2015-08-14

Hi,

Hope you are doing well,

Please go through requirements, send resumes to Nitya@techstargroup.com , 972-497-2508.

IBM BPM consultant,

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

Service Support of IER and future support of Orchestration and communication solution information.

Development skill:

WPS & IBM BPM Process Application development Tools and technology

(BPEL, BPD, BPMN, IBM Integration designer, SOAP, BPC, Process designer, Process Admin console, Process inspector, java script, Dojo 1.7.2, SQL Statements, IBM BPM custom dashboard, Java scripts).

Process automation web sphere process server software support-client server-sa

1. Problem solving skills, on-call support

2. Able to resolve incident tickets with the SLA

3. Technical knowledge on tools and technology (BPEL, BPO,BPMN,IBM integration designer, SOAP, BPC, Process designer, Process Admin console, process inspector, java script, Dojo 1.7.2, SQL statements, IBM BPM custom dashboards, java scrip

4. Proper coding standards are followed and development techniques are being used in effort.

Other Reqs

Req 1)

Scrum Master

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

Scrum Master:

Looking for candidate to join and lead a team where members are responsible initially for the project delivery of an agent-facing software, Agency Suite of Tools (AST).

AST is leveraging a Scaled Agile Framework environment (SAFe) methodologies.

Job responsibilities include:

* Understand and coach the Development Team in Agile/Scrum practices

* Help the Development Team to create high-value products

* Remove impediments to the Development Team's progress

* Facilitate Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Scrum Meeting, Retrospectives, Demos) as needed.

* Understand the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team and help the team meet those commitments

* Manage the sprint backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity and tasks Also, candidate needs to demonstrate strong decision-making skills, possess high initiative, extremely well organized, good interpersonal, and a commitment to quality. This is an opportunity to lead, share knowledge, experiences, and be involved in a fast paced and highly successful team environment.

Skills:

-Understands the big picture when it comes to agency business model

-Ability to anticipate and solve problems

-Strong interpersonal skills

-Ability to multi-task, prioritize work and focus on the most important assignments

-Ability to work self-directed and results driven

-Ability to work effectively in a team environment, including leading the team

Req 2)

Cognos Developer with TM1 Exp Must,

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

This is an immediate resource need.

The component has project and service work that can begin now.

The team is currently at capacity and the request for an external resource to fill the gap is needed as soon as possible.

Role: Cognos Developer is responsible for development, testing, implementation and support of Cognos and TM1 Solutions.

Responsibilities

· Develop, test, implement, and support Cognos and TM1 applications / cubes in support of business needs

· Serve as a Cognos and/or TM1 developer on projects.

· Provide design input in order to develop robust Cognos and TM1 applications.

· Understand the requirements and translate that into technical processes.

Key Skills/Competencies

· Experience on Cognos and TM1 with one full cycle of implementation.

· Experience in supporting Cognos and TM1 applications.

· Experience in working with Lead Cognos Developer in developing Cognos and TM1 solutions

· DW and OLAP tools experience will be an advantage.

· Experience in cube design, and OLAP application design using IBM TM1

· Experience/knowledge of Cognos and TM1 Rules and TM1 processes

· Experience/knowledge in using Cognos and TM1 in conjunction with Data Warehouse

· Strong problem solving skills

· Ability to work within a team environment

Team Responsibilities

· Attend daily team huddle meetings.

· Understand impact of project development work on service.

· Understand the impact of service incidents and/or problem records on in flight project work.

· Develop, test, and implement Cognos and TM1 components in applicable environments.

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues

Req 3)

Business Architect

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

7 Positions

This is one of 5 requests for external resources in the business architect role.

We are requesting resources with an intermediate skill level, who are on the ratecard.

Key responsibiilties are;

· Facilitates the identification and documentation of business architecture throughout the business case life-cycle to meet enterprise needs, including strategic architecture activities and coordinating and executing the transition and ongoing management of business architecture

· Takes ownership/stewardship of enterprise business architecture vision and direction, providing communication and education

· Communicates business needs to develop integrated solutions across business areas and Systems

· Effectively utilizes business architecture tools Understands and complies with business architecture standards and practices

· Facilitates the development of business architecture

· May assume a leadership role on business architecture efforts

· Demonstrates proficiency in using State Farm business architecture tools

· Demonstrates business acumen

· Navigates the State Farm organization to complete assignments

· May create communication strategies and gather appropriate information to develop communications targeted to a broad audience

· Demonstrates ability to prioritize and handle multiple work assignments

· Applies standards and practices to the development of business architect deliverables

Req 4)

Project Coordinator,

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

This PAR is for a Full time Project Coordinator for CSIR Program projects.

Resource should be have the ability/experience to coordinate project work.

This includes, but is not limited to, acting as liaison/coordinator between teams/areas/departments and projects by understanding the technicalities of the project, Coordinates project activities, and development of training and/or certain types of communication documents.

Project documentation, including charters, status reporting & risk/issues/dependencies.

Skills Needed:

* Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

* Excel Report design

* Visio

* SharePoint Use

* Facilitation

* Communication Structure and Strategy

- Development and Management of processes

- Quality Assurance and Control

- Defect Management

- Coordinate team, component or program work including dashboards, scorecards, utilization reports budget work and research planning

- Other Project coordination tools as needed

Competencies:

* Strong written and verbal communication Skills

* Ability to manage a diverse workload

* Ability to assess new requests and match them to team members who have both the skills to complete the work and the capacity

* Ability to quickly assess new request for priority and make adjustments to current team workload to ensure priority work is completed

* Ability to create standard team practices where needed to ensure consistent service

* Ability to track and monitor multiple work requests

* Ability to direct and lead the work of others.

* Highly accountable to assigned work - producing high quality deliverables and meeting deadlines

Req 5)

Network Admin - 22251,

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

The IP Services Component employees highly-skilled, specialized analysts to service IP Address Management (IPAM) for the entire Enterprise Network.

This includes 3rd Level design, engineering, and support of DNS schemes, DHCP schemes, TCP/IP, BIND, WINS, and IPAM hardware/appliance administration.

The detailed job requirements are outlined below:

IPAM Support

- Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Active Directory

- In depth knowledge of BIND, DNS, DHCP, and WINS for troubleshooting and performing root cause analysis

- In depth knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol

- Create and maintain SMS issuances for TCP/IP Configurations, Application Configurations, and Windows OS Registry modifications Scripting and Automation

- Intermediate to Advanced scripting skills for Linux/Windows (i.e. Perl, Shell, JavaScript, PHP) and web development essential for automated process and integration support

- Develop automation to be integrated with Cloud automation tools, load balancers, and IPAM using API and REST

- Work with other groups to automate processes

- Provide support for automation and production tool infrastructure

- Create technical documentation for automated tools

- Knowledge of databases (i.e. Oracle, DB2, MS SQL, MySQL)

- Intermediate to Advanced Knowledge of Linux and Windows Product Support

- In depth product knowledge and first-hand experience on design and configuration of Lucent VitalQIP, Lucent DHCP, and Lucent DNS products

- In depth product knowledge and first-hand experience on design and configuration of Infoblox DHCP and DNS products including Grid Master and 4000 Series design, feature, and configuration management

- Make configuration changes to DNS and DHCP services

- Make configuration changes to VitalQIP and Infoblox configuration files

- Push DNS/DHCP configurations to servers

- Administration of QIP and Infoblox security groups and users (build, create, assign, bind, and delete subnets)

- Create and manage DHCP templates OS Experience

- In depth knowledge and experience with support and administration of Windows Server 2008 DNS servers

- In depth knowledge and experience with support and administration of Red Hat Linux DNS servers

- Experience with support and administration of HP-UX DNS servers IP and Infrastructure Security

- Knowledge and experience with various encryption technologies including but not limited to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IP Security (IPSEC) Design and Engineering

- Provide input for DNS, DHCP, and WINS infrastructure design modifications for Infoblox IPAM appliance environment

- In depth knowledge and experience on design and configuration of Windows 2008 WINS servers to provide NETBIOS name resolution General 3rd Level Support and Operations

- Create knowledge items for new/recurring incidents/problems

- Knowledge of project methodology

- Responsible for the stability, functionality, and protection of State Farm's DNS, DHCP, and WINS infrastructure

- Research, evaluate, recommend, and document new products, processes, workflows and procedures for the DNS, DHCP, and WINS infrastructure

- Evaluate, recommend, and document modifications to existing products, processes, workflows and procedures to better meet Enterprise needs

- Troubleshoot any DNS/DHCP/WINS problem calls from business partners daily

- Provide 24/7 service to all business areas including Systems Test Center and private Forest (environment) owners including ICP/Technical Platform

- Assist internal and external business partners with problem resolution for IPAM

- Develop and administer customized training for business partners on IPAM technology

Req 6)

Network Engineer,

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

Task Description:

REQUIRED SKILLS/QUALITIES:

· Significant experience in supporting network firewalls and application firewalls

· Significant experience in TCP/IP networking, including network design and troubleshooting.

· 1 to 2 years experience in network sniffers and packet analysis.

· 1 to 2 years experience in general security.

DESIRED SKILLS/QUALITIES:

· Experience in a Linux operating systems.

· Experience in supporting Palo Alto and CheckPoint firewalls and IPS.

· Experience in scripting languages such as Shell and Perl.

· Strong customer service and results focus.

· Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

· Strong problem resolution and decision making skills.

· Working both independently and in a team environment.

· Ability to handle competing priorities.

· Able to consult other Business areas.

· Sound decision-making ability regarding matters of moderate to high complexity and importance.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to solve complex problems logically and systematically

· Self-motivated; Ability to work independently on matters of moderate to high complexity and importance with only broad direction.

· High technical aptitude.

· Knowledge Needs:

Need to Have:

- Troubleshooting skills –

- Understand basics of IP addressing and general networking concepts

- General understanding of Firewall policy management and intrusion prevention

- Experience and/or knowledge of network security technologies

- Knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals is desired

-Experience of Load balancing technologies

-Experience with network sniffer software desirable

Nice to Have:

- Knowledgeable in State Farms system infrastructure

Soft Skills Needed:

- Excellent customer services skills, focused on service delivery and quality of work

- Strong verbal communication skills to support remote individuals

- Ability to work with end-users with various levels of knowledge regarding technologies and navigating around on a client device

- Ability to analyze issues and identify potential patterns to escalate

- Strong organizational skills for completing repeatable tasks in configuring and providing access to a virtual desktop

- Sound decision-making ability regarding matters of moderate to high complexity and importance

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to solve complex problems logically and systematically

- Self-motivated; ability to work independently on matters of moderate to high complexity and importance with only broad direction

- High technical aptitude and demonstrated commitment to technical skill development.

- Be able to research and apply solutions per Knowledge Items (KIs) written by 3rd level support teams

- Be able to own and ?work? tickets based until resolution or document progress to that it can be transitioned to personnel on the following shift

Req 7)

Project Manager,

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

Key job responsibilities

Responsible for completion of overall project milestones

Creates project charter and schedule documents with the support of the team

Work with the team to determine milestones, and what will be needed to meet milestone (time, resources, etc.), and how the scope fits into the milestone timelines.

Creates tasks, works with project team to develop schedule and refine estimates based on abilities, dependencies and constraints

Monitor schedule for slippage, and take corrective action

Conduct and document regular team meetings

Resolve or escalate issues that cannot be quickly resolved by project team

Able to determine and communicate impact of changes and apply change management practices

Manage project scope using change control procedures

Work with team to define resource needs and request resources.

Authorize training for team members as needed

Facilitates project meetings, walkthroughs and overall acceptance approval of project with stakeholders

Facilitate understanding and acceptance of deliverables

Authors, maintains, and applies detailed project plans/backlog

Performs risk analysis for project. Identify and quantify risks.

Develop and execute risk management plan in conjunction with sponsors.

Provide monthly SPP updates and progress report to project sponsor, project team, and stakeholders

Provide performance feedback as requested on team member

Manage dependencies.

Gains knowledge of project details quickly to manage that work.

Manages multiple streams of work

Manages a range of skill sets, seniority, internal/external resources and deploys resources to maximize results

Build a team or join an existing team and establishes trust, demonstrates leadership and drives high performance

Manages program/project communications.

Demonstrates an appropriate level of knowledge and understanding of technology and/or business processes, associated issues, and alignment with our organizational strategies.

Understands project roles and responsibilities of a project manager and other project personnel

Ability to be proactive; ability to quickly assesses situations; make a recommendations and deliver solutions

Quickly provide value to the team

Clearly state expectations between roles on the team ? Quickly identify potential problems, issues, or risks and respond to them appropriately

Facilitate in creating & executing the transition plan for project work to Service Team

Req 8)

P&C Business Analyst,

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

Originally R22286 project PARed Tricia Fazzini as the P&C (Property & Casualty) Business Analsyt for this effort responsible for requirements from the P&C side of this effort.

However, it was just brought to our attention that soon, Tricia will no longer be in this role.

We were asked to file a new PAR for Donnie Crittenden for a 'resource likeTricia Fazzini' and he might be able to fill this PAR.

Below is the email from Tricia to Imran Khan Jalozie the PM for R22286...

Hi Imran, I have news to share:

I am leaving DIS (effective August 15) to take a position with Systems Strategic Planning.

As for R22286 (IRP for P&C Apps), if needed you can send Donnie a PAR for a resource like Tricia Fazzini and he will likely assign Lisa Gilmore to fill my spot.

It's been a pleasure working with you, and perhaps we'll get the chance to work together in the future. -Tricia

Req 9)

Mainframe Developer/ Analyst

Bloomington, IL

Skype Interview

3 Positions

Associate is expected to perform all eSWAT Data movement activities with primary tasks as below:

· Initial population POP of datastores to TP using Mainframe Jobs/Programs, Control-M, Unix scripts, Load utility scripts, Informatica Workflows

· Setup, maintain & monitor SYNC jobs in Control-M & Informatica for all test environments

· Troubleshoot and resolve data sync issues  Mine mainframe job logs, Unix commands, Control-M autoflow design, Informatica workflow/session monitoring, Postgresql query

·Mainframe SA  good understanding of JCLs, Programs, Binds

·Informatica Test Analyst  Monitor, Analyze Informatica workflows

·Unix basic commands

·Basic to Advanced SQL

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