Please email resumes to kathleen@.... This company is looking
for candidates who come from one of the big five consulting firms with
telecom OSS/BSS experience.

Business Analyst Denver (Job Code KCNet3) based in Denver ( Also in
Vancouver, WA) for a Telecommunications company based on the East Coast
working remote based in Denver and willing to travel extensively.
OSS/BSS Experience candidates.
Communications: Communicate with customer SMEs, Project Managers, internal
engineers. Also communicate with System Integrators that may be on site.
Experience: Telco business knowledge in Voice, Data/IP, Transport, VoIP,
and/or other enhanced services. Telco Operational knowledge regarding Order
Management, Service Provisioning, Network Engineering, and/or Service
Assurance. Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in requirements gathering,
QA/testing, Change Management*/Training, Process Engineering, and/or Data
conversion and migration. Experience with Metasolv, Granite, Cramer, or
other OSS inventory systems is a plus. Minimum of 2+ years in a Telco or
consulting to a Telco role. *Change management refers to assisting the
client with organization design changes. These resources are very difficult
to find.
Skills and Education: Requires Bachelors degree or greater. Written and
verbal skills. Excellent customer communication skills. Has to be able to
work well with customer SMEs. Excellent internal communication skills. Has
to be able to communicate with engineers and PM. Organized; Technical
knowledge of Telco processes; Telecom technologies; Telco organization.

Professional Services Project Manager (JobCode KCNet1) Location: Road
warriors based in /around Denver This role is a cornerstone of the
Professional Services organization. As the primary liaison between the
customer and the Company technical team, the Senior Manager should be
conversant with all aspects of software delivery in a complex environment.
Engagements within customers typically begin prior to license sale and will
extend well after the software is placed into production. Company
specifically wants candidates who have previous experience with any one of
the big five consulting firms with specific OSS/BSS experience. (Also this
position available in Vancover, WA)
OSS -Fraud Management and Provisioning, Service Provisioning and Trouble
Ticketing, Inventory Management, Order Management, Network Management,
Enterprise Management System, Unified Messaging Service,
BSS - Billing Systems, Complaint Handling, Web Self-Care and Performance
Audit, Decision Support Systems, IVR , Mediation, Customer Care and Billing,
Call Center, ERP,Outside Plant Management
Responsibilities:
* Plans and organizes work, coordinating activities with
Professional Services staff, Development staff, integration partners and
customer staff. Contributes to the overall planning of projects by
recommending approaches, identifying resources, and developing timelines,
commenting on plans. Owns project budget and P&L responsibility for the
project
* Actively participates in requirements gathering process
using BAM (Business Analysis and Mapping) methodology
* Identifies and provides solutions to broad, complex, and
critical work and customer problems and issues. Using a high degree of
insight, research and analytical skill develops new or enhanced methods and
techniques to resolve problems and offers options, alternatives, effects,
and implications based on areas of expertise
* Anticipates changes required in processes, project
direction, and the need to change project plans. Highlights changes,
providing alternatives on how to proceed and likely impact
* Leads work teams of various sizes on engagements; plans and
organizes the work for the team; determines, tracks, and reports on
priorities and project status; manages engagement scope and customer
expectations
* Provides guidance, assistance, and training to team members
and customer staff
* Seeks and develops methods and techniques to improve the
process of delivering solutions to customers and communicates information to
team members
* Contributes to sales activities, customer development,
proposal development, and closing sales
* Develops and fosters a collaborative working relationship
with customers
* Works collaboratively with consultants, other project
managers, and Corporate and Services staff to develop consulting and project
methodology, techniques, tools, and solutions.
Qualifications:
* Minimum 5 years application software implementation
experience and expertise in applying technology to meet customer needs
* Minimum of 5 years of IT networking or Telecommunications
experience
* Minimum of 2 years experience with relevant telecom BSS/OSS
applications
* Knowledge of Data Migration methodologies
* Knowledge of System Integration methodologies
* Knowledge of software development life cycle
* In-depth knowledge of Company Services (or generally
accepted consulting) techniques, methods, processes, and practices
* In-depth experience in business processes and skill in
business analysis techniques
* Detailed experience with project management methodologies
and associated tools
* Ability to construct/maintain a project budget and manage
project accordingly
* Excellent oral presentation and written communications
skills
* Outstanding time management skills
* Ability to travel extensively for varying periods of time.
* Native or fluent English language as a principal business
communication language

Implementation Engineer (Job Code KCNet2) This position is based in Denver
and also Vancouver, WA.
The Implementation Engineer (Developer - DEV) role is a major technical role
within the Professional Services (PS) organization. You are the primary
liaison between the Customer's technical team, Project Manager and the whole
technical team including Development, Customer Service, Quality Assurance,
Configuration Management, Training and Product Management. The
Implementation Engineer should be conversant with all aspects of
requirements gathering and mapping, software delivery and implementation in
complex environment throughout the implementation projects duration.
Candidates have to be ROAD WARRIORS to clients' sites with a lot of work
based in DENVER. Must have OSS/BSS background!!!
Responsibilities:
* Reporting to the Project Manager on a weekly basis
* Developing the plan for the product configuration,
implementation, test operations and acceptance
* Participating in technical requirements gathering and
mapping them onto the company's system functionality. Preparation of
technical requirements specifications:
o Site hierarchy and structure
o Object types hierarchy
o Device list
o Core network spec.
o Business processes spec
o System integration spec
o Document management spec
o Data migration spec
o Naming conventions
o Security spec
o Other technical specifications as needed
* Identify technical issues and provide cost-effective
solutions. Using a high degree of technical and technological insight,
research and analytical skill develops new or enhanced methods and
techniques to resolve problems and offers options, alternatives, effects,
and implications based on areas of expertise
* Review and assess customer issues and change requests and
stream them according to customer priorities, contractual obligations and
the company business approaches
* Support the company's Change Management and Product
Management procedures from technical side
* Configuration of the company's physical and logical
inventory system in accordance to project specific requirements
* Developing of data migration tools and techniques from
different types of data sources
* Configuring the company's Workflow engine building business
processes required
* Participation in building system integration interfaces with
other SW systems used by customer
* Implementing reports and search profiles
* Configuring security system as per customer requirements
* Preparing project related technical system documentation
including As-Built document and UAT specifications
* Development of listeners and other add-on code to support
product configuration
* Performing product demonstrations as necessary to introduce
customer to product.
* Participating in UAT and other required testing activities
and system sign-off efforts from technical side
* Developing and supporting collaborative relationship with
technical team and end-users from customer side
* Participating frequently in on-site visits required by
implementation/support plan for varying periods of time.
Qualifications:
* Enterprise-level application software technical
implementation experience and expertise in applying technology to meet
customer needs
* IT networking or Telecommunications general experience (e.g.
ATM, DSL, IP/MPLS, DWDM/OADM, SONET/SDH/PDH, DMR, VPN, FR, etc.)
* Experience with relevant telecom BSS/OSS applications
* Knowledge of SW platforms on OS (NT, UNIX), RDBMS (Oracle)
and Application Servers (BEA WebLogic) levels enough to provide
corresponding administration required during the company's system
installation and configuration
* Expertise in J2EE development tools and techniques
* Data migration methodologies and tools knowledge
* Familiarity with System Integration methodologies and
techniques including knowledge of EAI platforms
* Understanding of software development life cycle and
corresponding company procedures
* In-depth knowledge of company's Professional Services
techniques (or generally accepted implementation and consulting techniques)
and corresponding technical practices
* Understanding of project management methodology and tools
for purposes of contributing to project plans, business proposals and status
reports
* Ability to gather and understand customer requirements and
map them onto company's system functionality. Experience in preparation of
technical requirements specifications
* Good oral presentation and written communications skills
both in Russian and English
* Ability to perform technical sessions of end users training
or assist with training delivery
* Business-like presence and ability to interact
professionally with Customers at all levels of the customer's organization
including system users, managers and senior executives.
* Ability to travel extensively for varying periods of time.




Kathleen Conners
kathleen@...
www.kconnersllc.com
(719)576-7660 phone (719)338-3862 cell (719)576-1238 fax