Saturday, April 9, 2011

[itroundtable] Digest Number 2433

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1.

LEAD:  Data Ctr Mgr - CT - $Open

Posted by: "john sampson" jcsspike@yahoo.com   jcsspike

Fri Apr 8, 2011 6:14 am (PDT)



FULL TIME POSITION!!!!!!
SYSTEMS SUPPORT – DATA CENTER OPERATIONS MANAGER
LOCATION: Stamford, CT
SALARY: Open
 
Data center operations manager with extensive hands on experience supporting data enterprise level data center operations.
 
Qualified candidate will possess:
·         At least five years' experience as a technology team manager in a regulated banking environment.
·         At least eight years technical experience supporting an enterprise class data center and server infrastructure in a large organization..
·         Solid project management skills.
·         Solid technical server management skills.  Fast-paced, hands on, doer and results focused.
·         Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the way of formal documentation and status reporting.
 
Specific Skills
·         Familiarity with/hands on experience managing data center operations and capacities from a primary stakeholder perspective with regards to HVAC and power considerations.
·         Familiarity with/hands on experience planning and managing large scale data center moves and new environment deployments.
·         Familiarity with/hands on experience designing and procuring hardware solutions. Strong vendor management required.
·         Familiarity with/hands on knowledge supporting modern HP server hardware coupled with roadmap vision; SUN and Fujitsu a plus.
·         Familiarity with/hands on experience working with an enterprise class SAN infrastructure based on fiber technology; Server to SAN interconnectivity (Qlogic/Emulex HBA).
·         Familiarity with/hands on experience working with an enterprise class storage infrastructure from a resource provisioning perspective (HP EVA).
·         Familiarity with/hands on configuration and deployment of Windows and Linux server operating systems.
·         Familiarity with/hands on knowledge of server deployment technologies (LANDesk/Kickstart).
·         Familiarity with/hands on support for virtual computing and deployment technologies; VMWare.
·         Working knowledge of networking and active directory technologies.
·         SQL query for the purpose of report building.
·         Experience with data center management software.
·         HP SIM a plus.
 
Responsibilities:
·         Function as frontline manager for a three to six person data center operations team.
·         Maintain team schedule and perform annual performance assessments.
·         Report weekly to support manager of all planned activities and project statuses.
·         Maintain strong integration with the Production Support team; take advantage of a streamlined workflow.
·         Develop strong working relationships with local technical teams in satellite offices to support hands data center work assignments in those locations.
·         Development of process and procedural enhancements to support increased team productivity.
·         Maintain and enhance internal customer focus ensuring infrastructures alignment to help meet overall business goals.
·         Responsible for the daily hardware support of all physical server and storage systems currently deployed.
·         Responsible for the daily backup tape environment maintenance and physical rotation for offsite pickup and delivery.
·         Work effectively with the development and engineering teams to ensure accurate and timely deployment of all hardware changes (MAC). Includes hosting the weekly Logistics meeting as well as maintaining the Logistics report to be available on demand and up to date.
·         Interface effectively with the critical systems team (facilities) to ensure adherence to all data center change standards.
·         Support all facilities sponsored data center changes. (Moves, localized power work and DC power downs).
·         Maintain and enhance server build procedural documentation and checklists. Establish build validation methodology ensuring the pre-production accuracy of each system  Conduct regular internal build audits and respond to official audit requests.
·         Interface with the purchasing department to maintain hardware maintenance contracts and to work through all current/planned hardware spend.
·         Responsible for server inventory accuracy and data quality. Includes coordinating the efforts of various technology groups to enhance reporting.
·         Support benchmark lab environment and coordinate tests as requested. Work with supported vendors to secure "demo" hardware to ensure team currency on latest hardware trends.
·         Take ownership of all data center operations documentation; Review and enhance in line with the infrastructure documentation standard.
 
Additional Requirements:
·         Availability to operate with a flexible work schedule. Includes some evening and weekends as required.
·         Travel to remote data centers for regular onsite inspections.
 
Day in the life:
·         8:00 AM – review previous nights e-mail and follow up on urgent issues
·         8:30 AM – review teams open tickets and work assignments
·         9:00 AM – follow up on outstanding SAC side RFI's/Escalations
·         9:30 AM – update build report with current days information
·         10:30 AM – work through hardware environment design and purchase scenarios
·         10:30 AM – Weekly item: host build report review meeting with stakeholders
·         12:00 PM – lunch
·         1:00 PM – Ad hoc requests
·         2:00 PM – Meeting (various)
·         3:00 PM – attend the production change review meeting
·         3:30 PM – attend the SAC/Support PC review meeting and verify task ownership, planning and overall preparedness
·         3:30 PM – 5:30 PM – work on DC operations projects
 
Overriding duty:
·         Be available for support escalations around technical and procedural issues/concerns
·         Be available for outage response scenarios (compromised data center, exchange outage…etc)
 
Logistics project examples:
·         Contract management
o   We need to take ownership from engineering
o   We need all hardware under contract or in a living contract exclude document
o   We need to bring all hardware contracts under a single data source
o   Potentially, once above is accomplished, we need to expand to all infrastructure support contracts
·         Build enhancements
o   We need to look at other methods for faster, more modular delivery
o   Build checklist needs to be moved online with a database back end
·         Hardware benchmarking
o   Need to revive out efforts
o   We need to explore the use of VM's in production as a real hardware spend alternative
o   We need to reengage our vendors and continue with our hands on testing versus smaller market companies (Game PC server versus HP/IBM/SUN (Oracle)/Fujitsu)
o   Need to open up to non-server hardware benchmarking
·         HP SIM (PSP)
o   We need a regular PSP upgrade cycle in line with OS patching
 
 
 
Thank you,
 
Robert Gilbert
Sr. Recruiter
ITG Staffing
237 West 35th Street, Suite 303
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tel: 212-239-2890/ Fax: 212-239-2893
RobertG@ITGStaffing.net
 

MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates:

April 12th - Tues Reg Mtg - 6 pm - Berman Larson Kane Offices, Paramus - DO NOT use GPS for directions - Bring 15 copies of your resume
2.

LEAD:  Tech Program Mgr - NJ - to 660/day

Posted by: "john sampson" jcsspike@yahoo.com   jcsspike

Fri Apr 8, 2011 6:18 am (PDT)



Title: Technical Program Manager
Bill Rate:: $630.00/Day on w2 or $660/day on IC
Position Type: Contract
Location: Warren, NJ
Only CTZ/GC/EAD Holder

Description:
Princeton Information is seeking a  Technical Project Manager for the following
The ideal candidate will have:
- Hands on experience with Java, UNIX and Oracle DB
- Ability  to write simple to complex SQLs for Oracle database. Is required
- Min. 6 yrs business experience with a top tier financial services firm with demonstrated track record of success with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent business exp.
- Min. 3 yrs experience in relevant project management/coordination practices.
- Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills including the ability to effectively synthesize operational, risk, business and technical issues.
- Proven ability to multitask and work under pressure
- Expertise in the analysis and implementation of technology solutions.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with off-shore project and resource management
- 5+ yrs of software design and development exp.
 
 
Thank you,
 
Kalpana
100 Harborside Financial Center, 11th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311
201-604-9900
201-604-3332
 

MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates:

April 12th - Tues Reg Mtg - 6 pm - Berman Larson Kane Offices, Paramus - DO NOT use GPS for directions - Bring 15 copies of your resume
3.

LEAD: Business Analyst -- Contract with Major Financial Firm in NYC

Posted by: "Ann Bergquist" annber55@yahoo.com   annber55

Fri Apr 8, 2011 11:28 am (PDT)



Please contact the recruiter directly.
 
Ann Bergquist
http://www.linkedin.com/in/annbergquist

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:08:24 -0400
From: jobied@diversant.com
To: annber@hotmail.com
Subject: Business Analyst -- Contract with Major Financial Firm in NYC

04/08/11 2:02 PM
Greetings,
My name is Jason Obiedzinski and I'm a Recruiter at Diversant LLC.  You've received this email because the skills in your resume matched our search criteria for a Business Analyst in our database.  It is possible that you may not be best suited for this particular position, but we have multiple positions available in all areas and levels of IT where you may be interested and better suited. 

Please respond if you are qualified, available, interested, planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest in working with us as we have an excellent referral program.

Below is the job description to which I am referring for a current job opening located in NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
  
Description: 

An opportunity exists for a dynamic, quick learning individual with solid analytical and communications skills to analyze business requirements for mission critical projects in support of the Bank's diverse business needs.

Area Overview
The Program Management Office (PMO) is the Technology Services Group's (TSG) primary customer facing organization. It is made up of five groups including Project Management. The Project Management group provides a single point of focus for the management of development and technology projects. The group is accountable for all aspects of projects across all phases, through implementation, as well as across all parties contributing to projects. PMO has formed a centralized team of business technology analysts. The projects to which the selected candidate will be assigned will be based on the candidate's business analysis experience and businesses previously supported.
The PMO is seeking candidates for Business Technology Analyst for projects within its Fedwire and Markets portfolios. These projects are to enhance critical applications for the settlement of wholesale banking payments as well as supporting the analysis of such data. The candidates must be able to work closely with developers to understand the current applications and system interfaces to ensure business designs satisfy the business needs. Software development background is preferred.
The Business Analyst works closely with the various teams on application projects from inception to completion. It is the Business Analyst's responsibility to understand, document, and track the business needs and requirements throughout the project life-cycle.
The Business Analyst will facilitate and participate in internal work sessions as well as JAD sessions with stakeholder to elicit and analyze requirements, create functional specifications, wired frames, user scenarios, process flow diagrams and other business design artifacts based on internal process. The Business Analyst must have a strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and foster communication between technical and non-technical audiences ensuring technology solutions fulfill the business needs.

Job Responsibilities
• Work with stakeholders to help them understand their requirements within the scope of a project. Elicit requirements, brainstorm business process enhancements, analyze existing business documentation, observe existing business operations, and facilitate focus groups.
• Develop business design documents, models, and diagrams for verification by stakeholders including business users, developers, and testers. The business design includes functional designs to describe how users will interface with a system and non-functional requirements such as response time, contingency, and throughput requirements. Document the business design in a testable and unambiguous form by working closely with the developers and testers.
• Analyze requirements to identify additional requirements that can be derived from what the users specified. Identify and resolve inconsistencies in requirements and business designs.
• Communicate requirements and business designs, resolve conflicts, facilitate requirements prioritization, and gain formal approval.
• Maintain traceability between business design and requirements. Identify, track, and resolve defects in requirements and business designs.
• Perform analysis on change requests to help determine their impact on the project.
• Act as primary requirements go-to person during the designing, development and system testing of projects
• Review system test plans and test cases to verify that they thoroughly and accurately test the system.
• Provides direction and mentoring to other business analysts or project analysts in performing activities for business analysis and design.
• May assist in developing GUI standards or business analysis processes.

Job Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in business or IT related field.
• Typically at least 7 or more years of experience in business analysis
• Working knowledge of applications for the settlement of banking payments or funds transfers is preferred
• Software development background is preferred
• Excellent listening and observation skills
• Excellent interviewing and questioning skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong ability to facilitate meetings
• Flawless writing skills
• Modeling skills; ability to define processes and workflows
• Ability to teach and present material
• Strong business knowledge
• Good planning and organizational skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Quick in learning and adapting to new projects with minimal supervision
• Creativity
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Proficient in Visio
• Working knowledge of screen mockup or wire frame
• Experience using SharePoint is a plus
 
 
**GREENCARD AND U.S. CITIZENS ONLY**

Thank you.
Note: Please allow me to reiterate that I chose to contact you either because your resume had been posted to one of the internet job sites to which we subscribe, or you had previously submitted your resume to Diversant. I assumed that you are either looking for a new employment opportunity, or you are interested in investigating the current job market.
If you are not currently seeking employment, or if you would prefer I contact you at some later date, please indicate your date of availability so that I may honor your request. In any event, I respectfully recommend you continue to avail yourself to the employment options and job market information we provide with our e-mail notices.
 
 
**PLEASE RESPOND WITH YOUR MOST UPDATED RESUME IN A WORD DOCUMENT** 

Thanks again.
 
Jason Obiedzinski

Diversant.
jobied@diversant.com
www.diversant.com 
4.

LEAD: Research/Reporting BA/PM in NYC

Posted by: "Ann Bergquist" annber55@yahoo.com   annber55

Fri Apr 8, 2011 11:31 am (PDT)



Please contact the recruiter (I have never worked with this company) directly.
 
From  Ann Bergquist
http://www.linkedin.com/in/annbergquist

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:42:45 -0400
From: drew.donato@advantageresourcing.com
To: annber@hotmail.com
Subject: Research/Reporting BA/PM in NYC

04/08/11 11:30 AM

Dear Ann,
 
I came across your resume on one of the job boards. I am currently recruiting for a project manager/business analystfor a 6 month contract position in NYC. The target pay rate for the IDEAL candidate is $575/professional day. I have included a job description below. If you feel you are a fit for this position, please reply to this email with the latest MS Word version of your resume. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
 
 
 Brokerage is seeking an experienced Project Manager / Business Analyst to lead the implementation of critical technology initiatives for the Research division. This position will be part of the Technology Management team focusing on projects related to Research content creation, approval, distribution, and regulatory rules. This role requires a candidate with a background in investment Research and/or publishing and content management systems. The successful candidate will provide end-to-end project management from requirements gathering and analysis, through implementation, and post implementation support. The candidate will also be responsible for defining business requirements, interacting with Analyst teams, clients, developers, and Research Management.
 
Please consider the following points:
 

Research experience is most important.  We will accept If media/publishing industry working on publishing systems in lieu of someone without direct Research experience. 

This position requires a blend of business analysis and project management 

The main focus of this position is the publishing and distribution of research reports 
Sincerely,
Drew Donato
Advantage Technical Resourcing

(212) 269-1140 Ext.1509
drew.donato@advantageresourcing.com

Visit us at www.hirethinking.com

 Note: I chose to contact you because your resume had been posted to one of the internet job sites to which we subscribe, or you had previously submitted your resume to Advantage Technical Resourcing.   If you are not currently seeking employment, or if you would prefer I contact you at some later date, please indicate your date of availability so that I may honor your request.  We respect your privacy, so if you would rather choose to be removed from our mailing list, please use the "opt out" link attached.
5.

FW: Senior IT Openings - Pharmaceutical Industry

Posted by: "John Rechenberg" jar1@optimum.net   john_rechenberg

Fri Apr 8, 2011 6:17 pm (PDT)





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Subject: Senior IT Openings - Pharmaceutical Industry

Date: 4/8/11 5:26:02 PM

From: "Attolon Partners"

Senior IT Openings – Pharmaceutical Industry

We have been engaged to assist our client, a publicly-traded
biopharmaceutical company, in their search for two senior IT professionals.
Corporate headquarters are located in the Western Philadelphia suburbs. The
Company has been experiencing tremendous growth over the last few years and,
due to anticipated future growth, is looking to hire the following
positions:

• Senior Application Developer (Operations) . The ideal candidate will
have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a leadership capacity on
mid-large software development initiatives and will have hands-on on
development experience with DOT.NET, Java, HTML and reporting languages
(SQL, Crystal Reports).

• IT Security and Network Engineer . The ideal candidate will have a
minimum of 4-6 years experience with firewalls, intrusion detection and
intrusion prevention technologies, and other security devices and tools.
Strong experience with networking technologies (LAN/WAN, WIFI) and
networking protocols (IP, TCP/IP) is a must.

A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline is
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Compensation for the positions will be competitive, consisting of a base
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6.

FW: NYExUG - April Meeting Announcement - Cloud Proofing your job po

Posted by: "John Rechenberg" jar1@optimum.net   john_rechenberg

Fri Apr 8, 2011 6:29 pm (PDT)



_____

From: announce@nyexug.com [mailto:announce@nyexug.com]
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 1:45 PM
To: 'announce@nyexug.com'
Subject: NYExUG - April Meeting Announcement - Cloud Proofing your job
position

Hello All,

Our April meeting is around the corner. Presentation will be a
how-to protect and defend against the marketing juggernaut of the "cloud"
(cloud proof your job). Things have changed, so do not be too concerned
about the cloud being a threat. There is a silverlining to this presentation
by Ben Serebin (REEF Solutions).

For those who attended the Techstravaganza conference, the slides
are up in this posting on Bob
<http://blogs.technet.com/b/bobh/archive/2011/03/28/techstravaganza-event-sl
ides-available-here.aspx> Hunts blog, so check them out. They are very rich
with technical content (e.g. HA deck has 61 pages of goodness in it). We had
some amazing Exchange speakers presenting (I think better than all the other
tracks), so I strongly recommend reviewing them even if you didn't attend.
We'll be discussing some of the knowledge at upcoming meetings since many of
you did not attend.

This Month's NYExUG Meeting RSVP deadline by Mon 4pm EST (free - includes
pizza dinner & raffles)

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=154985

Meeting Date/Time

Tue, 4/12. Doors open at 6pm, meeting starts at 6:30pm. Meeting location
details below.

Upcoming Meetings - 2nd Tue of every month

Apr - How to Cloud Proof Your Job (Ben Serebin, REEF Solutions)

May - TBA

June - Vendor demo on an Exchange 2010 migration software solution

This Month's Meeting Topic

The "cloud" was previously a term to outsource, but the message has recently
changed. So, the tide is turning on what the cloud is, how you interact with
it, cost effectiveness of it, and much more. Come to the meeting and learn
more. CCOs (Chief Cloud Officers) are not permitted to attend.

Speaker

Ben Serebin of REEF Solutions has been involved in IT for almost 15 years.
He is the president and owner of REEF Solutions, a network & wireless
consulting firm that brings reliable, effective, efficient, and forward
thinking technology solutions to startups, financial firms, and educational
organizations. His firm specializes in Exchange Server and evolving startups
into larger well established companies by maximizing their use of technology
with excellent return on investment. He recently joined the board of a
social networking startup, poppt.com (an online tool for self-promoting and
connecting artists). 8 years ago, he was elected and continues to serve on
the board of trustees and is treasurer of NYCwireless.net, a non-profit that
is very active in the wireless hotspot space. With the little free time
left, he founded in 2005, and continues to run, the first and only NY area
Microsoft Exchange User Group (nyexug.com). Sleep is not part of his bio.

Question of the Month

Q) For Exchange 2010 DAG (HA), does the witness server need to be an
Exchange Server?

A) Discussed at meeting and posted online

Previous Question of the Month

Q) What upcoming [March 2011] free NYC based event will keynote a Senior
Technical Product Manager with Microsoft's Exchange Server group (Adam
Glick)?

A) Answer
<http://www.nyexug.com/question-of-the-month-archive/march-2011-question-of-
the-month/>

Find previous meetings information & upcoming events on our website:
<http://www.nyexug.com/> www.nyexug.com

See you at the meeting,

-Ben Serebin

NYExUG Partner Sponsor - Kemp Technologies

Intelligent, high-performance yet affordable Application Delivery
Controllers and Server Load Balancer appliances. Load Balance your Exchange
2010 Servers using a hardware appliance or virtual machine solution from
Kemp Technologies <http://www.kemptechnologies.com/us/> or
http://www.kemptechnologies.com

Finally there is an application delivery optimization solution that combines
performance with affordability. KEMP Technologies - a leading provider of
Server Load Balancers and Application Delivery Controllers since 2000 -
offers a full suite of cost-effective, purpose-built products to meet your
web and application traffic management needs.

Future Meetings Ideas - your suggestions are wanted

- Deciphering SMTP logs.

Meeting Location
You MUST RSVP to gain access to the building.

Microsoft NYC Office

6th Floor, in the Place Conference Room (at receptionist, go left, right,
and left down hall)

The meetings occur every 2nd Tuesday of every Month. All meetings are held
at Microsoft, 1290 Avenue of the Americas (between 51st/52nd) in New York.

Interested in Speaking
- Speakers can be Exchange Admins, Network Admins, and anyone knowledge-able
of Exchange. Topics could be highlighting a certain aspect of Exchange (e.g.
X400, Connectors, RUS, Storage Groups, Shared Hosting, etc), a product you
use in your organization that is extremely helpful in increasing your
productivity. If in doubt, email me, Ben Serebin. Email address below.

Interesting Sponsoring a Meeting or Topic

- contact me for more information on this.

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