Jobs at ASCENDING LLC

Lead enterprise application modernization, ERP transformation, legacy IBM i/AS400 migration, integration architecture, and recovery of troubled technology programs. Establish governance, manage system integrators and vendors, oversee testing and cutovers, and translate apparel, retail, manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain requirements into scalable platforms. This onsite contract-to-hire executive role offers a succession path to CIO within 12–36 months.

Support enterprise data governance by curating metadata, managing business glossary terms, performing advanced data profiling and cross-source validation, documenting processes, investigating data quality issues, and facilitating governance workshops and change management to improve metadata management, data quality, and data literacy across the organization.

Supports information security and privacy initiatives across programs, projects, systems, applications, and vendor engagements. Maintains GRC records, security policies, standards, procedures, system security plans, controls documentation, risk assessments, and security diagrams. Participates in PMO projects, reviews contracts for security protections, supports compliance efforts, and communicates security requirements to business stakeholders. Requires at least three years of information security GRC experience and familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, or COBIT.

Develops and executes unit, functional, integration, and regression tests for Siemens PLC-based control systems. Builds Python and pytest automation for PLC I/O, HMI interfaces, and industrial communication protocols. Reviews and validates PLC code, conducts HIL/SIL testing, tracks defects, leads root-cause analysis, and produces test plans, reports, and traceability matrices. Collaborates with controls engineers to validate requirements and acceptance criteria.

Manage daily office operations in an onsite small-office environment. Responsibilities include administrative support, mail and delivery coordination, office supply ordering, physical inventory, light facilities management, lunch ordering, task tracking, multitasking, and maintaining a welcoming workplace. The role requires organization, attention to detail, proactive problem-solving, proficiency with Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Designs and implements scalable NetSuite-Salesforce integrations using APIs, middleware, and automation tools. Leads integration architecture and strategy, analyzes business processes, develops and tests integrations, troubleshoots synchronization issues, and ensures secure, compliant, high-performance solutions. Creates technical documentation and architecture diagrams while collaborating with IT, developers, business analysts, and stakeholders.

Designs, implements, and optimizes secure, scalable integrations between NetSuite and Salesforce. Leads solution architecture, integration strategy, workflow analysis, development, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration. Ensures reliable data synchronization, automation, compliance, performance, and minimal downtime while recommending platform and integration improvements.

Support enterprise data governance by curating metadata, managing business glossary terms, performing advanced data profiling/analysis, identifying anomalies, documenting issues, maintaining governance artifacts, and facilitating workshops to improve data quality and literacy.

Analyze business reporting needs, translate requirements into technical specifications, and design, develop, maintain, validate, and troubleshoot dashboards, scorecards, and reports using SSRS, SQL, Visual Studio, and Report Builder. Collaborate with stakeholders, analysts, engineers, and business leaders to reconcile data, optimize queries, eliminate redundant metrics, and deliver accurate reporting solutions that support business decisions.

Analyze business reporting needs, translate requirements into technical specifications, and design dashboards, scorecards, and tabular reports. Develop and maintain SSRS reports using Visual Studio, Report Builder, and complex SQL queries. Validate and reconcile data across sources, eliminate redundant reporting elements, and troubleshoot report and database issues while collaborating with business stakeholders, analysts, engineers, and subject matter experts.

Provide high-level administrative support to executives: schedule and coordinate meetings and events, proofread and format reports and presentations, manage travel and expense workflows, maintain records, support multiple leaders, conduct research, assist on special projects, and ensure confidentiality and process improvements.

Lead cloud-native rearchitecture of a large monolithic system into microservices using AWS/Azure and Kubernetes. Design resilient, highly available infrastructure with Terraform, implement monitoring/alerting, solve complex cloud networking and security challenges, drive DevOps/CI-CD adoption, evaluate technologies, and mentor engineering teams.

Lead RHEL OS and container platform for on-prem energy-management/SCADA deployments. Build, version, and harden RHEL and SCADA container images (Podman/quadlets), manage offline registries and patching for disconnected OT sites, own host networking/firewall, troubleshoot OS/container/runtime issues, document runbooks, and maintain a Packer-based Windows image pipeline.

Lead and modernize a multi-office legal technology environment, overseeing cloud document and practice management systems, Microsoft 365, Intune, endpoints, and vendor/MSSP relationships. Drive workflow automation, low-code/AI initiatives, documentation, onboarding/offboarding, budget oversight, and ensure high user satisfaction through hands-on management and clear stakeholder communication.

Own and grow existing AWS partner relationships, drive enterprise B2B business development for professional services, and be trained by the technical co-founder. Target customers in the $100M–$300M range, leverage GenAI knowledge, and demonstrate an entrepreneurial, self-starting sales approach with polished communication and professionalism.

Handle inbound and outbound calls to borrowers 30-60 days past due to collect payments, negotiate repayment plans, take phone payments, document interactions in MSP, assess borrower circumstances, route loss mitigation calls, and follow investor and federal default servicing guidelines while meeting performance metrics.

Set up and operate BESS test equipment, execute product-specific test plans, collect and store test data, troubleshoot equipment issues, document procedures and results, and collaborate with test lead to produce clear test reports.

Design, deploy, configure, and troubleshoot multi-vendor networking and server infrastructure. Manage VMware vSphere and Hyper-V virtualization, optimize performance, and handle VM provisioning and upgrades. Configure and support Cisco and Palo Alto network/security appliances, implement security best practices, perform incident response and root cause analysis, and maintain documentation.

Lead and execute risk-based IT, operational, compliance, and financial audits. Design and test controls, analyze processes, manage audit projects end-to-end, report findings, and support remediation and special internal audit initiatives.

Lead rearchitecture of a monolithic system to Azure cloud-native using Kubernetes (AKS). Design, deploy, secure, and maintain scalable containerized applications, implement IaC with Terraform, enforce load balancing and security best practices, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams.