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Friday, March 31, 2006

PNC Bank: NWS Specialist - Network Data/Voice

The core competencies required for this position include:
 - Extensive experience (5+ years) in implementing IP routing and Switching Technologies
 - Extensive knowledge of both Layer 2 and Layer 3 implementations in a highly resilient environment
 - Extensive knowledge and working experience with the major routing protocols (EIGRP, OSPF and BGP)
 - Extensive knowledge and working experience with Cisco's Best Practices specifically:
         - Routing and Switching
         - Layer 3 Core Implementations
         - DataCenter Design
         - Campus Design
         - Configuring and Pruning Spanning Tree
 - Working knowledge of designing implementations around and taking advantage of:
         - CSS Load Balancing
         - Checkpoint Firewalls
         - Bluecoat Proxies
         - Global load balancing (3DNS)
         - QIP DNS / DHCP
         - VPN / Remote access (AS5350)
 - Working knowledge of SAN's switching technologies - Brocade preferred
 - Working knowledge of ACL's and Encryption (IPSec, AES and GRE)
 - Working knowledge of optical networking (Cisco ONS, DWDM, and CWDM preferred)
 - Working knowledge of QOS implementations and configurations
 - Working knowledge of performance monitoring tools and benchmarking tools (NetQOS, OPNet and Sniffer) - preferred
 - Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) highly preferred
 - Excellent project management, customer service and communication skills to interact with users and clients - PMP certification preferred
 - Proficient in creating Layered diagrams within Viso

..Job Description
This critical position will be responsible for designing, reporting on performance and identifying potential risk(s) within critical areas of PNC's network infrastructure.  

Contact:  Kathleen.Nolan@pfpc.com
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PNC Bank: Software Engineer (Web)

..Required Skills include:
Senior-Level expertise in all components of user interface design is essential (both aesthetic and navigational aspects).  Proficiency in HTML, XHMTL, CSS and JavaScript is required; Java / JSP proficiency is highly desirable.   Extensive knowledge of related Web site management software & tools is needed (e.g., Flash, LoadRunner, .PDF, standard image file formats, etc).

(A portfolio of content and/or Web site references will be requested).

Proven ability to conduct successful prototyping and customer feedback sessions / focus groups is desired.

Additional Preferred Skills include:
Familiarity with Web Content Management platforms is strongly desired.  Knowledge of Web reporting tools, such as WebTrends, is also desired.   Expertise in PhotoShop / Illustrator is desired.

..Job Description
This position will be responsible for Web user interface design and development initiatives for a variety of on-line banking, e-service, sales and marketing applications for the Regional Community Bank.  Areas of responsibility include Account Link and pnc.com.

In addition to presentation-layer design and development responsibilities, the incumbent will oversee and participate in graphic development (tile and banner ads, buttons, navigational tools, targeted marketing, etc) in support of all RCB Web products. Will be responsible for interfacing with LOB customers from a variety of business segments to ensure that graphic and design efforts are documented, prioritized, assigned and completed.

Employee will participate in and lead all segments of the presentation design for both Web sites and Web-based applications; this may include treatments, mock-ups, prototyping, screen specification, front-end development, and QA.  Employee will utilize our Usability Testing Lab and may be responsible for conducting and/or supporting customer focus groups.

Employee will provide systems support to LOB personnel responsible for Content Management and site usage-tracking efforts.

Contact:  Kathleen.nolan@pfpc.com
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PNC Bank: Application Systems Manager

Requires a BS degree in Computer Science, Information Management or Management Information Systems or the equivalent combination of experience and education.

A Financial or Investments background is required.

Requires at least 8+ years of progressive responsibility in a technology-oriented organization. Experience must include team leadership responsibilities within a management information systems or information management / analysis environment. Also, requires at least 5 years leading the analysis, planning and delivery of integrated systems. Strong communication and instruction skills required. Managerial responsibilities include supporting a complex portfolio of applications that are highly distributed in nature that support the foreign exchange product offerings and other aspects of the Capital Markets business.

Additional Preferred Skills:
Advanced degree (MSIS, MBA) and/or industry certification (e.g., PMI) desirable.

..Job Description
Manages activities of all applications systems analysis and programming personnel for major projects, smaller projects, and multiple business systems that drive revenue generation, client service or expense management activities for a specific business unit. Managerial responsibilities include supporting a portfolio of applications that are highly distributed in nature and are comprised of the following technologies: UNIX, Windows2000, Java (EJB, JSP, HTML), Visual Basic, UNIX Scripting, Crystal Reports, SQL Server. Environments include a combination of vendor applications and custom application integration that support the foreign exchange product offerings and other aspects of the Capital Markets business.

Makes decisions on personnel actions (hiring, terminations, promotions, etc.). Provides management leadership and career development for a team of technology professionals. Manages technology expenses associated with business systems within area of responsibility.
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Summa Technologies: Senior Technical Consultant

Responsibilities include:
Apply broad application and system architecture and design capabilities over many technologies to implement secure, robust, transactional and service oriented architectures

Communicate effectively with clients and interact with client’s Senior Management Team

Act as a technical lead for a team developing system-related components

Qualifications:
7+ years of experience architecting and designing distributed middleware systems (Background as a technical lead preferred)

Work experience with one or more of the following:
J2EE
.NET
Web Portals
SOA
BPM
Enterprise Application Integration / Message Oriented Applications
Web content management
Work experience with IBM WebSphere Suite a plus
Work experience with relational databases and web application servers

Demonstrated ability to quickly and routinely solve complex problems independently

Ability to architect and design a system when presented with a business problem

Learn and apply new technologies quickly (recent examples include Hibernate, Spring, Ajax and AOP)

Work experience with mainframe, legacy and/or packaged application integration is a plus

Diverse work experience implementing legacy technologies is a plus:

Travel flexibility and consulting experience a plus, but not required

Successfully mentor or advise other Summa consultants
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

American Eagle Outfitters: Technology Open House

Do you have what IT takes?

Wear your jeans and join us for the

American Eagle Outfitters
Technology Open House

Saturday, April 8, 2006
12:30 to 3 pm

150 Thorn Hill Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086

Learn about our open jobs.
Hear from executives.
Meet the IT team building the brand.
Flip flops optional.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Panasas: Software Engineer

As a member of the software engineering team, the incumbent is responsible for design, implementation, and testing portions of a distributed, object-based storage system.

Experience / Qualifications Preferred:

    * M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Networking (or equivalent program)
    * 5-7 years professional programming experience in C/C++, algorithms, multi-threading, and asynchronous programming

Minimum Requirements include:

    * In-depth knowledge of the Unix operating system internals, specifically concurrency control, memory management, synchronization, and scheduling
    * Minimum of 3 years professional programming experience in C/C++, algorithms, multi-threading, and asynchronous programming
    * Applied knowledge of one or more of the following:
          o distributed systems, design and development including fault-tolerance, high availability, and scalability
          o Linux kernel programming
          o File Systems development

**To apply please send resumes to careers@panasas.com
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Panasas: Technical Support Engineer

Responsible for providing high level remote technical support for distributed NAS storage product. Support requirements include problem assessment, interactive hardware and software troubleshooting, system configuration, and leading customers through to problem resolution. Identify and authorize defective parts for return to service for repair. Subject matter expert on Panasas service offerings, storage products, distributed architecture, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the DAS, NAS, and SAN product spaces. On-call, after hours duty to be expected.

Experience/Qualifications Preferred include:

    * Experience using CRM systems such as Siebel, PeopleSoft, or Clarify.
    * Storage industry background.

Minimum Requirements include:

    * Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent industry experience of 7+ years working with distributed and/or clustered file systems (AFS/DFS, NFS, VXFS)
    * Superior knowledge of current and emerging storage architectures (FC, iSCSI, NAS, OSD, SAN)
    * UNIX (BSD, Linux, System V), Networking (TCP/IP, 100/1K Ethernet), Backup (HSM, Legato, Veritas) and Database Administration experience.
    * Knowledge of C/C++, Perl and TCL to understand programs written in these languages.
    * Knowledge on SCSI Standards, Protocol Command-Set and RAID architecture.
    * Experience in Microsoft Windows Server (NT, WIN2K, XP) storage implementations (NTFS/CIFS/SMS) and/or enterprise applications (AS, Data Center, Exchange).
    * Networking and switching architecture knowledge.

**Please submit resumes to careers@panasas.com
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Vivisimo, Inc.: Senior Systems Administrator

Vivísimo seeks a highly dedicated and conscientious systems administrator with at least 2-5 years of experience to support all aspects of our computing environment. This environment includes internal resources for sales and software development and network infrastructure as well as our publicly available servers used for vivisimo.com, clusty.com and firstgovsearch.gov, among other hosted applications.

Responsibilities include:

    * Installation and end-user support for Windows PC users.
    * Building and maintaining Linux based servers for clusty.com.
    * Installing and maintaining our own software on these servers.
    * Maintaining and improving the real-time monitoring of the distributed computing resources.

Key skills include:

    * Experience configuring a Linux/Samba based Windows domain.
    * Experience building custom servers for running high availability applications.
    * Experience maintaining Linux, Solaris and other UNIX based systems.
    * Experience with LDAP authentication (across all platforms).
    * Experience dealing with complex routing and packet filtering/forwarding.

The candidate will report to the CTO. Compensation includes salary, stock options, full health benefits, and periodic bonuses based on company profitability and employee tenure. To apply, contact careers@vivisimo.com with the Subject heading 'Senior Systems Administration.'
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

University of Pittsburgh: Systems/Programmer IV

To view the official description and means to apply, go to
http://www.hr.pitt.edu

Under 'Quick Links', select 'Job Opportunities' in the 'EMPLOYMENT' section. Next, click on 'SEARCH JOB OPPORTUNITIES' in the upper left of the screen. In the search box, enter '0112834' in the 'Position Number' field.

Note: To apply for the position, you must create a login at this site.

Contact Information:
Kwan-Jin Jung, PhD
412.383.8014
kjj1@pitt.edu

JOB DESCRIPTION

Department Name: 35202-Center Neural Basis of Cognition  
Working Title: Systems Administrator/Programmer  
Hiring Range: $38,436.00-$60,348.00  
Assignment Category: Regular, Full-Time  
Job Classification: Systems/Programmer IV  
Position Number: 0112834
 
Description: Systems administrator will manage the day-to-day operation of computer equipment at the Brain Imaging Research Center, administered by Pitt and CMU, located at McGowan Institute, Southside. Responsibilities include system administration of a large Linux cluster (Red Hat Linux, 64 nodes, dual AMD Athlon CPUs, large disk and tape arrays), multiple PCs, networking, configuring, installing and upgrading machines, designing and implementing new system administration tools and procedures, trouble-shooting of hardware and software-related system problems, responding to and resolving user problem reports, and developing and managing the web page server

Scheduled Work Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Relex Software: Software Project Manager

Candidates should have development experience with C# and .NET. Must have management experience leading a team of 6-12 developers. BS/MS required. Must be willing to work in Greensburg PA location.

Contact:Hunter Shaw/724 836-8800 x144,hunter.shaw@relex.com.
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