Description:

Global Technology Solutions, Inc  is seeking personnel for a rewarding opportunity supporting the US Army Enterprise ABIS contract in Fairmont, WV.

Position responsibilities include:

effectively tracking, logging, categorizing, and maintaining changes made against the accepted ABIS baseline(s). Developing, distributing, and tracking all change packages resulting from approved Configuration Control Board action. Provides daily support and direction to staff as to CM tools, change status requirements, deadlines, and problems.

Job Qualifications:

 Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must be customer and detail oriented and possess good decision-making abilities. Current knowledge of CM best practices including CMMI-compliant techniques. Current knowledge of automated CM tools. Desired: Administrative experience with IBM Rational Tools.

Education:

BA degree or equivalent experience is required. Plus, three years of working experience in information technology.

More Information:

Must be able to qualify for a DoD Secret Security Clearance.

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GTS-221

SAN Administrator – 6 mos. Reston/Urbana

Scope of work:

SAN/Storage administration in a tightly controlled Production Data Center

 Qualifications:

Minimum 2 yrs experience in administering SANs.  Minimum 2 yrs experience in Solaris Unix Administration.  Experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and monitoring Brocade switches and EMC Symmetrix arrays via CLI.  Experience with Emulex HBA configuration.  Experience with change management practices.  Good SAN troubleshooting skills.  Experience with either SRDF or TimeFinder via SymCLI.

Qualifications Preferred:

Experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and monitoring HDS Thunder/AMS series arrays.  Experience with SRDF/A and TimeFinder.  Familiarity with SAN management tools: ECC, HiCmd/HiTrack, Fabric Manager.  Familiarity with enterprise tools such as Remedy and Netcool

More Information:

Reston Night1 – Mon-Thurs - 7pm-5am

Urbana Weekend – Thu-Fri 9am-5pm (somewhat flexible), Sat-Sun 9am-9pm

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Senior RequisitePro Analyst / Administrator 6 mos. – Herndon

Requirements Management (in order of importance)

Required:

1. Solid experience in the configuration, administration and use of Rational RequisitePro.
2. Experience authoring business requirements, and understanding of different requirement types.
3. Experience with requirements management processes, tools and techniques.
4. Experience in training and mentoring staff in the use of all requirements management tools (RequisitePro), methods and techniques.

Desired:

5. Solid understanding of and experience with current methods of defining and documenting requirements - use case driven processes, JAD, interviewing techniques, and the pros and cons of each.
6. Ability to understand, articulate and implement quality metrics and measures related to requirements.

Preferred:

7. Experience with using IBM Rational Tools, such as ClearQuest and ClearCase.
8. Experience with other requirements management tools, such as DOORS, Caliber, Mercury Quality Center, etc.

Consulting Skills (in order of importance)

Desired:

1. Ability to engage, communicate with and influence different types of customers - Analysts, Developers, Testers, Managers, Directors
2. Ability to convey difficult concepts in writing (furnish samples of documents, articles, or presentations).
3. Ability to create and deliver high quality presentations to executives, directors, managers, developers, testers and analysts.

Industry background (in order of importance)

Desired:

1. Mortgage backed securities
2. Finance, Banking, Investments, etc.
3. Accounting

Software Project Management (in order of importance)

Preferred:

1. Experience in leading software projects using an industry methodology, such as RUP.
2. Experience in and a good understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) from project initiation through implementation, and the linkage between work products.
3. Ability to plan projects, understand dependencies between tasks, and estimate work.
4. Ability and experience leading teams of senior people.
5. Experience in the use of MS Project.
6. PMP certification from PMI is a plus.

Software Development (in order of importance)

Preferred:

1. Some software development experience.
2. Understanding of software quality concepts and standards, such as CMMI, ISO, IEEE, Six Sigma.
3. Experience in software testing.
4. Understanding of software architecture and configuration management.
5. Understanding of relational databases.

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Back-end Tester 6 months - Herndon, VA

Quality Center Test Automation

Seeking an experienced candidate for unix back-end test automation. 

• Candidate must have more than 4/5 years of testing experience. 
• Must have demonstrated experience in UNIX and SQL (Oracle is a plus). 
• Candidates must be strong with Mercury Quality Center, with an emphasis on building backend unix automated tests that link to Quality Center. 
• Candidate must be strong in VB Scripting and/or PERL Scripting. 
• Candidate will be expected to write and execute upon detailed Test Cases, write Test Plans and summary documents. 
• Experience with Quality Center administration a plus.

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Scope of work:

RFDW testing for Catch-up and Get Current.  Supporting Commitments, Securities, Loans and STATS Enhanced.

Qualifications:

• Candidate must have more than 4/5 years of testing experience, with a minimum of 3 years experience with Ab Initio (either Test or Development).
• Must have demonstrated experience in UNIX and SQL (Oracle is a plus). 
• Would like for candidates to have experience with Mercury Test Director and Win Runner or Quick Test Pro.
• Candidate will be expected to write and execute upon detailed Test Cases, write Test Plans and summary documents. 
• Experience with Quality Center work flows and administration a plus!

This is a regular day shift position, however, there will be some evenings and weekend work needed from time to time.

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GTS-115

A leading Search Engine Optimization and Marketing firm in Richmond , Virginia is seeking a SEM/SEO Specialist. We work with national and international brands in developing innovative and measurable online marketing programs.

Description:
We are currently seeking a full-time SEO Specialist. The candidate for this multi-faceted position is responsible for developing and executing search engine optimization strategies, managing email campaigns, performing campaign and site analysis.

This specialist will concentrate on supporting the marketing effort by maintaining the necessary web site infrastructure, including a strong emphasis on identifying and implementing strategies for improved search engine placement and developing and maintaining web services that will support the operational functionality of client web sites. This individual may also be responsible for conducting other technical functions in support of the client marketing efforts. These duties may include performing competitive product analysis; writing technical reviews of product features; structuring SQL queries in order to generate email address lists; enhancing lead generation capture and reporting systems using PHP and SQL, executing the technical aspect of email marketing campaigns, and generating reports for management.

This position includes the following responsibilities:

• Work with clients and internal team to analyze and optimize websites against specific marketing metrics – adding, modifying, and removing placements as necessary
• Continually monitor, test, revise, and update placements within existing deals
• On an ongoing basis, run multiple reports from both internal tracking tools and partners’ external reporting tools, and aggregate data in a useful format. Report on findings.
• Provide strategic thinking in regards to measuring, analyzing and reporting on campaign performance


Qualifications:

We are looking for a self-motivated individual who can work well independently. The position requires the ability to learn new technologies and communicate effectively.
• BS in CIS or CS (or equivalent)

• 1 year advertising/interactive agency experience would be helpful
• Demonstrable base level understanding of web design and HTML as it pertains to SEO
• General knowledge of website traffic analytics software (Webtrends, HitBox, Urchin)
• Highly knowledgeable about natural search tactics and how web metrics are tracked (http headers, redirect, tracking pixels, etc.)
• Computer literate (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Desire to work in a fast-paced and competitive environment
• Excellent organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple tasks
• Strong attention to detail
• Independent worker and self-starter

Work Hours: Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm
Job Location: Richmond , VA
Work Environment: Professional/creative

More Information:
This is a full-time, salaried position.
U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Resident or Green Card required - no sponsorship

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