.NET/SharePoint Programmer & Web Administrator
The .NET Programmer includes specializations to conceptualize, design, develop and deploy total system/product solutions for Global-wide information technology.

Duties Include:

Maintain availability and performance of our public facing and development systems

Setup, configure, and harden web applications.

Provide on-going monitoring and administration of Windows systems running .NET applications

Maintain and administer a .NET production and development environment.

Document system configurations and procedures for system management.

Help maintain the 24 x 7 availability of our production systems

Coordinate with the Security Administrator and Systems Analyst to improve and maintain the technical standards of the environment.

Researches, evaluates and stays current on emerging tools, techniques and technologies.

Requirements:

1-2 years MOSS experience

3-5 years SharePoint experience

7+ years experience with .NET at an enterprise level

1-2 years experience with MS InfoPath

Experience in the following is recommended, but not required: Cold Fusion, WSH,  C++,  PERL, VB Scripting, Batch Programming,  COM+,  IIS 6.0/7.0,  Web 2.0

Support of multiple web-enabled database applications

Support of .NET framework, MS SQL and IIS

.NET servers’ administration, configuration, operation, monitoring and tuning

.NET Cluster experience

.NET development experience

Education/Certifications:
Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field. A Master's degree in any of the above mentioned disciplines is preferred.

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Project Manager
The Project Manager will be tasked with leading the planning and implementation of various projects, facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables, and provide direction, quality assurance and support to the project team.

Duties Include:

Defining project tasks and resource requirements and developing full scale project plans. Assemble and coordinate project staff.

Plan and schedule project timelines and manage project resource allocation.

Track project deliverables using appropriate tools.

Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders.

Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions.

Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.

Requirements:

7+ years project management experience with a project size of at least $5 million and experience with multiple projects (25+) PMP/PMI Certification

3 years experience with project server and 7 years experience as an IT Project

Manager (including SharePoint)

Must have knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management, and knowledge of project management techniques and tools

Proven experience in strategic planning, people management, risk management, change management, and project management software.

Key Competencies:

Critical Thinking and problem solving skills Decision Making Influencing and leading Team work Conflict Management

Planning and organizing Communication Skills Delegation Negotiation Adaptability

Education/Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree or higher, as well as a qualification in project management or equivalent. The project manager must have direct work experience in a project management capacity.

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Network Storage Specialist
Strong communication skills are required to engage with the Network Security Specialist, Enterprise Architect, System Engineer, and development teams in design and driving through innovation and efficiency. The Network Storage Specialist must understand the client environment, its infrastructure, growth strategy, initiatives and priorities, as well as the portfolio of specific applications and their behavior.  The Network Storage Specialist must also ensure compliance with client-specific regulations and environmental controls.

Duties Include:
Possess an advanced understanding of storage concepts and key dependant technologies.

Understand the data architecture, information retention policies, usage patterns, distribution mechanisms, business resiliency requirements and business continuity (DR) approach of the client environment.

Direct the apportionment of applications on standard storage for optimal performance.

Cooperate with the Enterprise Architect to determine tiers of storage, latency requirements, level of mirroring, replication, and absolute sizing.

Formulate strategies for optimization (e.g. information life cycle management, tiers of storage, compression of data, defragmentation and optimization of headroom space).

Manage the scheduling and sequence of infrastructure upgrades and deployments for dedicated devices and shared infrastructure.

Identify and manage opportunities to eliminate stale or duplicated data.

Requirements:

5+ years experience working with a variety of storage solutions

NetApp or similar storage certification preferred.

Education/Certifications:
The individual should possess a Bachelor’s degree. Degree in related field preferred.

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ITIL Specialist
The ITIL Specialist will help drive the ITIL process to maturity.  The candidate should be experienced in implementing ITIL v3 and ensuring the efficient implementation of all facets of the ITIL framework. They must have the ability to work independently, as well as with technical staff and team leads.  The candidate must have good written and verbal communication skills, organizational skills and the ability to coordinate multiple tasks. 

Duties Include:

Design organizational, process, and technology structures based on the ITIL framework.

Record and improve selected ITIL processes and analyze IT Service Management processes within an organization.

Assess and audit IT Service Management processes and measure and maintain customer driven service levels.

Implement key process-based analytics and determine appropriate strategic focus and impact to satellite operations.

Grasp the impact and complexity of all relevant technology domains.

Assist with information collection, facilitate logistics.

Analyze existing infrastructure, operating environment, governance, and processes.

Leverage personal best practices/knowledge from other IT operations.

Deliver industry expertise and cross-functional knowledge.

Demonstrate experience in a range of enterprise software, tools, and deployment issues.

Requirements:

ITIL Foundation v3 certification required

4 years of experience in multiple modules within the ITIL framework

8 years of experience in Information Technology

Technical writing and documentation skills

Education/Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.

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ITIL Process Manager
The ITIL Process Manager will help drive the ITIL process to maturity.  The candidate should be experienced in implementing ITIL v2 or v3 and ensuring the efficient implementation of all facets of the ITIL framework. They must have the ability to work independently, as well as with technical staff and team leads in a mentoring capacity.  The candidate must have good written and verbal communication skills, organizational skills and the ability to coordinate multiple tasks. 

Duties Include:
Design organizational, process, and technology structures based on the ITIL framework.

Record and improve selected ITIL processes and analyze IT Service Management processes within an organization.

Assess and audit IT Service Management processes and measure and maintain customer driven service levels.

Communicate relevance of ITIL issues to all levels of the organization.

Define key process-based analytics and determine appropriate strategic focus and impact to satellite operations.

Define and identify organizational obstacles to behavior change and cultural adoption.

Grasp the impact and complexity of all relevant technology domains.

Conduct information collection, facilitate logistics.

Integrate directly with client technical, managerial, and executive staff.

Analyze existing infrastructure, operating environment, governance, and processes.

Leverage personal best practices/knowledge from other IT operations.

Deliver industry expertise and cross-functional knowledge.

Demonstrate experience in a range of enterprise software, tools, and deployment issues.

Requirements:

ITIL Foundation v2 or v3 certification required

8 years of experience in multiple modules within the ITIL framework

12 years of experience in Information Technology

Technical writing and documentation skills

Team lead and/or management experience

Education/Certifications:
The individual shall possess a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.

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Sr. Systems Administrator – HP OpenView
The Sr. Systems Administrator disciplines include scheduling/production control, resource/systems management, and interactive operations. Scheduling/production control is responsible for production cycle set-up and maintenance. Monitors the production systems and documents the resolution of problems. Resource/systems management duties include using appropriate tools in monitoring and controlling system performance. Document and diagnose hardware problems and coordinates problem resolution with vendors or support groups. Interactive operations support, monitors, and reports on on-line application systems and availability.

Duties Include:

Researching, analyzing, and recommending new operational support technologies, tools, and techniques.

Coaching others on the application of new operational support technologies.

Conducting system support design and performance evaluation reviews.

Identifying, developing, and updating operational support standards and procedures.

Participating with corporate strategic planning teams

Keeping abreast of emerging operational support technologies and industry trends.

Recommending price/performance improvement opportunities.

Second level problem resolution and assisting Tier 1I in resolving complex escalated issues.

Requirements:
Must possess:

5 Years of Windows Server 2K+ administration experience

2 years of Linux or Unix administration experience

Strong knowledge of Operations Mgr for Windows 8 and Network Node Mgr 8i, HTTP Agent

Experience with Web SPI, OS SPI, DB SPI - specifically MSSQL. 

General knowledge or experience with VEAM and AlarmPoint.

Knowledge in IIS web, ColdFusion and MS Active Directory will be a plus. 

Education/Certifications:
The individual shall possess a Bachelor's of Science (Bachelor's degree) degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Logistics, Management, or a related field. 

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Systems Administrator – Windows/Linux/VMware Specialist
The Systems Administrator includes specializations to conceptualize, design, develop and deploy total system/product solutions for Global-wide information technology. The Systems Administrator disciplines include scheduling/production control, resource/systems management, and interactive operations. Coordination of multiple storage area networks at various locations.  Troubleshoot and fix hardware and software problems as they occur. The Systems Administrator is responsible for the identification and resolution of service level problems and the identification and support of mission-critical tasks.

Duties Include:

Ensuring the recoverability, availability, scalability and performance of the Linux and Windows environment.

Developing and maintaining operational documentation and specifications on system builds, storage environment, ESX environment and other standard operating procedures.

Maintaining multiple VMware ESX environments across multiple sites to include Virtual, HA, DRS, virtual switch configuration, resource pools and datastores.

Testing and implementing OS and applications patches as well as new application deployments into the Linux, ESX and storage environments.

Coordinating with the Security Administrator and Systems Analyst to improve and maintain the technical standards of the environment.

Having an understanding of basic scripting, such as Perl, CGI, and shell.

Researching, evaluating and staying current on emerging tools, techniques and technologies.

Requirements:

5+ years experience with Windows & Linux

5+ years experience with Virtual Technology

3+ years experience with VMware

Applicant must have VCP Certification for version 3.2 or higher (preferred vSphere 4)

VMware Virtual Center and VMotion experience preferred

5 + years UNIX/Linux Systems Administration experience.

Experience with virtualization at an enterprise level.

Education/Certifications:
The individual shall possess a Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field.

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Senior Enterprise Networking Architect
The Senior Enterprise Networking Architect acts independently to provide business and/or technical information technology to formulate enterprise-wide business and/or technical information, product and/or service strategies. Develops and applies state-of-the-art consulting methodologies, business models and organizational behavior models to conceptualize methods to apply business and/or technical information technology products and services as strategic assets. The Senior Enterprise Networking Architect applies extensive industry and enterprise knowledge to identify and recommend integrated solutions, products and services to support the enterprise's accomplishments of business goals or technical needs.

Duties Include:

Providing recommendations and guidance in the design, development, implementation and management of products and solutions.

Researching and recommending new emerging technologies, techniques and tools. Assisting with the application of emerging technologies to current customer environments.

Transferring knowledge to others and serves as a mentor/coach for selected specialty areas.

Acting independently and advises on or manages the solution development for large, complex engagements.

Demonstrating expertise in integrating multiple diverse processes and systems within a single engagement.

Understanding customer requirements and advising team on highly specialized, complex solution architecture and implementation.

Advising managing consultants on complex, technical issues or leads a complex portion of projects.

Contributing to creation of intellectual capital for the service line or practice.

Acting as a leading authority on multiple service offerings and displays a deep knowledge of all practices.

Requirements:
Must have:

6 years+ of experience in Windows and Linux

4 years+ experience in a large datacenter environment or overseeing a Government agencies infrastructure.

Education/Certifications:

The individual shall possess a Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Management, or a related field. The Senior Enterprise Networking Architect must have 15 years of diverse technical experience at the Enterprise level.

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Sr. MS Database Administrator
The Sr. MS Database Administrator monitors and maintains operational database availability and integrity. The candidate must be able to perform SQL query language scripting, Visual Basic or Java. The Sr. MS Database Administrator must be proficient in the following: Database Design and Installation, SQL Reporting Services, SQL Server Integration Services, Performance Analysis and Optimization, SQL Server Analysis and Cubes for Multidimensional Reporting of Data and Database Security. Must have experience with Clustering, Data warehousing, Data Mirroring, Database Splitting, Replication and Disaster Recovery/ Fault tolerant/ Redundant Load balancing solutions. The Sr. MS Database Administrator must be capable of designing, planning and implementing high availability systems. The individual must have experience working on UNIX systems as well. This individual must be able to work independently or under supervision.

Duties Include:

Being responsible for designing database solutions for high availability networks and working with cross-platform database applications.

Defining reporting solution and creating simple applications to assist with daily administration.

Ensuring the Application Developers work with the preferred data types, parameters, etc. to ensure the database servers are running optimally

Ensuring all DTS packages are properly converted to SSIS packages

Refining and developing operational procedures

Recovering from database server failures or data corruption,

Testing new database software tools and upgrades.

Requirements:

8+ years experience as a subject matter expert of SQL Server Databases.

3-4 years of experience in administering computer systems in an operational network environment.

Administering relational database systems on Windows or Unix and knowledge of scripting languages is preferred.

Education/Certifications:
The individual shall possess a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other related discipline, and must be certified as an MCTS: SQL Server and MCSE.

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The following positions are now available in our Rockville, MD Office;

Systems Engineer

Duties Include:

Deploying, configuring and managing MS Exchange server

Designing and maintaining MS Active Directory

Deploying, configuring and managing MOSS server.

Deploying, configuring and managing Asterisk based IP PBX and Cisco IP Phones.

Managing IIS web server and updating web content.

Managing VMware, Windows, Linux and DNS servers

Requirements:

5 years experience in the following:

MS Active Directory

MOSS server

Asterisk based IP PBX and Cisco IP Phones

VMware, Windows, Linux and DNS servers

Knowledge in Cisco router, switch and firewall

Education/Certifications:
Bachelor's degree or higher

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Business Development
“Grow the Company”  to that end, he or she will be focused on core deliverables such as increasing brand awareness, bringing in new customers, and coordinating public relations efforts. The focus is driving new revenues by developing and retaining clientele. Other duties include budgeting, customer service, data analysis, and a variety of other business activities.

Drive strategic development.

Spearhead development of marketing.

Achieve revenue goals.  

Provide and coordinate presentations.

Activities:
Market Planning:

Create and execute upon market plan as developed with leadership team.

Use of contact management tools to maintain high profile with accounts and prospects.

Support and follow up on corporate PR and promotional initiatives.

Conduct seminars and speaking events as per marketing plan.

Coordination with Capture Manager.

Prospecting:

Attend networking events, trade shows participation.

Professional organizations.

Timely follow up on leads.

Other:

Face-to-face meetings.

Telephone canvassing.

Targeted mailings.

Support existing clients, cross sell and up-sell as needed.

Personality:

Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook, a clear focus on high quality and business profit.

A natural forward planner who critically assesses own performance.

Comfortable in dealing with company executives, marketing and trade show managers.

Reliable, tolerant, determined.

Empathic communicator able to see things from the other person’s point of view.

Well presented and businesslike.

Enthusiastic for new experience, responsibility and accountability.

Able to get along with others and be a team player.

Able to listen attentively in order to create the right solution.

Personal Situation:

Able to work extended hours with early morning & evening time required.

May be striving financially, but not desperate or in serious debt.

Must have clean driver’s license and own transportation.

Specific Job Skills:

Able to communicate and motivate via written media and verbally.

Understands the principles of marketing and sales, including market sector targeting, product offer development, features-benefits-solutions selling, cost per response, cost per conversion, etc.

Appreciates need for consistency within company’s branding and marketing mix, especially PR and the Internet.

Business and Selling Skills:

Must be an excellent face-to-face and telephone communicator.

Able to demonstrate success and experience managing accounts and contracts, particularly achieving genuine sales development.

General skills:

Must be adept in use of MS Office Suite and the Internet.

Must be a very competent writer of business letters, quotations and proposals.

Must possess a sense of esthetics.

Ability to lift & move 50lbs.

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Telecom Network Engineer

Job Description:  Design, configure, integrate, implement, monitor and manage high traffic, multi-client networks and systems servers in Windows and Linux environments using DNS, Web and web statistics, Email and list, file, media, and DHCP.  Research, develop, implement, integrate and manage open source and COTS applications such as MRTG, Nagios, OCS, Inventory, ISPConfig, Webtrends and Helix Universal.  Implement and integrate VOIP telephony systems, using SoftSwitch software such as Asterisk IP PBX and Voice quality measurement software.  IP management using NW monitoring tools and syslog server projects to evaluate performance, redundancy and load balance.  Configuration, integration and administration of: multiple data and gateway connections using BGP routing protocol; network access, firewalls and security; web server redundancy using Cisco CSM; and Vmware ESX.   Test system components, routers, voice and data gateways, Catalyst switches and circuits.  Lead / supervise team of 1-3 technical workers.  Provide technical support and troubleshoot complex multi-vendor LAN/WAN network issues.  Manage Snort IDS Server.  Document installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance procedures.

Requirements: BS Degree + 5 yrs progressive/post degree Telecom., Network Engineer /Analyst or closely related exp. including one year as a Telecom Network Engineer (network security & network management in Linux & Windows server environments & design & implementation of VOIP systems using SoftSwitch & voice quality measurement).  Any suitable combination of education, training & experience is acceptable, such as MS Deg. in Telecommunications plus 1 year Telecom Network Engineer experience. Transportation & driver's license for travel to client sites DC metro area.

Please forward your resume, salary requirements, and cover letter to:
resumes@tst-us.com