CIO — What jobs should you focus on filling in 2009? Our Hot Jobs spec sheets describe the IT roles that are most in demand, explain why they're so critical and offer suggestions on how to hire for them.
Java Developer
Java programmers develop a wide range of applications, both on the server side and facing end-users through desktops, Web browsers and mobile phones...
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.Net Developer
Enterprise-focused .Net developers write and maintain desktop and Web-based business applications, as well as...
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Project Manager
A project manager (PM) serves as a critical link between IT team members and key individuals involved with a project to ensure its timely completion...
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Data Modeler
If database administrators are jet pilots, then data modelers are aerospace engineers, performing the initial design work that enables production systems and applications to use data and drive business processes...
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Software Implementation Analyst
The software implementation analyst ensures that deployments of new applications or upgrades are planned and carried out correctly...
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Database Administrator
A database administrator is responsible for installing, backing up, testing, securing and making changes to production databases within an IT environment...
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IT Security Manager
The need for a dedicated person in charge of IT security is on the rise in the wake of recently publicized incidents involving system hacks and stolen computers...
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Business Continuity Manager
Who helps keep a company humming in the face of crime, terrorism, natural disasters, and computer and human error? The business continuity manager...
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Applications Architect
Despite a lack of consensus around how to define the Applications Architect role, one thing is clear: it's in demand, thanks to the growth in new software technologies...
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RFID Systems Engineer
An RFID (radio frequency identification) engineer handles developing and implementing a company's system to track goods and information via wireless chips...
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Head of IT HR
A traditional HR person may not recognize that a job candidate's experience with a technology doesn't translate well to their own organization. That's why you need a head of IT HR to handle the recruiting...
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Business Relationship Manager
A business relationship manager liaises between the business and IT communities. High demand...
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Systems Administrator
Systems administrators install, upgrade, monitor and maintain software and hardware to keep IT operations running smoothly...
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Enterprise architect
An enterprise architect (EA) takes a company's business strategy and defines an IT systems architecture to support that strategy...
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Business Analyst
A business analyst (BA) provides a bridge between the business and IT, working with both sides to propose changes to processes and systems to meet the needs of the business...
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Windows Administrator
A network administrator who is primarily concerned with software and whose responsibilities include security, implementing network policy, managing user access and network troubleshooting, as well as designing, installing, configuring, administering, and fine-tuning Windows operating systems and components across an organization...
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Program Manager
A program manager oversees a set of interdependent IT projects that need to be synchronized and completed successfully to achieve a broader goal. "The program manager is responsible for pulling those teams together and tying those projects into a single view," says Sam Lawler, practice director of project management and strategy at GlassHouse Technologies...
