Scottrade, Inc. has a Quality Assurance Manager position available in Westminster, CO. The main purpose of this position is to set the direction and manage the daily operations of Scottrade's Quality Assurance group. The manager is responsible for overseeing the testing of all Internet Trading Platforms and Mid-tier applications (or all Internal and Market Data Applications). This role is also responsible for the test coordination and execution with third party software providers to ensure efficient and accurate application integration is customer ready.
Responsibilities:
* Manages and administers the quality assurance process by ensuring policies, standards and procedures are published and used. Gather project completion metrics to measure the success of the test efforts and provide supporting KPIs.
* Manages the resource assignment and allocation across all project and support demands. This includes manual testers/analysts and automation developers.
* Primary liaison with third party software providers to ensure quality assurance processes are established and used, and scheduled expectations are met.
* Provide input to annual and quarterly PDS reviews, complete compensation requests and align training and development opportunities for associates to expand their professional capability.
* Support the planning and management of all test environments (includes code, data, OS, browser, etc) as changes are being implemented. Have a holistic view of the impacts across multiple projects.
* Provides input and direction on continuous process and procedure improvements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
* Proficient in general management knowledge and skills such as departmental planning, personnel administration, and information technology.
* Proficient in understanding system development lifecycle, and how it corresponds to software testing methodologies such as Agile, Incremental, or Waterfall.
* Comprehensive knowledge of application debugging from a technical and/or business perspective.
* Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to lead a fast paced dynamic team-oriented environment.
* Working knowledge of Quality Center best practices.
Education and Experience:
* Experience with Brokerage or Financial Services industry.
* Bachelor's Degree in Information Management or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
* 5+ years leadership experience within the IT field.
* 3+ years experience with online technology projects required.
* 3+ years experience with software testing methologies required.
* 2+ years quality assurance management experience.
Scottrade, Inc., an equal opportunity employer, is committed to inclusion and a diverse workforce.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, October 07, 2011
LiteracyPro Systems - Software Engineer
WHO WE ARE:
Established in 1995, LiteracyPro Systems is the nation's leading developer of program management software for educators of adult basic education. Currently, over 1,000 agencies in 40 states use our products and services to maximize program effectiveness.
OUR PURPOSE:
Since the company's inception, our guiding purpose has been to "be a powerful force of good in the world by creating revolutionary tools for those serving humanity."
Reflecting this guiding principle, our team culture is based on a deeply-felt passion for, and commitment to serving our clients in the best way possible. As a result, we continue to exceed industry standards – year after year – in customer satisfaction, customer retention and customer loyalty.
OUR CORE VALUES
• Honesty and ethical behavior above all else
• Passion for excellence - second best will never suffice
• We walk our talk - We say what we mean; we mean what we say and we keep our promises
• Teamwork - we sink or swim together
• Serve others and the community
• Love what we do - we work hard and have fun!
WHO YOU ARE
You are excited to find a company that shares your same core values. You are always asking yourself what else you can do to maintain and support a healthy working environment and a sense of team involvement. You have a track record of creating rock-solid code.
You are someone who is excited about technology and about the ways in which the tools we create might help those working in community-based service organizations, adult literacy, and adult education. You have excellent interpersonal skills, are very organized, can juggle many projects and responsibilities simultaneously, and are genuinely interested in providing quality customer service.
You are enthusiastic, goal-oriented and resourceful - someone who loves challenges, is tenacious and is able to work well under pressure and tight deadlines.
You are comfortable in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, possess strong written and verbal skills from both business and technical perspectives and possess extremely strong attention to detail. Agile software development process experience is highly desirable.
*********** MUST BE BOULDER/DENVER METRO RESIDENT. ***********
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Software Developer will possess a solid, consistent track record of development experience in a web oriented n-tier ASP.NET environment. You will have a broad background in ASP.NET, C# and XML technologies, as well as an advanced understanding of SQL Server 2005 or later including complex queries, stored procedures and triggers.
JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• The primary job duties of the Software Developer are as follows:
• Work with the team to determine software development projects, project requirements, and business priorities
• Work with your team to accurately define work estimates, development priorities, schedules, resource requirements, and release plans
• Drive yourself and the team to meet deliverables in different phases of software development: technical design, implementation, testing, and deployment
• Drive and influence the team to create robust, maintainable, and high performance code baselines
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM:
Technical Skills
• 2+ years of ASP.NET, C# and XML experience.
• 2+ years of MS SQL 2005/2008 experience
• Experience in analyzing and writing complex queries and stored procedures
• Understanding of agile development processes
• 1+ years of object oriented design experience
• 1+ years Windows IIS web server experience
• 1+ years of web technology experience: HTML, CSS, AJAX, ASP.NET;
• Experience in reports development is preferred; (SSRS, LogiXML Ad-Hoc and/or ActiveReports for .NET is optimal)
Positive, Resourceful, Can-Do Attitude
• A strong attention to detail; great organizational skills
• Ability to work with multiple departments in a fast-paced environment
• Must thrive on working on a team as well as independently
• Must be able to demonstrate competence and self-motivation in analyzing problems and performing root cause analysis
• Must have proven ability to quickly grasp new concepts and keep current on new technologies and understand business needs
• Ability to adapt and thrive to changing requirements, deadlines and priorities
• Ability to be creative, efficient and productive with minimal supervision or guidance
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
Education
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent is desirable.
WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER:
• A compensation package that rewards outstanding performance
• An opportunity to work with other bright, dedicated people
• A chance to grow a small, established company to new, exciting heights
• Benefits include health/dental/401(k)
• A fun place to work
*********** MUST BE BOULDER/DENVER METRO RESIDENT. ***********
Please email your resume AND cover letter in electronic format (plain text, HTML, PDF or MS Word) to dhmiller@literacypro.com with the job title "Education Software Developer" in the subject line. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
No calls, please.
Established in 1995, LiteracyPro Systems is the nation's leading developer of program management software for educators of adult basic education. Currently, over 1,000 agencies in 40 states use our products and services to maximize program effectiveness.
OUR PURPOSE:
Since the company's inception, our guiding purpose has been to "be a powerful force of good in the world by creating revolutionary tools for those serving humanity."
Reflecting this guiding principle, our team culture is based on a deeply-felt passion for, and commitment to serving our clients in the best way possible. As a result, we continue to exceed industry standards – year after year – in customer satisfaction, customer retention and customer loyalty.
OUR CORE VALUES
• Honesty and ethical behavior above all else
• Passion for excellence - second best will never suffice
• We walk our talk - We say what we mean; we mean what we say and we keep our promises
• Teamwork - we sink or swim together
• Serve others and the community
• Love what we do - we work hard and have fun!
WHO YOU ARE
You are excited to find a company that shares your same core values. You are always asking yourself what else you can do to maintain and support a healthy working environment and a sense of team involvement. You have a track record of creating rock-solid code.
You are someone who is excited about technology and about the ways in which the tools we create might help those working in community-based service organizations, adult literacy, and adult education. You have excellent interpersonal skills, are very organized, can juggle many projects and responsibilities simultaneously, and are genuinely interested in providing quality customer service.
You are enthusiastic, goal-oriented and resourceful - someone who loves challenges, is tenacious and is able to work well under pressure and tight deadlines.
You are comfortable in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, possess strong written and verbal skills from both business and technical perspectives and possess extremely strong attention to detail. Agile software development process experience is highly desirable.
*********** MUST BE BOULDER/DENVER METRO RESIDENT. ***********
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Software Developer will possess a solid, consistent track record of development experience in a web oriented n-tier ASP.NET environment. You will have a broad background in ASP.NET, C# and XML technologies, as well as an advanced understanding of SQL Server 2005 or later including complex queries, stored procedures and triggers.
JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• The primary job duties of the Software Developer are as follows:
• Work with the team to determine software development projects, project requirements, and business priorities
• Work with your team to accurately define work estimates, development priorities, schedules, resource requirements, and release plans
• Drive yourself and the team to meet deliverables in different phases of software development: technical design, implementation, testing, and deployment
• Drive and influence the team to create robust, maintainable, and high performance code baselines
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM:
Technical Skills
• 2+ years of ASP.NET, C# and XML experience.
• 2+ years of MS SQL 2005/2008 experience
• Experience in analyzing and writing complex queries and stored procedures
• Understanding of agile development processes
• 1+ years of object oriented design experience
• 1+ years Windows IIS web server experience
• 1+ years of web technology experience: HTML, CSS, AJAX, ASP.NET;
• Experience in reports development is preferred; (SSRS, LogiXML Ad-Hoc and/or ActiveReports for .NET is optimal)
Positive, Resourceful, Can-Do Attitude
• A strong attention to detail; great organizational skills
• Ability to work with multiple departments in a fast-paced environment
• Must thrive on working on a team as well as independently
• Must be able to demonstrate competence and self-motivation in analyzing problems and performing root cause analysis
• Must have proven ability to quickly grasp new concepts and keep current on new technologies and understand business needs
• Ability to adapt and thrive to changing requirements, deadlines and priorities
• Ability to be creative, efficient and productive with minimal supervision or guidance
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
Education
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent is desirable.
WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER:
• A compensation package that rewards outstanding performance
• An opportunity to work with other bright, dedicated people
• A chance to grow a small, established company to new, exciting heights
• Benefits include health/dental/401(k)
• A fun place to work
*********** MUST BE BOULDER/DENVER METRO RESIDENT. ***********
Please email your resume AND cover letter in electronic format (plain text, HTML, PDF or MS Word) to dhmiller@literacypro.com with the job title "Education Software Developer" in the subject line. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
No calls, please.
SquareTwo Financial - Quality Assurance
SquareTwo Financial is a growing asset management company located in the Denver Tech Center. We have proven ourselves to be a leader in the financial market by attracting and retaining motivated, hardworking and creative team players. Due to our growth and visionary leadership, we are currently adding to our team and looking for talented professionals who are committed to building and delivering quality software in support of our internal and external customers. Are you ready to be part of our team?
SquareTwo Financial is seeking an experienced and proven Software Quality Assurance Senior Analyst to ensure the integrity of mission critical systems. As a key member of our team you'll have experience in evaluating, implementing and maintaining test frameworks. You will work primarily as an individual contributor and may also lead QA initiatives. Your focus will be on conducting quality assurance activities by preparing and executing QA test strategies, test cases/scripts, task estimation, troubleshooting, issue resolution, and organizing appropriate level of testing.
How you'll spend your day:
• Partnering with Application Development, Product Development, Infrastructure, Scrum Management, Production Support and the Business in pursuit of quality processes.
• Leading QA tactical initiatives including resource and task assignment, issue resolution, results analysis, corrective actions and proactive communication to IT and Business stakeholders.
• Monitoring quality and leading your QA Team by providing thought leadership for test strategy, mentorship for communication/interpersonal interactions, test methodologies, industry standards, technical guidance (including tool usage) and review of deliverables for completeness, appropriateness and quality of testing.
• Using your experience to estimate tasks, assess risk and troubleshoot problem areas
• Author detailed test plans – scope, strategy, approach and execution
• Creating enumerated test cases/scripts to satisfy User Story success criteria.
• Track defects by identifying, dating, documenting and helping to identify any trends so that we can improve our future quality.
• Work through all defects of any state through closure
• Assisting in organization-wide process reengineering initiatives including issue identification, solution evaluation, change management and implementation.
• Mentoring and coaching junior team members with a goal of becoming the best QA group in the Front Range.
• Developing/managing testing tools to analyze, monitor, and report on test results and process improvement.
What we're looking for from you:
•
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
•
5+ years in QA/IT testing (functional, system, UAT, regression).
•
Ability to analyze problems in situations where the symptoms are not of a standard or familiar nature, therefore requiring independent thought and logical trouble shooting methods.
•
Financial Services experience desired.
•
Ability to guide or coordinate the efforts of 2-5 other individuals in the testing process.
• Experience in designing, developing and implementing test methodologies preferred. Strong QA methodology, process and technical leadership.
•
Deep understanding of software development life cycles and experience in an Agile/Scrum environment.
•
Outstanding attention to detail; deadline and results oriented.
•
Experience in collecting, analyzing and reporting on quality metrics.
•
Experience in a subset of the following technologies would be amazing: Firefox, AJAX, HTML, XML, Web Services, Oracle environment (Fusion Middleware environment, Oracle DB, BPEL, ADF).
•
Strong SQL scripting and relational database understanding
•
Preferred experience with Quality Center/Test Director, metric formulation and analysis
And here's what you'll enjoy:
•
Competitive salary
•
Comprehensive benefits
•
Support for your community involvement
•
SquareTwo University – for your professional development
•
Opportunity to learn, grow and contribute
Goldstone Partners is helping this stable, successful and growing organization find talented contributors who want to be part of an amazing team. Please apply here for immediate consideration or 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.
SquareTwo Financial is seeking an experienced and proven Software Quality Assurance Senior Analyst to ensure the integrity of mission critical systems. As a key member of our team you'll have experience in evaluating, implementing and maintaining test frameworks. You will work primarily as an individual contributor and may also lead QA initiatives. Your focus will be on conducting quality assurance activities by preparing and executing QA test strategies, test cases/scripts, task estimation, troubleshooting, issue resolution, and organizing appropriate level of testing.
How you'll spend your day:
• Partnering with Application Development, Product Development, Infrastructure, Scrum Management, Production Support and the Business in pursuit of quality processes.
• Leading QA tactical initiatives including resource and task assignment, issue resolution, results analysis, corrective actions and proactive communication to IT and Business stakeholders.
• Monitoring quality and leading your QA Team by providing thought leadership for test strategy, mentorship for communication/interpersonal interactions, test methodologies, industry standards, technical guidance (including tool usage) and review of deliverables for completeness, appropriateness and quality of testing.
• Using your experience to estimate tasks, assess risk and troubleshoot problem areas
• Author detailed test plans – scope, strategy, approach and execution
• Creating enumerated test cases/scripts to satisfy User Story success criteria.
• Track defects by identifying, dating, documenting and helping to identify any trends so that we can improve our future quality.
• Work through all defects of any state through closure
• Assisting in organization-wide process reengineering initiatives including issue identification, solution evaluation, change management and implementation.
• Mentoring and coaching junior team members with a goal of becoming the best QA group in the Front Range.
• Developing/managing testing tools to analyze, monitor, and report on test results and process improvement.
What we're looking for from you:
•
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
•
5+ years in QA/IT testing (functional, system, UAT, regression).
•
Ability to analyze problems in situations where the symptoms are not of a standard or familiar nature, therefore requiring independent thought and logical trouble shooting methods.
•
Financial Services experience desired.
•
Ability to guide or coordinate the efforts of 2-5 other individuals in the testing process.
• Experience in designing, developing and implementing test methodologies preferred. Strong QA methodology, process and technical leadership.
•
Deep understanding of software development life cycles and experience in an Agile/Scrum environment.
•
Outstanding attention to detail; deadline and results oriented.
•
Experience in collecting, analyzing and reporting on quality metrics.
•
Experience in a subset of the following technologies would be amazing: Firefox, AJAX, HTML, XML, Web Services, Oracle environment (Fusion Middleware environment, Oracle DB, BPEL, ADF).
•
Strong SQL scripting and relational database understanding
•
Preferred experience with Quality Center/Test Director, metric formulation and analysis
And here's what you'll enjoy:
•
Competitive salary
•
Comprehensive benefits
•
Support for your community involvement
•
SquareTwo University – for your professional development
•
Opportunity to learn, grow and contribute
Goldstone Partners is helping this stable, successful and growing organization find talented contributors who want to be part of an amazing team. Please apply here for immediate consideration or 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.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Keymark Enterprises - Software Test Engineer
About Us:
At Keymark Enterprises, we are creative thinkers who value collaboration and feedback. This is a place where talented, curious people come together to share ideas and solutions. Our organization is fluid and our processes are lightweight, allowing us to act quickly on projects that arise from emerging business opportunities. We understand creativity comes from happy, fearless and energetic peopleso we're serious about a healthy life-work balance and a comfortable, casual environment.
Our software provides 3D drawing and visualization tools for the construction industry. We tackle problems that are encountered in the physical world, such as actual 3D members interacting with each other in space. We specialize in the automation of geometry, member design, and structural engineering to support esoteric building codes and design methodologies. We're a unique crew with a colorful history and a bright future. We have fun and play games; we barbecue on the back deck and build mini-golf courses in our office. The best fun comes from rallying together to deliver results for our customers.
About You:
You're a talented software test engineer. You enjoy keeping up with the latest technology.
You're smart, confidentand mature enough not to have an ego. You're a skilled communicator who welcomes honest, candid feedback, because that is the path to the best results.
Day to day, this is a fast-changing environment where you have to produce high-quality work quickly. You should have the adaptability and perseverance to roll with the changes and still be productive, sometimes balancing multiple priorities within the same timeframe.
This is a very hands-on; roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-dirty kind of place where you'll see the things you create have widespread impact. Expect to learn and grow on a daily basis.
Responsibilities:
QA team member responsible for assisting in the planning, creation and execution of testing activities, including both manual and automated testing.
Assists in development and implementation of related test plans/cases.
Manages and tracks defects.
Works with the customer and development resources to reproduce production problems and assists in identifying gaps in the regression test suite (both manual and automated).
Qualifications:
Required Skills & Abilities
Good understanding of testing components and deliverables within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Good communication, organization and documentation skills.
Ability to set and meet deadlines.
Good software troubleshooting skills.
Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Other Good Stuff
Knowledge of agile software development practices (experience working in an agile environment is a plus).
Understanding of test automation architecture and implementation is desirable.
Required Credentials
Experience (minimum 1-3 years) in software test engineer role.
Experience (minimum 1-3 years) in designing and executing test cases.
At Keymark Enterprises, we are creative thinkers who value collaboration and feedback. This is a place where talented, curious people come together to share ideas and solutions. Our organization is fluid and our processes are lightweight, allowing us to act quickly on projects that arise from emerging business opportunities. We understand creativity comes from happy, fearless and energetic peopleso we're serious about a healthy life-work balance and a comfortable, casual environment.
Our software provides 3D drawing and visualization tools for the construction industry. We tackle problems that are encountered in the physical world, such as actual 3D members interacting with each other in space. We specialize in the automation of geometry, member design, and structural engineering to support esoteric building codes and design methodologies. We're a unique crew with a colorful history and a bright future. We have fun and play games; we barbecue on the back deck and build mini-golf courses in our office. The best fun comes from rallying together to deliver results for our customers.
About You:
You're a talented software test engineer. You enjoy keeping up with the latest technology.
You're smart, confidentand mature enough not to have an ego. You're a skilled communicator who welcomes honest, candid feedback, because that is the path to the best results.
Day to day, this is a fast-changing environment where you have to produce high-quality work quickly. You should have the adaptability and perseverance to roll with the changes and still be productive, sometimes balancing multiple priorities within the same timeframe.
This is a very hands-on; roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-dirty kind of place where you'll see the things you create have widespread impact. Expect to learn and grow on a daily basis.
Responsibilities:
QA team member responsible for assisting in the planning, creation and execution of testing activities, including both manual and automated testing.
Assists in development and implementation of related test plans/cases.
Manages and tracks defects.
Works with the customer and development resources to reproduce production problems and assists in identifying gaps in the regression test suite (both manual and automated).
Qualifications:
Required Skills & Abilities
Good understanding of testing components and deliverables within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Good communication, organization and documentation skills.
Ability to set and meet deadlines.
Good software troubleshooting skills.
Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Other Good Stuff
Knowledge of agile software development practices (experience working in an agile environment is a plus).
Understanding of test automation architecture and implementation is desirable.
Required Credentials
Experience (minimum 1-3 years) in software test engineer role.
Experience (minimum 1-3 years) in designing and executing test cases.
Comcast - Sr. Manager
Lead development resources through requirements review, design, development and unit testing of key High Volume Event Processing, ETL, and Reporting applications. Represent development interests during requirements review and JAD sessions. Work with enterprise architects, component architects, and operational and business intelligence Technical Subject Matter Experts to derive scalable and resilient software designs. Work across development resources to create and refine level of effort estimates for large initiatives and on-going enhancements. Collaborate across business and technology stakeholders to iteratively deliver increased functionality for operational intelligence. Partner with National Data Warehouse on defining and implementing the logical flow of information to and from the Operational Data Stores and Data Marts. Create task-level plans to drive development activities and feed into overall project plans. Lead and mentor team to effectively and efficiently deliver quality solutions. Ensure the efficacy of works in progress to maintain alignment between designs and resulting code. Support internal functional testing and external system integration testing. Provide deployment planning support and actual deployment support.
Primary responsibility for development, maintenance and administration of Comcast Enterprise Technology (CET) Decision Support and Operational Metrics reporting systems
Work with the business and technology leadership in defining, prioritizing and achieving strategic objectives, defining short and long term objectives for Operational Metrics Reporting Infrastructure projects/platforms.
Regularly communicate status of application development to all impacted stakeholders, set expectations and manage team members.
Lead multiple ETL and Report development teams both onshore and offshore.
Define, develop and enhance data management, reporting, and application standards, processes, and tools that encourage continuous improvements.
Play a major role in ensuring reliable and timely stakeholder access to their key operational metrics
Collaborate with PMs, Analysts, and Intake teams on estimates and target release schedules
Develop, train, and coach team members. Promote effective teamwork and manage interpersonal issues.
Conduct performance reviews for all direct reports
Required Skills:
Work Attributes
Ability to lead and manage development resources in local and remote locations.
Ability to interact with business, analysts, and peers from other teams to review, validate or challenge requirements, and to create designs collaboratively.
Ability to develop strong, collaborative partnerships with business stakeholders
Ability to adopt appropriate level of process and methodology consistent with the needs.
Ability to iteratively and in an agile methodology deliver reporting functionality on a priority basis.
Ability to create top-down estimates for high-level planning using experience and collaborative discussions. Ability to create bottom-up estimates for detailed-level planning using historical data
Ability to create detailed development plans with an emphasis on up-front risk management, and overall schedule vs. quality vs. cost management.
Ability to intervene in development projects at risk to clarify issues, provide management with clear information and options, and refactor plans in flight.
Ability to lead development teams through system integration testing and production issues alone or in collaboration with other teams.
Tendency towards continuous improvement in processes, documentation and coordination within the development team and across the entre group.
Ability to establish a vision, roadmap, and plans and to grow, coach, mentor, and marshal the resources to achieve the objectives.
Experience
8 - 10 years of experience in Development / Development Management
Preferred hands on experience with ETL tools
Technical lead on data warehousing projects including knowledge of ODS Architectures, data warehouse design and implementation process/tools
Demonstrated Full Life Cycle Experience from business requirements through logical modeling, physical database design, data sourcing and data transformation, data loading, SQL Tuning, BI development, database architectures.
Experience with logical and physical data modeling techniques
Program / Project Management
Cable / Telecommunications industries
Oracle and Oracle Business Intelligence Product Experience a plus
Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
Comcast is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Drug-Free workplace employer.
Primary responsibility for development, maintenance and administration of Comcast Enterprise Technology (CET) Decision Support and Operational Metrics reporting systems
Work with the business and technology leadership in defining, prioritizing and achieving strategic objectives, defining short and long term objectives for Operational Metrics Reporting Infrastructure projects/platforms.
Regularly communicate status of application development to all impacted stakeholders, set expectations and manage team members.
Lead multiple ETL and Report development teams both onshore and offshore.
Define, develop and enhance data management, reporting, and application standards, processes, and tools that encourage continuous improvements.
Play a major role in ensuring reliable and timely stakeholder access to their key operational metrics
Collaborate with PMs, Analysts, and Intake teams on estimates and target release schedules
Develop, train, and coach team members. Promote effective teamwork and manage interpersonal issues.
Conduct performance reviews for all direct reports
Required Skills:
Work Attributes
Ability to lead and manage development resources in local and remote locations.
Ability to interact with business, analysts, and peers from other teams to review, validate or challenge requirements, and to create designs collaboratively.
Ability to develop strong, collaborative partnerships with business stakeholders
Ability to adopt appropriate level of process and methodology consistent with the needs.
Ability to iteratively and in an agile methodology deliver reporting functionality on a priority basis.
Ability to create top-down estimates for high-level planning using experience and collaborative discussions. Ability to create bottom-up estimates for detailed-level planning using historical data
Ability to create detailed development plans with an emphasis on up-front risk management, and overall schedule vs. quality vs. cost management.
Ability to intervene in development projects at risk to clarify issues, provide management with clear information and options, and refactor plans in flight.
Ability to lead development teams through system integration testing and production issues alone or in collaboration with other teams.
Tendency towards continuous improvement in processes, documentation and coordination within the development team and across the entre group.
Ability to establish a vision, roadmap, and plans and to grow, coach, mentor, and marshal the resources to achieve the objectives.
Experience
8 - 10 years of experience in Development / Development Management
Preferred hands on experience with ETL tools
Technical lead on data warehousing projects including knowledge of ODS Architectures, data warehouse design and implementation process/tools
Demonstrated Full Life Cycle Experience from business requirements through logical modeling, physical database design, data sourcing and data transformation, data loading, SQL Tuning, BI development, database architectures.
Experience with logical and physical data modeling techniques
Program / Project Management
Cable / Telecommunications industries
Oracle and Oracle Business Intelligence Product Experience a plus
Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
Comcast is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Drug-Free workplace employer.
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Market Force - SQL DBA
Market Force is the leading Customer Intelligence solution provider,
enabling many of the world's largest restaurant chains, banks,
retailers, consumer packaged goods companies and studios to see their
stores through their customers' eyes, to act faster with confidence and
grow the bottom line. We are a privately-held company with headquarters
just outside Boulder, Colorado, with three Centers of Excellence in
Albany, NY, Atlanta, Georgia, and Winnipeg, Canada. Market Force was
founded in 2005 to consolidate and transform the mystery shopping
industry. We are growing rapidly and have expanded our solutions to
provide our clients with a full range of customer intelligence
solutions, including customer satisfaction surveys, mystery shopping
services, price auditing, merchandising services, theatre checking,
customer intercepts and surveys, all coupled with analytics and a new
technology platform. Market Force has recently been recognized as a
"Cool Vendor of the Year" by Gartner Group, is one of the country's
fastest growing companies by the Inc 500/5000, and is a top private
company by Colorado Business Magazine.
The SQL Database Administrator will manage and maintain all database
systems in production, QA and test/dev, manage and maintain backups of
the databases, and performance tune all SQL code and stored procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for pro-actively managing and monitoring the
Production Database environment
2. Recommend and define performance optimizations for databases,
stored procedures, SQL Statements and views.
3. Responsible for extensive application, operating system and
database monitoring, tuning and management
4. Responsible for troubleshooting and recommending solutions
related to blocking and locking issues
5. Responsible for ensuring that all QA, Development, Migration and
Production database environments are synchronized.
6. Responsible for recommending optimal index creation, storage
allocations, and partitioning strategies.
7. Responsible for documenting the database infrastructure
including database schemas.
8. Responsible for creating and maintaining application stored
procedures and SQL.
9. Responsible for managing and implementing integration services
packages
10. Responsible for managing and implementing reporting services
reports
Non-essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Design, develop and maintain Data Model for databases
2. Develop and maintain SQL coding standards for databases and
database objects (i.e., Tables, Triggers, Views, Stored Procedures,
Functions, etc.)
3. Design, develop and maintain development databases and database
objects
4. Evaluate and implement SQL Server version features and
High-Availability features as required by development requirements
5. Performance tune databases and database objects
6. Perform database code reviews with respect to 1) Data Modeling
requirements, 2) SQL coding standards and 3) performance tuning
requirements
7. Understand how applications and databases interact for optimum
database design and development
8. Design & develop SQL server integration services packages
9. Design & develop SQL server reporting services packages
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and
level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They
are not construed to be an exhaustive list of all job duties performed
by the personnel so classified.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education/Experience:
1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, computer
engineering, engineering, science or equivalent degree.
2. 3 to 5 years of experience as a Database Administrator.
3. Experience with SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2.
4. Excellent knowledge of database administration, programming and
systems analysis procedures.
5. Experience with maintaining high availability systems in a web
based environment.
6. Experience with mirroring, log-shipping, partitioning,
replication, and clustering.
7. Expert in T-SQL, stored procedures, triggers.
8. Ability to interact with senior developers at a code level.
9. Logical and physical data modeling.
10. Excellent problem solving and communications skills.
Market Force Information, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To Apply:
Send your resume to work@marketforce.com
enabling many of the world's largest restaurant chains, banks,
retailers, consumer packaged goods companies and studios to see their
stores through their customers' eyes, to act faster with confidence and
grow the bottom line. We are a privately-held company with headquarters
just outside Boulder, Colorado, with three Centers of Excellence in
Albany, NY, Atlanta, Georgia, and Winnipeg, Canada. Market Force was
founded in 2005 to consolidate and transform the mystery shopping
industry. We are growing rapidly and have expanded our solutions to
provide our clients with a full range of customer intelligence
solutions, including customer satisfaction surveys, mystery shopping
services, price auditing, merchandising services, theatre checking,
customer intercepts and surveys, all coupled with analytics and a new
technology platform. Market Force has recently been recognized as a
"Cool Vendor of the Year" by Gartner Group, is one of the country's
fastest growing companies by the Inc 500/5000, and is a top private
company by Colorado Business Magazine.
The SQL Database Administrator will manage and maintain all database
systems in production, QA and test/dev, manage and maintain backups of
the databases, and performance tune all SQL code and stored procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for pro-actively managing and monitoring the
Production Database environment
2. Recommend and define performance optimizations for databases,
stored procedures, SQL Statements and views.
3. Responsible for extensive application, operating system and
database monitoring, tuning and management
4. Responsible for troubleshooting and recommending solutions
related to blocking and locking issues
5. Responsible for ensuring that all QA, Development, Migration and
Production database environments are synchronized.
6. Responsible for recommending optimal index creation, storage
allocations, and partitioning strategies.
7. Responsible for documenting the database infrastructure
including database schemas.
8. Responsible for creating and maintaining application stored
procedures and SQL.
9. Responsible for managing and implementing integration services
packages
10. Responsible for managing and implementing reporting services
reports
Non-essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Design, develop and maintain Data Model for databases
2. Develop and maintain SQL coding standards for databases and
database objects (i.e., Tables, Triggers, Views, Stored Procedures,
Functions, etc.)
3. Design, develop and maintain development databases and database
objects
4. Evaluate and implement SQL Server version features and
High-Availability features as required by development requirements
5. Performance tune databases and database objects
6. Perform database code reviews with respect to 1) Data Modeling
requirements, 2) SQL coding standards and 3) performance tuning
requirements
7. Understand how applications and databases interact for optimum
database design and development
8. Design & develop SQL server integration services packages
9. Design & develop SQL server reporting services packages
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and
level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They
are not construed to be an exhaustive list of all job duties performed
by the personnel so classified.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education/Experience:
1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, computer
engineering, engineering, science or equivalent degree.
2. 3 to 5 years of experience as a Database Administrator.
3. Experience with SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2.
4. Excellent knowledge of database administration, programming and
systems analysis procedures.
5. Experience with maintaining high availability systems in a web
based environment.
6. Experience with mirroring, log-shipping, partitioning,
replication, and clustering.
7. Expert in T-SQL, stored procedures, triggers.
8. Ability to interact with senior developers at a code level.
9. Logical and physical data modeling.
10. Excellent problem solving and communications skills.
Market Force Information, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To Apply:
Send your resume to work@marketforce.com
Travelport - Java Technical Team Lead, Java Developer
Interested in a career with Travelport?
Email your resume to ellen.cobb@travelport.com
www.travelport.com
Travelport is seeking a Full time Java Technical Team Lead!
Responsibilities include:
•Contribute to design, development, documentation, creation of unit tests, review test plans and database modifications.
•Responsibility for the quality of deliverables of a combined onshore/offshore team.
•Ability to multi-task and manage multiple, concurrent development streams.
•Provide consultation for new products or new enhancements; research and analyze impact.
•Provide functional design and technical consultation.
•Advocate for customer community by understanding customer requirements to ensure existing and delivered products result in high user satisfaction.
•Support and provide input as part of the project team during the design, development, and deployment phases of the project.
•Involvement in determining how product will be maintained to include identification of tools needed and who will be responsible for maintenance and support.
•Create and review reports, maintain and distribute timely documentation as required.
•Analyze, research and provide system enhancement recommendations for customer inquiries post-project implementation.
REQUIREMENTS:
Strong understanding of database principles and communication protocols.
Experience with web services development (strong XML/WSDL/XSL knowledge).
Experience with ORM tools (Hibernate preferred).
Experience with Spring framework required.
1-3 years of experience in supporting commercial, production system.
Detailed knowledge of test automation tools/techniques and defect tracking tools..
Agile Development utilization experience preferred.
Strong planning skills and understanding of delegation management principles.
Ability to retain a professional and logical approach to tasks under challenging or time constrained situations.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Proven analytical skills.
Solid research and organization skills.
Attention to detail, persistence and follow-through a must.
Ability to implement detailed instructions.
Organized and proactive with a "can do" attitude.
Innovative, flexible and pragmatic.
Possess poise, initiative, commitment, vision, creativity and persistence.
Experience with these technologies and frameworks: Java EE, Hibernate, Spring, Apache, JBoss, SOAP, XML
Experience preferred with DB2.
Travel industry domain experience preferred
At least 7 years Java development and leadership experience
B.S. degree in relevant field
________________________________________________________________________
Come work for a GREAT Company! Here at TRAVELPORT we have an excellent opportunity for a Java Developer!
If you have 2-3 years experience coding in Java then this is an excellent opportunity for you to build on your career!
The candidate's responsibilities will include:
•Candidate will analyze, evaluate, test, debug, documents and implement complex software applications and support these applications post implementation, including defect analysis and fixing.
•Collaborate with a geographically dispersed team
• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline. Masters a plus
• A minimum of 2 years enterprise java coding experience
• Strong OO skills
• Experience using
o JEE Application Server experience (JBoss preferred)
o Linux and scripting
o Hibernate or another ORM technology
o Spring
o SQL
o XML/SOAP
o a Source management system
o an IDE like Eclipse
* Experience working in an Agile environment a plus
• Be an excellent team player!
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must be independent and self-motivated, with a knack for taking the initiative and overcoming obstacles
• Be able to quickly master and apply new technologies
•Looking for ability to multi-task and manage multiple development or support efforts
We want to hear from you if you have some or all of the skills above!
Please email Ellen.cobb@travelport.com or apply online at www.travelport.com (career site)
Email your resume to ellen.cobb@travelport.com
www.travelport.com
Travelport is seeking a Full time Java Technical Team Lead!
Responsibilities include:
•Contribute to design, development, documentation, creation of unit tests, review test plans and database modifications.
•Responsibility for the quality of deliverables of a combined onshore/offshore team.
•Ability to multi-task and manage multiple, concurrent development streams.
•Provide consultation for new products or new enhancements; research and analyze impact.
•Provide functional design and technical consultation.
•Advocate for customer community by understanding customer requirements to ensure existing and delivered products result in high user satisfaction.
•Support and provide input as part of the project team during the design, development, and deployment phases of the project.
•Involvement in determining how product will be maintained to include identification of tools needed and who will be responsible for maintenance and support.
•Create and review reports, maintain and distribute timely documentation as required.
•Analyze, research and provide system enhancement recommendations for customer inquiries post-project implementation.
REQUIREMENTS:
Strong understanding of database principles and communication protocols.
Experience with web services development (strong XML/WSDL/XSL knowledge).
Experience with ORM tools (Hibernate preferred).
Experience with Spring framework required.
1-3 years of experience in supporting commercial, production system.
Detailed knowledge of test automation tools/techniques and defect tracking tools..
Agile Development utilization experience preferred.
Strong planning skills and understanding of delegation management principles.
Ability to retain a professional and logical approach to tasks under challenging or time constrained situations.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Proven analytical skills.
Solid research and organization skills.
Attention to detail, persistence and follow-through a must.
Ability to implement detailed instructions.
Organized and proactive with a "can do" attitude.
Innovative, flexible and pragmatic.
Possess poise, initiative, commitment, vision, creativity and persistence.
Experience with these technologies and frameworks: Java EE, Hibernate, Spring, Apache, JBoss, SOAP, XML
Experience preferred with DB2.
Travel industry domain experience preferred
At least 7 years Java development and leadership experience
B.S. degree in relevant field
________________________________________________________________________
Come work for a GREAT Company! Here at TRAVELPORT we have an excellent opportunity for a Java Developer!
If you have 2-3 years experience coding in Java then this is an excellent opportunity for you to build on your career!
The candidate's responsibilities will include:
•Candidate will analyze, evaluate, test, debug, documents and implement complex software applications and support these applications post implementation, including defect analysis and fixing.
•Collaborate with a geographically dispersed team
• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline. Masters a plus
• A minimum of 2 years enterprise java coding experience
• Strong OO skills
• Experience using
o JEE Application Server experience (JBoss preferred)
o Linux and scripting
o Hibernate or another ORM technology
o Spring
o SQL
o XML/SOAP
o a Source management system
o an IDE like Eclipse
* Experience working in an Agile environment a plus
• Be an excellent team player!
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must be independent and self-motivated, with a knack for taking the initiative and overcoming obstacles
• Be able to quickly master and apply new technologies
•Looking for ability to multi-task and manage multiple development or support efforts
We want to hear from you if you have some or all of the skills above!
Please email Ellen.cobb@travelport.com or apply online at www.travelport.com (career site)
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