Job Opening in our company

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I thought i could share some of the job openings in our company right now... I work in IT department for clinical research company.

I know it has been tough out there looking for jobs. Hoping there might be a good match here in VJ, I could somehow extend help to.

Maybe people here who has jobs will follow the lead of posting some of the job oppurtunities within their respective companies, then we can all help our fellow VJ'ers.

I can refer you to HR. You may PM me if you think you can do the job.

Job Opportunities

IT Sr. Developer

Posted on 04-Nov-2010

This post is for the Philadelphia/North Wales (PA) office.

Role & Responsibility:

The selected candidate will be responsible for the design, code and test of web based, enterprise applications.

Additional responsibilities will include:

Recognise, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values which centre around our commitment to People, Clients and Performance

Design, code and test of application features and fixes, including the production of required documentation

Development and unit test enterprise .NET applications

Produce regular working releases of the system

Produce fixes and patch releases for deployed systems

Ability and willingness to travel, including international and domestic: fly and drive

Carry out other reasonably related duties as may be assigned from time to time, including assignments as a member of the global IT development team

May be required to participate in assignments at customer sites

Experience & Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor’s degree in an MIS related field with a minimum of five years of application development experience

Experience with the following technologies: C#, .Net 2.0, SQL, Java Script, AJAX

Has worked on projects using Continual Integration and Incremental Development

Has worked on Enterprise Web based Applications

Must be a team player who can work as a member of a multifunctional Agile team.

Experience with Visual Studio Team System, .Net 3.0 / WCF, Oracle, MS SQL and Open Source Frameworks

Must have experience with unit testing utilizing nUnit or similar

Build scripting with nANT or Team Foundation Build experience required

Excellent communication and problem solving skills required

Have excellent customer facing skills and an ability to clearly communicate and collaborate with our customer’s technical and project staff

Due to the nature of this position it may be required for the employee to travel. Therefore, dependent on the employee’s location, the employee may be required to possess a valid Drivers license.

Job Opportunities

IT Support Analyst II

Posted on 02-Nov-2010

This post is for the Baltimore/Ellicott City (MD) office.

Role & Responsibility

You will assist the IT staff in performing their job duties. In addition, the IT Support Systems Technician II will assist Clinical Research Subjects, sponsors, and vendors in IT related matters, in the Ellicott City, MD location.

Additional responsibilities include:

Sets up, configures, supports internal and external networks, voice and messaging systems, and audiovisual equipment.

Develops and maintains systems, applications, security, network configurations, voice and messaging systems, and audiovisual equipment.

Troubleshoots network performance issues, voice and messaging systems, and audiovisual equipment.

Assist in developing and maintains IT related documentation.

Maintains disaster recovery plan.

Recommends upgrades, patches, new applications, equipment.

Provides technical support and guidance to users.

All other assigned duties from IT management.

May lead or direct the work of others.

Experience & Qualification

A minimum of a Associates degree in Information Systems or related field or equivalent experience.

Requires 7-8 years of experience in field or related area

Knowledgeable of Standard of IT concepts, practices, and procedures.

Any Microsoft Certification or equivalent experience

COMPTIA Certification (A+, Net+, Internet+, or Security+) or equivalent experience.

Knowledge of Disaster Recovery concepts and procedures.

Knowledge of IT security concepts and procedures.

Knowledge of telephony services.

Experience supervising projects.

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Another IT job for NY office.

Job Opportunities

IT Analyst, Sponsor Support

Posted on 27-Oct-2010

This post is for the New York (NY) office.

Role & Responsibility:

The selected candidate will works with the Global IT Sponsor Services team and function as a point of contact for inquiries, projects and initiatives related to the support of sponsor related systems and applications.

Additional responsibilities will include:

Point of Contact for sponsor related technical inquiries, projects and initiatives

Monitors Global IT Sponsor Services helpdesk queue and ensures tickets are acknowledged and escalated appropriately

Performs initial triage for helpdesk tickets submitted to Global IT Sponsor Services queue

Develop and maintain expert level knowledge of specified sponsor systems

Assist IT Sponsor Services Liaison’s in coordinating communication between ICON and technical resources within ICON’s sponsors regarding helpdesk and application inquiries.

Work with IT Sponsor Services Liaison’s to document support processes and Service Level Agreements.

Assist in creating and maintaining documentation required for ICON IT support of sponsor systems. Document (create) and transfer knowledge regarding sponsor IT support processes to ICON IT support staff and end-users.

Coordinate the successful resolution and closure of sponsor related helpdesk inquiries. Provide support to IT staff and end-users for sponsor related problems. Act as escalation point for IT support staff that have sponsor related issues.

Track and report on sponsor related incidents (tickets). Route issues as required by ICON and sponsor staff. Respond to end-user calls as an advanced tier of technical support, gather information to resolve the issues, and/or assist others.

Responsible for the daily support of sponsor accounts, sponsor connectivity, and end-user sponsor applications. Work with sponsor by following their procedures and processes to perform account administration duties such as requesting new accounts, resetting passwords, and requesting access rights on the sponsor’s system.

Assist in maintenance of sponsor support collaboration sites

Identify and work with Sponsor & ICON end-users to test sponsor applications as required by sponsor during system maintenance and upgrade activities.

Investigate/adopt new technical solutions/processes/efficiencies.

Excellent organizational, project management, communication and customer service skills. Including time management, accountability, and administrative follow up.

Liaises with ICON’s technical groups (Network, Telecommunications, Development, etc) to ensure all outages are properly documented and resolved.

Regularly communicates with the ISS counterparts to coordinate projects, support and communications to/from sponsor.

Experience & Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires strong communications skills and customer service experience along with strong problem management skills. The qualified applicant must have the ability to assist end users and sponsors in all types of situations with a positive and helpful attitude.

A Bachelors degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or equivalent knowledge in the IT and/or Clinical industry. Some travel as well as the ability to work flexible hours, including some weekends, may be required.

Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from the staff.

Ability to troubleshoot technical problems related to sponsor support. Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/7, Microsoft Office, and MS Outlook. Basic understanding of networking concepts. Ability to define problems, collect data, and draw valid conclusions.

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This is such a wonderful thing to do. What a kind heart. Don't mean to spam your thread with off topic commentary, but I'm just sayin'