Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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1.

Dir Configuration & Release Mgt -  Morristown, NJ (FT - $125-135K AS

Posted by: "Jayne Wells" psgwcmail@yahoo.com   psgwcmail

Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:31 am (PST)



From: "Havelock, Diane" <Diane.Havelock@dtg-usa.com>
To: psgwcmail@yahoo.com; Brian Mecca <brian.mecca@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1:56 PM
Subject: perm fte position: Director of Configuration and Release Management


HAPPY
NEW YEAR and thank you for your  continued support,
Please self
screen, for more details on the environment role and responsibility as  well
as  for immediate consideration please contact Diane 212-629-7719 and  email résumés
to diane.havelock@dtg-usa.com
 
Director
Configuration & Application Release Management
Client firm provides TWO  services to their clients is  ASP/SaaS and Infrastructure
Outsource Solution provider
Immediate Open Position in
Morristown location.
Target Salary   $125K
- $135KDirectly Manage Technical Staff of between 5-10
The
Director of Configuration/Release Management communicates with customers -
developers, testers, operations managers - to understand their requirements;
and clearly presents system designs to peers and colleagues. The person must
have extensive software industry and cross-domain experience with information
technology infrastructure and systems development lifecycle automation tools,
and can clearly articulate and substantiate their personal role and
participation in many projects related to engineering aspects of systems and
applications development.

Functions:
·    
   Work closely with Product/Application Development leadership
team to develop effective Change and Release Management strategies for new and existing
products/application.
·    
   Plan, schedule and implement release projects and related
reports.
·    
   Oversight and development of Build and Release process.
Maintain and automate build processes.
·    
   Create and Maintain complete environments for current and
past releases
·    
   Automate
manual CM operational work using an integrated tool set
Streamline CM process, eliminate redundancies.
·    
   Analyze
and design systems that fit within time and cost constraints
Manage staff including service consultants
·    
   Estimate
staffing needs and improve staff efficiency through hiring,
training, augmentation
·    
   Encourage
long-term thinking and foster proactive problem solving
among peers & juniors
·    
   Estimate
development for given requirements and service requests,
within predictable variances
·    
   Implement
the systems code and configurations to realize the
requirements
·    
   Collaborate
with Infrastructure and Data Center staff with all Software and Hardware
upgrades, refresh activity and migrations.

Required Technical Skills
·    
   10+
years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and
experience.
·    
   Experience
leading a project team or providing technical guidance &
mentioning.
·    
   Strong
interpersonal, teamwork, and communication skills
·        Able to work independently, demonstrate a strong work ethic, and
provide guidance to others.
·    
   Critical
thinking skills Strong communications skills: listening, articulating in
conversation and in writing, including creating architecture and design
documents
·    
   Ability
to support and defend technological and design decisions
using facts and logic
Educational Requirement
BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
 
Wishing you a  Healthy New Year full
of  wonder and surprise.
All the Best in 2012!
 
Diane Havelock
Senior Account Executive
DTG Consulting Solutions
253 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001
diane.havelock@dtg-usa.com
D: 212-629-7719
BB: 917-453-0137 (best reach)
www.dtg-usa.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dhavelock
2.

JOB: Director, Student Achievement Analytics, Teacher Preparation, S

Posted by: "Eric Nilsson" ericnilsson@earthlink.net   norsemantechnology

Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:27 am (PST)




Director, Student Achievement Analytics, Teacher Preparation, Support &
Development Team

Teach for America
<http://www.linkedin.com/companies/157314?dspporc=&trk=jobtocomp> - Flexible
Location (Greater New York City Area)

Job Description

Position Summary

The TPSD Strategy and Research team is looking for a Director of Student
Achievement Analytics to help with one of its most important initiatives -
the implementation of a new system for measuring student achievement in all
Teach For America regions. The Director of Student Achievement Analytics
will be part of the team in charge of this new system, using quantitative
and qualitative problem solving skills to transform assessment data into
feedback about teacher effectiveness. Specifically, this team will develop
tailored benchmarks for a wide variety of teaching contexts. These more
intelligent metrics will allow us to meaningfully evaluate the performance
of our corps members and our program. This role is a fantastic opportunity
to apply prior statistics experiences towards transforming the way Teach For
America measures student achievement and in turn supporting the organization
to have an even greater impact on the teachers and students with whom we
work.

Team Overview

The Teacher Preparation, Support, and Development teams work to ensure that
new teachers have the initial training and ongoing support necessary to make
academic gains and remain lifelong stewards of the movement. The team
develops teacher training and staff professional development frameworks,
methods, and materials for our pre-service institute and our two-year
ongoing training and support program in regions, and drives innovation and
consistency in how teachers collect and assess data in order to achieve
academic gains with students.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

* Transitioning all Teach For America regions to the next generation
student achievement measurement system
* Gathering student assessment data from regional teams, departments
of education, and assessment companies
* Using analysis and statistical techniques to convert complex sets of
student achievement data into benchmarks for high performing teachers
* Adapting existing business processes and tools (including
Excel-based tracking systems) to incorporate new student achievement metrics

* Conducting student achievement data analysis for Teach For America
* Using historical data and analysis to help inform goal-setting
* Synthesizing results of student achievement data analysis for
internal and external constituents
* Analyzing and developing actionable recommendations for Teach For
America's student achievement measurement system methodology

Candidate Profile and Experience Prerequisites

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

* Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
* Experience and track record of success with data analysis and
reporting
* Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
* Expertise in Excel and PowerPoint
* Ability to effectively manage projects
* Ability to collaborate with and influence others across
organizational boundaries

Experience

* Bachelors degree required
* 4 plus years of work experience required
* Experience in statistics (undergraduate and/or masters or relevant
work experience)
* Experience with statistics software packages like SPSS, STATA, etc.
* Experience in the education sector (especially related to
statistics) is a plus
* Strong verbal and written communications skills
* Direct management experience not required
* Prior experience in strategy consulting a plus

Application Requirements and Process

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit your resume
and one-page cover letter with your application. To link directly to this
job listing, please use the following address
<http://teachforamerica.taleo.net/careersection/01/jobdetail.ftl?&job=11486>
http://teachforamerica.taleo.net/careersection/01/jobdetail.ftl?&job=11486.

Benefits and Salary

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In
addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.

Anti-Discrimination Policy and Commitment to Diversity

Teach For America seeks individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to
apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our
organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this
effort.

Company Description

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college
graduates and professionals who commit two years to teach in low-income
urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding
educational opportunity for all. Our mission is to build the movement to
eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising
future leaders in the effort. In the short run, our corps members work
relentlessly to ensure that more students growing up today in our country's
lowest-income communities are given the educational opportunities they
deserve. In the long run, our alumni are a powerful force of leaders working
from inside education and from every other sector to effect the fundamental
changes needed to ensure that all children have an equal chance in life.
This year, approximately 9,300 corps members are teaching in 43 regions
across the country; nearly 24,000 Teach For America alumni continue working
from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes
necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity. To learn more and
apply, visit teachforamerica.org.

Additional Information

Posted:

December 23, 2011

Type:

Full-time

Experience:

Director

Functions:

Education

Industries:

Nonprofit Organization Management

Job ID:

2328842

3.

Article: Job interview secrets you don't know (NewGradLife)

Posted by: "Eric Nilsson" ericnilsson@earthlink.net   norsemantechnology

Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:27 am (PST)




Job Interview ANTICS: What HR Is Really Asking

Posted by: Brenda Mitchell | Posted at: 12:05 AM

Job interview secrets you don't know

OK, you've made it past the initial resume screening and now have a job
interview. It could be in person or on the phone. (More and more interviews
are on the phone now, and I've heard of Skype interviews also - better dress
up for that one!)

The point of an interview is to explore two main things:

Click here for more:

http://newgradlife.blogspot.com/2010/07/job-interview-preparation.html

4.

FW: New Program Delivery Manager Opportunity at Deutsche Bank, NJ

Posted by: "David Pearlstein" dlpearls@optonline.net   etasam88

Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:27 am (PST)





Please respond directly to the recruiter if interested and mention my name.
Good luck

- David

Connect with me @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/dlpearls

From: Lawrence Cimirro [mailto:lawrence@iconma.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 12:21 PM
To: dlpearls@optonline.net
Subject: New Program Delivery Manager Opportunity at Deutsche Bank

Hi David,

We have the following opportunity available through our direct client....

If you are interested / qualified, please get back to me ASAP....

If not, maybe you know someone who is - You're welcome to send them the
info....

Thanks....

Larry Cimirro

Corporate Recruiter

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Phone: (732) 690-1303

Email: lawrence@iconma.com

Website: www.iconma.com
<http://www2.jobdiva.com/employers/myactivities/emailmgr/www.iconma.com>

MGR91391

Title: Senior Technical Program Delivery Manager

Req. # 11825-1

Client: Deutsche Bank

Location: 100 Plaza One, Jersey City, NJ, 07311-3901

No. of Positions: 9

Location: Jersey City, NJ/ NY

Duration: 6 Months

Description:

- To technically program manage multiple global extremely complex
initiatives under Transformation group.

- Looking for Senior technical managers who have delivered and operated in
Production Organization

- This is not a Conventional Program/ Project manager position.

The key remit of the role is to:

- Plan and strategize delivery of extremely complex technical global
programs for transformation.

- Propose and present the approach to Sr mgmt across Global Technology
organization.

- Responsible for program planning, setting up charter, approach, scope,
milestones and risks/ issues.

- Responsible for ensuring the delivery and financial objectives are met on
time and on budget.

- Work with multiple global teams in matrixed environment.

- Strategize, Plan, Transparency, Delivery in very aggressive timelines.

Required Skills:

- 12+ years of experience working in financial industry managing highly
complex technical delivery programs.

- Must have proven delivery track record for complex global programs.

- Must have experience with the full lifecycle of software development,
including, participating in the design and implementation of a complex
multi-tiered application.

- Solid understanding on ITIL methodology.

- Must have worked in Production Services organization with focus on
stability of production environment.

- Must have technical background on Bladelogic for Deployment automation.

- Must posses strong understanding/ delivery of Access Management concepts
for production access lockdown.

- Delivery record of equities tradeplant experience managing production
environments.

- Must have Configuration management/ ADDM experience.

- Must be able to work under very challenging and aggressive environment in
fast paced environment.

- Ability to work in Matrix global environment.

- Experience with Operations Support or Application Support functions highly
desirable

Personal Characteristics:

- Previous experience with application development including scripting in
the Financial Services Industry.

- Ability to understand business needs and clearly document business and
functional requirements.

- Experience in communicating functional requirements to technical
resources.

- Strong strategic, tactical and analytical skills.

- Highly motivated.

- Strong interpersonal skills and high standard team player.

- Self starter, with the ability to work independently with minimal
supervision.

- Prime and utmost focus on delivery and meeting financial targets.

Best Regards,

Lawrence Cimirro

Recruiter

ICONMA

lawrence@iconma.com

website:http://www.iconma.com <http://www.iconma.com/>

Note: I chose to contact you either because your resume had been posted to
an internet job board or you had previously submitted your resume to ICONMA
. I assumed that you are either looking for a new employment opportunity, or
you are interested in investigating the current job market.

If you are not currently seeking employment, or if you would prefer I
contact you at some later date, please indicate your date of availability.

5.

FW: Change Management Technician

Posted by: "David Pearlstein" dlpearls@optonline.net   etasam88

Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:27 am (PST)





Please respond directly to the recruiter if interested and mention my name.
Good luck

- David

Connect with me @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/dlpearls

From: Taylor Darby [mailto:taylor@atsolutions.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:36 PM
To: dlpearls@optonline.net
Subject: Change Management Technician

12/27/11 4:32 PM

Hi David,

I came across your resume and have a job opportunity that I thought you
might be interested in. If you are interested in pursuing, please reply to
this email with your word formatted resume and I will contact you as soon as
I receive it. Thanks so much!

Job Title: Technical Writer - Engineering-I

Location: RARITAN, NJ

Job ID: 11-04025

Title: Technical Writer - Engineering-I

Job Title: Change Management Technician

Purpose:

Provide general technical / business support, focused on changes to
documents and purchasing specifications for externally sourced product and
components.

Location:

Position is based in Raritan, New Jersey.

Education:

Associates degree required.

Undergraduate degree preferred.

Project Management Degree is a plus.

3 years related experience


Detailed Job Description:

Manage all aspects of the change process for externally purchased products
and components, including analyzing forecasts, timelines, budgets, and
reports to ensure all deliverables associated with the change are completed
on time and within budget. Coordinate with engineering,
relationship/business manager, buyer/planner, and other functional areas
within the franchise to complete deliverables. Establish product / supplier
and business organizational relationships to influence the completion of
deliverables in absence of dedicated resources. Develop detailed knowledge
of business systems and processes to either complete some deliverables or to
shepherd the change through the process. Complete all changes and related
activities to GMP / ISO compliance. Identify and implement improvements in
the change process. Working knowledge of blueprints, drawings, sketches and
other technical material. Ability to complete technical writing as necessary
for creation of required reports, specifications, summarizations and other
technical documentation. Working knowledge of validation and process
controls. Vendor interaction, direction, and coordination to ensure the
change is fully and accurately implemented. Complete / support required JDE
activity related to the change. Own all clerical work related to the change
as well as compiling materials, records, supplies, and information gathering
needed to complete a change. Generally reports to a supervisor, manager, or
more senior business associate.

Travel: Limited travel is required for this position

Thank You,

Taylor Darby

Advanced Technology Solutions, Inc.

taylor.darby@atsolutions.com

Visit us at www.atsolutions.com <http://www.atsolutions.com/>

.........................

Note: Please allow me to reiterate that I chose to contact you either
because your resume has been posted to one of the internet job sites to
which we subscribe, or you had previously submitted your resume to Advanced
Technology Solutions. I assumed that you are either looking for a new
employment opportunity, or you are interested in investigating the current
job market.

If you are not currently seeking employment, or if you would prefer I
contact you at some later date, please indicate your date of availability so
that I may honor your request. In any event, I respectfully recommend you
continue to avail yourself to the employment options and job market
information we provide with our e-mail notices.

Thanks again,

Taylor Darby, 732.918.4664

..............................

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