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Technical Project Coordinator

Project Manager - Database Reporting

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Technical Project Coordinator

If you have a desire to grow in a dynamic company, have great advancement opportunities and thrive in a fast paced, hard working, exciting environment, then this opportunity with GlowTouch Technologies may be for you.

GlowTouch Technologies (www.glowtouch.com) is a fast growing, successful BPO and IT services company with locations in Palo Alto, CA, Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY and Mangalore, India.

We have an immediate opening for Project Coordinator to be based in our Louisville, KY office.

Job Description

Candidate will be responsible for:

• Helping to develop technical scope and specification documents.
• Working closely with the client.
• Ensuring that projects are being delivered in a timely manner.
• Overseeing the offshore development teams assigned to multiple software development projects.
• Tracking and reporting results.

Some specific tasks include:

• Help develop and manage project schedules.
• Help define project requirements.
• Day-to-day client and project oversight.
• Provide client with daily or weekly status reports as needed.
• Adhere to company process.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Web design and development (HTML, JavaScript, .Net, PHP, Java, etc.) with database experience (MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, etc.) is a must.
• Experience across the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is preferred.
• Desire to learn and grow in a new position is a strong plus.
• Strong communication skills (both spoken and written).
• eCommerce experience is a plus.
• Graphic Design experience is a plus.
• Detail oriented and results driven.
• Preferably a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related degree.
• Strong working knowledge and proficiencies utilizing MS Office programs.
• Experience working with offshore teams a strong plus.

If you are interested in this position, please email us at loujobs@glowtouch.com with your resume. Please put Project Coordinator - Louisville in the subject line.

Project Manager - Database Reporting

If you have a desire to grow with a dynamic company, have great advancement opportunities and thrive in a fast paced, hard working, exciting environment, then this opportunity with GlowTouch Technologies may be for you. GlowTouch Technologies (www.glowtouch.com) is a fast growing, successful IT services and BPO company with locations in Louisville, KY, Nashville, TN, Palo Alto, CA and Mangalore, India.

Job Description

Candidate will be responsible for the overall supervision of custom database development and reporting projects from scoping to deployment. The candidate will work closely with the sales staff and with the offshore development teams assigned to specific engagements.

The successful candidate will translate business requirements into optimized reporting data and help to deploy business intelligence technology using best practices/standards and processes. In this position, the candidate may also be required to develop detailed technical scope and specification documents for customer engagements, and assist in the development of proposals. The candidate may be required to work at the client site for short periods to gather business requirements and to develop sample BI reports.

Candidate will also work closely with the client to ensure that projects are being delivered on deadline, on budget and to the complete satisfaction of the clients. Candidate will track and manage their projects so that they meet or beat customer expectations.

This position may be located in the Louisville, KY or the Nashville, TN office.

Some specific tasks include:

• Work with Business Users to understand business processes and reporting and dashboard needs.
• Transform business requirements into data models and reporting structures.
• Lead/facilitate meetings and conduct presentations for both technical and non-technical clients including senior-level management staff. Communicate and translate complex technical concepts and proposals into understandable and justifiable business initiatives.
• Communicate with, direct and guide off shore teams day-by-day to deliver on time and within budget.
• Provide client and internal management with status reports as needed.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Understanding of business intelligence systems (Cognos, Oracle, etc.) and concepts and the ability to communicate these to less technical clients as well as technically skilled project development staff.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehouse and data mart constructs and dimensional modeling best practices.
• Experience with RDBMS, data warehousing and BI reporting tools such as Cognos Report Studio and Framework Manager Meta Modeling.
• Experience in a .Net development environment is a plus. Report authoring skills (Crystal Reports, MS Reporting Services, etc.) is also a plus.
• Experience in the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is preferred.
• Strong communication skills (email, IM and verbal). Ability to communicate with nationwide clients and overseas team members, making sure that information is clearly understood by all parties.
• Self starter with a strong desire to stretch yourself, work hard and do "whatever it takes" to get the project done.
• Experience working with or supervising an offshore team is a strong plus.
• 2 or more years of Project Management experience is a plus.

If you are interested in this position, please email us at loujobs@glowtouch.com with your resume. Please put "PM Reporting Position" in the subject line. Alternatively, please call us at 502-426-0080.

JOBS IN INDIA

Sr. BI Architect (Cognos)

Desired Profile:

Senior Cognos Architect to lead BI projects and design and develop end-to-end data warehouse and Cognos Solutions. The Cognos 8 Architect will be responsible for the design of relational data models, metadata models, reporting, multidimensional cubes, and metrics using the Cognos 8 Business Intelligence suite of tools.

• Must have strong ability to translate business needs into data requirements
• Knows how to design complex reports and dashboards. Will hand off design to a senior-level Cognos report writer to develop
• Must have design and development experience using Cognos 8 Framework Manager to implement meta data models to deliver query and report results quickly and accurately
• Must have experience in designing security models for user groups and roles within Cognos 8
• Must have experience designing and implementing folder strategies within the Cognos 8 portal, reporting, and query environments
• Must have deep development experience in Cognos 8 Report Studio, Framework Manager and PowerPlay Transformer
• Must have strong database design skills with direct experience as a data warehouse designer
• Must have ETL design experience using SSIS
• Must have relational database and ETL development experience using SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the complete range of Business Intelligence capabilities which include reporting, analysis, scorecarding, dashboards and business event management. Provides an overall reporting solution foundation for the development, implementation and operation for data reporting, modeling, and data warehouse analysis. This includes tuning and optimizing SQL.
• Collaborates and conducts requirements meetings with business owners and end-users utilizing quantitative, analytical and business skills in an effort to understand crucial data needs.
• Determines appropriate technologies and architecture for each BI Project.
• Designs star schema database models to ensure data quality, performance and ability to meet business-reporting requirements.
• Develops and implements Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) application architecture, security plans and processes.
• Develops and maintains Framework Manager Models and applies proper securities and publishing packages.
• Develops test plans and test applications. Documents requirements, resolves conflicts, and gathers consensus.
• Coordinates training, support and best practices for Adhoc Query users and Report Authors and conducts in-house training and mentoring to the reporting team on writing reports using Cognos BI 8, interpreting user requests, documenting system requirements, data modeling and data analysis.

Sr. Project Manager (.NET):

Primary skills:

• 8+ years of software development experience of which at least 3+ years of experience on Microsoft .Net solutions.
• At least 3+ years of current project management experience and should have managed multiple projects with team sizes of at least 10.
• Excellent understanding of current technologies such as ASP.net, C#, VB.Net, XML & SQL Server2005 in order to plan and communicate effectively with project team and sponsors.
• Excellent understanding of coding methods, Design methodologies (UML approach), and well versed with SDLC (with quality procedures).
• Experience in coordinating and carrying out estimation requests for prospects and new projects. Should be good in various Estimation Techniques such as Function point, UseCase estimation.
• Ensures that the functional specification can be implemented technically with available resources.
• Develops and maintains the project management plan. Determines risks, schedule.
• Measures Software and Hardware needs.
• Ensures that the functional specification can be implemented technically with available resources.
• Manages the resources allocation within Project boundaries.
• Should timely escalate project slippages, risks and any other issues to immediate supervisor and stakeholders.
• Actively seeks opportunities for Project and Organizational Process Improvements.
• Excellent communications skills (Proposals, White papers, Presentations, Oral).

Desired Profile:

• Candidates having minimum experience of 8+ years and minimum qualification of BE, MCA, M.Sc, B.Sc, B.C.A
• Having worked with US / European clients.
• PMP Certification is desirable.
• Exposure to CMMi related process/procedures.

Sr. NET Developer

Primary Skills:

• Experience with .NET Framework 2.0.
• Strong understanding and hands on experience on C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET using Visual Studio.NET 2005.
• Strong SQL Server experience with skills to create and maintain stored procedures, manage database objects and perform data optimization tasks as necessary.
• Experience on Microsoft Ajax.
• Must have knowledge of ASP.NET 2.0 built-in providers.
• Good understanding of security on Web/Internet.
• Experience on SQL Server 2005 Notification service would be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of XML, XHTML, XML HTTP would be an added advantage.
• Experience on JAVA would be an added advantage.

Desired Profile:

• Candidates should be BE/BTech/B.Sc/BCA/MCA with 4 to 6 years experience in the relevant field.
• He/she should possess excellent communication and presentation skills along with the exposure on Team Management.

Sr. Project Manager (Java):

Primary skills:

• 8+ years of software development experience of which at least 6+ years of experience on Java and Object Oriented Programming Concepts.
• At least 3+ years of current project management experience and should have managed multiple projects with team sizes of at least 10.
• Excellent understanding of current technologies such as Java, J2EE, XML & SQL.
• Excellent understanding of coding methods, Design methodologies (UML approach), and well versed with SDLC (with quality procedures).
• Experience in coordinating and carrying out estimation requests for prospects and new projects. Should be good in various Estimation Techniques such as Function point, Use Case estimation.
• Ensures that the functional specification can be implemented technically with available resources.
• Develops and maintains the project management plan. Determines risks.
• Measures Software and Hardware needs.
• Manages the resources allocation within Project boundaries.
• Should timely escalate project slippages, risks and any other issues to immediate supervisor and stakeholders.
• Actively seeks opportunities for Project and Organizational Process Improvements.
• Excellent communications skills (Proposals, White papers, Presentations, Oral).

Desired Profile:

• Candidates having minimum experience of 8+ years and minimum qualification of BE, MCA, M.Sc, B.Sc, B.C.A
• Having worked with US / European clients.
• PMP Certification is desirable.
• Exposure to CMMi related process/procedures.

Sr. Java Developer

Primary Skills:

• 4+ years Java development experience.
• 3+ years Java Web Development experience (J2EE, Jsp, Servlets, Struts, JSF, JavaScript and AJAX).
• Knowledge of RDBMS (e.g. Postgre SQL, MySQL, Oracle), SQL and JDBC.
• Knowledge of application design including tools like Rational Rose.
• Knowledge of Java development tools: IDE's, profilers, code analysis and build tools (Eg: Eclipse IDE, ant, Maven) Knowledge of Development life cycle (including testing, QA) and tools (version control, issue tracking, continuous integration).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (English).
• Proficient engineer with strong skills in Linux (or Solaris) and Windows.

Desired Profile:

• Candidates should be B.E/BTech/B.Sc/MCA with 4+ years of experience who are flexible and willing to learn and able to perform other related duties as assigned.

Sr. PHP Developer

Primary Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in PHP development.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in the following: PHP 4 and 5, MySQL 4 and 5, XML, XSLT, CSS, HTML, DHTML, XHTML, JavaScript and AJAX.
• Experience with various PHP frameworks (ZEND, symfony, cakePHP) and libraries (PEAR) will be an added advantage.
• Experience with templating PHP (Smarty, Savant, or other).
• Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Fireworks will be an added advantage.

Desired Profile:

• Candidates should be B.E/BTech/B.Sc/BCA with relevant experience and team handling capabilities.
• They should possess Good Communication Skill and also should have exposure in Team Management.

Sr. ASP Developer:

Primary Skills:

• 3+ Years of classic ASP development experience.
• Knowledge of ASP.NET will be an added advantage.
• In-depth knowledge of client-server and web-based technology using ODBC or ADO.
• Proficient in Visual Basic, & ASP programming, COM/COM+/DCOM, HTML, JavaScript/DHTML, XML, SQL Server 2000 (and up).
• Proficient in Web development tools such as FrontPage, Visual Studio, Dreamweaver and other software as necessary.

Desired Profile:

• Candidates should be BE/BTech/B.Sc/BCA/MCA with 4 to 6 years experience with relevant experience.
• They should also possess excellent analytical and verbal/written communication skills along with strong knowledge of SDLC processes and methodology.
• They should also be exposed to Team Management.

Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer:

Primary Skills:

• Create and Implement test plans.
• Create/edit/review software testing scripts/plans from scratch or pre-existing test scripts in accordance with established QA standards.
• Proficient in using Mercury and/or Rational test tools.
• Carry out various levels of testing, including: Integration, System, Acceptance, and Regression.
• Capture/record test results using various manual and electronic methods.
• Analysis of test results against established standards and/or user requirements /technical specification documentation.
• Submit defects into bug tracking database system.

Desired Profile:

• B.E/ B.Tech, MCA/ PGDCA- QA Engineer with minimum 3 to 4 years of experience in the relevant field.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and documentation (Defects, Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Plans).
• Proficiency with white box/clear box testing, including analysis of systems, test cases and approach.
• Proficiency with automated test tools and at least one of the following languages C+, C#, VB, and SQL scripting.

Sr. Graphic / Web Designer:

Primary Skills:

• Expertise in Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, and Action Scripting, Illustrator, print/web design.
• Working knowledge of client and server integration techniques including Flash Media Server, Flash Remoting, XML and REST would be an added advantage.

Desired Profile:

• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in web design and architecture, layout design, HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Internet Property Manager:

Primary Skills:

• He should be able to do an in-depth study of internet trends/online hosting business and coming up with new plans for promotion of products online.
• Knowledge of Data Processing using Excel (Needs to have an in-depth knowledge of Excel).
• The individual should be able to do sales and marketing analysis.

Desired Profile:

• B.Com/BBM/B.Sc/M.Sc with Statistical Background.
• He should possess good communication skills.
• He/she should possess excellent communication and presentation skills along with the exposure on Team Management.

Client Relations Co-ordinator:

Primary Skills:

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize work.
• Ability to create and maintain project schedules and act as a catalyst to help team members meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work across multiple groups.
• Flexible and able to handle a variety of tasks and multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficient with MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to utilize online document archives and research tools.
• Basic understanding of database queries and data entry.
• Competency in negotiating vendor contracts for team functions.
• Self-motivated with initiative to work effectively under minimal supervision.
• Enthusiastic and energetic.

Desired Profile:

• A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Business Management, IT Administration or a closely-related field.

Telemarketing Executives:

Primary Skills:

• Exceptional telephone skills.
• Excellent rapport building skills with clients.
• Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional team working skills.
• Exceptional team working skills.
• Target driven.

Desired Profile:

• The candidate should possess excellent communication skills (English).
• He should have a minimum of 1+ years of Telemarketing experience.
• Candidates who have completed their higher secondary/PUC/Graduate.