition and scope change control activities.
•    Cost Management - consisting of resource planning, cost estimating, budgeting and cost control activities.
•    Human Resources Management - consisting of organizational planning, project team acquisition and staff development activities.
•    Risk Management - consisting of risk management planning, risk identification, risk quantitative and qualitative analysis, response planning, monitoring, and control activities.
•    Quality Management - consisting of quality planning, quality assurance and quality control activities.
•    Communications Management - consisting of communications planning, information distribution, progress and performance reporting, and stakeholder communications management activities.
Manage updates to the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) consistent with PMBOK standards for all project work.

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other related discipline. Master’s degree or project management certification is preferred.
General Experience:
At least five (5) years of experience in project management.
Specialized Experience:
At least five (5) years of experience in managing IT related projects and must demonstrate a leadership role in at least three successful projects that were
delivered on time and on budget.

Current PMI Project Manager Professional certification.

(11) Sr. Data Modeler (Location – Washington DC - Contract)

Industry/business domain - Financial
Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 7+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of Sep 2014
Length: 12+ Months

Job Description:

Education:

BS in computer science or information systems, Applied Mathematics

Graduate degree in Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Information systems engineering management preferred.

Professional Experience:

Seven (7) years of Modeling tools , data warehousing design and development, business intelligence on multiple databases and within a financial data management.
Must have outstanding programming skills, sound ability to recommend and execute scalable flexible solutions to support analytical projects.
Demonstrate strong fundamental knowledge and experience using data integration tools, SQL and working with Oracle RAC environment.

Oracle OCP Certification is desirable.

(12) Lead Data Modeler (Location – Washington DC - Contract)
Industry/business domain - Financial
Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of Sep 2014
Length: 12+ Months

Job Description:

Education:

BS in computer science or information systems, Applied Mathematics or related degree

Graduate degree in Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Information systems engineering management preferred.

Professional experience:

Five (5) years of Modeling tools , data warehousing design and development, business intelligence on multiple databases and within a financial data management
Must have outstanding design skills, to empower analytical solutions.
Demonstrate strong fundamental knowledge and experience using data integration tools, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase and other databses, SQL and working with Oracle RAC environment.

Oracle OCP Certification is desirable.

(13) Sr. Computer Programmer (Oracle ) (Location - Baltimore MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -

Resident Status : (H1B/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of Apr 2014 or sooner
Length: Long Term

Position Description :

An application has been developed for each accountability application using Oracle Forms Builder 6i. Each application has a unique set of programs written in PL/SQL. The applications are hosted on 11g Oracle database servers running Windows 64bit. Cognos Impromptu v7.4 is the report writing tool.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

•    Five (5) years of programming experience in software development or maintenance.
•    Five (5) years of experience in IT systems analysis and programming.
•   Five (5) years of experience creating catalogs and reports with Cognos’ Impromptu v 7.3 and 7.4. •   Five (5) years of experience with Oracle Forms 6i
•   Five (5) years of experience programming with SQL and PL/SQL
•   Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) in Application Developer Forms Developer 6/6i.

•   General Industry Experience: At least two (2) years of experience working in the pre-kindergarten to grade 12 industry.

• The candidate shall be capable of clear communications in English (both written and oral form). This will be validated during the interview process. At the interview candidates will be required to submit samples of past written communications for review. Sensitive information in the samples maybe redacted. Oral communication skills will be validated during the interview process.

Education: A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline or three (3) years equivalent experience in a related field.

(14) ORACLE Database Developer (Location - Washington DC - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

Resident Status : Green Card ( lawful Permanent Resident Alien with at least three or more years of U.S. residency )/US Citizen
Years Experience : 8+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of Jan 2013 or sooner
Length: 8 + Months

Required Skills:

Duties:

Provide technical guidance to develop, update, and maintain CDR relational databases running in ORACLE RAC and Linux environment - 25%

Provide assistance and develop PL/SQL procedures as needed. Provide support on a wide range of database development functions in a RAC configuration, including running test queries, troubleshooting database problems, maintaining version control of database entities, advising customers on new database features, and leading studies to evaluate the effectiveness of current database methods and procedures, investigation of issues arising from data loss and corruption - 25%

Provide support in developing and optimizing SQL queries and tuning database operations both proactively and reactively. Provide support generating complex queries and reports - 20%

Provide support of development database design schema for integrating source data into data management systems. Provide support in accessing, manipulating, and preparing data within CDR database, investigating data structures, and analyzing data to attach meaning and value - 10%

Provide support to co-ordinate, organize and deliver database code - 10%

Communicate with the data modelers about design implications from database developer point of view. Prepare technical documents and present it to the business - 10%

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Please note these are the top technical skills that the Buyer feels a candidate MUST have. General knowledge of basic office software such as MS Office Suite as well as good communications skills are a given.

1. Demonstrated experience in Oracle 11g , PL/SQL as database developer– 8 years

2. Demonstrated experience as Oracle Database developer (creating stored procedures, triggers, supporting application development teams) in the development environment - 8 years

3. Demonstrated experience in SQL Tuning and Database tuning for large OLTP & DW systems (for example, large data file handling, experience with insert only systems, time variant data handling, partition maintenance, materialized views and query rewrite etc) – 8 years

4. Demonstrated experience in large data file handling, experience with insert only systems, time variant data handling, partition maintenance, materialized views and query – 8 years

NOTE: This position is a combination remote/work at home and work at the Federal office. Depending on the needs of the business, the worker may need to work at the Federal in , MD 50% of the time. This can vary from week to week.

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

1. Federal system and data knowledge experience

2. Experience as Oracle DBA (creation and maintenance of the database, DDL/DML, back-up/restore strategy, replication strategy)

3. Familiarity with data modeling concepts (and IDA tool) and rational products

4. Informatica and ETL concepts

5. Oracle Real Application Clustering (RAC) development

6. AGILE iterative development experience

7. Healthcare system experience

8. Massively parallel database experience

9. Ability to create technical documentation content and templates

(15) Sr Technology Expert (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 7+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of June 2015
Length: Long Term

Position Description :

Education

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline. A Master's Degree is preferred.

General Experience

Must have seven (7) years of experience in the IT field.

Specialized Experience

At least five (5) years of combined new and related older technical experience in the IT field directly related to the required area of expertise.

B. Three (3) years’ experience using the following products / systems: Oracle, SQL, Sharepoint, Webcenter, CRM.

C. Three (3) years’ experience supervising a team of IT professionals

D. Three (3) years’ experience documenting business practices

E. Three (3) years’ experience developing back-up and recovery strategies

F. Three (3) years’ experience with risk management and contingency planning; scheduling and implementation planning

G. Three (3) years’ experience reviewing design documents; validating data, writing and deploying test scripts

Other Requirements:

Working with business analysts and the end-users to document system and reporting requirements

Working with the ETL and Webcenter staff to define BI data structures for data loading for the components

Defining BI and Publisher reporting strategy

Defining Connection pools and work with the ETL to connect and report on necessary data for the components

Designing, developing, and maintaining the BI business models for the components

Working with Business Analysts, ETL and Webcenter developer to ensure the data structure/model and the security configuration is documented for each dashboard

Preferred Qualifications :

A. Three years of experience with a State or Federal Educational Agency.

B. Proven track record of understanding and communicating in non-technical terms; ability to translate business needs into IT solutions.

C. Knowledge of State’s SDLC for IT Projects.

** Preference will be given to candidates that meet preferred qualifications in addition to minimum requirements**

(17) Project Manager (SPM -ERP) (Location - Jessup, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 10+ Years
Likely Start 4th week of May 2014
Length: Long Term

Role Description:

This position shall oversee and direct the ERP project team. Responsibilities include overall project planning, governance and management. Duties shall focus on project planning, monitoring and control, and serving as primary liaison with MCE and Agency stakeholders.

The specialized experience does not ask for experience in the selected COTS package. It has not been selected. In addition to the other qualification requirements; manufacturing, production and service industry experience at multi location settings is listed. The current application modules are Customer service, Shipping, A/R, A/P, Purchasing, Fixed Assets, GL, and Sales. The PM will work with the MCE selection committee and make their recommendation.

The position shall ensure the appropriate application of the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and the State’s Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) in managing the project.

Education:

· Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other related discipline.

General Experience:

At least ten (10) years of experience in project management.

PMI certification as a PMP.

Specialized Experience:

At least ten (10) years of experience in managing IT related projects.

Must demonstrate a leadership role in at least three successful projects that were delivered on time and on budget.

Three (3) or more years’ project experience on complex IT projects implementing COTS systems.

General Experience:

· Experience leading similar ERP project.
· Proficient at managing an integrated project schedule using MS Project

Specialized Experience:

Manufacturing, production and service industry experience at multi location settings.

(18) Informatica/ETL Developer (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract) (Multiple )
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 4+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of Mar 2013
Length: 1.5 years

Role Description:

Analyzes functional business applications and design specifications for functional areas and develops software code to meet business requirements. Translates detailed design specifications into computer software; tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product. Prepares required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency. Provides technical direction to programmers as required to ensure program deadlines are met. Each resource mush have skills in at least one of the following products:

The preferred candidate will meet the following criteria: 1. EDUCATION - BS in Computer Science required or related field.
2. Must be skilled in one of the following technologies to apply;
• Minimum of four years’ experience with Informatica ETL code development current version; and/or

(19) Oracle OBIEE Developer (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract) (Multiple )
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 4+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of Mar 2013
Length: 1.5 years

Role Description:

Analyzes functional business applications and design specifications for functional areas and develops software code to meet business requirements. Translates detailed design specifications into computer software; tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product. Prepares required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency. Provides technical direction to programmers as required to ensure program deadlines are met. Each resource mush have skills in at least one of the following products:

The preferred candidate will meet the following criteria: 1. EDUCATION - BS in Computer Science required or related field.
2. Must be skilled in one of the following technologies to apply;
• Minimum of two years verifiable experience developing BI Publisher reports llg; and/or
• Minimum of four years experience with OBIEE;

(20) Technical Project Manager (TPM) (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 8+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of August 2014
Length: Long Term

Role Description:

Duties: The Project Manager is assigned the management of a specific project and the work performed under assigned Task Orders. Performs day-to-day management of the project, identifies issues and risks and recommends possible issue and risk mitigation strategies associated with the project. Acts as a facilitator between a State agency and IT contractor. Is responsible for ensuring that work performed under TOs is within scope, consistent with requirements, and delivered on time and on budget. Identifies critical paths, tasks, dates, testing, and acceptance criteria. Provides solutions to improve efficiency (e.g., reduce costs while maintaining or improving performance levels). Monitors issues and provides resolutions for up-to-date status reports. Demonstrates excellent writing and oral communications skills.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other related discipline. Master’s degree or project management certification is preferred.

General Experience: At least five (5) years of experience in project management.

Specialized Experience: At least five (5) years of experience in managing IT related projects and must demonstrate a leadership role in at least three successful projects that were delivered on time and on budget.

Project Requirements:

Current PMI certification as a Project Manager Professional (PMP)
At least eight (8) years of experience in project management.
At least five (5) years of experience managing Software Maintenance and Development projects
Must have acted as the lead on at least three (3) projects .

a. At least one (1) project example must have had a budget over $5 million

Must demonstrate at least five (5) years of experience in providing daily oversight, management and technical leadership for implementation of technology projects
Must demonstrate at least five (5) years of preparing and providing regular financial, resource and project schedule updates.

OTHER Requirements:

Ten (10) years of experience in information technology or a Masters in Computer Science
Five (5) years’ experience of project management O&M experience on role based security Portal and Intranet solutions in a Microsoft server based multi-tiered environment on .Net framework, and manage development, testing and implementation of multi-million dollar technology projects.
Five (5) years’ experience managing the full systems development lifecycle from project inception through project closure and into operations and maintenance.
Must demonstrate clear project management skills that include defining and meeting tight deadlines, risk management, working within budget limitations, and motivating the team to deliver upon those constraints
Three (3) years’ experience understanding of system design, using Unified Modeling Language (UML), and experience validating data models and prototypes.
Five (5) years’ experience in management and leadership skill in technical and non-technical personnel of complex projects using: VPN, remote desktop connections, and webinar meeting tools.
Five (5) years’ experience as the certified PM leading technical personnel through the delivery of complex projects.
Five (5) years’ experience resolving technical problems associated with software development
Five (5) years’ experience interviewing staff, evaluating business processes, and writing technical specifications for to engineer to build work flow procedures, reports, and user interfaces in English.
Three (3) years’ combined experience managing projects using: VMware server services, Microsoft Active Directory, supporting IIS-7 and .NET platforms, Microsoft SQL , ODBC connections, and SQL Stored Procedures.
At least four (4) years of experience managing and drafting Requests for Proposals for information technology projects subject to State or federal procurement regulations
Three (3) years’ combined experience supervising the configuration management of production web-based application and intranet applications; as well as, maintaining test data, and UAT environments.
Three (3) years’ combined experience working with Microsoft tools: Team Foundation Server Universal Access Gateway services, Microsoft Office 2010 and 2013, Visio Two 2007 or later, Microsoft Project Two 2010 and 2013, and SharePoint services
Two (2) years’ experience supporting and testing interface files and understanding access controls for the State FMIS system

(21) SAS Developer (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 4+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of Mar 2013
Length: 1.5 years

Role Description:

Analyzes functional business applications and design specifications for functional areas and develops software code to meet business requirements. Translates detailed design specifications into computer software; tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product. Prepares required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency. Provides technical direction to programmers as required to ensure program deadlines are met. Each resource mush have skills in at least one of the following products:

The preferred candidate will meet the following criteria: 1. EDUCATION - BS in Computer Science required or related field.
2. Must be skilled in one of the following technologies to apply;
• Minimum of two years verifiable experience developing on Oracle llg; and/or
• Minimum of four years experience with SAS current version

(22) Senior Applications Oracle JDeveloper (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of May 2014
Length: Long Term

Role Description:

Develop, code, test, implement, and support applications in JDeveloper using Oracle ADF framework.

Transition existing Oracle Forms 6i Accountability applications with a server side PL/SQL coding into JDeveloper ADF Applications.

Responsibilities:

Provide, on a continual basis for all assigned tasks.
Provide support during normal business hours.
Provide agency staff assistance if requested setting up, testing, implementing, and supporting an Oracle 11g WebLogic infrastructure capable of deploying JDeveloper ADF applications.
Assist in conversion of existing Oracle Forms 6i Client/server architecture to an ADF web based architecture.
Design, document, develop, implement, and support JDeveloper applications using an Oracle 11g RDMS.
Implement and incorporate Oracle 11g OBIEE reports into JDeveloper applications.
Modify systems as required by State or federal legislation.
Build stored procedures, packages and other database components in PL/SQL programming language
Ensure agency is delivered copies of application, database, and web-site non-compiled native code at the completion of each approved system.
Deliver appropriate documentation in accordance with the State’s System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for each approved system.
Conduct knowledge transfer sessions to train agency staff on creation, function, use of, and deployment of JDeveloper applications. Develop appropriate training documentation.
Provide weekly written status reports to include specific work hours per day, work progress, issues, concerns, and forward planning.

PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS:

•   Education – BS in Computer Science, information Systems, Engineering, Business or other related field scientific or technical discipline.
•    Five (5) years of programming experience in software development or maintenance.
•    Five (5) years of experience in IT systems analysis and programming.
•    Five (5) years of experience in Oracle JDeveloper programming.
•    Five (5) years of experience in PL/SQL and SQL programming and tuning.
•    Three (3) years of experience using Oracle 11g Weblogic environment.
•    Three (3) years of experience using the ADF framework.
•    Two (2) years of experience using Oracle 11g OBIEE reporting experience.
•    Five (5) years of experience with Oracle 10g RDMS or Oracle 11g RDMS, OS Windows 2003, OS Windows 2008 and XP

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• General Industry Experience: At least two (2) years of experience working in pre-kindergarten to grade 12 industry.
• Good oral and written communication skills. This will be validated during the interview process. Candidates will be required to submit samples of past written communications for review. Sensitive information can be redacted. Oral communication skills can and will be validated during the interview process.

(23) Sr. Senior Internet/Intranet Site Developer (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of August 2014
Length: Long Term

Role Description:

Senior Internet/Intranet Site Developer to design, implement, and maintain web-based applications and portals that provide agency with access to a variety of online and face-to-face professional development tools.

Duties: Must be able to translate applications requirements into the design of complex web sites, including integrating web pages and applications. Must be able to apply new and emerging technologies to the site development process.

General Experience: Must have five (5) years of web development experience using current Web development and graphic tools, as well as, Web Server and database administration.

Specialized Experience: At least three (3) years of experience designing, developing and deploying Web sites and/or Web applications, including product selection, configuration, installation, maintenance, and site specific Web development languages and relational databases.

Project Requirement:

• Minimum of three (3) years of object oriented software development experience designing, building and deploying custom application solutions required.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience designing and implementing web portals using standard development languages, technologies, and development methods including but not limited to: HTML, UML, Java, XML, J2EE, JavaScript, PL/SQL, AJAX, APEX, JDeveloper 11g for ADF, and Business Objects.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience conducting software requirements mapping, application configuration and testing, and application interface design & testing.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with Oracle 11g WebCenter Portal and Content installation, setup, and customization.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with developing Oracle 11g Portals.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with integrating Oracle 11g WebCenter Portal and/or Content with 11g IDM, and Oracle Adaptive Access Manager (OAAM) 11g to enable single sign-on (SSO) capability.

Other Requirements

• General Industry Experience: Two (2) years experience developing educational web-based applications and portals.

• Good oral and written communication skills. This will be validated during the interview process. Candidates will be required to submit samples of past written communications for review. Sensitive information can be redacted. Oral communication skills can and will be validated during the interview process.

(24) Sr. Computer Security System Specialist (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of Dec 2014
Length: Long Term

Job Description:

Work in a team environment to design the client's Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution, including requirements analysis, design, customization and implementation of OAM COTS product.
Work in a team environment to support the client's Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution
Implement and support OAM solution components
Lead production support troubleshooting and issue escalations with Vendors and Service providers
Track Productions Issues and insure resolution
Onboard applications onto the provisioning solution
Support end-user training and acceptance testing

Required Skills:

Details: Assist with existing OAM 11gR2 application as well as assistance in the upgrade of the OAM product to Patch Set 2. Work with support and development to resolve issues related to the Patch Set 2 upgrade as well as providing overall general assistance to the client as it relates to the OAM application. Also require identification of tasks to harmonize all environments to the same configuration and installation.

Must have knowledge of multiple technology platforms and architecture
Experience architecting or designing enterprise security solutions
Must have knowledge of multiple technology platforms and architecture
Experience with IAM solution, preferably Oracle Access Management
In-depth understanding of IAM concepts and processes
Hands on design, implementation, configuration, integration and deployment experience in the Oracle/Sun/WebLogic technologies, focused on the 11g IdM/IDAM platform: Oracle Identity Manager (OIM, formerly Thor Xellerate), Oracle Access Manager (OAM, formerly Oblix COREid), Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD, formerly OctetString)
Also similar experience with Radiant Logic Virtual Directory and Synchronization and Correlation Server, Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Plus (ESSO, also OEM'ed as Passlogix/IBM/Sun/BMC ESSO Product Suites) Oracle Internet Directory LDAP (OID), as well all major LDAP directory services (Sun, IBM, OpenLDAP, Novell) including Microsoft AD and ADAM, Oracle Identity Federation (OIF, formerly Oblix SHAREid)
Experience deploying applications on WebLogic and Oracle database;
Knowledge of user, system, and security administration processes
Understanding of federal guidelines (HSPD-12, PIVi, 800-63, OMB11-11, FICAM, NSTIC, NIST)
Experience with identity management or credentialing programs (FIPS 201, HSPD-12, PIV, TWIC,Registered Traveler, REAL ID, US-VISIT, CAC, etc.)
Knowledge of the existing federal/commercial/cloud/mobile trust frameworks and standards (Trust Framework Adoption Process, Scheme adoption process, Kantara, OIX, PCI DSS, ISO, COBIT, etc.)

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience with implementing an OAM solution that scales to multiple applicaition and millions of users would be a plus
Experience with LDAP directories (OID, OVD, DSEE), Experience with SSO
Java development experience is a plus

Experience with migrating Identity Management solution from Sun IDM, CA to Oracle OIM would be a big plus

(25) Sales Force Application Developer (Location - Baltimore, MD - Contract)
Industry/business domain -
Resident Status : (H1B/EAD/Greencard/US Citizen)
Years Experience : 5+ Years
Likely Start 1st week of Dec 2014
Length: 6+ months

Job Description:

A. Shall be responsible for successfully designing and managing the integration of cloud based solutions and technologies. It further includes responsibility for integrations, extensions, features and designing solutions using the technologies like Salesforce.com and force.com (API, APEX & Visual Force).

B. Shall implement customer-based solutions and develop products on the Force.com platform using APEX and Visual Force and other technologies.

C. Shall provide all necessary services to integrate and/or configure available Salesforce public domain applications for use by the MDTA business community. Shall provide ongoing code-level maintenance and support for all Salesforce.com user groups.

D. Shall stay current on Force.com technology changes and collaborate with other developers on best practices.

E. Shall work with MDTA IT Staff to delineate requirements in order to streamline the development of applications needed to meet the business needs of the business unit, and automate business processes.

F. Shall support projects to translate business requirements/processes into logical, component-based technical designs and customer-built functionality in Salesforce.com.

G. Shall perform detailed analysis of business requirements, translate into technical specifications, and make the necessary modifications and/or configure for use in Salesforce.com.

H. Shall document all system modifications or changes that may be performed by the Contractor with sufficient detail and methodology to meet industry best practice standards.

I. Shall provide effort and cost level estimate, plan, and or schedule with milestones and target dates for project deliverables and walkthrough and signoff for all document deliverables

J. Shall provide interactive management interfaces, reports and or communication focusing on milestones and target dates, which will be the key to controlling development and testing efforts and cost

K. May be required to evaluate the .NET application associated with the existing Salesforce.com applications, determine the need to implement or provide an alternative solution to performing the required data extraction

L. If required, shall install the .NET application on a designated virtual server instance at MDTA, with modifications tailored to MDTA’s business needs.

M. Shall work with designated MDTA IT staff in the development of custom reports and building of dashboards. Shall provide onsite training and instruction to designated MDTA staff in the installation, and ongoing maintenance of the .NET segment of Salesforce.com applications.

N. Shall provide coding (Visual Force) for a designated workflow application within the MDTA Salesforce.com ORG.

O. Shall develop integration test plans, development project plans, technical approach and design documentation. Save all written documents (note, drafts, finals) in designated document repository.

P. Shall act as an internal consultant to mentor to developers assigned to the Salesforce Development Team.

Q. Shall provide detailed documentation for the installation and ongoing maintenance of the .NET application, Visual Force pages, and related details for the Salesforce.com applications.

R. Shall update & respond to Salesforce.com related Service Desk tickets and related change requests as directed by the Contract Manager.

S. Shall maintain daily phone or email contact with the Task Order Manager to apprise of status of assigned task (s) and provide monthly status report to TO Manager.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline or five (5) years of equivalent experience in a related field.
Salesforce development related training or certificate in Dev 401 or up.

General Experience:
Must have two (2) years of computer experience in at least two of the following disciplines: systems analysis, systems programming, application programming, and equipment analysis.

Specialized Experience:
At least one (1) year of experience developing applications using advanced technologies, such as Internet protocols or web-based technology. Technologies include HTML, CGI applications, PERL or Javascript, and Java.

At least five (5) years of .NET development experience
At least two(2) years of experience as a Salesforce.com developer for Enterprise or Unlimited Edition (preferably at a large organization)
At least two (2) years proficiency with Salesforce.com development, including creation of standard and custom objects, etc.
At least two (2) years of experience with Salesforce.com technologies including: Apex, VisualForce, Force.com Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Eclipse, and Web Services

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Force.com Developer Certification (DEV401 or DEV501)
Net Developer Certification

**** Only US Citizens/Green Cards for positions 26, 27

(26) Sr Informatica/ETL Consultant (Location - Lanham MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

Resident Status : Green Card ( lawful Permanent Resident Alien with at least three or more years of U.S. residency )/US Citizen
Years Experience : 6+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of Jan 2013 or sooner
Length: 6 + Months

*** We have Sr, Mid, and Jr level positions for same location

Position Description :

The Informatica Developer is responsible for the development of ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) code. The candidate will collaborate with agency Project teams to design and develop ETL code to load large amount of data from other internal data sources to the XXX system.

Duties include:
1 – Design/Develop ETL Interface using Informatica tool
2 –Develop/Implement the coding of Informatica mappings for different stages of ETL
3 – Analyze user requirements and proposed potential system solutions
4 – Understand and comply with development standards and SDLC to ensure consistency across the project.
5 – Collaborate with Client SMEs,team and other vendor teams.
.
REQUIRED SKILLS:

Please note these are the top technical skills that a candidate MUST have. General knowledge of basic office software such as MS Office Suite as well as good communications skills are a given.
1. Informatica Power Center; SQL

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

Please note these are nice to have skills. It does not preclude a candidate who does not possess all or some of these skills from the selection process but this could be used as a differentiators between candidates:
1. Informatica Power Exchange ; Data Warehouse; Oracle; Linux; AIX
2. Strong oral and written business communication skills desired

(27) JAVA/J2EE Developer (Location - Lanham , MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

Resident Status : Green Card/US Citizen
Years Experience : 4+ Years
Likely Start ASAP
Length: 6 + Months with potential extension

Task Description: The key objective is to provide a unified system that is integrated into modernized Infrastructure for the detection of fraudulent returns and refund fraud schemes to ensure timely issuance of refunds and credits that are legally due to filers, while preventing issuance of refunds and credits that are not legally due to filers. This integrated system shall provide the platform to implement new business model to meet changing fraud detection needs, and to streamline the business processes. The ability to implement changes in time to counter evolving fraud schemes is highly valued.

Duties: The Java Developer will develop J2EE application in the following technology environment: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS, JBOSS application server, and Greenplum massive parallel processing (MPP) database. The J2EE application will integrate with other COTS such as Blaze Advisor Rules Management System, SAS Fraud Detection framework, Business Objects Enterprise for reports and queries. Duties include:

Job Duty 1 – Design and implement highly performing and highly scalable J2EE application that integrates with Business Rules Engine and Analytics tools. (80%)

Job Duty 2 - Analyze user requirements and proposed potential design solutions (5%)

Job Duty 3- Understand and comply with development standards and SDLC to ensure consistency across the business (5%)

Job Duty 4– Collaborate with Client SMEs, Vendor team and other vendor teams (10%)

SKILL/REQUIREMENT:

Required:

1. Expert J2EE development and integration skills

(28) C# .(dot) Net Developer (Location - Gaithersburg , MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

Resident Status : Green Card/US Citizen
Years Experience : 4+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of Feb 2013 or sooner
Length: 6 + Months with potential extension

Task Description: The resource will perform the following functions: Migrate an existing stand-alone application (file size 575 KB) from VB6 to C#.Net that displays agency data based on XML schemas and stylesheets. Migration / upgrade will require re-writing part of the existing code. Perform unit testing and support system testing. Update installation and user manual.

Duties:

Primary Duties:

Job Duty 1: Install and review existing application and source code, identify changes to be made for migration (10%)

Job Duty 2: Perform development and unit test tasks for migration (50%)

Job Duty 3: Support System Test and perform Documentation updates: (30%)

Job Duty 4: Report status and provide recommendations for improvements (10%)

SKILL/REQUIREMENT:

Required:

The candidate must have 4 years prior work experience as a developer.

Mandatory skills include:

· Minimum of 2 years development experience in MS C#.Net 4.0 or later

· Minimum of 2 years in MS Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) for User Interface Development

· Minimum of 2 years working with XML schemas, stylesheets, and XML Parsers

· Good written and oral communications skills

· Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team environment

· Must possess the ability to work under pressure to meet critical deadlines

· Must be flexible in response to changing requirements

Preferred Skills:

· Migrating applications from VB6.0 or earlier to C#.Net – one or more assignments

· Understanding of MVVM (Model View ViewModel)

(29) Rules Developer (Location - Lanham , MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

Resident Status : Green Card ( lawful Permanent Resident Alien with at least three or more years of U.S. residency )/US Citizen

Task Description: The key objective is to provide a unified system that is integrated into the agency's modernized Infrastructure for the detection of fraudulent/fraud schemes to ensure timely issuance of refunds and credits that are legally due, while preventing issuance of refunds and credits that are not legally due to citizens. This integrated system shall provide the platform to implement the new business model to meet changing fraud detection needs, and to streamline the business processes. The ability to implement changes in time to counter evolving fraud schemes is highly valued.

Duties: The Rules Developer will work within an integrated project team to design and develop business object model, Rules repository structure, interfaces between rules engine and remaining system, proper rule execution algorithms to meet functional requirements. The candidate will collaborate with the team with the design and implementation of the agency solution. Duties include:

1 – Define RMA design

2 – Update object model

3 – Develop object specific rule design for ILTE and Non-ILTE

4 – Collaborate with Client SMEs, team and other vendor teams to develop and implement the solution

REQUIRED SKILLS:

1. Designing and developing business object model

2. Designing and developing rules repository structure

3. Identifying and designing interfaces between rules engine and remaining system

4. Identifying and designing proper rule execution algorithms to meet functional requirements

5. Expertise in FICO Blaze Advisor (3+ years) and relevant Rules tools and modules.

6. Proficient in Java, XML, and SQL

7. Good oral communication skills

8. Strong written communication skills

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

Prior Federal agency experience and, an active Public Trust clearance are a plus

(30) Case Management Lead (SAS ECM) (Location - Lanham , MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

Resident Status : Green Card ( lawful Permanent Resident Alien with at least three or more years of U.S. residency )/US Citizen

Task Description: The key objective of the project is to provide a unified system that is integrated into the agencies modernized Infrastructure for the detection of fraudulent returns and refund fraud schemes to ensure timely issuance of refunds and credits that are legally due to filers, while preventing issuance of refunds and credits that are not legally due to filers. This integrated system shall provide the platform to implement the agency's new business model to meet changing fraud detection needs, and to streamline the business processes. The ability to implement changes in time to counter evolving fraud schemes is highly valued.

Duties: The Case Management Lead (SAS ECM) is responsible for design and implementation of integrated resolution (Case Management) component of Return Review program. The candidate will lead SAS ECM development team members and collaborate with the agency project teams to define and design of the components for the solution. Duties include:

1 – Design and implement integrated resolution solution comprising Case management

2 – Review deliverables and supervise & mentor development team

3 – Analyze user requirements and proposed potential system solutions

4 – Understand and comply with development standards and SDLC to ensure consistency across the business

5 – Collaborate with Client SMEs, IBM team and other vendor teams

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Please note these are the top technical skills that the candidate MUST have. General knowledge of basic office software such as MS Office Suite as well as good communications skills are a given.

1. Expertise with designing and implementing SAS Enterprise Case management (ECM).

a. Expertise with Configuration and support of SAS ECM Metadata (Cases, Incidents, Parties and Financial Items), Configuration and support of reference table values (All lookup tables)

b. Expertise with Setup of User Accounts, Groups, Roles together with SAS Platform Administrator

c. Expertise with Migration of UI Definitions, Properties, Workflows, Scripts for UDF and Case Configurations

d. Development of User Interface Definition Files/Validations, Field Definitions/Validations, and UDF Creation/Maintenance

e. Intimately familiar with the following technologies:

· ECM Metadata (Case, Incident, Party and Financial Type Definitions, etc.)

· ECM User Interface Definitions and the Custom Page Builder

· SAS Workflow Studio and its interaction with the ECM User Interface

· SAS Enterprise Guide, Base SAS/Macros, SAS Platform Metadata, SAS Stored Processes

f. Development/Support of custom user interfaces, Development/Support of interfaces with external Systems, ECM Web Services, and ECM Batch loading process

2. Experience with integrating SAS ECM with Business Objects front end BI tools. Support of customizations to regulatory reporting components

3. Experience leading a SAS ECM development team in all phases of SDLC.

4. Experience with formal/structured SDLC methodology

5. Good oral communication skills.

6. Strong written communication skills.

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

1. Prior Federal agency experience and, an active clearance are a plus

2. Business Objects(BI Reporting) experience

(31) Sr IT Specialist (Location - Lanham MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

Resident Status : Green Card ( lawful Permanent Resident Alien with at least three or more years of U.S. residency )/US Citizen
Clearance: Active MBI Required
Years Experience : 7+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of May 2014 or sooner
Length: 11+ Months (Potential Extension)

Position Description :

This individual will act as the Deployment SME on the project team and will support the review and development of system build strategies, deployment strategies, and deployment models; including, SAN; Oracle 11g Database Server; Java application servers of WebMethods on a cluster configuration environment on top of Linux; the external interface of ETL using Enterprise Informatica Platform on top of Unix and Greenplum.

Duties include:

Develop and maintain deployment scripts and procedures to support building, deploying and integrating database DDLs/Scripts and Java applications in a Redhat Linux environment using VM Ware's Virtual Environment, including J2EE architecture (webMethods, JavaAPI), GreenPum and Informatica.– 50%

Support the review and development of system integration strategies; including, SAN; Oracle 11g Database Server; Java application servers of webMethods on a cluster configuration environment on top of Linux; the external interface of ETL using Enterprise Informatica Platform on top of Unix; Greenplum; disaster recovery considerations – 20%

Develop guidance and solution concepts to solve system and integration issues arising from development, test, performance, and production environments – 20%

Support the review and performance of deployment readiness for production – 10%

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REQUIRED SKILLS:

Please note these are the top technical skills that the candidate MUST have. General knowledge of basic office software such as MS Office Suite as well as good communications skills are a given.

1. GreenPlum and data migration experience is ideal, Unix, Linux, VI, SQL, proficient Shell scripting, able to comprehend DB scripts, analytical, and team player – 5 years

2. Demonstrated deployment experience in Oracle 11g running on Linux, RAC, ASM, backup/restore, and performance tuning – 7 years

3. Demonstrated deployment experience in ETL (Informatica), EMS SAN concepts, Veritas, and EMS SDRF – 7 years

4. Experience as deployment specialist for enterprise application built on top Java, Oracle and Informatics ETL – 7 years

5. In-depth understanding of the software development life cycle for implementing Enterprise level systems – 5 years

6. Current Active Medium Risk MBI clearance on Day 1 to start

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

1. Active Medium Risk MBI clearance

3. Healthcare system experience

4. Oracle 11 g

5. WebMethods

6. Informatica

7. WebSphere

8. Java

(32) Sr. IT Specialist – GreenPlum Tester (Location - Lanham MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

This individual will act as the GreenPlum Tester and lead the development of test cases and execution for the iterative development on project across all the phases of the project.

Duties:

Support the design and development of a test cases to perform environment and system integration validation; including database/backend testing, Greenplum, ETL using Informatica, and web services technology– 40%

Support development and maintenance of unit test cases; test cases and/or user stories; and test reports – 20%

Support performance test execution in development, test, and production environments for each build, sprint, and release in the iterative development lifecycle – 20%

Support the development and maintenance of Defect Reports for development, test, and production environments for each build, sprint, and release in the iterative development lifecycle – 10%

- Attend the daily and weekly SCRUM meetings to track product and defect backlogs. Provide action item lists within 24 hours of attendance – 10%

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Please note these are the top technical skills that the candidate MUST have. General knowledge of basic office software such as MS Office Suite as well as good communications skills are a given.

1. Demonstrated experience with Green Plum and data migration, testing database interfaces and Java application on JBoss , and ETL (information) in a multi release project environment – 7 years

2. Demonstrated experience with proficient SQL writing, Unix, Linux, VI, ETL Informatica workflow analysis and rule validation experience, analytical, and team player. – 7 years

3. Demonstrated experience with back-end testing with along with sound experience in iterative methodologies (Agile/Scrum) – 7 years

4. Demonstrated experience in development and execution of test cases for Unit Testing, System Integration testing and Performance testing - 7 years

5. Expertise in creating testing plan and test case for data warehouse applications including web services testing – 7 years

6. Demonstrated experience in Rational tools (testing and defect management): Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case – 5 Years

7. Ability to write SQL queries in Oracle environment to conduct back-end testing and validation – 7 years

8. In-depth understanding of the software development life cycle for implementing Enterprise level systems – 5 years

9. Current active MBI Clearance on Day 1 to start

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

Please note these are nice to have skills. It does not preclude a candidate who does not possess all or some of these skills from the selection process but this could be used as a differentiator between candidates.

1.     System and data knowledge experience

2.     SOA Test, SOAP Test

3.     Active Medium Risk MBI clearance

4.     Rational Requisite Pro

(33) Sr. IT Specialist – Software Configuration Manager (Location - Lanham MD - Contract )

Industry/business domain -Federal

Resident Status : Green Card ( lawful Permanent Resident Alien with at least three or more years of U.S. residency )/US Citizen
Clearance: Active MBI Required
Years Experience : 8+ Years
Likely Start 2nd week of May 2014 or sooner
Length: 11+ Months (Potential Extension)

Position Description :

This individual will act as the Software Configuration Manager and will support the agency team. Should be proficient in UCM ClearCase source code management such as code merge and branch creation, multiple release source code management, incremental builds experience, Clear Quest skills.

Duties:

Develop and implement source code configuration strategy and policy. Branch and merge source code; establish procedures to effectively manage the functions of change control; and configure and maintain software baseline library using Rational ClearCase– 50%
Support development and maintenance of Configuration Management Reports to document changes and updates to development, test, and production environments for each build, sprint, and release in the iterative development lifecycle – 25%
Generate Configuration Management Reports including CDR code changes resulting from changes to CPE systems, CDR code change that impact CPE systems, CDR code changes that impact other ACA projects, ACA project code changes that impact CDR, Code changes from defects and Change Requests, Linkages and dependencies for all changes– 25%

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Please note these are the top technical skills that the candidate MUST have. General knowledge of basic office software such as MS Office Suite as well as good communications skills are a given.

1. Demonstrated hands-on experience in Software Configuration and change management processes and implementation across different environments (Dev, Test, Prod) – 8 years

2. Demonstrated experience in creating and maintaining UCM and branches for multiple release management in Rational ClearCase – 8 years

3. Very strong skills in Rational Clear implementation for code merging, check-in, check-out, versioning, and administration - 7 years

4. Strong communication skills and able to work across organizations – 7 years

5. In-depth understanding of the software development life cycle for implementing Enterprise level systems – 5 years

6. Experience with Rational Tools – ClearCase, ClearQuest, Rational Team Concert, Infosphere Data Architect, RequisitePro and experience integrating them – 3 years

7. Current Active MBI Clearance on Day 1 to start

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

1. Agency system and data knowledge experience

2. Healthcare system experience

3. Rational Requisite Pro

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