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  • Database Administrator (SQL Server)

    Database Administrator (SQL Server)
    Location:  Roanoke, VA (Hybrid, 2-3 days onsite) – Must be local to client location 
    Duration:  12 Month Contract
    Rate: 60/HR+ 
    W2 role 

    Overview:
    We are looking for a talented and proactive SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA) with a strong background in SQL development and performance tuning, particularly within the utility sector. This position involves a blend of database administration and development responsibilities, focusing on optimizing database performance and supporting application teams in real-time applications, SCADA, and transmission/distribution systems.

    Responsibilities

    • Database Administration
    • Monitor and maintain database health, performance, and security.
    • Implement and manage database backup and recovery strategies.
    • Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness.
    • Manage user access and roles, ensuring compliance with data governance and security policies.
    • Perform audits and vulnerability assessments to maintain security standards.
    • Analyze and optimize SQL queries and overall database performance.
    • Identify and resolve bottlenecks in database systems.
    • Implement indexing, tuning strategies, and partitioning for performance gains.
    • Resolve platform-related issues and participate in incident response.
    • Coordinate with vendors for product-related issues, patches, and bug fixes.
    • Work closely with application developers, system administrators, and business analysts to understand new requirements and recommend high-level direction and approach.
    • Provide support for development, testing, and production environments.
    • Develop scripts for monitoring, maintenance, and automation tasks.
    • Utilize tools like shell scripting, Python, or Perl to automate processes.

    Required Skills and Experience

    • SQL Server DBA
    • 5-7 years of Proven experience in installation, configuration, and management of SQL Server (including multiple instances on a single server/VM).
    • Expertise in performance tuning, index management, and SQL query optimization.
    • Strong skills in TSQL and PowerShell.

    Nice to Haves

    • Working experience with MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
    • Background in utility space, real-time applications, SCADA, and transmission/distribution systems is an added advantage.

    Education & Experience

    • Bachelor s degree in a related field with 2 years of relevant experience
    • OR Associate s degree in a related field with 4 years of relevant experience
    • OR High school diploma/GED with 6 years of relevant experience
    May 13, 2026
  • Accounting Manager

    Job Title: Accounting Manager

     

    Location: McLean, VA or Richmond, VA – Hybrid -3x on site and 2x remote

     

    Duration: 6 months contract + possible extension

     

    Pay Rate: $90-100/hr. W2. W2 only, sorry we cannot do C2C or transfer H1 at this time

     

     

    Qualifications & Description: 

    The ideal candidate will bring a strong accounting foundation, hands-on financial systems expertise, and experience operating within Agile environments supporting large-scale transformation and integration programs.

     

    Key Responsibilities

    • Lead accounting integration activities related to acquisitions, new product implementations, and financial system migrations.
    • Support integration of travel-related financial operations into enterprise accounting platforms and processes.
    • Partner cross-functionally with Accounting, Finance, Technology, Product, and Program Management teams to ensure accurate financial system alignment and operational readiness.
    • Analyze and validate accounting treatments, journal entries, debit/credit structures, reconciliations, and financial data mappings during system implementations.
    • Collaborate within Agile delivery teams, actively participating in PI Planning, sprint ceremonies, backlog discussions, and workstream coordination.
    • Assist in integrating and optimizing accounting workflows within enterprise ERP and financial systems.
    • Identify process gaps, recommend improvements, and support automation and scalability initiatives across accounting operations.
    • Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, and financial reporting requirements throughout implementation activities.
    • Support testing, validation, and post-implementation stabilization for accounting system integrations.

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
    • Strong accounting background with experience at the Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant, or Public Accounting level.
    • Deep understanding of accounting principles including debits, credits, reconciliations, and financial reporting processes.
    • Experience working with enterprise accounting systems such as Workday or NetSuite (experience with either system is required).
    • Prior experience supporting accounting integrations, acquisitions, ERP implementations, or financial system transformation initiatives.
    • Experience working in Agile environments with exposure to PI Planning, Scrum ceremonies, and cross-functional delivery teams.
    • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
    • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience supporting travel industry accounting operations or travel-related financial products.
    • Financial services or banking industry experience.
    • Prior experience integrating financial systems into large enterprise environments.
    • Exposure to technology-driven accounting transformation initiatives.
    May 12, 2026
  • Brand Creative Project Manager

    Job Title: Brand Creative Project Manager

    Location: Richmond, VA

    Duration: 9 months

    Pay Rate: $40 – $50 (W2 Only)

     

    Job/Role Description:

    • This role is responsible for the overall coordination, implementation, and trafficking of creative projects, ensuring consistency with brand strategy, commitments, and goals.
    • The position will guide cross-functional resources for timely project completion and comfortably present to senior leaders and decision makers.
    • Works with creative teams, marketing strategists, and channel managers to deliver projects such as emails, signage, environmental design, direct mail, social, web, display, video, and more.
    • Facilitates new project intakes and determines resourcing needs based on business priority.
    • Builds out project plans, manages assignments, and ensures timely delivery of creative assets.
    • Utilizes workflow management tools (such as Workfront) to drive successful project delivery.
    • Builds timelines, workflows, and owns marketing roadmaps.
    • Tracks project progress, maintains up-to-date timelines, and proactively troubleshoots for the team.
    • Provides reporting as needed for teams and leadership.
    • Facilitates team ceremonies including stand-ups, kickoffs, creative reviews, and retrospectives.
    • Implements and manages project changes and interventions to achieve desired outputs.
    • Provides direction and support to program and creative services teams.
    • Partners with Program Managers to improve overall team efficiencies, workflows, and processes.

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Finance, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
    • At least 4-5 years of direct work experience in Project Management
    • Comfortable managing a high volume (20+) of concurrent projects with shifting deadlines and priorities across multiple lines of business
    • Independently drives both tactical and strategic initiatives forward
    • Strong comfort with white space thinking and advanced problem-solving skills to drive clarity
    • Excellent written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
    • Ability to remain calm and resilient when faced with shifting priorities and roadblocks
    • 3+ years experience in an in-house creative team, advertising agency, or digital marketing environment preferred
    • 1-2 years experience with Workfront or a similar workflow management platform preferred
    • 3+ years experience reviewing visual design and written content preferred
    • 3+ years experience supporting digital or social channels preferred
    • Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strong organizational and prioritization skills
    May 8, 2026
  • Help Desk Support

    Job Title: Help Desk Support

    Location: Richmond, VA (Onsite)

    Duration: 12 months (W2 Only)

    Pay Rate: $18 – $21

    Job/Role Description:

    • This role supports the provisioning, modification, and deletion of user access accounts across various applications for all lines of business within the organization.
    • Create, modify, and delete user access accounts in multiple systems while ensuring accuracy and compliance with security policies.
    • Troubleshoot and resolve provisioning errors in a timely manner to minimize user impact and maintain productivity.
    • Participate in access cleanup projects to remove unnecessary permissions, improve security posture, and support audit readiness.
    • Cross-train within the team to build broader knowledge and provide backup coverage for other help desk functions.
    • Process access requests efficiently while meeting established service level agreements and turnaround times.
    • Accurately log and document all access changes and incidents in the ticketing system.
    • Provide first-level support for user access inquiries via phone, email, or ticketing system.
    • Collaborate with IT security, application owners, and other teams to resolve complex access issues.
    • Identify opportunities for process improvements in access management workflows and documentation.
    • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of access management tools, procedures, and organizational policies.

    Required Qualifications

    • High school diploma or equivalent; associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field preferred
    • 1+ years of experience in a help desk, IT support, or user access management role
    • Experience with user account provisioning and access management systems (Active Directory, Azure AD, or similar)
    • Familiarity with ticketing systems such as ServiceNow or equivalent
    • Strong customer service orientation with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
    • Proven ability to troubleshoot technical issues and follow established procedures
    • High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
    • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
    • Comfortable handling sensitive access-related information with confidentiality and integrity
    • Willingness to learn new applications and processes quickly
    • Basic understanding of IT security principles and access control best practices
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
    May 5, 2026
  • Full Stack Javascript Developer

    Job Title: Full Stack JavaScript Developer

    Location: McLean, VA or Richmond, VA

    Duration: 9 months

    Pay Rate: $65 – $75 (W2 Only)

     

    Job/Role Description:

    • This role supports a large internal application focused on email templates.
    • The team is actively improving functionality and user experience for internal users in a small team environment with high visibility.
    • Work across the entire stack using React and Redux for the frontend, Node.js for the backend, and PostgreSQL for data management.
    • Utilize AWS Lambda and AWS ECS for backend infrastructure.
    • Implement unit tests and end-to-end tests with Mocha, Jest, Playwright, and Vitest to ensure high code quality.
    • Exercise autonomy to solve ambiguous problems while demonstrating strong teamwork and communication skills.

    Required Qualifications

    • Senior Developer with 5+ years of experience
    • Strong communication skills
    • High productivity and ability to work independently
    • Mandatory experience with React, Redux (must-have), Node.js, AWS Lambda, AWS ECS, and PostgreSQL
    • End-to-end testing experience required with Mocha, Jest, Playwright, and Vitest
    • Must be able to work onsite in McLean, VA or Richmond, VA
    April 30, 2026
  • ATM Help Desk Technician (2nd Shift & Weekends)

    Job Title: ATM Help Desk Technician (2nd Shift & Weekends)

    Location:  Remote, EST, USA
    Duration: 5 Months Contract
    Rate: $27/Hr

    Schedule & Shift Details:

    • Hours: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM EST

    • Days: Saturday–Sunday Every weekend they will be working (40 hours/week) (Training will be 3 weeks 8am-5pm)

    • Days Off: Two consecutive days off during the week.

    Position Overview:

    We are seeking a proactive and technically skilled ATM Help Desk Technician to join the Technical Operations Center – Technician Support team. In this role, you will play a key part in driving ATM availability by supporting a nationwide fleet of ATMs and field service technicians in a fast-paced, high-availability 24x7x365 environment.

    This is a second shift position with weekend coverage required. Ideal for individuals who thrive in technical support environments, can work independently, and are committed to operational excellence.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Responsibilities:
    • Supporting our production fleet by providing technical support to ATM Field Service Technicians and driving high-availability for fleet of ATMs.
    • Providing technical phone support for service technicians, as well as process control and management that will drive first time resolution and sustainable ATM performance in a 24x7x365 high availability production environment
    • Through established ATM processes, the candidate will be required to troubleshoot issues and failures related to hardware, software, services, and network.

    The ideal candidate will have:

    • Associate s Degree in a Computer Science or Technology discipline; or
    • Technical Certification in Microsoft, Cisco or Unix/Linux Technologies, ITIL Foundations, CompTia; or
    • Equivalent work experience (e.g., at least 1 year in similar role) required.
    • Must possess good interpersonal skills and is able to work well with end users.
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
    • Able to handle confidential matters judiciously.
    • Good time management skills and able to prioritize.
    • Must be able to work nights and weekends as needed.
    • Ability to understand the current state of ATMs to fully diagnose problems for resolution
    • Act as a liaison between internal Bank team members, Vendor Account Managers and other vendor personnel to help resolve escalated customer issues
    • Provide efficient productivity and superior quality service while working in a fast-paced environment
    • Provide basic troubleshooting and ask probing questions to assist clients and service vendors while on site
    • Ability to work multiple systems simultaneously
    • Handle internal/external reports and status updates
    • Monitor multiple email boxes and ensure accurate and precise responses within Service Level Agreements
    • Follow-up on open escalations to ensure smooth handling and accurate closure
    April 24, 2026
  • Marketing Coordinator (Digital Operations/Marketing Technology)

    Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for a Marketing Coordinator, a W2 contract with one of our largest clients!

    Candidates should be willing to work on our W2 ONLY No C2C


    Job Title:
    Marketing Coordinator (Digital Operations/Marketing Technology)
    Location: McLean/Richmond, VA
    Schedule: Onsite-Hybrid
    Role Type: W2 contract
    Contract Length: 12 months.
    Key Skills:

    • Bachelor’s degree (required)
    • Minimum 2 years of experience in Digital operations / marketing technology coordination roles
    • Experience with SAS tools (operational support)
    • Familiarity with:
      • User access management
      • Slack, Google Drive
      • Digital content workflows
    • Experience with Figma (required)
    • Exposure to CMS platforms and publishing workflows
    • Basic system admin support experience (business tools)
    • Familiarity with Adobe and digital asset tools

    What You’ll Do

    • Manage the Content Management System (CMS) for the Brand Portal
    • Manage Brand Portal user inquiries and identify opportunities for platform improvement to meet users’ needs
    • Manage user access, handle guest interaction creation for Figma, and provide dedicated reporting and support for Brand users
    • Own the creation, user provisioning, communication, and documentation for External Google Drives and externally enabled Slack channels to ensure secure and seamless collaboration with our agency partners
    • Serve as the user administrator and support contact for our stock photography platforms

    Who You Are

    You want to be an EVIDENCE-BASED CREATOR.

    • Your curiosity is endless—there’s always something else to learn
    • You’re flexible and not afraid of change; in fact, you welcome the challenge
    • You share your point of view, but seek out what might be missing and listen
    • You have big ideas and know the best ones are driven by proof, persistence, and patience
    • You’re a storyteller—you simplify the complex and compel your audience to act
    • You know how to enjoy yourself; while fun isn’t mandatory, it certainly seems to follow you
    • You care—about the work, your team, and the customers you serve

    Basic Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree or military experience
    • Experience in marketing operations, platform administration, or IT support—specifically within a creative, brand, or marketing environment
    • Hands-on experience navigating and managing Content Management Systems (CMS)

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering
    • Familiarity with the specific tooling ecosystem: Figma, Bynder (or similar DAMs), and Getty/Adobe Stock/Sprinkler
    • A proactive mindset with the ability to context-switch across multiple platforms while maintaining organized records and reporting

    Additional Considerations

    • Experience in marketing operations will be prioritized
    • Technical/administrator experience preferred

     

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    April 22, 2026

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