Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Comcast - Senior Manager, Manager

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF POSITION INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:*

An established application development team is seeking an individual with significant software development management experience. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to manage an established, extremely talented, development team charged with ongoing development, deployment, and support of multiple applications. Personnel management for a team of 10+, including project allocation and follow-up, technical and career mentoring, quarterly and annual reviews, etc. is expected. You will work with the Executive Director and other managers to allocate technical team resources among development and support objectives. You will provide senior-level development and design contributions, including final sign-off designs and implement and manage software quality control strategy to include updates as needed. You will also provide a single-point of contact to project management regarding feature development timelines and timely delivery of products to customers.

This is a hands-on technical management position reporting to the Executive Director of Software Development. The selected candidate will bring new ideas, creativity and a fresh perspective to our organization. You will lead by example, adopting a "whatever it takes" mentality to get the job done, fostering a sense of camaraderie, success and appreciation among your team. The individual should have a proven track record as a key technical visionary and architect in designing and developing sophisticated software systems through complete product lifecycle, prioritizing and solving operational and strategic issues and delivering high quality software on schedule. The candidate should be highly effective influencing both internal and external audiences, and possess a demonstrated ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries. Qualified candidates must have excellent leadership and strategic thinking skills demonstrated through multiple successful product release cycles. Proven ability to collaborate and communicate well with senior staff as well as mentor and grow staff and build high-performance teams is a must.

A four year technical degree or comparable experience preferably in Computer Science with 10 years of application development experience on a highly scalable platform is required including Remedy, Java, as well as experience with Web Services and SOA. Experience with configuration management tools including code coverage, automated build, source control, and feature/bug tracking is desired. The candidate should posses experience with creative problem solving through issue isolation, deductive reasoning, and cross functional team leadership. Demonstrated capability to communicate effectively with suppliers, customers, and a diverse range of internal organizations is required. Familiarity with the patent process will be a plus. Candidates must have the ability and willingness to travel within the U.S. and abroad as needed. References from former Direct Reports as well as former employers will be needed.

We are seeking candidates who are not only passionate about creating reliable and maintainable systems but also motivated to develop high-performance teams through effective goal setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, continuous process improvement, and mutual support and mentorship.

This position demands excellent technical skills and knowledge coupled with strong leadership, planning, and management abilities. Knowledge and experience with one or more development methodologies, and experience developing engineering process is required. The requirements for this position include but may not be limited to the following:

-Manages a team of software developers and application engineers that provide and support Service Assurance applications used by Network Operations and Customer Care.
-Manage development partnerships between other internal development teams as well as external resources and projects.
-Excellent communication skills both verbal and written. Ability to communicate ideas and opportunities to senior development staff.
-Assists in the planning, scheduling, and assigning of development and systems engineering projects. Coordinates programming projects with the work of other staff.
-Manages a team of software and application engineers, providing feedback and training where necessary, conducting performance reviews, assisting with recruitment and selection and dealing with any issues within the team.
-Ensures staff is adhering to System Engineering standards such as and not limited to documentation, code check-in/check-out procedures, design reviews and architectural standards
-Ensures staff is scheduled and trained to provide 7x24 on-call Tier 3 support for all applications and solutions developed and supported by the team.
-Maintains vendor support contact and escalation information. Escalates to vendors timely and appropriately.
-Analyzes proposed software applications.
-Provides technical assistance to programming staff
-Participates in all stages of the software development lifecycle, including requirements capture, writing, testing, and debugging programs.
-Assists supervising Director in planning, scheduling, and assigning projects to programming staff
-Assists in developing standards and procedures for programming staff.
-Assists in preparing detailed analyses, plans, diagrams, and verification procedures for existing and proposed applications.
-Verifies program logic by preparing and using test data.
-Develops and implements specialized programs and/or routines to supplement and enhance systems software.
-Evaluates and modifies existing applications and systems programs to take into account changes in system requirements, software releases, or equipment configuration.
-Excellent communication and negotiating skills.
-Excellent organization skills and the ability to achieve results within tight deadlines.
-Punctual, regular, and consistent attendance.
-Performs any other related work as assigned.
-Self directed and self motivated

Contributes to operating plans and manages the daily operations of assigned team. Develops
operational objectivs and ensures they are aligned with business objectives.
- Manages the outcome of Web designs and development, recommending changes and additions.
Ensures final product meets front-end functionality standards.
- Works with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Product Sales, etc,) direct reports, and management
to ensure final product is accurate, on time, and within budget.
- Allocates available resources to meet operating objectives.
- Oversees and manages managers, supervisors, and other exempt and non-exempt employees.
Ensures the ongoing training and development of direct reports.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable
schedule(s) as necessary.

JOB LOCATION: Denver, CO


Required Skills:
MINUMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
-BS / MS in Computer Science or equivalent
-8-11 years of related experience
-Proven track record leading successful software development teams
-Experience with Oracle, MySQL, JDBC, SQL
-Experience with JAVA, Remedy, XML, Web Services, Perl, SOA, Design Patterns.
-Experience with Unix, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, MS Windows
-Experience with designing, developing and implementing Web based applications, web services, SOA and UI frameworks
-Experience designing and deploying large highly available systems
-Experience with multiple software development process models

*The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the job.

Comcast is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Drug-Free workplace employer.
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-Lead application reliability teams in the execution of technical projects for the company's video, high speed data, telephone, and new business services
-Manage software development engineers in the application support, reporting, release management, database management, and performance management of application modules covering all lines of business in the Converged Event Management Platform
-Oversee the planning and design of application reliability for new programs, enhancements, and modifications
-Engaged throughout the software development lifecycle for all new programs and projects and applications with a focus on reliability, operability and performance. Bake the self reporting of these factors into the design.
-Understand project and technical requirements and translate requirements into processes and solutions using functional and operational knowledge of the telecommunications, cable, high speed internet, and media domains
-Utilize transaction business management software involving collection, correlation, mediation and rating of transactional data to accept and process usage events from advanced networks and switching devices.
-Provide leadership in the development and integration of software between network elements conducting asynchronous real-time processing of information exceeding 1 million transactions per minute;
-Oversee performance testing, and performance tuning
-Recommend solutions and implement enhancements to existing and new applications based on business needs
-Manage, mentor, train, and develop staff, including ensuring that technical staff keep current with technological developments within the industry and conducting performance reviews to ensure staff work performance adheres to company standards
-Implement performance metrics and manage all project deliverables to ensure overall adherence to project deadlines, specifications, and budgets. Support tiger teams for rapid development and troubleshooting identify, design and implement the monitoring and alarming points within the process flow for various lines of businesses. Fully own the large scale event processing applications from implementation through stabilization and ongoing operation.
-Effectively leverage our strategic partners who support ART offshore.
-Lead multiple development teams both onshore and offshore.


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.

Experience
-Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, and six (6) years of experience in the full software development lifecycle, of which five (5) years must include progressively responsible experience in transaction business management software(TBMS) or equivalent software involving collection, correlation, mediation in memory usage aggregation and rating of transaction data.
-At least two (2) years of the above-referenced experience must be in the telecommunications, cable, high speed Internet and/or media domain.
-Strong knowledge and implementation experience in Java/J2E
-Strong Oracle Database Schema Design/Development skills from an application development standpoint. Strong SQL skills a pre-requisite.
-Experience in supporting web services desirable
-Full Life Cycle Experience from business requirements through logical design, physical design, development and implementation.
-Experience in large volume event processing systems.
-Program / Project Management
-Oracle and Oracle Business Intelligence Product Experience a plus

Comcast is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Drug-Free workplace employer.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Public Service Credit Union - Application Developer

Together We're Better With People Like You On OUR Team!

Public Service Credit Union has an Application Developer position open now for a developer experienced with Symitar. This position is located in the South Denver Metro area and is Full-time with a generous benefits package.

The Application Developer is responsible for working with internal customers to design, develop, test, implement and maintain complex technology solutions. Provide application design, development and enhancements to the suite of products used by PSCU including: the core processing system (Symitar) using PowerOn Scripting, Symforms, other third party applications, and web-based applications. Additionally, the Developer is responsible for software integration and external application interface development involving third party platforms. Provide timely solutions consistent with the technology plan in a professional manner.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provide new efficiencies, reports, improve workflow processes, correct data errors, automate manual processes, and respond timely to compliance issues.
2. Research and test new software applications.
3. Review and maintain existing code to ensure compliance and end user functionality.
4. Develop enhancements for existing systems by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improved efficiencies.
5. Evaluate and test vendor-supplied software packages for compatibility with existing systems, ease of use, and determine if software meets user needs and supports organizational priorities.
6. Provide technical support to analyze user requests and translate into useful automated processes and/or reports.
7. Gather information through research, organize data, design workflow, write technical specifications, write specific code, test, validate and complete user requests.
8. Maintain systems by monitoring, identifying and correcting software defects.
9. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Required Experience:
Three to five years of relevant development experience. Prefer demonstrated knowledge and experience in current programming languages including C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, HTML, JavaScript, and SQL server.

Knowledge of the Symitar environment and its associated technologies, such as Report Generator (PowerOn), SymForm, and SYMCONNECT are strongly desired although not required. Any SharePoint development experience is also a plus.

Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or Professional Certification in related relevant field with emphasis on development OR equivalent combination of education and experience in development.

Public Service Credit Union is an exciting, stable financial institution geared to make a difference together with our members. With 29 branches located throughout the Northern Colorado, Denver Metro and Colorado Springs areas we are here for our members in convenient locations. We offer a competitive salary with an outstanding benefits package, which includes medical, dental, life insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, a generous 401(k) plan with employee/employer contributions, time off benefits and more.

Interested? Come take the next step and apply...We'll look forward to receiving your application!

HealthTrans - Software Developer

Candidates please apply at www.healthtrans.com (About/Careers Section)

If you want to make a difference in a progressive and professional environment that challenges your mind, rewards your accomplishments, and recognizes the value you can add to the team, then consider working for HealthTrans.
HealthTrans is one of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit administrators, and our strong growth is noteworthy in the industry. We've appeared on the Denver Business Journal's Fastest Growing Privately Held Large Companies and on the Inc. 500/5000 lists for the past five years.
To support our continued progress, HealthTrans is seeking career-minded individuals who thrive in a client-centric, collaborative, and growth-oriented environment.
HealthTrans offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with a company match and immediate vesting, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and holiday pay.

SUMMARY

The primary focus of this position will be to enhance, maintain and support the data extract and load processes which HealthTrans has developed to support our internal finance processes. This position may additionally provide support in the development and maintenance of our web applications as time allows.

JOB DUTIES


Performs design and coding of extract, transform and load processes using Microsoft technologies
Maintains and modifies existing extract processes.
Performs maintenance programming for existing versions.
Performs custom programming based on customer requests.
Conducts unit tests of new and modified applications
Writes or revises program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in accordance with standards
Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to other technical staff members
Ability to interface well with Professional Service staff and other non-technical members of the organization
Demonstrated aptitude for learning new technologies
Other duties as assigned

EXPERIENCE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

7+ years experience with Object Oriented Design and Development
5+ years experience with C#
7+ years experience with SQL Server 2005 / 2008
7+ years experience with T-SQL, including stored procedures, functions and triggers
2+ years experience with SSIS and SSRS
Oracle database experience
Experience with Microsoft development tools including Visual Studio 2008 (and later)
Experience with Microsoft .Net framework
Preferred Experience (Not Required)
Experience with Microsoft Access database development
Experience developing ASP.Net applications
Experience with Ajax Controls
Experience with CSS and Javascript
Experience designing and developing data driven web services (WCF preferred)
Experience with Sharepoint development


EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Math, or Engineering.

Friday, September 09, 2011

TransFirst - Senior Database Administrator

TransFirst, a leader in merchant processing is currently seeking a
strong candidate to fill a Senior Database Administrator position.
Please apply at www.transfirst.com.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 3-5 years
experience on SQL Server; or equivalent combination of education and
experience.

* Must have a solid foundation for understanding database management,
relational database concepts, transaction isolation levels, and software
development activities.

* Must have experience with SQL Server 2008

Certifications:

MCITP SQL Server 2008 preferred, but not required.

Job Summary:
Responsible for designing and managing databases on all production
systems for assigned platform(s). Provides subject matter expertise on
system data specifics and schema changes and provides support for
product implementation.


* Manages the design, implementation, and maintenance of production
databases on assigned platforms.

* Monitors the database for consistent performance and provides feedback
on problem areas.
* Administers and maintains front-end processors to include activities
such as database backups, archival of data, system upgrades and
troubleshooting hardware or communication problems.
* Manages configuration, maintenance, and problem resolution on assigned
production systems.
* Performs routine maintenance of data tables, indexes, views, and
catalogs on all production systems.
* Develops and maintains database dictionary documentation materials, as
appropriate, and ensures accuracy and timeliness of product
documentation.
* Confers with associates to determine impact of database changes on
other systems.
* Provides data to help calculate optimum values for database parameters
required to maximize database performance.
* Gathers information and assists with training, support and resolution
of problems.
* Coordinates the installation, support, and on-going administration of
Database Management tools and technologies.
* May assist in the design, implementation, and maintenance of Data
Warehouses and their components.
* Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION: Please apply on line at www.transfirst.com


Tammy J. Horton
Senior Recruiter
TransFirst, LLC
12202 Airport Way
Suite 100
Broomfield, CO 80021
303-625-8260

Saturday, September 03, 2011

Mincom - Technical Consultant

The Technical Consultant is primarily responsible for providing technical consulting services to Mincom clients on the Mincom Ellipse system including installing, troubleshooting, tuning and administering Ellipse in the customer technical environment.​ This position reports to the Domain Principal Consultant with direct line reporting on assigned projects to the Project Manager.​
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Installs Mincom Ellipse at customer sites.​
Installs additional Mincom & third party products at customers sites.​
Administers, tune and troubleshoots the customer environment.​
Assists customers in determining hardware platform specifications.​
Plans, produces and delivers project components (deliverables) in accordance with the project plan and as coordinated with the Project Manager.​
Identifies and discusses potential problems with clients and recommend solutions in a timely fashion.​
Liaises with customers and project team members to calibrate expectations and delivery of services.​
Trains customers and colleagues on system components.​
Guides customers through full implementation to ensure maximum benefit from the system within the scope of the purchased services.​
Submits a weekly time and expense claim and project update reports as required by management.​
Maintains a standard of deliverables in accordance with the quality requirements of the company’s Quality Assurance Certificate ISO9000 and is able to audit this system.​
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.​
Requirements

Education:
Requires a BA or BS in computer science, software engineering or related field or equivalent experience.​

Experience:

Required skills – 2-5 years experience with one or more of the following:
Unix/​Linux Administrator
Oracle DBA
JBOSS, APACHE administration
Virtualization

Desirable experience:
SQL Server administration
Windows Administration
VMWare
Java Programming

Cerificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Requires possession of a valid vehicle operator’s license.​

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Requires knowledge of one or more of the technical areas represented by the Ellipse product.​
Requires a working knowledge of Systems Administration experience on various platforms.​
Requires the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.​
Requires the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels within both customer organizations and Mincom.​
Requires the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.​
Requires the ability and willingness to travel a minimum of 80%​ of work time.​

Physical Demands: None

Charles Schwab - Sr. Manager

Company: Charles Schwab

Position: Sr. Manager - Database Marketing

Location: Denver, CO

Job Description:

Organization Objective/Purpose:
The Database Marketing team is an internal consulting unit within the marketing organization. We deliver direct marketing support and analysis, including evaluating business requirements, designing complex marketing campaigns, evaluating campaigns, and providing recommendations to drive efficiency and effectiveness. Our services are in heavy demand due to our reputation for accuracy, strong business insight, outstanding productivity and attention to detail - allowing us to seek candidates to grow the team further.

Brief Description of Role:

The Senior Manager is an intellectually curious thought leader who drives progress and results, managing all aspects of the work autonomously. This entails leveraging statistical and analytical skills as well as direct marketing expertise to develop sound experimental designs, targeting models, backend analyses for direct marketing campaigns, and general business analyses. The Senior Manager will present results and recommendations to our internal and external clients, including departments such as Marketing Communications, Client Experience, Sales and Finance, and work highly collaboratively with a wide range of business and technical partners throughout the firm. This requires a clear understanding of database marketing concepts, and strong communication, analytical, statistical, project management, and technical skills.

Technical/Functional Qualifications:


General:

- Champion database marketing best practices in designing direct marketing campaigns and other marketing or business initiatives
- Articulate business rationale surrounding direct marketing campaigns or other analyses with peers, management and business partners
- Explain database marketing and statistical concepts to non-technical partners
- Leverage business, industry and marketing knowledge to better synthesize insights for individual direct marketing campaigns as well as for multi-component campaigns that also include advertising and online communications
- Manage multiple, simultaneous projects while meeting internal client expectations and critical deadlines
- Build strong partnerships with key support teams and business partners

Technical:

- Analysis: Evaluate marketing programs or answer other business questions effectively and communicate findings to senior management. Analysis required for full campaign life cycle including initial forecast, in market reporting, and post campaign financial and behavioral impact.
- Statistical Concepts: Blend statistical concepts such as sample sizing, significance testing, and experimental design with an understanding of business goals to develop measurable testing strategies that gauge the impact of direct marketing campaigns
- Programming: Program efficiently and accurately in SAS/SQL to mine, pull, and evaluate data from all our various data sources
- A minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in marketing campaign evaluation/optimization, SAS/SQL programming, and appropriate use of statistics
- Modeling experience (not required, but a bonus): Understand business objectives and translate them to properly develop, test, and maintain targeting models used to optimize direct marketing campaigns (~ 20% of the time)

Friday, September 02, 2011

Epsilon - Storage Administrator

Epsilon is the industry's leading marketing services firm, with a broad array of data-driven, multichannel marketing solutions that leverage consumer insight to help brands deepen their relationships with customers. Services include strategic consulting, acquisition and customer database technologies, loyalty management, proprietary data, predictive modeling and a full range of direct and digital agency services, including creative, interactive web design, email deployment, search engine optimization and direct mail production. In addition, Epsilon is the world's largest permission-based email marketer. Epsilon is an Alliance Data company. For more information, visit www.epsilon.com or call 1.800.309.0505.


Responsibilities




* Must be experienced in troubleshooting of complex multi-vendor and geographically separated storage environments.



* 5-10 years in-depth experience working with Storage and Storage related fields



* Technical product experience in the following

- Brocade/McData Fabric switches

- HDS, Netapp, Sun/Oracle, IBM, HP, Dell, and EMC storage



* Must have Expert knowledge of basic RAID, storage tiering, storage architecture concepts, storage virtualization, and storage best practices



* Must have experience in administrating and troubleshooting Brocade Fabrics: zoning, aliasing, QoS, FC routing, etc.



* Must have experience in administration, configuration, and performance troubleshooting of HDS and Netapp storage primarily, additional storage vendor experience is a plus



* Experience with in-system and external replication of storage using HDS or Netapp software.



* Experience with planning and implementing storage migrations for datacenter moves



* Understanding of the fiber channel protocols and storage networking, experience with long distance SAN networking a plus..



* Expert understanding of how server behaviors and IO load patterns affect storage (LUN queuing, multipathing, application IO size, etc ).



* High level of knowledge regarding setup, configuration, and administration with Hitachi Command Suite software. (Device Manager, Tiered storage manager, Tuning Manager, etc)



*Basic Unix and Windows administration understanding and skills, (VI, file manipulation, regedit, AD, UNIX and Windows based file permissions).



*Intermediate understanding of networking required: DNS, netmasks, IP routing, NIS, AD



* Experience with storage configurations in Vmare, Xen, and Oracle RAC environments



Must be thoroughly proficient in the following protocols/technologies:



*FC, SCSI, ISCSI, NFS, CIFS, SAS (FCoE not required but a plus), fiber channel trunking


About the Opportunity


The Storage Administrator will be responsible for the configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of an extensive storage environment across many geographies and business units each with its own unique requirements. Must be able to show initiative and teamwork to resolve projects spanning many disciplines, teams, and data environments. Timely and appropriate response to customers is of the utmost concern. Documenting and reporting to clients their performance and capacity utilization.


* Must have Expert knowledge of basic RAID, storage tiering, storage architecture concepts, storage virtualization, local and datacenter replication practices, and storage best practices

* Must have experience in architecting, administrating, and troubleshooting Brocade Fabrics: zoning, aliasing, QoS, FC routing, and virtual fabrics. (FC to Ethernet bridging experience a plus)

* Must have experience in architecting, administration, configuration, and performance troubleshooting of HDS and Netapp storage solutions primarily, additional storage vendor experience is a plus

* Experience with in-system and external replication of storage using HDS or Netapp software.

* Experience with planning and implementing storage migrations for datacenter moves

* Understanding of the fiber channel protocols and storage networking, experience with long distance SAN networking a plus..

* Expert understanding of how server behaviors and IO load patterns affect storage (LUN queuing, multipathing, application IO size, etc ).

* High level of knowledge regarding setup, configuration, and administration with Hitachi Command Suite software. (Device Manager, Tiered storage manager, Tuning Manager, etc)

Compensation and Benefits


Alliance Data offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive selection of benefit options including 401(k).

Conditions of Employment


All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of drug screen and background checks.