Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Ping Identity - Reliability Engineer

Ping Identity is currently looking for an SRE to work in their downtown
Denver office.
 
As a Ping Identity SRE, you will be involved in every facet of our
On-Demand SaaS services. From conceptual design of interconnected
sub-systems to network design, platform testing and analysis, security
policy, service troubleshooting, and application performance. Ping SREs own
responsibility for application performance, monitoring, and adherence to
SLAs. Everything needs to just work, all the time... and you’re the one
who’s responsible. If things need to get fixed in the middle of the night,
you’re the one to get it done.

Working within the DevOps Team, you’ll be expected wear many hats. From
first responder to performance analysis, system architect, capacity
planning and monitoring support. Our DevOps team is fully integrated and
running continuous deployments daily. SREs are expected to provide input
wherever possible in the product’s development, deployment and design.

Responsibilities:
• Linux systems administration, configuration, troubleshooting and
automation.
• Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware, Xen, KVM and
public cloud resources such as AWS or Rackspace Cloud.
• Analysis of complex system behavior, performance and application issues.
• Development of monitoring solutions and analysis across multiple
datacenters.
• Capacity analysis and planning, traffic routing, and security policies
for Ping’s market leading Single Sign-On SaaS applications.
• Develop, maintain and administration of cutting-edge infrastructure
deployment tools.
• This is a 24/7 on-call position with a rotation schedule. You’re expected
to jump out of bed to fix stuff when it’s down.

Please respond via email to amellon@pingidentity.com

Shop At Home - JavaScript

ShopAtHome.com is seeking a talented JavaScript Software Engineer to join the engineering team at ShopAtHome.com.  The person in this position will work with several top notch engineers to enhance the most popular shopping browser application/extension on the web.  We are the place to be for a fun and challenging career!  In this position, you will be working on-site with terrific people at our convenient location in the DTC.

*        Work with a great team of software engineers, QA testers and web designers
*        Use leading edge technology to develop and enhance ShopAtHome.com
*        Interact with Marketing professionals in a fast paced dynamic environment
 

Responsibilities:

*        Collaborate with the agile development teams
*        Create and implement enhancements to the ShopAtHome.com browser application software
*        Develop cross-browser/cross-platform JavaScript code
*        Insert user messaging into the Document Object Model (DOM)





Qualifications:

*        2+ years of JavaScript and jQuery experience
*        Strong XML skills
*        Strong HTML, CSS, AJAX experience
*        Experience writing software to communicate with Web Services
*        Cross-browser and platform independent knowledge
*        Excellent organizational skills and detail oriented
*        Experience with full life-cycle software development
*        SQL (writing queries to read and write data)

 
Additional experience that would be a plus:
 
*        Developing web services with C#
*        Experience developing ASP.NET/C# on various browsers (IE, FF, Chrome)
*        Ideally, experience developing Firefox, Chrome, and/or Safari browser extensions
*        Regular Expressions
*        CSS3 & HTML5

Team members enjoy:
 
*        Competitive compensation
*        Ample Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays
*        Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance for team members and their dependents
*        Company Match 401(k) savings plan
*        Short Term and Long Term Disability
*        Flexible Spending Accounts
*        Personal fitness program
*        Tuition reimbursement and discounted RTD Flex-pass
*        Charitable match and community outreach events
*        Working with the greatest people ever!
*        The freedom to innovate
*        Working for a company that is committed to its team members
*        Company Events, Bagel Thursdays and a kitchen stocked with snacks/drinks (don't forget the gym....)

ShopAtHome.com helps more than 15,000 online stores generate sales through the largest coupon and discount shopping site on the Web.  With over 20 million customers and 25 years in the lead generation business, we are Coupons & More.
ShopAtHome.com is located in the Denver Tech Center.
Please submit a cover letter indicating position applied for, resume, and salary requirements torecruiting@ShopAtHome.com no later than 5 p.m. MDT, Friday, May 9, 2014.

Friday, April 25, 2014

EchoStar - MySQL DBA

Summary:          
Echostar, in Englewood, CO,  is looking for a MySQL DBA to perform duties in the full cycle including development, testing and production support.  Databases will include a variety of types including large data warehouse used for tracking and reporting, high availability web server backend DBs, large replication environment, etc. 
 
Responsibilities:
Maintain existing MySQL environments, including large replication environments for data mining and mid-sized High Availability environments. Review and make recommendations for tuning existing environments. Design and tune new tables, databases and environments for both existing environments and new work. Monitor and support current and future environments. Create, maintain and update maintenance scripts for MySQL and SQLite databases. Design, create and implement new database environments including HA and replication setups. Basic 

Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Mathematics or Engineering or related field or equivalent experience 4 years hands-on experience in database administration of MySQL. 4 years experience with various MySQL engine types, include InnoDB, MyISAM, MEMORY. 2 years experience with setup, configuration, maintenance, trouble-shooting MySQL replication environments. 4 years experience with performance tuning MySQL databases for a variety of environments and user requirements. 4 years experience with Linux, including experience writing Linux scripts.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with MySQL Clustering configuration, setup and maintenance. Experience with High Availability MySQL environments. Experience using PERL for database maintenance and interaction. Experience with using and configuring NoSQL environments (MongoDB, etc). Experience with SQLite design, configuration, tuning and consolidation Experience with other relational database systems such as Oracle, PostgreSQL. 

About EchoStar:
EchoStar delivers innovative products and services that power global communication, commerce and entertainment. Through our market-leading Digital Broadcast Centers across North America, we operate one the world’s largest and most advanced digital broadcast networks, serving over 17 million end users every day. Our historical pioneering development of market solutions such as satellite spot-beam technology, end-to-end MPEG4 video delivery, placeshifting, whole home DVR sharing and VSAT data network management have consistently set new standards in the industry.
 
EchoStar provides a variety of benefits for all employees.  In addition to health and wellness benefits that support a new era in healthcare management, we provide unique benefits including Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Stock Purchase, Discounted rates on HughesNet and Dish Network services, Slingbox discounts and much more.
 
For a complete list of benefits and specific company detail please visit www.echostar.com
 
EchoStar is an EEO employer (M/F/D/V)

LogRhythm - Senior Systems Administrator

Overview:

We are seeking a Senior System Administrator to join the LogRhythm Information Technology (IT) team at our corporate office in Boulder, Colorado.  The primary function for this role is to provide IT support to internal IT projects and activities.  Secondarily this role functions as Tier 4 network support for our internal staff members.

Responsibilities:

    Install, configure, maintain and enhance network services in a divers environment
    Create and maintain system documentation and incident reports
    Provide firewall and networking (both wired and wireless) support to virtualization and SAN infrastructure
    Assist with Exchange, Lync, and Citrix NetScaler, VM Ware, Backup software and other IT maintenance
    Install, configure, maintain and enhance monitoring services
    Act as Tier 4 network support for internal employees
    Maintain a flexible work schedule to accommodate nights and weekends

Qualifications:

Required Skills
    9+ years of IT operational experience providing expertise in designing, planning, installing, configuring, maintaining and enhancing Cisco networks and Microsoft systems and services
    9+ years of experience assisting in the design, planning, installation, configuration, maintenance of virtualization systems and SANs
    Excellent people skills, business acumen, time management and project management skills.
    Must be capable of understanding business needs of the company
    Focused individual capable of clearly defining project objectives, leading and completing projects on schedule while paying meticulous attention to details and risks
    Experience designing and implementing high resilience, high security infrastructure and solutions.
    Experience of Microsoft operating systems, Exchange, Active Directory, IIS, DNS, SQL Server, VMWare and SAN storage.
    Extensive experience of working with vendors of IT systems, solutions and services.
    Prepared to work flexibly to schedule upgrade projects outside critical business hours and ensure business continuity.
    A third level engineering degree and professional certifications such as MSCE etc.

Valued Experience
    Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor
    Juniper SRX (JuneOS)
    GSLB Load Balancing
    Cisco, CheckPoint, Juniper Firewall

Valued Certifications (or equivalent experience) include CCNP, VCP, MCITP, CCAA, PMI

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Ombud - Developer

Ombud is redefining how enterprises research, select, and implement technology. Today, worldwide Information Technology spending is a $3.8 Trillion market. Ombud has one humble goal: to manage 1% of Global IT purchasing decisions in the next 60 months.

Ombud is a privately funded company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company was founded in the spring of 2011 by a team of friends and executors who have built some great software institutions, i.e., one of our founders is the CEO of Cloudera. The name, Ombud, is derived from Ombudsman, "a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests." We are building a platform to do just that at Ombud.

You have

    A BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical discipline or equivalent experience (You must know the difference between graph theory and graph paper)
    Coding proficiency in at least one language (we use Java and Groovy)
    Several years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
    Experience with cloud infrastructure (like Amazon EC2)
    Sharp and tenacious troubleshooting skills
    Personal motivation and the drive to execute with minimal guidance
    Good hygiene and you enjoy late nights perusing through GitHub for a project to fork

Your skills

    MySQL, Hibernate, and HBase
    One or more web app frameworks (like Ruby on Rails, Groovy/Grails, or Python/Django)
    Configuration and maintenance of common server applications (like Tomcat and Apache)
    Linux and TCP/IP network fundamentals
    Version control with git

Your Responsibilities:

    Build robust and impactful tools and systems
    Design and implement new and exciting features
    Build integration points with other systems and tools utilizing web services and APIs
    Develop and review system architectures, capacity plans, tooling needs, automation plan and product launch plans
    Manage our back-end services (Hadoop, HBase, Solr, MySQL, Tomcat, Apache, EC2)
    Identify and address capacity-related issues proactively

To Apply

Send a PDF of your resume to jobs@ombud.com and let us know what you're passionate about outside of work. Code samples, GitHub accounts or portfolios will be a major component of the selection process.

Please don’t apply if you are recruiter, offshore developer, or a contractor looking for remote/telecommuting work.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Mercury - Graphic Designer

The graphic designer supports the marketing team by providing visual/graphic communication solutions that support the needs and development of the Mercury brand and the business. S/he will contribute to the marketing objectives across all channels—events, advertising, internal/external branding, and partner/merchant deliverables.  

Core Responsibilities

·         Create visual graphic designs that serve the business needs of Mercury and key partners
·         Apply graphic brand standards and design a variety of products and activities including: corporate identity, advertising, exhibitions/displays, packaging, direct mail/email, websites, powerpoints and collateral (including onesheets, case studies, infographics, white papers, etc.)
·         Develop new visual look/feel for brand expansion on assigned projects
·         Design and print ready gift card, carriers, and table top inserts proofs from merchant artwork according to merchant specifications with in set timeframes (24 hour turnaround time)
·         Design merchant assets with merchant branding according to product specifications (e.g. Mercury Storecard)
·         Coordinate with all vendors to ensure print ready artwork according to their specifications (printers, tradeshow displays, specialty items)
·         Design and develop email campaigns within marketing automation platforms (e.g. Eloqua, Marketo)
·         Support and assist the web administrator(s) as needed
·         May be required to perform other related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

·         Bachelor degree and/or minimum of 2 years’ experience in corporate graphic design
·         Expertise in software applications including: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign required; Flash and Dreamweaver a plus), Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
·         Thorough understanding of graphic standards
·         Ability to balance work on several projects at one time
·         Good team-working skills
·         Ability to pay attention to detail and record assignments in project management systems
·         Matter-of-fact approach when ideas or designs are rejected
·         Ability to work onsite and in an open plan environment
·         Marketing automation platform and web experience, specifically WordPress, is a plus

Friday, April 18, 2014

HomeAdvisor - Accounting Manager

Job Description   
HomeAdvisor, headquartered just west of downtown Denver, CO, is an online marketplace connecting homeowners with prescreened and customer-rated home service professionals. Over the last few years, our business has continuously expanded, and we now own both domestic and international subsidiaries. With that growth, we are seeking a highly-motivated professional to play the critical role of Manager, International Finance and Accounting. With operations in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, this Manager will be HomeAdvisor's primary U.S. point of contact for international finance and accounting.

In this role, you'll lead data-driven decision making for the company by:
* Developing models to forecast and report on financials and key business drivers
* Monitoring performance metrics, surfacing trends and performing research and analysis to understand influencing factors
* Using Excel expertise to analyze data and present results effectively
* Communicating results of analysis in business terms
* Using SQL and database expertise to ensure integrity of data

As part of leading the company's analysis and reporting, you'll also:
* Coordinate reporting, planning, and forecasting, including in-depth business trend analysis
* Model and analyze new business opportunities
* Follow through on execution of recommendations
* Analyze key business initiatives
* Consolidate multi-currency financial statements in USD (local currency accounting and reporting managed by local teams)
* Work extensively with HomeAdvisor U.S. and International executive teams
* Serve as primary U.S. liaison between international subsidiaries and our parent company (IAC) by communicating financial results and outlook, and acting as liaison on tax and treasury issues between parent company and international subsidiaries

What makes HomeAdvisor great?
* We were recently named one of Denver's Top Workplaces by the Denver Post. We're known for a relaxed, casual atmosphere that is flexible and focused on productivity. Things you'll find here: jeans and sneakers, well-equipped game rooms, a bike share program, and on-site fitness classes. Need we say more?
* We have a progressive ": take what you need": paid time-off policy. Instead of accruing vacation and/or sick time, you literally take the time you need to recharge (within reason). Add that to a well-rounded package of health and welfare benefits that kick in within 30 days of your first day, and you know that our employees are important to us.

Experience and Skills:
Our ideal Manager will have the following experience and skills:
* Expert skills in Excel reporting, modeling and statistical analysis
* Detail-oriented
* Able to extract insight from data, and translate the analysis into actionable ideas
* Ability to understand and communicate complex business concepts, both verbally and in writing
* Database experience and understanding of database structure (SQL experience a plus)
* Understanding of, and ability to apply, accounting theory and GAAP
* International accounting experience with consolidation of multi-currency statements is a plus
* Ability to collaborate and interact with individuals at all levels of the organization
* Action-oriented, with the ability to meet deadlines and turnaround requests in short order
* Ability to multi-task in pressure situations
* Ability to prioritize and work independently to accomplish several goals concurrently
* 3-7 years experience in business and financial analysis
* BA required, advanced degree or CPA preferred

We hire smart, dedicated, and driven people every day. If you're ready to make an impact on our environment, send us your resume to start the conversation.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Ping Identity - Software Quality Engineer

Description    
Are you ready to work on an industry-leading product? Do you want to be part of a supportive, collaborative team where your contributions make a real difference and receive recognition? Are you looking for an exciting, challenging work environment with flexible work options and a great future? If so, we would like to talk to you about joining the Software Quality Engineering Team at Ping Identity

As a Software Quality Engineer at Ping Identity, you are responsible for functional test design and planning, as well as the operation of open source and proprietary test automation tools and the detailed staging of complex distributed test scenarios. Paired with a developer and under the mentorship of a Senior Engineer, you take the project from start to finish, so you understand the product thoroughly and your input has real impact.

Job Functions:
• A solid individual contributor on an agile development team
• Designs and configures test environment to achieve solid testing
• Develops and maintains test assets from requirements including test matrices, test strategies, test cases/plans and test automation
• Executes tests and works closely with Lead SQE and development team to resolve system and product issues
• Participates in using, maintaining, and extending tools necessary for functional testing, defect tracking, risk analysis and coordination
• Active in improving/expanding test automation and product quality
• Stages test situations to better understand situations reported from the field.
Requirements     Essential Qualifications:
• 3-5+ years experience in enterprise-level commercial software environment
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of SQE principles and practices including test planning, test strategy, test matrix design in a fast paced/rapidturn/process light environment
• Must Have: Experience developing test cases using Java open source test tools/suites/frameworks (JUnit, TestNG, Selenium WebDriver, etc)
• Must Have: Ability to read/write Java Code in support of developing test automation and suites
• Must Have: Exposure to setup, configuration and usage of various environments including Windows and Linux
• Must Have: Previous experience as an SQE working on all aspects of testing hosted multi-tiered web applications including functional, stress/performance, and deployment
• Desired: Experience in an agile, iterative, RUP or XP environment
• Important: Ability to work in complex setups and configuration. Configuration and troubleshooting of web/application servers and/or IT Networking in combination with SQE skills has proven very effective
• CAUTION: Heavy experience with commercial test tools such as WinRunner, LoadRunner, Quick Test Pro, etc. is NOT ideal as these tools are not what we use.

Desired Qualifications:
• Shows attention to details
• Experience interacting and testing RESTful APIs is an asset
• Experience with Maven, Jenkins, and Git is an asset
• Ability to work in a lightweight process environment including requirements and test planning documentation
• Capable of high performance in a two-week iteration cadence with frequent product deliveries
• Self-motivated and works with minimal direction
• Takes ownership of tasks and executes

Fruition - Website Designer

Fruition is looking for a motivated and talented mid-level designer who enjoys working in a collaborative environment to bring ideas, mockups, and designs to life. You will be working with a team of designers, developers, and project managers to theme and build out Drupal, Magneto, WordPress, and mobile apps. You must be passionate about constantly improving your skills and sharing that knowledge/experience with the team.You must have the have the ability to understand the client’s problem and suggest solutions based on each client’s unique needs.

UX Design Skills & Experience

    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work/life experience
    5+ years developing/Designing for the web
    Strong attention to detail
    CSS3/HTML5 knowledge
    javascript and jquery
    An understanding of PHP
    Adobe Photoshop/Adobe Illustrator
    Drupal/Wordpress/Magento specific site building and theming
    Knowledge of responsive web development and desire to learn more
    Experience of working in an open-source environment and with open-source tools. We are a Drupal, Magento, and WordPress shop.
    Must be adaptable and able to pick up new techniques
    Must have good interpersonal and communication skills
    Must be able to work on their own and in a team
    Must be able to work with tight deadlines
    Must be thorough and precise in their work
    Experience with bootstrap and foundation a big plus

Very competitive comp package that includes health and additional benefits. Annual company wide goal (bonus) sharing plan that encourages a collaborative work environment.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

mywedding.com - Software Developer

We’re growing and need more talented engineers to join our high performance team. Our Software Developers are responsible for developing best-in-class web software in a LAMP environment to deliver and support industry-leading wedding planning applications. mywedding.com is a LAMP application utilizing extensive Javascript for customer-facing and internal interfaces.

Responsibilities:

    Collaborate to define and implement the software architecture.
    Work with business owners to understand and implement product requirements.
    Deliver high quality, well commented, and unit tested code they are proud to have peer reviewed.
    Review peer code to ensure the same from colleagues.
    Thrive in Agile, Scrum, and Kanban environments.
    Off-hour and weekend work may be required as business needs dictate (but isn’t part of the ordinary routine).

Required Core Competencies:

    PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML5, CSS3
    Experience developing applications using JavaScript Frameworks (i.e. Backbone, Require, Angular, etc.)
    Solid understanding of Object Oriented programming and MVC frameworks (Experience with Zend Framework a plus)
    Proficient knowledge of front-end performance testing and optimization techniques
    Advocate for web development best practices
    Understands and works with REST APIs
    Experience working in an Agile development environment.
    Strong technical knowledge of LAMP database design and enterprise system software architecture.
    Strong technical knowledge of current LAMP based software, hardware, protocols, standards, and best practices.
    Substantial web development experience.

Additional Competencies:

    Experience working with Solr
    Experience working with MongoDB
    Experience with Jira or similar story tracking tools.
    Experience in data modeling and SQL.
    A passion to create an excellent user experience and realistic business solutions.

To apply, submit a cover letter and résumé with “Software Developer” in the subject line to jobs@mywedding.com.