Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Collect America - Programmer, Build Release Engineer

Title:
Programmer- Entry Level

Skills:
Unix/Linux Oracle PL/SQL PHP Perl

Date:
9-24-2008

Description:
Entry Level Programmer

A rapidly growing financial services company located in the Denver Tech Center is seeking a recent college graduate to fill an entry level position in its Information Technology department. This is a tremendous opportunity for the right candidate to develop real world experience with a company utilizing a mix of legacy and cutting edge technologies. The position is in the Production Services group and will have significant responsibility for supporting the technologies and business processes for a multi-million dollar line of business.

Requirements are as follows:

- College degree in Computer Science or a closely related field with significant coursework in Computer Science
- Formal training in object oriented development theories and methods
- Formal training in the Java programming language
- Proficiency with SQL
- Knowledge of or ability to learn Perl and PHP
- Knowledge of or ability to learn Oracle PL/SQL
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux operating system

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Title:
Programmer (Connect2Pay)

Skills:
PHP SQL MySQL Oracle PL/SQL Unix/Linux

Date:
9-24-2008

Description:
Collect America is a growing asset management company located in the Denver Tech Center. We have proven ourselves to be a leader in the financial market by attracting and retaining motivated, hardworking and creative team players. Due to our growth and leadership, we are currently seeking a Programmer to support our Application Services Team. This position will have significant responsibility for supporting the technologies and business processes for an online payment processing system. Candidates with a background developing and supporting such systems are strongly encouraged to apply.

Required Skills/Education we are looking for:
- College degree in Computer Science, Engineering and/or Business with MIS focus
- Expert level knowledge of PHP
- Expert level knowledge of MySQL
- Expert level knowledge of SQL
- Demonstrated ability to document complex functional and technical requirements
- 3-5 years professional experience
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux operating system

Preferred Skills we are looking for:
- Experience developing and supporting online payment processing systems accepting credit cards, checks, PayPal, and pre-paid cards would be ideal
- Project Management/Business Analysis experience would be an advantage
- Expert level knowledge of Perl
- Knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL
- Solid Java programming skills

There are great benefits to working for us!
Some of these benefits are:

** Monthly premium for employee health, dental and vision at no cost (spouse and dependant coverage also available at a discounted rate)
** Eligible (after 6 months of employment) to participate in our 401K program- with company match up to 4%
** Paid vacation
** 8 paid holidays
** On site exercise facility
** On site cafe for breakfast and lunch
** Business casual attire (Monday-Thursday) and casual attire (Friday)
** Free covered parking
** Located near Light Rail and bus stops
** Employee Activities Committee (EAC)


We recognize that confident people, with the right skills and proactive ideas, will enable us to continue our success. If you want to join our Collect America team and you feel that you meet these requirements noted above, please submit your resume for our review.

* Collect America is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Title:
Senior Build & Release Engineer

Skills:
Included in Job Description

Date:
9-24-2008

Description:
Senior Build and Release Engineer
Collect America is one of the largest providers of financial debt asset management and collections services in the world. The corporation*s six business segments provide services to both consumers and businesses. We are currently seeking a Senior Build and Release Engineer
The ideal candidate will lead architecture, design, and development of a custom build system from the ground up, utilizing a variety of technologies such as Make, Maven, and Ant to build, deploy, and configure our software platform. The company*s software platform runs on Oracle Application Server, Oracle ESB, Oracle BPEL Engine and Oracle WebCenter utilizing such technologies as Java/J2EE, WebServices, BPEL, JSP, and JSF. This role will be key in the development of the company*s automated build and test framework. In addition, this individual will also support and own any build system, deployment or configuration improvements required for various projects.
The ideal candidate will have experience building and supporting large-scale enterprise software build systems and have a positive service-oriented and do-it-right-the-first-time attitude. This individual will report to the Director of Application Development.


Duties and responsibilities of this position will include:

- Hands-on Development of company*s continuous build system
- Development of product packaging and deployment (installation and configuration) systems
- Development of company*s automated test framework
- Working closely with other engineers to ensure feasibility of design implementation.
- Work with the Operations team to ensure stable and flexible server environments.
- Reducing build times and increasing engineer productivity
- Assuring reliability, predictability, and verifiability of build (user and continuous) and automated test systems
- Providing help desk support and occasional training for build system to development and QA engineers
- Other tasks and projects as assigned

Skills/Requirements/Education we are looking for:

- 5 or more years experience building and supporting large-scale build systems
- Strong in Maven, Perl, Make, Ant and shell scripting skills
- Strong ability to administer and configure Linux servers
- Familiarity with Java/ J2EE,
- Experience working with enterprise-level customers on mission-critical projects
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Effective and experienced in working with a cross functional team, leading design reviews and integrating feedback from various stakeholders
- Ability to work independently and in a dynamic and collaborative team environment
- Service oriented, highly motivated, and resourceful
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to write reusable, flexible code and willingness to participate in code reviews
- Flexible and open to constructive criticism
- Organized, methodical, and detail oriented
- Proficient at personal time management and prioritization
- Ability to balance complex requirements and constraints and clearly present tradeoffs
- Experience with Linux RPM packaging and deployment preferred
- Agile/Test-Driven Development methodology knowledge a plus
- Understanding of network security management and/or log data management preferred


There are great benefits to working for us!
Some of these benefits are:

* Monthly premium for employee health, dental and vision at no cost (spouse and dependant coverage also available at a discounted rate)
* Eligible (after 6 months of employment) to participate in our 401K program- with company match up to 4%
* Paid vacation
* 8 paid holidays
* On site exercise facility
* On site caf for breakfast and lunch
* Business casual attire (Monday-Thursday) and casual attire (Friday)
* Free covered parking
* Located near Light Rail and bus stops
* Employee Activities Committee (EAC)


We recognize that confident people, with the right skills and proactive ideas, will enable us to continue our success. If you want to join our Collect America team and you feel that you meet these requirements noted above, please submit your resume for our review.

* Collect America is an Equal Opportunity Employer