Senior SQL Database Administrator
Vocus (NASDAQ:VOCS) is a leading provider of Public Relations management software. Our software-as-a-service (SAAS) suite helps organizations of all sizes fundamentally change the way they communicate with the media and public by optimizing their public relations initiatives. Clients include the Global 2000, large corporations and associations as well as government agencies.

Key Responsibilities

(Located at corporate office in Lanham, Maryland)
We are seeking a talented, highly motivated, and technically strong Senior SQL Database Administrator with a background in supporting production OLTP applications to join our dynamic Site Operations team. This position functions as a hands-on Lead DBA responsible for coordinating the implementation, configuration, and administration of large-scale Microsoft SQL databases. Candidates must be proactive in ensuring stable and continuous services, and be comfortable working in a fast-paced agile environment.
Responsibilities:
• Develops and maintains processes and procedures for performing database management and administration functions for production and test environments
• Responsible for documentation of maintenance schedules, tuning activities and ad hoc requests to the database
• Analyzes and determines informational needs and elements, data relationships and attributes, proposed manipulation, data flow and storage requirements for complex databases. Recommends and implements course of action based on analyses
• Defines logical attributes and inter-relationships and designs complex data structures to accommodate database production, storage, maintenance and accessibility to enhance performance
• Responsible for specifying proper types of files organization, indexing methods, and security procedures. Responsible for the planning and management of all technical and operational activities associated with database administration of SQL databases and associated servers
• Coordinates with IT Infrastructure and other departments as required
• Performs database tuning for optimal performance, supports production to include maintenance, requests for service and system configuration management. Performs duties in a complex, distributed, heterogeneous computing environment, which may involve different types of hardware platforms, operating systems applications, and network environments.
• Ability to multitask and reprioritize work in a changing business climate
• Supports implementation, upgrades and roll outs
• Oversee high availability and disaster recovery technologies and processes
Qualifications:
• 7-10 years of database administration with 4 or more years dedicated to database design or maintenance (ie Schemas, stored procedures, T-SQL, performance tuning, optimization, triggers, views)
• Must have experience with SQL Clustering (2005 and 2008) setup and maintenance.
• Must have experience with SQL Mirroring (2005 and 2008) setup and maintenance.
Certifications:
• MCDBA/MCITP: Database Administrator 2005 or 2008


Company Perks
• Indoor basketball court
• State of the art gym facility
• Café
• It’s All About You – yoga, catered breakfasts, parties, off-site events, and much more
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
o Medical
o Dental
o Vision
o 401k with company match
o Flex Spending
o 3 weeks paid vacations
o 6 sick days
o 8 company observed Holidays
o 2 Floating Holidays



Contact us to learn more about our company, corporate culture, benefits, and career opportunities: Vocus.com

Please send resumes to Jessica Rusk and jrusk@vocus.com

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PROJECT Manager Health Portal
Contract- Long Term
Direct Client
New York City, NYC

INTERVIEW PROCESS - PHONE FOLLOWED BY IN PERSON.

Summary of Role

The project manager is an IT lead that is accountable and responsible for the quality execution of an assigned project. The PM operates within a work streams / application area in the planning, execution, risk management, and financial management for strategic projects. S(he) brings discipline and structure to the IT execution team and ensures that project management processes and controls are applied to the project with creativity and practicality. As a “face” for the IT project, the PM will act as a pivot point between customer program manager / product managers and the delivery team.

Key Responsibilities

Acts as a SPOC for the application projects for IT/business sponsors
Design and build out of the project structure and team in partnership with the delivery manager, to ensure that development tasks are executed on time and within budget
Interfaces with application business analysts and delivery manager to ensure that business and technical requirements are delivered
Applies to the project the project management methodology and framework endorsed by the organization, and delivers on all project management deliverables in the plan
Accountable and responsible for the creation of the project plan and qualifies schedule, resources and budget based upon the detailed bottom up work plans performed with the delivery teams
Ensures the proper governance mechanisms are in place to provide program status with customers, and internally with business & IT stakeholders and strategic partners; chairs program status meetings
Creates a risk mitigation plan ensures the mechanisms are in place to proactively manage issues / risks with appropriate escalations to sponsors; builds contingency plans and takes corrective action
Manages project resource capacity and works with a staffing function to ensure project resource needs are met
Partners with finance to manage the program financials and ensures the proper controls are in place to manage the program budget
Accountable to the program manager to track milestones, cost, risks
Experience & Education

5+ years of experience running IT projects in the applications, data, or infrastructure management areas
EXPERTISE in the following areas:
Member Health Portal, Member View of Health Data
Web Portal Development, Maintenance
Web Services & Business Logic Layer (Java)
Member Health, Claims Data
QA & Deployment Plans
Experience operating with structure and discipline and can bring maturity and planning to projects
Experience using Project Management Methodologies and Processes, exposure to SDLC
Strong communication skills; can chorale multiple teams and gain alignment across domain areas
Practical and efficient
Energetic, comfortable in fast paced environment
Professional and poised, can interface with senior leaders
Preferred – PMP Certification, Six Sigma Certification or exposure to Capability Maturity Model
Attributes & Characteristics

Ability to develop and communicate executive level reporting
Ability to work with others in a formal process for solving issues and problems; solid decision maker
Ability gain alignment across multiple domains, facilitator
Strong analytical skills
Strong organizational skills, ability bring order to complex and interdependent plans and functions
Collaborative management style, conflict resolution skills
· Creative and entrepreneurial

· Apply online or email your resume along with contact details and billing rate expectation to anna@apnconsultinginc.com


· DIRECT CLIENT REQ
CONTRACT - LONG TERM
NEW YORK, NY

INTERVIEW PROCESS - PHONE FOLLOWED BY IN PERSON.
Domain: Operational Data Store/Enterprise Service Bus
EXPERTISE:
• Data Architecture; database design, development
• Data consolidation / aggregation
• Web Services & API’s
• ETL and batch processing
• Member Health, Claims Data

· Summary of Role
The project manager is an IT lead that is accountable and responsible for the quality execution of an assigned project. The PM operates within a work streams / application area in the planning, execution, risk management, and financial management for strategic projects. S(he) brings discipline and structure to the IT execution team and ensures that project management processes and controls are applied to the project with creativity and practicality. As a “face” for the IT project, the PM will act as a pivot point between customer program manager / product managers and the delivery team.

· Key Responsibilities
Acts as a SPOC for the application projects for IT/business sponsors
Design and build out of the project structure and team in partnership with the
delivery manager, to ensure that development tasks are executed on time and within budget
Interfaces with application business analysts and delivery manager to ensure that
business and technical requirements are delivered
Applies to the project the project management methodology and framework endorsed by the organization, and delivers on all project management deliverables in the plan
Accountable and responsible for the creation of the project plan and qualifies schedule, resources and budget based upon the detailed bottom up work plans performed with the delivery teams
Ensures the proper governance mechanisms are in place to provide program status
with customers, and internally with business & IT stakeholders and strategic partners; chairs program status meetings
Creates a risk mitigation plan ensures the mechanisms are in place to proactively
manage issues / risks with appropriate escalations to sponsors; builds contingency plans and takes corrective action
Manages project resource capacity and works with a staffing function to ensure
project resource needs are met
Partners with finance to manage the program financials and ensures the proper
controls are in place to manage the program budget
Accountable to the program manager to track milestones, cost, risks

· Experience & Education
5+ years of experience running IT projects in the applications, data, or infrastructure management areas
Experience operating with structure and discipline and can bring maturity and planning to projects
Experience using Project Management Methodologies and Processes, exposure to SDLC
Strong communication skills; can chorale multiple teams and gain alignment across domain areas
Practical and efficient
Energetic, comfortable in fast paced environment
Professional and poised, can interface with senior leaders
Preferred – PMP Certification, Six Sigma Certification or exposure to Capability Maturity Model

· Attributes & Characteristics
Ability to develop and communicate executive level reporting
Ability to work with others in a formal process for solving issues and problems; solid
decision maker
Ability gain alignment across multiple domains, facilitator
Strong analytical skills
Strong organizational skills, ability bring order to complex and interdependent plans and functions
Collaborative management style, conflict resolution skills
Creative and entrepreneurial

· Apply online or email your resume along with contact details and billing rate expectation to anna@apnconsultinginc.com


Project Manager - Reporting

DIRECT CLIENT REQ
CONTRACT - LONG TERM
NEW YORK, NY

INTERVIEW PROCESS - PHONE FOLLOWED BY IN PERSON.

EXPERTISE:

• Business Objects, Crystal Reporting

• Performance Reporting, Outcomes Reporting

• Data Mart, Views, ETL, Objects to support Reporting

• Member Health, Claims Data



Summary of Role

The project manager is an IT lead that is accountable and responsible for the quality execution of an assigned project. The PM operates within a work streams / application area in the planning, execution, risk management, and financial management for strategic projects. S(he) brings discipline and structure to the IT execution team and ensures that project management processes and controls are applied to the project with creativity and practicality. As a “face” for the IT project, the PM will act as a pivot point between customer program manager / product managers and the delivery team.



Key Responsibilities

Ø Acts as a SPOC for the application projects for IT/business sponsors



Ø Design and build out of the project structure and team in partnership with the

delivery manager, to ensure that development tasks are executed on time and within budget

Ø Interfaces with application business analysts and delivery manager to ensure that

business and technical requirements are delivered

Ø Applies to the project the project management methodology and framework endorsed by the organization, and delivers on all project management deliverables in the plan



Ø Accountable and responsible for the creation of the project plan and qualifies schedule, resources and budget based upon the detailed bottom up work plans performed with the delivery teams



Ø Ensures the proper governance mechanisms are in place to provide program status

with customers, and internally with business & IT stakeholders and strategic partners; chairs program status meetings

Ø Creates a risk mitigation plan ensures the mechanisms are in place to proactively