<p>We are looking for an experienced Compensation Manager to join our team on a contract basis in Dallas, Texas. In this long-term contract position, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and managing total rewards strategies within a complex organizational environment. This role requires a blend of analytical expertise, leadership capabilities, and in-depth knowledge of compensation practices to align programs with organizational objectives.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Compensation Manager (contract position):</u></strong></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Develop and administer compensation strategies, including salary structures, pay equity reviews, and job classifications.</p><p>• Conduct market benchmarking and salary surveys using tools such as Willis Towers Watson, Mercer, and other platforms.</p><p>• Analyze compensation data to ensure competitive positioning and identify impacts of performance programs.</p><p>• Evaluate job roles for exempt/non-exempt classifications and recommend appropriate pay bands.</p><p>• Create and standardize job descriptions to maintain benchmarking accuracy.</p><p>• Utilize advanced Excel techniques and data tools to analyze compensation trends and build comprehensive dashboards.</p><p>• Ensure data accuracy and compliance within HR systems, including Workday, while supporting system testing and updates.</p><p>• Design and implement operational procedures for promotions and other compensation processes.</p><p>• Manage compensation projects by setting timelines, tracking deliverables, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.</p><p>• Mentor and lead a team responsible for executing compensation strategies while fostering collaboration across departments.</p>
<p>Our client is looking for an experienced Data Governance Analyst to join their growing team. They need someone who can: Lead the development and implementation of data governance frameworks to support academic, administrative, and research data needs across the university system. Establish data stewardship roles and clarify data ownership for key institutional domains such as student information, financial aid, HR, research compliance, and finance. Create and enforce data policies, standards, and procedures to improve data quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security across campuses and departments. Ensure compliance with higher-ed regulatory and reporting requirements (e.g., FERPA, IPEDS, NCAA, state reporting), and coordinate with Legal, IT Security, and Institutional Compliance teams. Implement and optimize governance technology (data catalog, lineage, and quality tools) to support system-wide reporting, analytics, and decision support. Promote data literacy and provide training to faculty, staff, and administrators to enhance responsible and effective data use. Facilitate collaboration across academic units, administrative offices, and central IT to align governance efforts with institutional priorities and operational needs. Monitor data quality and governance KPIs, report progress to leadership, and drive continuous improvement to support strategic planning, accreditation, and institutional research initiatives. Expereince as a Data Governance analyst. They have a fragmented Data Governance framework in place, and the goal is for this person to unify it across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will be a data Governance Analyst looking for a more challenging opportunity to lead the implementation of Purview and advancing our data governance practices. Administration experience with Microsoft Purview or a similar tool like Collibra, Informatica, Databricks, Etc. This role will be assisting to connect Microsoft Fabric to Purview. Experience with Microsoft Purview is preferred. They have the Data Security layer of Purview implemented. This role will be working with the Microsoft partner implement the Data Governance layer (Unified Data Catalogue, Data Quality, Data Lineage, Data Health management.) See attached overview. Excellent communication skills. Someone who will lead change and help advance their DG practice. Get buy in from stakeholders. </p>
We are looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Analyst to join our team in Dallas, Texas. This long-term contract position plays a vital role in ensuring the efficient and accurate processing of pension payroll operations for retirees and beneficiaries. The ideal candidate will possess advanced payroll expertise, strong analytical abilities, and a thorough understanding of compliance standards, all while contributing to the continuous improvement of payroll processes.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Process and validate monthly pension payroll for thousands of retirees and beneficiaries, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.<br>• Review and verify benefit calculations, deductions, tax withholdings, and direct deposit transactions to maintain compliance.<br>• Coordinate payroll adjustments, corrections, and retroactive payments to address discrepancies.<br>• Utilize and maintain pension administration systems, interfacing with platforms such as Workday and Oracle to support payroll functions.<br>• Assist with system testing, upgrades, and payroll-related enhancements to improve functionality.<br>• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, statutes, and internal policies, maintaining strong internal controls over payroll.<br>• Prepare audit documentation, reconciliations, and payroll reports for leadership and external auditors.<br>• Respond to inquiries from retirees and beneficiaries, providing accurate and attentive support.<br>• Perform financial reconciliations, banking verifications, and month-end reporting activities.<br>• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance payroll efficiency and automation.
<p>We’re looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You’ll lead with GKE for container orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Ansible) for repeatability, and scripting (Python, Shell/Bash) to automate everything from provisioning to observability. This role bridges architecture and hands-on delivery, partnering closely with DevOps, SRE, Security, and application teams.</p><p><br></p><p>What You’ll Do</p><ul><li><strong>Architect & implement</strong> highly available, cost-efficient GCP environments (VPCs, subnets, routing, load balancers, Cloud NAT, Cloud DNS, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL/Spanner/BigQuery as applicable).</li><li><strong>Design, deploy, and operate GKE</strong> clusters (node pools, autoscaling, upgrades, ingress, CNI/CNI‑overlays, workload identity, network policies, pod security).</li><li><strong>Automate infrastructure</strong> with Terraform or Ansible (modules/roles, workspaces/environments, pipelines, policy-as-code).</li><li><strong>Build platform tooling</strong> and automation in Python/Shell/Bash (provisioning, configuration drift remediation, release packaging, operational runbooks).</li><li><strong>Implement observability</strong> (Cloud Monitoring/Logging, Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and actionable alerting/SLOs.</li><li><strong>Harden security</strong> (IAM least-privilege, service accounts, secrets management, private clusters, image scanning, workload identity, org policies).</li><li><strong>Enable CI/CD</strong> for apps and infra (Cloud Build/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI, artifact registries, blue/green or canary deployment strategies).</li><li><strong>Drive reliability</strong>—capacity planning, performance tuning, backup/DR strategies, incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems.</li><li><strong>Mentor engineers</strong>, codify best practices, and contribute to architectural standards and roadmaps.</li></ul><p><br></p>
We are looking for a skilled Systems Engineer to join our team in Plano, Texas. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and maintaining server infrastructure, ensuring system security, and supporting disaster recovery initiatives. The ideal candidate will collaborate with various IT teams and vendors to provide reliable and secure technology solutions in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Provide daily support for servers and systems, including Active Directory, Citrix, Microsoft Exchange, file servers, and other applications.<br>• Coordinate and oversee IT projects, ensuring proper documentation of changes made to server systems.<br>• Manage vendor relationships and supervise outsourced services and projects.<br>• Develop and implement disaster recovery processes and business continuity plans, participating actively in related exercises.<br>• Collaborate with network, systems, and application teams to optimize server hardware, software, and applications.<br>• Monitor and enforce security policies and procedures to maintain system integrity.<br>• Perform preventive maintenance tasks, including upgrades, patch management, and firmware updates.<br>• Support end users and IT staff with technical issues and system improvements.<br>• Monitor and report on security performance metrics, addressing areas of non-compliance and recommending solutions.<br>• Stay informed about changes in IT security regulations and advancements in security technologies.
<p>We are looking for a skilled Data Engineer to join a dynamic healthcare organization in the DFW area. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in transforming data operations by building foundational systems for predictive analytics and strategic insights. This position offers a unique opportunity to design and implement data solutions that directly impact clinical and financial decision-making processes.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Develop and manage data pipelines and storage systems to ensure seamless reporting and data accessibility.</p><p>• Design forecasting models and predictive analytics to transform retrospective data into actionable insights.</p><p>• Create and maintain dashboards and visualizations that present clinical and financial performance metrics clearly and effectively.</p><p>• Collaborate with leadership to identify strategic metrics and deliver data-driven insights that influence organizational decisions.</p><p>• Act as the subject matter expert for data architecture and analytics, providing guidance and best practices.</p><p>• Implement and optimize ETL processes to streamline data integration and transformation.</p><p>• Utilize tools such as Apache Spark, Python, and Apache Hadoop to develop robust data solutions.</p><p>• Ensure data integrity and accuracy across all reporting and analytics platforms.</p><p>• Leverage BI platforms, with a preference for Power BI, to enhance data visualization and reporting.</p><p>• Monitor and troubleshoot data systems to maintain efficiency and performance.</p>
