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Unix/Windows Administrator
Code: Unix/WINAdmin
$80-85K
Location: Bensalem, PA
A direct marketing company located in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia is looking for a person who has both Unix and Windows NT administration experience. The person will perform the usual systems administration tasks to support a medium sized environment (about 150 servers).

Requirements include 6-7 years systems administration experience with 1-2 years experience with Unix admin, Solaris preferred, but the person doesn't have to be a Unix guru. And to support the other servers, good Windows NT admin experience is required. A four year degree (Bachelor's) is required for this job.

Local candidates only.

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Manager, Systems & Technology
Code: MgrSysTech
$90-100K
Location: Phoenixville, PA

This position manages and coordinates all activities related to supporting the company's technology infrastructure, systems, voice and data communications, PCs, and network activities. Responsibilities include:

· Oversees the planning, development, installation, maintenance, management and monitoring of PC, LAN, and WAN networks throughout the organization to ensure optimal utilization of technology, personnel and resources.

· Monitors system performance and works with outside vendors to ensure that maintenance is performed, upgrades are scheduled and performed, and to ensure smooth operations of systems and technology.

· Directly supervises 3 employees in the IS Department. Responsibilities include assist interview prospective employees; training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
BS degree and a minimum of five years' related experience. A minimum of 3 years' experience managing a Microsoft Windows NT/XP/2000/2003 environment. Working knowledge of data networking, Internet Protocol (IP), VPNs and private router networks (PRNs). Project management ability and willingness to take ownership of high availability environment. Excellent interpersonal skills. Microsoft certifications (MCSE) a plus.

Some travel to other company locations, both domestic and international, will be required. Estimated to be approximately 20-25%.

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PC Technician
Code: PCTech
$40-50K
Location: Phoenixville, PA

A rapidly growing manufacturing and distribution company in the Phoenixville, PA area is looking for a PC Technician. The person in this position installs, modifies, and makes minor repairs to PC hardware and software systems, networking equipment, and peripherals; and provides troubleshooting, technical assistance and training to system users by performing the following duties.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
· Installs or assists in installation of hardware and peripheral components such as monitors, keyboards, printers, and disk drives.
· Loads specified software packages such as operating systems, word processing, or spreadsheet programs onto PCs.
· Replaces defective or inadequate hardware or software packages as authorized.
· Diagnoses hardware problems and makes component repairs and/or recommendations for replacement or upgrade. Refers major hardware problems to supervisor for disposition. Coordinates with service personnel as assigned for correction of problems.
· Answers inquiries in person and via telephone concerning systems operation. Diagnoses system hardware, software, and operator problems. Recommends or performs remedial actions to correct problems based on knowledge of system operation.
· Inspects network wires and cables. Coordinates installation of or installs network equipment and cabling.
· Performs basic computer operator functions as required, including system back up, tape control, and data file restoration.
· Keeps abreast of new software and hardware product developments.
· Interacts with all internal/external personnel in a helpful, professional manner.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of two years' experience performing PC diagnoses and repairs in a Microsoft network environment.
Excellent working knowledge of personal computers and peripherals is required. Microsoft certifications a plus.
Ability to work well with system users and to provide technical assistance and training to system users.
Willingness to travel up to 30% to company locations in the U.S. and abroad. The work hours for this position will be 7:00 am to 4:00 pm with some overtime and after-hours support needed to assist with project deadlines.

Local candidates only. Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

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Network Engineer - McAfee
Code: NetEngMcAfee
$80-90K
Location: Princeton, NJ

An apparel manufacturer in the Princeton, NJ area needs a Network Engineer. This person will be the System Administrator for McAfee EPO orchestrator in addition to other networking duties.

Responsibilities of the job include:

This position is responsible for designing the architecture for SMS 2005 in a Windows 2003 Active Directory environment. Will support the migration of Novell to AD and AD to AD prior to SMS implementation. Will be responsible for the packaging of applications for distribution through the login script (both Novell and Windows) until SMS is installed as the software distribution mechanism. Will be McAfee EPO Orchestrator 3.5 System Administrator and responsible for upgrade the clients to 8.01, reporting and support for the entire Anti-Virus environment for desktops and servers.

Requirements of the Job:

Must have experience with the McAfee EPO Orchestrator and the 4/51, 7.1 and 8i clients.
Having performed a migration for EPO Orchestrator 2.5 to 3.5 (and the client from 4.51 or 7.1 to 8i) is a plus.
This position requires experience as a System Administrator of Novell 5.1, Windows NT/2000/20003.
Application scripting/packaging utilizing Wise, InstallShield or SMS a plus.

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Web Security Engineer - Netegrity
Code: WebSecEng
$75-95K
Location: Trenton, NJ

An insurance company in Trenton, NJ needs a Web Security Engineer with experience with Netegrity Siteminder and LDAP.

Responsibilities of the job include:

The primary responsibility of this position is to provide assistance with the analysis and design of web security for the strategic security processes for NJM's internal and external users (vulnerability assessments/support/investigation/deployment/etc). Other responsibilities include: performing security administration for third-party web transaction security software, assisting in the development of web application security and standards, and testing application security controls.

Requirements include a minimum of 2 years with Netegrity Siteminder. Also candidates should have experience with third-party web security products and prior web application implementation experience, familiarity with IIS and web application servers, such as Weblogic; policy server administration; and LDAP/Directory service design and operation skills.

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Operations/Infrastructure Manager
Code: Ops/Infra Mgr
$75-90K
Location: Stroudsburg area, PA

An international manufacturing company, located in a beautiful part of east central Pennsylvania, is looking for an Operations/Infrastructure Manager. This is a rapidly growing company which offers a high visibility position with excellent growth potential into corporate management as the company expands. The person in this position will manage all aspects of global operations for primarily a Windows NT/2000 environment including about 100 servers and supporting 1500 users worldwide; infrastructure management is a big part of the job. The person will manage a direct staff of 5 at corporate headquarters and additional support staff of 10, mostly for the remote locations. Areas of operations are enterprise systems (ERP, email, etc), networks/telecomm, desktop systems (all hw/sw except enterprise and engineering applications,) and security.

Requirements for the position include:
- hands-on management experience in an operations or networking environment
- very strong skills in networking and security, including firewalls
- experience managing global systems is a very strong plus
- a 4 year degree is strongly preferred to provide the best growth possibilities for the person

Local candidates from the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton or Scranton area, or parts of western central New Jersey are ideal. There is no relocation assistance for this position but candidates willing to relocate themselves will be considered.

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Network Engineer/Architect
Code: Net Eng/Architect
$80-90K
Location: Princeton, NJ

A Fortune 500 communications company located in the Princeton, NJ area is looking for a senior level Network engineer to join the IT Services Group which supports the company's global data transfer systems. There are 2 positions open, each supporting a business area of the company.

The person in this position will have the highest level knowledge and experience related to networked systems, specifically UNIX (Sun Solaris, AIX) and Windows NT. The major responsibility of the position is to provide overall support to the specific business area, including analyzing and troubleshooting problems, monitoring and optimizing systems, identifying and addressing service impacting problems and performance issues, evaluating proposed changes to the environment.........in short, keeping these systems running in order to receive data on a 24/7 basis.

The person in this position should have 7+ years experience with UNIX based systems. Network and applications knowledge is also required; good experience with Cisco, Veritas, and Oracle is a strong plus. Breadth of experience rather than depth is preferred. Most importantly, the person must have experience in a very large, complex and preferably global network environment.

The company prefers local candidates but will provide relocation assistance for excellent candidates.

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Security Engineer
Code: SecEng
$80-90K
Location: Philadelphia, PA

You will be part of a team responsible for configuring, maintaining, and securing the infrastructure of a multi-site network.

Responsibilities for this position will include:

     - implementation of all security related hardware and software;
- Maintaining standard, hardened system builds and appropriate documentation. Platforms include, but are not limited to, desktops, laptops and servers. Build documents will describe the differences between company's set of build standards compared to those described in National Security Agency (NSA)/Department of Defense (DoD) hardened build standards;
- Maintaining a system scanning utility to monitor software upgrades and patch processes;
- Maintaining a company-wide intrusion detection system;
- Configuring hardware and software for the proper segmentation of private and public networks;
- Designing and executing security projects;
- Managing security incident response teams;
- Participating in corporate-wide projects with security implications;
- Creating, implementing and maintaining a set of Global Office Standards, including integration of acquisitions Standards model based on office size; small, medium and large. Creation of Standards only, no implementation of physical or logical security;
- Executing threat and vulnerability analysis and mitigation including penetration testing;
- Approving firewall and switch configuration;
- Designing review of system and project architecture;
- Representing security in the software development life cycle (SDLC);
- Participating in architecture and engineering quality assurance (QA) process.

Local candidates only. No relocation assistance provided. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents will be considered.

Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of Network Infrastructure experience;
- Deep understanding of TCP\IP;
- Experience with Unix and firewalls;
- Experience with National Security Agency (NSA) / Department of Defense (DoD) build standards
- IDS experience is also required; ISS is preferred;
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) required.

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Senior Desktop Support/PC and MAC
Code: NYC Supp
$60-70K
Location: New York City

Large midtown (New York City) advertising firm seeks a senior desktop support specialist for their Technology Department. Interface with all business areas - finance, operations, sales, design, human resources, project work, etc. Systems support will include a user community of 300 PC's users and 80+ Mac users.

Requirements:
Person must come from a large environment, supporting at least 400 users. At least 4-5 years experience with both Windows and MAC environments is a must. Prior experience with CAD Software is a must. Experience with Active Directory and Novell is required; other networking experience in both Macintosh and Microsoft environments is a plus. Customer Services skills are critical to this positions, excellent communication skills are required as support is conducted over the telephone and in person.

Local Candidates only. No relocation assistance provided. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and currently able to legally work in the U.S without sponsorship.

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WAN Engineer
Code=WanEng
$55-80K
Location=Wayne, PA

A leading international manufacturer of industrial products with a multi-billion dollar sales base in North America, has a position for a WAN Net work Engineer in its suburban Philadelphia headquarters. This hands-on position leads a team of 3-4 staff located in key business centers. The Wide Area Network (WAN) serves over 200 sites and multiple business organizations. The Network Supervisor is involved in capacity planning, security, configuration, installation and maintenance of the network infrastructure.

At least 3 years experience in network engineering and/or administration in a WAN environment including extensive knowledge of routers, switches and network cables/cable management.

Experience with TCP/IP, IP, Frame Relay and Ethernet and troubleshooting in an operations network environment.

Extensive understanding of data communications, network protocols and network standards such as IP addressing, OSPF, BGP, RIP, network management, SNMP and/or LDAP.

Effective communication, teamwork and leadership skills. Supervisory experience is a plus. BS degree in Information Systems, other technical degree is preferred.

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Team Manager-Server Administration
Code: TM-SA
Salary: $90-100K
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Job Description:

The Team Manager of Server Administration oversees the implementation and maintenance of UNIX, Microsoft and mainframe environments. The person will also oversee a cross-platform technology research function to provide for consistency and proper-leverage of future technologies. Responsibilities include the following:

- Manage the server implementation and maintenance process to ensure that all systems meet defined support levels.
- Develop and implement a strategic plan for server installation, maintenance, consolidation and availability.
- Lead project and communications focused on availability and capacity planning for regular and high-season business activities.
- Create and implement a Systems Programming business plan, including 1) plans to meet SLAs (service level agreements) between IT and the business units within the company 2) proposing and managing capital, and expense budgets 3) Developing models for the accurate costing/pricing of provided services, 4) reducing cost while maintaining or improving service
- Actively participate as a key member of the Enterprise Systems & Data Management leadership team, contributing to the strategic planning process.

Requirements:
- A minimum of:
        5 years of staff management experience
        experience in the following areas: database
        administration (5 yrs), operations (3 yrs),
        developer support (2 yrs)
- Expertise in technology within multiple disciplines including UNIX, Microsoft, Mainframe, System automation and monitoring toolsets
- Excellent understanding of business applications and the interaction with associated infrastructure;
- A solid, successful track record as a customer-focused IT leader with a strong business orientation.

Local Candidates only. No relocation assistance provided. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and currently able to legally work in the U.S without sponsorship.

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Data Center Services Manager
Code: DCServMgr
$75-80K
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Job Description:

The Data Center (DC) Services Manager manages the Data Center facilities, implements and maintains the data exchange process. This person is more of a back office type, not a real techie or systems architect. He/she manages the "process" of DC management.things like cabling, air conditioning, monitoring tools, the general environment of the DC. The person will manage a staff of 13-14 and will be responsible for

- Managing the facilities and the data exchange process for all Data Centers within the company
- Planning and implementation of various projects such as data center consolidation, systems migrations, facility capacity planning, production support, etc.
- Creating a Data Center Services business plan, including 1) plans to meet SLAs (service level agreements) between the Data Center and the business units within the company and 2) proposing and managing capital and expense budgets;
- Actively participate as a key member of the Operations management team.

Requirements:

- Strong IT experience with a minimum of 4 years management;
- At least 4 years Data Center Services experience;
- Experience in the areas of day-to-day operations and/or communications a plus;
- Working understanding of current technologies and methodologies;
- A history of progressive advancement through a variety of IT assignments.

Local Candidates only. No relocation assistance provided. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and currently able to legally work in the U.S without sponsorship.

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