Location: Austin, Texas
Duration: 6 months (may extend based on performance)
Please submit your detailed resume, expected hourly rate, and date of availability by COB July 27, 2004 at [email protected]. Please E-mail me back, should you have any questions. Feel free to forward to your friends who might be interested in these openings. Thanks
Regards,
Hassan Ali
Email: [email protected]
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Professional Staffing Category: Technical Writer
I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The duties include, but are not limited to conducting requirements gathering meetings with the purpose of defining the functional business and system requirements for a new software application. Information gathered from these meetings would then be documented in the form of use cases and a system requirements specification document.
The services of the Worker will include, but are not limited to the following:
A. Work with customers, project manager and others to clearly define the requirements.
B. Write clear, concise detailed system requirements specification (SRS) document in accordance to guidelines and standards.
C. Analyze systems and procedures.
D. Write and revise existing standards and procedures as needed.
E. Document Technical Design of systems.
F. Prepares charts, diagrams, tables, and flowcharts of existing system.
G. Work with developers and analyst on the understanding of requirements defined.
H. Document conceptual design of a new system.
I. Report routinely on the progress of assigned tasks.
J. Identify workflow across functions and organizations and process improvement opportunities.
K. Review available tools, current system and subsystems, and identify associated constraints and issues.
L. Other duties as assigned.
II. WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
The minimum/preferred (as applicable) skills and qualifications of the Worker(s) are listed below:
A. Four (4) years work experience in systems analysis, including business and/or systems management.
B. Work experience in gathering system requirements and documenting them in a system requirements document.
C. Work experience conducting a complete and detailed analysis of a business process.
D. Strong analytical, problem-identification and process analysis skills.
E. Work experience translating business plans and requirements into information systems concepts.
F. Experienced in software lifecycle methodology, software development and software architecture.
G. Thorough knowledge of the software specification process.
H. Strong interviewing, facilitation, problem resolution, consensus building, and negotiating skills.
I. Ability to assimilate input from many different sources and present concise recommendations.
J. Work experience in writing data mapping documents encompassing multiple systems.
K. Strong oral and written communication skills.
L. Ability to communicate technical concepts to professional non-technical clients.
M. Works well independently or as part of a team.
N. Experience with state agencies in general is preferred.
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Professional Category: PROGRAMMER
I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The duties include, but are not limited to performing standard software development tasks associated with the design and development of a new application or maintenance. These tasks include analysis, design, prototyping, coding, testing, training and documentation.
The services of the Worker will include, but are not limited to the following:
A. Provide development expertise to assist in the maintenance and/or development of the system modules.
B. Assist the technical team efforts to overcome technical issues during the software development life cycle.
C. Work with and assist other team members.
D. Perform programming tasks using any of the following programming languages: SQL, VB6.0, ADO, COM, Active X and VBA
E. Perform technical reviews of all technical components developed.
F. Communicate with team leader, team members and end-users about change requests while understanding their needs.
G. Utilize the change management system and version control systems as appropriate.
H. Document all technical work as requested.
I. Keep supervisor and management informed on issues and the status of work.
J. Other duties as assigned.
II. WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
The minimum/preferred (as applicable) skills and qualifications of the Worker(s) are listed below:
A. Three plus (3+) years work experience and skills in the use of MS SQL Server 2000, Access and other relational databases and thorough understanding of database design principles required.
B. Three plus (3+) years of work experience and skills with Microsoft’s Visual Basic 6.0.
C. Work experience with SQL Server including ability to define and create scripts for new objects, constraints and relationship, ability to write complex stored procedures, Transact SQL and Data Transformation Services (DTS).