The Software Development Manager is responsible for leading a team of senior .NET developers/QA in the design, development, and testing of our enterprise solutions for EMS and fire dispatch.
Responsibilities:
-Collaborate with team members on product architecture
-Establish and assign work assignments and deadlines
-Issue directives to QA personnel to ensure product quality
-Collaborate with other software development managers on overall R&D protocols
-Work closely with Product Managers / Owners to ensure that product fulfills its business use case
-Ultimate responsibility for on time, on budget delivery of finished releases
-Management of team members (hire/fire, reviews, development, etc)
-Continuous improvement of Scrum and Agile practices
Job Requirements:
-5+ years experience as a software engineer in a Microsoft .NET environment
-2+ years experience with Agile / Scrum development processes
-Experience developing mission critical applications under deadline
-Track record of delivering high quality products
-Experience working with SQL or Oracle back-ends
-3 - 5 years employee management experience
-Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
-Strong leadership skills
-Highly collaborative with technical and non-technical individuals
-Out of the box thinker
-Dedicated to the use of technology to solve business problem
Top 10 Reasons to Work for ZOLL
Meaningful Work - we develop software solutions that help save lives!
Opportunity for professional growth and advancement
Fun, friendly, professional team environment
Financially stable, growing company
Lots of company activities and events
Great benefits
Casual, flexible work environment
Responsible, stable, and personable management team
You're not just a # - ZOLL values employees and their opinions
The best of both worlds - a small company culture with big company backing
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Kula Causes - Product Owner
Kula Causes located in beautiful
Boulder, Colorado is the world's first global currency for giving. We
enable businesses to create meaningful brand loyalty by monetizing
and tracking the value of their social responsibility. Our core
technology is a robust and flexible Cause-Related Loyalty Marketing
platform built to enable shoppers to support their favorite causes
simply by making their everyday purchases. We're getting ready for
prime time and we need your help. If you have been dreaming of
building elegant, useful software WHILE making a difference then we'd
like to hear from you!
As the key member of our product team
you will drive the product roadmap development and execution plan in
preparation for enormous growth in the coming year. Your mission is
to make sure that we have a product priorities, project and feature
requirements that will stand the high volume transactions needed to
support our fortune 500 client programs. You have access to both
sides of your brain - you can visualize at a strategic level and
execute at a tactical level. You have demonstrated your skill in new
product development, market strategy and product visioning - and you
have the battle scars to prove it. You embrace the Agile approach
and can work side by side with your development partners to far
exceed the client's expectations.
What you'll be doing:
- Working closely with our Executive
Team to determine product/project priorities - and, as SCRUMaster,
manage their implementation as the hub between internal and external
stakeholders
- Skillfully authoring user stories by
eliciting requirements from clients, business and technology partners
- Applying best practices to help us
build software better, faster and more efficiently than ever before
- Coaching and mentoring the team in
process and methodologies.
- Keeping your eye on the competitive
landscape, emerging market trends and futuristic concepts so that we
maintain our leading edge - you are watching the road ahead, and you
have an eye on the rear-view mirror.
What you'll bring to the table:
- A Bachelor's degree in computer
science, engineering or a related discipline
- At least 5 years of experience in a
product development role with commercial grade software, digital
media, SaaS or retail e-commerce
- Direct experience and skills in brand
marketing; understanding of digital marketing, loyalty programs,
relationship marketing, CRM and affiliate sales models would be an
asset
- Certification as a SCRUMaster or
Product Owner highly regarded
- Demonstrated success in managing
projects from cradle to grave - this includes applying best practice
methods to budget management, risk assessment, scope/change requests,
project charter and retrospective.
- An analytical mind - you are wired to
seek the truth - and the truth is in the data.
- You are an articulate communicator -
you seek to understand the business implications of the work you do
and strive to deliver value. You are comfortable presenting your
case to the executive team and to our clients with character and
integrity.
- Client Management experience - you
thrive in an environment where you get to work directly with clients
and help them achieve their goals
- A problem solver - the harder the
task - the more fun it is to overcome!
- Personally driven to achieve your
deadlines and keep your commitments
- A good sense of humor and a passion
for making a positive impact in the world
- Understanding that sometimes the best
ideas come at the end of a hard day - and over a beer
- Availability for travel within and
outside the US as required (but not excessively)
Compensation
- Compensation commensurate with
Experience
- A full suite of benefits
- More passion inside our doors than
you'll find anywhere else
- The opportunity to put your name on
something truly revolutionary - and feel good about it!
Goldstone Partners is helping this
emerging and disruptive startup find a find a high energy,
wicked-smart software athlete who wants to be part of something big!
Please send your resume to me personally at
success@goldstonepartners.com. Principals only please.
Unfortunately we are unable to support relocation or sponsorships at
this time.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Verizon - Systems Engineer
Responsibilities
The CFO-IT organization is driving business change through ERP convergence, a process whereby VZ-Wireline will be transformed into a SAP-centric IT model. To enable these sweeping changes new SAP tools will be deployed to manage the immense volumes of data and users within the newly created system and to more efficiently maintain the legacy systems.
In the security area, the SAP landscape will grow in breadth as well as depth. Currently, two SAP environments are being maintained but this will grow to three (vSAP – made up of six systems) as will the complexity of the environments: Identity Management (new SAP system), Governance, Risk and Compliance (new SAP System), HANA (new SAP system), SAP Landscape Transformation Server (new SAP system) will be added as new systems to be maintained. These not only are for use by the new wireline SAP system (vSAP) but will be integrated into the existing SAP landscapes. Additionally, SAP Portal (redesigned / enhanced functionality), SAP Business Intelligence (redesigned, enhanced, new platform), SAP Business Objects (expanded scope, enhanced) and SAP Solution Manager (enhanced, upgraded, expanded functionality) will all be significantly changed and play much more critical roles in the Wireline Organization (comprising more than 50% of Verizon’s assets). To support an additional 10 new systems and the four strategically enhanced systems, additional senior-level security resources will be required, both for deployment and on-going support. The Wireline ERP Convergence program continues into 2016 and support for other programs (CPM, Alternate Financing, etc.) will be ongoing.
The volume of users in these systems will also increase significantly to include ALL Verizon employees due to workflow approvals, organizational reporting, etc., in a more blended Verizon. Total users of these SAP systems will be more than 230,000 employees, contractors and business partners.
In order to efficiently manage this explosive growth in the SAP security area additional resources will be required. These resources will need to have a broad background in SAP security to be able to handle the varied systems and models employed by SAP to provide top-tier security to these systems. These systems contain financial data, customer data, employee data and vendor data, both domestically and internationally. Seasoned resources with broad and extensive SAP backgrounds are required to design, implement and maintain the security processes and methods to be compliant with VZ data security policies. Fiscally, it is more responsible to add these resources as employees.
Responsibility:
% of Time Spent
Project leadership – provide strong leadership and direction to our IT resources and our business partners in designing security solutions. This position would guide less senior security resources and contractors as well.
20
Cross-functional Solution Design – working across SAP modules (AM, PS, SD, MM, CO, PA, SD, etc.) and business constituencies, design efficient security solutions which meet or exceed business requirements within the constraints of SAP best technical practices. Design may include the application of SAP business configuration or SAP workbench objects (ABAP programs, tables, BAPI / BADI, LSMW, etc.) or a combination multiple SAP tools.
30
TTTSA – Develop testing scenarios for new development and production fixes; perform training for end users on the business functions and for team members to grow them and the team’s capabilities; troubleshoot issues in the development systems (transports, cross-functional items, system errors, etc.) and also in production as required by the critical business processes ongoing in SAP; Support business constituents and other IT departments in break-fix situations and in designing efficient, powerful solutions to business problems; Analyze existing business and technical processes to constantly improve efficiency and drive shareholder value.
30
Critical Administrative – monitors security systems to maximize operational efficiency; coordinates and supports compliance with internal and external audit (Sarbanes-Oxley, Segregation of Duties, GARM, GSAM); upgrade / patch analysis to keep systems operating at peak efficiency.
20
Review Security Requirements for VZ specific security rules (GARM, GSAM); Design security model for use in BOBJ that incorporates both nSAP business processes and vSAP business processes which rely on different user ID criteria for the same user; Build security roles for all six systems in all three SAP landscapes (nSAP, SCM, vSAP); Incorporate systems shared by multiple landscapes into a common security model (portal, IDM, GRC, HANA, BOBJ)
Provides resolutions to a diverse range of complex problems. Analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods & techniques for obtaining solutions.
Project Leadership:
Well-versed in the core SAP modules in order to be able to lead others
Good communication skills, team-building, problem solving and delegation skills
Strong project planning and metrics gathering
Cross-Functional Solution Design:
Requirements gathering from business users, IT professionals, etc.
Synthesizing business requirements across functional departments – this may range from construction projects to spend control, from supply chain purchasing to retirement of fixed assets
Research potential solutions within existing SAP environments and in external information sources (SAP Developer Network, American SAP User Group, personal contacts, etc.)
Propose and implement creative solutions based upon results of analysis and research
Document designs
Work interactively across SAP teams to develop and install business solutions
Manage projects and while both performing and directing the security configuration functions
Business Configuration:
Create working prototypes within SAP to address specific business process needs. For example,
Determine an approach for facilitating the intercompany material movements through a procurement company to defer tax payments, allowing for proper security in both companies
Customer Premise Equipment process from provisioning to monthly billing for the product with proper segregation of duties applied to the process.
Configuring entire security processes in SAP. For example,
Project Systems – capital / expense project profiles, Settlement, Revenue Projects
Sales and Distribution – sales orders, stock transport orders, material billing, Resource-related billing
Materials Management – material movements, automatic account determination
Transport of configuration settings between Dev / QA / Production systems
TTTSA:
Develop and execute testing scenarios (positive/negative) within and across business process areas
Develop and deliver formal and informal training to users (business) and coworkers (technical)
Troubleshoot issues in all environments, managing the solution for the business users
Support business and IT in what-if analysis, problem resolution and process improvements
Analyze business process performance regularly to continually improve and eliminate opportunities for Failure. This could be program performance, error handling, user experience, etc.
Examples
1
Deployment of BOBJ initially to nSAP, subsequently to HANA and then to vSAP. All systems utilitze different user master keys (VZ ID vs. E-ID) and each has different security roles in the back end (core) SAP systems. Develop single method to accommodate all models concurrently with a migration plan to remove legacy systems as they are shut down without an impact to the on-going operation. Design test plan, execute plan, educate users.
2
Develop security model for each business area to encompass all SAP landscapes. For example, develop roles for Supply Chain Management that address domestic telco needs, international VES needs and Corporate needs concurrently. Work across business groups to ensure adequate access is provided while maintaining appropriate security. Test, Troubleshoot, Train with users for successful implementation.
3
Develop single HANA security model to address access for nSAP, vSAP and CPM (oracle application). Involved in great detail as each HANA release (currently on REV 62) impacts both HANA and SAP processes, including security. Analyze objects for security gaps / weaknesses. Mitigate gaps / weaknesses. Plan for release of each REV to maximize reporting benefit while minimizing impact to non-HAHA systems.
Candidate will need to be a demonstrated ‘self-starter’, capable of leading and acting independently with clients and other IT organizations. This role demands a person who can confidently work with remote groups, either on new functionality of a production issue and make determinations as to potential impact with minimal supervision.
Receives general guidance for the accomplishment of short to medium term goals and operating objectives. Plans and executes own work. Guides the plans and decision making of and contractors. Leads a project team.
Uses professional concepts and company policies & procedures to solve a wide range of complex problems in creative and practical ways; makes recommendations that aid in the successful completion of initiatives within a functional area. Typically involved in multiple large projects at any point in time.
Examples
1
Review of changes introduced by SAP indicates a need for changes in the systems configuration, java or portal routines. The employee identifies the issue, determines the recommendation, and takes corrective action. When necessary, reviews that recommendation with their manager, and upon approval, implements and tests/monitors the change (system-wide outages, changes in standards, etc.)
2
The employee makes decisions on business process designs which directly impact VZ revenue producing projects and/or back office processes. Good designs result in effective processes which enable VZ to grow revenue, control spend, eliminate costs. Decisions made impact VZ bottom line. These decisions are made routinely by the incumbent.
Qualifications
Skills and knowledge required to perform the job are as follows: Experience in design and configuration of SAP security roles
Experience in business configuration within SAP in multiple Finance and Logistics related modules is required (each SAP module is equivalent to a legacy system). For example, AM, PS, PP, PM, MM, IM, WM, SD, CATS, PPM, etc.
Information Technology experience regarding best practices for development, testing, controls, etc.
Knowledge of specific business areas – Accounting, Asset Management, Engineering, Construction, Sales, etc.
Experience in designing user-level security roles
Experience in report design using BOBJ, Report Writer, Report Painter, Business Warehouse, Crystal
Ability to resolve GUI issues
Ability to integrate cross-module functions using BAPI, BADI, function modules, user exits, customer includes
Ability to coordinate work efforts of resources with diverse backgrounds to achieve outstanding results for business customer
Ability to grasp business concepts quickly and apply knowledge of SAP processes to address security requirements
Knowledge of SAP Solution Manager and it’s capabilities
Familiar with Identity Management implications to solution design
Understanding of SAP landscape design and its implications
Knowledge of Business Objects and its multiple means of providing security / authorization
Incumbent will interact with business users (including presentations) and all levels within the IT community. Security Role Owners – to coach / advise on potential segregation of duty issues
IT Management – to report on GARM, GSAM, SOD, SOX, Audit standards (CPI-810, etc.)
Business Users – to advise on proper role selection
IT Developers – to design / assist in creation of authorization groups and their proper applications
Education and Experience:
Degree: Bachelors
Certifications SAP
Years of Related Experience 10+
SAP Full-lifecycle implementation
(prefer 2 or more)
Direct configuration of SAP modules (AM, PS, IM) for 5+ years
Excellent trouble analysis and resolution skills
Ability to provide On-Call Support - 24x7x365
Able to work independently with little direction
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer m/f/d/v.
We are an equal opportunity employer m/f/d/v.
The CFO-IT organization is driving business change through ERP convergence, a process whereby VZ-Wireline will be transformed into a SAP-centric IT model. To enable these sweeping changes new SAP tools will be deployed to manage the immense volumes of data and users within the newly created system and to more efficiently maintain the legacy systems.
In the security area, the SAP landscape will grow in breadth as well as depth. Currently, two SAP environments are being maintained but this will grow to three (vSAP – made up of six systems) as will the complexity of the environments: Identity Management (new SAP system), Governance, Risk and Compliance (new SAP System), HANA (new SAP system), SAP Landscape Transformation Server (new SAP system) will be added as new systems to be maintained. These not only are for use by the new wireline SAP system (vSAP) but will be integrated into the existing SAP landscapes. Additionally, SAP Portal (redesigned / enhanced functionality), SAP Business Intelligence (redesigned, enhanced, new platform), SAP Business Objects (expanded scope, enhanced) and SAP Solution Manager (enhanced, upgraded, expanded functionality) will all be significantly changed and play much more critical roles in the Wireline Organization (comprising more than 50% of Verizon’s assets). To support an additional 10 new systems and the four strategically enhanced systems, additional senior-level security resources will be required, both for deployment and on-going support. The Wireline ERP Convergence program continues into 2016 and support for other programs (CPM, Alternate Financing, etc.) will be ongoing.
The volume of users in these systems will also increase significantly to include ALL Verizon employees due to workflow approvals, organizational reporting, etc., in a more blended Verizon. Total users of these SAP systems will be more than 230,000 employees, contractors and business partners.
In order to efficiently manage this explosive growth in the SAP security area additional resources will be required. These resources will need to have a broad background in SAP security to be able to handle the varied systems and models employed by SAP to provide top-tier security to these systems. These systems contain financial data, customer data, employee data and vendor data, both domestically and internationally. Seasoned resources with broad and extensive SAP backgrounds are required to design, implement and maintain the security processes and methods to be compliant with VZ data security policies. Fiscally, it is more responsible to add these resources as employees.
Responsibility:
% of Time Spent
Project leadership – provide strong leadership and direction to our IT resources and our business partners in designing security solutions. This position would guide less senior security resources and contractors as well.
20
Cross-functional Solution Design – working across SAP modules (AM, PS, SD, MM, CO, PA, SD, etc.) and business constituencies, design efficient security solutions which meet or exceed business requirements within the constraints of SAP best technical practices. Design may include the application of SAP business configuration or SAP workbench objects (ABAP programs, tables, BAPI / BADI, LSMW, etc.) or a combination multiple SAP tools.
30
TTTSA – Develop testing scenarios for new development and production fixes; perform training for end users on the business functions and for team members to grow them and the team’s capabilities; troubleshoot issues in the development systems (transports, cross-functional items, system errors, etc.) and also in production as required by the critical business processes ongoing in SAP; Support business constituents and other IT departments in break-fix situations and in designing efficient, powerful solutions to business problems; Analyze existing business and technical processes to constantly improve efficiency and drive shareholder value.
30
Critical Administrative – monitors security systems to maximize operational efficiency; coordinates and supports compliance with internal and external audit (Sarbanes-Oxley, Segregation of Duties, GARM, GSAM); upgrade / patch analysis to keep systems operating at peak efficiency.
20
Review Security Requirements for VZ specific security rules (GARM, GSAM); Design security model for use in BOBJ that incorporates both nSAP business processes and vSAP business processes which rely on different user ID criteria for the same user; Build security roles for all six systems in all three SAP landscapes (nSAP, SCM, vSAP); Incorporate systems shared by multiple landscapes into a common security model (portal, IDM, GRC, HANA, BOBJ)
Provides resolutions to a diverse range of complex problems. Analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods & techniques for obtaining solutions.
Project Leadership:
Well-versed in the core SAP modules in order to be able to lead others
Good communication skills, team-building, problem solving and delegation skills
Strong project planning and metrics gathering
Cross-Functional Solution Design:
Requirements gathering from business users, IT professionals, etc.
Synthesizing business requirements across functional departments – this may range from construction projects to spend control, from supply chain purchasing to retirement of fixed assets
Research potential solutions within existing SAP environments and in external information sources (SAP Developer Network, American SAP User Group, personal contacts, etc.)
Propose and implement creative solutions based upon results of analysis and research
Document designs
Work interactively across SAP teams to develop and install business solutions
Manage projects and while both performing and directing the security configuration functions
Business Configuration:
Create working prototypes within SAP to address specific business process needs. For example,
Determine an approach for facilitating the intercompany material movements through a procurement company to defer tax payments, allowing for proper security in both companies
Customer Premise Equipment process from provisioning to monthly billing for the product with proper segregation of duties applied to the process.
Configuring entire security processes in SAP. For example,
Project Systems – capital / expense project profiles, Settlement, Revenue Projects
Sales and Distribution – sales orders, stock transport orders, material billing, Resource-related billing
Materials Management – material movements, automatic account determination
Transport of configuration settings between Dev / QA / Production systems
TTTSA:
Develop and execute testing scenarios (positive/negative) within and across business process areas
Develop and deliver formal and informal training to users (business) and coworkers (technical)
Troubleshoot issues in all environments, managing the solution for the business users
Support business and IT in what-if analysis, problem resolution and process improvements
Analyze business process performance regularly to continually improve and eliminate opportunities for Failure. This could be program performance, error handling, user experience, etc.
Examples
1
Deployment of BOBJ initially to nSAP, subsequently to HANA and then to vSAP. All systems utilitze different user master keys (VZ ID vs. E-ID) and each has different security roles in the back end (core) SAP systems. Develop single method to accommodate all models concurrently with a migration plan to remove legacy systems as they are shut down without an impact to the on-going operation. Design test plan, execute plan, educate users.
2
Develop security model for each business area to encompass all SAP landscapes. For example, develop roles for Supply Chain Management that address domestic telco needs, international VES needs and Corporate needs concurrently. Work across business groups to ensure adequate access is provided while maintaining appropriate security. Test, Troubleshoot, Train with users for successful implementation.
3
Develop single HANA security model to address access for nSAP, vSAP and CPM (oracle application). Involved in great detail as each HANA release (currently on REV 62) impacts both HANA and SAP processes, including security. Analyze objects for security gaps / weaknesses. Mitigate gaps / weaknesses. Plan for release of each REV to maximize reporting benefit while minimizing impact to non-HAHA systems.
Candidate will need to be a demonstrated ‘self-starter’, capable of leading and acting independently with clients and other IT organizations. This role demands a person who can confidently work with remote groups, either on new functionality of a production issue and make determinations as to potential impact with minimal supervision.
Receives general guidance for the accomplishment of short to medium term goals and operating objectives. Plans and executes own work. Guides the plans and decision making of and contractors. Leads a project team.
Uses professional concepts and company policies & procedures to solve a wide range of complex problems in creative and practical ways; makes recommendations that aid in the successful completion of initiatives within a functional area. Typically involved in multiple large projects at any point in time.
Examples
1
Review of changes introduced by SAP indicates a need for changes in the systems configuration, java or portal routines. The employee identifies the issue, determines the recommendation, and takes corrective action. When necessary, reviews that recommendation with their manager, and upon approval, implements and tests/monitors the change (system-wide outages, changes in standards, etc.)
2
The employee makes decisions on business process designs which directly impact VZ revenue producing projects and/or back office processes. Good designs result in effective processes which enable VZ to grow revenue, control spend, eliminate costs. Decisions made impact VZ bottom line. These decisions are made routinely by the incumbent.
Qualifications
Skills and knowledge required to perform the job are as follows: Experience in design and configuration of SAP security roles
Experience in business configuration within SAP in multiple Finance and Logistics related modules is required (each SAP module is equivalent to a legacy system). For example, AM, PS, PP, PM, MM, IM, WM, SD, CATS, PPM, etc.
Information Technology experience regarding best practices for development, testing, controls, etc.
Knowledge of specific business areas – Accounting, Asset Management, Engineering, Construction, Sales, etc.
Experience in designing user-level security roles
Experience in report design using BOBJ, Report Writer, Report Painter, Business Warehouse, Crystal
Ability to resolve GUI issues
Ability to integrate cross-module functions using BAPI, BADI, function modules, user exits, customer includes
Ability to coordinate work efforts of resources with diverse backgrounds to achieve outstanding results for business customer
Ability to grasp business concepts quickly and apply knowledge of SAP processes to address security requirements
Knowledge of SAP Solution Manager and it’s capabilities
Familiar with Identity Management implications to solution design
Understanding of SAP landscape design and its implications
Knowledge of Business Objects and its multiple means of providing security / authorization
Incumbent will interact with business users (including presentations) and all levels within the IT community. Security Role Owners – to coach / advise on potential segregation of duty issues
IT Management – to report on GARM, GSAM, SOD, SOX, Audit standards (CPI-810, etc.)
Business Users – to advise on proper role selection
IT Developers – to design / assist in creation of authorization groups and their proper applications
Education and Experience:
Degree: Bachelors
Certifications SAP
Years of Related Experience 10+
SAP Full-lifecycle implementation
(prefer 2 or more)
Direct configuration of SAP modules (AM, PS, IM) for 5+ years
Excellent trouble analysis and resolution skills
Ability to provide On-Call Support - 24x7x365
Able to work independently with little direction
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer m/f/d/v.
We are an equal opportunity employer m/f/d/v.
Denver Water - Database Administrator
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"leadership abilities with strong interpersonal skills to include the ability to be solutions oriented and to drive continual process improvement."
_________________________________________________________
Denver Water proudly serves high-quality water and promotes its efficient use to 1.3 million people in the city of Denver and many surrounding suburbs. Denver Water aspires to be the best water utility in the nation. The organization is a responsible steward of the resources, assets and natural environment entrusted to us in order to provide a high-quality water supply, a resilient and reliable system, and excellent customer service.
Denver Water’s Information Technology Division is currently seeking a qualified candidate to assist us as a I.T. Database Administrator III working under direction, responsible for data management, data integrity, data security, data recoveryand data access performance for database system applications across the enterprise and assistsproduction support and application development teams as needed.May exercise supervision over personnel assigned while performing comparable duties. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, have a strong desire and a passion to assist Denver Water to become the “best water utility in the nation”.
The successful candidate will be able to perform the following duties:
· Design, create and manage, tuning, troubleshooting and monitoring on all Denver Water databases, on all platforms (MS-SQL 2008, MS-SQL 2012 and Oracle 11g & 12c).
· Create technical scripts and tools for the enhancement of performance, security, reliability and ease of use.
· Responsible for the security of the databases and access to the data.
· Store, manage and extract large amounts data effectively in varying database architectures.
· Implement tools to assist in performing the functions of a DBA and their responsibilities.
· Assist in the planning and implementation of backup and for the recovery strategies for all databases and associated applications.
· Create and maintain database standards and procedures.
· Experience with Microsoft Operating Systems 2008 and 2012.
· Experience with HPUX 11.23 and 11.31 Operating Systems or other UNIX based systems.
· Ability to take leadership positions on a project level.
· Performs related duties as assigned.
Qualifications for appointment:
Thorough knowledge of database architecture, administration, and support, thorough knowledge of relational database modeling and relational database techniques.
Hands on expertise with contemporary RDBMS products and tools, considerable knowledge of operating systems and their procedures.
Demonstrated leadership abilities with strong interpersonal skills to include the ability to be solutions oriented and to drive continual process improvement.
Thorough business applications development knowledge or experience.
Thorough analytical, problem-solving and conceptual skills.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, and the ability to maintain effective working relationships with others.
Education Requirements:
Graduation from a four-year college or university with a degree in computer science or related
field, or equivalent education, as determined by the requirements for specialized knowledge.
Experience Requirements:
Five years’ experience in designing, modeling, developing, and supporting large application databases, minimum of four years as a DBA.
License, Certificate or Credential:
DBA certification from contemporary RDBMS vendors
Other Requirements:
Requires on-call support nights and weekends. Position may require HIPAA training.
Denver Water offers excellent benefits that include apension plan, a 401K Plan with 3% match, a 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, Health and Dental coverage, Life Insurance, and vacation/holiday/sick leave. A background check will be conducted to verify information submitted on application. All employment offers are contingent on the successful completion of a post-offer physical, which includes drug and alcohol testing. Worker’s Compensation Background check.
"leadership abilities with strong interpersonal skills to include the ability to be solutions oriented and to drive continual process improvement."
_________________________________________________________
Denver Water proudly serves high-quality water and promotes its efficient use to 1.3 million people in the city of Denver and many surrounding suburbs. Denver Water aspires to be the best water utility in the nation. The organization is a responsible steward of the resources, assets and natural environment entrusted to us in order to provide a high-quality water supply, a resilient and reliable system, and excellent customer service.
Denver Water’s Information Technology Division is currently seeking a qualified candidate to assist us as a I.T. Database Administrator III working under direction, responsible for data management, data integrity, data security, data recoveryand data access performance for database system applications across the enterprise and assistsproduction support and application development teams as needed.May exercise supervision over personnel assigned while performing comparable duties. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, have a strong desire and a passion to assist Denver Water to become the “best water utility in the nation”.
The successful candidate will be able to perform the following duties:
· Design, create and manage, tuning, troubleshooting and monitoring on all Denver Water databases, on all platforms (MS-SQL 2008, MS-SQL 2012 and Oracle 11g & 12c).
· Create technical scripts and tools for the enhancement of performance, security, reliability and ease of use.
· Responsible for the security of the databases and access to the data.
· Store, manage and extract large amounts data effectively in varying database architectures.
· Implement tools to assist in performing the functions of a DBA and their responsibilities.
· Assist in the planning and implementation of backup and for the recovery strategies for all databases and associated applications.
· Create and maintain database standards and procedures.
· Experience with Microsoft Operating Systems 2008 and 2012.
· Experience with HPUX 11.23 and 11.31 Operating Systems or other UNIX based systems.
· Ability to take leadership positions on a project level.
· Performs related duties as assigned.
Qualifications for appointment:
Thorough knowledge of database architecture, administration, and support, thorough knowledge of relational database modeling and relational database techniques.
Hands on expertise with contemporary RDBMS products and tools, considerable knowledge of operating systems and their procedures.
Demonstrated leadership abilities with strong interpersonal skills to include the ability to be solutions oriented and to drive continual process improvement.
Thorough business applications development knowledge or experience.
Thorough analytical, problem-solving and conceptual skills.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, and the ability to maintain effective working relationships with others.
Education Requirements:
Graduation from a four-year college or university with a degree in computer science or related
field, or equivalent education, as determined by the requirements for specialized knowledge.
Experience Requirements:
Five years’ experience in designing, modeling, developing, and supporting large application databases, minimum of four years as a DBA.
License, Certificate or Credential:
DBA certification from contemporary RDBMS vendors
Other Requirements:
Requires on-call support nights and weekends. Position may require HIPAA training.
Denver Water offers excellent benefits that include apension plan, a 401K Plan with 3% match, a 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, Health and Dental coverage, Life Insurance, and vacation/holiday/sick leave. A background check will be conducted to verify information submitted on application. All employment offers are contingent on the successful completion of a post-offer physical, which includes drug and alcohol testing. Worker’s Compensation Background check.
Kaiser Permanente - Senior Database Administrator
We're looking for big ideas - ideas that can embrace multiple petabytes of vital information. That's how much data we manage and store at Kaiser Permanente. We're home to some other big ideas, like creating KP HealthConnect, the nation's largest electronic medical record system, using social media and text messaging to help members engage in their own care, and developing predictive modeling tools that anticipate health issues before they're an issue.
Basic Qualifications:
•Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of4 years of equivalent work experience.
•A minimum of 5 years of Database Administration (DBA) experience.
•A minimum of 10 years of job related experience in Information Technology or equivalency.
•Thorough knowledge of business functions / business related policies.
•Complete understanding and application of business related principles, concepts, practices, and standards. Full knowledge of industry practices.
•Broad application of business function / business related principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.
•Experience with Oracle 11g, 10g.
•Experience with UNIX - AIX, Solaris, Linux
•Experience using Grid Control monitoring tools.
•Experience with SAN storage systems
•Experience with RMAN backups, UNIX shells - Korn shell, bash, perl.
•Experience with Oracle RAC, ASM, Oracle Clusterware
•Strong SQL skills. Ability to code packages and procedures.
•Clear understanding of RDBMS fundamentals.
•Expertise in backup and recovery and fail-over methods and best practices.
•Ability to write clear documentation of operating procedures, and ability to write specifications for applications to be developed in relation to security components. Exceptional communication, problem solving, performance tuning, and teamwork skills.
•Extremely detail-oriented and able to follow clear methodologies for troubleshooting and development.
•Ability to support and work within standard software development life cycle practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
•Experience with UNIX - AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows
Basic Qualifications:
•Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of4 years of equivalent work experience.
•A minimum of 5 years of Database Administration (DBA) experience.
•A minimum of 10 years of job related experience in Information Technology or equivalency.
•Thorough knowledge of business functions / business related policies.
•Complete understanding and application of business related principles, concepts, practices, and standards. Full knowledge of industry practices.
•Broad application of business function / business related principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.
•Experience with Oracle 11g, 10g.
•Experience with UNIX - AIX, Solaris, Linux
•Experience using Grid Control monitoring tools.
•Experience with SAN storage systems
•Experience with RMAN backups, UNIX shells - Korn shell, bash, perl.
•Experience with Oracle RAC, ASM, Oracle Clusterware
•Strong SQL skills. Ability to code packages and procedures.
•Clear understanding of RDBMS fundamentals.
•Expertise in backup and recovery and fail-over methods and best practices.
•Ability to write clear documentation of operating procedures, and ability to write specifications for applications to be developed in relation to security components. Exceptional communication, problem solving, performance tuning, and teamwork skills.
•Extremely detail-oriented and able to follow clear methodologies for troubleshooting and development.
•Ability to support and work within standard software development life cycle practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
•Experience with UNIX - AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows
- Experience with WINDOWS command scripts
- Experience with Oracle Data Guard, Golden Gate
- Experience using Oracle Exadata, Database Vault, Audit Vault and ASO.
- Experience with SQL Server security framework and Active Directory
- Experience with SQL SERVER is a plus
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Colorado Springs Utilities - Infrastructure Lead
Information Technology Infrastructure Lead
Colorado Springs Utilities is seeking an experienced technical professional to lead our Unix/Intel Server Administration and Database Management team. In this position, you will provide technical leadership, oversight and direction for infrastructure teams across multiple server operating systems (UNIX and Windows) and database management systems (Oracle and SQL Server), monitoring and alerting solutions, backup management, SSL certificate management, and storage networks. This includes leading technical planning and implementation of strategic initiatives such as server and storage capacity and availability, enterprise systems performance management, and infrastructure as a service/cloud services.
Duties and responsibilities include:
* Implementation, availability, continuity, and maintenance of server class and enterprise database systems and associated infrastructure
* Identify, implement, and document monitoring and alerting standards, procedures, and policies
* Design and implement high-availability/fault tolerant infrastructure architecture
* Work closely with all stakeholders to identify technology solutions within the organization’s standards and constraints to support and improve performance, availability, security, and continuity of systems
* Plan future growth of the enterprise server and database infrastructure through monitoring and managing current capacity, analyzing demand, projecting and forecasting capacity growth requirements, and identifying and implementing the appropriate on-premise and/or external infrastructure solutions.
* Optimize infrastructure design and usage for best return on investment
* Establish, monitor, and measure team-based goals and objectives for key improvement initiatives
* Design and develop automated solutions for management of server and storage environments
* Extend and integrate monitoring and alerting solutions
* Lead cross-functional technical teams through problem root cause analysis and remediation
* Establish business recovery standard practices for regular recovery exercises, leading application and infrastructure teams through the process
* Develop and lead virtualization strategies
* Implement and monitor an SSL certification management process
* Participate in and coordinate the 24x7 Standby rotation
Why should you apply?As a motivated, self-starter you will have the opportunity to be directly involved with designing, implementing, and supporting system architecture for Colorado Springs Utilities. You will also lead a team of very knowledgeable and skilled technology professionals and collaborate with all other core technical areas as we continue to evolve our technical infrastructure to meet today's business needs.
What will it take to be successful in this position?Most people will offer a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technology degree and demonstrate technical expertise in server/network administration, virtualization, storage network management, and/or systems monitoring. Due to the nature of the work, experience with architecture design across multiple OS platforms, including UNIX, Linux, and Windows and multiple database management systems, including SQL Server and Oracle will be needed. Professional certification in at least one of the following: Microsoft Server/System Center, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), VMWare, or other relevant tracts is expected. Master's degree in a relevant technical computer or management program is highly desired.
When applying, please include specific experience in the following areas as this will help us better assess your fit for this position:
* Server and storage capacity management
* UNIX and Windows server administration including server builds, patch management, establishing baselines, building and managing virtual servers (Solaris containers, VMWare), configuring and managing storage networks, performing disaster recovery exercises, performance tuning, and backup policies.
* Monitoring and alerting tools
* o Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), with management pack development
* o Oracle Ops Center
* o Oracle Enterprise Manager,
* o HP Insight Manager
* o Solarwinds
* Scripting (PowerShell, VBScript, .NET, ksh, bash, PERL, Python)
* SSL, TCP/IP, DNS/DHCP, PKI, AD, ADFS, IIS, LDAP
* Designing, developing, and supporting monitoring solutions for SharePoint, SQL Server, Biztalk, IIS, and .NET applications, preferably using SCOM.
* Agile and traditional waterfall project management methodologies
* Leading teams and coaching/mentoring individuals
What a career at Colorado Springs Utilities can offer you…
* Colorado Springs Utilities offers employees challenging work, development opportunities, and career growth
* We value continuous improvement by offering tuition assistance, training and development for our employees
* Colorado Springs Utilities offers an engaging, dynamic team environment. We’re looking forward to adding you as our newest member
Join a diverse team of high performers who take pride in delivering exceptional service to our community and tap into the power of your potential!
Colorado Springs Utilities is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer
Monday, October 14, 2013
Level 3 - Project Manager
Summary
Responsible for planning, developing, executing and managing all aspects of various projects or project tasks to address problems of a complex nature. Provides leadership and direction on all assigned projects or project tasks; ensures follow through from beginning to end; ensures overall progress of assigned project from inception to implementation; reviews with, and provides consultative advice to management on all project aspects to secure buy-in; monitor daily tasks and project assignments in progress, ensures project schedule is being met; provides management with status reports detailing status and timelines throughout assigned project; ensures project is ready for implementation and conducts a post-project review to make sure everything is running as expected; identifies project risks and develops contingency plans for these risks; creates and maintains project files that are well documented and efficiently organized.
Essential Duties
* Responsible for managing and documenting complex projects. Responsible for planning and managing resources to execute projects or project components from inception to implementation. Establishes the appropriate project/team structure, reporting, metrics to measure performance against plan.
* Manages schedules, prioritizes projects, and ensures adequate resources are available, leads meetings, provides project status reporting to management, assists with testing scenarios and validates results on projects and initiatives.
* Develops, interprets and implements financial business concepts for business planning and control. Drives development of projects that support product or operational processes. Interprets requirements, identifies and communicates project scope and ensures program milestones are met.
* Performs technical analysis to determine present and future business performance. Drives metrics to all layers of the organization (end-to-end and sub-pieces, organization and by individual).
* Responsible for reporting regular status updates to senior executives and key project stakeholders.
* Leads project meetings involving customers, partners and cross-functional teams. Occasionally leads direct or indirect employees for a specific project or objective.
* May provide functional advise or training to less-experienced project manager positions. Supports training, communications and change management within the organization. Identifies areas of process and system improvement driven by data and reporting.
Education and Experience
* Experience: 7 yrs
* Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
* Field Of Study: Project Management, Business, Finance, or related
* A combination of education and experience is acceptable: Yes
* Attention to detail with good organizational capabilities.
* Ability to prioritize with good time management skills.
Knowledge, Skills or Abilities
- Minimum of six years increasingly responsible project management experience required with an emphasis on technical capabilities preferred.
- Expert knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required, advanced knowledge of MS Project and SharePoint, Rally
- Experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Experience leading multiple strategic, complex projects with successful results (scope, schedule, and budget) simultaneously
- Highly professional and self-motivated with the ability to work well with others.
- Good troubleshooting skills and methodologies.
- Experienced in analyzing complex issues, distilling and communicating their relevant aspects.
- Ability to work multiple efforts and projects in parallel.
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
- Ability to proactively identify risks/issues, and drives action to mitigate/resolve them.
- Strong general business acumen
- Experience leading cross-functional teams
- Highly professional and self-motivated; ability to work productively and effectively with little guidance
- Effective team leader and consensus builder
- Proven creative problem solver
- Proven results in building strong peer-level and cross-functional relationships
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience defining and documenting processes, and driving continuous improvement to processes via process measurement/metrics
- Understanding of basic telecommunications networking components (ADMs, DWDMs, DACS, routers, switches, terminal servers, etc), Long Haul and Metro networks, and ordering/provisioning/inventory processes
- Strong understanding of network security methodologies
- Experience with customer communication, customer project management
- Experience in Oracle or comparable financial system
- Ability to travel occasionally.
- Experience in Billing and Taxation System a plus
Work Environment
* Government Security Required: No
Sits five to seven hours per day. Stands and or walks one to three hours per day. May bend, reach, stoop and crouch throughout the day. Should have the ability to hear, speak and see effectively to perform the necessary tasks of this position. Manual dexterity is occasionally required. The position may require frequent movement and activity relating to using keyboards, viewing data on computer displays, and communicating verbally and in writing to the needs of others. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Lighting and temperature are adequate and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
The above job definition information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing business needs and conditions. Level 3 Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer and unless it is an undue hardship, will make necessary reasonable accommodations upon notice that an employee or applicant requires an accommodation for a disability in order to perform the essential functions of the job.
Responsible for planning, developing, executing and managing all aspects of various projects or project tasks to address problems of a complex nature. Provides leadership and direction on all assigned projects or project tasks; ensures follow through from beginning to end; ensures overall progress of assigned project from inception to implementation; reviews with, and provides consultative advice to management on all project aspects to secure buy-in; monitor daily tasks and project assignments in progress, ensures project schedule is being met; provides management with status reports detailing status and timelines throughout assigned project; ensures project is ready for implementation and conducts a post-project review to make sure everything is running as expected; identifies project risks and develops contingency plans for these risks; creates and maintains project files that are well documented and efficiently organized.
Essential Duties
* Responsible for managing and documenting complex projects. Responsible for planning and managing resources to execute projects or project components from inception to implementation. Establishes the appropriate project/team structure, reporting, metrics to measure performance against plan.
* Manages schedules, prioritizes projects, and ensures adequate resources are available, leads meetings, provides project status reporting to management, assists with testing scenarios and validates results on projects and initiatives.
* Develops, interprets and implements financial business concepts for business planning and control. Drives development of projects that support product or operational processes. Interprets requirements, identifies and communicates project scope and ensures program milestones are met.
* Performs technical analysis to determine present and future business performance. Drives metrics to all layers of the organization (end-to-end and sub-pieces, organization and by individual).
* Responsible for reporting regular status updates to senior executives and key project stakeholders.
* Leads project meetings involving customers, partners and cross-functional teams. Occasionally leads direct or indirect employees for a specific project or objective.
* May provide functional advise or training to less-experienced project manager positions. Supports training, communications and change management within the organization. Identifies areas of process and system improvement driven by data and reporting.
Education and Experience
* Experience: 7 yrs
* Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
* Field Of Study: Project Management, Business, Finance, or related
* A combination of education and experience is acceptable: Yes
* Attention to detail with good organizational capabilities.
* Ability to prioritize with good time management skills.
Knowledge, Skills or Abilities
- Minimum of six years increasingly responsible project management experience required with an emphasis on technical capabilities preferred.
- Expert knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required, advanced knowledge of MS Project and SharePoint, Rally
- Experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Experience leading multiple strategic, complex projects with successful results (scope, schedule, and budget) simultaneously
- Highly professional and self-motivated with the ability to work well with others.
- Good troubleshooting skills and methodologies.
- Experienced in analyzing complex issues, distilling and communicating their relevant aspects.
- Ability to work multiple efforts and projects in parallel.
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
- Ability to proactively identify risks/issues, and drives action to mitigate/resolve them.
- Strong general business acumen
- Experience leading cross-functional teams
- Highly professional and self-motivated; ability to work productively and effectively with little guidance
- Effective team leader and consensus builder
- Proven creative problem solver
- Proven results in building strong peer-level and cross-functional relationships
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience defining and documenting processes, and driving continuous improvement to processes via process measurement/metrics
- Understanding of basic telecommunications networking components (ADMs, DWDMs, DACS, routers, switches, terminal servers, etc), Long Haul and Metro networks, and ordering/provisioning/inventory processes
- Strong understanding of network security methodologies
- Experience with customer communication, customer project management
- Experience in Oracle or comparable financial system
- Ability to travel occasionally.
- Experience in Billing and Taxation System a plus
Work Environment
* Government Security Required: No
Sits five to seven hours per day. Stands and or walks one to three hours per day. May bend, reach, stoop and crouch throughout the day. Should have the ability to hear, speak and see effectively to perform the necessary tasks of this position. Manual dexterity is occasionally required. The position may require frequent movement and activity relating to using keyboards, viewing data on computer displays, and communicating verbally and in writing to the needs of others. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Lighting and temperature are adequate and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
The above job definition information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing business needs and conditions. Level 3 Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer and unless it is an undue hardship, will make necessary reasonable accommodations upon notice that an employee or applicant requires an accommodation for a disability in order to perform the essential functions of the job.
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