Friday, January 29, 2010

Technical Openings in Kansas City for January 2010

Here is a brief list of openings for the 1rst Quarter, If you are interested in any of the below openings, please call me or pass this on to anybody with the below skill set.

Brief list of other openings with our company.

Current Job openings:

1. COBOL, DB2, rx, FileAid - Contract
2. VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, SSRS, SSIS, VB - Contract for hire
3. JAVA, JSF, ORACLE and PL/SQL Developer - CTH
4. QA Tester, HP Quality Center, QTP - Contract for hire
5. Business Objects , JAVA Developer - Contract
6. VP of Marketing, MBA - Previous experience - Permanent
7. Sr. JAVA Developer with GUI experience and Swing - Contract
8. ColdFusion, Flash - Web Design - Contract for hire
9. Solutions Architect, C# and JAVA experience with web services - Perm
10. Sales Solutions Manager - Perm
11. RF Engineer -Perm
12. Microwave Engineer - Perm

Contact information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

COBOL Job Opening

This person will have 5-8 years in the following skills and have provided heavy analysis and coding in COBOL, DB2, FileAid, Easytrieve, RX, SQL, CICS, VSAM, Abend AID and CA-7.

Job Description:

• Design, develop, maintain and enhance Mainframe applications that support the transfer and obfuscation of data from production to test environments.
• Research, develop and implement application and application environment enhancements.
• Maintain and enhance, through tuning and infrastructure configuration, Mainframe applications.
• Review and understand Mainframe application code for problem evaluation.
• Work with architecture and application development teams to identify and resolve on-going test and production incidents.
• Research and implement areas of service process improvement.
• Research and implement metrics processes.
• Develop and maintain key metrics to measure effectiveness

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

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Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Senior JAVA, MVC, Oracle and PL/SQL Developer

Job Overview:

Design, code, test, develop and document application programs as part of the Enterprise Network Planning Tool.
Work with users, application analysts, domain experts, and product managers to define system scope and objectives, detailed requirements, and prescribing methods and approaches.
Analyze and perform modifications to and maintenance of highly complex software applications.
Create computer, subroutine and procedural forms and documentation. Document file designs and program logic.
Analyze system and programming logic and make revisions. Provide technical and production system support as needed.

Desired Skill Set:

- Strong Object Oriented Design and Development background with J2EE (Applet, JSF, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JMail, WebServices), XML technology (XML Stylesheet, XML Schema), SQL and PL/SQL on Oracle database, Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), Spring Framework, Eclipse, Unified Modeling Language (UML), RationalRose, WebSphere and UNIX platforms.

- Strong background on SQL and Oracle

- Experience with Business Objects, Hyperion Essbase, Microstrategy, SiteMinder, Oracle, and CM Synergy preferred

- Knowledge of Rich Internet Application(RIA) development using Adobe Flex, Cairngorm Framework, BlazeDS or Live Cycle Data Services, and Mapping APIs (from Yahoo/Google) preferred.

- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

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Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

VP of Marketing - Kansas City, Missouri

Job Description:

As the Vice-President of Marketing, the selected candidate will drive efforts to leverage its position as an emerging market leader for software and services solutions in the digital signage/media market to drive aggressive revenue growth. The VP will be a member of the executive team, reporting directly to the Sr. VP Sales/Marketing and also working closely with the CEO in the areas of corporate strategy, research and investor relations.

Areas of direct responsibility include: marketing strategy, lead demand generation, public relations, product marketing, corporate branding/messaging, website management, online viral programs that incorporate social media communication methods, competitive intelligence and market trend analysis, attend promotional and industry events, and develop metric tracking to provide analytic data to determine and indentify correlations between budget spends and sales revenue. In addition, the VP will have people management responsibilities providing leadership and direction for 2 to 3 marketing staff initially.

Primary Responsibilitie:

• Assist with corporate strategy, board and investor presentations.
• Establish brand and marketing strategy with media plan to formulate and facilitate the approved annual marketing plan.
• Create and manage lead demand generation programs to support an aggressive annual revenue plan with methods introduced to maximize gross margin and cash flow for optimal working capital efficiencies.
• Establish marketing budgets and manage spending within budget.
• Lead press and analyst relations (e.g. establishing thought leadership, obtaining favorable coverage, influencing industry analyst reports & become a recognized opinion influencer to educate target markets about the value proposition to existing /future clients and partners).
• Manage corporate websites including design, content creation and tracking to compliment and enhance social media communications.
• Influence and interface with product management to create product marketing materials, coordinate and execute product launches to increase sales revenue and facilitate identification of potential areas of growth in emerging technologies and trends.
• Lead development of messaging, positioning, and differentiation for corporate and product brands to continue to establish firm as a cutting edge media solutions provider.
• Manage external vendors such as web design agencies, PR firm, freelancers, etc.
• Develop and monitor analytic reports on digital signage and media market trend data such as competitor activities, market growth and business case studies / philosophies / methodologies.
• Manage all events including tradeshows, virtual events, webinars and product demos.
• Lead design and development of all sales toolkits including datasheets, whitepapers, PowerPoint presentations, demos, videos, etc. to drive sales revenue and awareness.
• Interface with key clients to drive PR and case study development.
• Provide strategic advice and support for partner and channel activities.
• Produce and direct all social media marketing activities in line with marketing media plan(s).
• Develop and maintain detailed monthly and quarterly goals/metrics to measure the effectiveness of all marketing programs and tactics to ensure efforts are in line with predicted sales forecasts for revenue generation.

Skills:

Develops and communicates a clear vision for the applications and services demanded by our strategic partners and customers in an increasingly demanding and competitive environment.

Strong strategist who is able to develop present, defend and guide projects from inception to completion.

Detailed understand of business operations to ensure that marketing efforts compliment and provide the catalyst to meet corporate revenue and profit goals.

Hands-on, innovative; results oriented leader; strong decision maker with proven ability to prioritize complex objectives and meet aggressive timelines. Engaging and confident public speaker.

Qualifications:

To be considered for this job, you must meet the following qualifications:

• BS/BA required: MBA preferred
• 10+ years of marketing experience with 4 to 5 years of experience as the top marketing person at a B-to-B technology or software company.
• A deep understanding of and experience in implementing social media programs and the use of social computing solutions such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
• Superior expertise with Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and the Adobe product suite.
• A strong understanding of marketing and media communication strategies.
• A willingness and ability to complete hands-on, tactical marketing projects.
• Experience interacting with Board of Director, investor and industry representatives.
• An extreme attention to detail and quality.
• A metrics driven, results-based approach to marketing.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Ability to represent the Company in person at top-flight industry events and with C-level marketing executives.
• Excellent leadership and team development capabilities.
• A track record of implementing marketing programs that achieve corporate objectives and deliver a strong ROI.

The company offers an excellent compensation package to include base salary, bonus, options, and great benefits.



Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

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Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Friday, January 22, 2010

Business Object Developer - Opening

Job Requirements

·Strong verbal and written communication skills

·SDK experience w/BOE, API, and Java

·JAVA Development experience

·Strong SQL knowledge

·Ability to understand complex data flow dependencies between applications

·Technical infrastructure performance modeling and benchmarking skills.

·Business Objects Certified Developer preferred.

·Experience with Business Objects Enterprise administration and support in an enterprise environment. Including recent experience with Version XIR3

·Experience with migrating reports from development to test and then to production is required

·Experience configuring security access control

·Experience using Business Objects with DB2 data sources a plus

·Experience integration with WebSphere Application Server and IHS a plus

·Experience with APOS software a plus.

·Working knowledge of XML and building reports against it.

·Willingness to travel

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

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Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Monday, January 18, 2010

ColdFusion opening

Scope of work:

MCG seeks an individual to build web portals from scratch using elements similar to the existing design, while improving upon the original. No source code will be provided from the original design.

Technical Requirements:

The minimum technical requirements for the individual are below:

-Experienced in professional web development/graphic design with 5+ years (required).
-Experience with Adobe Flash
-HTML & DHTML
-ASP
-Cold Fusion

Experience creating single user sign-on with password retrieval and Http security that is consistent with policy and procedures
-Can generate reports and present data from a database that is custom formatted for presentation online and may also be downloaded in PDF and Excel formats
-Experience with content management systems and architecture
-Experience with E-Commerce

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

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Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Monday, January 11, 2010

Senior VB.NET Developer

Looking for a 7-8 year developer to provide design and development expertise in developing VB.NET, ASP.NET and SQL Server web services applications. This person will have had experience in the development of enterprise level web portals. This is a opportunity to work with a dyanmic team and grow with a mid sized company.

SRS is a plus
WPF is a plus
Agile is a plus

EOE/M/F/H/V

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

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Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Data Stage / Data Analyst Opening - Kansas City

Job Description:

3-5 years experience with Data Warehousing modeling concepts
3-5 years experience with ETL design
1-3 years experience with IBM WebSphere DataStage tools
3-5 years experience with source to target mappings
3-5 years experience working with Business areas
1-3 years SQL skills
1-3 years experience with Oracle

Excellent communications skills and interpersonal understanding

Plus skills:


Knowledge of IBM`s QualityStage or similar tool (name of other tool)

Project description - We are seeking an experienced DataStage ETL developer for our Information Management Department. This position requires prior experience in the use of IBM Sphere DataStage ETL tools in a Data Warehouse environment. This position requires excellent communication and interpersonal understanding skill as they will work closely with the Business areas and the application developers.

Contact Information:
Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

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Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

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