Job Postings

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Senior .NET Developer
Our client will be hiring two Senior/Lead .NET Developers.

You code in your sleep and want to be a CTO someday.
Passion included: constant learning, writing quality code, embracing big challenges.
100+ employees, thriving, their customers love their product. Excellent pay, work/life balance, and good benefits.
Tech stack: C#, .NET Core 2.2/3.0, Vue.js, SQL Server and Azure. 

The leadership team has created a work culture that rewards effort, invites curiosity and values employee feedback.
Looking for someone to collaboratively develop alongside other .NET engineers, develop services and components (design, coding, testing), systems/subsystems, interfaces, application features, databases, from technical development through deployment into a production environment.

As a Senior member of the team, you will provide a technical mentoring to the current team members, execute best practices to enable us to migrate an existing desktop application to a best-in-class, high-availability SaaS/PaaS application. In addition to building software applications, you can configure and stand up robust, scalable and resilient computing environments utilizing PaaS offerings from Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and others.

Senior .NET Developer Responsibilities
As part of their Web Team, you will be focusing on data services and new web applications. You will also develop web apps, backend services, and data migration.
Be able to develop using their current Tech Stack of Azure, C#, Vue.js, WebAPI (.Net Core 2.2/3.0), and SQL.
Actively participate in a small, experienced, development team using agile development practices: Daily Scrum meetings, planning meetings, etc.
Working collaboratively with the Product Manager during the sprint planning process, and the Scrum Master during sprints to ensure the team has the technical obstacles removed along with knowing what else is needed to do next so deliverables are achieved. 

Qualifications
10+ year of Full Stack .NET Web development experience with C# / .NET4.x / MVC.
In-depth experience with C#, WebAPI (.Net Core 2.2/3.0 preferred), Vue.js or React.js.
Ability to mentor junior-mid level .NET Developers.

Preferred 
1 year of experience in cloud-based system management (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.).
Experience developing in an Agile environment. 
CI/CD skills.
Experience writing SQL code, stored procedures, complex queries.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

.NET Developer
As a Sr. .Net Developer, you’ll work with Information Technology and business partners to perform analysis, technical documentation, coding, installation, and ongoing support. You’ll collaborate with our business and technical teams to define business problems in detail and establish functional, data and technical activities, including conceptual system design, technical design and documenting detailed specifications. In addition, you’ll diagnose issues and ensure technical solutions meet performance and quality requirements in production

.NET Developer Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree Computer Science, or equivalent 9 years of experience in Information Technology.
Experience creating automated unit test.
Experience with Web-Service (REST) frameworks.
Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles and patterns.
5 years OO software dev.
4+ years working on enterprise level multi-tiered business apps.
4+ years writing code in C#.
Solid understanding of SQL.
Experience working with .NET ORMs.
Cloud experience (Azure or AWS).
Solid understanding of HTTP (headers, protocol, verbs, etc.).
JavaScript experience.
Solid understanding of SPA (React, Angular 2+).
Modern CSS & HTML proficiency.
4+ years of UI & User Experience Design.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentation experience.
Ability to understand challenges or concerns, share ideas, and develop effective responses.
Ability to provide engineering task work effort estimates.
Proven ability to analyze performance issues using java/.net profiling tools.
Proven ability to work in a Test-Driven Development manner.
Proven experience working in conjunction with Project Managers, Account Mangers, Business.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

.NET Technical Lead
The Digital Technical Lead will provide software development leadership, technical guidance, and hands-on coding experience into the web and mobile application development project streams.

Work with enterprise architects and oversee development teams to provide scalable, secure, and innovative solutions that align with business roadmaps and exceeds customer expectations.

Drive development team implementations in technologies that include .Net core, C#, Angular JS, Node JS, DevOps CI/CD, unit testing, JSON/Restful APIs, XML, SQL, Biztalk.

.NET Technical Lead Responsibilities 
Lead by example the software development team and maintain synergy with different teams 
Provide technical direction for the digital portfolio while staying aligned with enterprise architecture team
Ensure digital applications are security/NIST compliant, sufficiently unit tested, and PCI compliant
Manage the development of the feature backlog as prioritized by product owners.
Act as scrum master when necessary for the digital development teams.
Take operational responsibility for the code that is delivered by the digital development team
Resolve process inefficiencies in the code development process and help
Conduct code reviews to enforce design decisions, coding standards, and UI standards.
Collaborate with product development teams, build engineers and SQA on CI/CD development pipeline and testing automation.
Participate in toolset selection, vendor management and enterprise integration.
Other job duties as assigned.

.NET Technical Lead Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, is preferred or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Minimum of three years relevant experience in leading web and mobile software development implementations with proven results and 7 years development experience is required.
Scrum Master certified is preferred.
Hands-on coding experience with modern technologies; passionate in leading software development solutions is required. 
Environment where pets are present.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Account Manager 
VanderHouwen is seeking a dynamic and self-motivated staffing professional to join our team and contribute to our ambitious growth plans for 2020 and beyond.  Sales and Business Development professionals as well as Recruiters wishing to take a new step in their staffing careers are encouraged to inquire about this opportunity to join one of the top staffing companies in the Pacific Northwest.  VanderHouwen believes in the long-term investment of our dedicated personnel to drive business and continue our success.  

Responsibilities
Apply your relationship-building expertise to expand our client network and grow revenue by partnering with new and existing business relationships who would benefit from VanderHouwen's technical recruiting services.
Engage clients using a variety of methods including cold calling, social media, email marketing, sales presentations, proactive candidate marketing, and face to face meetings.
Partner with Recruiting team to ensure alignment on priority roles to fill, job description clarity and ideal candidate profiles.
Meet or exceed sales activity metrics and revenue quotas on monthly and  annual cycle.
Always represent VanderHouwen as a trusted partner in a positive and ethical manner, and continuously strive to provide excellent customer service.

Qualifications
Strong client development and/or recruiting experience preferred
Experience creating strategic staffing and hiring solutions for a variety of industries and company sizes from either a sales or recruiting role.  
Strong understanding of various technical positions, and ability to clearly articulate profiles of ideal candidates to Recruiters and job candidates.
Experience leveraging a CRM system to document and organize activities
Strong analytical and organizational skills. 
Comfortable with balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, competitive environment. 
Must be a goal-oriented and a team player who develops and maintains positive working relationships with employees and customers.
A Bachelor's Degree preferred but a proven record of industry success is most important. 

What We Offer
Excellent base/commission/bonus plan based on individual goals
Opportunity to build a client base under a trusted, local brand
State-of-the-art computer systems and software tools
Fun, family-oriented work environment
Competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, long term care, matching 401(k), paid time off, and eight paid holidays. 

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC-certified professional staffing firm. Founded in Portland, OR in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide. At VanderHouwen, we're all about relationships. We are a family-owned and operated business, and that notion of being a family extends to the entire VanderHouwen team. Our core values of being ethical, highly personal and always responsive extend to how we treat our employees. We offer generous benefits, exciting professional growth opportunities, have a strong respect for work/life balance, and are committed to helping you build an exciting and rewarding career. After all, careers are what we know best. 

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Accountant
Our client is seeking an Accounting to join their team in Beaverton, Oregon. This is a well-established fast-paced company with great benefits and long-tenured employees.

Accountant Responsibilities
Reconcile balance sheets; cash, WIP, fixed assets and loans, and prepaids.
Prepare financial statements; Reconcile job cost to GL.
Prepare and enter journal entries, Sales & COS, and inter-company entries.
Track fixed assets and depreciation schedules.
Maintain bank/cash register by making deposits and posting entries.
Prepare property tax returns, 1099s, and governmental reporting as needed.
Support AP and various accounting day-to-day tasks.

Accountant Qualifications 
Associates degree in Accounting preferred. 
2+ years of accounting experience; experience in the construction industry preferred. 
Knowledge of accounting principles and GL.
ERP systems experience; Sage 300 a plus. 
Proficient with Microsoft Excel. 
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 
Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Accounting Manager
Our eastside client is seeking an Accounting Manager to join their team. This role provides the opportunity for a driven individual to step up to the next level growing their management experience and showcasing their solid accounting skills. This company was listed as a fastest growing company in recent years with beautiful office spaces in the center of Portland. 

Accounting Manager Responsibilities 
Supervise and mentor team members.
Oversee month-end closing; cost accounting & analysis.
Ensure tax compliance and cash applications.
Maintain internal controls and required documentation in support of internal control audits.
Provide support with annual audits and tax requests.
Maintain accurate files and thorough documentation aligned to company policy and accounting practices.
Support additional projects as needed.

Accounting Manager Qualifications 
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; CPA a plus.
2+ years in Big4 Public Accounting Firm is required 
4 years of accounting or audit experience; knowledge of accounting principles, general ledger, and financial chart of accounts.
2 years of supervisory experience preferred. 
ERP systems experience; NetSuite experience a plus. 
Proficient in MS Office. 
Excellent communication skills.
Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
 

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Accounting Manager
Our Pacific Northwest client is seeking an Accounting Manager to join their team. Founded more than 80 years ago and rapidly growing in recent years, this company offers generous benefits, paid time off, and paid volunteer time. This role can be located in Bend or Springfield/Eugene.

Accounting Manager Responsibilities 
Manage AP functions, including verifying entries posted and manual checks.
Oversee payroll processing.
Review GL account reconciliations and trial balances.
Review payroll tax returns and 1099 filings.
Prepare support documents for CPA audits.
Hire, coach, develop direct reports, and terminate employees. 
Develop and implement process improvements and collaborate with other departments to communicate and improve interdepartmental processes.

Accounting Manager Qualifications 
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or similar field required.
Active CPA is a plus.
5+ years accounting experience; 3 years of supervisory experience highly preferred. 
Public accounting experience preferred. 
Current knowledge of financial accounting, auditing, and reporting requirements.
Advanced Excel skills; experience with Workday a plus. 
Strong communication skills. 

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Accounts Payable Specialist
Our client has an immediate opening for an Accounts Payable Specialist in Portland, Oregon. The ideal candidate can hit the ground running and thrives in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy.

Accounts Payable Specialist Responsibilities 
Ensure PO and packing slip documentation are included for billing and enters into the system.
Process bill payments and updates PO statuses.
Follow up with vendor inquiries.
Track revenue share, vendor bills, service dates; update data on spreadsheets.
Ensures accuracy within bills and resolves errors.
Support month-end close and various accounting tasks. 
Perform administrative duties such as filing and making copies as needed.

Accounts Payable Specialist Qualifications 
Associates degree in accounting preferred. 
2+ years of AP experience. 
Knowledge of NetSuite; experience with QuickBooks highly preferred. 
Proficiency in MS Excel and 10-key by touch. 
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. 
Self-starter and detail-oriented. 

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Accounts Receivable Specialist
Our client has an immediate need for an Accounts Receivable Specialist. This company has been growing at a rapid pace providing a superior tailored customer experience.

Accounts Receivable Specialist Responsibilities
Assist with collecting open account balances, issue collection notices, and escalate if needed.
Complete check and cash deposits and process refunds while reconciling bank accounts.
Address and resolve deposit issues.
Process completed jobs and post all final payments.
Record and audit documentation of transactions for discrepancies.
Pull and maintain reports to provide status updates of payments and approved jobs.
Support month-end and close activities.

Accounts Receivable Specialist Qualifications
Degree in Accounting or combination of education and experience.
1+ years of Accounts Receivable experience.
ERP systems or QuickBooks experience preferred.
Knowledge with GAAP.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite. 
Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail. 
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy. 

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Actuarial Analyst
Our client is seeking to add an Actuarial Analyst to their team. This role can be located in Springfield, Oregon or Boise, Idaho. This organization provides outstanding benefits and is growing tremendously. 

Actuarial Analyst Responsibilities
Establish formulas and guidelines for rating of existing and prospective contracts.
Analyze trends needed to determine revenue requirements for financial forecasting.
Review requirements and identify information needed to assess risk, cost, and utilization, and financial impact.
Produce reports for various internal teams.
Offer technical expertise regarding rating and benefit evaluation making recommendations regarding methods to reduce costs.
Support rate filing process and other compliance activities.
Respond to inquiries and present information to a variety of individuals. 
Other duties as assigned. 

Actuarial Analyst Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, quantitative economics, or related field required.
Actuarial experience and healthcare background preferred. 
Passed one or more actuarial exams required. 
Ability to identify problems, develop and implement solutions.
Excellent computer and communication skills.
Able to analyze and interpret documents and information.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Admin Coordinator
Our healthcare client has an immediate opening for an Admin Coordinator to join their team. This role is highly cross-functional working with multiple departments and external contacts.

Admin Coordinator Responsibilities 
Review daily patient lists, comments, appointments, and insurance information.
Determine coverage, benefits, and preferred vendors/providers for specific individual needs.
Document all services arranged, referrals and continuous updates.
Follow up with referrals and insurance companies.
Create and maintain forms; Fax, photocopy, and mail documents.
Process payments/deposits for patient needs. 
Participate in new employee orientations.
Extract data and create reports for appointment information.

Admin Coordinator Qualifications
4 years of general office or secretarial experience or Associates or Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of office experience.
Experience in a hospital/healthcare setting preferred.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; experience with EPIC, Oracle preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Ability to analyze data, manage multiple priorities, and problem solve.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Administrative Services Assistant
Our client is hiring an Administrative Services Assistant for their team in Portland, Oregon. This full-time contract Administrative Services Assistant position provides support to our client's Staffing & Placement and Classification manager(s) and workgroup within the Human Resources Service Center organization.  This Administrative Services Assistant will perform various administrative, clerical, and office management tasks, as well as assistance with project coordination.

Administrative Services Assistant Responsibilities
Provide a wide variety of confidential administrative/clerical tasks for the managers and staff for the assigned organization, managers and support staff.
Greet and screen visitors; address questions and business involving established policy, take messages, set appointments and/or refer visitors to other personnel as appropriate.
Create draft, edit, and proof documents, correspondence, research, and presentations using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
Build, maintain and post Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations to SharePoint sites. 
Proof, review, and when applicable, draft, correspondence and documents prepared for manager signature and validate conformance of the established administrative policies and regulations, confirm proper coordination and timely compliance with assigned action.  
Provide recommendations and instructions to staff to maintain conformance with general policies and correspondence procedures.
Attend meetings, record meeting minutes as requested, transcribe and disseminate as needed.
Maintain a tracking system of action items to verify timely compliance with scheduled responses or actions.  Coordinate and monitor work unit responses to time-critical documents; alert manager / personnel of any concerns or response delays.
Answer and screen telephone calls; respond to most questions and complete most business involving established policy or routine matters; forward questions and matters to appropriate personnel as needed, following up to verify a timely response.
Respond to questions and complete business according to established policy and/or forward matters requiring action to appropriate staff, following up to verify a timely response.
Process and screen incoming and outgoing correspondence to include proof reading, to consist of the following: 
Review incoming correspondence and forward matters requiring action to appropriate staff.  Verify proper coordination and timely completion of assignments.
Sort and distribute incoming mail to appropriate recipient(s); as requested, review incoming correspondence.
Process outgoing mail and prepare materials for mailing, including providing self-addressed stamped envelopes, when appropriate.
Establish and maintain internal and external communication channels to coordinate smooth flow of information and positive working relationships.  

Perform faxing, scanning, photocopying, and work with the print shop to request printing services.
Update and maintain desk reference manual.
Serve as back-up to Tier II and Tier IV level Administrative Assistants as needed.
Come up to speed quickly on manager and organizational priorities in order to track meetings, work, and delegated projects or tasks to maintain accountability, confirming established targets are met.  Validate on-time documentation submission to Human Capital Management (HCM) and verify all processes are tracked to completion within established timelines. Review and update project trackers (performance, training, etc.) for the manager, alerting appropriate parties of any noted issues / concerns.
Serve as liaison between organizations, work units, and management support staff.  Keep up to date on issues, priorities, and sensitivities affecting work of the organization through consistent communication with the manager, frequent interaction with other managers, and outside contacts. 
Coordinate with and provide administrative guidance to lower-level contract support personnel; may delegate assignments to lower level contract administrative personnel at the request of the manager.

Administrative Team:    
Organize and coordinate Organizational Administrative Team Meetings.
Attend mandatory Administrative Team Meetings.
Participate as a team member and in team meetings both professionally and collaboratively.

Work as a team member to:
Standardize, streamline and improve overall Administrative processes throughout the organization.
Help resolve organizational administrative issues and work on solutions as a group.
Complete teamwork assignments

Proactively coordinate managers’ daily Outlook calendars and schedules with full responsibility for scheduling and prioritizing Tier III and IV managers’ appointments, meetings, conferences and calendar:
Coordinate appointments, including commitments of time.  Advise manager of appointments and other commitments that might have a bearing on future decisions.  
Organize, plan, prioritize, coordinate, schedule and verify appointments, meetings (in-person, phone conferences, web-based), conferences, and training for managers and other staff (securing rooms, phone bridges, projection, and other meeting supplies).  This may include drafting agenda and other meeting materials and developing background information for review, consideration and finalization by appropriate manager / personnel.
Accept meeting invitations, assist with outside visitor requests and schedule interviews.
Schedule and arrange meetings, conferences and training, including associated logistics and any necessary equipment (securing rooms, phone bridges, projection equipment, etc.).
Assist, compile, organize and verify appropriate files, notes and other materials are in order and ready for use at meetings, appointments, etc.
Draft agendas, coordinate speaking points, make arrangements for guest(s) / guest speakers and research and draft background information / materials as requested.
Arrange for representation by others if manager’s time and priorities make necessary.
As requested, attend and take meeting minutes / notes, transcribe / draft and distribute as appropriate.
Inform manager and staff of appointments and other commitments that might have a bearing on future decisions. 

Assist manager in a variety of personnel and other actions for contract and full time employees, including:
Prepare and enter requests for personnel actions into HRMIS.
Prepare worker award requests in HRMIS for manager review/approval, track awards for full time employees, and prepare recognition certificates for the organization.
Prepare retirement documentation.
May be designated as a power-user and/or back-up for the e-Performance management system. 
Coordinate and assist manager with development of annual performance appraisal plans for full time personnel by assisting in implementing, completing, and facilitating documentation management.  
Schedule and track to completion all performance appraisals, progress reviews, mid-point reviews and discussions, while performing associated follow-up to obtain requisite signatures and approvals. 
Validate documentation submission to Human Capital Management is accurately completed within established timelines.
Coordinate and track reporting requirements and activities related to full time staff including creation/submission of travel documents and telework agreements and required training.
Register manager and staff for internal/external training classes and conferences.
Assist manager with employee engagement activities and planning.
Verify completion of all required training for employees and managers by communicating what training is due, how to obtain training, submitting external training requests, and tracking training completion status.
Maintain Employee Tracking Log, on-board reports, training, medical surveillance, emergency contact, and reimbursement tracking information.
Update and maintain Gallup survey records; follow up with organizations to update the Gallup information.
Assist manager by recommending and implementing approved staff recognition opportunities.
Track, maintain, update, and distribute annual renewal of Motor Vehicle Driver Authorizations, Travel Authorizations, and Telework Agreements for full time employees. 
Track and maintain Overtime/Comp Time authorizations for full time personnel.
Complete appropriate new employee on-boarding activities and retirement documentation.
Prepare contract employee assignment extension documents; implement, oversee and complete related documentation, and submit for proper review and approval, while performing associated follow-up to obtain required signatures and approval.

Arrange travel (domestic, invitational and foreign), such as airline arrangements, hotel accommodations, and rental car and shuttle reservations, for Manager, Lead and staff as needed, which may include: 
Assist in preparing and submitting passport documentation as necessary.
Assist management and staff in setting up profiles in the internal travel system.
Prepare / draft necessary foreign and domestic forms associated with travel.
Prepare and process travel authorizations and vouchers for group managers and staff.
Validate that travel is complete and process travel documentation in a timely manner and in accordance with internal travel procedures and policies. 
Track, monitor and notify manager and subject personnel of needed approvals, signatures or other actions to enable timely reimbursement processing and reporting.

Coordinate with managers and staff to coordinate Time & Attendance per established procedures, which may include:
Prepare and review full time personnel time and attendance reporting to verify accuracy for certification by manager(s) and supervisor(s) using the HRMIS and other systems.  
May serve as timekeeping power user (able to input time for others as requested).
Maintain and reconcile employee leave calendar submissions with payroll.
Check leave slips to verify accuracy using organizational leave calendars and other documentation.  Verify that time has been approved.
Review time sheets for contract personnel to verify that reporting is accurate.
Verify time and attendance procedures, policies and practices, including any special time recording requirements (admin leave, holidays, etc.) are communicated to management and staff in a timely manner.

Assist with scheduling interviews; preparing interview packets for assigned manager(s).
Provide overall administrative support to staff members by acting as the liaison with HCM, IT, Security, Safety, Motor Pool, Facilities / Space Management and administrative services groups to process, coordinate, request and track:
Office moves and workstation adjustments.
Onboarding activities for new contract and/or full time personnel.
Computer, software upgrades IT equipment and other resource requests.
Computer, copier, and printer maintenance. 
Requests for needed office supplies and distribute to appropriate staff per established company procedures. 
Coordination of badge return.
Coordination of cell phone requirements and inventory for staff, including ordering, receiving, service setup, delivery, collection.
Serve as organization’s central point of contact for accident reporting, including collection, correction, and distribution of required documentation, and communication with employees, managers, safety office, HCM, and other resources regarding policy, regulations, etc.
Maintain office supply stock. Act as a point of contact for troubleshooting, configuration, inventory, and maintenance of office systems and processes.

Maintain the organizational SharePoint site including updating changes and adding new content.
Establish, maintain, and administer SharePoint organization, team and other meeting/project sites including setting up document repositories, calendars, workspaces, and tracking lists.  Assists with content and permissions.
Maintain a tracking system of suspense items to verify timely compliance with scheduled responses or actions utilizing SharePoint. Coordinate and direct work unit responses for time-critical documents.
Maintain all records management within SharePoint, including physical and electronic official files, retention and conformance. 

Manage all records in accordance with internal policy and procedure and compliance requirements: 
File and disperse documents/letters to appropriate personnel. 
Validate that official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.  
With oversight and approval of the manager / personnel, provide an annual review and inventory of official files and maintain the organizational file outline.
Review and process Transmittals for Administrator/CEO Approval for assigned organizations and ascertain conformance to administrative policies, procedures and regulations.  
Verify proper coordination and timely compliance with assigned action.  Advise and provide guidance to confirm conformance with general policies and correspondence procedures.

Perform data entry for P-card transactions including:
Performing data entry in accordance with the MPP Manual.
Requesting clarification or additional documentation from the card holder if there is a discrepancy or if incomplete information is received.
Contacting the cardholder and Approving Official if an unexplained or unidentified charge appears on the statement or in our systems.
Keep bank statements and account numbers confidential.  
May coordinate or assist with internal events such as: presentations, retirements, project or employee recognition celebrations, and other events.

Organizational Specific Responsibilities:
Build electronic working folders on NHQ shared drive for recruitment requests by pulling relevant documents from multiple sources and organizing them according to an established template folder build.
Pull and issue monthly reports from the HRMIS system and sending via email to impacted managers and their assistants.
Maintain the recruitment case file hold list and administer case file retention per organizational policy.
Maintain and update Careers & Hiring intranet pages within SharePoint.

Support coordination of Staffing & Placement outreach events:
Maintain external outreach calendar; 
Schedule attendance at approved events with the hosting organization(s); 
Monitor requests for participation in outreach events and submit them for approval to leadership; 
Compile outreach kits for upcoming calendared events (e.g., brochures, business cards, tablecloth, banner);
Schedule travel (if necessary) for Staffing & Placement staff to attend outreach events.

Coordinate on-site training including requesting a proposal, presenting proposals to the manager for approval, scheduling dates/times, scheduling rooms, providing the visiting instructor with important facility information, coordinating security and/or guest wi-fi access for the instructor if necessary, verifying that the instructor has the setup s/he needs (e.g., computer, projector, whiteboard, note pads, etc.), working with NHT to get the course set up in HRMIS, organizing classroom materials/handouts, and submitting the course roster to NHT and the providing company to verify each attendee gets course credit.
Monitor the time to hire report to verify actions are reflected in the correct phase and notify the servicing Staffing Specialist of any anomalies
 
Administrative Services Assistant Qualifications
Education & Corresponding Experience:
High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Associates Degree in Secretarial Science, Administrative Management or related field is preferred.
6 years of demonstrated administrative/clerical experience is required.

Required Technical Skills & Experience:
4 or more years of relevant work experience in administrative support functions with Microsoft Office Suite programs such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook (Microsoft Office 2010 proficiency required). 
Intermediate to advanced skills/experience with SharePoint sufficient to:
Support, manage, edit and maintain site.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
Working knowledge of SharePoint or similar system.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Administrative Support Specialist
Our client is hiring an Administrative Support Specialist for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Administrative Support Specialist Responsibilities
General Support: 
Performs normal office functions such as setting up and maintaining files; interviewing callers and making proper referrals; arranging meetings and conferences; and receiving, referring, or answering mail.
Reviews drafts and finished documents for appropriate grammatical usage; answers questions relating to office operations and established policies and procedures.
Gathers, compiles and reports on information relevant to supervisor's assignment. 
Prepares expense reports and purchase orders and maintains office supplies; updates organizational charts; coordinates department or equipment moves. 

Reception: 
Responds tactfully and promptly to inquiries and problems within scope of established authority. 
Handles confidential information. 
May serve as the central contact for general department information. 

Logistics: 
Coordinates a full range of meeting, event, and travel arrangements; manages calendars.
Works with internal/external contacts for venue requirements and selection, room set-up, catering, and materials delivery. 
Utilizes our on-line reservation system to ensure that internal travel policy is followed in order to provide cost-effective and convenient travel arrangements. 
Works with travel agents, airlines, and others regarding planning and customer service issues. 

Presentations:
Utilizes computer skills to create high quality graphic and text presentations often under tight timeframes. 
Interprets needs, determines and produces effective presentation layout, and organizes final documents. 
Prepares special reports requiring the selection of relevant information from a variety of sources. 
Maintains and updates on going reports or databases.

Administrative Support Specialist Qualifications
3 years of progressively responsible experience in an administrative support capacity.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Administrative Support Specialist
Our client is hiring an Administrative Support Specialist for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. In this role you have broad responsibilities providing manager administrative support, supporting the members services team, and providing general project support. The primary function will be projects and manager support and will make up approximately 80% of the work load. During this time, your outstanding written and verbal communication skills will ensure that information is presented in a clear, positive, collaborative way, assuring that teammates and other employees are given reliable and current information. Strong presentation creation and delivery skills are needed, as well as ability to work cross functionally with high level stakeholders. In your work supporting the member services team, your ability to consistently administer defined procedures and document exceptions while providing excellent customer service is critical. As a member of our high-performing team it will be your responsibility to be curious and aware, offering suggestions and taking on projects that will help us strengthen our customer relationships and maintain the safety and integrity of our brand and facilities. 

Administrative Support Specialist Responsibilities
Create and deliver presentations to key stakeholders and internal staff.
Monitor and manage email/calendar accounts.
Complete assigned project work.
Welcome, greet, and register Members and guests in a friendly, expedient and courteous manner. 
Effectively and successfully handle competing priorities.
Provide service in a professional manner.
Understand and be able to use key sport software: membership management, smartsheets, etc. 
Answer and direct phone calls.
Organize and schedule appointments.
Plan meetings and take detailed minutes.
Write and distribute email, correspondence memos, letters, faxes and forms.
Assist in the preparation of regularly scheduled reports.
Update and maintain office policies and procedures.
Book travel arrangements.
Submit and reconcile expense reports.
Provide general support to visitors.
Liaise with executive and senior administrative assistants to handle requests and queries from senior managers.

Administrative Support Specialist Qualifications
College degree in a related field.
Two to three years’ work experience in an administrative position is required.
The ability to stand on feet for long-periods of time.  Ability to lift 50lbs or more.
Availability to work shifts varying between 4:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. weekdays and weekends required.
Requires the ability to frequently move between building/desk locations to meet schedule needs.
Approachability with positive interpersonal skills. 
Outstanding verbal and written communication; excellent personal and phone presence.
Proven working knowledge of PC, MS Office, Powerpoint, Outlook software and keyboarding skills.
Able to communicate using active listening to determine course of action in challenging situations.
Relevant experience in a complex, high-volume environment is preferred.
Fitness, health and sport experience/expertise preferred.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

VanderHouwen is looking for a dependable, outgoing, and polished professional for our internal Front Desk Administrator role. We are a local women-owned company and have been serving the Pacific Northwest for over 30 years. You would be responsible for creating an incredibly positive customer experience serving as the first impression of our business! If you are interested in working with a fun, dynamic team that feels like a family, read on! 

Qualifications 
Ability to easily switch between managing multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and handle constant change and interruptions with a smile.
Experience managing a multi-line phone system and greet every caller with a positive attitude.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook and the Internet is required.   
Able to manage a large volume of email communication via Outlook. 
Strong organizational skills and tracking completion progress of tasks. 
Ability to take ownership and pride in work, creatively solve problems, and apply excellent attention to detail in everything! 
Be coachable and always willing to learn new skills
Highly adaptable and able to work in a close-knit team environment. 
Constantly maintain a positive attitude and proactively communicate with your team, especially during times of heavy workload.

Responsibilities of the Front Desk Administrator
Effectively manage multi-line telephone system functions including transferring, conference calling, voicemail, etc. 
Be the company’s first impression to clientele and greet callers and guests quickly, professionally, and cheerfully. 

Perform data entry to internal systems and external websites daily as needed.
Support resume content preparation and formatting.
Constantly monitor Outlook for incoming documents, upload documents into the database and process/distribute documents to internal staff.
Maintenance of shared Outlook calendar, conference rooms, and tracking guest appointments.  

Maintain all filing.
Ensure common areas are always clean and tidy (kitchens, conference and meeting rooms, reception lobbies). 
Special projects as assigned.

Perks and benefits
Excellent benefits including paid time off, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance and 401(k) plan with company match.
Friendly and professional team environment.
Fun events like theme days, potlucks, employee appreciation, and parties 
Gold Certified by Sustainability at Work 
Opportunities to give back to the community via volunteering
Located along the beautiful Willamette River - enjoy walking paths and parks nearby
 

About VanderHouwen 
Located along the banks of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, VanderHouwen has been an elite staffing provider in the Pacific Northwest since 1987. VanderHouwen enjoys a strong reputation for professional excellence and ethical practices. We take great care of our client and consultant relationships and are known for providing service way above and beyond "standard performance."  We are skilled in delivering Information Technology, Engineering, and Finance placement services. We are committed to providing clients and professional staff outstanding service in a straightforward, ethical, personal, and responsive manner. Our personal approach to business and our reputation with our clients and candidates separates us from our competition.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Administrative Technician
Great opportunity to help out a local school district! Our client is seeking some detail oriented individuals to assemble Science Project Kits. The position will be 40 hours per week for two weeks, Monday through Friday and pays $12 - $14 per hour. Location is close in North Portland with Public Transit available.

Administrative Technician Qualifications
High School Diploma.
Reliable Transportation.
Attention to detail.
Must be able to start as soon as possible.
Must be able to stand all day and lift up to 25 pounds frequently.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.
 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Allocation Analyst
Our client is hiring an Allocation Analyst for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Allocation Analyst Responsibilities
Position the category and retail to meet and exceed financial goals by ensuring that inventory is delivered to the right store at the right time. 
Create and maintain smooth product flows by development of outbound flow from the Distribution Center on specified timeline. 
Ensure utilization of replenishment system to optimize flow. 
Leverage replenishment system capabilities to support continuous operations. 
Maintain inventory levels in store that support the foundation of the plan, support buying strategies, and drive efficiencies and profitability. 
Develop and communicate markdown strategies. 
Consolidate, analyze and communicate size and location-based performance, including sales/inventory comparisons, seasonality and marketing impacts. 
Utilize analyses to identify profit opportunities. 
Collaborate with distribution center, supply chain, planning and business unit to support strategy that aligns future financial and product opportunities.

Allocation Analyst Qualifications
2 years merchant buying, allocating and/or planning experience for a multi store retailer.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

AP Specialist
Our client is looking for an AP Specialist to join their team in Eugene. This is a great opportunity to grow at a company operating for more than 80 years. The ideal candidate thrives in a high volume fast-paced environment.

AP Specialist Responsibilities 
Sort and route invoices, expense reports, and check requests for multiple locations. 
Review and process reimbursements and credit card transactions; process refunds. 
Follow up with managers regarding approvals for invoices. 
Respond to vendor invoices and resolve issues; maintain vendor files. 
Support month-end close activities (journal entries related to AP and account reconciliations). 
Assist with Form 1099 annual reporting. 
Other accounting duties as needed.

AP Specialist Qualifications 
Associates degree in Accounting or related field preferred. 
3 years accounts payable experience.
Proficient with Microsoft Office. 
Excellent communication skills. 
High level of accuracy and organization skills. 
Ability to problem solve and resolve issues. 

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Accounts Payable Specialist
Our Vancouver client is looking to add a high energy and dynamic Accounts Payable Specialist to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing company and gain professional experience.

Responsibilities of the Accounts Payable Specialist
Review daily invoices for accuracy and coding.
Vendor invoice and payment reconciliations.
Record cash disbursements.
Respond to vendor inquiries and help with resolution.
Various ad hoc projects.
Filing for Accounts Payable.
Other duties as assigned.

Accounts Payable Specialist Qualifications
Associates degree in Accounting a plus.
1+ years of accounts payable or similar experience.
MS Office Suite experience, with intermediate skills in Excel and Word.
ERP systems knowledge; Peachtree, ACCPAC, and ADP preferred.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to interact at all levels of the organization.
Organized multitasker with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Can work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

API Software Engineer
Our client is seeking an API Software Engineer to join their team in Portland, OR. As a member of the Linear API Team is responsible for building the next generation data delivery platform. Their API is a driver of business growth by providing access to television ratings metrics for a broad range of clients and products, including industry leading ad agencies, national television networks and other products. As a member of this fast-moving team you’ll have large impact on the evolution and adoption of the API as well as on the success of our business.

Responsibilities
Work within an agile team to develop new endpoints and enhancements to the Linear Television API.
Recommend and implement creative solutions for improving query response times for large data sets.
Increase scalability and maintainability to support rapid usage growth.
Collaborate openly with stakeholders and clients to continuously improve the product and increase adoption.
 
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related area preferred, as well as 3 or more years of experience in software engineering or an equivalent combination.
Experience in the design and development of web-based APIs.
Our API is written in Scala, so experience with functional languages like Scala or Haskell is preferred.
We are building everything in the cloud, so experience building, deploying and managing application in AWS is preferred.
Experience using Apache Spark is preferred.
Strong SQL skills nice to have.
Strong communication skills (written and verbal) along with a track record of success delivering large software projects.
Demonstrated knowledge of commonly used software engineering concepts, practices, and procedures.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 

Application Developer
Our client is looking for an Application Developer for Clustering Software Development for Identity Management (IdM).

The successful applicant will be helping to develop the Identity Management infrastructure and coding Java applications to advance cybersecurity methods and applications. The infrastructure is in an proprietary DB, and the position requires writing and optimizing SQL queries to retrieve data from multiple DB tables. The position also requires writing algorithms using statistical clustering techniques to identify anomalies in the data, and therefore requires understanding in vector and matrix processing.

Application Developer Qualifications
The position requires an expert Java programmer, specifically:
4+ years of experience in building Java based Applications.
Core skills and qualifications with focus on Java code development include:
Solid understanding of Java OOP concepts with practical hands-on experience.
Fluency in:
Java Collection framework,
Interfaces,
JDBC,
JDeveloper IDE.
Ability to implement specified design features from end to end as finalized inter-functional project deliverables.
Confident in GUI development and data visualization. Knowledge of Swing GUI Toolkit
BS in Computer Science or related field. MS preferred.

Additional important skills include:
Advanced knowledge of SQL is a plus.
Git repository and good version control practices.
Diligent in IT security and information protection.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Application Support Analyst

Responsibilities
Provide software application support to Internal and External customers.
Provide technical support for third party and homegrown applications and hardware including Web Servers, Virtual Servers, IIS, SQL Servers, Printers, Laptops, and tablets.
Manage tickets through JIRA.
Manage Security Patches to internal servers.
Create/Edit internal documentation for common issues, hardware mapping, asset inventory, and security incidents.
Manage employee application and hardware permissions for PCI compliance.
Perform releases of new software updates to internal web applications.

Qualifications
2+ years’ Application Support experience.
1+ year working with SQL (queries/troubleshooting).

Desired
IIS
VMware
PCI
.Net application support

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 

Applications Engineer
Our client is seeking an Applications Engineer to join their team in Troutdale OR. This position requires the ability to function as an integral part and sometime leader of multiple teams.  Dedication to maintaining and exceeding plant production goals and ensuring that the needs of the customer are met is essential.

Responsibilities
Assists production supervision in the maintenance of machining standards for setup and run times in the scheduling/process plan data base.  
Supports Quality Assurance team to create and maintain inspection documentation.
Assists production supervision to train/educate operators concerning graphite application concerns.  
Coordinates product/process development projects as requested.
Reviews customer requirements (drawings, specifications, etc...) for manufacturability. 
Creates drawings or redraw using Solid Works when required.  
Creates process plans with initial time standards and critical manufacturing instructions. 
Coordinates with production to ensure that detailed manufacturing instructions and NC programs are created.  
Coordinates qualification effort to ensure that first time builds are created according to customer specifications including all special testing or fit checks.  
Specifies the need for jigs, fixtures and packaging to manufacturing engineering as required.  
Provides analysis and corrective action as required concerning production or quality issues including RMA's (Return Material Authorization) and Customer Complaints or requests.
Reviews nonconforming product and supports the Material Review Board by dispositioning defective product.  
Creates purchasing specifications for offload production.   
Responsible for ensuring that all customer requirements are reflected in manufacturing documentation.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

A four-year degree in mechanical, industrial or an equivalent engineering discipline.  
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. 
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Word processing, Spreadsheets, E-mail, Inventory, Manufacturing software, Solid Works, Auto-CAD, 
Read technical drawings.
Read and interpret customer specifications.
Create purchasing specifications.

Experience with methods of analysis for Cause/Corrective Action, Statistical Process Controls, DOE, PC based CAD.   
Education, skills and or experience will be evaluated on a case by case basis to assure qualification competency is met.
Proficient in reading, writing and speaking English. 
Demonstrated ability to create clear written communication using computer software and hardware available in the area. 
Demonstrated ability to work well in a stressful, customer based, environment.

The ideal candidate should exhibit the following behavioral traits:
A mastery of collaborative interpersonal communication skills.   
A buy-in mentality towards policies, procedures and consistent change.  
A commitment to respectful and positive dialog with interdepartmental customers.
A willingness to listen to critical feedback during difficult circumstances.  
An ability to rise above petty disagreements and seek solution. 
Good judgment and initiative in resolving complex nonstandard problems and developing recommendations.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 

Assistant Controller
Our west coast industry leading client is seeking an Assistant Controller to join their headquarters in Portland, Oregon. This is a great opportunity for a driven individual to lead a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment.

Assistant Controller Responsibilities 
Oversee and review monthly account reconciliations. 
Monitor the status and completion of deliverables (reports, quarter & year-end packages). 
Manage the periodic closing activities completing within deadlines. 
Drive projects and provide project status updates to key stakeholders.
Coach, develop, and mentor team members. 
Maintain policies, procedures, and documentation; continually improve financial reporting and reconciliation processes.
Provide audit support. Ensure compliance over reporting processes. 

Assistant Controller Qualifications 
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA highly preferred.
7 years of related experience, 2+ years private industry accounting.
Big 4 accounting experience preferred. 
Strong knowledge of US GAAP accounting principles.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Excellent communication skills with attention to detail.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Associate Product Manager
Our client is looking for a Product Manager to join their Product Management team in Beaverton, Oregon.

As Product Manager, you will lead and set the vision for a cross-functional team that is charged with product line innovation. This extends from increasing the profitability of existing products to developing new products inside your vertical. Working with marketing, competitive intelligence and customers, you will build products. The ideal candidate must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.

You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company. You will work with an engineering counterpart to define product release requirements. You will work with marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer. You will also serve as the internal and external evangelist for your product offering, working closely with sales and key customers.

Associate Product Manager Responsibilities
Brings new products to market by setting the product vision by developing market based requirements and product marketing programs; preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules with engineering and product launch teams.
They should have an unyielding passion when it comes to shaping the future of design and engineering.
They should act as the critical connection between customer needs and business strategy, solution design, software development and go-to-market execution.
They should be able to create and maintain product information documents, technical guides, and other support materials for assigned products, as needed.
Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production.
Determine product pricing by utilizing market research data; reviewing production and sales costs; anticipating volume; costing special and customized orders.
Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
Driving a solution set across development teams (primarily Development/Engineering, and Marketing Communications) through market requirements, product contract, and positioning.
Developing and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.
Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product.

Associate Product Manager Qualifications
2-3 years of experience working within a software as a service business (SaaS), or experience in multi-sided network dynamics.
1-2 years of experience as a product owner working as a Business Analyst, Program Manager, Product Owner or equivalent work experience is required.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Marketing (MBA preferred).
Experience in managing agile/scrum development processes and lean methodology.
Experience in story mapping and feature prioritization techniques.
Ability to demonstrate creative problem solving, thoughtful product scoping, and flexibility in a fast-moving environment.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with engineering, design and product marketing to set realistic goals and stay on track.
Understanding of user experience design principles and customer-centric solutions development.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

AWS Backend Engineer
Our client is seeking a Software Engineer to join their team in Portland, OR. The Software Engineer creates high-quality craftsmanship-level software for clients and internal users and are expected to be proficient in the software languages used or required. This includes meeting all requirements/ specifications, testing/QA requirements, methodologies and other internal software/product requirements. This position must be adaptable to changing technology environments and work collaboratively with all participants in a software development project.

The Software Engineer may be called upon to fulfill functions related to software development that are not specifically software programming, such as requirements gathering, producing documentation, quality assurance testing, mentoring other developers, and leading projects. As required, this position provides guidance to the junior Software Engineer positions.

Responsibilities
Write awesome code.
Create prototypes to help clarify software requirements.
Create realistic design specification documents from software requirements.
Plan and perform development tasks from design specifications.
Provide accurate time estimates for development tasks.
Construct and verify (unit test) software components to meet design specifications.
Collaborate with quality assurance engineers to resolve software defects.
Collaborate with project architects and assist team members to prove the validity of new software technologies.
Engage and improve software development methodology.
Promote agile processes among development and the business, including facilitation of scrums.
Perform other duties as assigned to ensure the success of the team and the entire organization.
Strong Preference given to those with backgrounds in Math/Science.

Qualifications
Minimum Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
Minimum of 2 - 4 years progressive experience in a software development.
Excellent object-oriented design & programming skills, including the application of design patterns and avoidance of anti-patterns.
Strong AWS skills (Lambda, Terraform, SNS, SQS, etc).
Experience working in a collaborative team of application developers and source code repositories.
Demonstrated ability to follow through with all tasks, promises and commitments.
Ability to communicate and work effectively within priorities.
Ability to work under tight timelines in a fast-paced environment.
Good understanding of software design concepts.
Understanding of software development methodologies.
Ability to solve complex problems.
Must be able to perform the physical and intellectual requirements of the role, with or without accommodation.

Proven experience having designed one or more major components of an application, preferably of a software product.
Proven experience working across multiple tiers of an application, including a database, network, operating system, and containers.
Experience working in an AGILE environment.
Experience working in a SCRUM environment.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Azure DevOps Engineer
The primary purpose and function of the Azure DevOps Engineer is to support new development of code by creating or merging many parallel development efforts and provide production support to applications. This position will work closely with other Build & Release Engineers to research, customize, and automate the effective delivery of multiple versions of software to a targeted user base. This position is responsible for documentation, implementation, operational delivery, coordination of software builds, and automation of setup processes using Microsoft-centric technologies.

This role will chart the journey of the team to the cloud and bring skills to bear on a build and release pipeline that is fully cloud based.

Azure DevOps Engineer Responsibilities 
Collaborate with architects, developers, project managers, and test engineers to assist in the definition and maintenance of set-ups, builds, automation, and best practices to ensure a repeatable and traceable process for software releases.
Implement and deliver complex software products according to specifications for multiple releases and versioning.
Maintain build environment, scripting and automating the build process, maintenance of software revision history; ensure the delivery of software release notes from the developers and validate delivery requirements against checklist.
Identify and correct any problems and report any issues to the appropriate team.
Lead the design and implementation of Infrastructure as code automation of environments and configuration in the cloud.
Document the build system and process.
Always be value focused for our customers and contribute in any manner possible in a team moving to agile.
Propose improvements to the Technical Lead or Development Manager and implement approved improvements.
Identify and correct any problems and report any issues to the appropriate team.
Other job duties as assigned.

Azure DevOps Engineer Qualifications 
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred, or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Minimum of four years of programming build and release.
Experience working with Azure DevOps, TFS (Team Foundation Server), Azure Fabric, YAML, Hyper-V Server Management, PowerShell Scripting.
Experience working with multiple tasks and large complex projects simultaneously within a fast-paced and entrepreneurial-type work environment is required.
Effective communicator and presenter with the ability to lead and influence colleagues, cross-functional teams and leaders is preferred.
Experience with cloud deployment is required.
Environment where pets are present.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Bi Lingual Customer Service Lead 
Our client is looking for a Service Support Lead to join their team in a customer facing role. You will respond efficiently, accurately, and professionally to a variety of escalated consumer transactions/inquiries through verbal (telephone), written, and electronic communication, acting as a consumer advocate. You will act as a direct liaison between internal and external business partners to analyze and help resolve escalated or complex consumer related issues with the end goal being a win-win resolution. You will be asked to communicate effectively, apply judgement, decision making, and knowledge of job and business to teammates. 

Bi Lingual Customer Service Lead Responsibilities 
Be an expert resource in training/coaching on all systems. 
Share best practices and serve as a mentor to team members to support training and development of individuals. 
Continuously seek to reduce the overall turn time for issue resolution to ensure a premium experience for consumers. 
Assist in providing employee performance feedback/response call coaching to team and management. 
Become trained in other areas of the department and provide cross-functional support as required. 
Responsible for proper utilization of phone and computer systems and following established department policy and procedures. 
Act as a liaison between business unit/brand and the consumer services team, seeking out relevant information to bring back to the team. 
Proactively provide relevant information to teammates to enhance customer service. 
Responsible for monitoring workload volumes and working with teammates and management to ensure timely resolution. 
Partner with management, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts and Production Support to continually seek business process improvements through the use of technology, new procedures and criteria review. Communicate, recommend, & implement solutions. 
Complete special projects as needed.

Bi Lingual Customer Service Lead Qualifications
Fluent is Spanish.
Bachelor's degree in Business or related field required.
2 years' related work experience in lieu of a degree. 
Minimum 3 years' experience in Customer Service, Retail and/or Sales, including 1 year of experience in a lead or supervisory role. 
Strong Customer Service skills are critical, including experience with escalated customer service issues. 
Experience providing Customer Service via multiple methods (phone, e-mail, live chat, face-to-face, postal mail, etc.) desired. 
Strong problem solving/resolution-oriented skills. Superior decision-making skills - the ability to quickly understand and analyze new information and situations. 
Superior decision-making skills, including the ability to quickly understand and analyze new information and situations. 
Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills. 
Must demonstrate initiative and the ability to work independently within a diverse team environment.
Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Bi-Lingual Customer Service Specialist
Our client is hiring a Bi-Lingual Customer Service Specialist for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Bi-Lingual Customer Service Specialist Responsibilities
Answer in-coming telephone, emails, and chats from Consumers. 
Proactively sell product based on knowing the specific needs of the customer, offering suitable alternatives when product is not available. 
Drive the relationship with the customer through constant communication maintaining a proactive approach. 
Maintain KPIs for coverage and service. 
Communicate professionally, with Consumers, Operations Management, Sales Management and Sales Representatives through effective verbal and written communication. 
Drive the relationship with internal stakeholders: Sales, Credit, Business Units, and Distribution Centers as needed. 
Enter orders for fulfillment requests and follow the order process to conclusion. 
Track and maintain orders: analyze and interpret system generated reports. 
Resolve credit issues and allocation holds working through Credit and the Planning team. 
Ensure accurate and timely delivery of products to accounts. 
Handle all aspects of returns and claims interfacing with the customer and all internal stakeholders.

Bi-Lingual Customer Service Specialist Qualifications
Pay: $16.90 hourly.
Read, Write, Speack Spanish fluently
M-F 8am to 5pm
Strong verbal and written communication skills & multi-tasking required. 
Computer skills: MS Word, Windows, Excel, Power Point.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

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***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Big Data Engineer
Our client is looking for a Big Data Engineer to join their team.

Big Data Engineer Responsibilities
Develops action plans and processes, in coordination with management team, for integrating activities and optimizing department resources to meet major goals and objectives. 
Facilitates or performs application support, problem solving, and issue resolution with internal and external resources. 
Contributes and reviews recommendations for technical solutions. 
Manages and/or contributes to the technical components of the RFP process. 
Resolves issues and determines options for issue resolution and risk mitigation. 
Defines and communicates requirements for technical environments and determines the technical scope for projects. 
Provides technical estimates for project budget input to Senior/Project Manager. 
Leads and owns engagements with software vendors to ensure that code and configuration requirements and deliverables are met. 
Enforces architecture, governance, security, and global process standards to system changes and deployments. 
Coordinates compliance issue identification and remediation. 
Collaborates with other teams on integration needs/design. 
Contributes to database design and creates critical-path, high-risk, advanced technical designs. 
Approves proof of concept efforts and reviews results. 
Enforce company and department architectural direction and ensure consistent technical approach within department. 
Decide on engineering tools based on recommendations. 
Allocate resources based on performance monitoring and tuning results. 
Manage and enforce performance thresholds and standards. 
Review and approve performance test results, recommendations, and tuning results. 
Oversee and is responsible for the creation of test plans, test execution, and validation of test results.
Support Product Team, work with BSAs and Product owner to deliver products to Business.
Refine stories and deliver timely.
Analyze requirement documents and STM.
Develop integrated and aggregated objects for consumption.
Work with Production Support to analyze and fix Production issues.
Comprehensive documentation and knowledge transfer to Production Support.

Big Data Engineer Qualifications
Preferred candidates possess some of the following in their skillset.
Spark/Hive 
Python 
Airflow 
AWS
S3
EMR
Snowflake

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Bookkeeper 
Our client is a strong and reputable commercial construction company that is looking for a Bookkeeper to join their team. This position will be responsible for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and complex Payroll functions.

Bookkeeper Responsibilities
Process weekly payroll and quarterly tax reports.
Full process Accounts payable.
Accounts Receivable, cash postings and update cash report.
Partner with superintendents and project managers to ensure all paperwork is accurate prior to processing.
Process all new hire paperwork and update benefits information.
Assist with various reports.
Special projects as needed.

Bookkeeper Qualifications
AA or BA in Accounting or Business.
3+ years of accounting experience; construction experience required.
Demonstrated knowledge of accounting practices and strong knowledge of debits and credits.
Working knowledge of MS Office and intermediate Excel skills.
Knowledge of Viewpoint highly preferred.
Ability to effectively communicate both written and verbally.
Able to prioritize and organize numerous tasks and meet deadlines.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Build Engineer
Our client is seeking a Build Engineer to join their team in Vancouver, WA. 

Responsibilities
Deploy Consumer Systems' web application to multiple environments.
Strategically plan builds and deploys to multiple testing integration environments and production
Builds and validates daily installation packages.
Deploy merged code to production environment.
Create PowerShell scripts for deploying Infrastructure as a Service.
Troubleshoot deployment issues in a diverse test environment.
Serve as a member of the change review board.
Perform branching/merging of code as required.
Troubleshoot build issues.
Automating and maintaining daily builds of various software products.
Architect and design the code promotion workflow for the new CMS. 
Serves as a gatekeeper and subject matter expert for build and deployment procedures in testing and production environments.
Compile and send out release notes for testing and production environments.
Facilitator of daily Technical Review Board meetings for changes being made to all customer facing environments.
Oversee the Post-Mortem Review (PMR) process and meetings for the products that directly impact the CMS.
Manage and coordinate with QA for release validation.
Mentor and train new build engineers.
Participate in an on-call rotation with other team members Enforce change freeze requirements across multiple development, product, and operational teams.

Qualifications
Team Foundation Server, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2016, MS Build, Final Builder, Source Control Management, Finance audit Compliance, .NET, Visual Studio, Azure.
5+ years Configuration Management background.
5 years Configuration Management development experience.
5+ years Build automation experience including maintenance and optimization.
Experience working in complex architectures.
Experience with Visual Studio Team Services or Team Foundation Server required.
Experience rolling out redundant, mission-critical applications with minimal downtime.
Experience with Apache, IIS.
Knowledge of software development lifecycle.
Experience implementing configuration management best practices for agile development environment.
Hands-on experience assisting developers with development issues related to configuration management tool use (check in/out, branching, and Tagging).
Hands-on experience performing software builds and releases.
Experience with implementing continuous deployment best practices a plus.
Experience implementing effective CM policies and procedures.
Knowledge of Hudson/Jenkins a plus.
Ability to implement, document and maintain CM scripts.
Excellent written and oral communications in a fast-paced environment.
Strong Scripting skills, specifically PowerShell, etc.
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Manage and control the source code repository using GIT or SVN.
Proven ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Can work under minimal supervision.
Self-Motivated.
Flexible to change.
Quick learner.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 
 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Business Analyst
Our client is hiring a Business Analyst for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Business Analyst Responsibilities
Gather, validate, and document business requirements within a single function. 
Refine requirements to include UI, reporting and/or decision support requirements. 
Communicate and coordinate the translation requirements into technical solutions with IT resources. 
Support end-user training through preparation and delivery of training course and materials. 
Support testing activities including construction of test plans/scripts including the expected results, test execution, validation of test results, facilitation of User Acceptance Testing, and communicate status of deliverables. 
Communicate system changes to the business. 
Work with remote groups, vendors, other company facilities, other departments. 
Consults on issue resolution, triage, and troubleshooting. 
Analyze and document business processes, study/research new process requests, and create process flow diagrams. 
Apply IT process standards to regional technology solutions.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Business Development Manager
Come join our Vanderfamily, a team of highly ambitious and energetic professionals that thrive from building and maintaining long-lasting relationships in our community. We are seeking a full time Business Development Manager (Account Manager) with a strong consultative sales approach to add to our experienced internal team. This is a great opportunity for a savvy and relationship-oriented sales professional who is eager to join a highly successful local firm within the accounting & finance staffing industry.

VanderHouwen focuses on long-term employment for our internal staff so you must be a highly motivated and dedicated individual.  We operate in a fast-paced and competitive market where a goal-oriented, high integrity, and team-focused mindset is essential to everyone's success.

Responsibilities of the Business Development Manager
Develop and maintain client relationships in the Portland Metro Area using a consultative approach.
Present and sell business solutions and services to both existing and new clients.
Develop and execute a strategic target marketing plan to prospect and build a pipeline of potential new clients to drive revenue.
Negotiate fees and service contracts.
Deliver business presentations with appropriate solutions to meet clients' staffing needs.
Actively network in the community to build relationships and promote the VanderHouwen brand at professional groups, events, and gatherings.

Qualifications of the Business Development Manager
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. 
Strong, proven sales background; staffing or services industry preferred.
Experience in creating successful staffing and hiring solutions for a variety of industries and company sizes using a consultative approach.
3+ years of experience in an outside sales capacity initiating and maintaining long-lasting client relationships, and negotiating service delivery contracts and fees.
Ability to make a high volume of calls to include sourcing, cold calling, and qualifying potential decision-makers.
Conduct market research and qualify target accounts within the Portland Metro area.
Maintain updated knowledge of market trends regionally and nationally to forecast client demands.
Strong, analytical and organizational skills to be comfortable with multi-tasking in a fast-paced, competitive environment. 
Must be goal-oriented and a team player with excellent written and oral communication skills. 
Must have high integrity, commitment to delivering the highest-quality service to clients and prioritize clients' best interests.

What We Offer You
A highly competitive base salary.
Excellent commission/bonus plan based on individual goals.
Excellent office environment in the John's Landing Area in Portland, Oregon.
Excellent opportunity to build a customer base in a highly reputable firm in the Portland Metro area.
State-of-the-art computer systems and social media tools.

Local candidates only please. 
 
Perks of working at VanderHouwen
Excellent benefits including paid time off, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance and 401(k) plan with company match.
Friendly, fun, and professional team environment.
About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen enjoys a strong reputation for professional excellence and ethical practices. We take great care of our client and consultant relationships and are known for providing service way above and beyond "standard performance."
VanderHouwen has been a premier staffing provider of professionals in the Pacific Northwest since 1987. We are skilled in delivering Information Technology, Engineering, and Finance placement services. We are committed to providing clients and professional staff outstanding service in a straightforward, ethical, personal, and responsive manner. Our personal approach to business and our reputation with our clients and candidates separates us from our competition.

"VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Business Operations Analyst
Our client is hiring a Business Operations Analyst for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. In this role you will be joining our retail optimization team. Our team is responsible for the data curation, reporting, and analysis needed to ensure store teams can take action to drive store performance. We work with cross-functional teams to build dataflows, define metrics, develop dashboards, and automate processes. Our team is focused on innovation in this area and is committed to optimizing our retail best practices and reporting to drive best in class results for our consumers.

Business Operations Analyst Responsibilities
Build dataflows and data integrations.
Become a subject matter expert to educate business users on the data that’s available.
Align with business stakeholders to gather requirements and implement changes to datasets.
Adhoc business reporting and analysis of datasets.
Document data processes and maintain data map.
Support the Process Measurement Manager strategies: Store Pilots, Store Measurement Tool evolution, Operational Excellence.

Business Operations Analyst Qualifications
1 to 3 years of work experience in database, data infrastructure, data analysis, business analytics or similar roles.
Basic understanding of database infrastructure and reporting concepts (SQL).
Proficient with spreadsheets (Excel, Smartsheets, etc.).
Experience with data integration tools.
Motivated to learn and improve existing processes.
Communicate clearly, consistently and concisely with business stakeholders.

Preferred:
Background in Retail, Process Measurement or similar analytics functions.
Experience automating tasks.
Proficient with visualization tools such as Salesforce, Domo, or Tableau.
Familiar with Business Intelligence products and data structures.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Business System Analyst
Our client is looking for a Business System Analyst to join their team in Beaverton, OR. The BSA is a crucial and essential peer to the Prepress Designers and in particular, the Sr. Developer(s) and/or the Prepress Architect(s). This person is very comfortable with the concepts of development, programming, and can help the designers to shape their code and processes to meet the needs of the client, the needs of our operation, and ensure that the team is on track to push that custom development down to the Production Operations teams. 

Business System Analyst Responsibilities 
Responsible for consulting with internal stakeholders as it pertains to development and deployments. As well as provide information, knowledge and expertise regarding Prepress processes.
Engage with specific project initiatives for long periods of time while ensuring that department managers are informed and engaged with overall status.
Take a global and comprehensive view of the risks and challenges with any request or initiative and document and mobilize remediation plans.
Manages document development and creation from end to end, covering functional and technical requirements.
Analyze workload and communicate concerns, complexities, and bottlenecks to team members and stakeholders to ensure possible risks to the relevant timelines are understood as early as possible.
Carefully maintain and manage version control and procedural procedures for the purposes of ensuring quality.
Habitually document and detail steps taken to develop work and can readily share detailed information with team members in a formalized fashion regarding functional or technical decisions.
Responsible for understanding the capabilities of Print/Mail solution, and regularly seeks opportunities to advise or steer our clients in the direction that’s most supportable for them and us.

Business System Analyst Qualifications
Read, interpret, modify, and write simple code in JavaScript.
Introductory experience to the Python language, meaning 6 months of on the job or academic exposure. Able to read/interpret logs and scripts using Python syntax.
Technical or development related experience in Linux/Putty. No less than 1 year, may require certificates to verify completion.
High level of comfort on the Windows platform and Microsoft Office.
Strong data analysis and research skills.

Additional coding or technical software experience a plus. This can include:
VSTS,
Jira/Confluence,
SQL,
Access,
Competencies.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Business Systems Analyst
Data Services is the team within ECA which manages and shepherds data through the entire lifecycle of a class action or similar matter, such as a mass tort claim. Each case, while unique, undergoes a similar lifecycle and series of operations, including initial gathering/scrubbing/loading of client data, notifying potential class members, receiving claim information, computing and disbursing settlement amounts, and so on. Each of these steps will be reflected by and/or have material effect on the underlying case data. The Business System Analyst (BSA) is responsible for understanding the requirements for a particular case, or step of a case, and determining how those functional requirements translate into technical specifications. The BSA translates functional requirements into a technical statement of work from which developers can code solutions. The BSA works directly with Client Services, Technical Project Managers, Data Analysts, QC Analysts, other BSAs, department Team Leads, and others to understand all aspects of the case and to determine and document the data-oriented solution.

Business Systems Analyst Responsibilities
Understand the entire lifecycle of a class action or similar matter, determine what data is required based on functional requirements, and define how that data and business rules will translate to internal applications.
Develop and publish technical specifications, technical requirements, and other documentation, as required.
Design data mappings and transformations which will be used to drive ETL procedures.
Work with QC Analysts to design testing strategies and plans to ensure all outcomes are as expected.
Using tools such as Excel, Access, SQL Server, and others, directly query, assess, and analyze data to ensure requirements are being met.
Serve as liaison between Client Services (business) and Data Analysts (technical) teams to keep production work flowing smoothly.
Work with Technical Project Managers to ensure all required steps and actions are captured in project plans, and that project timelines seem reasonable.
Lead, conduct, or consult in user acceptance test exercises to ensure results are acceptable and meet requirements.
Follow prescribed software development standards, processes, procedures, methodologies, etc., according to departmental policies and conventions.
Interact and correspond professionally with team members, project management, clients, and other stakeholders.
Account for and accurately log time against project work.

Business Systems Analyst Qualifications
Four-year college degree or equivalent industry experience.
Experience as Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Process Specialist, or other role where business functional requirements are captured and decomposed.
Proficient with MS Office tools, particularly Excel.
Experience with relational databases and ability to comprehend moderately complex SQL logic desired.
Basic understanding of data modeling and data organization desired.
Basic understanding of and experience with extract, transform, load (ETL) concepts, tools, and practices desired.
Ability to work in an environment with immediate deadlines and shifting priorities.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing; able to adjust for intended audience. Fluent in English.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Business Systems Analyst
Data Services is the team within ECA which manages and shepherds data through the entire lifecycle of a class action or similar matter, such as a mass tort claim. Each case, while unique, undergoes a similar lifecycle and series of operations, including initial gathering/scrubbing/loading of client data, notifying potential class members, receiving claim information, computing and disbursing settlement amounts, and so on. Each of these steps will be reflected by and/or have material effect on the underlying case data. The Business System Analyst (BSA) is responsible for understanding the requirements for a particular case, or step of a case, and determining how those functional requirements translate into technical specifications. The BSA translates functional requirements into a technical statement of work from which developers can code solutions. The BSA works directly with Client Services, Technical Project Managers, Data Analysts, QC Analysts, other BSAs, department Team Leads, and others to understand all aspects of the case and to determine and document the data-oriented solution.

Business Systems Analyst Responsibilities
Understand the entire lifecycle of a class action or similar matter, determine what data is required based on functional requirements, and define how that data and business rules will translate to internal applications.
Develop and publish technical specifications, technical requirements, and other documentation, as required.
Design data mappings and transformations which will be used to drive ETL procedures.
Work with QC Analysts to design testing strategies and plans to ensure all outcomes are as expected.
Using tools such as Excel, Access, SQL Server, and others, directly query, assess, and analyze data to ensure requirements are being met.
Serve as liaison between Client Services (business) and Data Analysts (technical) teams to keep production work flowing smoothly.
Work with Technical Project Managers to ensure all required steps and actions are captured in project plans, and that project timelines seem reasonable.
Lead, conduct, or consult in user acceptance test exercises to ensure results are acceptable and meet requirements.
Follow prescribed software development standards, processes, procedures, methodologies, etc., according to departmental policies and conventions.
Interact and correspond professionally with team members, project management, clients, and other stakeholders.
Account for and accurately log time against project work.

Business Systems Analyst Qualifications
Four-year college degree or equivalent industry experience.
Experience as Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Process Specialist, or other role where business functional requirements are captured and decomposed.
Proficient with MS Office tools, particularly Excel.
Experience with relational databases and ability to comprehend moderately complex SQL logic desired.
Basic understanding of data modeling and data organization desired.
Basic understanding of and experience with extract, transform, load (ETL) concepts, tools, and practices desired.
Ability to work in an environment with immediate deadlines and shifting priorities.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing; able to adjust for intended audience. Fluent in English.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Business Systems Analyst
Our client is hiring a Business Systems Analyst for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Business Systems Analyst Responsibilities
Ensures standards, processes, and policies are followed. 
Creates and applies global process standards to regional technology solutions. 
Negotiate, influence, and drive decisions by working with remote groups such as vendors, other company facilities, and or departments to gather and document strategic and tactical requirements from the business. 
Coordinate and communicate functional requirements of business unit and technical solutions with IT capability resources by designing and documenting advanced functional specs. 
Communicate critical, high-risk, advanced and/or cross-functional technical design and solutions to executive management inside and outside the organization. 
Review and approve that the system design meets business process requirements. 
Communicate and document system changes to the business. 
Translate system functionality into business relevant language. 
Facilitates SME discussions. 
Works with systems personnel to implement design. 
Participates in development of project plan/timeline. 
Provides input into project management. 
Communicates project status to management and the business. 
Provides support and participates in change management at department and end user level. 
Consult on best practice configuration of systems. 
Configure packaged solutions to unique and complex business requirements. 
Review and approve test results. 
Oversees and performs complex testing activities including construction of test plans/scripts including the expected results and the validation of test results.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Business Systems Analyst
Our client is seeking a Business Systems Analyst to join their team in Portland, OR. 

Responsibilities
Contributes to IT system solution design by documenting and analyzing requirements, documenting workflows, studying system capabilities, and writing specifications.
Determines operational objectives by studying business functions; gathering information; evaluating output requirements and formats.
Supports system testing and UAT by working with QA lead and project manager to write test scenarios, aggregate feedback, and contribute to defect log.
Maintains system protocols by writing and updating procedures.
Provides references for users by writing and maintaining user documentation; providing help desk support; training users.
Prepares technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

Qualifications
Be able to learn new systems and work with the business team
Experience in insurance would be a plus.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 
 

Business Systems Specialist
Our client is looking for a Business Systems Specialist to join their team. This position provides direct management of the computerized Supply Chain software applications.  Responsible for testing and implementation of software applications according to vendor specifications and established standards.  Demonstrates a high level of customer service skills to establish and enhance positive relationships while providing application support and consultation to customers and users of the system(s), as well as leads training and problem solving.  Provides administrative data, analytic and strategic support to leadership team.

Business Systems Specialist Responsibilities 
Implements, upgrades, tests, monitors, and maintains information workflow for department information systems application software and hardware.
Completes all projects assigned professionally and competently while in accordance with hospital policy/procedures.  Takes the initiative when a task needs completion and accomplishes it or forwards it on to the appropriate area (with proper follow-up).
Coordinates and leads departmental training, providing documentation and assuring all staff have successfully completed.
Conducts research and provides managers and staff with information on software and system enhancements, upgrades and other workflow changes that will improve departmental process.

Acts as a liaison to Information Services (IS), other hospital departments, vendors, and end users to assess and resolve any system problems. 
Responds to user inquiries providing troubleshooting, problem call logging, and escalation to a higher level of support as needed.
Communicates in writing and works in tandem with help desk revealing all techniques and methods used to bring systems back online allowing help desk to be a viable back up support system. 

Promotes teamwork and assists in the planning and delivery of appropriate staff training. 
Monitors and provides consistent feedback on productivity and quality standards. 
Recommends additional training needs and cross training of individuals. 
Personally cross trains and accepts other duties to assist others in the department to assure the department needs are met (provides back up for buyers and administrative assistant).

Enters and analyzes data for department projects, graphing and summarizing findings to support project outcome.
Assists departmental leadership in tracking and measuring progress on annual departmental goals supporting organizational goals. 
LEAN project coordination, data gathering, and analysis.
Performs other assigned tasks, which are reasonable in scope and related to employee’s skill level.

Business Systems Specialist Qualifications
High School diploma required. AA Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred.
Computer systems experience with either a degree in computer science or a minimum of 5 years computer systems experience in a healthcare setting.  Additional relative experience may be substituted for formal education at the rate of two years of experience for each year of education deficiency. 
Experience with Material Management Information System hardware and software in a medical environment preferred.
Proficiency with Microsoft Suite required.
Maintains composure, consistency and accuracy under pressure.
Must have the ability to hold in confidence any information regarding patients, personnel, or any other matters which are confidential in nature. 
Must have strong interpersonal and customer service skills. 
Ability to handle multiple priorities and concerns easily while working in a busy, multidisciplinary setting. 
Requires self-direction and the ability to exercise judgment in prioritization, accuracy, and promptness in completion of projects.
Ability to handle projects on an independent basis to establish goals and deadlines. 
Skillful in classroom teach and/or working with adult learners strongly preferred.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Chief Follow-Up Officer
The Chief Follow-up Officer’s main responsibility is to help keep track of all new business opportunities coming into the team by optimizing the experience and converting referrals into new clients. 

Although this person will be regularly interfacing with clients and leads, this will be a more "backstage" type role. Managing systems and executing tasks. Mainly placing follow up calls, scheduling appointments with prospects and partners, making sure clients feel a high level of care. Probing for opportunities to be referred into other conversations. Be crystal clear on contact information and know what the next step needs to be. 

Chief Follow-Up Officer Responsibilities 
Manage the stay-in-touch communication system from beginning to end for all incoming referrals.  This includes tracking, collecting information, follow up, identifying clear next steps, and ultimately increasing conversion rates from “lead” to happy client.
Understand and implement the "circle of cash flow" – a process for generate new referrals.
Update the CRM (client relationship management) system daily.
Track all key productivity metrics for the team.
Set up the actions for the next day for Manager.
Keep Manager on track. 

Chief Follow-Up Officer Qualifications
A high level of attention to detail.
Professional phone demeanor.
Growth mindset.
Appreciation for systems and following checklists.
Team spirit!

Pay range: $19-$23/hour

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

CIS Program Manager
Our client is hiring a CIS Program Manager for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon. CIS needs a strong Program Manager with experience working in an agile environment who will lead self-organizing teams and programs to ensure cross functional communication and execution.  This role will provide support to CIS teams with a focus on managing the relationships and deliverables associated with cross functional CIS work.  The ideal candidate has strong experience with process refinement and organization design.

CIS Program Manager Responsibilities
Focus on defining tools and processes to support overall organizational excellence.
Schedule/Plan management: assist in facilitation of work breakdown sessions.
Create initial project schedule and maintain with minimal oversight.
Facilitate program level process and execution, identifies and manages dependencies and risks, as well as escalates blockers.
Coordinates and facilitates iterative program level planning.
Accountable for program execution and delivery of work.
Monitors and reports program health (i.e. progress of feature completion) with the purpose of providing transparency on program delivery of value.
Supports manager in executing project/program communication plan (internal and external) and provides status reporting and health/metrics to organization.
Defines risk management plan, analyzes for criticality, probability, and impact and develops plan to address potential risk.

CIS Program Manager Key skills
Experience with formal project management methodology (Waterfall, Agile).
Excel in team-oriented role that relies on ability to collaborate with others.
Strong oral and written communication with ability to influence others (stakeholder management skills).
Experience resolving issues with higher levels of management.
Able to lead cross functional work and prioritize changing demands.
Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Experience, interest, and adaptability to work in fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
Must be trustworthy in keeping sensitive data confidential.

CIS Program Manager Qualifications
Minimum 2-year work experience with previous experience supporting teams.
Bachelor’s Degree.
Technology/security experience preferred.
Strong verbal and written communication, as well as information-seeking skills.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use data and metrics to drive recommendations.
Proficient in Microsoft Powerpoint, Word, Excel; Mac skills also highly preferred.

Preferred:
Knowledge of information security best practices and principles.
Project Management certification (PMP).

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

CIS Program Manager
Our client is hiring a CIS Program Manager for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon. This need is for a strong Program Manager with experience working in an agile environment who will lead self-organizing teams and programs to ensure cross functional communication and execution.  This role will provide support to CIS teams with a focus on managing the relationships and deliverables associated with cross functional CIS work.  The ideal candidate has strong experience with process refinement and organization design.

CIS Program Manager Responsibilities
Focus on defining tools and processes to support overall organizational excellence.
Schedule/Plan management: assist in facilitation of work breakdown sessions.
Create initial project schedule and maintain with minimal oversight.
Facilitate program level process and execution, identifies and manages dependencies and risks, as well as escalates blockers.
Coordinates and facilitates iterative program level planning.
Accountable for program execution and delivery of work.
Monitors and reports program health (i.e. progress of feature completion) with the purpose of providing transparency on program delivery of value.
Supports manager in executing project/program communication plan (internal and external) and provides status reporting and health/metrics to organization.
Defines risk management plan, analyzes for criticality, probability, and impact and develops plan to address potential risk.

Required Skills
Experience with formal project management methodology (Waterfall, Agile).
Excel in team-oriented role that relies on ability to collaborate with others.
Strong oral and written communication with ability to influence others (stakeholder management skills).
Experience resolving issues with higher levels of management.
Able to lead cross functional work and prioritize changing demands.
Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Experience, interest, and adaptability to work in fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
Must be trustworthy in keeping sensitive data confidential.

CIS Program Manager Qualifications
Minimum 2-year work experience with previous experience supporting teams.
Bachelor’s Degree.
Technology/security experience preferred.
Strong verbal and written communication, as well as information-seeking skills.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use data and metrics to drive recommendations.
Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel; Mac skills also highly preferred.

Preferred:
Knowledge of information security best practices and principles.
Project Management certification (PMP).

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Clojure Development Engineer
Our client is seeking a Clojure Development Engineer to join their team in Portland, OR. They are looking for engineers who can bring in fresh ideas from different areas, like distributed computing, scalability and storage, security, data analytics & visualization, UI design, and mobile. They need engineers to be versatile, demonstrate leadership qualities, and be eager to tackle new problems across the full-stack as we venture to make healthcare more accessible to all.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will be involved in requirements gathering, design and development of new features for the platform, handle scalability, and performance challenges. You will participate in a high-paced agile environment with deep focus on best software practices, cutting edge technologies, innovation, and code quality.

Clojure Development Engineer Qualifications
1+ year experience on Clojure or any functional programming (Scala, Elixir etc.).
2+ years of experience on strong development life cycle.

Preferred:
Clojure programming skills.
Strong experience with these technologies is preferred: Python, Java or Clojure, Scala, Docker, AWS (DynamoDB, S3, RedShift), database design, Git, Jenkins, Cucumber.
Competency in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
Experience in working with microservices and standard APIs.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Cloud Engineer
Our client is seeking an experienced Cloud engineer to join their team in Beaverton, Oregon. The team will enable the operational growth of our product and launch capabilities.

Cloud Engineer Qualifications
Computer Science Degree and 4+ years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
4+ years of professional Java development experience following Agile practices (Scrum preferred).
Demonstrated collaboration and iterative problem-solving with teammates to deliver valuable solutions.
2+ years of public cloud experience (AWS preferred).
Professional experience managing deployments, including automated testing.

Preferred:
Professional experience with Serverless technologies (AWS Lambda preferred).
Experience with Docker and containerization.
Working knowledge of DevOps practices – own your own infrastructure, build, deployment and production support.
Experience with Spring.
Experience with Reactive Java frameworks (RxNetty, WebFlux, etc).

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Collections Manager
Our client is seeking a tech-savvy Collections Manager to join their team. This company offers generous benefits, an on-site gym, and has been growing for more than 20 years. 

Collections Manager Responsibilities
Oversee the daily operation of the department; ensure calls are handled efficiently and effectively.
Train new hires and provide feedback to team members. 
Identify and coach on disciplinary and performance problems; respond/resolve employee relations issues.
Build out and monitor metrics and KPI's. 
Coordinate with other managers to discuss staffing needs, scheduling, training methods, and developing reward/recognition programs.
Establish and implement procedures and processes that align with the department’s strategy. 
Additional duties as needed.

Collections Manager Qualifications 
2+ years supervisory experience & financial services experience preferred. 
1+ years of experience in collections within a call center environment.
Advanced Excel (Familiar with Macros & VBA) and Access skills required; SQL experience highly preferred.
Excellent communication skills including negation and follow-up skills.
Highly organized with the ability to prioritize work on multiple tasks.
Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Collections Specialist
Our client is seeking a Collections Specialist to join their team. This company is seeking motivated self-starters who strive in fast-paced environments to build upon their success and growth. 

Collections Specialist Responsibilities
Contact customers regarding their account statuses. 
Assist with setting up payment arrangements. 
Determine financial qualification eligibilities based on individual situations. 
Research information and update incorrect contact information.
Maintain documentation regarding all collection efforts and activities. 
Discuss payment terms, taxes, and insurance with customers. 
Other duties as assigned. 

Collections Specialist Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent required.
1+ years’ high-volume financial services experience; customer service focused roles highly preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Bilingual in Spanish a plus.
Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to multi-task and adapt to changes. 

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Communications Manager
Our client is looking for a Communications Manager to join their team.

Communications Manager Responsibilities
Create strategic approach and plan for cross-functional GBM communications in support of transition management/organizational/process change needs.
Develop and implement centralized communications (write, edit, and execute) relevant to cross-functional teams including news content for GBM Hub and weekly newsletter, presentations, etc. 
Owner of GBM Hub site content (create/develop/manage).
Develop, foster, and nourish relationships with internal stakeholders to support cross-functional visibility, transparency, and sharing to enable holistic understanding of the work.
Escalate and resolve problems as necessary to ensure awareness and assistance with resolution.
Communicate and identify risks to project sponsors for their awareness and approval.

Team Support [10%]
Support team and stakeholders in a variety of ways (as needed when engaging with Business stakeholders).

Core Competencies: 
Lead and Influence Others:
Bring energy to reinvigorate sharing information across teams and bring cross-functional transparency to top of mind.
Build respect and trust through their functional expertise and stakeholder engagement.
 
Deliver Results:
Create project plans, with work back details and dates.
Drive to meet delivery dates. If obstacles arise, find tangible solutions to get projects back on track.
Proven ability to remain organized while managing multiple competing priorities.
Solution oriented.
 
Communicates Effectively:
Advocates for visibility and sharing across teams, supports and champions cross-functional communications needs.
Strong presentation skills; with the ability to present confidently in front of groups and leadership.
Ability to translate strategy, process, and general updates in a way that’s relevant to all teams.
Ability to understand challenges or underlying concerns, share ideas and develop effective responses or elevate to manager.
Ability to clearly articulate goals and objectives for projects and initiatives.
Able to work independently and with ambiguity.
Strong information seeking skills and drive to make things happen.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Continuously Grow & Develop:
Establishes and monitors goals closely and feels a sense of urgency to reach them on time.
Acts with confidence in area of expertise and continually looks to enhance business acumen.
 
Create the Future:
Open to new ideas and new ways of doing things and to share/collaborate with others.
Creative and innovative in finding new and better ways to solve business challenges and drive process change, while clearly articulating benefits and value of change.
 
Communications Manager Qualifications
Bachelor's degree with 5 or more years of professional communications experience.
Proven experience with writing content for an internal audience.
Expertise in Keynote, Microsoft Office, WordPress, and Campaign Monitor; experience in Adobe Creative Cloud a plus.
High level of motivation and energy, hard working, driven, takes initiative and self-motivated.
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced and competitive environment, with a diverse group of individuals and talents, collaboration skills a must.
Ability to organize a multitude of tasks, projects and information simultaneously within time constraints, while keeping high attention to detail.
An eye for detail, while also think about and convey “big picture” messages.
Strong team player and relationship-building skills; ability to create trust among diverse personal styles.
Possesses an optimistic and enthusiastic attitude towards change.
Keep projects on track, raise awareness where issues may arise and bring solutions to the table.
Ability to successfully deliver tangible results.
Exhibits flexibility and tolerance for ambiguity.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

Contract Analyst
Our client is looking for a Contract Analyst to join their team. This is a senior level position responsible for the facilitation and implementation of Equipment, Supplies, Service and GPO Contracts. Manages standardization efforts for contracted products while supporting system-wide quality improvement and cost containment efforts.  Routinely audits purchasing performance to contract terms and takes action as appropriate.

Contract Analyst Responsibilities 
Performs financial and market share analysis to determine product optimization and/or cost reduction opportunities.  Articulates issues and opportunities in both written (presentation and spreadsheet) and verbal form to internal customers and management to drive and support point of action.
Leads product and contract evaluation process in support of cost reduction, standardization or quality improvement opportunities.  Independently or collaboratively with Purchasing Staff facilitates a data driven evaluation of supplies and services related to potential contract awards and purchasing decisions.
Implements agreements in collaboration with Purchasing, Stores and Distribution Staff.  Facilitates timely renewal of existing contracts ensuring that all contracts are in accordance with company standards.
Monitors and audits contracts assuring compliance to contract obligations and contract optimization.  Contracts representing the top 75% of purchases will be reviewed annually.
Presents findings and recommendations to the Purchasing and Materiel Managers, customers, department directors and the Product Evaluation Committee relative to issues or opportunities related to product utilization and cost reduction.  Drives group decision making when appropriate.
Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of all information systems (especially the Materiel Management Information System) that support customers and department’s needs.  Ensures accurate and timely availability of contract and pricing data in the Materiel Management Information System (MMIS) and other contractual management systems.
Regularly monitors vendor performance to contractual obligations and takes action as appropriate.  Participates in supplier meetings providing feedback relative to contractual performance.
Provides consultative and liaison services to internal customers educating, informing, training and assisting them with contractual needs.  Proactively provides information and is a resource to user departments for contractual issues by maintaining thorough knowledge of company and GPO contracts and obligations relative to those contracts.
Coordinates all Group Purchasing Organization Contracts and is the liaison between the GPO and company providing excellent two-way communication.
Assists in assuring product/service conversion is smooth and as transparent to internal customers as possible.
Actively participates in the Product Standardization and Evaluation Committee and other related groups.

Contract Analyst Qualifications 
Thorough knowledge of Excel required.  Experience with Access and Materiel Management Information Systems preferred.
Excellent organizational, analytical and decision making skills.
Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills.
Excellent presentation and communications skills.
Possesses leadership, project management and facilitation skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of people in a professional and effective manner.
Bachelor’s Degree or previous related experience in a healthcare setting.
Four years experience in contracting for supplies, service and maintenance.
Experienced negotiator and excellent working knowledge of contract management concepts and techniques, preferably in a hospital setting.
Previous experience with supplies management activities relating to contractual performance.
Hands-on experience with product conversions and project management.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Controller
We are working with a booming company that is ranked #1 nationally in what they do. This dynamic organization has an immediate need for a Controller to work in a very sharp and tight-knit team with excellent longevity.

Controller Responsibilities 
Distribute workloads, train, and coach accounting employees.
Perform financial reporting and gross margin analysis. 
Responsible for banking activities.
Manage and prepare budgetary and financial projections.
Manage financial planning tools and be the point of contact for the functionality of all accounting systems.
Support the continuous development and implementation of accounting policy, best practice, and process improvements.
Additional ad-hoc projects as needed. 

Controller Qualifications 
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent education and experience required; CPA preferred.
6+ years of accounting experience with a home-building or residential development background required.
Experience with ERP systems with intermediate to advanced Excel skills. 
Strong knowledge of GAAP.
Solid analytical mindset and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills, with ability to interact at all levels of the organization.
Organized multitasker with strong attention to detail and accuracy.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”
 

Controller 
Our Vancouver client is seeking a Controller to join their team. This company has been serving the west coast for 20+ years providing solutions to make businesses more efficient. The ideal candidate is adaptable to changing environments while looking for ways to improve processes.   

Controller Responsibilities
Maintain AR, AP, and payroll functions. 
Prepare and record journal entries, reconciling month-end balances. 
Assist with collecting on delinquent accounts. 
Verify transactions have proper approvals.
Code expenses for proper categorization and in the correct period.
Collect payroll timesheet data and assist with benefits administration.
File business & occupation and sales/use tax reports.
Support insurance renewals; maintain current COI’s and worker’s compensation.
Prepare annual budgets and budget vs actual reporting and variance analysis.

Controller Qualifications 
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
3+ years of accounting experience including intercompany AP/AR functions. 
Strong knowledge of US GAAP. 
Experience with QuickBooks Desktop a plus. 
Intermediate Excel skills. 
Excellent communication skills. 
Highly flexible with a self-starter attitude. 

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Corporate Communications Manager
Our client is looking for a Corporate Communications Manager to join their Marketing team in Beaverton, Oregon. 

The Corporate Communications Manager will manage their external and internal communications. The right candidate will have an executive presence, know how to create and manage a holistic communications strategy and promote a positive public image for the company. This person will also need to work closely with executive leadership and develop the trust and rapport to develop professional communications and control the dissemination of information on the company’s behalf.

Phenomenal communication and writing skills are a must in addition to understanding an organization’s culture and the brand’s voice in the market. Experience in corporate communications, PR, and developing industry leadership presentations are important requirements to be successful. Your enthusiasm and positive attitude will help you gain the trust of colleagues and external parties alike.
 
Corporate Communications Manager Responsibilities
Develop effective corporate communication strategies and plans.
Manage internal communications and ensure that the company vision/mission, strategy, values, and key accomplishments are effectively communicated and understood throughout the organization.
Manage the PR program at the national and local level. Draft content (e.g. press releases) for mass media or company website.
Organize initiatives and plan events or press conferences.
Liaise with media and handle requests for interviews, statements etc.
Foster relationships with senior executives, partners, advocates and key influencers.
Proven ability to quickly internalize high level business strategy and connect the dots across the company to write targeted communications that are relevant, meaningful, and educational for various segments.
Collaborate with executive leaders, managers and marketing team members to identify internal communication needs.  Develop and execute plans.
Managing our presence and reputation locally. Proactively seek mitigation solutions in cases of bad publicity and effects on company/brand reputation.
Assist in development and communication of strategies and messages from senior leadership including keynotes, key customer and industry meetings.
Manage the Gold Deck process and set of information that can be tailored to multiple audiences but presents a compelling and consistent voice to the market.
 
Corporate Communications Manager Qualifications
8 years + of professional communications experience in all areas of Corporate communications including Marcom, PR, and internal.
Proven experience as a communications manager for executive leadership team.
Experience in copywriting, editing, and presentations.
Experience and knowledge managing Press relations, publications and the media.
Motivated self-starter with outstanding organizational and planning abilities.
Solid understanding of project management principles.
Experience in social media and content production is a plus.
Working knowledge of MS Office and Google Suite; photo and video-editing software is an asset.
Polished verbal written and oral communications and presentation skills.
Can manage timely issues and high risk communication activities as they arise.
Experience managing confidential and sensitive communications.
Events management and ability to facilitate large meetings and act as master of ceremonies.
Proficient command of English language.
BSc/BA in public relations, communications or relevant field.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Creative Director
Our client is seeking a Creative Director to join their Marketing team in Beaverton, Oregon.

The Creative Director is responsible for developing and executing messaging platforms for company and product brands, and all creative strategies for product and/or service initiatives. Creative strategies must support the achievement of the business' strategic objectives and revenue goals.

The Creative Director is a leader who inspires the creative team to deliver content that engages and feeds the funnel in a well-established, first-class marketing organization. The ability to think outside and inside the box from different angles of vision is required to appeal to a variety of target audiences within multi-sided network business.

The Creative Director works closely with the Vice-President of Marketing, and the Marketing Director.

Creative Director Responsibilities
Develops and shapes the go-to-market "story" for the business that supports effective product, sales, brand execution and information leadership initiatives.
Manages the creative execution of the brand experience, and conveys value proposition across all marketing channels
Together with key stakeholders, develops marketing strategies and measurable department goals that support the achievement of business objectives.
Manages multiple priorities and produces quality creative, that responds to dynamic market conditions, and a rapidly changing competitive environment.
Directs the creative execution of web content, marketing materials, media, press activities, social media and other lead generation tactics, consistent with brand guidelines.
Leads strategic brainstorming sessions, creative brief and campaign development, and directs creative execution.
Defines the content, identifies keynote speakers and collaborates with stakeholders to produce the annual User Conference, our signature customer event.
With the Product Development department, ensures brand implementation is consistent with brand experience.
Manages media relationships for the most effective distribution of messaging and positioning,
Directs outside agencies, freelancers and other contractors who assist with marketing activities.
Understands the cost-effectiveness (ROI} and overall value of creative programs and activities, and strives for constant improvement.
Other duties as assigned.

Creative Director Managerial Responsibilities
Manages a team of copywriters and designers, and inspires innovative thinking that results in business goal achievement.
Carries out supervisory responsibilities according to the organization's policies and applicable laws.
Manages contract relationships including: defining and monitoring the delivery of work scope within budget limits.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Creative Services Writer
Our client is hiring a Creative Services Writer for their team in Portland, Oregon. As a Creative Services Writer you will provide support in copywriting, message development, proofreading and editing for sales, marketing, events, sponsorships and brand collateral. Work in conjunction with marketing strategists, brand team and other key stakeholders, managing some projects while working with Creative Director, Lead Writer and/or Senior Writer’s direction on others. Additionally, the Creative Services Writer is a strategic thinker who can simplify complex content and give it a conversational voice.

Creative Services Writer Responsibilities
Provides copywriting/editing for print, digital, web and other marketing channels.
Opportunity to collaborate on major campaigns from concept through production.
Supports the monitoring and enforcement of branding guidelines.
Follows established processes, including adherence to legal, regulatory and corporate editorial standards.
Ability to learn our companies’ products, services, strategies and operations, then apply that knowledge in developing communications and marketing deliverables.
Edits/proofs and versions collateral coming out of Creative Services and other areas as needed, reviewing for content accuracy, brand integrity and appropriateness of style and usage.
Applies knowledge of customer and business issues in developing and delivering projects.
Opportunity to work with department heads, marketing managers and other internal stakeholders to accurately identify the best solution for clients and translate ideas into compelling creative concepts.
Collaborates with business partners to create enticing and innovative messages, consistent with business goals.
Interprets and follows established branding guidelines, participating in all stages of collateral development.
Maintains an in-depth knowledge of our family of health plans and associated products, services, strategies and operations, then applies that knowledge in developing communications deliverables.

Creative Services Writer Qualifications
Advertising writing and proofreading skills.
Ability to turn complex subject matter into easy-to-understand language.
Strong attention to detail and thorough knowledge of AP style, grammar and usage rules.
Proactive and enthusiastic communicator with a positive outlook.
Ability to develop working relationships with internal and external business partners.
Team player with excellent relationship and communication skills.
Willingness to learn and take creative direction from senior team members.
Knowledge of marketing concepts and strategies.
Ability to work independently, handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet aggressive deadlines for creative-driven work.
Flexibility in dealing with changing schedules and multiple points of view.
Exceptional persuasive and advertising writing skills
Superior ability to write compelling content that effectively targets the intended audience
Excellent relationship and matrix management skills and the ability to motivate and inspire clients, co-workers and peers
Strong knowledge base in marketing concepts and strategies
Normally to be proficient in the competencies listed above:
Four-year degree in Communications, English, Journalism and/or related field, 5+ years of professional copywriting experience (specifically for B2B, B2C and corporate marketing programs), as a creative marketing writer, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 
Health insurance knowledge and agency experience a plus.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Credit Manager
Our client is seeking a Credit Manager to join their team in the heart of Portland, Oregon. This is a great opportunity to gain experience at a well-known company while showcasing your management skills and knowledge with collections and AR.

Credit Manager Responsibilities 
Manage credit staff members and oversee their day-to-day.
Post and allocate receivables, order management, collections, reconciliations, and credit limits. 
Maintain strong cash flows; resolve chargebacks and pay issues; monitor portfolios for trends.
Control bad debt and expenses; monitor receivables for trends and enforce stops to new credit.
Work along with collection agencies and outside legal contacts as needed; Be the main contact for credit insurance.
Negotiate terms and payment plans with internal stakeholders and customers.
Prepare AR/cash flow forecasting reports.
Establish policies and ensure compliance within collection activities.

Credit Manager Qualifications 
Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting.
3+ years’ commercial credit experience highly preferred; experience managing a team.
Experience the in consumer goods industry a plus.
Proficient with Microsoft Office products. 
Excellent communication and negotiation skills with a focus in customer service.
Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
 

Cryptography and Secure Computation Researcher 
Our client is seeking a Cryptography and Secure Computations Researcher to join their team in Portland, Oregon. They tackle the hardest problems in computer science. They are a team of researchers and engineers who enjoy the challenge of problems that have never been solved before. Their mission is to assure trust in critical systems, including cryptosystems, that protect the privacy and integrity of information in the real world. They are currently seeking researchers to develop cryptographic techniques to assure this kind of information security for the last mile: during computation. The techniques they draw on include multi-party computation, homomorphic encryption, functional encryption, private information retrieval, program obfuscation, and zero-knowledge proofs.

Our clients engineers participate in one or more projects concurrently, and specific roles vary greatly according to skills, interests, and company needs. Your role might include cryptographic research, prototype development, diving deep to understand what our clients’ requirements really mean, formally verifying key aspects of our prototypes, or project leadership. 
Research that leads to publication is highly encouraged, providing lots of opportunity for advancing the state of the art.

Cryptography and Secure Computation Researcher Qualifications
Minimum of a MS in computer science or mathematics. 
PhD in CS or mathematics desired but optional.
Required Technical Expertise.
Significant fundamental or applied research focus in cryptography, and in particular, secure computation.
Demonstrated capability to take theoretical constructions and turn them into working implementations, and then optimize them toward practical use.
A pragmatic understanding of building practical, performant systems that incorporate such advanced cryptosystems into a smoothly integrated whole that meets the needs of our clients.
Must work well with customers, including building rapport, identifying needs, and communicating with strong written, verbal, and presentation skills. 
Must be highly motivated and able to self-manage to deadlines and quality goals expected by those customers.
They are seeking people who can invent, learn, think, and inspire.
creativity and thrive on collaboration are rewarded.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Customer Service Representative
Our client in Portland is seeking a Customer Service Representative to join their team. This company has an amazing entrepreneurial, relaxed and fun culture!

Customer Service Representative Responsibilities 
Communicate with customers through various channels (telephone, email, and live chat).
Answer product and service inquiries and make suggestions based on knowledge of product line.
Update customer account information and maintain records.
Resolve product and service issues and identify solutions; follow up with customers.
Assist with various projects with other departments. 

Customer Service Representative Qualifications 
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
Able to coordinate multiple projects and manage competing priorities. 
Proficient in using various computer systems (MS Office, CRM software).
Strong problem-solving skills.
Ability to maintain a positive, empathetic and professional attitude.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

CX / UX Lead
Our client is looking for a Lead UX Designer to join their team in Beaverton, OR.

The right candidate will be joining their UX team to help increase customer retention and loyalty via solid user experience. Their goal is to make our client a company that customers and employees love. They are looking for designers who can lead by empathy and be the voice of the customer.

CX / UX Lead Responsibilities 
Facilitating design thinking with workshops, customer journeys and user flows.
Creating quick prototypes using hand sketches, wireframes and prototypes exploring customer needs
Working with UX researchers to conduct early and continued user testing
Sharing interactive artifacts and explaining concepts to product managers and developers. Presenting designs to senior leadership
Publishing design components to the design system repository and help keep the style guide updated.

CX / UX Lead Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, the individual must be a seasoned user experience designer with 4 - 7 years of experience designing web and mobile applications.
You should have a comprehensive portfolio of web and mobile app design, examples of sketching and lo-to-hi-fidelity prototypes.
Demonstrate deep knowledge of heuristics, user research, user workflow, journey mapping, information architecture design, and ability to evaluate design concepts.
Familiarity with mobile technologies and interactions.
Proficient in design and rapid prototyping tools like Axure, Figma, Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite.
Experience in leading design efforts within a corporate, agency or both.
Proficient in Agile methodologies and working and working within a Scrum framework.
Have a high degree of attention to detail, be a self-starter who thrives on responsibility and accountability.
Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in related fields such as Interaction.
Design/ HCI, Product Design, Cognitive Engineering/ Human Factors, Psychology.
Having broad expertise or unique knowledge, uses skills to contribute to the development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
Barriers to entry such as technical committee review exist at this level.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Cyber Security Analyst
Our client is looking for a skilled Cyber Security Analyst for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Cyber Security Analyst Responsibilities
Designs, tests, and implements state-of-the-art secure operating systems, networks, and database products. 
Conducts risk assessment and provides recommendations for application design. 
Involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access. 
May use encryption technology, penetration and vulnerability analysis of various security technologies, and information technology security research. 
May prepare security reports to regulatory agencies. 

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Data Analyst
Our client is hiring a Data Analyst for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. This project is centered around identifying and driving efficiencies in the reporting space in support of one of our specialty teams. This role will report into North America Demand Planning but will intersect closely with key cross-functional partners including Sales, Merchandising, Finance and Inventory Planning. 

Data Analyst Responsibilities
Project Scope:
Take inventory of existing reporting in specialty team.
Deliver workload assessment of current state.
Identify opportunities for efficiency and standardization.
Develop and implement reporting solutions to enable future state vision.

Additional Responsibilities
Generates reports and regular datasets or report information for end- users using system tools and database or data warehouse queries and scripts. 
Integrates data from multiple sources to produce requested or required data elements. 
Programs and maintains report forms and formats, information dashboards, data generators, canned reports and other end- user information portals or resources. 
May create specifications for reports based on business requests.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Data Analyst
Our client is looking for a Data Analyst to join their team. For this position, the selected candidate will assist in the maintenance and development of reporting solutions using OTBI/OBIEE. This includes troubleshooting new reports, maintenance and update of current report solutions and dashboards, and development of new reports and dashboards. Responsibilities also include testing and troubleshooting HCM quarterly release upgrades, update of test scripts, process improvement of testing procedures, and exploration into alternative automated testing tools.

Data Analyst Qualifications 
SQL – Familiarity with SQL, including unions, joins. 
Understand and manipulate data using excel to provide data insights. 
Familiar with common application testing practices including regression testing. 
General problem solving skills. 
Ability to troubleshoot application/testing processes. 
Communicate the results of analytic solutions into business language.

Preferred:
OTBI/OBIEE Reporting, HCM Talent Suite, Automated Testing, BA/BS degree in MIS, CS or other computer related discipline.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Data Engineer
Our client is hiring a Data Engineer for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Data Engineer Responsibilities
Develop and support data solutions in support of Supply Chain Planning reporting and analytics requirements.
Engage with product owner, technology lead, report developers, product analysts, and business partners to understand capability requirements and develop data solutions based on product backlog priorities.

Data Engineer Qualifications
5+ years of experience with data engineering with emphasis on data analytics and reporting.
Experience developing with scripting languages such as Shell and Python.
Strong experience developing with PySpark, preferably leveraging AWS EMR managed service.
Expert experience with SQL and Relational database engineering (Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata)— expert-level SQL abilities.
Experience with agile delivery methodologies– Scrum, SAFe, Extreme Programming.
Experience working with source-code management tools such as GitHub and Jenkins.
Ability to partner with business and technology team members, to understand business requirements and translate those into value-add technology solutions.

Preferred:
Experience developing solutions in Snowflake.
Experience with workload automation tools such as Airflow, Autosys.
Knowledge of building solutions with data visualization and reporting tools (Tableau, Cognos).
Knowledge of Supply Chain Operations / Manufacturing business processes and objectives.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Data Engineer
Our client is looking for a Data Engineer to join their team. You will be part of an organization that is revolutionizing technology platforms and architecting a data and analytics landscape that is simplified, modern, flexible. 

As a Data Engineer within the North America Marketplace Analytics team, you will be a key member of a growing and passionate group focused on collaborating across business and technology resources to drive forward key programs and projects building enterprise data & analytics capabilities across the company.

Data Engineer Responsibilities
Good understanding and application of modern data processing technology stacks. For example, Snowflake, SQL, Spark, Hadoop ecosystem technologies, and others.
Design and build product features in collaboration with business and IT.
Design reusable components, frameworks, libraries like User Defined Functions.
Build continuous integration and test-driven development environment.
Performance/scalability tuning, algorithms and computational complexity.
Develop architecture and design patterns to process and store high volume data sets.
Participate in an Agile / Scrum methodology to deliver high - quality software releases every 2 weeks through Sprints.
Troubleshoot production support issues post - deployment and come up with solutions as required.

Data Engineer Qualifications 
A Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology or related field.
2+ years’ experience in a professional organization collaborating across multiple functions.
Familiarity with Agile project delivery methods.
Experience with AWS components and services (E.G. EMR, S3, and Lambda).
Experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket/GitHub and scheduling tools like Airflow.
Strong programming, Python, shell scripting and SQL.
Good understanding of file formats including JSON, Parquet, Avro, and others.
Experience with data warehouses/RDBMS like Oracle, Teradata, Snowflake.
Experience with data warehousing, dimensional modeling and ETL development.
Demonstrable ability to quickly learn new tools and technologies.
Machine learning frameworks & statistical analysis with Python, R or similar.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
Passion for data with demonstrated ability to use data to tell a story and influence decision making.
Detail oriented with strong information seeking skills.

Competencies:
Effective communicator.
Broad business process and systems understanding.
Analytical and focused.
Strategic thinking and tactical execution.
Continuous learner.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Data Engineer
Our client is hiring a Data Engineer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Data Engineer Responsibilities
Develop and support data solutions in support of Supply Chain Planning reporting and analytics requirements.
Engage with product owner, technology lead, report developers, product analysts, and business partners to understand capability requirements and develop data solutions based on product backlog priorities.

Data Engineer Qualifications
5+ years of experience with data engineering with emphasis on data analytics and reporting.
Experience developing with scripting languages such as Shell and Python.
Strong experience developing with PySpark, preferably leveraging AWS EMR managed service.
Expert experience with SQL and Relational database engineering (Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata)— expert-level SQL abilities.
Experience with agile delivery methodologies– Scrum, SAFe, Extreme Programming.
Experience working with source-code management tools such as GitHub and Jenkins.
Ability to partner with business and technology team members, to understand business requirements and translate those into value-add technology solutions.

Preferred:
Experience developing solutions in Snowflake.
Experience with workload automation tools such as Airflow, Autosys.
Knowledge of building solutions with data visualization and reporting tools (Tableau, Cognos).
Knowledge of Supply Chain Operations / Manufacturing business processes and objectives.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Data Engineer
Our client is looking for a Data Engineer to join their team. The Healthcare Intelligence Data Engineer designs and builds modern data-centric software applications to support clinical and operational processes across all parts of the health system. These applications leverage cloud computing, big data, mobile, data science, and modern software development methodologies and frameworks. Builds the data pipelines, enrichment processes, provisioning layers, APIs and user interfaces to meet the requirements of key initiatives. Enjoys a fast pace and has a focus on regular delivery. Seeks simple solutions to complex problems through the use of modern and emerging methods and tools. Emphasizes sharing and enables collaboration with meticulous source control and documentation. Works closely with the Product, Platform, and Architecture teams to deliver on joint efforts.

Data Engineer Responsibilities 
Design, build and deliver quantitative applications that improve operations and generate value.
Participate in Devops, Agile, and continuous integration frameworks. 
Stay abreast of emerging technologies, open source projects, and best practices in the field. 
Data warehousing, big data, enterprise search, business intelligence, analytics, modern and mobile applications. 
Build processes that are fault-tolerant, self-healing, reliable, resilient and secure. 
Work effectively and in real-time with other developers, product managers, and customers to deliver on collective goals. 
Actively participate in code reviews, support the overall code base, and support the establishment of standard processes and frameworks. 
Take an open and transparent approach to the work by sharing code and expertise, by consulting peers for problem-solving, and by being a mentor to your peers.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Data Engineering Developer
Our client, a software consulting and engineering firm in Beaverton, OR, is seeking a Data Engineering Developer. In this role, you will serve as the technical expert responsible for development and implementation of BI, Analytics, & Big Data solutions providing high-value, timely analytics and data solutions to customers. You will be responsible for developing all data solutions as designed by the Data Engineering Tech Lead.

A successful candidate will have 4-6 years of experience with a combination of Cloud & On-Premise Data Solutions with a variety of database & ETL tools and platforms. A successful candidate will have very strong SQL & Python technical abilities to provide clients with custom solutions as needed.

Data Engineering Developer Qualifications
5+ years DW/Data Lake development.
3+ years’ experience with both SQL & NoSQL database platforms.
AI/ML exposure and/or interest.
Experience on AWS and/or Azure.
Hand’s-on experience w/ SQL & Python.
Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical colleagues.
Ability to lead a meeting and present technical information to groups of mixed technical ability.
Experience in a consulting or customer-facing role.
Travel Limited local travel between Portland Metro clients is expected for this position.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Data Engineering Tech Lead
Our client, a software consulting and engineering firm in Beaverton, OR, is seeking a Data Engineering Tech Lead. In this highly visible role, you will serve as the technical expert responsible for design and implementation of BI, Analytics, & Big Data solutions providing high-value, timely analytics and data solutions to customers. You will be responsible for verifying requirements, defining architecture, developing an implementation plan, providing thought leadership for all data solutions, including designing data solutions that meet and exceed customer expectations.

You will also provide direction to developers overseeing the development, unit testing and documentation for the developed solution and develop strong customer relationships for ongoing business. For success in this role, you will be experienced with the Cloud-based Data Solution Architectures, Software Development Life Cycle (including both Agile & Waterfall), Data Engineering and ETL tools/platforms, and data modeling practices.

Data Engineering Tech Lead Qualifications
7+ years Data Warehouse/Data Lake Architecture and Development.
5 + years Data Modeling & Architecture.
Experience on Cloud Solutions (both AWS & Azure).
ETL/ELT Pipelines.
Non-Relational Database experience (Document DB, Graph DB, etc.).
AI/ML experience (Jupiter&/Python).
API/Embedded experience.
Expertise in SQL, Python & Scala.
Data prep.
Experience leading a technical team.
Moderate experience with client engagement & aligning others to your ideas/solutions.
Ability to clarify/translate customer requirements into Epics/Stories & remove ambiguity.
Ability to mentor other DE team members.
Ability to present to groups of mixed technical ability.
Participate in & facilitate interviews of future DE teammates.
Performs other duties as assigned.
1-3 years consulting or IS consulting experience.
Understanding of core business intelligence (BI)/data warehousing technology: RDBMS, Web, Client/ Server, and OLAP skills.
Limited local travel between Portland Metro clients is expected for this position.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Data Entry Specialist
Our client is hiring a Data Entry Specialist for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Data Entry Specialist Responsibilities
Monitor and update status in electronic forms database and enter data into the HR system in a timely and accurate manner. 
Analyze each employment change prior to entry and ensure it will not adversely affect the employee's payroll, benefits, or taxes. 
Data entry may include but is not limited to, employee status changes, terminations, internal hires, reorganizations, and use of correction mode as needed. 
Provide back up support for other team members as needed. 
Audit data entry by other Data Management team members including the audit of work by new team members. 
Provide feedback and training to team members regarding department processes.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Data Modeler
Our client is hiring a Data Modeler for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Data Modeler Responsibilities
Designs and develops IT architecture (integrated process, applications, data and technology) solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards. 
Analyzes needs and requirements of existing and proposed products/services, applications, and service offerings, and develops technical, structural, and organizational specifications. 
Assesses the compatibility and integration of products/services proposed as standards in order to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies.
May create standards and/or do modeling to monitor and enhance capacity and performance.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Data Science Engineer
Our client is hiring a motivated and experienced Data Science Engineer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. This is a unique opportunity to enhance & upgrade our next generation Data Science Platform that supports a dynamic team of data scientists, data engineers, and data analysts, all working on related projects. We are looking for strong experience in Python, AWS, Machine Learning/Data Science, CI/CD integration and the ability work with cross functional team. The work will also involve building and incorporate automated unit & integration tests into the Data science platform

Data Science Engineer Qualifications
Programming: Python.
Big Data / Hadoop: 2 years, experience with Spark or Hive desired.
AWS: 2 years.
Experience building Machine Learning/Data Science applications.
Version Control: Experience with version control platforms (Git, BitBucket).
Good understanding of file formats including Parquet, Avro, JSON and others.
Agile/Kanban/Scrum experience.
Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work well and thrive in a fast-moving culture with complex technology applications.
BS in Computer Science or related field.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Delivery Manager
Our client is hiring a Delivery Manager for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon. As a Delivery Manager, you will be an integral part of the team that enables our organization to bring its world-class products and experiences to market. You will work across a number of teams to understand portfolio roadmaps, programs and projects and key value drops.  You will be responsible for driving effective release framework across multiple teams and geographies and the ability to develop, coordinate and execute the plan(s) to deliver those efforts to production will be keys to success.  

Delivery Manager Responsibilities
Driving effective delivery framework and governance across multiple teams and geographies. 
A deep understanding and ability to manage all change activity from planning through testing, to deployment. 
Risk management, contingency planning for individual or multiple releases of any size.
Work with support and operations teams to ensure what is delivered to production is production ready and supported from delivery to stabilization.
Work and communicate effectively at multiple levels within the organization through written and verbal communications, both formal and informal.
Partner closely with product, program, quality, release engineering, engineering and technology partners to continually improve release processes, achieve efficiencies, and deliver a quality product on time.
Drive to a global release cadence that defines the cycles, structures, and required oversight to deliver products and experiences to production.
Define and publish key metrics that demonstrate the effectiveness of releases as well as areas of improvement for the Release management framework.
Partner closely and continually with product, program, quality, engineering, support, and release teams to align on scope, release cadence, delivery and support requirements.
Partner with the business and IT stakeholders to drive release scheduling decisions.
Provide status reports to key internal/external stakeholders.
Provide visibility of scheduled releases to stakeholders.
Manage go/no-go, decision checkpoint, and retrospective meetings with release stakeholders.
Manage execution of release activities from production release through release stabilization.
Expertise in the function of Release Management, implementation, and program delivery. 
Executes Release Management processes for the organization.  
Schedules, coordinates, and manage releases across digital and/or technology platforms that may include applications, middleware, hardware and infrastructure.

Delivery Manager Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business, Engineering, or a related field; 2+ additional years of professional experience in lieu of a degree.
Has developed a deep understanding and practical application of standard release process(s), agile methodologies and technical capabilities (including agile - lean, continuous delivery).
Expertise working with teams who use development and deployment automation tools in the software development and deployment lifecycle.
Demonstrated skills in delivering technology to production across multiple teams in an agile framework.
Demonstrated ability to influence across an organization.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience communicating to a wide range of stakeholders including senior management, executive leadership, and technical teams.
Experience delivering applications, middleware, infrastructure, hardware, continuous delivery from pre-production to complex production environments.
Proven track record of implementing effective processes and continuous improvement.
Experience Continuous Integration/Delivery is preferred.
Experience operating in a continually transforming, fast-paced, complex, high visibility environment with multiple competing priorities.
Deep understanding of release management processes; understanding of environment management.
Strong analytical experience including defining Key Performance Indicators, Operational Level agreements and experience dealing with vendor Service Level Agreements and integrating into delivery / release management processes where applicable.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Demand Manager
Our client is seeking an Demand manager to join their team in Canby, OR. This position is responsible to lead the demand generation activities for multiple brands and business units, including the divisions Screaming Circuits and San Diego PCB Design.

This position will develop, lead and execute integrated lead generation and demand generation campaigns by employing the right mix of inbound, outbound, event, and paid media strategies. With the goal of building and optimizing a lead-to-opportunity funnel to support revenue growth.

Responsibilities
Responsible for demand and lead generation in the form of qualified sales leads and qualified, source-identified web site traffic for the company’s electronics manufacturing, on-demand manufacturing, design and layout divisions.
Work with the existing sales and marketing teams to develop a lead funnel process, including goals, schedules, tracking and metrics.
Manage advertising programs and activities, including PPC and other lead and web traffic generating paid ad programs.
Manage ongoing lead generation programs and campaigns.
Propose, develop and implement new programs to generate qualified leads and traffic.
Select events to participate in based on their potential for qualified lead generation and ROI, and participate in said events.
Work with the existing marketing team to create materials (both online and offline), messaging and processes to move leads through the funnel, ultimately leading to a customer purchasing decision.
Track lead source, lead closure and lead effectiveness metrics.
Develop CRM processes to manage and track leads through the sales funnel using Salesforce and proprietary tools.
The work performed in this job can only be done on site and attendance is an essential function of the job.
 
Qualifications
Minimum 4 years of experience in sales and/or marketing
Minimum 2 years of experience in a lead generation role
College degree highly preferred, but not required
Ability to clearly communicate with the team and others in the company.
Ability to handle the math to make it keep doing so.

Experience in e-commerce preferred
Experience with SalesForce preferred
Experience in manufacturing preferred
Legal, permanent right to work in the United States
Will be required to complete a Non-Disclosure agreement upon acceptance of position

While performing the duties of this position, employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Vision requirements include: close & distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Design Operations Manager
Our client is hiring an Operations Manager for their Design team in Beaverton, Oregon. As our Design Operations Manager, you'll be responsible for design operations, including calendar, design tools, and resource allocation to ensure timelines and business objectives are met. In partnership with design leadership, you'll shepherd the seasonal workload and process, build and maintain strong relationships with the product creation team, and provide experiences and guidance that maintains the highest level of competency among designers.

Design Operations Manager Responsibilities
Ensure all deadlines are met on time, with impeccable deliverables.
Continuously seek out ways to improve process and capabilities of a multi discipline creative team.
Anticipate and resolve creative challenges by using appropriate resources and/or solutions.
Maintain communication and clarity around project status.
Demonstrate link between daily work and company mission.
Manage one direct report.

Design Operations Manager Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 5 years industry experience.
Minimum 3 years’ experience as part of a product creation team.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
Experience managing and facilitating collaboration among diverse skill sets, including designers, product managers, and developers.
Strong attention to detail, organization, and time management skills.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
Flexibility and tolerance for ambiguity.
Ability to imagine a better future and bring it to life.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Desktop Support
Our client’s IT Asset Management uses integrated software solutions that work with all departments that are involved in the procurement, deployment, management and expense reporting of IT assets. IT Asset Management uses automation to manage the discovery of assets, so inventory can be compared to ownership information. They have a backlog of work due to the increased staff moves, this position is needed to help get caught up on staff moves and asset replacement work.

Desktop Support Qualifications
One year experience in direct customer voice and data communications, software, internal applications, hardware or operations support that includes providing support to staff in the operation, maintenance and installation of computer systems. 
Experience in desktop operating systems and/or desktop productivity suites is preferred. 
Experience using incident/ticketing and change management systems is also preferred.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

DevOps Engineer
Our client is currently seeking a DevOps Engineer to join their team in Beaverton, OR. This position will work collaboratively with IT infrastructure and software engineering to deploy and operate custom built applications and commercially available systems and applications. This position helps automate and streamline IT operations and processes, build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations. Additionally, the DevOps Engineers troubleshoot and resolve issues in all environments, including development, quality assurance, UAT and production - both on-premises and in the cloud.

DevOps Engineer Responsibilities
Create and maintain infrastructure as code in Azure using Terraform and Ansible.
Create Azure DevOps/Jenkins pipelines to automate code deploy/release and infrastructure creation/destruction.
Assist development team in refactoring legacy application to modern cloud native architecture.
Assist in troubleshooting and resolving production issues with Node.js microservices using ELK stack.
Collaborate across technical and business teams to speed delivery of their applications and foster open communication and learning.
 
DevOps Engineer Qualifications and Skills
4+ years relevant work experience.
Experience supporting cloud scalable high-performance data solutions preferably on Azure.
Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration and operations.
Experience with automation/configuration management using either Ansible, Chef or equivalent.
Experience with modern build strategies. Continuous delivery experience preferred.
Knowledge of Kubernetes administration.
Expert knowledge of Jenkins.
Experience with VMware virtual networking.
Experience with SQL and NoSQL.
Strong working understanding of code (JavaScript, YAML, PowerShell).
Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service.
Ability to effectively work in a team environment and independently as needed.
Ability to be on call after hours as needed.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

DevOps Engineer
Our client is hiring an experienced DevOps Engineer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

DevOps Engineer Qualifications
6+ years of experience in web technologies and application stacks built on Java 8 or higher and spring framework, JavaScript, Node.js, using microservices on cloud native architecture.
Experience architecting and implementing Amazon Web Services infrastructure and topologies (such as DynamoDB, EC2, S3, Lambdas, SQS, SNS, Kinesis).
Deep understanding and practical application of Devops, modern build strategies, continuous integration, unit testing, performance testing, test driven development, and automated unit/integration tests. 
Continuous delivery experience preferred.
Excellent foundation in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, MVC architecture, and design patterns.
Experience designing APIs and creating Java RESTful microservices.
Experience with both relational and No-SQL databases (Cassandra, DynamoDB etc.).
Experience with working in highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary development teams, delivering software utilizing an Agile Development process.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Working knowledge of Scrum and agile principles.
Energetic self-starter who can work in a complex collaborative environment that rewards experiments, initiative, curiosity and mentoring.
Knowledge of version control systems (GIT), issue tracking tools (Jira), and CI/CD related tools (Jenkins, TeamCity etc.).
Commitment to and hands-on experience in performing technical code reviews.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent work experience.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

DevOps Engineer
Our client is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join their team.

DevOps Engineer Responsibilities 
Develops action plans and processes, in coordination with management team, for integrating activities and optimizing department resources to meet major goals and objectives. 
Facilitates or performs application support, problem solving, and issue resolution with internal and external resources. 
Contributes and reviews recommendations for technical solutions. 
Manages and/or contributes to the technical components of the RFP process. 
Resolves issues and determines options for issue resolution and risk mitigation. 
Defines and communicates requirements for technical environments and determines the technical Provides technical estimates for project budget input to Senior/Project Manager. 
Leads and owns engagements with software vendors to ensure that code and configuration requirements and deliverables are met. 
Enforces architecture, governance, security, and global process standards to system changes and deployments. 
Coordinates compliance issue identification and remediation. 
Collaborates with other teams on integration needs/design. 
Contributes to database design and creates critical-path, high-risk, advanced technical designs. 
Approves proof of concept efforts and reviews results. 
Enforce company and department architectural direction and ensure consistent technical approach within department. 
Decide on engineering tools based on recommendations. 
Allocate resources based on performance monitoring and tuning results. 
Manage and enforce performance thresholds and standards. 
Review and approve performance test results, recommendations, and tuning results. 
Oversee and is responsible for the creation of test plans, test execution, and validation of test results.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

DevOps Engineer 
Our client is hiring a DevOps Engineer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. As a DevOps Engineer, your role on the team will include designing, developing and supporting the technology behind our website as well as core components of our AWS implementation.  We need someone with strong experience in AWS infrastructure, functional programming and deep understanding of working in a DevOps model.

DevOps Engineer Qualifications
Deep understanding and experience with AWS infrastructure, especially CloudFormation, Lambdas, EC2 and AWS API Gateway.
5 to 10 years of functional programming experience using Scala or Clojure, Haskell, Rust. Python experience is a plus.
Experience and significant knowledge with REST API design and HTTP fundamentals.
Have significant experience consuming and creating web services, with a good understanding of API design.
Have significant experience working in the modern Java ecosystem with knowledge of at least one build tool (mvn, sbt, gradle, etc.), library dependency management, and at least one JVM language (Java, Scala, Kotlin, etc.).
3 to 5 years working in a full DevOps model, using unit testing to drive code quality & supporting code after it has been deployed.
Experience in using tools like Jenkins, Splunk, SignalFX, Atlassian suite, IntelliJ Idea.
Experience working in an agile environment.
Proven ability to work as part of a team and recognized importance of being a strong team player.
Strong organizational skills (multi-tasking) and a self-motivator.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience with Infrastructure security is a plus.

Preferred Skills:
Languages: Scala, Java 8+, Python.
Platforms: EC2, Lambda, Kinesis. 
Techniques: Functional Programming, High Availability.
OSes: Linux, MacOS.
Databases: SQL.
Tools: Jenkins, Splunk, SignalFX, Atlassian suite, IntelliJ Idea, JIRA.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

DevOps Engineer
Our client is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join their team in Beaverton, OR.
 
DevOps Engineer Responsibilities
Maintains confidentiality of and its clients’ proprietary information.
Works closely with Data Engineering and Data Scientist Teams, supporting and improving processes.
Contributes to the on-time, accurate data delivery via a large and complex data platform in AWS.
Contribute to our continuous data availability, via execution of best practice disaster recovery planning.
Performs complex root cause analysis of problems and subsequently, make and implement recommendations to prevent future occurrences or customer impact.
Defines develops and deploys system monitoring requirements and thresholds as well as corrective actions. Improves system reliability via predictive analysis.
Participates in production incident and escalation management calls. Manages and oversees incidents to resolution.
Manages systems failure risks including critical change review and validation.
Identifies, designs and develops self-healing responses to production data pipeline issues.
Identifies and writes tools that will help automate common and critical tasks.
Designs builds, automates and deploys highly available, robust, resilient and secure solutions.
Documents all operational processes and procedures to optimize the support and management of deployed systems. Demonstrates proficiency in establishing repeatable processes.
Interacts in a cooperative and professional manner, with all levels of employees, vendors and/or clients, in a team environment.
Organizes tasks and resources to complete work and meet deadlines according to established departmental procedures.
Work on all the data types across the enterprise.
Support the data requirements of the different functional teams.
Collaborate with team members to select the right data platform technologies to meet the analytics requirements.
Support the Enterprise Data Governance model and actively promote the concept of data sharing, data reuse, data quality, and data standards.
Serve as data authority and demonstrate an understanding of key data management principles and data use.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to communicate in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates information/data to make decisions.
 
DevOps Engineer Qualifications
Three to five years’ experience in a Cloud Engineer (preferably AWS) role or related position.
Can evolve and extend Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment infrastructure.
Knowledge of web services, API, REST aπnd RPC.
Strong awareness of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, and distributed networks.
AWS Certifications.
Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to stay focused on completing tasks and meeting goals within a busy workspace.
Interest in Cloud Engineering and its impact on greater business practices.
Skilled at working in tandem with a team of engineers, or alone as required.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

DevOps Engineer – AWS Big Data
Our client is looking for a DevOps Engineer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. We are looking for a DevOps engineer with a systems background and AWS operational experience.  This role will provide advanced operations support for Big Data workflows and contribute to DevOps automation and system improvements supporting our Big Data platform users. 

DevOps Engineer Key Experience
AWS operational experience.
Hadoop ETL workloads (Hive, Spark, Presto).
DevOps (GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform).
Python, Linux shell scripting.
Experience supporting & sustaining engineering teams.

DevOps Engineer Responsibilities
Advanced support and infrastructure deployment for job scheduling workloads (Airflow/AWS EMR).
Support infrastructure operations for AWS cloud-based services and ensure SLAs are achieved or exceeded.
Improve our infrastructure by developing and improving our CI/CD workflows and pipelines that provide stable and repeatable infrastructure and builds.
Contribute to and support container based infrastructure (EKS, Kubernetes).
Enhance observability through improved monitoring and alerting.
Provide advanced engineering support services (L3 support):
Drive root cause analysis for common problems.
Provide status updates to users and stakeholders.
Track all details in the issue tracking system (Service Now).
Assist with training and onboarding for new end users.
Contribute to Agile / Kanban workflows and team process work.
Other operations and support duties as needed.

DevOps Engineer Qualifications
BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

AWS: 
3 years’ experience including: EMR, EC2, S3, VPC, Athena, ElasticSearch, etc. Advanced experience with IAM policy and role management. Experience with container systems is desired – EKS, ECR, Kubernetes, Docker.

Infrastructure Operations: 
3+ years supporting systems infrastructure operations, upgrades, deployments, and monitoring.  Ability to keep systems running at peak performance, upgrade operating systems, patching, and version upgrades as required.
CI/CD: 
Experience with CI/CD methodologies and environments.  
Experience with Terraform, Jenkins or Circle-CI and GitHub. 
GitOps exposure is a plus.

Programming: 
2+ years’ experience programming with Python. 
Experience with Bash, REST APIs, and JSON encoding.

Linux: 
5+ years in Unix systems engineering with experience in Red Hat Linux, Centos or Ubuntu.

Security: 
Experience implementing role-based security methodologies, including AD integration, security policies, and auditing/logging in a Linux/AWS environment.

Networking: 
Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking, HTTPS, load-balancers (ELB, HAProxy) and high availability architecture.
Agile/Scrum/Kanban experience.  
Collaborate with Project Managers, Product Managers, QA and Engineering teams to deliver results.
Demonstrated good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. 
Ability to work well with data engineer as end users.
Proven track record of success in fast-moving organizations with complex technology applications.

Preferred:
Workflow Orchestration:
Job scheduler experience with Airflow.

AWS Certification:
Certification in AWS.

Containers:
Knowledge of working with containers and orchestration tools such as Docker, AWS EKS, ECS, Kubernetes.

Monitoring:
ands on experience with monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch, SignalFX.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Digital Content Writer
Our client is hiring a Digital Content Writer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. As a Digital Content Writer, you’ll support us by arming our consumer services teams with the knowledge they need to help consumers get the most out of their experience. You’ll be part of a flexible, fast-moving culture made up of multi-talented team players who prize collaboration, but who also have the individual confidence and discipline to tackle complex independent projects. You’ll need to be a skilled writer, including being able to explain the complex in simple terms and using the correct voice. And because our world is continuously evolving, you’ll need to possess curiosity and a love of learning.

Digital Content Writer Responsibilities
Research, write and edit digital knowledge base content aimed at internal consumer services audiences.
Collaborate with internal partners and stakeholders on content needs, based on product and business developments across the company.
Manage existing content, including making timely updates and archiving what’s no longer needed.
Respond to internal feedback on content, including making updates to existing, or creating new, content when appropriate.
Promote new and/or updated content to internal audiences and stakeholders.
Work with geographically dispersed teammates to determine and address translation/localization needs.
Manage content projects from beginning to end.

Digital Content Writer Qualifications
A degree in Journalism, English, Marketing or Communications, or a minimum of two years’ additional equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.
Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in content creation, copywriting,  journalism or internal communications; experience in a customer service contact center or in other customer service roles a plus.
Experience writing for a brand, along with a deep understanding of applying brand voice.
The ability to take complex scenarios and processes and present them in simple terms.
Experience serving clients or customers and adept at relationship-building. You’ll need to understand a service-based approach and possess the ability to maintain composure in tense situations, as well as the capacity to empathize with others.
Experience working with tight deadlines and the ability to organize and prioritize projects to make sure concurrent projects are finished on time.
Impeccable grammar and experience with copyediting.
Experience using website content management systems.
The ability to maintain discretion with sensitive information and to display sound judgment.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Digital Imaging Coordinator
Our client is hiring a Digital Imaging Coordinator for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. As our Digital Imaging Coordinator, you will manage seasonal production and quality for foundational digital imagery fueling cutting-edge selling experiences. You'll collaborate cross-functionally to ensure content meets Digital Go-to-Market standards and business expectations. You’ll also maintain project documentation and specifications for integration into our evolving digital standards. 

Digital Imaging Coordinator Responsibilities
Coordinate resources for 3D team to execute seasonal needs.
Work deeply with product data.
Managing seasonal digital imagery production while working through line volatility.
Track project status in project management tools and responsible to keep team updated for visibility.
Determine and work through the impact of project changes.
Perform QA of imagery and submitting reworks.
Closely communicate with our internal team and external vendors.
Create and maintain documentation of standards and best practices, visualization and tolerance guidelines.
Looked to for problem solving and advice to solve production related challenges.
Understand and use internal and external tools to and streamline production.

Digital Imaging Coordinator Qualifications
Ability to collaborate confidently and successfully within team environment.
Ability to prioritize multiple projects and tasks, and reliably meet deadlines.
Ability to work independently, identify opportunities and initiate solutions.
Have a sharp, keen eye for detail and organization.
Proficiency with Excel; experience performing VLOOKUPs.
Bachelor’s degree and equivalent work experience.
A minimum of 2-3 years’ work experience managing projects.
A minimum of 2-3 years’ in a digital asset creation role or environment, 3D industry is a plus.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Strong organization and executional skills.
Adobe Creative Suite experience preferred.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Digital Product Designer
Our client is hiring a Digital Product Designer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. As the Digital Product Designer, you'll generate new ways of thinking about how modern technologies and services can be used to craft innovative experiences and products. You’ll work with NXT partners including Footwear and Apparel Innovation teams to create game-changing experiences that elevate innovation concepts, as well as new disruptive capabilities that accelerate product creation. You’ll collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to explore new business opportunities, gather insights, and design intuitive, user-centered experiences that drive product design and development. You’ll collaborate with technology partners, vendors and creative partners to deliver innovative solutions in an ambiguous and constantly evolving environment.

You’ll produce both digital and physical design outputs, including user flows, personas, user journeys, wireframes, design comps, and motion studies—anything you need to help you articulate your ideas. You’ll balance hands-on execution of design deliverables with strategic and critical thinking to drive projects and collaborate with teams. Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate a combination of strategic, conceptual and design skills.

Digital Product Designer Responsibilities
Execute and own design deliverables, including conceptual models, personas, scenarios, user journeys/flows, wireframes, and visual designs.
Contribute to the experience strategy for various projects and collaborate with product owners to define requirements.
Uncover and understand business opportunities through user research and insights-gathering; synthesize insights to ground product strategies.
Evangelize user-centered thinking with partners and stakeholders to guide towards thoughtful process and technology change.
Educate and inspire team members by communicating an experience-based vision for the project while involving people at optimal levels for project success.
Lead meetings with key stakeholders; ensure that they meet the stated objectives and stay on agenda.
Ensure all deliverables are of the highest quality, including the management of visual QA and hand-offs to development teams.
Work in an independent fashion, solve problems, make decisions, and communicate effectively in difficult situations.
Be passionate about delivering a premium solution but find ways of producing it that do not jeopardize schedule and budget.
Facilitate meetings and make persuasive presentations.

Digital Product Designer Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Design, Art or related field.
Several examples of successfully launched projects that demonstrate strategic, conceptual and creative thinking.
At least 3+ years experience in digital product design, with a focus on experience or visual design.
A solid understanding and demonstration of user-centered design principles.
Demonstrated ability to lead the design of large and complex systems of interactions.
A solid understanding of what types of experiences are made possible by current digital technologies.
Ability to develop innovative design approaches to complex design problems.
Ability to collaborate as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as communicate and influence across organizations.
An innovator mindset with a propensity and passion for out-of-the-box thinking and ideation.
Must be organized, able to act independently, and able to switch rapidly between different projects in a fast-paced environment.
Can work with grace under pressure and operate effectively and proactively in an ambiguous environment.
Proficiency with Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Keynote, PowerPoint.
Experience conducting internal/external user research a plus.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Prefer deep expertise in one of the following areas: digital prototyping, product knowledge, creative & innovative problem-solving, design thinking, user research, motion graphics design, or environmental design.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Digital Project Coordinator
Our client is looking for a Digital Project Coordinator on their team. Your role as APLA-DGTM Samples & Digital Enablement support is:

Samples Operations & Process. Responsible for maintaining samples management system and work/partner with APLA territories to ensure samples process is flawlessly executed. You will work with global partners to provide troubleshooting and be the liaison with their logistics service provider in HK.

Digital Enablement Experience. Support and deliver innovative digital experiences in their HQ-KAPM sessions and in partnership with tech, enable our territories to execute those experiences. This includes requirements definition, functional design, plan / prioritization and execution.

Digital Project Coordinator Responsibilities 
Samples Support:
Fulfilling the duties of a product owner (SAS) including system management & training, requirements definition, build detailed business cases and advocate for new features, backlog prioritization, and feature roadmap creation.
Partnering with Territories to influence and align on objectives, scope, and requirements.
Maintaining a product scorecard to measure and report on the success of the experience.
Ongoing analysis of product KPIs and success metrics (i.e. DIFOT) and provide operational reports (i.e. Samples Tracking Report)
Ensure vendor/shared service deliverables and milestones are clear including tracking their progress towards feature completion and adjusting the team backlog accordingly.
Manage / organize our HQ Samples and Storage rooms
Provide our Logistics vendor with samples order information, assist in performing data validation and execute the GR (Goods Receipt) process.

Digital Enablement Support:
Attend production meetings and collaborate with other functions/key stakeholders to successfully execute the designed experience during KAPM sessions.
Understand the functionality of our digital tools and how these support & elevate the customer experience (be a key user)
Operate such experiences during APLA-HQ KAPM executions.
Formation and execution of PoC experiences & technology test/integration (HQ), gap analysis at territory level and if needed, create a plan to minimize those gaps.

Showroom Digital Enablement Support:
To deliver an elevated experience, assess current showroom journey/DE setup and provide insights on business impact and trade-offs between designed experiences and technology requirements.
Ensure our showrooms are ready to support commercial gates.

Digital Project Coordinator Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications or Technology. Prefer candidates with project management and/or tech integration experience.
5+ years of professional experience in technology project management, software applications or 2 years of experience in fields of sales, merchandising and/or technology.
2 years of additional relevant professional experience accepted in lieu of a degree.
Demonstrated experience with consumer-facing e-commerce experiences and platforms is strongly preferred.
Success in designing and facilitating requirement sessions including the use of interviews, document analysis, workshops, surveys, business process modeling/improvement, personas, user centric design, task and workflow analysis.
Experience working in a cross functional environment, passion for driving innovative experiences and deliver results in tight timelines.
Exceptional collaboration, listening, written and verbal communication skills.
Willingness to work independently and multi-task.
Demonstrated history of dealing with ambiguity and solving complex problems.
Proven relationship building and teamwork skills.

Pay: $24-25 Hourly W2

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

Director of Operations
Our client is seeking an exceptional, experienced leader as the Director of Operations. The Director of Operations will manage people, processes and technology to deliver excellence in the following areas:

Responsibilities
Production Support – monitor, support and maintain data processing for financial transaction files in a cloud-based environment.
Incoming files (ensure all files expected have been received, processed and archived).
Outgoing files – ensure all client deliveries have been executed on time as expected and accurately
Production Software – Run and maintain all software, processes and environments necessary to complete on-going data operations.

Client Services 
Setup, maintain and manage client support including:
Client support calls
Status reporting to clients.
Technical support services to clients.

Data Delivery 
Manage incoming custom data requests and ensure that they are delivered timely and accurately.
Maintain HW/SW internally.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Director of Purchasing
Our client is seeking a Director of Purchasing to join their team in Beaverton. This company has been operating for more than 40 years and is looking for a candidate who is a strategic leader and has a passion for hands-on implementations. 

Director of Purchasing Responsibilities 
Oversee Planning, Inventory Control, Logistics, Asset Management, and ERP Administration tasks.
Create an integrated operational plan that supports the company’s objectives.
Monitor inventory statuses, capacities, excess and obsolete, and other key metrics.
Develop inventory and safety stock level strategies and maintain production schedules for multi-sites.
Oversee plant operations’ planning function and indirect material storage, shipping, receiving, and delivery for customers. 
Design and implement Sales & Operations reconciliation and run supply meetings.
Coordinate with procurement department to manage relationships with suppliers to manage supply.
Drive projects to improve the efficiency and cost of operations and provide recommendations.

Director of Purchasing Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field. 
APICS certification, Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) or Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) a plus.
10+ years of supply chain planning, logistics, or supply chain management experience. 
Perishable goods manufacturing experience a plus.
Experience with ERP, planning systems, or SAP.
Advanced Excel skills. 
Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail.
Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Disability Administrative Specialist
Our client is seeking a Disability Administrative Specialist to join their team in Hillsboro, OR. This is a great opportunity to gain experience within a large organization.

Disability Administrative Specialist Responsibilities
Maintain system records and enter administrative changes into the system.
Ensure follow up with outside third-party vendors for missing information and correct records with missing information.
Monitor the entire process of overpaid claims.
Copy and file documents, sort mail, purge files and deliver files as needed from other areas.
Provide general administrative support and assist with special projects.
 
Disability Administrative Specialist Qualifications
Associates degree preferred.
6+ months customer service, administrative, or related experience.
Proficient with MS Office; able to type 35 WPM.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
High attention to detail and accuracy reviewing documents. 
Ability to prioritize tasks to meet multiple and changing deadlines.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information. 

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Disability Administrative Specialist
Our client is seeking a Disability Administrative Specialist to join their team in Hillsboro, OR. This is a great opportunity to gain experience within a large organization.

Disability Administrative Specialist Responsibilities
Maintain system records and enter administrative changes into the system.
Ensure follow up with outside third-party vendors for missing information and correct records with missing information.
Monitor the entire process of overpaid claims.
Copy and file documents, sort mail, purge files and deliver files as needed from other areas.
Provide general administrative support and assist with special projects.
 
Disability Administrative Specialist Qualifications
Associates degree preferred.
6+ months customer service, administrative, or related experience.
Proficient with MS Office; able to type 35 WPM.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
High attention to detail and accuracy reviewing documents. 
Ability to prioritize tasks to meet multiple and changing deadlines.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information. 

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Disbursement Specialist
Our client is hiring a Disbursement Specialist for their team in Portland, Oregon. This contract Disbursement Specialist position will provide professional services in the payment arena to our client's Finance Operations Travel & Payroll team. The primary focus of this position is to help facilitate the processing of travel vouchers for payment. Vouchers may represent payments to an outside source (vendor) or to employees.

Organization & Culture
The Finance Operations Travel & Payroll team is comprised of individuals who enjoy working independently while sharing their knowledge and expertise with others both within the work group and across the agency.  Communication and teamwork is highly valued and providing excellent customer service to our customers is the cultural norm.  The work is office-related, focused and detailed oriented. Office work is sedentary in open cubicles, although some slight physical effort may be required. The ideal candidate for this position will consistently arrive on-time to work; attendance is critical for this position as it is required to support payroll processing deadlines. Quick and accurate processing is also expected. There is no “down time” in Accounts Payable; there are always invoices to process and inquiries to respond to.

Disbursement Specialist Responsibilities
Input required voucher data such as vendor ID, Employee ID, invoice number, Travel or Relocation Voucher info, and obligation amount, reimbursable amount, verifying accuracy of data, to enable timely and valid processing of payments. 
Facilitate the creation of employee based vouchers by performing tasks that may include:  
Acting as the Travel Administrator (FATA) for the Electronic Travel System (ETS). 
Disseminating system and policy guidance to employees around any voucher for payment provided by AP, Payroll, or Travel SME.  
Applying knowledge of Federal Travel Regulations, especially the Federal Travel Relocation Policy (Title 41- Subtitle F Code of Federal Regulation) necessary to create vouchers and assist employees in the creation of a travel and/or relocation voucher.

Utilize automated financial systems to process payable invoices based upon role and permissions commensurate with applicable system controls for:
Vendor invoices.
Employee Travel Voucher.
Employee Reimbursable Voucher.
Employee Relocation Voucher.
Intergovernmental payments.

Apply, as directed from full time staff, the established applicable policies, rules and regulations associated with Federal payments, including applicable parts of Title 5 and 31 of the US Code, and Chapter 5, 31 and 41 of the Code of Federal Regulation.
Provide customer service to a wide variety of customers, including vendors, employees, contracting and contract administration officials such as CO and Contracting Officer’s Technical Representatives (COTRs), managers, team members and others by responding to internal and external customer questions and inquiries, providing details / status of a specific invoice(s), general invoice processing assistance, notice of missing requirements needed for payment processing, reasons for delay or rejection in payment/processing. 
Troubleshoot research and provide resolution recommendations for invoice processing issues / problems (both systems and user caused). Implement management-approved resolutions, including relaying resolution plan / status / response to customer or employee; reviewing issue(s) for ‘lessons learned’ opportunities; documenting resolution (as needed), alerting manager / personnel of continuing concerns or issues.
As requested by the manager, monitor / answer one of the following AP, Travel and or/ Payroll hotline and group email; respond to inquiries and questions of established policy / procedure or of a routine nature including status updates or general call-backs.
Perform general clerical duties including copying, filing, scanning, and electronic and postal mail review and distribution.
Provide training, guidance and assistance to new or junior team members on applicable policies, rules and regulations associated with payments, as well as established organizational procedures and guidelines, as requested.
Participate in procedure review and improvement process, including development / draft and recommendation for new and/or changes to existing procedures, processes and guidelines to increase efficiencies, effectiveness and/or enhance product quality. 
Support and assist with the execution and implementation of management-approved changes to the Electronic Travel System and financial system initiatives.  Assistance may include helping staff publish new and/or revised procedures / processes and/or other similar team projects/efforts. 
Participate in the post payment voucher review process of disbursements around any payment, including vendor payments and travel vouchers.
Serve as back-up for other organizational Disbursement Specialists, providing services of a similar size and scope as needed / requested.
Create and maintain files and filing system(s) in accordance with compliance requirements. File and disperse documents/letters as appropriate. Verify all official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes. Maintain file records in accordance with internal policies and procedures.  
Perform assigned work in accordance with our procurement structure, as defined within the Purchasing Instructions and Delegations of Authority.
Stay current on policy documents utilized in our finance office including regulations, delegations of authority and our policy documentation.

Disbursement Specialist Qualifications
Education & Corresponding Experience:
A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Management, Business Administration (or closely related field) is preferred.
With an applicable Bachelor’s degree, 2 years of experience is required.
Without an applicable Bachelor’s degree, 6 years of experience is required.
Experience should include work experience in accounting (Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable) or other finance fields.

Required Technical Skills & Experience:
Previous experience using an automated enterprise financial system (i.e. SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, etc.).

Preferred Skills & Experience:
Knowledge of Federal Travel Regulations, especially the Federal Travel Relocation Policy (Title 41- Subtitle F Code of Federal Regulation).
Experience with electronic travel systems (ETS).
Understanding of Federal appropriation rules.  While not necessary for initial selection, a working understanding will be required as a core component of this contract assignment.
Understanding of Federal procurement structure.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Document Management Specialist
A local company has an immediate need for a Document Management Specialist to support their Portland team. This is an opportunity to gain experience in a large organization that loves to promote from within.  
 
Responsibilities of the Document Management Specialist
Maintain records (folders, documents, shelves, and system information), imaging facilities, equipment, and electronic systems.
Analyze and identify complex business documents and categorize documents by type.
Maintain document inventory data by updating data tracking tools.
Communicate to customers relevant information about document management services.
Identify and correct issues with systems, policies, procedures, and practices.
Provide timely and accurate information and retrieve paper folders and documents for delivery.

Document Management Specialist Qualifications
High School Diploma or equivalent.
0-2 years of customer service or administrative experience.
Strong accurate data entry skills.
High attention to detail and highly organized. 
Able to work independently and as a team. 

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Editorial Associate
Our client is seeking a Senior Scientific Editor to work with their scientists and engineers on the preparation and writing of scientific manuscripts, primarily in the area of computational chemistry, structural biology, software, and hardware for biomolecular simulations. Responsibilities will include coordinating (and contributing to) the writing and editing of manuscripts, corresponding with journals, and working with the group’s senior members to communicate both particular research results and the lab’s long-term scientific mission.

Editorial Associate Qualifications
Proven editing and proofreading skills
Experience writing and editing scientific manuscripts is a plus.
Management of multiple ongoing editorial projects.
Scientific background preferred, but not required.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Electrical Designer
Our client is looking for a Electrical Designer to join their team. 

Electrical Designer Responsibilities
Working closely with the Engineering Manager, this candidate will handle all aspects of a one to two person Design and Electrical Engineering department.  At present the job calls for a single individual but it’s likely that at least a temporary Production Draftsman may be added in the future.
Responsible for all production drafting on standard products.
As part of the production team the candidate will work closely with Project Management and Sales to define projects and to provide drawings to production in a timely manner.
Cabinet and Console design work on custom jobs.
Work with and receive input from Assembly and Fabrication to implement and test those designs.
When Engineers return from the field, correct “Mark Up” drawings and make sure they are distributed to customers and archived.
Responsible for design document archive system.
Liaison with Electrical Engineer from parent company.
Occasional start up supervision or service related travel.
Software modifications as assigned by supervisor.

Electrical Designer Qualifications
Experience with cabinet and console design including knowledge of NEC Standards. Hands on expertise would be helpful.
Proficient in Auto Cad.  Proficiency in Draft Site would be helpful.
Excellent communication and organization skills.
Fabrication and soldering experience would be helpful but not necessary.
Willing to travel occasionally for startup assistance and service.
Knowledge of PLC control design would be a plus.
Familiarity with Delta RMC motion control implementation would be beneficial.
Ability to work independently but remain part of the team.
Minimum AA, BS preferred Electrical Engineering, Design or other closely related Technical Field. Course work in Computer Science helpful.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Electrical Engineer
We are seeking a talented Electrical Engineer to join our clients engineering team and help build a positive service experience for our internal and external customers. The Electrical Engineering team designs and builds embedded systems that form the core of our clients most important products. Hardware design and testing is about 1/3 of the activity, with firmware development and testing the remainder. It is a quick moving environment with lots of projects and lots of creativity. This position will be located in the Portland, Oregon facility. 

Electrical Engineer Responsibilities
Design and troubleshoot all aspects of Analog and Digital circuits for an embedded system. 
Use CAD software for schematic capture and PCB layout. 
Integrate products using USB/serial or wireless methods to computer systems for control and monitoring. 
Design products to comply with EMC regulations as well as coordinate and conduct EMC testing.
Develop product specifications and test plans for electrical and electromechanical assemblies. 
Conduct research, test concepts, and create technology briefs. 
Interact with Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineers to develop complex electromechanical assemblies. 
Identify process improvements to eliminate defects and waste. 
First article review and approval of components for manufacturing approval. 
Ongoing design improvement, component consolidation and cost reductions of existing product lines. 

Electrical Engineer Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:  
BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related field.  
Firmware experience using C. 
Experience using basic communication interfaces such as UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, USB and similar. 
Hardware experience with schematic and PCB layout design.
Experience troubleshooting/testing both hardware and firmware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, programmable supplies, and programmable loads.

Preferred Experience: 
Schematic and PCB layout design using Altium Designer.
Firmware development with PIC, AVR, Freescale or similar platform using C.
Create schematic, layout and firmware from PCB specification document.
Developing PCB specifications.
Developing test specifications for PCBs.
Hand soldering PCBs and PCB rework.
Developing automated tests for PCBs.
Designs using DC motors and solenoids. 

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

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VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Electronics Manufacturing Engineer
The Electronics Manufacturing Engineer will use their expertise to provide manufacturing input and support for electronics, connectors and wire harness designs, coordinate initial manufacturing of prototype assemblies and support activities in the shift of manufacturing to production scales. In addition, they will coordinate the development of PCBA functional test equipment in the production environment and will use statistical methods to champion continuous improvement activities.

Electronics Manufacturing Engineer Responsibilities 
Ability to coordinate actions across engineering, technicians and on/off-site production personnel across multiple time zones.
Ability to conduct multidisciplinary rapid problem-solving activities and propose solutions to prototype and production manufacturing challenges.
Ability to quickly come-up-to speed on new technologies and engineering challenges.
Ability to provide a strong sense of ownership to all assigned areas of responsibility and proven track record in driving continuous improvement in those areas.
Communication abilities including verbal and written communication, the willingness to discuss questions or uncertainties in job assignments and to be able to positively interact with co-workers.
Extensive experience interfacing with various suppliers and services including printed wiring board, electronic assembly and cable harness assembly.

Electronics Manufacturing Engineer Qualifications 
Broad knowledge in Surface Mount Technology (SMT) techniques, processes and procedures.
Experience in schematics and circuit design for use in providing feedback during the design process and in performing debug/root-cause-analysis (RCA) activities in sustaining engineering settings.
Proven ability in using EE troubleshooting equipment (voltmeter, oscilloscope, signal generators) and PCBA rework equipment.
Previous experience in developing functional verification test equipment in support of production PCB testing.
Experience in scripting (python, C++, .NET) highly desired.
Competent in printed circuit board design software such as Altium or Mentor.
Lean six sigma and statistical analysis package (e.g. Minitab or JMP) competency highly desired.
Ability to communicate information using standard Microsoft applications including Excel, Word, Office, Power Point, Project and Visio.
Ability to use company-wide tools and systems to execute the key duties and responsibilities of the job.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in surface mount (SMT) process development and PCB manufacturing experience.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience writing work instructions, process travelers and working with assembly personnel in a manufacturing environment.
Experience in transitioning on-site prototype manufacturing and small volumes to off-site contract manufacturing and production volumes.
B.S. from an accredited institution in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Physical Electronics or related fields.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Engagement Management Analyst
Our client is hiring a Corporate Information Security (CIS) IT Security Engagement Management Analyst for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Engagement Management Analyst Responsibilities
Collaborate effectively with team leaders, managers, employees, and partners to provide deliberate and thoughtful engagement throughout the company. 
Perform day to day support and maintenance, work with the functional team to develop training materials, and coordinate support and development efforts within the team.
Keep people (both business and project) focused and energized by the project effort. 
Help with the development & execution of a centralized CIS website. 
Formalize and document new intake procedures and process flows. 
Effective, positive verbal and written communication skills. 
Strong analytical and innovative skills for strategic planning, sound decision-making, and problem solving and ability to work well under tight business driven deadlines. 
Experienced supporting process improvement initiatives. 
Develop and execute training modules & content for various programs. 
Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders & SME’s to ensure content is up to date. 
Collaborate with other departments for training related LMS needs including but not limited to: reporting, staging, & course completion tracking.

Engagement Management Analyst Qualifications
Experience building and testing new E-learning courses primarily within Adobe Captivate.
Experience working with global communications, events, branding, and creative marketing to bring new ideas to the program. 
Experienced creating and developing high-quality PowerPoint presentations.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Engagement Management Analyst
As a Corporate Information Security (CIS) IT Security Engagement Management Analyst, you'll be responsible for the successful development of tools and processes of engagement with all lines of business.

Engagement Management Analyst Responsibilities 
Collaborate effectively with leaders, managers, employees, and partners to provide deliberate and thoughtful engagement throughout the company.
Perform day to day support and maintenance, work with the functional team to develop training materials, and coordinate support and development efforts within the team.
Keep people (both business and project) focused and energized by the project effort.
Help with the development & execution of a centralized CIS website. 
Formalize and document new intake procedures and process flows.
Effective, positive verbal and written communication skills.
Strong analytical and innovative skills for strategic planning, sound decision-making, and problem solving and ability to work well under tight business driven deadlines.
Experienced supporting process improvement initiatives.
Develop and execute training modules & content for the Keep It Tight program.
Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders & SME’s to ensure content is up to date.
Collaborate for any and all training related LMS needs including but not limited to: reporting, staging, & course completion tracking.
Experience building and testing new E-learning courses primarily within Adobe Captivate.
Experience working with global communications, events, branding, and creative marketing to bring new ideas to the program.
Experienced creating and developing high-quality PowerPoint presentations.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Engineering Consultant
As an Engineering Consultant, you will play a key role in building important professional relationships that will strengthen our client’s company. You will be a primary liaison and represent the companies’ interests on codes and standards boards, advisory councils, energy-related agencies and industry associations. As you develop a better understanding of the processes, you will perform an important function in driving sensible energy efficiency standards that help the region achieve its goals while ensuring the interests of stakeholders.

Additionally, you will play an important role in advising developers, builders, architects and engineering peers in bringing gas service to both existing and new projects. You will be backed by the support of leaders from various disciplines as you assist external partners in developing infrastructure, metering and equipment solutions for projects. 

Your solid verbal and written communication skills will help to inform and advise others about trends and opportunities in emerging technology, code making, new construction and energy distribution.

As a successful Engineering Consultant, you will be valued for helping our client to achieve objectives and provide high levels of support to our trade allies and our end-use customers. They have a supportive culture that allows a person in this role to have input about their work and collaborate on their professional development.

Are you an engineer with 3 or more years’ experience working in HVAC, mechanical systems and/or new construction?

Are you not fully utilized or engaged in your present role? Do you want to put your engineering knowledge and problem-solving skills to use in a dynamic, professional work setting?

Are you interested in performing meaningful work in a challenging yet rewarding environment?

Engineering Consultant Responsibilities 
Day to Day:
Collaborating with developers, architects and engineers to assist them in projects.
Preparing for and participating in various codes and standards development activities. Advising internal stakeholders and educating/informing them about various topics. Participating in strategic planning e?orts.
Monitoring emerging technical and engineering trends.
Learning about the industry while developing your professional skills. Working with your peers both here and elsewhere in the country to share information about challenges, solutions and successes.
Commitment to Company’s culture of safe work practices.

Engineering Consultant Qualifications
Engineering degree (Engineering degree is required, Mechanical degree preferred). 3-5 years of experience in HVAC systems for residential, commercial and multi-family projects (strongly preferred).
Additional years’ experience on complex projects required for level 3.
Experience with, and/or strong understanding of building codes and standards -- especially regarding energy, mechanical and fuel gas is strongly preferred.
Professional Engineer (PE) or the ability to obtain the designation within 2 years of hire. The P.E. designation is strongly preferred.
Ability and experience in managing multiple projects/functions.
A genuine interest in problem solving with a strong desire to contribute.
Proven written and verbal communication skills for presenting to professional and technical customers and senior-level management.
Analytical skills to review technical information on equipment and conduct feasibility analysis for professional building designers.
Ability to design/develop new uses for natural gas equipment and new markets for the application of natural gas technology.
Understanding of market trends.
Knowledge of key associations, people and businesses in the commercial and multifamily marketplace. Possess/maintain a valid Oregon/Washington Driver's License and a satisfactory driving record. Must obtain a valid Oregon/Washington driver's license within 90 days if current valid license is from another state.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Epic Application Analyst
The Epic Application Analyst will design, validate and confirm new or changed functionality with the Epic environment that meets customer specifications. 

Epic Application Analyst Responsibilities 
Develop and modify system configurations that meet design requirements. 
Provide complex qualitative and quantitative analysis on data and information collected as part of application requirement gathering. 
Analyze system requirements and determine system functional specifications. 
Provide consulting support for customized implementation and installation of the software and related integration elements. 
Prioritize system build efforts. Understand and translate the business functionality into Epic system configuration and workflow validations. 
Work closely with business users and application team to design, build and execute a comprehensive integration and user acceptance test plan and scripts. 
Gather requirements, provide fit gap analysis and create effective technical solutions for the business needs. 
Collaborate with vendors, staff and analysts to resolve outstanding issue relating to design and workflow challenges. 
Conduct most phases of testing: unit, assembly, integration and user acceptance tests. 
Follow project compliance procedures such as obtaining sign-offs before developing program code or migration to production. 
Provide input on required processes and schedule dependencies on the overall project roll-out plan.
Proactively identify impact of changes upon other applications and downstream systems. 
Update Change Control schedule with upcoming production releases. 
Monitor production of recently migrated components. 
Lead large groups to make key decisions. 
Work with the team leadership to create detailed application designs that conform to application architecture guidelines. 
Create and maintain all necessary documentation and training materials for application implementation and changes. 

Epic Application Analyst Qualifications 
Bachelor's degree OR equivalent combination of education and experience. 
Minimum 3 years industry related experience (healthcare, information services, or within applicable area) with information services experience preferred. 
Any certifications relating to software applications, technology infrastructure and or clinical specializations are an advantage. 
Some application suites require advanced current clinical knowledge and expertise (Pharmacist, Registered Nurse and LPN) as demonstrated by a current state license. 
Previous experience with client/server and host based systems, SQL proficiency and previous project management is preferred. 
Clinical experience is a plus. Current Epic certification is preferred; previous Epic experience is strongly preferred. 
Proficient in all aspects of design, development and testing and best practices of Enterprise application implementations. 
Knowledge of Epic product suites and its implementation process standards. 
Demonstrate or acquire in-depth knowledge in Epic application in order to design, document and develop functional and technical specifications. 
Demonstrated knowledge and skill in developing complex software solutions.
Knowledge of client/server and host-based systems. 
Proficient in complex troubleshooting and problem solving, performing root cause analysis on development and production support related issues. 
Understanding of the technical aspects of applications and integrated tools used to complete the business cycle. 
Advanced understanding in the design, development and/or maintenance of Electronic Medical Record systems. 
Ability to acquire knowledge through research or self-training where needed for effective implementation. 
Ability to identify key business processes to validate and or re-engineer for optimum integration with Epic modules.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Epic Build Analyst
Our client is seeking an Epic Build Analyst to join their team in Portland, OR. This position will (1) develop reports and dashboards utilizing Epic Reporting Workbench, Radar, SlicerDicer, and Business Objects Web Intelligence; (2) perform EpicCare system build and maintenance for Healthy Planet; (3) respond to issues and change requests submitted by Healthy Planet Population Health users and (4) deliver solutions as directed.
Successful leadership attributes for this position include:
A collaborator and consensus builder capable of maintaining and cultivating successful working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. A person who proactively establishes/ develops strong partnerships with key stakeholders across the organization.
A resourceful professional who stays current with information, technology, trends, and developments in the field and implements applicable and reasonable process changes as a result of industry trends.
A well-organized professional with the ability to manage a variety of complex projects while charting a course of action that effectively and efficiently assists the organization and department in fulfilling goals and objectives.

Key Responsibilities & Performance Standards
Report & Dashboard Creation: Create reports using a combination of tools in Epic Cogito (Radar, Reporting Workbench, SlicerDicer), Business Objects (Web Intelligence, Crystal), Tableau, Cognos Report Studio, Crystal Reports Professional, Web Intelligence, Oracle PL/SQL, Microsoft SQL, etc.
Use the knowledge gained by working with the customers and through prior experience to analyze data in Epic Clarity database (Oracle) in order to meet reporting requirements.
Healthy Planet System Build and Maintenance 
Perform Epic build and maintenance as assigned for the Healthy Planet project. Examples include: patient registries, roster management, predictive model framework, and metric framework 
Ensure data integrity and validity of the Epic Healthy Planet application.
Define system standards to be followed by other analysts such as database record numbering and naming conventions, technical documentation and specifications, technical build migration to a production system.
Analyze Epic functionality to simplify processes, improve the flow of data, and make use of enhancements
Design and build customized functionality based on workflow recommendations
Develop test plans/documentation, conduct testing and validation as appropriate
Perform assessment and testing; write documentation in preparation for system upgrades
Follow the approved Epic Change Management policy
Problem Resolution
Respond to and track issues using Service Manager issue management tools. Gather additional information from the customers. Triage the issue or escalate by involving additional team members as required. Manage assigned tickets in the Service Manager to ensure resolution or closure in a timely manner.
Analyze problems to determine if it is necessary to resolve, if needed, escalate it to Epic TS. 
Communicate with Epic TS on the prioritization of issues to meet internal needs. 
Epic Certification and Professional Development.
Achieve and maintain Epic Cogito, EpicCare Ambulatory, or Healthy Planet Certification. 
Complete New Version training on the required schedule. 
Attend related classes to manage assigned projects. 
Demonstrates self-motivation, takes on projects/tasks willingly, acts on opportunities to improve or gain knowledge and constructively contributes new ideas. 
Demonstrate respect, professional behavior, and confidentiality in meeting customer needs. 
Demonstrate cooperation, adaptability, flexibility, effective communication and dependability in supporting team goals.
Other Perform other appropriate job-related duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications
Master’s degree in computer science, a related field, or a clinical field and two years’ work-related experience in the information technology field or a combination of clinical or operational healthcare environments.
OR Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or a clinical field and four years’ work-related experience in the information technology field or a combination of clinical or operational healthcare environments.
OR associate degree in computer science, a related field, or a clinical field and five years’ work-related experience in the information technology field or a combination of clinical or operational healthcare environments; OR Six years work-related experience in the information technology field or a combination of clinical or operational healthcare environments.
OR Equivalent combination of education and experience where one year of experience will be substituted for an associate degree and two years of experience will be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
Two or more years of analysis and developer experience with Epic Cogito, including Reporting Workbench, Radar, and SlicerDicer. 
Two or more years of experience with SAP Business Objects.
Experience leading requirements gathering sessions and documenting associated business requirements for large-scale IT projects.
Two or more years’ experience in Healthcare Information Systems analysis, development and implementation, specifically EpicCare or Healthy Planet. 
Ability to proactively pursue problem resolution to satisfy customer needs.
Ability to proactively discover/test/analyze new Epic Healthy Planet application enhancements/features independently.
Ability to provide highly critical quality analysis and testing of new software applications or features (including beta testing.)
Ability to manage multiple complex tasks efficiently while successfully meeting assigned deadlines.
Ability to work with users to accurately assess and diagnose system problems as defined by the user.
Working knowledge of hospital operations and the patient care process.
Demonstrate Core Competencies as established for your position (Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading Leaders, Leading Function).
Certification in an Epic Clinical Application.
Epic Reporting Workbench proficiency or higher.
Epic Radar proficiency or higher.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 

VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide. Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.
VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 

Executive Assistant
Our client is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide ongoing administrative, planning and executive support of a highly complex and confidential nature for a system executive. The position assists in meeting specialized goals, and contributes to the achievement of the organization’s vision, mission and strategic objectives by providing special project and executive support to a position of significant leadership.

Executive Assistant Responsibilities
Independently, or in consultation with their supervisor, develop plans needed to carry out assigned projects and activities; establish methods and schedules to implement and maintain activities for the executive. Exercise extensive independent judgment to reflect and match executive’s leadership style.
Facilitate and perform administrative functions in support of meetings of executive groups as assigned. Support activities include timely collection and preparation of draft agendas; prioritizing items in consultation with executives to finalize agenda; dissemination of meeting materials; coordination of meeting records, evaluations and follow-up reports.
Oversee the coordination of the Office of the executive(s) they support. Assure a logical flow for scheduling of activities, including preparation and planning time. Either work with other assistants or work independently to schedules meetings, travel and outside commitments. Assure that the executive has the materials needed for meeting obligations in advance of appointments through maintenance of confidential department files.
Coordinate writing, editing and communication tasks. This includes initiating and drafting correspondence; recording minutes of meetings and telephone conference calls; compiling information and preparing summary reports; overseeing and prioritizing incoming or outgoing mail and messages and preparing information for presentation or publication.
Exercise independent judgment and decision-making in handling incoming and outbound information and material.
Support the executive(s) through positive communications and relations with internal and external customers in an environment that is open and inviting. Maintain relationships with, and responds to contacts from, internal and external customers (such as executives, professional association staff, consultants, government agency personnel) and others related to the health care ministry with the purpose of exchanging information, scheduling meetings and communicating confidential and non-confidential matters involving the senior executive and the health system. This support includes significant interaction with senior leaders reporting to the executive(s) this position supports. Position provides appropriate referrals or informs the executive(s) when a situation warrants direct attention.
Collaborate with a wide variety of offices and individuals to assist in all organizational integration efforts to fulfill strategic objectives, best practices and outcomes for the integrated health system.
Coordinate major team events.
Support other executive teams as needed.

Executive Assistant Qualifications
Four years of university or college training in English, liberal arts or related subjects; or graduation from a technical program in secretarial or office support services or the equivalent.
Three years of experience as an administrative assistant for an executive.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Executive Assistant
Our client is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide ongoing administrative, planning and executive support of a highly complex and confidential nature for a system executive. The position assists in meeting specialized goals, and contributes to the achievement of the organization’s vision, mission and strategic objectives by providing special project and executive support to a position of significant leadership within internal systems.

Responsibilities
Independently, or in consultation with their supervisor, develop plans needed to carry out assigned projects and activities; establish methods and schedules to implement and maintain activities for the executive. 
Exercise extensive independent judgment to reflect and match executive’s leadership style.
Facilitate, and perform administrative functions in support of meetings of executive groups as assigned. Support activities include timely collection and preparation of draft agendas; prioritizing items in consultation with executives to finalize agenda; dissemination of meeting materials; coordination of meeting records, evaluations and follow-up reports.
Oversee the coordination of the Office of the executive(s) they support. 
Assure a logical flow for scheduling of activities, including preparation and planning time. 
Either work with other assistants or work independently to schedules meetings, travel and outside commitments. 
Assure that the executive has the materials needed for meeting obligations in advance of appointments through maintenance of confidential department files.
Coordinate writing, editing and communication tasks. 
This includes initiating and drafting correspondence; recording minutes of meetings and telephone conference calls; compiling information and preparing summary reports; overseeing and prioritizing incoming or outgoing mail and messages and preparing information for presentation or publication.
Exercise independent judgment and decision-making in handling incoming and outbound information and material.
Support the executive(s) through positive communications and relations with internal and external customers in an environment that is open and inviting. 
Maintain relationships with, and responds to contacts from, internal and external customers (such as executives, professional association staff, consultants, government agency personnel) and others related to the health care ministry with the purpose of exchanging information, scheduling meetings and communicating confidential and non-confidential matters involving the senior executive and the health system. 
This support includes significant interaction with senior leaders reporting to the executive(s) this position supports. 
Position provides appropriate referrals or informs the executive(s) when a situation warrants direct attention.
Collaborate with a wide variety of offices and individuals to assist in all organizational integration efforts to fulfill strategic objectives, best practices and outcomes for the integrated health system.
Coordinate major team events.
Support other executive teams as needed.

Qualifications
Four years of university or college training in English, liberal arts or related subjects; or graduation from a technical program in secretarial or office support services or the equivalent.
Three years of experience as an administrative assistant for an executive.

Pay rate: $20-$30/ hr

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 
 

Financial Planning Analyst 
Our Willamette Valley client is seeking a Financial Planning Analyst to join their team. This company offers generous benefit coverages, paid volunteer time, and an onsite fitness center.

Financial Planning Analyst Responsibilities 
Prepare financial statements and schedules for multi-entities. 
Assist with annual budget preparation and budget packets.
Analyze financial data and maintain financial reports. 
Support financial dashboard and report development. 
Identify process improvements for the department. 
Assist with audits as needed. 

Financial Planning Analyst Qualifications 
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting.
Active CPA highly preferred. 
2+ years of related financial/accounting experience.
Intermediate to advanced Excel skills. 
Excellent communication and presentation skills. 
Ability to manage and analyze large amounts of data. 
Working knowledge of accounting and business practices. 

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

Financial Reporting Manager
Our client is seeking a driven Financial Reporting Manager to join their team. This is a highly cross-functional role partnering with multiple stakeholders and a tremendous opportunity for professional growth. This company offers a great benefits package, onsite fitness center, and catered lunches. 

Financial Reporting Manager Responsibilities
Oversee and create tailored reporting packages that communicate the investment’s performance.
Perform data analysis at loan level and property level to provide trends and identify key drivers. 
Consolidate and reconcile data against financial system. 
Provide analysis and reporting to investors and management.
Identify areas for efficiency improvements within the investor reporting processes.
Manage investor reporting packages, their requirements, and ensure delivery by deadlines.

Financial Reporting Manager Qualifications 
Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. 
5+ years of experience in an accounting role in a commercial real estate industry.
Experience in a leadership or management role.
Solid understanding in US GAAP.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. 
Outstanding communication and presentation skills. 

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Forms Developer
Our client is seeking a Forms Developer to join their team. This person is comfortable with InDesign, Photoshop, and general principles of typography. This person will be enthusiastic, patient, detail oriented, and open to working with systems and processes that are highly regimented to ensure quality is on-point. The selected candidate will need to be comfortable both working collaboratively with team members as well as working independently for extended periods of time.

Responsibilities of the Forms Developer
Regularly develop documents, logos, signatures and other assets for the purposes of print.
Discuss client needs and requirements with various internal stakeholders and provide information, knowledge and expertise regarding prepress and print development processes.
Carefully maintain and manage version control and procedural procedures for the purposes of ensuring quality.
Analyze workload and communicate concerns, complexities, and bottlenecks to team members and stakeholders to ensure possible risks to the relevant timelines are understood as early as possible.

**If interested, please include a brief explanation of your experience with the qualifications below.** 

Qualifications  of the Forms Developer
2 years of academic or practical work experience in InDesign and Photoshop.
General working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and Creative Cloud.
High level of comfort on the Windows platform.
High level of comfort with Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel.

Additional Qualifications
Any technical or development related experience is a plus. This can include:
SQL,
Python,
JavaScript.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Forms Developer
Our client is seeking a Forms Developer to join their team. This person is comfortable with InDesign, Photoshop, and general principles of typography. This person will be enthusiastic, patient, detail oriented, and open to working with systems and processes that are highly regimented to ensure quality is on-point. The selected candidate will need to be comfortable both working collaboratively with team members as well as working independently for extended periods of time.

Responsibilities of the Forms Developer
Regularly develop documents, logos, signatures and other assets for the purposes of print.
Discuss client needs and requirements with various internal stakeholders and provide information, knowledge and expertise regarding prepress and print development processes.
Carefully maintain and manage version control and procedural procedures for the purposes of ensuring quality.
Analyze workload and communicate concerns, complexities, and bottlenecks to team members and stakeholders to ensure possible risks to the relevant timelines are understood as early as possible.

**If interested, please include a brief explanation of your experience with the qualifications below.** 

Qualifications  of the Forms Developer
2 years of academic or practical work experience in InDesign and Photoshop.
General working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and Creative Cloud.
High level of comfort on the Windows platform.
High level of comfort with Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel.

Additional Qualifications
Any technical or development related experience is a plus. This can include:
SQL,
Python,
JavaScript.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Front End JavaScript Developer
Our client is hiring an experienced Front End Developer for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Front End JavaScript Developer Responsibilities
Implement complex eCommerce applications.
Collaborate with web design group to help bring wireframes to life.
Apply best practices and knowledge to develop complex web applications.
Research, prototype and verify software solutions that overcome technical boundaries.
Architect the right kinds of flexibility to fuel growth and sustainability
Benchmark possible solutions and implement improvements to expand capacity.
Solve complex problems, explaining difficult issues.
Contribute to design of functional specifications.
Work independently with minimal guidance.
Apply SDLC process to all technology solutions.

Front End JavaScript Developer Qualifications
3+ years of experience as front end developer for large web applications.
2+ years of experience with HTML5.
2+ years of experience with css3.
2+ years’ experience with JavaScript frameworks. Experience with ReactJs and Flux development strongly desired
3+ years of experience with JavaScript.
2+ years of experience with Web Services front end integration.
1+ years’ experience writing RESTful Web Services.
3+ years of experience developing Senior-Level Enterprise Java applications.
2+ years’ experience with test driven development.
2+ years’ experience with agile methodology and lean principles.
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Good team collaboration skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
A track record of solving problems and getting things done in a fast pace, ever evolving environment.

Not required, but will be used:
Git.
Python.
Gradle.
Go pipeline.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Front End JavaScript Developer
Our client is hiring a Front End JavaScript Developer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Front End JavaScript Developer Responsibilities
As a Front-End JavaScript Developer, you’ll bring a passion for building and delivering the software services and platforms that power the premium digital experiences which engage consumers across all company brands and categories. Working closely with internal and external development teams, you’ll bring not only deep technical skills, but also the ability to coordinate multiple streams of technical and software development work.

Front End JavaScript Developer Qualifications
Minimum 4 years building websites using JavaScript.
Minimum year experience using React JavaScript framework to build enterprise-class applications.
Able to work with a web designer to implement their designs and follow style guidelines.
Experience integrating with RESTful APIs for business-critical production systems.
Experience with writing automated tests for your JavaScript code.
Experience performance-tuning data-intensive web applications.
Ability to build tools to generate and maintain good test data sets.
Able to diagnose and pinpoint defects at all application tiers using tools like Splunk, New Relic and CloudWatch.
Working knowledge of how to use source control systems like GIT.
Strong understanding of how to use mocks in testing.
Four-year Computer Science degree or equivalent experience.
Well-versed and committed to Agile methodology.

Preferred:
Experience working with Digital Asset Management systems (e.g. Alfresco) and content versioning schemes.
Experience with provisioning and configuration of AWS services like RDS, S3, ElasticSearch.
Strong desire to participate in peer review process to ensure code quality.
Familiarity with release management best practices that lead to continuous integration using build tools like Jenkins.
Demonstrated ability to automate testing to improve software quality using tools like Sonar.
Interest in photography, photo retouching, adobe creative suite.
Domain knowledge in inventory management systems.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Front End Web-CMS Developer
Our client is hiring a Front End Web-CMS Developer for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Front End Web-CMS Developer Responsibilities
Develops code, configures applications, and defines job schedules for high-risk, highly complex requirements. Installs software and software updates for critical systems. 
Executes and is responsible for the deployment of code across environments. 
Approves and conducts design and code reviews. 
Creates critical-path, high-risk, advanced and/or cross-functional technical designs. 
Collaborates with other teams on integration needs/design. 
Contributes to database design and ensures consistent technical approach within the department. 
Participates and contributes to our overall architectural footprint, direction, and standards. 
Performs application support, problem solving, and issue resolution with internal and external resources. 
Contributes to technical solutions by performing technical analysis and identifying options and solutions. 
Contributes to the RFP process. 
Identifies technical issues and determines options for issue resolution and risk mitigation. 
Defines and communicates requirements for technical environments and determines the technical scope for projects. 
Creates and applies architecture, governance, security, and global process standards to system changes and deployments. 
Establishes, maintains, and applies coding/configuration standards and best practices. 
May review and approve test plan, test execution, and validation of tests. 
Conducts performance monitoring and analyze performance against benchmarks.
Analyze business requirements and create performance testing scenarios that ensure application performance meets customer needs. 
Review and approve performance test results, recommendations, and tuning results. 

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Senior Full-Stack .NET Software Engineer
 Our client is seeking a Senior Full-Stack .NET Software Engineer to join their team in Portland, OR. As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will design and develop the next generation of employment screening services and products. Every day, our client's amazing team provides solutions to prospects and clients, gaining their trust while enhancing long-term partnerships. When you join their team, you'll be part of a high-performing team that truly values your contributions will allow you to grow within the business. If you are a self-starter who can meet the challenge, keep reading!
Our team works in an Agile/Scrum environment with both back and front-end stories. We encourage our Engineers to learn, to fail, and to ask great questions.  

This is an ideal position for you, if: 
You enjoy working in an agile team to develop software prototypes and solutions.
You stay current and up to date with existing and upcoming development technologies.
You take ownership and will strive to ensure that delivers the highest quality products possible.
You can refactor existing code to current patterns and practices.
You may be a natural leader, which is awesome, but you can also contribute as an individual contributor and as a team member and enjoy doing so.
You love diving into the unknown and enjoy building your expertise in unknown technical domains.
It’s all about community, you love to share and refine ideas that lead to key discussions within the department.
You enjoy participating in setting the strategic direction and advocate that vision both inside and outside the department.

Senior Full Stack .NET Software Engineer Qualifications
Competent self-motivated Engineer with 5+ years of software development experience.
Aptitude to rapidly ramp up on new technology and evaluate its value in a business domain.
Able to collaborate, communicate and work with team members and stakeholders.
Experience with the following technologies: C#, .NET Core, Angular, Typescript, NodeJS, REST, HTML, CSS, SQL.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”
 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Full Stack React.JS Developer
Our client is hiring a Full Stack React.JS Developer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Full Stack React.JS Developer Qualifications
5+ years of experience in developing robust, highly scalable, web based enterprise solutions, services, and frameworks.
2+ years’ Experience developing full stack solutions with React.JS front-end.
1+ years of experience developing solutions with Microsoft .NET framework. Including: ASP.NET forms, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, etc.
2+ years’ experience in supporting, debugging, and refactoring existing applications (web focus).
Experience with SQL & No-SQL DB’s (implementation, use).
Experience designing and consuming REST API’s.
Agile (Scrum) experience.
Strong communication.

Preferred:
Strong SQL/T-SQL abilities (define schema, write SP’s, debug, etc.).
Experience utilizing AWS technologies, including but not limited to Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda (Node.JS), DynamoDB, Aurora, SQS.
Knowledge of containers(docker), with preference for ability to deploy to them and configure them.
Python, and Node.js.
Administering windows servers, including troubleshooting/configuring IIS, user administration, etc.
Experience with Linux administration, including Apache administration, package installations.

DevOps experience:
Ability to build a CI pipeline including project build, test automation, deployment, etc.
Experience with IaC using Terraform/Cloud Formation.
Experience with PowerShell, including building scripts for automation of server configuration.

Experience with Azure.
Experience configuring servers, services via Portal.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

HR Generalist
Our client is immediately seeking an HR Generalist to join their team. The ideal candidate is a go-getter who thrives in a dynamic environment.

HR Generalist Responsibilities 
Process employee new hires, terminations, and changes in the system.
Ensure benefit deductions and 401k contributions are submitted to administrators and audit benefit carrier bills for accuracy.
Create self-bills for life insurance and reconcile COBRA reimbursements and coverage.
Respond to employees regarding payroll, benefit, and expense reports inquires.
Other duties as assigned.

HR Generalist Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in human resources or business. 
3+ years human resources and/or benefits administration experience; experience with negotiating benefit rates.
Knowledge of employment and benefit laws.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to analyze data and reconcile invoices to enrollments.
Strong accuracy, detail-oriented, and organized.

Hyperspectral Imagery Technician
Our client is seeking a Hyperspectral Imagery Technician to join their dynamic team in Portland, OR. In this role, the Technician will work with a variety of GIS data across multiple disciplines on a temporary contract for approximately 2 months. 

Hyperspectral Imagery Technician Responsibilities:
The Technician will support hyperspectral production staff in data processing raw data to atmospherically corrected reflectance.
Image classification, collecting, creating and maintaining libraries of training data, and running image classification routines. 

Hyperspectral Imagery Technician Qualifications:
A Bachelor’s Degree is required.
Familiarity with satellite imagery processing or analysis.
Tree identification experience, forestry, botany, or plant biology experience required
Experience or exposure to multispectral or hyperspectral images.
Experience classifying raster data.
Experience working with geospatial data.
ENVI experience is required
Ability to work as a part of a team; and self-motivated.

Desired Qualifications:  
Hyperspectral/multispectral data analysis techniques.
Statistical modeling, machine learning.
Experience with scripting geographic data.
Familiarity with Linux.
Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
Ability to troubleshoot software and solve problems without much oversight. 
Experience with identifying plant species.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”
 

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Image Artist
Our client is seeking an Image Artist to join their team in Beaverton, OR. Image Artists will bring to life the seasonal category creative narrative through exceptional and innovative image creation. As an Image Artist, you have a hybrid skill set and passion for creative and technical work, in the Image Artist Production Studio you will be working to a high level of expertise and collaborating in a creative environment, supporting and challenging each other while creating amazing work.
 
This role will create and maintain product images and / or schematics to and Apparel Production Studio standards working in partnership with our Digital Creation Lead (DCL) team. Both teams work hand and hand within our project management tool to complete and maintain all of the Apparel imagery.
 
You may be asked to attend category (business facing) and studio meetings if and when needed, maintain QC of your own files and help with studio peer QC.

Design Software Knowledge
Individual workload management in project management tool.
Maintenance to internal image standards – accuracy and availability of Apparel product images.
Family file creation, graphic / schematic file creation and 3D PNG creation.
Uploading image files to internal system.
Grid Pages / Assortments pages for QC of own work.
Peer communication within the Apparel Image Production Studio.
 
Image Artist Qualifications
Apparel Product Creation image process expert.
Quality Control of imagery in a high-volume production environment.

Preferred
Knowledge of Apparel construction.
Experience in print production.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 
 

Industrial Controls Engineer
Our client has an exceptional opportunity for an Industrial Controls Engineer in Portland, OR. This high visibility and high impact position works collaboratively across the organization, supporting their efforts to offer increasingly efficient, high performance equipment that helps their customers get their job done right. 
As a subject matter expert and innovator, the Automation Controls Engineer develops and delivers elegant solutions to highly complex equipment design and manufacturing technology projects at their global locations. This position is expected to continue advancing their manufacturing capabilities, capacity, quality, reliability, and safety. As a mid to senior-level engineer, this position is expected to execute controls systems projects from concept through design and programming, manufacturing start-up, and lifecycle support. 

Responsibilities of the Industrial Controls Engineer
Contribute to the design and development of effective controls systems to support global manufacturing processes.
Collaborate throughout the company to develop and implement solutions that advance their manufacturing technology.
Investigate and propose applications of cutting edge technologies to new and existing manufacturing processes.
Develop elegant, robust solutions to complex systems using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), machine vision systems, sensors, motion control devices, robots etc.
Establish and maintain engineering standards, such as: coding practices, tag naming, network connectivity and device management, etc.
Participate in bi-directional peer design reviews.
Lead technical activities with suppliers, system integrators, and internal customers.
Contribute to quality systems using toolsets such as Lean, Design for Six Sigma, House of Quality, etc. to advance equipment designs and process improvements.
Identify opportunities for improvement in equipment and internal work processes.
Build business case to explain technical recommendations.
Lead collaborative efforts with diverse backgrounds and functional aras.
Define schedules based on projects and experience.
Coach and mentor others regarding customer service; manage communications and opportunities with customers and recommend actions.
Engage in and lead continuous improvement initiatives; act as a role model for safety, 5S, etc. 
Prepare presentations to outside suppliers, system integrators, and leadership team with support from senior team members.
Maintain open communication through conversation and both formal and informal documents.

Qualifications of the Industrial Controls Engineer
BS in Controls Systems, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering required, degrees in other engineering disciplines considered with relevant industry experience.
2-8 years minimum experience.
Equipment design for an industrial, high volume production environment.
Programming ladder logic PLC’s, safety PLCs and HMIs.
Selecting appropriate circuit protectors, wiring and cabling, sensors. Hardware (PLC, HMI, safety, remote I/O, etc.) motors and drives, motion controllers etc. 
Integrating vision systems, robots and other devices into a custom-designed manufacturing cell
Able to complete responsibilities in a timely, professional and quality manner.
Solve problems analytically, search out relevant information and gauge its importance when making decisions.
Effective written and oral communication skills; able to express oneself clearly and in technical and non-technical terms.
Creative thinker.
Proficiency documenting system schematics in CAD Software (AutoCAD, SolidWorks).
Deep understanding of closed loop controls, instrumentation, process controls systems (PLC, HMI, SCADA, networking), panel design, safety codes and regulations (OSHA, ANSI, NEC, etc.).
Collaborative and effective team player able to work with globally dispersed teams.
Demonstrate ability and willingness to learn; seek out development activities to improve skills and increase knowledge; learn from other team members and own mistakes.
Take imitative, seek and act on opportunities to improve organization performance.
Ability to translate specific goals into action and follow through to achieve goals.
Proficiency in MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) and data management software (SAP preferred).
Available for domestic and international travel 1-2 weeks per year. .
 

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.”Senior 

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Infrastructure - Integrations Engineer
Our client is seeking an Engineer 3 Server to include researching new technologies and upgrades and determining their effectiveness; engineering and integrating new and existing technologies, tools, and applications into the company environment; documenting decisions, designs, and installation instructions; and training the appropriate internal resources. On call support is usually a requirement for an Engineer. These responsibilities span facilities throughout the Oregon region. At times, engineers will be expected to assist IS employees in other service areas where equipment resides.

Infrastructure - Integrations Engineer Responsibilities
Prioritizing work and managing time with a high volume of work and many interruptions, in order to meet deadlines.
Maintain technical knowledge in a rapidly evolving environment.
Keeping systems running and functioning properly.
Ensure proper documentation is created and maintained for all technical environments that reside within the company.

Provide leadership to others as demonstrated by:
Provides technical support of production, development, and/or test Windows based and other client and server systems based OS, Citrix, Exchange Server, IIS, SAN, DNS/DHCP/WINS, Design and Architecture, Print Services, business critical applications and Anti-Virus deployment and support.
Assists in the coordination and establishment of disaster recovery processes and business resumption planning across Windows based server platforms.
Schedules, performs and maintains operation system installations and upgrades, as well as layered software packages, in accordance with established. policies and performance levels.
Monitors, evaluates and configures systems to achieve optimum performance levels. Ensures server data integrity by evaluation, implementing and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions.
Ensures data recoverability by implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operational procedures.
Conducts routine hardware and software audits of Windows based servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies and configuration guidelines. Maintains a comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration library of all supported systems.
Provides the highest degree of data security and integrity through diligent and daily monitoring of backup logs for each assigned server with action plans should such monitoring indicate a need to resolve a failure.

Additional Responsibilities:
Provide a mentoring relationship to ensure the user device staff have and maintain the skills necessary to collaboratively (as guided) resolve remote hardware problems.
Provide clear, concise and complete operational change communication.
Provide optimal problem resolution processes by making full and appropriate use of internal and external resources including OEM and third party maintenance vendors.
Continual research, learn and acquire new knowledge to improve the operational services delivered by the Windows based sever team. Communicate this knowledge with the other members of your team to enhance our overall knowledge and competency level.
Carry a pager and/or cell phone and be available during specified hours of coverage on a standby basis and also available as an integral member of a system support team during normal and crisis situations.

Project/Support Responsibilities:
Responsible for engineering large, technical projects by:
Researching and maintaining a knowledge of new emerging products and strategies and their relative value against competitors and the benefit to the organization. Easily assimilates new technologies and arrives at viable conclusions regarding their value to the organization.
Conducting integrated testing of all system functions.
Assimilating new technologies and features, conceptualizes these with the current environment and long term goals, and provides technical strategies/directions for the region.
Producing procedures and policies for new products and/or methodologies in an exemplary manner, setting the standards for the group.
Documenting the technical standards decisions, system designs and procedures in an exemplary manner, setting the standards for the group.
Being established as a leader in teamwork, documentation, technical expertise, judgment, and strategy.
Facilitating engineering teams.
Develop comprehensive cost projections, demonstrated by:
Preparation of a comprehensive cost/benefit analysis.
Create a comprehensive project charter template for proposed projects, demonstrated by:
Completion of standard IS charter template for proposed projects.
Completion of standard IS project timeline template for proposed projects.
Produce clear, concise, and meaningful project status reports, demonstrated by:
Production of relevant status reports on time and with use of standard IS reporting mechanisms and tools.
Orchestrate a project involving multiple IS departments, demonstrated by:
Preparation and execution of work plan involving resource responsibility by multiple departments.
Identification of, and negotiation for, resources outside of area of influence.
Orchestrate multiple teams as demonstrated by:
Providing coordination for resolving issues across multiple teams or departments.

Infrastructure - Integrations Engineer Qualifications 
Bachelor's Degree with 4 years of IT related experience or;
Associate's Degree with 8 years of IT related experience or equivalent education/experience.
10 years of IT related experience without a degree.
At least 4 years Industry experience supporting production level Windows servers in a 24x7 environment.
Experience providing technical and/or work process guidance and direction to team members.
Experience at creating, assigning and following up on task across multiple technology disciplines.
Experience in two or more of the following sub-specialties associated with Windows based sever management: Active Directory, Virtual Machine, Linux-based OS, Citrix, Exchange Server, IIS, SAN, Back-ups, Design and Architecture, Print Services, specific business critical applications, Anti-Virus deployment and support.
Progressive mindset embracing change and new technologies (where appropriate to the business).
Information Services experience providing support, preferably in a healthcare industry setting.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills, relates to and effectively communicates with employees at all levels within the company as well as vendors.

Evidence of advanced competency in technical expertise through the following:
Ability to provide mentoring to level 1 and 2 staff regarding the execution of tasks, emerging technologies, and best practices for maintaining the highest levels of server reliability, application stability and data integrity.
Professional level communication and presentation skills to effectively conduct productive technical and non-technical meetings and briefings with colleagues, vendors, organizational leaders and executive level attendees.
Provide leadership role in obtaining and directing technical resources during problem resolutions or during a crisis or critical problem event. Takes the lead in communications and vendor management.
Ability to recognize when standards, processes, policies or procedures are no longer effective and proactively resolves or assigns responsibility to resolve these issues and follows through to completion including a review of new policies, procedures, and standards.
Effective project management for medium to large applications, servers and technology enhancements.
Knowledge in two or more of the following sub-specialties associated with Windows based sever management: Active Directory, Virtual Machine, Linux-based OS, Citrix, Exchange Server, IIS, SAN, Back-ups, Disaster Recovery, Design and Architecture, Print Services, specific business critical applications, Anti-Virus deployment and support.
Ability to create, and design an architecture to integrate applications, taking into account security, Servers and SAN environments.

Licenses and Certifications:
IT engineering certifications (MCSE, MCSD, or CNE) may be considered to supplement experience where the same or similar accountabilities could not be substantiated.

Additional Desirable Skills:
Jenkins
Elastic Stack
Ansible

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.
 

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Instructional Designer
Our client is hiring an Instructional Designer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Instructional Designer Responsibilities
Plans, develops, and implements technical product training programs which may include standard, repeatable modules, customized and new product modules. 
Obtains information from customer and technical organizations, engineering, software and product requirements to prepare training programs; prepares lesson plans and training materials; designs product demonstrations; develops course content; determines methodology; and coordinates the development of training aids. 
Conducts training sessions, product demonstrations, and develops criteria for evaluating effectiveness of training activities. 
May utilize trainers with technical expertise. 
May administer tests. 
Continuously revises lesson plans to ensure course material reflect product features, meet new training requirements and to keep technical information up to date.
Coordinate with instructors to bring classroom training opportunities to life, including scheduling sessions, updating LMS, communication with attendees, creating training materials and managing events.
Design and develop innovative, scalable solutions for classroom, online, just-in-time and virtual environments.
Work with subject matter experts to identify learning needs and performance objectives.

Instructional Designer Qualifications
Audio/video editing experience preferred.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

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iOS Developer
Our client is hiring an experienced iOS Developer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, innovative design, and the creation of quality code is essential for this role. Working in our organization will be rewarding, challenging, and most definitely not be just another job. Your primary focus will be development of iOS applications for our startup businesses. You will be working in a small team where other engineers will be working on the cloud services infrastructure and front end web experiences.

iOS Developer Responsibilities
Design and build applications for the iOS platform.
Integrate the iOS Apps with backend Cloud services.
Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features.
Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
Help maintain code quality, organization, and support continuous integration and continuous delivery using our internal frameworks.

iOS Developer Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other Engineering disciplines and/or strong software programming skills.
At least 3-5 years of production quality software development experience of which at least 2 recent years of solid iOS development experience.
Proficient with the Swift language, and also SwiftUI, Appkit, Core Foundation, Core Data, Core Media and Webkit iOS frameworks.
Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
Proficiency with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services using Swift libraries like Alamofire or others.
Familiarity with User Notifications, Embedded Webview interactions.
Expert in using Xcode and related debugging and performance tuning tools.
Knowledge of web technologies and UI/UX standards.
Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines.
Ability to understand technology deeply and ability to dive in and debug at any level in the software stack.
Familiarity with DevOps model of development and QA within a single team.
Experience with agile development methodologies namely SCRUM and/or Kan Ban.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

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iOS Developer
Our client is hiring an iOS Developer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

iOS Developer Responsibilities
Develops action plans and processes, in coordination with management team, for integrating activities and optimizing department resources to meet major goals and objectives. 
Facilitates or performs application support, problem solving, and issue resolution with internal and external resources. 
Contributes and reviews recommendations for technical solutions. 
Manages and/or contributes to the technical components of the RFP process. 
Resolves issues and determines options for issue resolution and risk mitigation. 
Defines and communicates requirements for technical environments and determines the technical scope for projects. 
Provides technical estimates for project budget input to Senior/Project Manager. 
Leads and owns engagements with software vendors to ensure that code and configuration requirements and deliverables are met. 
Enforces architecture, governance, security, and global process standards to system changes and deployments. 
Coordinates compliance issue identification and remediation. 
Collaborates with other teams on integration needs/design. 
Contributes to database design and creates critical-path, high-risk, advanced technical designs. 
Approves proof of concept efforts and reviews results. 
Enforce company and department architectural direction and ensure consistent technical approach within department. 
Decide on engineering tools based on recommendations. 
Allocate resources based on performance monitoring and tuning results. 
Manage and enforce performance thresholds and standards. 
Review and approve performance test results, recommendations, and tuning results. 
Oversee and is responsible for the creation of test plans, test execution, and validation of test results. 

Required Skills
Design.
Patterns.
Application Development.
Android SDK.
MVC.
JRE.
Android.
Model View Controller.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

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iOS Engineer
Our client is looking for a iOS Engineer to join their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

iOS Engineer Responsibilities
Develops, codes/configures, and tests programs and systems, typically within the parameters of two to three sprints. 
Shares knowledge effectively with the work team. 
Builds productive networks with technical colleagues, participating in technical forums and user groups. 
Demonstrates a strong working understanding of production systems, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve many problems on assigned systems with minimal support.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

iOS Mobile Application Engineer
Our client is hiring an iOS Engineer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon. The ideal candidate will have experience building world-class iOS applications for the Global Enterprise market.

iOS Mobile Application Engineer Responsibilities
Heavy contributor to the design and development of the mobile codebase, especially more complex features and workflows.
Emphasis on software development with quality in mind, including test automation.
Explore areas of technical innovation to ensure our teams stay on the cutting-edge of technology.
Mentoring more junior team members.
Practice of traditional Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Partnering closely with UX designers.
Maintaining a healthy CI/CD pipeline.
DevOps, including on-call rotation.

iOS Mobile Application Engineer Qualifications
4+ years designing and developing iOS applications.
2+ years Swift experience preferred.
Familiarity with basic computer science data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
Experience with Storyboards, Autolayout, and Constraints.
Experience with localization and globalization of applications.
Experience with Apple iOS Enterprise SDLC.
Experience working with JSON via RESTful services.
Strong TDD or BDD test automation experience.
Solid working knowledge of the Xcode IDE.
Excellent analytical skills.
Excellent written and oral communication.
A collaborative attitude with a passion for knowledge.
Links to code samples, public Github repositories, or open-source contributions highly desirable.
Bachelors' degree Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field, with 2 years additional relevant professional experience accepted in lieu of a degree.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

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IT Asset Analyst to join their team in Portland, OR. 

Responsibilities
Tracking, optimizing use, ensuring compliance, providing expertise on processes, policies related to technology assets. 
License entitlements and usage rights, working through audits whether internal / external.

Qualifications
Direct, individual contributor experience with mainly hardware and secondarily software asset management (for example - ability to interpret and communicate software usage license rights).
Ability to develop, publish, communicate and ensure compliance with asset management, policies and processes.
Loves delving into the details to solve problems.
Self-motivated, comfortable with working with limited supervision.
Highly ethical, excellent communicator, diplomatic but willing to stand up for what is right.
Experience with basic tools used to assist with asset management – SCCM, ADDM, Casper, Remedy.

Preferred
CHAMP Certification
Experience with cloud related assets (SaaS, containers) 
Experience with Asset Management tools – Aspera / Flexera
Budget / Financial experience as it relates to assets

Specific Technologies to be Used and Level of Proficiency
SCCM, ADDM, Casper – High
Service Management tool (ex. Remedy, Service Now) – High
Aspera / Flexera – Medium
Financial Applications (including Procurement) – Medium
Microsoft Suite (OneNote experience) - High

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws. 

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

IT Auditor
Our client is hiring an IT Auditor for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon. This is a great opportunity to gain experience at a global well-known company. 

IT Auditor Responsibilities
Audits information technology (IT), platforms, and operating procedures in accordance with established standards for efficiency, accuracy, security and risk mitigation. 
Interprets federal, state and/or international regulations as they apply to information systems, platforms, and IT operating processes, practices and procedures.
Evaluates IT infrastructure in terms of risk to the organization and establishes controls to mitigate loss. 
Plans audits, analyzes audit results and tests auditing programs. 
Determines and recommends improvements to current risk management controls. 
May revise controls for new or modified computer applications to prevent inaccurate calculations, data loss, and to ensure discovery of errors.

IT Auditor Qualifications
Bachelor's degree highly preferred. 
5+ years of technical experience.
3+ years in software quality assurance.
Experience in a management/leadership role highly preferred.
Understanding of SOX compliance and risk analysis.
Excellent communication skills. 
High attention to detail and analytical skills.

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Java Developer
Our client is hiring an experienced Java Developer for their team. The development group is focused on developing enterprise level solutions for our customers in project intensive industries. Our applications provide project and portfolio management, contract management, resource management, and risk management solutions used by customers worldwide. Our development practices include continuous build and integration, monthly reviews, and a heavy emphasis on testing early and often with unit tests and test automation.

Java Developer Responsibilities
Work cooperatively with a team of programmers and QA engineers to develop and improve Cloud solutions.
Develop, maintain and coordinate programming deliverables including builds, unit tests and code reviews.
Initiate and foster collaborative relationships with peers and other developers to achieve group and divisional objectives.
Facilitate continuous process improvements.
Ramp-up rapidly on multiple products from CEGBU.

Java Developer Qualifications
Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Ability to quickly analyze and assess critical functional and performance related issues in a J2EE environment.
Thorough understanding of OO principles and design patterns.
Up-to-date knowledge of both Java/J2EE development trends and technologies as well as front end development using jQuery/JavaScript.
5+ years of experience with Web-tier technologies such as JSPs, Swing, JSTL, JavaScript, jQuery, DHTML, AJAX, Spring, and Struts.
Experience with J2EE Application Servers such as WebLogic.
Experience in Microsoft SQL Server database and other platforms.
Experience in Qunit, JUnit and Selenium.
Excellent Project management skills.
Experience with Java performance analysis tools.
Experience with docker, Kubernetes, chef, etc. is a plus.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Java Developer
Our client is hiring a Java Developer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Java Developer Qualifications
Experience developing applications to run in a large-scale environment.
Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with Java.
Experience designing REST APIs and developing RESTful Web Services
Experience building scalable services in AWS
Experience with developing automated unit tests and managing and executing unit tests using tools such as TestNG or JUnit.
Experience developing Object Oriented, multi-tier applications in a complex architectural landscape.
Experience developing in a continuous integration environment using Jenkins, or similar frameworks.
Able to maintain the build and deployment process through use of build integration tools.
Experience working in an Agile development environment.

Preferred:
Experience using and scaling NoSQL databases preferably DynamoDB 
Experience developing in a TDD environment or a strong desire to learn.
Experience in a Blue/Green deployment model. 
Experience in a Continuous Delivery (CD) environment.
Experience designing and implementing performance tests. 
Experience designing instrumentation into code and using and integrating with software & logging analysis tools such as New Relic, Splunk and SignalFX.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

Java Developer
Our enterprise level client is looking for a Senior/Expert level Java Developer to join their team in Belmont, CA. This position will be developing the modules in the application / UI portion for the and provide fixes for the current issues with necessary documentation. 

Java Developer Responsibilities 
Deliver the fixes for the current UI issues and develop new features. 
Code meeting the goals for bug fixing and the feature delivery within the committed date. 

Java Developer Qualifications
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
4+ years experience in developing and maintaining business applications.
SQL/PLSQL, Java/ADF programming experience is a must.
Oracle RDBMS and Oracle Web Logic Server experience is a must.
Working experience in Oracle JET, ORDS, Oracle Application Express, Oracle Developer Cloud Service, Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service, Oracle Sales Cloud Service is a plus.
Working experience in financing or leasing applications is a plus.
Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes.
Knowledge of Source Control Systems (SVN/GIT).
Knowledge of QA tools (Web tester, Selenium).
Excellent analytical and communication skills.
Self motivated with strong ability to learn quickly and work independently.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen 
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Java Engineer
Our client is hiring a Java Engineer for their team in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Java Engineer Responsibilities
Develops code, configures applications, and defines job schedules for high-risk, highly complex requirements. 
Installs software and software updates for critical systems. 
Executes and is responsible for the deployment of code across environments. 
Approves and conducts design and code reviews. 
Creates critical-path, high-risk, advanced and/or cross-functional technical designs. 
Collaborates with other teams on integration needs/design. 
Contributes to database design and ensures consistent technical approach within the department. 
Participates and contributes to company's overall architectural footprint, direction, and standards. 
Performs application support, problem solving, and issue resolution with internal and external resources. 
Contributes to technical solutions by performing technical analysis and identifying options and solutions. 
Contributes to the RFP process. 
Identifies technical issues and determines options for issue resolution and risk mitigation. 
Defines and communicates requirements for technical environments and determines the technical scope for projects. 
Creates and applies architecture, governance, security, and global process standards to system changes and deployments. 
Establishes, maintains, and applies coding/configuration standards and best practices. 
May review and approve test plan, test execution, and validation of tests. 
Conducts performance monitoring and analyze performance against benchmarks. 
Analyze business requirements and create performance testing scenarios that ensure application performance meets customer needs. 
Review and approve performance test results, recommendations, and tuning results.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Java Engineer
Our client is hiring a Java Engineer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Java Engineer Responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join a team of engineers, scrum masters and product owners to envision and deliver robust applications and services that bring our omni-channel solutions to the next level. This role will be involved in designing and building secure, highly scalable and innovative services in a continuous delivery model on our cloud platform. The Senior Software Engineer will also partner with leads and architects to establish a technical vision for various commerce experiences.

Java Engineer Qualifications
5+ years’ experience using Java (8+ preferred).
2+ years’ experience in microservice architecture, domain driven design, and RESTful API’s.
Hands-on experience working in a distributed/cloud-based environment (AWS preferred) with high transaction volumes.
Experience with Spring framework and Spring Boot.
Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and architecture patterns.
Ability to define solutions, provide estimates of effort and risk, and evaluate technical feasibility.
Proficient with DevOps, modern build strategies, continuous integration, unit testing, and automated integration tests.
Experience with NoSQL data stores to ensure data storage is designed for security, reliability, availability, maintainability, and performance.
Working knowledge of Scrum and agile principles.
Energetic self-starter who can work in a complex collaborative environment that rewards experiments, initiative, curiosity and mentoring.
Knowledge of version control systems (GIT), issue tracking tools (Jira), and CI/CD related tools (Jenkins, TeamCity etc.).
Proficient in pair programming and performing technical code reviews.
Ability to partner with other teams to ensure the service ecosystem is loosely coupled and scalable.
Strong team player and communicator capable of building positive relationships across engineering, product and architecture.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field.
Equivalent combination of education and professional experience in lieu of a degree.

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible VanderHouwen contractors and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

About VanderHouwen
VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen has been successfully placing experienced professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.  Our recruitment teams are highly specialized in either Technology and IT, Engineering, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Our recruiters value building meaningful, professional relationships with each candidate as well as developing honed knowledge of companies' staffing needs and workplaces. Partner with us to land your next exciting career.

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal civil rights laws.

***Not able to use 3rd Party Agencies***

Java Engineer
Our client is hiring a Java Engineer for their team in Beaverton, Oregon.

Java Engineer Responsibilities
The nature of the work is focused on the company’s computer and telephony technology tools used to create, store, exchange, and use all forms of information.
Understanding and experience in one or more Hot Skill Technology (Java, .net, SAP, PeopleSoft, See Beyond).  
Manages employees, sets goals, coach's staff, supports development, collaborates on hiring decisions, disciplinary actions, performance management, and recognition, and rewards.  
Develops action plans and processes, in coordination with management team, for integrating activities and optimizing department resources to meet major goals and objectives.  
Facilitates or performs application support, problem solving, and issue resolution with internal and external resources.  
Contributes and reviews recommendations for technical solutions.  
Manages and/or contributes to the technical components of the RFP process.  
Resolves issues and determines options for issue resolution. 
Manages and/or contributes to the technical components of the RFP process.  
Resolves issues and determines options for issue resolution and risk mitigation.  
Defines and communicates requirements for technical environments and determines the technical scope for projects. 
Provides technical estimates for project budget input to Senior/Project Manager.  
Leads and owns engagements with software vendors to ensure that code and configuration requirements and deliverables are met.  
Enforces architecture, governance, security, and global process standards to system changes and deployments.  
Coordinates compliance issue identification and remediation.  
Collaborates with other teams on integration needs/design. 
Contributes Collaborates with other teams on integration needs/design.  
Contributes to database design and creates critical-path, high-risk, advanced technical designs. 
Approves proof of concept efforts and reviews results.  
Enforce company and department architectural direction and ensure consistent technical approach within department.  
Decide on engineering tools based on recommendations.  
Allocate resources based on performance monitoring and tuning results. 
Manage and enforce performance thresholds and standards.  
Review and approve performance test results, recommendations, and tuning results. 
Oversee and is responsible for the creation of test plans, test execution, and validation of test results.