Ryla, a provider of outsourced customer contact, telesales and data verification services, is set to hire more than 1,400 people in metro Atlanta to work on the U.S. Census through a contract with IBM.

The temporary positions will last from April to August. Ryla, which will serve as a subcontractor to IBM partner Teletech, will host a job fair Feb. 28 at the Cobb Galleria from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

“Working on the U.S.Census provides Ryla with an excellent opportunity to support a project that significantly impacts large and small communities across the country,” said Mark Wilson, co-founder and CEO of Ryla. “At the same time, the decennial census also allows Ryla to expand our workforce and provide temporary jobs to hundreds of people in the metropolitan Atlanta area.”