Friday, November 10, 2006

Program Manager in Dallas, TX

Genesis10 is a business and technology consulting company specializing in project management, business analysis, business transformation and large-scale systems infrastructure and application integration. Genesis10 services a variety of industries including banking and financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and more.

At Genesis10, we recognize that our consultants are our most powerful resource. Selecting only the most talented and experienced consultants provides our clients with the best the industry has to offer. We take pride in attracting the world's finest business and technology consultants.

Genesis10 is always seeking top talent for Program Manager in the Dallas area. We sell what you do everyday!

General Description:

Opportunities for Program Managers that have experience as leaders of major initiatives within business and IT. Primary accountability is to ensure the accomplishment of business objectives through the successful execution of programs and projects. Accordingly, program managers will be accountable for designing, leading, and delivering work efforts aligned to strategic and corporate priorities. Additionally, partner with senior executives to ensure business needs are well understood, resources are appropriately allocated across all corporate initiatives, and to coordinate major initiatives with business unit and operational priorities.

Must have the ability to lead and manage multiple projects. Must have portfolio management, resource allocation experience. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, keep reading! Experience: Required Experience/Skills:

- Strong ability to organize and marshall organizational resources.
- 7+ years IT & Business Project & Program Management.
- Experience managing at least 2 major programs across multiple divisions in excess of $5,000,000 and/or in excess of 12 months in duration.
- Program-level risk, financial and delivery management.

- Full life cycle project management (Develop project plan, budget through project closing).
- Excellent problem solving, presentation and leadership skills.
- Ability to comprehend, analyze and communicate the "big picture" to others.
- Manages multiple changing priorities.
- Requires excellent analytical ability, facilitative, consultative, communication skills, and strong judgment.
- Provides Thought Leadership to client.
- Ability to manage managers.
- Deals well with ambiguity.
- Able to enlist support of cross function teams in large organizations.
- Thrives in complex organizations.
- Local Candidates Preferred.

Preferred Experience/Skills:

- C - level leadership experience.

Specific Industry/Tools:

- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Financial Services, Mortgage, Banking
- Airline
- Infrastructure
- Data Warehousing
- Structured methodology experience (RUP, PMP, etc)
- MS Project, Niku, Clarity, Primavera, Agile

About Dallas:

Living up to its slogan-"Live Large, Think Big"-Dallas, Texas is the Southwest's leading business and financial center, a bustling city built on the dreams of cattlemen and oil prospectors.

Vibrant and rich, the Dallas area is comprised of a surprisingly diverse collection of communities and districts, from historic squares to stately mansions to sprawling suburbs to shimmering downtown skyscrapers to a thriving telecommunications corridor.

With its combination of big-city sophistication and a distinctively Western flavor, the "Big D" has just about everything-world-class museums, restaurants, night life, amusement parks and shopping, as well as major-league sports, including baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and soccer.

Benefits:

- Vacation
- Paid Holidays, personal days, sick days
- Medical & Dental Insurance
- 401K
- Disability, AD&D
- Life Insurance

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Desktop Support Technician in Dallas, TX

This senior-level professional is a seasoned individual producer who applies an advanced, in-depth knowledge of technical concepts, practices and procedures. Incumbents are fully competent to work on complex assignments and perform a full range of technical support activities. The incumbent may act as a member of quick-response user-support team and will often work under demanding deadlines, operating independently to resolve complex end-user problems. Errors will likely cause visible delay, expense and/or disruption to the end-user. May act as a functional/team leader. Individuals must be able to use mature judgment in assigning personnel without causing unnecessary delay to client.

REPRESENTATIVE PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties require a variety of strong computing, data communication and telecommunication skills, familiarity with various diverse operating environments, applications and equipment, and will vary depending upon the end-user(s) serviced.

Researches, tests, evaluates, and recommends technology, platform, network systems and/or other related services.

Tests and evaluates hardware and software to determine efficiency, reliability, and compatibility with existing system , using various types of equipment.

Conducts surveys to determine user needs.

Analyzes test data and recommends hardware or software for purchase.

May design and develop complex software interface programs.

May write technical specifications to send to vendors for bid.

Assists users to identify and solve complex data and/or voice or other communication problems.

Develops and writes procedures for installation, use, and

Responsibilities may encompass: operating systems programming, LAN administration, hardware and software technical support analysis, communications and network systems analysis, configuration management, general end-user support and training, microsystems analysis, data security analysis, software quality assurance and testing, office automation, network operations, information systems auditing, production control analysis, and technical library support.

Senior level may provide functional guidance for tasks or individuals.

Participates with others in technical proposal process.

May assist others during technical presentations to ACS management and/or clients. Experience: See To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Tester in Dallas, TX

Create, Execute, Validate User Acceptance Test Scenarios, and cases for all Change Requests (CR) and Incident Reports (IR) per System Requirements. Create Incident Reports for all test failures. Complete functional testing, Partner with teammates to build datapoints for other testing teams.

Experience: Must supply own PC/Must have strong PC skills/Must have DSL or Broadband connection

Ability to communicate effectively to different personalities, abilities, backgrounds (not everyone has telephony or IT experience), and cultures. Must be independent worker with self motivatating skillsMulti-tasking Skills. Ability to work within several applications at one time, communicating across levels and departments with knowledge. Familiar with testing processes/priorities change frequently. Must be able to change gears at moments notice and recognize when priorities are shifting. Documentation - Detailed documentation is necessary for reporting purposes, and to troubleshoot future, similar scenarios. Ability to be assertive, in a productive manner, and take lead of conference calls that have many different subjects and influences being communicated.

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Network Administrator (Job #6158) in Dallas, TX

SMARTSOURCE a Nationwide Staffing Firm is currently looking for Network Administrator for one of its Partners an IT Solutions Company.

Location: Dallas, TX

Project Description - Will be responsible for Essilor Network and WIRELESS LAN/WAN admin duties with the rest of the team.
Customer managed
Network Admin
Needs to understand hardware, network, remote, routers, switches and wireless

Skill Set - Needs to have 2-3yrs of Networking experience ( CISCO savvy; no certs needed ); Needs to be well-seasoned if there are no certs.

Please apply online or email yor resume to:
Cari Castillo

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Senior Developer in Dallas, TX

Responsibilities include application support and development. Typical responsibilities can include: full life cycle development; provide development support for all components of specific applications; provide primary support on application related issues; develop/maintain system documentation; provide application related support to external users; analysis of existing code and business requirements. The application developer's responsibilities will include business requirement gathering, systems design, some database design, custom application development, report writing, testing and deployment

Required Qualifications:
EDUCATION

  • Position requires a BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent
    TECHNICAL SKILLS
  • Must have experience working on projects from conceptual design to implementation. Six plus years experience designing and coding software solutions with relevant technologies, specifically Visual Basic, C# and SQL Server. Minimum two years proven experience in C#.NET and ASP.NET programming. Minimum five years proven experience in Visual Basic programming. Strong working knowledge of MS SQL Server (database design and stored procedures) ASP, HTML, Javascript, VB Script, XML, Crystal Reports. Knowledgeable in the configuration of Internet Information Server (IIS).
    PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS:
  • MS Project knowledge a must.
  • Experience in object oriented analysis and design, UML, Visio and Source Safe.
    NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS:
  • Strong business and technical writing skills as well as oral communication skills to present abstract and complex problems and solutions in terms that are understandable by the users. Ability to multi-task in a dynamic working environment. Must be able to work independently with limited amount of supervision. Must be able to adapt to changing priorities and quickly learn new software applications.



    Job ID: 43505
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  • Desktop Support Manager in Dallas, TX

    This is a senior-level professional, a seasoned individual producer and/or working task leader who applies a comprehensive and in-depth working knowledge of financial/business concepts, policies, practices, processes and procedures to the most complex range of assignments. Incumbents work independently, with general guidance of management. Errors at this level can cause significant delay, expense and/or disruption to the organization. Position involves frequent, regular interaction with all levels of ACS' operations/project management and staff. Prepares and maintains management control (financial/business planning and scheduling) systems for moderately-complex contracts, programs, projects, and/or tasks to determine and maintain the most cost effective method of accomplishing work, identify and mitigate risks, etc., and/or exercises working supervision over subordinate staff performing same.

    REPRESENTATIVE PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

    Performs following in support of a large, sensitive, or complex contract, program, or project and/or exercises working supervision over subordinate staff performing any or all of the following:

    Assists in the preparation of an operations plan that is in compliance with the cost proposal and contract specifications.

    Develops management control requirements for designated contracts, programs, projects and/or tasks. Analyzes and reviews all cost (time, materials, equipment, et al.) information and data to ensure all phases of the statement-of-work are included.

    Assists in the implementation of management control systems including basic design of associated software.

    Sets-up and maintains project codes for contract billing. May prepare or oversee preparation of client invoicing for all reimbursable items.

    Reviews purchase requisitions, time-reporting and labor charges, etc. against the budget, resolves discrepancies and initiates corrections as required.

    May prepare procurement documentation as required. Verifies the general ledger to task burdening reports, makes adjustments to the general ledger, etc., coordinating with ACS' headquarters staff as required.

    May maintain various databases for designated contracts, programs, and projects.

    Provides assistance to ACS' technical/operations staff, coordinating efforts with ACS' contracts/subcontracts, corporate accounting and human resource staffs to assess impact of contract change notices, engineering change proposals, etc.

    Monitors the status of program schedules and tracks all funds associated with the contract, program, or project, e.g., direct labor, subcontractors, and temporary labor, etc.

    Assesses the financial impact of project status to budget.

    Prepares completion cost estimates and projections on funding requirements, indicated final costs, and other planned and ad hoc reports.

    Prepares miscellaneous associated reports, charts and graphs on program, project or contract status and makes presentations to management keep them apprised.

    May assist functional management in the performance of special assignments and projects in support of ACS' strategic planning efforts.

    May be designated as an Equal Opportunity contact to assist ACS in achieving a successful Affirmative Action Program. Experience: See To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here