Business Administrator

The Global Media and Agency Management team is looking for a dynamic individual who desires an administrative position in a fast-paced marketing team. This position requires strong attention to detail, demonstrated problem-solving skills, ability to change direction in response to changing work situations, ability to accommodate different working styles, ability to prioritize own work, complete projects on time and have excellent customer service skills. Candidate must be a strong team player who will demonstrate drive and initiative, have a positive and professional approach.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Managing GM’s calendar, provide end-to-end complex domestic and international travel planning, including proactive planning of external partner meetings in tandem to drive schedule efficiencies.

Monitoring departmental discretionary budgets and facilitating the procurement process, organizing team morale events, managing projects, space and performing fundamental administrative tasks.

Reconciling and submitting expense reports and auditing PO’s for GM approval.

Providing team support by submitting facilities request, manage alias’s, new hire onboarding support

Manage office hardware and supply needs

Work closely with the broader marketing admin team to ensure all administrative procedures unique to marketing are handled as required and that all group support is running smoothly.

Qualifications include: A minimum of 3-5 years demonstrated work experience supporting senior management in a fast paced administrative capacity, excellent organizational, analytic and interpersonal skills. Effective verbal and written communication skills required. Candidate must be detail-oriented, able to work under pressure with varied time constraints and have the ability to build effective working relationships. Candidate must also maintain confidentiality of information and use discretion. Candidate should be independent, creative thinker and able to take the initiative to "get things done." Proficiency in using MS tools - HeadTrax, MS Expense, My Order, MS Approval, MS Travel etc.  

Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

This position has frequent contact with all levels of Microsoft employees, as well as contact with outside customers.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Band 2 Administrator / Receptionist

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United States of America: SharePoint Administrator (off-shore)

Required Skills:

The SharePoint administrator should possess a thorough knowledge of SharePoint architecture, infrastructure management, SharePoint security, service applications, feature management, and custom applications/site management.

Job Details:

This offshore position will be responsible for the enhancing/improving/patching, monitoring, trouble-shooting, and documenting any problems related to the SharePoint 2010/2013/online test, UAT, Productions and Failover environments and for transferring his/her knowledge to the UNICEF internal IT Operations specialists .

Duties and responsibilities:

· Support the performance tuning exercise following a review of the SharePoint and SQL configuration settings

· Support the disaster/recovery exercise

· Troubleshoot day to day operational problems

· Daily Monitoring Server Health for all environments

Checking Disk Usage, Logs, Event Viewer for Critical errors, and SQL Database health

· Daily Monitoring SharePoint / SQL Services

Monitoring services on Web Front End Servers ( Production/Failover)Monitoring services on Web Application Servers ( Production/Failover)Monitoring services on SQL Servers ( Production/Failover)

· Weekly Checking SharePoint health analyzer logs (weekly)

Check health reports, web analytics report, diagnostic logs, and administrative reports

· Disaster Recovery of SharePoint Production farm once in a month

Taking backup of the SharePoint Production farmPreparation of SharePoint environmentInstallation of SQL 2012 R2 ServerInstallation of SharePoint Application server/Web serversRestoration of SharePoint farm

· Installation and testing of SharePoint next releases , patches and cumulative updates on all SharePoint environments

The skills and experience required for this assignment are:

· University degree in computer science, engineering, information management or related field

· Four to seven years’ experience in SharePoint Services / Portal enterprise level administration, security, and maintenance. SharePoint 2010/2013/online experience is required.

· SharePoint administration experience includes installation, configuration, monitoring farm health and performance, managing quotas, monitoring usage logs, managing backup and restore/recovery, creating application pools, site collections, and sites, creating groups, assigning rights, testing and installing third party web parts, and PowerShell.

· Experience with .Net technologies

· Knowledge of Team Foundation Server and hands-on experience on deployment of application related changes in integration_test-UAT-production.

· IIS, SQL Server including SSRS, SSAS, SSIS, Windows Server 2008/2012, and Active Directory (including LDAP and user profile) expertise.

· In-depth experience with Windows Server technologies including Windows Server 2008/2012, IIS, and Virtualization

· Ability to work with a team as well as independently

· Broad experience with Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT), ASP.NET concepts, Security (Active Directory, ISA), Networking (DNS, HTTP, SSL), Email (SMTP), Database (T-SQL, PL/SQL, normalization), and Storage (SAN) concepts

· Ability to be self-starter and to work with minimum supervision

· Excellent communication skills, written and verbal

· Experience of a multi-cultural and gender sensitive work environment

· Strong interpersonal skills

Duration of the Consultancy: The initial period of the contract is 3 months and subject to need and budget will be extended to up to 11 months.

Pay Rate: $240 per day

Interested applicants are requested to submit their applications along with a cover letter and C.V. to isspost@unicef.org no later than 11 December 2014. Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Depending on the outcome of the selection process the contract will be awarded to an individual or a corporate.

Sales Support Administrator

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR

The Developer Platform and Sales is looking for a dynamic, fun, energetic administrative professional to come join our team.   The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a fast paced environment, has strong attention to detail and can embrace a challenge head on with high energy and a positive attitude.   This position is unique, you will have the opportunity to work across Marketing, Engineering and the Segment teams and get an end to end view of the business, from strategy through to field execution,.  

A successful candidate must have demonstrated ability to:

          Multi-task and change direction in rapid response to a fluctuating work environment, and make timely decisions

          Be self-motivated, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, exercise sound judgment, tact, diplomacy, integrity and professionalism at all times

          Possess an aptitude to work independently and be comfortable operating with ambiguity

          Possess solid project-management and problem-solving skills

          Prioritize among multiple projects with a positive attitude

          Anticipate and remove administrative roadblocks

          Achieve results with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail

          Develop collaborative relationships with others who have a diverse set of working styles and perspectives - this is a highly collaborative environment!

          Proven track record of accountability, reliability and a ‘can do’ attitude

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

GM Support

          Proactively manage GM calendar, making decisions to prioritize requests based on shifting business priorities, allocating appropriate amount of time, and ensuring that all meeting details are accurate

          Manage/coordinate domestic and international travel plans and agendas end-to-end, including management of all logistics and itineraries

          Partner with business management to set up the business (ROB) activities, manage the ROB calendar and assist with projects as needed

          Prepare and process expense reports

Business Support

          Ensure compliance of administrative operational policies and procedures

          Process expense report approvals for team members

          Manage headcount, recruiting and onboarding activities

          Maintain and manage HeadTrax transactions for vendors, CSGs and FTEs

          Create and maintain org charts, distribution lists, office maps

          Manage CPH budget (T&E, Computer, Training, Morale dollars), ensuring appropriate spend and budget excellence

Team Support

          General team support for All Hands, off-sites and morale events (logistics such as room reservation and catering)

          Own and maintain space for team

          New employee setup

          Procurement of goods and services, including computer equipment, office supplies, reference materials and facilities requests

          Maintain a friendly and inviting work environment for the team

Qualifications:

  A minimum of 5 years’ of high level administrative assistance supporting a GM or higher. P

  roficiency with Microsoft productivity software, including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, OneNote, Lync and SharePoint is required.

  A high level of experience with internal Microsoft tools such as HeadTrax, FIM, MSSpace, MSMarket, Assetlink, MyOrder, MSTravel and MSExpense is strongly desired.

  Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, are required.

  Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Overtime and travel may be required at times.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Business Administrator

Business Administrator

Microsoft, US Developer Experience & Evangelism

Location: Prefer New York NY, Charlotte NC, or Bellevue WA

Microsoft’s Developer Experience & Evangelism (DX) organization is focused on inspiring developers to create new, innovative 3rd party experiences that consumers and businesses will value most. We evangelize our technologies to students, startups, developers, IT professionals, large and small enterprises, independent software vendors (ISVs) and cloud solution vendors (CSVs) to ensure that everyone who builds apps and services build on the Microsoft platform (Windows Client, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Windows Internet Explorer®, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server).

Microsoft’s General Manager for the DX Partner & Technical Evangelism (PTE) Team in the United States is looking for a passionate, detail-oriented, self-starter to provide day to day executive support as well as operational support for the business.   As the Business Administrator, you will be working hand-in-hand with the General Manager and the Director of Sales Excellence to deliver support to the PTE leadership team, while also contributing to the operational execution of the entire business. In this role you will need to leverage your exceptional multi-tasking abilities in leading and managing a variety of simultaneous projects (administrative, project management & marketing) while also recognizing where processes can be improved and taking the initiative to make change, demonstrating the ability to analyze and anticipate the needs of the leadership team, ensuring compliance at all times and being a stickler for execution excellence as well as providing critical support to the GM in a timely fashion.

To fill this role, we are looking for a business assistant that can quickly acclimate to new systems and has the ability to handle a wide range of responsibilities including producing regular team communications, coordinating HR processes (headcount, requisitions and status records, manage team onboarding logistics, complete new hire setups), providing Executive support (calendar management, travel arrangements, reconciling expense reports), managing operational reporting (OPEX budget reporting, asset tracking, team activities, awards and events), and working as an integral part of the senior leadership team to manage the business operations and execution excellence.

The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, creative, curious, and an effective communicator across all levels of our organization. Must have a minimum of 4+ years demonstrated work experience in a fast-paced administrative and business operations capacity with a balanced skill profile including attention to detail, excellent communications skills, strong problem solving and project management skills, initiative and ability to maintain confidentiality. A demonstrated ability to work under pressure calmly and confidently with a “can-do” attitude is a must.

Come join a fun, hard-working, dynamic organization at the center of Microsoft’s technology evangelism and partner outreach efforts.

Detail of Responsibilities:

  Provide Executive support including calendar management, travel arrangements, meeting planning, preparation and tracking of expense reports, and managing hiring & interview processes

  Executive research and communications preparation, including newsletter management, email, presentations & slideware

  Procure goods and services including computer equipment, office supplies, shipping and assist the team with procuring professional services and track the teams’ computer assets

  Support business reporting including scorecard and metric reporting

  Produce OPEX budget reporting, business operations reports

  Assisting with event planning and projects

  Completing special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

  BA/BS degree with a minimum 4 years+ administrative experience in a fast-paced, high-tech environment preferred.

  Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Knowledge of Visio & HeadTrax preferred.

  Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

  Expert organizational skills, detail-oriented, and the ability to handle multiple priorities and projects simultaneously

  Strong business judgment and exceptional professional demeanor, with the ability to function in a fast-paced environment and have the flexibility and willingness to change direction when circumstances demand

  Ability to be entrusted with the knowledge and handling of confidential information

  Strong stakeholder empathy & awareness, be the voice of the organization within the leadership team, help channel many points of view and work cross group.

  Be a team player at the core

  Overtime and minimal travel may be required

  May require ability to lift up to 20 lbs.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Office Administrator - Watertown, SD

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Sr Database Administrator * - AT&T - Atlanta, GA

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Overall Purpose: Responsible for application and/or system DBA (database administration) work including development and design of the databases that support our business applications and systems. Also responsible for database reliability, recoverability, performance, and the installation, maintenance, and upgrade of database software. Key Roles and Responsibilities: Responsible for providing operational database support for databases on many different DBMS (database management systems) software levels and versions, utilizing a wide variety of DBMS features, on many different operating system platforms for applications of differing complexities, disaster priority, mission critical designation, strategic initiatives, degree of standardization, practices, and usage of third party software. Such responsibilities typically include advanced featured databases for complex environments for high priority applications. The operational database support responsibilities include those related to availability, performance, currency, integrity, security, and confidentiality of the database instances, database backups and recoveries, database disaster recovery, database growth and disk space utilization, database problem analysis and resolution, configuration files, operating system account and system level schemas, tablespaces, database patches, database upgrades, database compatibilities, database bugs and workarounds, database vendor support process, database documentation, new database release features and enhancements, special features associated with the physical DBMS (such as clusters), applications consultation, SQL tuning and object management, automation, and project implementation activities, such as physical design and installation of database environments and databases, generally for more complex, technically advanced, high priority projects. The position also includes one or more technically-based leadership roles, generally related to more complex and technically advanced databases, for project design and estimating, DBMS product certification, DBMS product or feature subject matter expert/point of contact consultation, direction and guidance regarding database management system features, best practices development and implementation, and standards development and implementation.

Experience: Typically requires 5-8 years experience.

Supervisory: No.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field release disaster BETS_ARC_Setter BACH_6df36a and utilization as process operational and

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SR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR - St. Jude Medical - Saint Paul, MN

Our teams produce game-changing ideas and life-changing results. A career at St. Jude Medical puts you on the leading edge of medical technology, working for a company driven by its entrepreneurial culture and its passion for quality. Isn't this the kind of change you would like in your life?
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We currently have this position open at our Corporate Headquarters in St. Paul.

Job Overview
Job Summary: Administration of the SJM EPIQ (Enterprise Process Improvement Through Quality) system.

Job Duties:
• Collecting and documenting technical requirements used for design specifications
• Assist in evaluating new requirements and recommends new processes and standards as appropriate
• Designs, configures, builds, tests, and administers software and technical platforms to standards
• Effectively identify user and technical dependencies, identify risk, and engage other technical domains to define broader solution sets
• Define Build Standards and Test Standards, guidelines, best practices, and produce metrics as directed
• Maintain Software Lifecycle elements related to software validation including the authoring, execution and summary of validation activities (e.g. IQ, OQ, PQ). Will use industry-standard change management procedures for the maintenance of application and environment.
• Establish and maintain system specific documentation and operational procedures
• Conducts proactive capacity planning, performance monitoring, configuration tuning and technology refresh
• Perform incident and problem analysis and resolve escalated technical problems following established guidelines
• Manage & reinforce systems security in accordance with industry best practices and enterprise policy
• Work with software vendor Technical Services and Development teams for the purpose of application upgrades, validation scripting, external system integrations and report/resolve issues
• Participates in all call rotation as directed
• Perform user provisioning and new user training tasks as required
• Other duties as assigned
Travel: Up to 15%.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, and Mathematics, Engineering, Business or area of functional responsibility preferred, or equivalent 6 years of industry work experience
• 4-6 years of industry experience in a technical profession
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model, preferred
• Ability to work in a highly matrix and geographically diverse business model
• Ability to work effectively within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast paced changing environment -- multi-tasks, prioritized and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Ability to effectively work in a fast paced changing environment
• Ability to travel between multiple sites within the Twin Cities (up to 20% of time).
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Strong organizational, attention to detail and task follow-up skills
• Adept at handling multiple assignments in a timely manner and meeting assigned deadlines
Desired:
• Knowledge of and exposure to Windows, Unix, and Linux server environments.
• Familiar with the interaction of the different operating system environments and subordinate infrastructure associated.
• Understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts; knowledge of and experience with principles of routing, client/server programming
• Good consultative and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively within a team and as an individual contributor
• Ability to manage multiple work streams and priorities with minimal supervision
• Ability to effectively work in a fast paced changing environment
• Working knowledge of Active Directory 2003/2008 functional level.
• Understanding of LDAP and Active Directory integration techniques.
• Experience in WebSphere or related clustering and application server technologies (Tomcat, WebLogic, Geronimo).
• Working knowledge of virtual technologies is highly desired.
• Familiar with provisioning/de-provisioning practices and tools.
• Familiar with FDA QSReg/ISO13485 elements specific to software lifecycle management and software validation
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Employee Relations Administrator I - HRD - Dakota County - Hastings, MN

POSTING TYPE: Open Competitive
DEPARTMENT: Employee Relations
HOURS: Full-time
HIRING RANGE: $50,700 - 55,400 /year (C-41 DBM Level)
LOCATION: Dakota County Administration Center, Hastings
UNION: None
CLOSE DATE: 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 17, 2013

This professional position requires significant technical expertise, judgment, and independence to help achieve key organizational strategies for employee and organizational development.

This non-supervisory position is responsible for researching, recommending, developing, and implementing new strategies to maximize existing programming which facilitate development, learning and workplace strategies that maximize employee capacity, performance, and promote organizational effectiveness. The position is fast paced and requires strong strategic analytical, written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to establish effective relationships with colleagues and customers at all organizational levels.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Development, Human Resource Management Organizational Development, Industrial Relations, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
AND
• Two year's professional work experience in Organization Development, Human Resource Development, Training & Development, Workforce Programming, or Analysis & Planning.
PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE BEYOND MINIMUM QUALIFIATIONS:
• Five or more years of professional work experience in Organization Development, Human Resource Development, Training & Development, Workforce Programming, and/or Analysis & Planning.
• Demonstrated experience advising individuals at multiple levels in the organization and working with persons of diverse cultural backgrounds.
Duties & Responsibilities:
These examples do not include all possible tasks in this work and do not limit the assignment of related tasks in any position of this classification. Regular attendance according to the position's management approved work schedule is required for all positions.
1. Conducts analyses that involve independently designing and conducting research, interviewing employees and management, analyzing data, preparing recommendations and writing comprehensive reports.
2. Coordinates and implements the design and development of Human Resource Development training, programs, policies and supporting materials designed to meet organizational, management and employee needs.
3. Develops and conducts ongoing program assessment and evaluation through research, observation focus groups, data analysis and employee feedback to improve development programs, practices and services.
4. Represents the HRD program as a liaison to internal customers to provide expertise and direction requiring specialized knowledge to provide information, answer questions and resolve problems for management and employees.
5. Develops, designs and delivers electronic and in person training programs to managers and employees.
6. Identifies and utilizes innovative methods for applying current and new software products and operates a variety of computerized human resource information systems at an advanced level to create and update reports and products, and to track and analyze data.
7. May serve as a lead worker of technical and support staff; provides technical project oversight and direction.
8. Develops written materials to support the program development, promotion, evaluation program, or other programmatic objectives.
9. Identifies issues, options and strategies to increase educational effectiveness and meet County objectives.
10. Serves as a liaison to department/division training committees, municipal partners and external consultants and/or organizations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Essential functions vary by position and will be determined for each vacancy.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities and Work Environment:
• Working knowledge of Employee Relations policies and procedures relating to area of assigned responsibility.
• Knowledge of County resources and ability to effectively utilize resources to complete tasks and projects.
• Knowledge of key Human Resource Development principles and techniques.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and organizational awareness
• Research, analysis and evaluation skills
• Program development and implementation skills
• Ability to apply concepts for scenario development and decision-making
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to operate personal computer equipment and software, including Microsoft Office Suite, Front Page, Adobe Acrobat, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective and professional working relationships with internal and external customers
• Demonstrated ability to work in a confidential environment.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed within a County office building. Travel is required in some positions. Sedentary or light physical requirements including a lifting requirement of up to ten pounds on an occasional basis. Equipment used may include (not limited to) personal computer, printer, typewriter, calculator, telephone, copier and fax machine.
SELECTION PROCESS: The examination/selection process for this classification will consist of a rating of your training and experience from the application materials submitted. The top scoring candidates will be forwarded to the hiring department for further consideration.
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Assistant County Administrator - Development Services - Pasco County, FL - Pasco County, FL

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Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared)

Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared)

Whitehall Resources require a Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared) for an immediate start in either Cheshire or Nottinghamshire.

Specific responsibilities include:
- Development & Deployment of Applications
- Tuning of the UNIX OS Environment
- Solution Design & Development
- Implementation & Testing
- Environment & Solution Maintenanace & Upgrades

Required Skills:

Excellent Engineer & Systems Administration in Unix Solaris version 10
Additional experience with RedHat Linux is an advantage

Previous roles which have encompassed environment support, application deployment, solution design & OS Tuning.

Please send me your CV today if you are interested in this position!

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Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared)

Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared)

Whitehall Resources require a Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared) for an immediate start in either Cheshire or Nottinghamshire.

Specific responsibilities include:
- Development & Deployment of Applications
- Tuning of the UNIX OS Environment
- Solution Design & Development
- Implementation & Testing
- Environment & Solution Maintenanace & Upgrades

Required Skills:

Excellent Engineer & Systems Administration in Unix Solaris version 10
Additional experience with RedHat Linux is an advantage

Previous roles which have encompassed environment support, application deployment, solution design & OS Tuning.

Please send me your CV today if you are interested in this position!

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Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared)

Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared)

Whitehall Resources require a Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared) for an immediate start in either Cheshire or Nottinghamshire.

Specific responsibilities include:
- Development & Deployment of Applications
- Tuning of the UNIX OS Environment
- Solution Design & Development
- Implementation & Testing
- Environment & Solution Maintenanace & Upgrades

Required Skills:

Excellent Engineer & Systems Administration in Unix Solaris version 10
Additional experience with RedHat Linux is an advantage

Previous roles which have encompassed environment support, application deployment, solution design & OS Tuning.

Please send me your CV today if you are interested in this position!

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Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared)

Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared)

Whitehall Resources require a Unix Systems Administrator (SC Cleared) for an immediate start in either Cheshire or Nottinghamshire.

Specific responsibilities include:
- Development & Deployment of Applications
- Tuning of the UNIX OS Environment
- Solution Design & Development
- Implementation & Testing
- Environment & Solution Maintenanace & Upgrades

Required Skills:

Excellent Engineer & Systems Administration in Unix Solaris version 10
Additional experience with RedHat Linux is an advantage

Previous roles which have encompassed environment support, application deployment, solution design & OS Tuning.

Please send me your CV today if you are interested in this position!

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United States of America (the): Grants & Contract Administrator, International Programs

You will be responsible for administration of contracts and grants including the entire life of an award from pre-award to closeout focusing on regulatory compliance, assessment and mitigation of business risks and enforcement of ICMA policies and procedures. This position will also serve as a technical resource to ICMA staff in interpreting funder rules and regulations and act as primary point of contact for contractual issues. You will advise the Director, Grants & Contract Administration and project staff on contractual issues, client procurement regulations, and ICMA policy. You will also provide orientation and guidance on award specific requirements to international program team.

MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Proposal Development, Submission and Negotiation: Participate in preparation and reviews of proposal budgets for cost realism, compliance, indirect cost rate recovery, invoicing implications and conduct other risks analysis and share findings with the Director of Grants and Contract Administration.. Ensure ICMA proposal meets with the funder’s requirements. Participate in best and final offer (BAFO) negotiations. Prepare teaming agreements and negotiate with prospective subcontractors and prime contractors.

Contract Administration and Compliance:

Upon award, prepare and distribute new award notices (known as Project Set-Up Memo), conduct new award briefing and assign cost center numbers.

Develops drafts and reviews subcontracts, purchase orders, and letter of agreements for lower tier sub-recipients for services under awards and negotiates with the same.

Maintain and update grants and contract files both electronic and hard copies. This includes submission/transmittal of deliverables be they programmatic, finance and grant/contract related.

Provides information to program staff related to per diem rates, travel regulations, consultant rates, Federal and USAID, EPA and other funder’s specific regulations.

Prepare the schedule of allowances for expatriate staff and provide Finance with information on allowances paid to overseas staff. Obtain required prior approvals and waivers from donors according to grants or contracts approval guide. Work directly with the program team and field office to assure that all approvals requests are submitted in a timely fashion. .

Reviews and authorizes correspondence on contractual issues such as modification requests for contracts, grants and subcontracts including budget realignment, Contracting Officer’s approval for salaries, consultant rates, budget revisions, procurement, subcontracting, waivers, etc.

Provide interpretation and guidance if award terms and conditions including applicable regulations such as Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), FAR supplement regulatory clauses/provisions, 22 CFR 226 Assistance, and Standard Regulations/FAM for ICMA headquarters and overseas staff including their changes and updates.

Organize training, orientation or brown bags on topics such as: procurement, consultant hiring and rates, NICRA, cost share, substantial involvement, budget and cost principles, environmental impact assessment and pertinent OMB circulars.

Monitor of business risks including but not limited to tracking funding delayed, execution of contracts, expired authorizations, delayed payments and regulation of advances to subcontractors and vendors. Also, monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions. Ensure grants and contracts comply with applicable regulations, ICMA policy and good commercial practice. This includes monitoring of compliance with host country regulations in particular labor law and taxation and registration.

Responsible for timely resolution of internal and external issues/problems related to grants and contracts administration. Serve as primary point of contact with internal and external customers on grants or contract matters.

Participate in Quarterly/Monthly Program Review Meetings to assess the overall compliance with award terms and conditions. Ensure that any identified deficiencies are address on timely manner. Also, follow up on grants and contracts specific actions resulting from ICMA field visits.

Take a lead in coordinating the grants and contracts as well as field offices or project closeout process.

Performs other job as asked by the Director of Grants and Contracts Administration

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Education and Experience:

Under graduate degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Minimum of 5-7 years work experience in contract and grant administration. Extensive experience in managing international programs funded under various vehicles.

Advanced knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), 22 CFR 226 Assistance, OMB (non-profit related), and Standard Regulations/FAM, AIDAR. Demonstrated working knowledge of CPFF, T&M, FP, and IDIQ contracts in addition to grants and cooperative agreements.

Strong training skills to effectively transfer working knowledge of regulations, policies and procedures through formal or informal training activities.

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, entrepreneurial, results-oriented, customer service-minded individual who works well in a deadline-driven, multi-tasking environment. Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).. Excellent organizational skills, ability to work independently, assess priorities when a variety of activities with attention to detail.

Experience in budget preparation, award negotiations, subcontractor management, procurement, performance auditing, and dispute resolution.

Able to travel internationally, in particular those countries with high security alerts.

CMDB Configuration Management Administrator

Job Description:
Location: Durham
Status: Contract
Compensation: Submit Competitive Rate
Education Level: Not Specified

Company in Durham, NC has a contract-to-hire opening for a Configuration Management Database Analyst.

About the Role: Use tools and processes that drive change management, version control, build management and release management. You will provide administration and technical support to CMDB, including proposed changes to database design and configuration.

Specifics:
* Plan, implement and document configuration management databases procedures
* Create and manage appropriate version description documents and deliver releases.
* Configuration change tracking and documentation control to include concepts of operations, requirements identification and documentation, preliminary and detailed system definition, system design review, performance monitoring tools and productive software.
* Keep the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) updated
* Serves as the CMDB authority for reviewing software code deliveries and managing code libraries
* Maintain software build environments

Requirements:
* Min of 2 years  experience in Configuration Management governing and administering a CMDB database
* Networking principles and local area networks/communication networks
*Working with software and hardware products
* Source control, change control, version control, build management and deployment processes
* A working knowledge of software systems, Object Oriented principles and browser based applications is required
* Proficiency in Shell Scripting, spreadsheet creation, and SQL
* Software configuration management and migration experience
* Good skills in configuring and installing various operating systems and application software
* Excellent writing and oral communications (required)
* Strong project management skills

Why this Job? 
* Take your career to the next level, only need 2 years of Configuration Management to qualify for this great opportunity!
* Contract-to-Hire.
* Excellent benefits, including medical, tuition reimbursement and outstanding retirement plan.
* Nice office space, covered parking (out of cold and Sun) and close to restaurants.

Application Requirements
Client will only consider local candidates. Client will not accept subcontractors

Required Qualifications:

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Systems Administrator Unix

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Linux / Unix Administrator

Do you aspire to work for a cutting-edge software company? Would you like to use cutting edge technology? Would you like to be a part of an organization that is the global leader in our industry?  If so, apply to our Systems Administrator position.

The Systems (Linux / Unix) Administrator is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware, servers and related infrastructure. Additionally, this individual participates in technical research, evaluation, and documentation to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, and related procedures adhere to IT Standards as set within the team.

The Systems Administrator assists project teams with technical issues in the initiation and planning phases of project deployment. These activities include the definition of needs, technical analysis and design, and support of operations staff in executing, testing and roll out of solutions.

The Systems Administrator is accountable for the following systems: Windows and Linux systems that support the project different areas of the project architecture. Responsibilities on these systems include SA engineering and provisioning, operations and support, maintenance and research and development.

Responsibilities:
• Monitor server performance stats and ensure uptime by alerting based on poor performance metrics in accordance with the OverDrive monitoring policies.
• Perform asset management/maintenance functions for in scope servers.
• Coordinate vendor related activities associated with the support of in-scope servers.
• Coordinate with vendor and other support teams to install and replace all field serviceable components for failed production hardware.
• Govern production readiness process to ensure that all new and repurposed server installations are properly monitored, backed up and covered by proper support documentation.
• Responsible for 24/7 support coverage for all in scope servers.
• Able to create and maintain documentation for servers and other technology solutions within the environment in accordance with Governance and Compliance policies.
• Work with Backup Operator to ensure that all critical data is properly backed up on a timely and regular basis and secured.
• Administer the Active Directory, users, groups and roles for systems access, e-mail and other systems availability following Microsoft best practices.
• Participate in after-hours maintenance activities to support our environment.
• Support network and server technologies required for application and database systems.
• Follow change control policies and procedures and supports the practice of continuous improvement.
• Maintain and support the Microsoft Exchange email environment.
• Responsible for Triage coverage on ITSupport queue.
• Able to work with changing deadlines, conflicting priorities, and users of all levels of technical skill.
• Coordinate with hardware and software vendors for service and support needs and problem resolution.

Requirements:
• Associates in Computer Information Services or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with systems and processes.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Basic understanding of the application and the use of LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, and other network topologies and technology infrastructures.
• Able to take ownership of Servers, Systems, and Portals.
• Experience configuring and maintaining SAN storage.

Preferred Background:
• Ability to communicate IT concepts to a variety of co-workers of multiple backgrounds and levels of technical expertise in an effective manner. 
• Ability to successfully prioritize co-work requests with time sensitive tasks and long term projects.
• Self-starter, customer focused, creative and resourceful team player with very good interpersonal skills and a track record of working closely with colleagues to achieve goals, excellent verbal and written communication skills, outstanding project management skills, outstanding analytical and problem solving skills.

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Database Administrator (DBA)

Organization:   Technology Growth Platform- Services

Location:   Midland, MI or Philadelphia, PA

If you join Accenture you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results. Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

Accenture's Services workforce is a dedicated team of people who work on outsourcing engagements.  These are long-term partnerships with clients for whom we manage and provide increasingly specialized business operations, such as finance and accounting, IT, applications development and maintenance, helpdesk services, and HR.  We not only maintain key business functions for clients, we constantly seek to improve them to help our clients move ahead of the competition.

The Database Administrator (DBA) administers development, testing or demonstration of databases. They perform many related database functions across one or more engineering teams or clients, including designing, implementing and maintaining new databases, backup/recovery and configuration management.  The DBA installs database management systems (DBMS) and provides input for modification of procedures and documentation used for problem resolution and day-to-day maintenance.

This position is for a DBA on the global Tech Management Data/Network Team focused on Oracle and SQL Server DBA support. The main focus of this role is to provide technical expertise and direction within a team having primary responsibility for the Oracle and SQL Server.  This would include installation and maintenance of new database software.  Installation, support, and migration of Oracle databases.  Ongoing administration and configuration of related tools.  Providing technical expertise for projects and support.  Support activities will focus on maintaining and improving the reliability, availability and performance of the mission critical platforms. 

The DBA position on the team is responsible for:
-Provide technical expertise in Oracle and SQL Server
-Participate in projects to build out new capabilities
-Implement platform and tools upgrades and fixes.
-Technical application/environment support, including on-call rotation
-Problem diagnosis, escalation, root cause analysis and reporting
-Initiate, facilitate and implement process improvement initiatives
-Creating and maintaining support and project documentation
-Knowledge sharing and training of fellow team members
-Participate in the Disaster Recovery tests

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