SquareTrade - QA Engineer

We are looking for a talented, energetic Software Quality Engineer to lead our SQA team working with our Merchant Integration engineers in Denver.

He/She will work closely with product , marketing and operations team to understand requirements and create, execute, manage and report test plans, test cases and test reports. Should have good understanding of SDLC, and Software Quality Life Cycle, Agile/Scrum procedures and processes. Must be able to work with product and engineering partners on large projects with no supervision.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Own SQA activities for scrum team and drive scoping, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling test activities
-Collaborate with development and architecture teams to influence the architecture and design of software and help bring quality into the design of the product
-Work closely with product, marketing and developers to understand requirements and create detailed use cases, test cases, test plans and identify risks
-Create and maintain test suites for functional, regression, acceptance and UAT testing
-Work with automation team in identifying key areas to automate and develop test suites
-Responsible for functional, integration, data integrity, regression, security, sanity and UAT in order to ensure quality of code before releasing to production
-Create detailed bug reports by performing root cause analysis and work with architecture, development and product teams to prioritize them
-Liaison between product, development and SQA teams to enforce SQA standards and best practices to deliver quality code.
-Provide sprint & release test reports, metrics
-Understand deployment scenarios and manage deployment to test environments

REQUIREMENTS:

-BS in Computer Science or relevant experience with emphasis on Quality Assurance
-At least 10 years of experience as a Software Quality Engineer
-At least 5 years of experience working with 3-tier client (server based)
-At least 4 year of experience in Agile environment along with exposure to Agile tools
-At least 2 years of experience as a team lead -- requirements review, develop test strategy and test plans, execution, automation strategy, reports
-Developing and executing test plans for REST APIs

DESIRED SKILLS

-Giit, Jira, Jenkins/Hudson, Selenium/Watir, TestNG/Junit, Gradle
-E-commerce domain experience
-Experience with REST services
-Mobile testing - android and iOS

About Us: SquareTrade is the top-rated protection plan trusted by millions of happy customers and offered by top retailers including Amazon, Costco and Tesco. We have more than 200,000 fans on Facebook, consistently win industry awards and have received tens of thousands of 5-star reviews. SquareTrade is profitable, growing 90% year on year, and attracted one of the largest private capital raises in 2012, with a $238 million round led by Bain Capital. Headquartered in San Francisco and London, SquareTrade is privately held. Learn more at www.squaretrade.com

Leadership Team: http://www.squaretrade.com/leadership

Benefits: We offer competitive salaries, stock options, generous paid time off, and an opportunity to join a fast-paced Pre-IPO company.

EchoStar - DBA

Summary:

Television is at an inflection point. New technologies and businesses are rapidly evolving and reshaping how we watch TV. We are Move Networks, makers of Sling TV, an OTT (over-the-top) TV service that delivers live U.S. and international programming, as well as video on demand, over the Internet. We are seeking a DBA to join our American Fork, Utah - based team. This is an exciting position in a fast moving project that requires the ability of candidates to hit the ground running. What we’re building is revolutionary and every employee participates in a profit sharing program. Come be a part of changing the face of TV!

Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with others to determine and deploy database solutions to business-prioritized requirements, including business continuance and information security along with functional requirements.
• Install, configure, and test new PostgreSQL databases, perform version upgrades of existing databases.
• Install, upgrade and maintain all PostgreSQL-related server and administration software.
• Perform DB profiling and optimization; analyze and propose schema changes to PostgreSQL databases as needed.
• Proactively monitor activity, utilization, exceptions and database health; propose and deploy appropriate improvements; automate repetitive tasks.
• Collaborate with Operation team members to create, publish and maintain database deployment methods and procedures for PostgreSQL databases.
• Collaborate with the Engineering to create and maintain database technology roadmaps and recommend improvements to service being developed.
• Perform database backup and recovery duties; establish standards and schedules for database backups; develop and routinely test recovery procedures for each database; ensure that backup schedules meet the recovery requirements and conforms to all database and data quality policies and standards.
• Provide support to Operation on-call staff as needed.
• Implement and maintain archival and high availability strategies.

Basic Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience performing PostgreSQL administration in a production environment
• Experience should include three or more years of database administration in an enterprise level environment

Preferred Qualifications:
• Exceptional knowledge of the PostgreSQL database platform
• Mastery of physical database design
• Expertise in configuring, implementing and supporting high availability strategies with database systems including clustering, and replication
• Experience in with at least on scripting language such as Python, Bash, or similar
• Solution focused and methodical, careful attention to detail
• Solid background using UNIX operating systems such as Ubuntu Linux administration a plus‎

eBags - .NET Developer

ColoradoBiz magazine named us a best company to work for in 2014. Built In Colorado - Colorado's hub for startups and tech - named us a top 100 Colorado digital employer. We're established and profitable yet maintain the soul of a fast moving, Agile startup. Who are we? eBags!

Are you simultaneously a detective and a problem solver? Do you blend technological nerdiness with the ability to evangelize it in business terms? Have you been looking to hitch your wagon to an elite software development squad? If you are these things, please make yourself known! We are eBags… and you could be too!

We’ve got an immediate opening for a mid-level software engineer with 3-5 years of on-the-job software development experience leveraging .NET and modern web technologies. Must have demonstrated ability to write software in C#, ASP.NET MVC, HTML5, Modern JavaScript, Twitter Bootstrap, WCF, etc.  You must be able to articulate portfolio of relevant, high-caliber work from previous work experience.

For immediate consideration, please forward your resume along with availability and salary requirements to jkoback@ebags.com

Local candidates only please. Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder. Absolutely no third party or recruiter resumes will be accepted. ebagstalent@yahoo.com

Lineup Systems - Senior Integration Lead

Lineup Systems, headquartered in beautiful downtown Boulder, Colorado is a software company that specializes in sales solutions for the media industry.  Lineup’s powerful advertising sales solutions assist more than 6,000 users in 33 countries.  Our founders are media industry gurus so we really know our stuff.  We’re growing in the US and Europe and are on the hunt for a few uncommonly talented professionals to join our team – do we have your attention yet?

As a key member of our implementation team you are the central point of contact for your client’s technical team and your software integration team.  All engineering items flow through your capable hands.  Don’t worry, you’ll have a Program Director in your corner for anything that might need escalation.  Your mission: to ensure that your Lineup application is in perfect harmony with your clients’ back office systems – it’s a beautiful thing!

How you’ll spend your day:
• Getting involved during the pre-sales process by collaborating with the client’s technical team to define, design, and document the high level solution architecture
• Serving as the subject matter expert on behalf of Lineup Systems for all product and solution expertise
• Working with clients to define their project requirements, timeline, and address any gaps between desires and budget reality.
• Authoring training documents and facilitating training sessions for super users and administrators
• As a technical leader, being actively engaged and able to step in where needed - Installation, setup, configuration, implementation, integration, and testing solutions using best practices implementation methodologies
• Establishing a trusted advisor relationship with each of your client stakeholders – fostering an open and engaged communication flow so that there are no surprises
• Working with your support team during the transition so that the whole process is as smooth as butter
• Working with your product team to surface client desires and “boots on the ground” feedback that will help us enhance our product for the future

What you’ll bring to the table:
• A Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) in computer science, engineering or other technical discipline
• A minimum of 5 years of media company technology experience with an emphasis on enterprise software deployment and integration
• A track record of successful advertising software implementations with multiple clients – Adpoint, Adbase, Brainworks get extra credit
• Working knowledge of mainstream software tools and frameworks
• Expert level experience with SQL-based database structure and scripting
• Comfortable working with a wide range of project methodologies and SDLC approaches
• A knack for being able to elicit client desires and then translate them into useful, executable activities
• Skillful time manager, with the experience needed to estimate level of effort and negotiate agreeable outcomes
• Goal oriented – and driven to meet deadlines
• A polished communicator – able to lead discussions and talk about technology to technical and non-technical audiences
• A sharp mind with a knack for picking up new concepts quickly and filling in the blanks when given an abstract objective
• Ability to think on your feet and switch priorities as needed
• Relationship focused – you are still meeting former clients for happy hour – just because.
• Proximity to a major airport and excited to travel up to 3 weeks per month in support of your projects

Our team members enjoy:
• A competitive salary and bonus program
• Generous time off 
• The ability to work with some of the coolest people in the media industry

Comcast - Java Developer

thePlatform is hiring a Mid-Level Java Developer for our core engineering team that will be working onsite at our parent company Comcast's Denver (Lodo) office.

thePlatform (http://www.thePlatform.com) a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast, helps some of the world's largest media companies manage and publish their video content online. Some of our customers include SyFy, Fox Sports Network, NBC Sports, National Geographic, Comcast, the Travel Channel, Oxygen and more.

We build highly available REST-based services and web applications using Java technologies. We practice Agile methodologies, plan rational schedules, and our cross-functional teams build strong, collaborative relationships as partners in the delivery of quality solutions.

Desired Skills
4-7 years of solid Java programming experience including common design patterns, data structures and object-oriented principles.
Software testing skills - TestNG or Junit a plus
Solid experience with server-side Java development, and understanding of SOA and enterprise integration patterns.
Experience with technologies such as Dependency Injection (Spring), ORM (JPA, Hibernate), multithreading, Apache Maven.
Experience with RESTful services and knowledge of common messaging technologies (XML, JSON, SOAP, REST, etc.)
SQL/MySQL

This is a fulltime position.

To apply please send an updated resume to Patrick_McDonnell@cable.comcast.com.

Comcast Cable - Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Englewood, CO

Provide tech leadership in design, devel, tsting & implemntion of Java & J2EE SW apps for cross-platform provisioning systems w/i an SOA environment.

Reqs.: Bach in CS, Engin, or rltd & 5 yrs exp develpng, deploying & adminstrng Java & J2EE apps w/i SOA incl Struts, Spring & Hibernate frmwrks; of which 1 yr must incl Oracle BPM, Weblogic, & Unix/Linux

Hours: 9am - 5pm Mon - Fri.
Salary: $108,846 – $113,846
Standard company benefits. 
Apply to: Recruitment and Employment Office, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, P.O. Box 56625, Atlanta, GA 30343

Arapahoe County Government - Data Management

The Information Technology Department at Arapahoe County (ACG) is seeking a Senior Data Management Analyst. The Senior Data Management Analyst position is responsible for the County's data. This position manages the current farm of relational databases. The position will also be responsible for analyzing the need for, then architecting data warehouses and data marts where needed. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of the vast variety of data the County stores, and will be expected to organize and present it in a meaningful manner, solutions for our internal departments.

We are seeking someone who has strong MS SQL Server DBA skills (particularly with MS SQL Server) with excellent knowledge of Business Intelligence (BI) to enable them to create the necessary presentations to satisfy the County's various business operations and decisions. The BI functions would include data reporting, online analytical processing, analytics, data mining, process mining, complex event processing, business performance management, bench-marking, text mining and predictive analytics.

This position requires the skills to architect our data structure needs, including optimizing performance and data availability. Currently the County does not leverage data warehousing or data marts. We are looking for someone who can analyze the types of data we have and architect data warehouse or data marts if those technologies can bring value to our customers.

Our desired candidate will also have a strong desire and talent in mentoring others in these skills. Our Senior Data Management Analyst will feel comfortable collaborating with peers, management and stakeholders on deriving courses of action. We need someone with the ability and experience for critically analyzing potential and/or existing system strengths and weaknesses and presenting these findings to high level stakeholders with recommendations for selection and course of action. Arapahoe County's Information Technology Division is a ripe environment for an individual who thrives on strategic and state-of-the art technical advancements.

The ACG environment is one of change and technological expertise. The department strives to be a respected business partner to the departments of the County government and the citizens of Arapahoe County. If you are looking to join an intelligent and energetic organization with great benefits then apply now!

Our anticipated hiring range is $2,711.89 to $3,611.50 biweekly ($70,509.14 to $93,899.00 annually).

PLEASE NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES, PHONE CALLS OR SOLICIATATIONS!

EchoStar - Testing

"EchoStar is looking for a dynamic automated Automated Test Engineer III to ..."
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EchoStar Technologies, an EchoStar Company, provides its customers with secure end-to-end video technology solutions. Over the last three decades, EchoStar Technologies’ award-winning innovations have changed the way the world watches TV. From advanced DVR technology to progressive user interface design we provide advanced online video delivery and satellite video delivery for broadcasters and pay-TV operators through our network of 15 uplink centers in the United States, with world-class 24/7 monitoring and iron-clad backup and disaster recovery systems.

Summary:          
EchoStar is looking for a dynamic automated Automated Test Engineer III to work on the dishanywhere.com test team.  
  
Responsibilities:
Create and maintain automated UI test scripts for dishanywhere.com web and mobile clients. Assist with manual acceptance testing Perform manual regression testing  
Basic Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Mathematics or Engineering or related field 3 or more years performing web site and/or mobile manual regression testing. 3 or more years working with automated web and/or mobile testing frameworks, e.g. selenium, QTP                                        
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in Performance Testing (UI and Backend) of high-volume, customer-facing applications. ·        Experience with SOAP or ReST web service and testing of the same using tools such as ParaSoft SOA, Soap UI etc.
Experience with cross browser testing and automation of high volume media applications. ·        Experience in audio and video test automation tools.
Experience testing within an agile development environment.  


About EchoStar
  
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) is a premier global provider of satellite operations, video delivery solutions, and engineering services. Headquartered in Englewood, CO, with additional locations world‐wide, EchoStar is a multiple Emmy award‐winning company that has pioneered advancements in the set‐top box and satellite industries for over 30 years.
  
Together with our three subsidiaries—EchoStar Technologies, EchoStar Satellite Services, and Hughes Network Systems—we offer employees the opportunity to explore the boundaries of what’s possible in the fields of engineering and the business functions transforming this engineering into revenue—over three billion dollars’ worth!
  
At EchoStar we know the excitement of new endeavors. We pride ourselves in not just our engineering expertise, but as pioneers forging technological change to improve the lives of our customers. We are Connecting the World in new and exciting ways, and offer you the opportunity to learn more about how EchoStar family of companies could be the right destination for you!
  
EchoStar and its Affiliated Companies is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. U.S. Citizenship is required for certain positions. EEO is the law.