Saturday, April 05, 2008

Rally Software - Operations Engineer, QA ENGINEER

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 4459

Operations Engineer - Software (Boulder, CO)
Posted by: "Cindy Fields" Cindy.Fields@rallydev.com
Date: Sat Apr 5, 2008 4:14 pm ((PDT))

Operations Engineer

Rally Software Development (www.rallydev.com) located in Boulder,
Colorado is a dynamic, growing company that provides software-driven
enterprises with the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed to succeed
with Agile development practices.

By joining our agile software development team, you will be a part of a
group building a collaborative platform for agile software teams of all
sizes. Enjoy all the benefits of working with the hottest technologies
in small, highly collaborative teams while we service users in 20+
countries and 50% of the largest software development firms in the
world
from a hosted platform.

Responsibilities include:

* Administrating, monitoring, and maintaining Rally's on-demand
test and production systems.

* Selecting, configuring, and maintaining state of the art
computer hardware that runs our on-demand systems.

* Performing Rally production system upgrades and patches in a
clustered environment.

* Assisting with production system security policies and audits.

* Performing scalability tests on different hardware and
software
configurations.

* Assist in estimating product system capacities.

* Designing and implementing a world-wide caching strategy.

* Performance tuning the production hardware.

* Maintaining, configuring, and testing our disaster recovery
site.

* Ability to configure networking technologies including but not
limited to: Firewalls, Routers, Switches (Vlans, port bonding,
fail-over
redundancy).

* On call availability to service a highly redundant and
reliable
production system.

Ideal candidates will have the following experience and attributes:

* Minimum of 5 years of operations experience.

* Operations experience with a J2EE architecture with RedHat,
Centos, JBoss, and Oracle 9i or 10g.

* Experience with a Redhat cluster with iSCSI SANs is a plus.

* Good technical problem solving skills.

* Good communication skills.

* Good Unix/Linux scripting skills.

* A detailed and methodical (bullet-proof) nature when executing
product system installations, migrations, maintenance, and upgrades.

Culture:

At Rally, we value teamwork, an ability to meet commitments, and skill.
Our company is comprised of people who are passionate about the
software
industry and the success that implementing Agile Development practices
can bring our clients.

You will find Rally makes decisions through a highly creative and
collaborative process and our employees stand-up and contribute. As a
Boulder company, we strive to maintain a work/life balance and give
back
to the community.

Rally was awarded one of the best places to work in Colorado, the JOLT
Award for product excellence from Software Development Magazine and our
Series B funding. We fielded five Boulder Peak Triathlon relay teams
and
continually give back 1% of our time to the non-profit community. Rally
has also set aside 1% of its equity, upon founding, as part of
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado.

We are recognized nationally as the best product in our category (Jolt
Awards 2006, 2007 and 2008), locally as the most innovative product (IQ
Awards) and as a top "Best Company to Work for in Colorado" 2006 and
2007.

We are looking for those who share our passion and the desire to work
with the best and brightest. If it sounds like you might thrive in an
environment like this, please email your resume and cover letter to
jobs@rallydev.com.

Local candidate preferred. No third parties.

Join our award winning team!

Jolt Award Winner 2006, 2007 & 2008 - Product Excellence

Locally Most Innovative Product (IQ Awards)

Top "Best Company to Work for in Colorado" 2006 & 2007

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3. QA ENGINEER - Software (Boulder, CO)
Posted by: "Cindy Fields" Cindy.Fields@rallydev.com
Date: Sat Apr 5, 2008 4:15 pm ((PDT))

QA ENGINEER - Software

Rally Software Development (www.rallydev.com) located in Boulder,
Colorado is a dynamic, growing company that provides software-driven
enterprises with the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed to succeed
with Agile development practices.

What we're looking for: Rally is seeking a motivated QA Engineer with
an
innate curiosity about how things work and the drive to improve them.
This is a key role on the engineering team helping to guide development
and define acceptance tests.

Responsibilities include: Creating and implementing test acceptance
criteria, manual testing, recording defects, evaluating test data,
problem discovery, tracking and resolution in addition to ensuring a
high level of customer satisfaction by managing customer defects

Ideal candidates will have the following experience and attributes:

* Minimum of 3-5 years of QA experience is recommended.

* Experience testing web based applications using Internet
Explorer and/or FireFox.

* Excellent problem solving, analytical, and technical
troubleshooting skills.

* Working knowledge of software testing methodology.

* Strong team-orientated, interpersonal, and communication
skills.

* Willing to work in a dynamic development environment.

* Must be highly motivated, self-driven, and have the ability to
work efficiently with minimal supervision.

* Experience with Agile Software Development Methods desired.

Culture:

At Rally, we value teamwork, an ability to meet commitments, and skill.
Our company is comprised of people who are passionate about the
software
industry and the success that implementing Agile Development practices
can bring our clients.

You will find Rally makes decisions through a highly creative and
collaborative process and our employees stand-up and contribute. As a
Boulder company, we strive to maintain a work/life balance and give
back
to the community.

Rally was awarded one of the best places to work in Colorado, the JOLT
Award for product excellence from Software Development Magazine and our
Series B funding. We fielded five Boulder Peak Triathlon relay teams
and
continually give back 1% of our time to the non-profit community. Rally
has also set aside 1% of its equity, upon founding, as part of
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado.

We are recognized nationally as the best product in our category (Jolt
Awards 2006, 2007 and 2008), locally as the most innovative product
(IQ
Awards) and as a top "Best Company to Work for in Colorado" 2006 and
2007.

We are looking for those who share our passion and the desire to work
with the best and brightest. If it sounds like you might thrive in an
environment like this, please email your resume and cover letter to
jobs@rallydev.com.

Local candidate preferred. No third parties.

Join our award winning team!

Jolt Award Winner 2006, 2007 & 2008 - Product Excellence

Locally Most Innovative Product (IQ Awards)

Top "Best Company to Work for in Colorado" 2006 & 2007