Company Description

 Specialized Recruiting Group is looking for Technology Professionals who can help clients grow efficient, successful businesses. This person will have a unique and diverse set of skills and perspectives to transform how data, systems, and people enable each client to excel into the future.

This challenging position will create impactful opportunities in our client's work and internal teams, while keeping individual interests in mind. We want everyone at Specialized Recruiting Group to be able to envision a lifelong career here, which is why this position is a unique career opportunity based on your skills and passions. As a Specialized Recruiting Group Associate, you will experience exciting and rewarding roles that help you grow and make a difference, while having fun along the way.  

As prospective partners, our U.S-based consultants find inspiration in the unknown and enjoy getting their hands dirty solving our clients' myriad of challenges. Across industries and business goals, we fuse technical depth and analytical prowess with creativity to move clients forward. This drive helps each organization use technology, management, and insight to turn ideas into action. Together, we create outcomes that exceed the expected - which is one of the reasons we've been consistently on the Forbes list of America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms.

Job Description

SRG, an established Professional staffing firm, is seeking an Account Manager / Business Development Manager to build collaborative and supportive relationships with future clients and client partners. They would also maintain very collaborative relationships with a team of consultants to increase satisfaction and successful delivery to various projects/assignments. We desire a candidate with 3-4 years of BDM / Account Management experience with mid-market and large, high-profile clients. Preferably with Technology Staffing Experience.

This would potentially be an Equity/Profit Sharing position for the right Individual.

This position is primarily a liaison between the client, our consultants at the client site, and SRG management, providing a steady line of communication and problem escalation between all levels. Requires experience with account management and personnel management.

Responsibilities for the IT Business Development Manager/ Account Manager position include:

• Establish collaborative partnership with key stakeholders in the Charlotte Market to assess and recommend optimal business and technical solutions
• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with key client stakeholders and executive sponsors
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting customer relationships
• Taking a personal interest with ensuring client/consultant satisfaction via on-site personal visits, telephone communications and other appropriate means
• Daily communication with management, and marketers and recruiters as to ongoing issues and resolutions
• Overseeing consultant issues on the job at the client site

Qualifications

 Specific qualifications for the IT Business Development Manager/Account Manager position include:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3-4 years of business development experience
• 3-4 years of client account management experience
• 3-4 years of personnel management
• Strong background in IT service industry
• Strong interpersonal skills and conflict resolution abilities
• Patience, empathy, good listening skills
• Excellent attention to detail and follow through
• Project and time management skills
• Proven ability in problem solving and organization
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Able to communicate well across managerial levels within the client and internal organization
• Able to work positively in a team environment
• Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence.
• Excellent communication skills, negotiation and presentation skills.

Specialized Recruiting Group Benefits

At Specialized Recruiting Group we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to:  

• Competitive salary with performance-based Profit Sharing  
• Three comprehensive Medical Plan options, as well as Dental and Vision coverage  
• Life and AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance  
• Matching 401(k) 
• Competitive Paid Time Off  

Specialized Recruiting Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a culture of equality, inclusion and fairness - each foundational to our core values.  We strive to create a diverse environment where each employee is encouraged to bring their unique ideas, backgrounds and experiences to the workplace. 

 At this time, Specialized Recruiting Group cannot transfer nor sponsor a work visa for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work directly for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship.  

• Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. for any employer directly (we are not open to contract or "Corp to Corp" agreements).   
• Specialized Recruiting Group is a Drug-Free workplace.  

Candidates must have the ability to work at a client location or in a Hybrid role

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Ron Severo, at Ron.Severo@expresspros.com  and please add   "Business Development Manager-Account Manager/ IT Staffing"  to the subject line of your email 

Performance Objective Summary:

• Be responsible for the design, operation, and implementation of a diverse set of features, processes, paradigms and technologies that enable the creation of the Company IoT Platform.
• Contribute to architectural definition, technology evaluation and selection, and best practices to enable IoT Platform engineering teams to build, debug, test, release, manage, and secure the IoT Platform's modern, Microservices-based cloud infrastructure.
• Define common frameworks and software libraries, in various programming languages, that support the creation of efficient, scalable, and highly available Microservice-based architectures.
• Support diagnostics, troubleshooting and operation of the cloud-based IoT Platform system; identify areas for continuous improvement with emphasis on quality, performance, and security.
• Work closely with architects, technical product managers, and other team members to translate overall system architecture and product requirements into well-designed, implemented, and tested software solutions.
• Promote the adoption of best-in-class software engineering practices, frameworks, and tools; provide guidance and feedback to other software developers.

 Background Profile for Enterprise Architect:

• BS in Computer Science, or related Engineering (MS degree is desirable) and 8+ years of software engineering experience developing cloud-based services (SaaS) and platforms (PaaS)
• Minimum 3 years of experience applying modern agile software development practices
• Experience designing & implementing cloud-based (micro)services in either AWS (highly preferred), Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, designing for scalability, performance, and availability
• Experience establishing non-functional best-practices and deploying supporting technologies for improving platform security (including audit) and reliability (latency, availability, scalability); knowledge of distributed network architectures and network security
• Proficient in programming languages: Java, Python; knowledge of Golang or JavaScript (NodeJS) desirable

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at Charlene.theile2@expresspros.com  and please add  "Principal Software Engineer"  to the subject line of your email 

Performance Objective Summary:

• Develop, test, and deploy new cloud services and mobile application components to create a new line of products integrated into an existing smart home system, using state of the art technologies such as Flutter, AWS IOT, Kinesis Video streams and Kubernetes.
• Be part of a multi-disciplinary team that designs, builds, and tests features containing Cloud, Embedded, and mobile components end to end.
• Work out system design choices based on your knowledge of mobile app and cloud backend interaction, analyze data to identify product improvement opportunities, as well as work on the ongoing reliability of our services in a developer operations mode.

  Background Profile for Enterprise Architect:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
• 3+ years working on software development and definition in the mobile application and/or cloud backend space.
• Experience working on camera technology strongly preferred
• Experience with cloud platform as a service offering from Amazon Web Services
• Having worked with Flutter mobile application framework is a plus
• Knowledge of IoT network protocols and video streaming technologies

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at Charlene.theile2@expresspros.com  and please add   "Full Stack Developer Smart Home"  to the subject line of your email 

Performance Objective Summary:

• Develop, test, and deploy new cloud services and mobile application components to create a new line of products integrated into an existing smart home system, using state of the art technologies such as Flutter, AWS IOT, Kinesis Video streams and Kubernetes.
• Be part of a multi-disciplinary team that designs, builds, and tests features containing Cloud, Embedded, and mobile components end to end.
• Work out system design choices based on your knowledge of mobile app and cloud backend interaction, analyze data to identify product improvement opportunities, as well as work on the ongoing reliability of our services in a developer operations mode.

  Background Profile for Enterprise Architect:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
• 3+ years working on software development and definition for (iOS and/or Android) mobile applications.
• Experience with Flutter mobile application framework is preferred.
• Knowledge of  IoT network protocols and video streaming technologies; camera video streaming preferred.
• Experience with cloud platform as a service offering from Amazon Web Services

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at Charlene.theile2@expresspros.com  and please add   "Flutter Mobile App Developer"  to the subject line of your email 

Professional Recruiter, Information Technology

Are you ready for a change? Does the following describe you?  Driven, relationship-focused, and always ready to help others succeed. You love meeting new people and finding out about their passions. You don't have the patience for a slow-moving day; fast-paced and always moving, that's your ideal environment.  You want to earn.
 

Background Profile:

• More than 2 of years of experience in an outbound sales role or IT Recruiting.
• Master networker. You've never met a stranger.
• Sales experience or the willingness and ability to master the sales process.
• Knowledge of the internet and the ability to use online resources.
• Proven history of meeting deadlines and reaching clearly set goals.
• Problem solving extraordinaire.

The Professional Recruiter of Information Technology (IT) is responsible for the development of new clients by contacting and engaging key decision makers through sales calls, client presentations, and networking opportunities. This position requires extreme discipline and the drive to be persistent in making sales contacts while handling any objection and turning it into a long-term business relationship.  The Professional Recruiter will build and maintain a talented IT/Technical candidate network for placement with reputable companies throughout the area. Our internal team is expected to operate at a high level, with clear goals, accountability, and growth for those individuals who can advance our overall goals.

Professional Recruiter Performance Objectives:

• Maintain an extremely high-level of daily activity to fill all job orders with urgency.
• Prepare and execute a daily sales and recruiting plan.
• Expand business with existing accounts.
• Maximize territory performance.
• Learn, use, and maintain the automated tracking system to fill assignments and take thorough and complete job orders.
• Coordinate and reprioritize activities on a daily basis.
• Ensure high satisfaction levels and retention with candidates and clients.
• Increase office and team effectiveness through daily communication.

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Bill Sofio, at Bill.Sofio@expresspros.com   and please add " Professional IT Recruiter"  to the subject line of your email 

Specialized Recruiting Group is looking for a problem solver who help clients grow efficient, successful businesses. This person will have a unique and diverse set of skills and perspectives to transform how data, systems, and people enable each client to excel into the future.

This challenging position will create impactful opportunities in our client's work and internal teams, while keeping individual interests in mind. We want everyone at Specialized Recruiting Group to be able to envision a lifelong career here, which is why this position is a unique career opportunity based on your skills and passions. As a Specialized Recruiting Group Associate, you will experience exciting and rewarding roles that help you grow and make a difference, while having fun along the way.  

As prospective partners, our U.S-based consultants find inspiration in the unknown and enjoy getting our hands dirty solving our clients' myriad of challenges. Across industries and business goals, we fuse technical depth and analytical prowess with creative savvy to move clients forward. This drive helps each organization use technology, management, and insight to turn ideas into action. Together, we create outcomes that exceed the expected - which is one of the reasons we've been consistently on the Forbes list of America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms.

Job Description

As a Senior Program Manager / Account Manager with Specialized Recruiting Group, your focus will be helping our clients deliver results against some of their most complex business and technology initiatives. The Program Manager / Account Manager will partner with and ensure the long-term success of our clients, and challenge you to succeed as a highly consultative senior management advisor or to drive highly visible technical projects based on your planning, execution, and client relationship management skills. The Program Manager / Account Manager will develop long-term relationships with our client stakeholders and ensure successful service delivery at any level.

Specific responsibilities for the Program Manager / Account Manager position include:

• Establish collaborative partnership with key stakeholders to assess and recommend optimal business and technical solutions.
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams to deliver impactful business outcomes.
• Develop integrated plans to establish, monitor, manage and report key milestones and deliverables.
• Support the triage and resolution of critical program or project issues and scope changes throughout the project phases.
• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with key client stakeholders and executive sponsors
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting customer relationships.
• Perform hands-on project work, including analysis, design, process engineering, and change management, as needed by the project.

Qualifications

 Specific qualifications for the Senior Program Manager / Account Manager position include:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience
• PMP certification preferred.
• Scrum Master
• Proven account management or other relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project or program management role, preferably with full agile development life cycle experience.
• Demonstrated track record of successful ability to manage large and complex consulting engagements.
• Ability to assess client needs, identify omissions and gaps, and design optimal solution.
• Creative thinking and seeking innovative solutions to complex technical/business problems.
• Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence.
• Excellent communication skills, listening, negotiation and presentation skills.

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Ron Severo, at Ron.Severo@expresspros.com  and please add " Senior Program Manager/Account Manager/ Hybrid Role"  to the subject line of your email #SRGCNC

Performance Objective Summary:

The Enterprise Architect will create an overview of assets, business and IT processes, business development strategies. You will be working with Solution Architects and must have experience and skills with integration architectures, architectural patterns, and Service Oriented Architecture within the context of Health and Human Services. Medicaid is experience is preferable.

  Responsibilities:

• Recommends and participates in activities related to the design, development, and maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture (EA).
• Recommends and participates in the analysis, evaluation and development of enterprise long-term strategic and operating plans and delivery roadmaps, to ensure that the EA objectives are consistent with the enterprise's long-term business objectives.
• Recommends and participates in the design and implementation of standards, tools and methodologies, and then leads adoption.
• Identifies and recommends areas appropriate for further study and participates in any Proof of Concept projects required to thoroughly investigate architectural possibilities and strengthen arguments for their adoption.
• Effectively collaborates with projects to review the objectives and constraints of each solution across the Medicaid enterprise and determines conformance with the EA, SOA, and software engineering patterns. Recommends and explains the most suitable technical architecture and defines the solution at a high level.
• Ensures that technology solutions are properly secured, according to Identity Management and Access Control standards.

 Background Profile for Enterprise Architect:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• 8+ years enterprise architecture experience
• Highly knowledgeable on applicable industry and government standards and frameworks such as TOGAF, ITIL, ISO standards, FEA, MITA , etc. (TOGAF® Certification Required)
• Experience with developing architecture models in the Health and Human Services sector, using industry standard tools and notations (e.g SparxEA, ArchiMate)
• Experience with Service Oriented Architecture in the Health and Human Services sector
• Desired - Experience working with Big Data and NoSQL technologies, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in the Medicaid context, and Identity, Credentials, & Access Management technologies.
• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal)
• Lead multi-disciplinary workshops
• Implementation and experience in related project roles such as system analyst, developer, implementer, integrator, test analyst, team leader and/or software architect

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at Charlene.theile2@expresspros.com  and please add " Enterprise Architect"  to the subject line of your email #SRGCNC

Fast-growing Manufacturing Company in the Charlotte area is seeking an Applications Engineer to START IMMEDIATELY!  This is a great opportunity to join a well-established company in a growing industry.   

Responsibilities

• Mechanical applications Engineer prepares manufacturing job files, interacts with customers, and advises sales personnel, customers and potential customers on the technical issues that affect the installation and/or sales of products of the organization.
• This position also provides support to operations and manufacturing in terms of fabrication lists, bill of materials and drawings, and may assist sales personnel in the preparation of bids including meeting with customers to develop and design products and services.
• Interact with the customer to review and gain approval for final drawings.

Requirements  

• Must have bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
• Solid Works (strongly preferred) and Auto Cad experience/training !
• Domestic travel at least 2 times per month (few days per week) and may travel internationally on a rare occasion.

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at  charlene.theile2@expresspros.com   and please add "Application Engineer"  to the subject line of your email #SRGCNC

Junior AWS Application Development Specialist Performance Objectives:

Must have extensive application development success with broad-spectrum experience in large software development projects with exposure to application development, design, data modeling, security, and collaborating with infrastructure teams. Will need demonstrated experience in modern programming and scripting languages (enumerated below) that will be leveraged to complete research & development, proofs of concept, and development of architecture patterns in a complex system integration environment.  To accomplish this, the candidate must have demonstrable experience in data domains, data structures, data flows and data management and storage options within the AWS-specific services.  This position is NOT meant for the Cloud Infrastructure or DevOps architect.

AWS services that you will need hands-on experience with to use in day-to-day activities related to research and development include:

• Lambda functions, and appropriate application
• Containerization (especially with ECS including Fargate)
• CloudFormation Templates
• AWS Developer Tools (such as CodeBuild, CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline)
• CloudWatch and CloudTrail
• Parameter Store
• The full range of AWS infrastructure components (including VPCs, Route53, API Gateway, Application Load Balancers, Security Groups)
• Scripting languages such as Python, Java and JavaScript
• AWS database tools such as Aurora, RDS, Redshift, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, etc. for managing operational, transactional, and analytical data
• Spark on AWS Glue or AWS EMR for large-volume data ingestion and transformation

 Background Profile for Junior AWS Application Development Specialist: 

• 3+ years progressive IT and Business-facing experience showing job stability
• Large systems application development experience with JAVA, .NET, or C#
• Scripting experience using Python or JavaScript
• Experience in developing proofs of concept, or complete research and design, that supports architecture and software engineering implementation patterns
• Experience with a NoSQL database platform (MarkLogic, DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc) a plus
• Proven, recent, experience (2+ years) in application design and engineering on Agile teams
• Proven, recent, experience (1+ years) designing and engineering AWS cloud-native applications
• Experience in data analysis and data modeling associated with data migration and data integration
• Experience within big data (NoSQL) analytics context preferred
• Direct experience with AWS services mentioned, but deep experience with similar services in AZURE might apply

Desired Certifications

• AWS Solution Architect, with associated practical usage of previously mentioned services

AWS Developer, with associated practical usage of previously mentioned services

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at  charlene.theile2@expresspros.com   and please add "Junior AWS Application Development Specialist to the subject line of your email #SRGCNC

AWS Application Development Specialist Performance Objectives:

 Must have extensive application development success with broad-spectrum experience in large software development projects with exposure to application development, design, data modeling, security, and collaborating with infrastructure teams. Will need demonstrated experience in modern programming and scripting languages (enumerated below) that will be leveraged to complete research & development, proofs of concept, and development of architecture patterns in a complex system integration environment.  To accomplish this, the candidate must have demonstrable experience in data domains, data structures, data flows and data management and storage options within the AWS-specific services.  This position is NOT meant for the Cloud Infrastructure or DevOps architect.

 AWS services that you will need hands-on experience with to use in day-to-day activities related to research and development include:

• Lambda functions, and appropriate application
• Containerization (especially with ECS including Fargate)
• CloudFormation Templates
• AWS Developer Tools (such as CodeBuild, CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline)
• CloudWatch and CloudTrail
• Parameter Store
• The full range of AWS infrastructure components (including VPCs, Route53, API Gateway, Application Load Balancers, Security Groups)
• Scripting languages such as Python, Java and JavaScript
• AWS database tools such as Aurora, RDS, Redshift, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, etc. for managing operational, transactional, and analytical data
• Spark on AWS Glue or AWS EMR for large-volume data ingestion and transformation

 Background Profile for AWS Application Development Specialist: 

• 5+ years progressive IT and Business-facing experience showing job stability
• Large systems application development experience with JAVA, .NET, or C#
• Scripting experience using Python or JavaScript
• Experience in developing proofs of concept, or complete research and design, that supports architecture and software engineering implementation patterns
• Experience with a NoSQL database platform (MarkLogic, DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc) a plus
• Proven, recent, experience (3+ years) in application design and engineering on Agile teams
• Proven, recent, experience (2+ years) designing and engineering AWS cloud-native applications
• Experience in data analysis and data modeling associated with data migration and data integration
• Experience within big data (NoSQL) analytics context preferred
• Direct experience with AWS services mentioned, but deep experience with similar services in AZURE might apply

Desired Certifications

• AWS Solution Architect, with associated practical usage of previously mentioned services

AWS Developer, with associated practical usage of previously mentioned services

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at  charlene.theile2@expresspros.com   and please add "AWS Application Development Specialist to the subject line of your email #SRGCNC

Senior AWS Application Development Specialist Performance Objectives:

Must have extensive application development success with broad-spectrum experience in large software development projects with exposure to application development, design, data modeling, security, and collaborating with infrastructure teams. Will need demonstrated experience in modern programming and scripting languages (enumerated below) that will be leveraged to complete research & development, proofs of concept, and development of architecture patterns in a complex system integration environment.  To accomplish this, the candidate must have demonstrable experience in data domains, data structures, data flows and data management and storage options within the AWS-specific services.  This position is NOT meant for the Cloud Infrastructure or DevOps architect.

 AWS services that you will need hands-on experience with to use in day-to-day activities related to research and development include:

• Lambda functions, and appropriate application
• Containerization (especially with ECS including Fargate)
• CloudFormation Templates
• AWS Developer Tools (such as CodeBuild, CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline)
• CloudWatch and CloudTrail
• Parameter Store
• The full range of AWS infrastructure components (including VPCs, Route53, API Gateway, Application Load Balancers, Security Groups)
• Scripting languages such as Python, Java and JavaScript
• AWS database tools such as Aurora, RDS, Redshift, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, etc. for managing operational, transactional, and analytical data
• Spark on AWS Glue or AWS EMR for large-volume data ingestion and transformation

  Background Profile for a Senior AWS Application Development Specialist: 

• 8+ years progressive IT and Business-facing experience showing job stability
• Large systems application development experience with JAVA, .NET, or C#
• Scripting experience using Python or JavaScript
• Experience in developing proofs of concept, or complete research and design, that supports architecture and software engineering implementation patterns
• Experience with a NoSQL database platform (MarkLogic, DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc) a plus
• Proven, recent, experience (5+ years) in application design and engineering on Agile teams
• Proven, recent, experience (2+ years) designing and engineering AWS cloud-native applications
• Experience in data analysis and data modeling associated with data migration and data integration
• Experience within big data (NoSQL) analytics context preferred
• Direct experience with AWS services mentioned, but deep experience with similar services in AZURE might apply

Desired Certifications

• AWS Solution Architect, with associated practical usage of previously mentioned services
• AWS Developer, with associated practical usage of previously mentioned services

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at  charlene.theile2@expresspros.com   and please add "Senior AWS Application Development Specialist to the subject line of your email #SRGCNC

Senior Data Engineer Performance Objectives:

The Senior Data Engineer will contribute to the development of the next generation of Company's data services, while leveraging most modern technologies to help solve data problems for both Company and its vast network of clients. They will also act as the bridge between Company's data team, sales team, and engagement managers, to translate complex data issues into easy to comprehend action items.

• Implement automation and monitoring tools for efficient processes
• Enable data ingestion and processing in innovative ways to improve validation, wrangling, ETL, and data analysis processes
• Work collaboratively with other teams to understand, and compartmentalize complex and ambiguous business issues, into manageable execution plans
• Maintain a solid and updated knowledge in the data engineering and cloud technologies eco system

  Background Profile for a Senior Data Engineer:   

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 5-7 years of progressive and relevant work experience
• Extensive Hands-on experience with Python, Java, Apache Spark or similar libraries, SQL, or other data query languages
• Extensive experience with ETL.
• Working experience with AWS platform
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Good business acumen, relationship management and influencing without authority skills
• Ability to provide actionable recommendations based on data analysis
• Strong Ability to prioritize tasks from multiple stakeholders and meet deadlines with quality deliverables
• Strong written and oral communication skills, and presentation skills

Bonus Skills:

• Post graduate education in Data Engineering, Cloud Dev/Ops or Advanced Analytics
• Proven management experience
• Experience with channel sales or direct sales data sets
• Data validation and data wrangling industry tools experience

Interested in applying to this opportunity?

Contact Charlene Theile, our Professional IT Recruiter, at  charlene.theile2@expresspros.com   and please add "Senior Data Engineer" to the subject line of your email #SRGCNC