This is a huge eCommerce initiative with an industry leading end client! MUST be highly motivated, passionate about your career, and looking for a good resume builder. TWO positions available!

In this role you will be responsible for: PHP, JavaScript, and JQuery programming and bug fixes.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

In this role you will be responsible for:

(1) Design through troubleshooting of a system built on MS Dynamics NAV 2009 RTC (primarily supporting finance and logistics);

(2) Configuring, coding, developing and documenting software specs through SDLC (MUST have development experience, implementation is a plus but this is not an implementor position);

(3) Working with analysts/designers in developing proprietary software;

(4) Overseeing Q/A of program logic;

(5) Directing research on new application development products, standards;

(6) Writing and coding software programs;

(7) Developing user manuals;

(8) Installing software to end users.

REQUIRED:

Minimum of 5 years in IT.

Minimum of 2 years Microsoft Dynamics NAV DEVELOPMENT experience (Ideally 2009 but versions 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 could work for the right person).

PREFERRED and a huge plus.  Experience with Visual Studio, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET and SQL Server. Experience in BizTalk, Web services, Sharepoint, Vista, XP, Soap, XML.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2214.

(1) Software product and technology solution planning, delivery, and management for a global customer base of investment and trading organizations;

(2) Designing and developing strategy for future product and service offerings;

(3) Working closely with senior executive management focused on short/long term business development opportunities, product development opportunities, and product development plans;

(4) Working closely with sales and marketing teams to assess market opportunities, calculate revenue opportunities, manage product launches, and target market and product campaigns;

(5) Working closely with the technology organization to manage the product development lifecycle;

(6) Working closely with customer service and support teams to understand issues related to product and service offerings while designing enhancements to enrich the overall customer experience;

(7) Leveraging and expanding software and services offering to a global audience in broad based and niche oriented markets;

(8) Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) both internally within the organization and externally to the industry and marketplace.

REQUIRED:

Must have a verifiable undergraduate degree.  There is a strong preference for candidates with a finance or technology focused MBA.

MUST have a MINIMUM of 10 years of direct responsibility for managing/bringing investment/trading software products and services to market in the investment and trading industry, as the head of product development & management.

MUST currently be directly responsible for bringing investment/trading software and technology services to market focused on the global trading and investment industry.

MUST currently be located in the Chicago area marketplace and have EXPERT level understanding of the electronic trading industry to include: Futures and Options, Equities and FX, service providers, order routing systems, market data systems, matching engines, and clearing/settlement systems and processes.

MUST have SUPERB external customer orientation and excellent organizational, communication, interpersonal and team building skills.

MUST be proficient at establishing a software product roadmap and identifying future trends and opportunities for bringing software and services to market.

Personality: Organized and detail oriented.  Passionate about electronic trading. Takes ownership and accountability with a smile.  Manages and leads others while being a strong motivator. Leads by example.  Able to handle pressure and stress of the trading and software industry and thrives on it. Has strong character and a track record demonstrating integrity.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2294.

(1) Performing FSLC embedded C development and Linux kernel programming;

(2)  Working closely with a myriad of entities including other technical groups, customers, third party organizations, business partners in delivering quality solutions to the marketplace on time, and meeting and/or exceeding expectations;

(3) Performing strong troubleshooting through resolution of technical issues in an effort to problem solve software issues;

(4) Testing and debugging of code;

(5) Taking on a leadership role where required and able, and helping team mates with less skill fill in knowledge gaps and improve performance.

REQUIRED:

Minimum of 3 years STRONG and CURRENT FULL SDLC programming and design experience using embedded C and/or C++ and Linux. (Would possibly test 3 years for the right candidate with other relevant experience and/or academic background).

MUST have STRONG experience developing and debugging software that runs in both ring0 and ring3.

Ability to work cohesively within a team environment and lead functional areas within a product.
MUST have a STRONG methodology background ideally with multiple methodologies (i.e. waterfall, SCRUM, Agile, RUP).

MUST have a STRONG understanding of databases, tools, and techniques used for object to relational mapping.

Personality:  Must be a team player and enjoy doing what it takes to get the job done.  Must have good communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.  Must be action focused and have ability to be decisive and take the ball and run with it to ensure deliverable commitments are met.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2287.

(1) Designing, developing, documenting, testing, and maintaining .Net/C#/Winforms applications;

(2) Planning, designing and programming database functionality using MS SQL Server;

(3) Planning, designing, and programming user interfaces;

(4) Working closely with product management to derive requirements from customer use scenarios, determining the feasibility of design within time and cost constraints, and consulting engineering staff to evaluate the interface between hardware and software;

(5) Investigating, identifying, and resolving code issues logged internally by QA teams and externally by clients through technical support;

(6) Providing regular status reports on coding progress, troubleshooting analysis, documentation and testing of products to team lead as necessary;

(7) Implementing design specifications, documenting design modifications, and unit testing.

REQUIRED:

A VERIFIABLE undergraduate degree is a MUST.

MUST HAVE EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS—written and verbal—and solid ability to have in depth conversations with all types of customers.

MUST have 3-5 years of STRONG/CURRENT FSLC (Full Systems Life Cycle) programming, Object Oriented Programming, C#, ASP.NET, Winforms, Linux, GUI design, MS SQL Server.

MUST have excellent hands on experience and foundational knowledge of the full software development lifecycle process.

MUST be able to clearly demonstrate knowledge of the software development lifecycle and various methodologies (waterfall, SCRUM, Agile, RUP).

MUST have proven ability to troubleshoot issues and resolve quickly.

MUST have strong problem solving, data analysis, design, and testing skills.

MUST have ability to lead smaller development units and plan, implement, and execute on software designs.

MUST have detailed knowledge of various browser capabilities.

MUST have good understanding of databases, tools, and techniques used for object to relational mapping, and experience in performance tuning.

MUST have good experience writing technical specifications and system design documents.

Personality traits required:  Passionate about software engineering; Outgoing, articulate, and well spoken; Action oriented, enthusiastic, decisive, with willingness to jump in and take a lead role when opportunity presents itself; Able to work cohesively within a team environment and lead functional areas within a product development environment.

PLUSES:  Enterprise software development; Development of COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software; Microsoft Certified Professionals or Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCAD or MCSD).

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2288.

(1) Acting as a liaison between key business areas and Information Technology project teams (application development and quality assurance) to ensure IT applications support the business needs with a particular focus on ‘user experience design’ as it relates to developed solutions;

(2) Working with project stakeholders to facilitate project definition and authorization;

(3) Analyzing business processes and procedures, gathering and documenting system requirements as it relates to Information Architect, User Experience, Content Management, Usability Design;

(4) Developing detailed functional requirements and designing specifications to be used to drive custom systems development or package selection and implementation;

(5) Participation in design reviews and in the development of team project plans;

(6) Understanding and documenting business needs and relating those business needs to both existing and new applications / products.

REQUIRED:

Minimum 3 years of current and strong experience functioning as an IT Business Analyst analyzing and documenting existing internal IT and business processes.

MUST have STRONG experience with usability design (Information Architect, User Experience, Content Management, or Usability Design) with a focus on user friendly web based solutions that provide a positive user experience.

Current and strong experience converting business process requirements into system requirements for enabling technology.

MUST have OUTSTANDING communication skills (written and verbal), interpersonal skills, and presentation skills (to include executive management).

Excellent organization and time management skills.

MUST have excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

MUST have proficiency with Microsoft personal productivity tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access), a project planning tool such as Microsoft Project, and VISIO.

MUST be highly motivated, passionate about your career.

MUST be user focused, customer driven, assertive and not aggressive, and able to define the difference.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2285.

(1) Oversight and management of corporate enterprise infrastructure projects;

(2) Hands on technical enterprise infrastructure support;

(3) Evaluating, selecting, implementing, and supporting a wide range of infrastructure components;

(4) Performing as a level 3 engineer for Exchange 2003 (clustered);

(5) Building an Exchange 2003 server from the ground up;

(6) Project managing resources, initiatives, and coordinating resources of other groups and subgroups involved in project initiatives;

(7) Providing Subject Matter Expertise (SME) and acting as a resident SME in emerging and new infrastructure technologies, services, vendors, etc. with a focus on improving the organizational business model through more efficient/effective computing technology or more efficient/effective business process;

(8) Managing the infrastructure maintenance to include alignment with regulations, contracts and licensing agreements;

(9) Developing and maintaining process, procedures, workflow, and accurate documentation for all aspects of technology implementation and operation;

(10) Working with management to establish technical standards and procedures;

(11) Providing third level technical support;

(12) Consistent and accurate monitoring of the enterprise, ensuring that technical issues root cause are identified, and solved as effectively and efficiently as possible.

(13) Ensuring that projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with a keen eye for exceeding end user expectations and deliverable commitments; providing clear and accurate project reporting to all necessary parties including executive management;

REQUIRED:

5 years or more of STRONG/CURRENT expert level enterprise level IT INFRASTRUCTURE technology evaluation, planning, implementation, and hands on 3rd level technical support in the following environment: (1) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008; (2) Microsoft Exchange 2003; (3) Microsoft Active Directory 2003;

MS Exchange 2003 (and up) experience must be clustered.

MUST have 1 or more years of STRONG/CURRENT project management of technical infrastructure projects.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience in creating new infrastructure architectural models and helping create future infrastructure designs, vision, and requirements.

MUST have EXPERT level technical experience with networks, network topologies, network file servers, applicable software, and troubleshooting techniques.

MUST have EXCELLENT communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience with a  focus on INFRASTRUCTURE: (1) Conducting feasibility studies; (2) Developing client proposals including cost/time/resource estimates; (3) Preparing statistical reports and complete cost/benefit analysis.

Pluses: Cisco or Checkpoint; Network and VPN routing.

Pluses: Undergraduate degree of a technical nature (i.e. Computer Science or Computer Engineering, etc.). Cisco or Checkpoint certification.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2268.

(1) MICROSOFT Network Operating System (NOS) performance monitoring, performance tuning, installs, upgrades, backups, recoveries, etc. in this clustered state of the art environment;

(2) Troubleshooting through resolution of medium to highly complex technical issues as it relates to MICROSOFT NOS, Active Directory, TCP/ip, DNS, WINS, clustering, SAN, VMWare and virtualization, etc.;

(3) Prototype design;

(4) Antivirus policy, maintenance, and administration;

(5) Working closely with DBA’s, developers, architects;

(6) Mentoring, coaching, and assisting with knowledge transfer to less experienced staff;

(7) Pager rotation in a group of 6 in this stable, and advanced technical environment;

(8) Vertical and horizontal communication to a diverse audience in a proactive manner;

(9) Acting as a technical “go-to” as it relates to the MICROSOFT and related technologies.

REQUIRED:

5 years of IT experience with an undergraduate degree OR 9 years of IT experience without completion of an undergraduate degree.

STRONG and CURRENT hands on technical skill performing MICROSOFT NOS (Network Operating System) administration to include performance monitoring, performance tuning, installs, upgrades, backups, recoveries, etc. in a clustered MICROSOFT environment. MUST BE ABLE TO BUILD AND TROUBLESHOOT CLUSTERS.

3 years of MICROSOFT network design/REDESIGN through IMPLEMENTATION.

5 years of DEEP and CURRENT hands on technical troubleshooting of Active Directory, DNS, WINS, TCP/ip issues through to resolution.

2 years of DATA CENTER support and administration in a MICROSOFT environment.

Must have MICROSOFT database configuration and installation experience.

Must have stable career track record with appropriate level of business maturity.

Pluses:  SAN, VMware, MCSE.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2277.

In this role will be responsible for:

(1) Oversight, quality, planning, and prioritization of core SAP module development efforts; (2) Management and staff development of a group of 5 SAP analysts, 5 SAP developers, and coordination of the WRICEFP (Workflow, Reports, Interfaces, Conversion program development, Enhancements, Forms and Portal) efforts; (3) Estimating,  prioritizing, and staffing development requirements; (4) Defining the formats of development-related project forms (specifications, testing documentation, technical documentation), and overall accountability for the implementation of best practices and standards as applied to ABAP programming and data dictionary usage; (5) Attracting, hiring, training, developing, and retaining a team of world-class ABAP developers; (6) Engagement in global blueprinting design, working with functional leads and technical teams to design a comprehensive technical approach that encompasses all WRICEFP requirements; (7) Reviewing and prioritizing functional specifications, working with functional leads and senior ABAP developers to ensure that the proper technical approach is applied to the proposed design; (8) Project management duties including oversight of project progress, critical program development issues, and functional design concerns that could impact the timeline or quality of ERP implementations, upgrades, etc.; (9) Performing quality reviews of code and data dictionary settings, ensuring that best practices and standards are followed; (10) Developing and managing standards for unit and volume test cycles of development objects; (11) Performing technical interviews of SAP analysts and developers, assessing skill levels, appropriateness of project experience, and fit within organizational culture; (12) Oversight of application support, application troubleshooting through resolution, and levels 1,2,3 support; (13)  Departmental and project budget management.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

MUST have a deep understanding of the COMPLETE SAP solution. Deep SAP functional application knowledge, being an expert, a 10 of 10 in ‘AS IS/TO BE’ process flows (GAP analysis, workflow, business process).

Demonstrated accomplishments where you have LED entire initiatives (not pieces). Must be an expert in at least ONE core module with fslc implementation experience. The ideal candidate would have expertise in at least one but ideally (in order) #1 -SD, #2-MM, #3-PP, #4-FICO.

MUST have a dynamic nature that is suited to building relationships, improving the status quo, and driving best practice introduction into a green field environment. Must have a passion in change and driving change throughout the user community, with the ability to demonstrate SAP efficiency and effectiveness.

MUST have EXPERT level knowledge of the SAP implementation lifecycle, ASAP methodology, phased global rollout approach, and implications on Basis administration, and MUST have STRONG/CURRENT in-depth understanding of SAP and non-SAP development tools.

MUST have a minimum of 2 full-cycle SAP implementation experiences and MUST have formal implementation methodology experience – ASAP, Agile, SDLC, etc.

Must have 5+ years experience (current) in the manufacturing industry.

Must have 4+ years of STRONG SAP project management experience.

MUST have exceptional communication, interpersonal, organizational, and presentation skills. (Resumes need to dictate good grammar and punctuation.)

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2275.

Search consultancies are often entrenched in particular market sectors (ie, Information Technology, accounting, marketing). Their market sector networks are used along with various methods to seek candidates for a particular job. Normally the individuals (potential candidates) are not actively seeking a new job. This is quite common in executive search & recruitment and what essentially fuels the industry. It is the job of the search consultant to approach these individuals, and with precision, give them information to help them make an educated decision on why they should consider evaluating the opportunity.

The service of executive search to a potential candidate is paid for by the client company or organization, not by individual. Potential candidates are identified, qualified and presented to the client by the executive search firm based upon fit with a written or verbal job specification developed in conjunction with the client.

Assessing degree of potential fit of the candidate with the job specification is a key activity for the search firm, since the most common reason a search consultant is engaged by a client company is to save time and effort involved with identifying, qualifying and reviewing candidates for specific leadership positions, with the client remaining confidential.

It is common for a potential candidate to be identified by the search firm via a telephone call. Often the phone call is the result of a recommendation from someone inside the firm’s existing network. Quality oriented search firms work hard at cultivating and continually updating their network of contacts so that when a search assignment is awarded they will be ready to start recruiting candidates. Another way to identify potential candidates involves search firm “research”, which is contacting targeted people in specific companies who appear to fit the job profile in some logical manner. Some of the best candidate referrals come from people who could be candidates for the job themselves but for any number of reasons are not interested at that particular time.

Search consultants have the ability to surface things about both the candidate and the client that the either side may overlook without their involvement. It is for that reason that they can prove their value in determining to to make and/or except a job offer.

(1) Building and implementing detailed performance test strategies for commercially developed software;

(2) Collaborating with product development groups to help execute, measure, optimize, and integrate performance strategies into iterative release cycles;

(3) Participating in project life cycle from analysis to production implementation with emphasis on production data analysis to define the appropriate customer and account profiles required in order to conduct comprehensive performance load and stress testing and auditable documentation of results;

(4) Supporting test planning and execution based on analysis of requirements and design documents;

(5) Profiling customer and account data required to conduct production-like performance testing;

(6) Determining the list of Key Processing Indicators (KPIs) for each application and developing the metrics that should be tracked;

(7) Monitoring application production metrics using a wide variety of tools and interfaces;

(8) Performing data mining to extract large volumes of data required to complete load tests;

(9) Constructing and maintaining a list of prioritized risks, hot-spots, concern areas, and plans for resolution;

(10) Writing/maintaining and executing test case scripts;

(11) Documenting detailed results and summary reports;

(12) Driving execution of the performance and infrastructure testing to ensure all development deliverables are production ready;

(13) Multi-tasking between current releases, multiple applications, install activities, and prioritizing tasks for next release(s);

(14) Serving as a technical resource to other product test engineers and assuming a lead testing role on projects;

(15) Researching performance-related production issues;

(16) Driving all facets of the organizational performance strategy including load, concurrency and characterization testing.

REQUIRED:

10+ years of software or application performance testing experience with software or application performance testing being the core job focus.

5+ years experience in HP Load Runner/Performance Center or comparable toolset.

2+ years software architecture experience (as it relates to testing).

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT high capacity, service oriented system design and testing.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience in creating manual and automated test assets, load scripts, and performance plans.

MUST have EXCELLENT communication, interpersonal, organizational, and presentation skills.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT problem analysis and problem solving skills in a technical environment.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT performance metrics extraction, parsing and correlation skills using Load Runner, Excel, Access, Visio, etc.

MUST have STRONG ability to interface with all organizational levels and across organizational lines.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT ability to maintain detailed performance testing schedules and orchestrate performance testing activities in concert with other testing activities.

MUST have STRONG experience leading and mentoring test staff within a test engineering capacity.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience in defining stress test workloads with representative performance characteristics.
MUST have STRONG/CURRENT project management experience managing high visibility projects.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT hands on experience with database-centric applications, SQL (Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008), HP Performance Center or similar and C#.

MUST have a STRONG/CURRENT software design best practice for performance knowledge-base.

MUST be able to recommend specific remedies to identified performance opportunities and coach design teams to evaluate alternative design options for optimal performance.

MUST have experience setting unit test guidelines and processes for performance evaluation prior to code submission.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2274.

(1) Designing, developing, and maintaining scenarios and plans for testing complex web based applications, and complex organizational web sites;

(2) Quality assurance testing of web based application and web site development and assisting in managing the quality assurance of initiatives through to production launch;

(3) Providing hands on application support and hands on development of complex Internet and Intranet based applications;

(4) Performing hands on technical  troubleshooting through of resolution of application and web site issues, and providing ad-hoc reports as needed;

(5) Designing scenarios for testing websites and other web based applications;

(6) Designing and authoring detailed plans and cases for testing web applications and web sites;

(7) Overseeing and hand son quality assurance testing of web applications and web sites for planned upgrades and new product launches;

(8) Quality assurance scenario maintenance and test plan documentation;

(9) Working closely with other groups in product launch efforts;

(10) Providing web programming support and development services (ASP, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript) for web based and web site development;

(11) Designing and developing web page templates for collaborative use as well as design and development of interactive areas of web sites.

REQUIRED:

4 years STRONG/CURRENT experience in STRUCTURED quality software testing of COMPLEX software, COMPLEX web based applications, and COMPLEX web sites.  MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience in manual and automated testing.

Preference of experience creating QA strategy (ideally where none has ‘officially’ existed).

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT hands on work experience with defining and structuring software testing models and plans.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT deep experience in all phases of the Software Development Cycle.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT ability to design, document, and manage web based software.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT analytical skills, communication skills, and team leadership skills.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2276.

(1) Acting as the GLOBAL Subject Matter Expert on business and corporate Information Technology DATA MANAGEMENT;

(2) Acting as a technology evangelist focused on DATA MANAGEMENT process, systems, governance, programs, strategy, transformation, vision, architecture, staffing and staff development, relationship building, and partnerships;

(3) Design, implementation, and oversight of a GLOBAL DATA MANAGEMENT office of excellence;

(4) Identifying staffing needs, hiring, and staff development;

(5) Budget and budget management;

(6) Relationship building at the highest executive and business levels;

(7) Developing a comprehensive corporate information management and data strategy by engaging active and ongoing participation from the business stakeholders who capture, consume, and share the information;

(8) Engaging executive sponsors in the development of an IM strategy and proactively maintaining their involvement in the initiative’s as top advocate ensuring active GLOBAL cross-company participation.

REQUIRED:

A verifiable undergraduate degree is a must with a strong preference for Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or similar from an above average academic institution.

MUST have at least 15 years of progressive experience developing STRONG/CURRENT Subject Matter Expertise in business and technical knowledge in all areas of data management including master data management, data governance, technical data architecture, data principles, data structures, data competencies, information management, and design/implementation of a data management center of excellence (COE) or data management center of competency (COC) or similar.

MUST come from a VERY LARGE IT environment. Although consulting experience is acceptable, a track record of short term consulting engagements is not of interest.  Candidates from the Big 4, IBM, HP, EDS, CSC, or similar organizations are acceptable.  Candidates from boutique consulting firms are not of interest.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience in information and data management, application development management, master data management, multiple major project and systems implementations as a senior manager and design, development and deployment of an original solution delivery process.

MUST have at least 10 years of work experience in large and complex corporate application development environments managing many large project and staff teams. Must have proven experience in building a large and complex data management organization at a prominent corporate client or environment.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience with multiple technical platforms, operating systems, databases and development languages including but not limited to web, mainframe, UNIX, and client server.  Must have worked within a multi-disciplined, cross-functional technical organization with matrixes reporting relationships.

MUST have a STRONG track record of accomplishment and be a high achiever.

Superb communication, interpersonal, organizational, presentation, and relationship building skills are essential.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience managing a large staff, and building/managing an entire department.

Pluses:  MS or MA or MBA.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2273.

(1) Linux and (a bit of) Microsoft Windows administration to include performance monitoring, performance tuning, installs, upgrades, backups, recoveries, etc.;

(2) Design and implementation of new hardware and software as needed;

(3) Linux and MS Windows Active Directory authentication integration;

(4) Troubleshooting through resolution of advanced TCP/IP and multicast issues;

(5) Datacenter management;

(6) Support and on call rotation as necessary.

(Cannot share specifics due to NDA.)

REQUIRED:

5 years of STRONG/CURRENT LINUX administration to include performance monitoring, performance tuning, installs, upgrades, backups, recoveries in an advanced TCP/IP multicast environment.

Plus would be: Linux architecture, deployment, networking, security hardening, troubleshooting and production operations.

Plus would be:  Knowledge of real-time operating system concepts and implementations and STRONG/CURRENT SMTP, DHCP, DNS, NIS, LDAP, CIFS, NFS, Postfix, BIND, SNMP, and Linux system security.

Plus would be: Packet sniffing applications (snort, wireshark, netmon, etc), Linux and AD authentication integration (winbind, Kerberos, LDAP, SFU), system configuration experience (Altiris, Puppet or CFEngine), Kickstart procedures, and be FLUENT in Perl and shell scripting, with experience implementing automation and monitoring using shell scripting and other related tools.

Plus would be: System monitoring experience (SNMP, Nagios, Cacti, HP OpenView, Dell Open Manage, etc), strong Linux/Unix networking, bug tracking systems, and STRONG/CURRENT experience managing a build environment, including familiarity with source control and standard build tools (make, ant).

An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or similar is extremely highly preferred.

MUST have excellent communication, interpersonal, organization, and documentation skills.

Pluses: VB, VBA, .Net, C# and/or Access programming.  MS Windows 2003 and/or 2008 administration. CISCO. IOS. Veritas Netbackup. VMWare infrastructure.  RHCT. RHCE. MCSE. CCNA.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2271.

(1) Project management of primarily small and medium sized IT projects with some larger corporate Information Technology initiatives oversight;

(2) Project managing a variety of projects simultaneously to include applications, IT operations, infrastructure;

(3) Ensuring that there is clear communication between stakeholders, involved IT groups, all levels of management, vendors and business partners, etc;

(4) Identifying issues and overseeing issue resolution through to completion;

(5) Identifying process enhancements and ensuring that organizational SDLC processes are adhered to and followed by all involved parties;

(6) Ensuring that projects are delivered on time, on budget, and at or exceeding expectations.

REQUIRED:

MUST have a verifiable undergraduate degree,

Minimum of 5 years in IT with at least 2 years of STRONG/CURRENT project management in a medium sized corporate IT BUSINESS environment of 50-100 IT professionals.

Project management scope should include a majority of small and medium simultaneous projects with some large project experience. (Ideally working on projects encompassing general business systems).

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT SDLC methodology background.  IDEALLY have STRONG/CURRENT background of project managing a mix of applications (most important), IT operations, and infrastructure projects.

MUST have a stable corporate employment (non-consulting) track record.

MUST have superb communication, interpersonal, organizational, and presentation skills.

MUST have exceptionally strong user focused skills.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience with MS Project and MS Office.

MUST come from a MICROSOFT environment (non mainframe, non mid range). The technology here is .NET/C#/SQL Server.

PLUSES: B2B applications experience.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2272.

(1) FSLC design and development of web based applications in C# and .NET in this complex, state of the art, e-commerce environment;

(2) Providing seasoned C# and .NET design and development mentoring to less experienced development staff;

(3) Providing seasoned application support and troubleshooting experience to the global development team;

(4) Working with off shore development staff as needed;

(5) Heavy client and end interaction to executive level;

(6) Ongoing development and support of all web based applications .

REQUIRED:

MUST have a Computer Science undergraduate degree, or similar technical undergraduate degree. This is NOT a flexible requirement.

MUST have at least 3 years (prefer 4) of corporate IT programming (design and development) experience and STRONG/CURRENT experience with OOP concepts and SDLC techniques and tools.  Design and development experience needs to be in a team development environment.

MUST have at least 2 years of .NET and C# FSLC design and development of web based applications.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT MS SQL Server 2000 and 2005 and TSQL experience.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT HTML, IIS, Ajax, VBScript, JavaScript.

MUST have strong proficiency with Microsoft personal productivity tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visio).

MUST have EXCELLENT communication (verbal and written), interpersonal, and presentation skills.

Business to Business (B2B) application development experience is a huge plus.  E-commerce is a plus.

NOT coming out of a large environment! MUST be coming out of a medium sized IT shop.

Pluses:  VB 6.0/COM; Classic ASP; ASP.NET; XML; Web Services.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2266.

(1) Providing CONTENT leadership in the application, revision, and new development of clinical content for medical software products with particular focus on forms and field design, and notes documentation forms;

(2) Significant interface and engagement with customers (physicians and medical staff) to develop and revise clinical content that meets/exceeds the needs of the user community;

(3) Design and development of best practices and guidelines for software product content needs;

(4) Conducting final clinical editing of updates and new content releases;

(5) Providing content application consulting support including content editing and product demonstrations to client organizations;

(6) Providing user feedback to internal content and application development teams for prioritization in future releases;

(7) Supporting client training and workflow analyses;

(8) Performing rigorous QA testing to ensure the highest quality of content and conducting clinical acceptance testing of new software releases;

(9) Active participation and leadership in advisory boards;

(10) Providing key clinical and expert user participation in advanced training curriculum design and revisions and serving as an instructor as necessary;

(11) Collaborating in product and content tools design sessions with product development teams;

(12) Performing clinical workflow consulting support internally and for client organizations.

REQUIRED:

MUST have a medical degree such as MD, DO, PA, NP, or midwife degree or necessary work related experience in the medical/hospital industry to demonstrate adequate medical and hospital business process and information workflow. MD is strongly perferred

MUST have at least 3 years in a clinical physician facing environment.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT or RECENT clinical content development and/or STRONG experience with clinical/medical provider practices.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT or RECENT experience in managing projects that are delivered on time and meet expectations.

MUST have STRONG desire to work in a close team/collaborative setting.

MUST have EXCELLENT communication, listening, presentation, and organizational skills.

MUST have a high-energy and others focused personality with extraordinary relationship building skills at all levels of an organization.

MUST be able to travel as needed.

Pluses:  Hospital or clinical application software experience.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2269.

(1) Providing SAP FI/CO subject matter expertise for this global leader;

(2) Providing functional leadership to the accounting and IT department from an SAP FI/CO  perspective;

(3) Managing critical client relationships and developing and strengthening relationships with the client population;

(4) Tracking and monitoring existing and ongoing issues and identifying gaps as well as ways to be pro-active in preventing reoccurrences;

(5) Developing system design and specifications;

(6) Acting as a liaison to  the user community, leading efforts to define business requirements, and defining scope of new requirements to provide system solutions;

(7) Preparing documentation of business and system issues and proposed resolution.

REQUIRED:

7+ years of IT work experience with 3+ years of STRONG and CURRENT SAP FI and CO functional and configuration experience.  MUST BE STRONG IN BOTH FI OR CO.  Candidates should come from a retail or/and manufacturing environment.

MUST have integration to the PP module.

Must have CO-PA.

Must have Product Costing.

STRONG/CURRENT scope experience to be that of a BUSINESS ANALYST; gathering requirements directly from the end user community and leading requirements gathering phases through end of the BA and project lifecycle.

MUST have STRONG and CURRENT FUNCTIONAL knowledge in A/P, A/R, G/L, Cost Accounting, F/A, GAAP.

MUST have STRONG and CURRENT CONFIGURATION experience in SAP A/P, A/R, G/L, Cost Accounting, Fixed Assets, and COPA.

MUST have STRONG experience implementing SAP Financial modules (strongly prefer 2 or more implementations).

Experience and knowledge to identify, champion and manage “best practice” improvements to financial processes.

Pluses:  Undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2260.

(1) Design, configuration and production support for SAP’s APO Production Planning, Detailed Scheduling, Demand Planning,  Production Planning (PP-PI) and xApp Manufacturing Integration & Intelligence (xMII) modules;

(2) Supporting all phases of a project life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, support, and optimization of solutions, as well as documentation and end-user training;

(3) Managing and contributing extensively to projects and enhancements, primarily for the APO-PPDS, APO-DP, SAP-xMII and SAP PP modules and interfaces to other applications;

(4) Gathering business requirements, analyzing needs against system functionality, designing and configuring system, writing technical specifications for FIREC objects (forms, interfaces, reports, enhancements, and conversions), testing, developing procedures and training materials, delivering end user training, and coordinating/supporting go-live;

(5) Assisting in the implementation of the project ‘M’, using the SAP xMII tool, by gathering, defining, and translating business requirements into functional design as well as coordinating and executing the development, testing and implementation of the solution;

(6)Collaborating with the business groups in identifying and executing shop floor automation projects;

(7) Assuming a leadership role in standardization and automation of reporting solutions from all relevant plant operations systems involving obtaining a comprehensive understanding of all  the complexities and integration of existing OLTP & OLAP environments, gathering business requirements, performing gap analyses, and synthesizing knowledge to design & deploy best practice-based solutions;

(8) Assisting the business in identifying KPI-based metrics for plant operations and designing and assisting in the deployment of dashboards for the metrics;

(9) Identifying and recommending new tools and procedures that will lead to improved performance in the assigned area of responsibility;

(10) Managing vendor relationships for system support, upgrading features and assisting in application strategy for relevant systems;

(11) Acting as a liaison  with the SAP Basis, technical services, and third party teams in ensuring that the applicable systems perform optimally;

(12) Acting as a first line of support for end user configuration and enhancement requests;

(13) Managing and/or contributing extensively to projects involving team members across countries, with multi-cultural backgrounds, and representing business groups, external partners, and internal IT;

(14) (When assigned duties as a Project Manager) Creating/updating project plans, tasks, and milestones using the Microsoft Project Server tool;

(15) (When assigned duties as a Project Manager) Managing project budgets and resources;

(16) (When assigned duties as a Project Manager) Driving day-to-day progress and assisting in aligning people/project/skills;

(17) (When assigned duties as a Project Manager) Resolving and/or escalating issues and ensuring accurate, timely and clear communication within and outside of the project team;

(18) (When assigned duties as a Project Manager) Managing change, and practicing organizational project methodologies;

(19) Analyzing and correcting process and configuration problems as they occur in the production systems;

(20) Performing or leading unit testing and integration testing and working closely with the end-user security authorization administrator during development and implementation of end-user security objects;

(21) Ensuring consistency of application relevant configuration across the system landscape and all business units;

(22) Conducting presentations to client audiences and professional peers and communicating with colleagues, management, and business team members on requirements, problems, project status, and issues;

(23) Developing appropriate procedures and processes and providing design recommendations based on long term IT organization strategy;

(24) Designing enterprise level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements, interfaces, functions, and features;

(25) Researching and maintaining knowledge in emerging technologies and application to the business.

REQUIRED:

Must have at least 3 years of STRONG and CURRENT hands-on experience as a Functional Analyst with STRONG CONFIGURATION experience in SAP-PP, SAP APO (PPDS & DP), and SAP-xMII modules and a minimum of 1 full lifecycle implementations in each of the above 3 areas, including release upgrades and new system or module configuration.

Minimum 1 year experience in design and implementation of reporting or automation projects in the logistics area.

Acts as a functional leader in IT organization, is self-motivated, and coaches and mentors more junior staff.

Manages multiple tasks and communicates effectively.

Ability to coordinate a variety of tests (unit, string, integration,

security, and performance) and participate in the change-management process.

Has strong and current knowledge of appropriate change control procedures for moving new configurations or maintenance programs through the landscape.

Has strong and current ability to conduct impact analyses and coordinate testing related to application of regular software patches and upgrades.

Must have excellent English communication skills (written and spoken) as well as terrific presentation skills.

Pluses: Knowledge & experience in integrating SAP modules with SAP BW. Experience in any of the SAP R/3 modules (specifically Sales & Distribution, Quality Management, Materials Management) and SAP BW. Experience in integrating business applications with data from historians, PLC’s & other shop floor automation and control (SFAC) systems; Experience in the design and implementation of workflow. Adept at researching, discovering, developing, and designing technology solutions.

Plus: Fluency in Spanish.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2262.

(1) Evaluating and modeling credit and interest rate risk and liability with regards to OTC trading;

(2) Managing projects to develop tools  to monitor profit  and loss, determine value at risk, perform stress testing, and conduct portfolio analytics;

(3) Performing quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess market, credit and operational risk;

(4) Developing quantitative approaches to statistical margin methodologies to appropriately collateralize exposures;

(5) Maintaining and improving the daily operational and risk management processes;

(6) Close interaction with the necessary organizational departments to implement systems enhancements supporting new margining techniques and expansion of business.

REQUIRED:

MUST have an MBA or MS in advanced mathematics, economics, or finance, or similar.

MUST have at least 3 years STRONG/CURRENT experience performing as a CREDIT and interest rate (IR would be a plus if real strength in credit) QUANTITATIVE ANALYST as your core job responsibility in the OTC marketplace.

3 years of STRONG/CURRENT OTC experience is a MUST.

MUST have STRONG/CURRENT experience with C++ and Matlab.

MUST have superb communication and interpersonal skills.

MUST be able/willing to live/work in Chicago or New York, and if not located there, be able to begin work within two-three weeks of a job offer.

MUST have experience leading and/or project managing initiatives and projects.

Pluses:  Futures and/or options trading industry experience.

Please contact Charles Herman at cherman@laka.com or (312) 782-0202 and reference job #2258.