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Position: Cold Fusion Developer

Location/Address: Bethesda, MD

Duration/Type: Contract to Permanent after 3 months

Purpose of the Position:

The purpose of the position is to provide analysis, design, development and maintenance for the NIH nVision development effort. The NIH nVision is an enterprise-wide web reporting and analysis application that brings administrative and financial data to the desktop for direct access by NIH staff. This position concentrates on providing robust integrated customized applications for high-speed data entry that integrates with the data warehouse and reporting system.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• The candidate will be responsible for the design, development, testing and maintenance of the nVision web application throughout the development lifecycle. This will include in-depth participation in the form of leadership and technical application during the testing phases including Pilot and Government Acceptance Testing.
• The candidate will participate and be involved in analyzing user requirements and the preparation of all related documentation connected with this phase of the project.
• The candidate will present web application prototype demonstrations.
• The candidate will work with the Back-End, Database Administrator, and Front-End development teams in identifying business rules and user reporting needs and will develop appropriate web applications to meet these requirements.
• The candidate will be responsible for the development and maintenance of all user and system documentation.
• The candidate will assist the client (NIH) staff in the technical operation and customization of the NIH nVision web applications.

Core Skills/Experience candidate MUST have:

• Qualifying for this position requires 3-5 years of programming experience working on large enterprise ColdFusion applications with Macromedia/Adobe Cold Fusion 5, MX 6.1 and/or 7.

• Must have in depth knowledge of Web page design, development, and implementation utilizing standard tools.
• Must be proficient in CFML programming.
• Experience in all aspects of maintenance and development of internet applications.
• Knowledge and experience using ColdFusion components (CFCs) and/or Adobe Flash.
• Must have a solid understanding of SQL in an Oracle and/or DB2 environment.
• Extensive experience working in a Windows 2000/2003 Server environment.
• Must be well-versed in other aspects of web development such as HTML, CSS, XHTML etc.
• Knowledge of acceptable user authentication methodologies is required, as is experience with developing and maintaining database-driven Web applications.
• Must have solid communication skills and be able to communicate to both clients and team members regarding requirements, components, timelines, and all aspects of development.
• Experience writing user and system documentation.
• Strong presentation skills are required.
• Must have completed or have experience on at least one application development lifecycle Experience with Microsoft Office (MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word)

Additional Skills/Experience desired but not required:
Experience using Business Object BI suite or Similar report development tool Experience or familiarity with the Cognos BI Suite including (Cognos Impromptu Client and Administrator, Transformer, PowerPlay Client, Access Manager Administration, Cognos Script Editor, Scheduler, Cognos Server Administration including PowerPlay Enterprise Server, Impromptu Web Reports, Upfront, and Configuration Manager) Familiarity with Data Warehouse concepts including Star Schema or ER Modeling Familiarity with ERWin modeling tool.

To further discuss this opportunity, please send us an updated version of your resume. Please take a few minutes to complete the questions below. They will assist us in placing you..

What is your expected salary?

When are you available to start a project?

Are you ready to relocate if the Project is good? And on which location would you preferred?

What is your Visa status?

What are your preferred email id and your Day and Evening phone numbers?

Note: Please allow me to reiterate that I chose to contact you either because your resume had been posted to one of the Internet job sites to which we subscribe, or you had previously submitted your resume to Mastech Incorporation.

Please send me your MS Word format resume as soon as possible if you wish to go ahead with the process and call me at 866-411-3088 Ext 2158 immediately to schedule your interview. Please note that this is an urgent position and delay in send your resume or answering the queries given above may mean that this opening may get closed.

Thanks and Regards,

Ajay Saraswat |

Direct: 866-411-3088 Ext. 2158 | Fax: 412-291-3059 |

Email: ajay.saraswat@mastech.com |

Web: www.mastech.com |

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Abby's Story

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Godspeed Chris.

Atlanta Journal Constitution

This is a rant... so be warned.

Do buying agents actually read the MLS listings? Our house has been on the market since last thursday. We've gotten a fair amount of traffic, which has been pleasnty suprising. But....

Our listing specifically says "Please Call First", it's for a reason. We still live in the house. We can't swing two mortgages. It's a fact of life in the DC area. Out of the 10 or so buying agents that have come by, 2 have called first. They show up unannounced and look suprised or offended that I'm here and that I have two large dogs that I'm bringing out. I'm just waiting for someone to catch me in the shower. Please read the whole listing...

Seven people will not fit it in a 1400 sqft three bedroom townhouse, Fairfax County even has overloading laws. Why even bring someone out?

There's gonna be more....

Our house is going on sale next week.. Contact me and I'll put you in touch with our realtor

Pictures are here

Official Sale date: May 24th 2007

Location: Springfield, Va (zipcode 22152) 12 miles south of Washington DC within five minutes of major traffic arteries (I395, I495, Franconia/Springfield Parkway) and public transportation (subway))

1400 SqFt Townhouse/Condo, End unit Three bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, fireplace, wood patio off of kitchen Just refinished.

New stove, dishwasher, washer, dryer. AC unit less than 10 years old

Both full baths have been remodeled, master bath approx. five years Second bath, less than two tears.

Kitchen remodeled approx. five years

New paint/carpet throughout.

Ceiling fans in Dining Room and kitchen

Comes with DirecTV triple LNB High Definition Satellite Dish (new owner must purchase receivers from DirecTV)

Here's the official listing

$329,900

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I'm one to wear my heart on my sleve as it were. So I'm kinda misty through the whole thing....until... the video presentation... Mom's talking about her first mastectomy, and how she wasn't sure how my Dad was going to react.... "I don't love your body, I love you" is the first thing my Dad says to her... I just lose it...so did my sister... thankfully I have the video camera in front of my face....

my Mom is awesome, I can only hope to be half the person she is.

we're at it again... the condo goes on the market on or about May 1st.... yes I'm working.....

Taekwondo training is harder this time around.. I'm that out of shape.....

Have you ever heard a ferret sneeze?

I need to grab my camera and shoot...something...anything...

If you have a business or if you're a musician. Should you place all of your eggs in the MySpace basket?

Probably not...

While MySpace is an easy way (albeit horribly coded) to create a quick and dirty website. It is blocked by many businesses and government agnecies. Which means that your message is lost to those trying to reach you from those locations.

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