Marketing Analyst: contract

This is a 3 month contract opportunity located in Minneapolis.

MARKETING ANALYST

A high profile local marketing firm is looking for a Market Analyst to help identify, lead, and execute strategic initiatives for clients from a quantitative, results oriented perspective.  You'll provide the analytical insight and results tracking to understand impact and increase the effectiveness of client programs.  The position interfaces closely with agency partners, database development, creative, and interactive teams to develop and execute strategies and tactics for clients.

Additional requirements:
-exp. with MS Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and SAS/SPSS and imperative.
-exp. with OLAP design and utilization, mapping software, and other data manipulation and presentation tools (a plus).
-exp. with reporting capabilities of Exact Target (a plus).
-proficiency with SQL Server and SQL-based query tools (a plus).

For full job description or to be considered plus contact me directly-

Mike Reitz
mreitz@targetitresources.com
952-465-0157

Quality Assurance (Web, Web Services, Mobile): contract

This is a 3 month contract located in Minneapolis.

QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST (WEB, WEB SERVICES, MOBILE)

A high profile local marketing firm is looking for a QA Analyst to evaluate and test software applications and software development procedures to verify functionality according to user requirements.  You'll have exp. in testing websites, web services, file processing, and mobile applications.  Creating and executing test plans as well as exp. in functional testing, performance testing, and stress/load/soak testing are also important.

For a detailed job description or to be considered please contact me directly-

Mike Reitz
mreitz@targetitresources.com
952-465-0157

Sr. J2EE Web Developer: contract to hire

This is a contract to hire position located in the Southern metro.

A stable and well known company in the healthcare field is in the midst of major initiatives from a web and web services technology perspective.

SR. J2EE WEB DEVELOPER

We're looking for someone with experience implementing current Java/J2EE technologies with a focus on Web Apps.  Lifecycle management exp. including upgrades and patches is also important.  You have an ability to debug and enhance J2EE web apps and are experienced with J2EE and related technologies including JSPs, Spring Framework, Struts Framework, JDBC, HTML, Servlets, CSS, Tag Librairies, SQL, and XML.  Additionally, exp. with Oracle WebLogic Server 9.2/10.3, Oracle RDBMS, Linux, Eclipse, and Apache are preferred.

Generally speaking, the biggies are:
-J2EE
-EJB3
-Weblogic
-Spring
-AJAX/jQuery/Vaadin (preferred)
-Agile development env.

For greater detail or to be considered, contact me directly-

Mike Reitz
mreitz@targetitresources.com
952-465-0157

Embedded C/C++ Software Developer: contract or contract to hire

This is a contract or contract to hire position located in the Southern metro.

EMBEDDED C/C++ SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

A small and growing development company specializing in a variety of embedded systems including data communication, wireless, and wireline technologies is looking for someone for a 6 plus month engagement.  The projects are focused on the development, extension, and rapid prototyping of WebKit for an embedded system.  They expect other projects to emerge so expect to be involved in a variety of projects.

Technically:
-C/C++, and/or Objective C programming on an embedded system exp.
-Solid understanding of multi-threaded applications and thread safety.

Additional desirable exp.:
-WebKit.  Knowledge of WebKit internals is a big plus.
-Network programming (analyze network packet captures).
-2D and 3D graphics (OpenGL/DirectX).
-IPC techniques.
-Java
-Posix
-DLNA

For more information or to be considered contact me directly:

Mike Reitz
mreitz@targetitresources.com
952-465-0157

OpenGL C/C++ Software Developer: contract & contract to hire

This is a contract or contract to hire position in the Southern metro.

OpenGL C/C++ SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


A small and growing development company specializing in data communications, wireless, and wireline products seeks a motivated OpenGL ES Software Developer for project work.  Projects will focus on development, extension, and rapid prototyping of RVU's Remote User Interface (RUI) protocol for satellite set-top-boxes.  The product is a cutting edge home entertainment protocol based on DLNA technologies with extensions for RUI.  See http://www.rvualliance.org/ for additional info on the RVU protocol.

Technically:
-C and C++ programming on embedded systems.
-OpenGL ES 1.1 experience.
-solid understanding of multi-threaded applications and thread safety.
Additional desirable experience:
-Network programming (analyze network packet captures).
-IPC techniques.
-MVC design pattern.
-OpenGL ES 2.0
-Knowledge of DLNA preferable but not necessary.

For more detail of consideration, contact me directly:

Mike Reitz
mreitz@targetitresources.com
952-465-0157

.Net Developer: permanent

This is a FTE permanent position located in the NW metro.

A growing company in the onboarding solutions and background screening industry is in the midst of major initiatives.  Because business is strong, they've embarked on deep and well funded initiatives to transform the technical environment to meet tomorrows needs.

.NET DEVELOPER

You'll be responsible for development of new and existing software to support business.  The main software is written in Powerbuilder with SQL and .Net to a lesser extent.  You'll be part of a team responsible for transitioning the application to an ASP.Net/C# stack using a SOA architecture.  Knowledge of OO design, coding, and unit testing in a Powerbuilder and .Net env. is a must.

-ASP.Net/C# exp.
-Powerbuilder exp.
-Microsoft Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server
-SQL Server exp.

For more information or consideration contact me directly:

Mike Reitz
mreitz@targetitresources.com
952-465-0157

Sr. UNIX Sys Admin.: permanent

This is a permanent FTE position located in the SW metro.

Prominent retailer in the SW suburbs seeks a Sr. UNIX Sys Admin. The company is mega-innovative in the retail industry incorporating all the latest and greatest technologies and tools as a leader in their industry. Online, mobile, social network, and television are all means by which they market and sell products.

SENIOR UNIX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

You'll implement and maintain the Linux, UNIX and storage infrastructure to meet customer demand for a 24/7 operation. 

We're looking for someone to:
-reduce unplanned system outages.
-maintain and keep systems in good performance state as per service level agreements.
-lead & motivate the team with technical and analytical solutions as needed.
-respond to the issues and effective solutions in timely manner.
-lead and provide technical support for all installs, upgrades, re-orgs, patches and proactive maintenance.

Responsibilities:
-responsible for installs, upgrades, refreshes and maintains all system environments.
-responsible for day to day administrative tasks, such as: proactive monitoring, error checking, performance tuning, trouble-shooting and back-ups.
-24x7 on call rotation within team.
-establish, publish and analyze performance metrics & integrity controls to all environments.
-responsible for maintaining UNIX Operations Run book and security & regulatory compliances.
-responsible for investigate, review, approve, apply and test all patches, changes to the environment.
-responsible for installation, upgrade, and support of hardware, software and the associated technology stack in a multi-tier environment in conjunction with database server, application server, web server and third party application servers
-provide consultation on performance, patch management, configuration management, instance management, capacity planning, custom interface design, and operational implementation.
-follow change management procedures for implementation and migration.
-responsible for creating and modifying scripts in Shell, PL/SQL, SQL to automate tasks.
-develop and document recovery procedures in the event of system failure to insure protect the data.
-assist/partner with other team like DBA, network and development to fulfill the business needs according to standards.

Technically Speaking:
-7+ years of Solid UNIX administration experience is required.
-5+ years of production experience in large and 24x7 environment is required.
-Strong administrative experience of LINUX and shared storage required.
-Prior experience of systems performance, capacity planning, reorgs, partitioning, tuning and patching is required.
-AIX, Solaris, TSM, and Centrify, Nagios, Cacti, GroundWorks is preferred.
-Prior experience with NetApp storage systems is highly preferred.
-Experience of Disaster recovery process is preferred.
-Knowledge of, or experience with Oracle databases is preferred.

For more information or to be considered, contact me directly:

Mike Reitz
mreitz@targetitresources.com
952-465-0157