Connect International seeks for two Senior Java Developers/Solutions Architects, with solid Object-Oriented Design (OOD), Java programming skills, and good Oracle database background to modernize and enhance an existing Data Access and Dissemination System (DADS). The position also requires strong communication skills to interface with our government clients in Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area.

The position will participate with the team assembled to work on the DADS replacement project in Linux/Blade environment. The work will include participating in the development of requirements for the replacement system, the design of the replacement system and its program components, the coding and testing of the program components and the documentation of all aspects of this project. It requires experience and advanced skills as follows:

Data Access and Dissemination methodology and metadata modeling.

Familiar with the Model-View-Controller (MVC) concept and modeling in Object-Oriented design (OOD) using UML design that includes Class diagram, Communication diagram, Flow diagram, and Activity diagram in SOA architecture.

Good skills in Object-Oriented programming using Java, JSP, EJB3, AJAX, JSF, Servlets, Web Services, Components, Spring, Seams, Hibernates, and Struts.

Data Exchange process using XML/SOAP, JAXB, POJO, JAXP, and HTTPS.

Familiar with ANSII SQL and Oracle database technology that include Oracle Internet Directory (OID), security, BLOB/CLOB data handling, PL/SQL stored routines, database triggers.

Familiar with the middleware technology such as WeLogic/WebSphere/JBoss in Apache environment.

Linux/Unix Shell scripts programming is a plus

* Attention - Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Please submit their resumes to hr@connectintl.com reference to the Job Posting No. 2010-1366.

Connect International is seeking one or two Senior Computer Programmers, with solid mathematical skills and a strong programming background.to modernize an existing cell suppression program, which is utilized for production work. The position requires strong mathematical, communication, technical, and leadership skills. It is our goal to provide key supports to our government clients in the Washington D.C. Metro Area.

Specifically, we are looking for programmers who are proficient in C++ and have worked on designing and writing large scientific programs.Our ideal candidate has a strong mathematical background, and is familiar with mathematical concepts such as linear algebra and graph theory. Experience with programs that involve a large number of data structures (such as arrays) and with passing the data contained therein among the modules of the program, is essential. Knowledge of basic statistical concepts and Fortran is a plus.

In addition, knowledge of linear programming is required. Experience implementing linear programming models that have been used for a business or scientific project (i.e., not just as a teaching tool) is desirable. Such experience will typically involve use of one of the major mathematical programming software packages such as CPLEX or XPRESS.

* Attention - Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

To lead enterprise systems in WebLogic/J2EE/Java application design, development, integration, documentation, configuration, middleware installation, and maintenance within a System Development Life Cycle in Linux O/S to:

Install, configure, and administrate the BEA (now Oracle) WebLogic and Portals. Experience on WebLogic 11g is required and prior version with BEA (10, 9) is preferred. Must support installation, configuration and integration of Web Logic with existing Apache, Tomcat, JBOSS and Oracle AS. Well versed with UNIX, Sun Solaris, and Red Hat Linux operating systems.

Develop and maintain baseline, configuration manuals, procedure manuals, best practices and standards for WebLogic application servers. Must have relevant knowledge of other J2EE based App Servers such as Oracle AS, JBOSS and Apache. Provide technical leadership on WebLogic related products and tools, particularly using WebLogic Portal.

Demonstrate a proven ability to exceed customer expectations and incorporate customer service into all aspects of the work plan. Must have excellent architecture and design skills, specifically on J2EE-based web and portal applications.

Other required experience:

2 years minimum in administrating WebLogic or related portals and deploying applications in J2EE architecture.

2 years minimum in designing and administrating Oracle database.

2 years minimum in developing Servlets, JSP, JSTL, CSS, HTML, and XSL applications.

2 years minimum in communicating Portlets using JDBC/SQL, LDAP, and JNDI.

1 year minimum in designing, re-factoring, and administrating (system, Web portal, SQL database) using UML.

Qualifications:

Certified J2EE application expert/Weblogic Administrator

At least eight years overall IT experience; six years of experience in Object-oriented design and development.

* Attention - Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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Development: Eperience in developing applications using VB.NET in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, C#, ASP.net, static/dynamic HTML, JavaScript, and ActiveX object technology are required. Must be familiar with Section 508 standards, implementation, and test procedures for Web-enabled systems.   Knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, IIS V7, NET V3.5, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are required. Web pages must be compatible at a minimum with current versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer version 6 or higher

Security: Must be capable of designing secure user data queries, inputs such as variables, text boxes, URL parameters, to the SQL Server must be coded to prevent SQL injection attacks by not allowing client-supplied data to directly modify the intended SQL statement syntax.

Data Modeling: Good concept of designing a SQL2005 database using relational design approach to collect, integrate, and retrieve information via the Internet environment.

Search Engine Requirements: Knowledge of using Google Analytics to analyze utilization of the website is required. Experience in inserting Google tracking code on all web pages to facilitate this analysis is preferred.

Quality Assurance: Conduct Quality Assurance testing within a SDLC – knowledge of IV & V acceptance standards, CMMI, ISO 9001 series, Information Security, and using scorecard to track test results are preferred.

A minimum of seven (7) years experience in Microsoft .net, IIS, SQLServer, and Microsoft Windows Server 2008, HTML/ASP technology are strongly required.

Education: A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline. A Master degree is preferred.

* Attention - Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Must be capable of providing highly technical expertise and support in the use of Oracle 10g/11g DBMS and data warehouse design. Must be able to evaluate and recommend available DBMS products to support validated user requirements. Define file organization, indexing methods, and security procedures for specific user applications. Develop, implement, and maintain database back-up and recovery procedures for the processing environments, and ensures that data integrity, security, and recoverability are built into the DBMS applications in Unix/Linux/Windows O/S. Knowledge in configuring Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) is required. Good skill in writing Unix/Linux shell scripts is a plus.

A minimum of seven (7) years experience in Oracle DBMS to support database design and administer backend data activities in Oracle R11/R12 Business Suite that include Financials, H.R., Supply Chain, Procurement, Business Intelligence, Retirement, Workflows, and related information.

Education: A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline. A Master degree preferred.

* Attention - Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

The position requires minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience in technical writing, presentation, documentation, training, and classroom facilitating. The person applies for this position must be a self-starter who is highly motivated and capable of managing his/her own tasks as follows:

Familiar with the Quality Assurance Standards and models e.g., CMMI for Development and ISO 9001:2000 to assist in the development of specifications and process documents in required formats that include flow diagrams.

Conduct research on information technology standards and technologies that are applicable to business processes within the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC); present findings to recommend industry best-practices and principles to improve any process.

Good communication skills to conduct user requirements analysis and provide templates to collect user feedback.

Good organizational and task management skills to manage your own tasks, define milestones, allocate resources, and track schedule.

Provide training materials, facilitate user meetings, and conduct classroom training.

Experience in using Microsoft Office and related tools for documentation and presentation.

Experience in Configuration Management and document management to ensure the integrity of work products and improve document maintainability

Help to develop an editorial style guide to ensure consistency between writers and documents to improve readability; and to establish documentation standards and formats.

* Attention - Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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The position requires minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience in installing, configuring, administering, integrating, and supporting Web-based applications in the Linux server environment:

Familiar with Korn shell scripting (ksh) to handle batch jobs

Experience in Web-enabled application configuration, deployment, and daily supports for includes Web and/or application servers (e.g., Apache, Tomcat, Jboss, Web logic/Sphere, Oracle 11g etc.)

Experience in J2EE and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) environment is a plus

Familiar with Server security that include Security Shell (ssh) and PKI technology are preferred.

Good communication skills including the ability to write concisely and to communicate technical material to non-technical audience

Must be a motivated self-starter and also a good team player

Good organizational skills - ability to manage tasks and define milestones within and across multiple projects.

Experience in using Microsoft Office and related tools for documentation and presentation.


* Attention - Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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We are seeking a talented Senior SAS Programmer to lead our integrated SAS development team. The position requires at least six years of SAS experience developing, administering, and maintaining SAS programs in OpenVMS, Linux/Unix, and Windows XP environment. The candidate must process abilities to conceptualize the scope of quantitative projects, strong analytical skills to solve complex programming problems, managing SAS metadata, manipulation, variable construction, and file creations for economic surveys and data. Experience with Oracle / MYSQL / relational database is a plus.

Specialized Skills and Experience Required:

Strong programming skills in SAS/Macros, SAS/Base, and SAS/AF.

Experience in SAS 9.x Intelligence Platform using SAS/Macros, SAS/STAT, SAS/Connect etc.

Experience in writing Linux/Unix Korn Shell (ksh) scripts to handle batch jobs.

Experience of using SAS ODS to output data in HTML, rtf, and pdf formats.

Good skils in SQL, DDE, and other methods to export metadata to MS Excel.

Familiar to VAX/VMS, Unix, Linux O/S is a plus.

* Attention - Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

The position requires one year of expereience and its duties include the following:

Maintain personnel and office records

Administer and maintain company benefits programs. Function as a liaison between vendors and employees

Compile and maintain benefits records and documents

Perform account receivable, payable, bookkeeping using QuickBooks

Prepare financial statements and coordinate with accounting firm for tax preparation

Maintain and track costs and performances on contracts

Oversee administrative and clerical functions of assigned contracts and projects

Support other administrative tasks as assigned The position also requires excellent verbal and written communication, a detail oriented nature and superior organization skills, ability to work and learn in an independent, self-motivated, time-efficient manner, experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The position requires a minimum of six years of managing enterprise system business process experience. The position is responsible for managing projects, interfacing with business analysts, analyzing and validating user requirements, defining business processes, creating workflows, presenting analytical results to management, monitoring system development and integration, validating QA test results, and hence providing classroom training. The candidate must be knowledgeable in CMM principles and CMMI processes to validate requirements, define milestones, establish measurement, mitigate risks, measure earned-value, and conduct lesson-learned in each phase of a System Development Cycle (SDLC). Candidates apply for the position must be proficient in project management and presentation using Microsoft project, MS PowerPoint, Excel, Words, Visio etc.

The position requires a minimum of seven years of enterprise experience in designing, modeling and normalizing, configuring, securing, administrating, auditing, cloning, archiving, maintaining, backing up, and restoring Oracle 9i/10g/11g database in Linux, Unix, and OpenVMS O/S. Good skills in Unix/Linux shell script programming is required to handle batch job processes. The candidate must be proficient in Oracle 10g/11g and/or JBOSS mid-tier Apache server configuration to run Oracle (Forms, Reports, APEX, PSP), PHP, Servlet, Java, C++ etc. The position also requires good experience in configuring Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), managing inter-media indexes, indexing, partitioning, configure SGA memory, and bouncing listeners. Must be skillful to analyze plan, optimize and tune SQL to improve ad-hoc query performance, write PL/SQL routine, and create database triggers. Candidate with skills in Oracle Internet Directory (OID) in Linux is highly desired.

The position requires a minimum of seven years of enterprise experience in IV & V Quality Assurance (QA) process, relevant methodologies, and regression analysis that are applicable within a System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to deliver reliable application systems. Tasks include outlining test procedures, evaluating test criteria, preparing test environment (i.e. alpha, beta etc.), creating sampling data, identifying deficiencies, creating scorecard, documenting relevant business processes, and controlling version of deliverables. Familiar with the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and industry best practices that are related to the QA is highly desired. Candidate apply for the position must have good technical and writing skills to provide user training materials, system operation procedures, user manuals, and presentations using Microsoft suites. Meet with users to review test results and recommend Q.A. standards.

We are offering multiple Senior Software Developer positions to lead enterprise systems in Java application design, development, integration, documentation, and maintenance within a System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in Linux/Unix environment. All positions require good communication and leadership skills. They are long-term to provide key supports to our government clients in Suitland, MD.

Candidates must be familiar the SDLC to manage different phases using the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and related principles. Applications written must be deployable in either standalone OR Web-enabled (i.e. Tomcat JBOSS / Oracle 11g / WebLogic server) J2EE environment in ear, war, and jar file formats running against Oracle databases. Software Configuration Management and PKI technology experience are strongly desired.

Require advanced experience developing portals and framework applications in JDBC, AJAX, EJB, Hibernate, HTML, Java, JSP, Servlet, Spring, Struts, Tiles, XML, and UML. Excellent knowledge in using application development toolkits such as Oracle JDeveloper10g/11g, Eclipse, and Sun SDK are strongly preferred.

The position requires a minimum of seven years enterprise experience overall Oracle Application Development experience. A minimum of three years of experience in Oracle r11/r12 E-business life cycle development in Human Resources management, BPEL, workflow management, financial applications, and Customer Relationship management (CRM) in four functional areas as follows:

Create and Manage HR BPEL workflows

Create CRM model to handle peer-to-peer employees and their client communication relationships.

Manage enterprise assets that include inventory, property, supply-chain, shipping and handling.

Create descriptive flexfields to handle accounting codes, product codes, and other related codes.

Develop financial application and to manage information for e-procurements for General Ledger accounts for receivables, billable, reimbursement, transactions, and invoices.

The position requires a minimum of seven years enterprise experience in Oracle development using Oracle Developer 10g/11g (Forms, Reports, OC4J) toolkits, PL/SQL stored routines, database triggers, and ANSI SQL development in Web-enabled environment. Candidates apply for the position must be familiar with the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The candidate must be proficient in Web development with advanced programming skills in JavaScript, HTML, Applet, and Java in J2EE architecture in Linux or equivalent O/S. The candidate must be knowledgeable in section 508 compliant, application/data security, and W3C/related Web development standards to develop Web-based applications. Experience in Oracle Forms server configuration, database design concepts, modeling, business processes, and workflow management are all required. The position demands fluent written skills for specifications and documentation, and good communication skills.

The position requires a minimum of seven years of experience in overall server administration. It requires three plus years of experience in Linux administration to manage user accounts, configure Tomcat Apache server in Linux for J2EE/SOA architecture using JBOSS and/or Oracle 10g/11g Application Server. The position requires Linux shell scripts programming to handle batch job and conduct load balancing of system resources. The position is responsible for enhancing security, monitoring network traffic, tuning performance, setting up failover server, recovering database, and scheduling routine maintenance daily. It also requires the candidate to have two plus years of MYSQL database design experience to work with Web-based application in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Open Source environment. Good communication skills are preferred.