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IBM System i5 - iSeries, Windows, Unix-AIX Pro's

    Positions available in Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernadino, Ventura and San Diego Counties along with Northern California and some requirements throughout the USA as well.

    Hot Contract and Permanent Requirements !!! 

  1. Technical Services Manager of AIX-Unix Systems Group- Orange County – Corporate Data Center seeking a Technical Manager over their AIX – Unix support group. Responsibilities include managing a team of system engineers supporting server, storage area network and WAN/LAN infrastructure for a 24x7 data center operation. Manage a team of 3 system engineers who support the UNIX, AS400, backup/restore systems, EMC based storage area network and the wide area and local area networks. Identifies needs and requirements based on the organization strategy and operational goals then develops plans and projects to achieve those objectives. Be responsible for departmental administrative functions including project management, resource allocation, budget management, vendor management, preparation of annual capital and operational budgets, preparation of capital expenditure requests, and co-worker performance evaluation and career development. Lead efforts to continually improve the management of servers and SAN through the evaluation and implementation of effective tools and methods. Work with other IT groups in defining and maintaining the departmental hardware/software standards. Keeps abreast of current technology and participate in the evaluation and recommendation of new technology. Salary: $90,000+

  2. Project Manager/Systems Analyst - Vernon/Los Angeles
    Client needs your Project Management and strong Business Analyst skills in manufacturing and inventory and purchasing applications.  Salary $75,000 - $85,000 - excellent paid health benefits and excellent retirement plan.

  3. RPG Programmer/Analyst  - Santa Ana, CA - Very small IT environment of 2 people. Custom billing systems written in mostly RPG 400 and ILE. Ideally they would like someone who can do 80-90% RPG programming support, 10 – 20% support of sophisticated Excel reports, developing Excel formulas & output for reports, competent with MS-Office tools, can work with converting Excel PDF reports back to Excel XLS files, e-mailing/distributing Excel files to key users or clients. The ideal person should have in-depth experience with MS – Excel, and formulas within Excel. This person must be willing to wear many hats from Programmer to Analyst and be flexible between supporting RPG systems to extracting and working with Excel, possibly Access or other tools. Must be able to be a team player and take direction mostly from the other Programmer Analyst (no real IT Manager here). Salary $75,000 - $85,000

  4. RPG Programmer/Analyst - Bakersfield - Modernize Your Skills !
    Client needs your advanced RPG skills in financial and inventory and purchasing applications. This client is beginning a major modernization effort to move from "green screen" to "GUI" screens for all legacy systems. They will be working with the latest IBM tools and will get you involved from the ground floor. This company is big on COMMON and other education for their IT staff and they offer tremendous job security and career advancement potential. Great benefits and an advanced technology environment.  Salary Open - guaranteed 2 salary increases first year and then once per year, excellent paid health benefits and excellent retirement plan. Housing extremely affordable. Filled one and they are planning on add another for Spring 2009.

  5. JAVA Portal Developer - Entertainment industry related - Los Angeles
    Unique position for someone who is experienced with DB2/400, XML and EDI and has experience with RPG IV and or Java or even just classes in Java and a strong desire to learn new skills. Company is developing a custom on-line Knowledgebase that will track customers, their purchases, notify them of updates, newer versions, their FAQ**s, answer FAQ**s, etc. This system will be done in Java using PlanetJava tools, a developer tool that allows you to build easy to use Java code that can easily interface with the IBM System i5-iSeries and RPG. You will not do any RPG coding, but you will interface the Java with the RPG systems. You will be developing GUI interfaces. About 33% of you duties will revolve around Java development. About 33% of your duties will involve Systems Design & user interface and about 33% will be involved with some EDI. Any basic knowledge of EDI will also be helpful, as would any knowledge of mapping data and FTP functions. This is a great opportunity to transition your RPG and systems development skills into the future working with web portals and other web based applications. Did I also mention that this was a fun place to work? Great benefits, big on education, self-taught and in-house or off-site classes. Must be able to interface with users, write specs, help develop standards for the Knowledgebase systems. They will consider someone with only self-taught Java skills, but you must understand DB2/400 to interface the Java with RPG IV based systems. This is all new ground for this progressive company.
     Salary $80 - $95,000

  6. On-Hold - WebSphere Portal Deployment Engineer - Contract to Hire - Orange County - Responsible for building developed software and Ant-scripted effective deployment to Test, QA and Production environments. Administer WebSphere Portal and customize themes and skins. Gather deployment requirements from the development team and issue release notes. This position includes participation in interfacing with project manager, development and quality assurances teams to ensure that application is properly deployed as well as integration with Defect Tracking system. Skills needed: Extensive scripting experience; knowledge of Ant and XML-Access; Experience IBM WebSphere Portal V5/V6 administration and deployment. Knowledge of Linux environment: Experience with a major version control system such as CVS, Subversion, or ClearCase; WAS Administrator experience; Experience in developing JSR 168, JSF or Struts portlets for WebSphere Portal Server by using RAD or WDSC 7 is a plus; Minimum of 2-5 years working experience with J2EE web development and deploying solutions in an enterprise software environment. On-Hold

  7. Filled by Excel - Contract Programmer Analyst - RPG - Los Angeles downtown - Immediate need for an as/400-iseries RPG contract programmer. The assignment would be for 3-4 months, working in downtown Los Angeles. The job is relatively straightforward; they are converting from one back-office accounting service provider to another. This conversion means they will have an entirely new set of data being fed to them, so their existing processes (batch files) need to be converted to use these new files. This position is hot. Start on a contract - ASAP.  Work 40Hrs/week, five days on-site. Hours are flexible start between 5:30AM – 9:00AM  Must pass criminal background check and drug test.  Filled by Excel

  8. JD Edwards One-World Developer (Staff employee) – Orange County - Challenging opportunity with a very stable industry leader committed to JD Edwards One-World – Enterprise One software platform. Require 3-5 years experience in developing code in a One World/Enterprise One.  Should have knowledge of:          Hands-on, working knowledge of the JDE tool set to include Object Librarian (OL), Object Management Work Bench (OMW), Enterprise Report Writer (ERW), Business Views (BSVW), Report Design Aid (RDA), Form Design Aid Tool (FDA), User Defined Codes (UDC), Data Dictionary (DD), Table Design Aid (TDA), Table Conversion (TC), Business Function (NER & C), Debugging Tools, Menu Designed Generate Serialized Object, etc.. Familiar with Unix and AS/400 operating environments. Experience desired JD Edwards World Soft JDE Distribution (sales order, inventory, and procurement), Financial (accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger) and advanced warehouse.  Working knowledge of Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Vision, Project. Experience with Crystal Reports, SQL, Formscape, Bartender, RF Smart, Credit Card Commerce and EDI a plus.

  9. Just filled - Contract to Hire - Programmer Analyst - RPG - San Gabriel Valley area - Maintenance Contract Programmer. This is a Contract opportunity that could become permanent after about 4-6 months. Do mostly maintenance programming, enhancements. Need to be able to work with users to address their needs for modifications, write the specs, do your own testing and be able to write clear documentation and train the user. They run JD Edwards World (green screen) and everything is tightly integrated. Mostly you would modify reports, minor changes. Later they expect to get into some embedded SQL, but not required for now. JDE is not required. Must be content with being their maintenance Programmer for now. This position is hot. Position will be filled in 5-7 days. Must be local candidate only. Must pass criminal background check and drug test. Start on a contract - Sept 15. Just filled -

  10. Filled - Computer Operator - IBM System i5 - iSeries - ** Second Shift - San Diego
    Tremendous opportunity with a stable organization that is growing as they become the primary data center for multiple divisions in a long-term consolidation. Experience requirements: 3 years Operation and administration of IBM i-series (AS/400) multi system environment, Help desk phone/remote user support, Operation and administration of Windows NT/2000/2003 multi-servers environment, Windows XP troubleshooting and support, LAN/WAN Monitoring, Systems Backups operations, Help Desk system operation, Remotes users support. Great benefits and a professional and stimulating working environment. Resumes Must include a Complete Address and your current salary. Must be a permanent US resident with current US passport data centers in US and Mexico.
  11. Web Services Developer Consultant - Develop a Web Front End portal for Los Angeles area shop. Help our client select a tool to interface with their green screen custom CRM on the IBM System i5 - iSeries system. Need to interface from web to RPG applications. Be the hired gun to help them select tools, best practices, estimate project, develop plan, write the interfaces, test, debug, train IT support staff to manage it. Must be versed in RPG and Web Services, have some track record accomplishments in this area.
  12. JD Edwards - Enterprise One - Business Intelligence Developer / Project Leader - Southern California
  13. VB.Net Developer - Mid-Level - Southern California - Enterprise Applications - Want 5 years experience with Visual Basic along with solid experience with Sequel Server and Visual Studio (recent version). Must be able to work in a team environment with both very senior developers and junior developer. Prefer someone who is also able to mentor the junior developer. Salary negotiable. Must be a permanent US resident.
  14. Windows Developer / Project Leader - Contract - Sequel Server & MS.Net Specialist - Walnut, CA  -        Need a seasoned Project Leader type who has the technical skills to get this project completed successfully in the next 3 months. Must have experience with: Sequel Server; Sequel Server Express, Windows Visual Studio; VB.Net, ASP.Net, Stored Procedures; DB2.  Complete a systems that uses a Tablet PC' from field sales, to update customers supplies and automatically transmit data through Wireless connection several times a day and communicates with a Windows Server using Sequel Server database and Stored Procedures. The Order update is then to be replicated to the IBM System i5 (iSeries Server) database nightly (run a replication process) to update orders and load trucks for deliveries. System uses Tablet PC's running XP Tablet and Sequel Express, Verizon Wireless communications, VB.Net, ASP.Net, Visual Studio 2005, Sequel Server 2005, Stored Procedures. Initially 5 days a week on-site and then taper off to remote support. They expect this to be about 2-3 months.             
  15. RPG Programmer/Analyst -
    Island Pacific or PKMS Software. Client needs your advanced RPG skills in distribution, retail or manufacturing systems.   Mentor and train other new developers within the team. Provide information to other developers by disseminating programming, analytical and application knowledge. Great benefits and an advanced technology environment.  Salary $80,000 - $85,000
  16. Sr. Programmer Analyst or Applications Supervisor - Central California - Fresno area - Infinium Specialist - Client needs a versatile Programmer Analyst to support their Infinium (Software 2000) Systems as well potentially supervise 1 other Infinium Programmer. Work with all Infinium modules.  Prefer someone with Infinium financials and Payroll plus any Cognos reporting experience. Competitive salary + great benefits including free medical, free lunch, 401K that matches up to 6% of salary, .50 on the dollar. Company will assist with relocation.

  17. Sr IBM pSeries AIX/Unix Systems Administrator - Career Opportunity - Orange County
    New AIX environment. Be a key player in this friendly and challenging organization.  Be responsible for configuration, installation, and support of AIX server. Solid business, communications, and procedural skills are a must as this position has significant interaction with corporate business units, other IT staff, project management teams, and quality control teams. Key responsibilities will include: installation, support and maintenance on system environments. Loading new software, check all OS updates. Configure hardware, training, coordination and developing activities necessary to maintain the AIX systems including testing, diagnostics, backup, recovery, and preventative maintenance. Install, configure and administer DLPAR systems utilizing virtualization on IBM Power.  Demonstrated skill programming in Korn shell and related Unix utilities, experience with system recovery utilizing NIM and mksysb and/or sysback, experience with AIX system monitoring and performance tools, experience setting up and troubleshooting TCP/IP based networks. Salary $80,000 to $90,000+

  18. Oracle/JDE EnterpriseOne - Hot!!!   Need a Systems Analyst Developer for JDE Enterprise environment. Large shop and a great place to work. Big on education and cross training. They need someone with at least 2 years JDE E1 developer experience. Be responsible for researching and analyzing problems originating within Enterprise One and its interfacing systems.  Perform modifications of financial reports and applications. Work closely with users to better understand the causes of reported problems and to firm up requirements for enhancements. Work with a senior Enterprise One Business/Systems Analyst.  Use Enterprise One tools to configure, administer and maintain the Enterprise One components and functions. Coordinate with department and other systems providers to resolve conversion, interface, scheduling and production issues.
    You will also research Enterprise One system interfaces to resolve discrepancies between Enterprise One and legacy systems.  Implement I.T. components of audit controls in compliance with JSOX specifications.
    On-going projects in financial area. $95 - $100,000 ++ Excellent benefits and training/education support.

  19. Just Filled - sorry! - IBM System i5 - Sr Systems Administrator - Days - San Diego - $65,000 - $75,000 - will relocate. This is a sophisticated and growing shop. Be a key team member reporting to IT Manager. Provide daily user support for IBM iSeries - AS/400 & PC hardware and software related problems. Supervise 2 Computer Operators. Requirements & Responsibilities include:
    Systems Administration and support of multiple IBM System i5 servers.  Jobs monitoring, System performance monitoring and tuning, PTF**s, manage LPAR**s, Backups/restores/Printers , Assist operators as needed; Communications with multiple sites; User administration; Data Center Security; OS upgrades and PTF's management ; Monitor SAP ** ERP messages and troubleshoot with SAP Basis analyst; Maintain systems integrity and high availability; Backups strategy administration; Assign and coordinate tasks to 2nd and 3rd shift operators; Document Data center procedures and policies; Managing hot line calls supporting users as first level and escalating calls to the proper areas; Be part On call rotation
    Desirable knowledge
    * Windows Servers 2000 and 2003 monitoring and troubleshooting, Active Directory administration, SAP BASIS administration a plus but not required, High Availability
    Must have Experience: 3 years of experience Administering multiple systems platforms; 3 Years experience working on a Data Center environment; Help desk support experience supporting remote users; Work as a team player and be able to be a team leader; Great benefits and a professional and stimulating working environment. Resumes Must include a Complete Address and your current salary. Must be a permanent US resident with current US passport.
    Just Filled - sorry! -

  20. FILLED  - HFA - Freidman - Frontier Contractor  - Sr RPG Programmer/Analyst - FILLED by Excel Technical !!!  New requirement in Southern California near Disneyland. Need a seasoned RPG Programmer Analyst with recent HFA experience to help migrate data from former parent company to new holding company, private equity group. Work closely with their Sr. Programmer Analyst –Systems Analyst to get the migration completed and tested.  There is a very strong possibility that after 6 months they could hire you as an employee with excellent benefits. Need someone who can start now or within two weeks. Applications run the full spectrum from financial to manufacturing. Chance to work with Friedman’s newer web clients for state of the art e-business applications. Hardware: IBM System i5 Software: Freidman (HFA) Frontier ERP  Version 2.1

  21. Filled - Sr. MAPICS Developer - Be the Winner - Las Vegas -
    Client needs your senior developer and manufacturing skills with RPG IV and MAPICS XA IFM. Your duties will include the full systems life cycle development for MAPICS software in an AS400 environment. You will program design, code, test, debug and document as required meeting project requirements. The ideal candidate is quality focused with strong technical skills working within MAPICS Version 6/7. An understanding of ERP applications, business processes and development experience in iSeries RPG IV/ILE, XML, SQL, and JAVA on an AS400 platform is desired. Salary to $115,000.

  22. Filled - Network Administrator - PC Generalist - Florida Panhandle - Will relocate  - FILLED by Excel Technical !!! - Remote location Windows Network environment to a Southern California IBM System i5 Server with MAPICS XA and 3 LPARS. Be the sole IT person for this small Windows Network environment supporting 30 local employees, but tied in to a larger organization with offices around the USA. This newly acquired division has been set up as a remote site communicating with the Server in Southern California.  Wear many hats as you support daily communications with headquarters office via switch to the IBM System i5, run manufacturing and inventory, shipping reports, handle day-to-day PC issues, learn to support their phone system. This company only has 30 people at this location in Southern Georgia just 30 miles from Talahassee, Florida, 55 miles from the beautiful Gulf of Mexico.
    Should have the following skills:
    1. PC skills to troubleshoot basic Windows PC's and basic Networking, printing issues.
    2. IBM AS400 or Systems i5 Systems Administration or Computer Operations skills.
    3. Either basic programming skills (1 year+) with RPG or be willing to learn RPG programming.
    4. Any knowledge of MAPICS would be a big plus, but not necessary.
    5. Any knowledge of phone systems is also a plus.
    This company is growing and there is talk that they could migrate to SAP and if they do, they will send you for SAP training. Great company, benefits and work environment. Salary OPEN Market. You must submit your recent salary history with resume.  Must be a US citizen. They will assist with relocation.

  23. FILLED - Contractor - Sr RPG Programmer/Analyst -
    Enjoy the good life now if you have experience with BPCS and RPG400 and ILE RPG. This is a contract position for 6 - 9 mos and possibly work into a permanent position. One person her 2+ years. Work with an older version of BPCS. This is a newly created position. Must have had some BPCS experience and Manufacturing Requirements Planning and Distribution Requirements Planning. Must be a self-starter and be able be a team player. IBM iSeries using RPG IV and BPCS software. Prefer a local candidate, but would consider out of state candidates. Small shop environment, but growing. Need to be a self-starter. Work with RPG IV, ILE and BPCS software. Shop is a great place to work, easy location to get to. Great benefits and the best weather in the US.

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    Recently Filled  Positions

    We are keeping these postings up here as an example of some of the requirements we have had in the last 12 months or so. Timing is everything in this market. It is critical that we have your current resume, career interests and salary requirements in our database so that as soon as we get an opening, we can contact you usually within 24-48 hours. If you want us to submit your resume, we usually need to do that within the first week of getting an opening. Otherwise, the client company may already have enough qualified candidates to choose from. 

    (this is a sampling of positions we worked on)
     

  24. Filled - Unix/Linux Administrator  - $85 - $97,000 ++ Great BONUS - Great opportunity and growth potential. Excellent benefits and bonus plan. Requiring 5+ YRS SUN SOLARIS 10, SPARK ENTERPRISE SERVER, LINUX ADMIN, UNIX SCRIPT. Glendale/Pasadena area.

  25. Sr Programmer Analyst  - Expand your Technical Horizon - Small environment needs your versatile RPG developer and business skills to enhance existing systems and modernize applications overall. Apply your knowledge and wisdom of “best business practices.” You would have lot’s of latitude to use your best judgment on approaches and tools to get the job done. Implement new functionality in systems including scope, document, and lead web application development projects, maintain Intranet and Internet sites. Some responsibilities for Network Server issues. Your knowledge or interest in this area is a big plus.  Must be able to work independently on projects and interface with users, develop specs, test your systems, develop documentation, train users.  You may also have one person reporting to you and more later. This is a great environment with excellent stability and where the IT department is well appreciated. This company is also big on education to enhance your technical skills. Must have very good written and verbal skills as you use those skills to define projects, write proposals to management and make presentations to middle and upper management at times. Beside your solid RPG ILE skills, any exposure to the following would be a big plus to get and interview: ASP.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio; ASNA Visual RPG (AVR) for .NET; Active Server Pages; XML/XSLT; HTML; JavaScript; VBScript; Microsoft Document Object Model (DOM); Microsoft Component Object Model (COM); Internet Information Server (IIS); Open Database Connectivity (ODBC); Structured Query Language (SQL); DB2.  Salary open from $80,000 – $95,000 + bonus. Just Filled

  26. IT Manager - IBM AS400 - iSeries - MAPICS or Manufacturing Specialist - Long Beach area manufacturing client needs a "Sr. Level P/A” IT Manager to run day-to-day IT functions and advise executive management on best practices for bringing IT support back to in-house support rather than outside consultants. This is a very small shop so you must be proficient in RPG IV programming. Initially more programming to update manufacturing & production reports. Next automate more processes like Order Processing, Distribution and Billing systems and EDI. Later, evaluate hardware, software, staffing support and make recommendations to upgrade systems based on prudent R.O.I. and support needs. Be responsible for budget processes, RFP, R.O.I., project management skills, work effectively with the CFO and corporate management and users. Prefer someone with recent MAPICS XA experience, but will consider someone with other ERP software like PRMS or BPCS and solid understanding of manufacturing.  Must be dependable; understand the importance of managing projects to be on time and within budget. Should also have a good understanding of Networking technology, EDI, "Best Practices" in technology modernization. Great company, benefits and work environment. Ideal Base Salary of $100 -$115K base + up to a 20% performance bonus. Filled

  27. Sr. Programmer/Analyst - ILE Cobol and ILE RPG. 
    Global organization looking for a Senior ILE Cobol/(ILE RPG) Programmer/Analyst with iSeries experience. This is a long-term contract that could become a Contract-to-hire if they can get a requisition for another headcount. Their preference would be someone who is current with ILE Cobol, but because they are aware that Cobol programmer/analysts with iSeries experience may not be that easy to find, they will consider an ILE RPG programmer/analyst who has programmed in Cobol at some point in their career, but may not be current.  The job will entail modifications to existing code, quality assurance of code developed by less experienced programmers, and promotion of code from development, to QA, to production.  The candidate must be very comfortable with CL.  The operating system environment will be primarily i5/OS V5R4.  The successful candidate will receive guidance from managers/supervisors who have held this responsibility in the past.  Orange County.  The normal hiring practice is to hire the successful candidate on contract-to-hire basis for a six month period.   Great benefits and education perks with this organization, as well as career advancement potential. You must take and pass a COBOL proficiency test. Must me a permanent US Resident, no H1's. $85 - 90,000 +++ Filled by Excel

  28. IBM i5- iSeries - Sr. Systems Administrator - Supervisor - North San Francisco Bay area -
    Work on the latest and greatest with an opportunity to advance. Help this site implement new technology including job automation, LPAR, install new IBM System i5, tune system, PTF's upgrade all technology related to the IBM i5's. You will play a key roll in disaster planning and testing, evaluating and recommending new technology. Must have seasoned Systems Administration skills on the IBM iSeries, experience with OS400 V5R2 or higher, hardware planning, High Availability. They use JD Edwards OneWorld/Enterpriseone (Peoplesoft) and any exposure to CNC is a big plus. Must be reliable, highly organized, driven to continue to learn and grow. Must pass background and drug screening. Salary $95,000 ++ flexible for the right person. Prefer a local permanent resident, but will consider someone relocating. Filled

  29. Systems Administrator IBM iSeries-AS400 - Urgent Need: Anaheim area -
    Excellent opportunity for a 2-3 month assignment that could potentially go permanent. Must be responsible and reliable. AS400 daily operations. Schedule jobs, restore files, resolve end user issues. DR Restores, Software support (work with vendors to resolve job errors and issues). Review and approve monthly and weekly security reports. Monitor jobs in Appworx and resolve issues. Load PTFs and new OS releases. Project related jobs including: re-IP system and upgrade TN5250 sessions to SSL, etc, install Windows agents for Appworx. EXPERIENCE >> Previous AS400 Administration experience. Disaster Recovery operations, CL, and PC based system including installation of server software and agents on windows servers. - Filled

  30. RPG Programmer/Analyst - Webfacing - HTML - Short project 3-5 days - East San Diego -
    Use your GUI creative skills to clean up a Webfaced HR system and make it look more user friendly. The green screen works fine and looks fine to IT, but the user community needs something that is user friendly for technically challenged employees to swipe their badge and update their personnel profile for HR. Security is critical because of the threat of ID theft or employees accessing someone else's payroll or ID  information. They need someone with both solid RPG IV, ILE and Webfacing or other HTML skills to make the Webfaced output look like a Windows screen, use a mouse or possibly a touch screen. Needs to be done on-site because of employee personal information. Filled

  31. EDI Administrator - Temp Contract 2-3 months - Thousand Oaks area -
    Easy work here if you are good at mapping. Very basic need for you to do EDI Mapping as company upgrades EDI to newer Inovis version 8.12. Need should last for 2-3 months. Must be legal resident, no H1's. Company does contracts for US government/military. Must live in the East Ventura County or West San Fernando Valley. Modern offices, great location, great people. Rate $35-40/hr Filled

  32. IBM System i5 System Operator/Administrator and Help Desk - San Diego
    Great opportunity in North San Diego County. Great benefits and an opportunity to grow with this progressive organization. Need someone that can assist with Help Desk, PC & network support as well as IBM System i5 or iSeries operations and basic administrator duties.  Full-time permanent position. Must be reliable and open to taking on more responsibility. $45 - $55,000  Filled

  33. Contract Programmer Analyst - RPG - City of Industry - New requirement to assist with backlog of custom billing systems. Any knowledge of HSF or Horrible Spreadsheet Formula, (it's real), a freeware spreadsheet system that uses Java and can easily export data between the iSeries and Excel Spreadsheets. This project could be anywhere from 40 - 45 hours per week  Hours could be flexible between 7AM to 5:30PM. Filled

  34. Part-time Contract Programmer Analyst - RPG - PRMS - Orange County - New requirement should materialize in one week or less. This project could be anywhere from 16 - 24 hours per week and once the client decides how quickly they want to get this done. Hours could be flexible between 7AM to 5PM. They want to re-write PRMS programs that were hard-coded and undo the damage. Involves about 2000 objects and 300 programs. This could be 2 or 3 month project. Work with other consultant familiar with the systems and PRMS expert. Any knowledge of Future Three Systems a plus, but not required. Work with RPG IV, ILE. This could be a great little project if you have other clients and need some fill-in work. Filled by Excel

  35. Contract Programmer Analyst - RPG  - Orange County - Will need a "self-starter"  Contract Programmer Analyst for 3 month project. Be able to work from minimal specs to implement a variety of systems for financial and distribution / supply-chain applications. Systems include a variety of RPG 400, RPG IV, ILE. Must be able to work with little or no supervision, be able to think on your feet and get the job done. Mostly maintenance, report changes, some work with TL Ashford bar-coding and UPC updates. It is all Programming, no Project management, no systems analysis, just helping them catch up on an overload of requests. Possibly assist with some EDI issues although they have an EDI person. No Third Parties, No H1's, no resumes without a complete mailing address. Submit your resume with rate range, availability. Filled by Excel

  36. Project Leader / Sr. Programmer Analyst - IBM AS400 - HFA Friedman specialist - Exclusive - Los Angels area manufacturing client needs a Senior level Programmer Analyst with RPG 400 and any prior HFA (Freidman Software) exposure. Might consider other MFG ERP packages.  Coordinate all EDI updates and add new partners.  Be the key person responsible for the AS400 RPG application side. Small shop so you must where many hats, but must be a Sr. level RPG Programmer with very good Business Analyst skills, Project management ability, good communications and interface skills. Great company, benefits and work environment. You must submit your recent salary history with resume. Must be a US permanent resident. Salary $75,000 - $90,000 + Bonus (10% goal/accomplishments).  Position Cancelled

  37. Sr. Business Analyst / Project Manager - Insurance - Work with management, Information Services and/or business users in identifying solutions to defined business needs. Provides system design and architecture recommendations based on applicable business, systems and industry requirements. Participate in and/or leads efforts to develop and execute testing, training, and documentation for projects. Essential duties will include: System Design and Architecture. Creation of design documentation and system architecture, evaluate impact of changes to existing functions. Maintain Program Integrity & Quality (functionality, unit testing), Production Problem Resolution. This is not a Programming position. Experience with Financial/Insurance preferred. Salary to $90,000 - $100,000

  38. Visual Basic.Net ASP.net & C# - mid-level Developer - Need 3 - Los Angeles - Assist Sr. Developer with a new phase of a recently developed web-based custom reporting system. Must be competent with VB and ASP.net development, forward thinking and able to work independently from system specifications. Should have some exposure to C#.  Extensive work with tables and databases.  Must be US Citizen. Must be local candidate. Resumes without addresses will not be considered. Pass background check. Salary $90,000 - $100,000

  39. Sr IBM iSeries i5 Systems Engineer - Career Opportunity - Orange County -  Work on the latest and greatest with an opportunity to advance. Help this site implement new technology including job automation, LPAR, install new IBM System i5, tune system, PTF's upgrade all technology related to the IBM i5's.  Train technical support staff and users on new enhancements. You will play a key roll in disaster planning and testing, evaluating and recommending new technology. Must have seasoned Systems Administration skills on the IBM iSeries, experience with OS400 through V5R3, hardware planning, some development skills with RPG and software testing and implementation, HA is required as is LPAR experience.  They use Lakeview's MIMIX High Availability, Aldon, and Peoplesoft's EnterpriseOne (JD Edwards). Must be reliable, driven to continue to learn and grow. Capable of enterprise-wide projects.  Must pass background and drug screening, Salary $80,000 to $90,000+  Position filled

  40. Sr. Systems Analyst - Business Analyst - Retail Distribution - Work with management, Information Services and/or business users in identifying solutions to defined business needs. Provides system design and architecture recommendations based on applicable business, systems and industry requirements. Participate in and/or leads efforts to develop and execute testing, training, and documentation for projects. Essential duties will include: System Design and Architecture. Creation of design documentation and system architecture, evaluate impact of changes to existing functions. Maintain Program Integrity & Quality (functionality, unit testing), Production Problem Resolution. This is not a Programming position. Must have experience with Retail (POS, distribution, etc.). Salary to $90,000+

  41. Sr Programmer Analyst - RPG400 - MAPICS - Perm or consider Contract-to-Hire -  Will need a Sr. Programmer Analyst with MAPICS XA software and RPG400. Will consider Contract to Hire. Be able to work from minimal specs to implement a variety of MAPICS manufacturing and financial applications. Systems include a variety of RPG 400, RPG IV. Start by implementing Paperless Manufacturing module, support PDM, COM, IM, DDM, Purchasing, MAPICS XA 6.0 now, upgrade to XA 7.0 in 2007. You would be the only staff Programmer Analyst. Must be able to work with little or no supervision, be able to think on your feet and get the job done. Excellent work environment, great stability and security along with top-tier benefits. Prefer someone local. No Phone calls, No Third Parties, No H1's, no resumes without a complete mailing address. Submit your resume with salary or hourly rate range, availability. filled by Excel - they expect to hire one more in the next few months - waiting for requisition approval. If you fit this requirement get us your resume now.

  42. JD Edwards World - Contract Programmer - Torrance area - Take on new and enhancement projects for World distribution module. Be a key JD Edwards application support person. Analyze and resolve software issues, design reports and queries, provide support and training to end users and new CFO for JD Edwards World Distribution Module, develop training program and manuals, create and maintain procedure manuals, maintain documentation, create World Writers and DreamWriters,  trouble shoot software issues, and assist in IT projects as needed. Market Rate 1099 Corp to Corp. 3 month assignment for starters. Must be local, no third parties.

  43. Sr. Programmer Analyst - IBM AS400 - MAPICS specialist - Exclusive - In-land Empire manufacturing client needs a Mid to Senior level Programmer Analyst with RPG 400 and MAPICS XA.  Evaluate hardware and software and make recommendations to upgrade systems.  Play a key role with their MAPICS upgrade from 6.X to 7.X. Must have current or very recent MAPICS experience. Experience with integrating acquisitions of new manufacturing divisions.  Great company, benefits and work environment. Salary $70,000 - $85,000 + Bonus.  You must submit your recent salary history with resume. - filled by Excel

  44. WebSphere Administrator -  Orange County.  Be responsible for performing installation, configuration and administration of WebSphere Application and Portal Server in AIX/UNIX platforms; Portal Personalization; Content Management and Collaboration and on call support rotation with rest of the Team members. Support a team in J2EE application deployments in WebSphere Application Server. Required Skills include: WebSphere Application Server 6.x; WebSphere Server ND Clustering; WebSphere Portal Server; must be proficient with WebSphere Products, including Application Server, clustering, and Portal Server. Plusses include: WebSphere XD, J2EE development, Enterprise Security solutions, LDAP, Load Balancing and WAS performance tuning , Unix administration and shell and/or C scripting.  Salary $85 - 95,000+++

  45. Sr. Business Systems Analyst - Long Beach - Los Angeles County area -
    Client needs a Sr. Business Systems Analyst with "supply-chain" or "logistics" experience. Must be excellent with user interface, written & verbal communications. Gather requirements, do business analysis, utilize best practices methodology, impact analysis, ROI.  Help evaluate new software.  Coordinate systems development issues with programming staff and users.  Knowledge of EDI a plus (Amtrix, Edifact, Sterling or similar), a plus. Knowledge of relational database structures, understanding of web server and Internet based business solutions and technologies. Multi-platform e-commerce environment using IBM iSeries server, HP and Sun Unix with Oracle and MS-Server and Sequel Server.  Medium size shop and great people. Must be a self-starter, be able to work independently as well as part of a team. Great benefits, career growth and progressive team environment. Salary range $80,000 - $90,000++ 

  46. Sr. Business Systems Analyst - JDA - MMS - RPG IV - Work with JBA - MMS Software - RPG IV - Establish Business Processes, Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse capabilities. Great opportunity to help the IT Manager make this a state of the art shop. Potential to be Applications Manager. Help them upgrade the JDA - MMS systems and bring in JDA Business Intelligence and Portfolio Management systems for supply chain management. They will take advantage of Websphere and Java tools as well as develop a state of the art Blade Center to support all System i5 and Windows data. They are planning 20% growth over the next year. Great opportunity to be a key player at this small but growing operation.

  47. Contract Programmer Analyst - RPG  - Oakland, CA. - San Francisco East Bay area. Will need a "hands-on" Project Lead and a Sr. Programmer Analyst for 5-6 month project. Be able to work from minimal specs to implement a variety of systems for financial and distribution / supply-chain applications. Systems include a variety of RPG 400, RPG IV, ILE and some Free Form RPG, some embedded SQL. Must be able to work with little or no supervision, be able to think on your feet and get the job done. Fast paced environment, good work environment, but you need to apply your veteran skills and knowledge of either JDA MMS Supply Chain systems or PKMS or Lawson Financials. Prefer someone local. No Phone calls, No Third Parties, No H1's, no resumes without a complete mailing address. Submit your resume with rate range, availability.

  48. RPG IV Programmer Analyst - Manufacturing - work on custom development and management of manufacturing related software applications residing on multiple hardware platforms and operating environments, including AS/400 – i-Series,  AIX Unix, and Windows servers - Salary to $75,000.

  49. JD Edwards OneWorld EnterpriseOne Developer - Contract 20 hours/week part-time - Costa Mesa airport area - Need competent and reliable developer for a long-term on-going JDE EnterpriseOne Developer support for 20 hours a week to augment existing staff. Ideal situation for someone who has other clients. 

  50. Visual Basic.net ASP.net - mid-level Developer - Contract - Inland Empire - Assist Sr. Developer with a new phase of a recently developed web-based custom Order Processing and Shipping Quote system. Must be competent with VB and ASP.net development, forward thinking and able to work independently from system specifications. Must be a quick study in learning the workings of three custom quoting systems (three product lines) that include multiple SKU's, truck loading combinations and shipping prices. All three systems will be re-written into one Price Quote and Shipping systems that allows the client to give customers one quote for any combination of 3 product lines including accurate shipping cost. Extensive work with tables and databases.  Project duration 4 months.

  51. DBA - State of the art expanding environment -  Great challenges and responsibilities include: Recoverability - Creating and testing Backups (disaster recovery), Verifying or helping to verify data integrity, Defining and/or implementing access controls to the data, within the general company guidelines and compliance requirements, System Availability - Ensuring maximum uptime and maximum performance, development and testing support - helping programmers and engineers to efficiently utilize the database and logical and physical design of databases. Also be involved with evaluation of current databases to ensure that they meet the requirements for recoverability, integrity, security, availability and performance, data sampling and data integrity tests, creating test data bases, performance tuning and provide recommendations for data base performance improvements. Must have 5 years experience as a DBA, High degree of demonstrated proficiency with SQL, DB2 and Informix databases Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, XP Professional, and Windows SQL Server 2000.  Microsoft Certification preferred, working knowledge of Unix administration, Windows based application server administration.  Environment includes multiple IBM i5 Servers,  Salary to $95,000

  52. Infinium Applications Supervisor - Fresno, California – Paid Relocation - Implement and/or maintain the Project Accounting, Inventory, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Payroll, Fixed Assets and Guide to Reporting for Cognos Impromptu modules of the Infinium Navigator System. Generate ad hoc and standard reports to provide necessary data for tracking purposes; audit HR, Payroll, Inventory programs, analyze problems and provide immediate corrective action; work closely with payroll for efficient delivery of services, ensure the confidentiality and integrity of all information contained in all systems and reports. Must be proficient in Infinium (SSA Global) or other AS400 applications or minimum 4 years experience working with HRIS, Inventory, Purchase Control and Payroll systems. Knowledge of SQL, DBU and DFU preferred. Understanding of Inventory Control, FIFO costing, purchasing, warehouse management and inventory preferred. Experience with payroll interface software systems Kronos, Nova-Time, E-Time, Infinium preferred. Knowledge of Cognos a big plus. Company will pay for relocation. Great family area, attractive housing, schools K -through University, great medical facilities and quality of life. Salary open - let's talk.

  53. Applications Project Manager - RPG IV, RPG/LE, RPG400, CGI - Long Beach area - FILLED Lead a staff of 4 Developers by coordinating and managing development projects, prioritize projects, resource planning, budgeting and staffing as needed.  Must have a strong sense of customer service, realistic timelines and follow-through as well as experience with systems development.  Your staff would support all application development of purchased and custom software including merging data Oracle Database and a tracking systems running on the AS/400 in RPG/400.  Also work with CGI and move into some WebSphere applications and other middleware. This is a small IT department.  Must be a good people person, manage multiple on-going projects and crisis situations. Handle high-level projects on your own start to finish. Mentoring of Programmer Analyst. Need to be an energetic self-starter.  Terrific company, one of my favorite clients, excellent benefits including training budget. Salary $100,000 - Just filled by us in 3 days!

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Recently Filled  Positions
We are keeping these postings up here as an example of some of the requirements we have had in the last 12 months or so. Timing is everything in this market. It is critical that we have your current resume, career interests and salary requirements in our database so that as soon as we get an opening, we can contact you usually within 24-48 hours. If you want us to submit your resume, we usually need to do that within the first week of getting an opening. Otherwise, the client company may already have enough qualified candidates to choose from. 
    Typical Contract  & Permanent Information Technology Requirements

    RPG IV,  RPG 400,  ILE RPG,  SQL400,  COBOL/400,
    JD EDWARDS  -  World - One World 
    INFINIUM (SOFTWARE 2000)
    Intentia/Movex - HFA - BPCS  - CA-PRMS (PCR)
    WebSphere,  WebSphere Commerce Suite, VisualAge Java
    Java   -   Visual Basic -  XML - .Net 
    Microsoft VB.Net, ASP.Net, C#.Net Developers
    Oracle, SQL Server, PeopleSoft
    e-Commerce  -  i2 - TIBCO EAI
    EDI  Specialists - Premenos  - Gentran

    PC'S -  LAN/WAN  -  Unix Administrators  -  Linux  -  Web Developers
    PC Help Desk
    PC Coordinators, Technical Support
    Network Administrators - NT, Windows 2000, Novell
    Systems Administrators - IBM iSeries, NT, Unix, Linux
    LAN/WAN Administrators & Managers
    Communications Specialists
    Technical Support Specialists, Managers
    Data Center Managers - Technical Services Management, CTO 

    iSeries AS/400 System upgrades, PTF's, OS updates - fixed bid or time & material
    On-Site Systems Administration Training

    IBM iSeries - AS400, RS-6000, Unix, Linux, "N-tier" PC-Client Server, Visual Basic, .Net, Oracle, 
    Networking, Security, Technical Support, Help Desk

    Please e-mail   your  resume  with  a  note  about  your current salary,  location  and  job  preferences.   Be sure to also include a daytime  phone  number  that  we can  reach  you  at.  If you don't see the opportunity that really moves you, let us know what your ideal job would be.  Once in our database, you will be e-mailed as soon as your "dream job" is listed. 
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