I was recently emailed about a contracting assignment for a bank that is looking to upgrade/migrate their existing NT network to AD and Windows 2003. One of their requirement is that the candidate be fluent in Mandarin Chinese. WTF?? If a candidate is qualified technically, why should he/she be fluent in Mandarin Chinese for a company doing business in the United States? Is this a case of ethnic discrimination in which the bank is owned and operated by Chinese and all they want to see are Chinese employees or contractrors working for them? See the last line of the job description below and tell me that it doesn’t make you fume in anger.
Windows migration engineer
to migrate Windows NT desktop & apps to Windows 2000.
The initial estimated contract period of performance is 3 months with the possibility of multiple extensions.
Responsibilities:
– Develop and maintain migration plans
– Determine/migrate security requirements for applications/servers.
– Develop and communicate documentation for new platform and architecture to include functional specifications and design documents.
– Determine integration requirements and plans for disparate systems.
Qualifications:
– One person needs to have SQL Server authentication (NT) experience.
– Must have Windows Active Directory experience
– Must have prior experience of migrating from Windows NT to Windows 2000 environment.
– Experience with design, implementation, and migration to a new production Windows 2000 domain w/ Active Directory.
– Knowledge of desktop operating systems – Windows NT/2000/XP
– Experience administering a LAN/WAN – TCP/IP environment using Windows NT, 2000 and 2003
– Experience with VPN software.
– Knowledge of DNS, internet infrastructure, and IP informational tools.
– Experience rebuilding servers and workstations.
– Fluency in English and Chinese Mandarin
