Talentrust - Quality Manager

FULL TIME POSTION

Quality Manager

DENVER, COLORADO

CONTACT: Gina Mae Frey, gfrey@talentrust.com



POSITION SUMMARY:

Our client located in the Denver Tech Center is seeking an experienced and
proven Manager of Quality Assurance to establish the QA strategy for their
Financial application systems, and lead a team of QA Analysts and Engineers
in the execution of that strategy. This selected candidate with work with
the CIO and other IT leaders to establish quality goals and ensure the
overall quality of deliverables for the organization.



PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Ensures that the QA strategy for the organization is integrated with
agile (scrum) methods and tools in use by software development.
* Works with business and technology leaders to understand existing
business process and develop end to end testing processes that are
comprehensive in nature from a business and technology perspective.
* Responsible for developing a plan to automate the majority of
repetitive testing processes for our systems, and then must show significant
progress in accomplishing that plan in a short period of time.
* Establishes quality metrics at the detail and executive levels that
that will show our progress against quality goals.
* Under minimal direction, works on complex assignments which are
typically delegated in terms of objectives rather than specific instruction
or priorities.
* Responsible for determining the overall assessment of the quality of
software deliverables and the reporting of that assessment to project
stakeholders before release to production so that risks are understood
before release.





QUALIFICATIONS



* 5+ years experience in leading teams in agile QA disciplines;
* Proven experience in developing highly automated software testing
environments;
* Must be detailed oriented;
* Ability to work successfully in fast-paced organization;
* Ability to create test plans to ensure data and production
integrity;
* Coordinate all functions of the QA department by partnering with
business process owners;
* Must be technically savvy and willing to learn new technologies;


PREFERED SKILLS

* Understanding and experience in Financial industry a plus;
* Understanding of Oracle 11g or other Oracle platforms is preferred,
but not required;
* Bachelors Degree or a combination of education and/or related
industry experience;
* 2-4 year experience working in a management position and directing
the work of others;

Resort Technology Partners - Director

RTP is looking for a Director of RTP|ONE Development to lead the evolution of RTP's flagship enterprise software product suite!

This position will provide broad functional and technical expertise in designing and developing software applications primarily for the RTP|ONE product suite. This position will also provide application architecture direction; user interface/user experience leadership; setting coding standards and reviewing solutions against standards and ensuring best practice object oriented design is utilized. This is a hands-on development manager position with coding responsibility. In addition, this position will manage the C# development team (8-10 Sr. C# developers) responsible for designing, building and supporting RTP|ONE applications and solutions. This position will report to the VP of Software Development.

This position is located in our Avon, CO office.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
RTP is a market-leader providing software solutions to the resort and recreation market. Our enterprise application suite, RTP|ONE, is an n-tier application built using the .NET Framework in C#. It is a highly scalable solution leveraging SQL Server technology for data access and reporting (Microsoft Reporting Services) serving many of today's leading resort and recreation management companies.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
•Responsible for design, development and delivery of RTP|ONE product development initiatives working closely with product management and across the rest of the development organization (DB Development, QA, Tech Doc, BA/PM).
•Review business and product requirements and analyze feasibility, approach and estimate development effort.
•Work closely with the VP of Development and Business Analyst/PM to direct day to day activities of the development lifecycle.
•Provide user experience/user interface leadership and guidance across all development efforts. Own user experience standards and consistent implementation across the product line.
•Identify and drive improvements in the software development process that facilitate quality, customer experience, schedule, and cost improvements.
•Review and sign off on all functional and technical designs for the RTP|ONE product offering.
•Act as primary point of escalation to support team for hosted product issues and work with QA and VP of Development to plan major and minor releases.
•Act as scrum master for the development teams and work with product owners to manage sprint iterations, priorities and effective delivery of solutions.
•Prototype solutions and take on development projects as appropriate.
•Efficiently manage and develop your direct reports: Hold regular status review, staff, and 1 on 1 meetings. Conduct performance reviews, work prioritization, and supervision of staff.
•Stay up to date on latest technology trends.
•Interface as appropriate with customers, sales and marketing, delivery and support and all areas of development to represent RTP's software products, derive application requirements, gain input on designs, and drive the best solutions possible into RTP's software products.
•Travel may be required for this position.


DESIRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS
•Previous development experience in a software company leading a team of developers and delivering a software product to market is required.
•Deep functional and technical product knowledge in enterprise integrated point of sale applications.
•Demonstrated track record of delivering product development projects to specification, on time.
•Delivery of at least one commercially successful software products.
•Strong leadership presence, ability to motivate and drive staff to get results with a positive and proactive leadership style. Can-do attitude.
•Comfortable in dynamic small company, start-up like environment.
•Experienced in structured product development practices, able to develop and enforce discipline in process.
•3+ years managing a development team.
•8+ years of deep technical experience in Microsoft .NET technologies.
•5+ years UI design experience.
•3+ years working in an agile software development methodology with Scrum Master certification and training
•Experience producing technical design documentation.
•Must have college degree in computer science or equivalent.
•We have a strong team-based environment. Must be a team player, work well in a changing environment, adapt quickly to customer needs, and have the ability to think creatively and problem-solve.


RTP Offers Its Employees. . .
•Competitive compensation.
•401k, Health/Dental/Life insurance, etc.
•Casual work environment in a growing company.
•Role-specific training and continuing education.
•Opportunity to work with driven, winning, committed professionals and world-class customers.

RTP's Avon office is. . .
•minutes away from Vail and Beaver Creek mountains
•located on the Eagle River (fly-fishing, kayaking, rafting)
•next to the Eagle-Summit County bike path (a paved bike path from Edwards to Breckenridge)
•within 30 minutes of 7 golf courses
•steps from the on-premise workout room, heated pool, and hot tub

About RTP:
RTP (Resort Technology Partners) is a privately-held company that provides advanced software, internet, and ecommerce solutions to hospitality industry businesses, including ski resorts, tour & travel businesses, golf management companies, theme parks, attractions, etc. RTP is a very successful, rapidly growing business with approximately 100 employees and hundreds of customers in more than 4 countries. In addition to offering tremendous career opportunities, RTP is a great place to work!

Talentrust - Application Developer III

FULL TIME POSTION
APPLICATION DEVELOPER III
DENVER, COLORADO
CONTACT: Gina Mae Frey, gfrey@talentrust.com


POSITION SUMMARY:



The development team is charged with writing world-class software that
simplifies the entire asset lifecycle, supports all business activities,
performs well today and will scale up to meet their future needs. Quality
is paramount, so successful candidates must be keenly focused on quality,
exceptional service and meeting commitments to their business partners and
fellow team members.





PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Providing technical vision and leadership with the proof of value
project for Oracle's Exadata/Exalogic hardware, and our subsequent
transition to that platform.
* Developing a new flagship Eagle platform and helping with the final
transitions off of our legacy platform.
* Providing technical leadership while working within a Scrum team to
estimate, plan, design and develop superior products that support our
business and our franchise partners.
* Designing and developing the web front-end within Oracle Application
Development Framework (ADF) using Java and SQL, as well as JavaScript and
CSS.
* Designing, developing and orchestrating middle tier services within
Oracle SOA Suite, using BPEL, EJBs, and XSLT, as well as calling ETL, PL/SQL
and other tools.
* Developing Oracle Toplink adapters with custom SQL solutions.

Ensuring that our applications meet our lofty goals for quality and
performance through unit, integration, system, performance and user
acceptance testing



QUALIFICATIONS:



* BS in computer science or engineering
* 5+ years of professional Java/.J2EE web development experience
* Experience with Oracle Application Development Frameworks (ADF) or
similar web development frameworks (think Rails/Grails or JSF/Struts/etc +
Hibernate/JPA/etc)
* Experience with the Oracle SOA Suite or similar SOA platform (such
as IBM's WebSphere SOA platform)
* Experience with a solid combination of the following: EJB, XSLT,
JMS, XML, CSS, JavaScript, BPEL
* Strong SQL programming skills
* Experience building business, financial or data-centric applications
* A problem solver - you love taking on the meaty issues and working
through them
* Ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex code and provide
recommendations
* A passion for mentoring and coaching junior developers - so that
they exceed their own expectations
* A team player who is energized by helping everyone succeed


Gina Mae Frey

Phone: 303.838.3334 x7
Mobile: 612.799.2880
Toll Free: 866.838.3334
1767 Denver West Blvd., Suite A
Golden, CO 80401
gfrey@talentrust.com
www.talentrust.com

Colorado Farm Bureau Insurance - Systems Analyst

Colorado Farm Bureau Insurance (CFBI), is a well established Colorado exclusive insurance company headquartered in the Denver Tech Center providing insurance services to Colorado farmers and ranchers for more than 50 years. Over the years, CFBI has grown to a multi-line company offering a wide variety of products including Homeowners, Auto, Farm and Ranch, Health, and Commercial policies and many others.


We have an immediate opening for a Systems Analyst.


General Responsibilities


• Development and Maintenance of Client-Server applications

• Work closely with Business Analysts (BA) and End Users to determine requirements, analyze any problems and design solutions

• Analyze business needs and technical systems to develop and maintain programs which meet the needs of our end users and business.

• Work well in a team environment

• Updates, corrects, debugs and tests existing computer programs and coordinates testing with Business Analysts and Business Units

• Create and maintain technical documentation, assist BA with user documentation



Qualifications



• Minimum 3 years Programming experience in Object-oriented language such as VC++, VC#

• Ideally, experience with SQL Windows (Gupta Team Developer)

• SQL or PL/SQL with Oracle Database

• Experience with full systems development life cycle, from conception through development and testing to implementation

• College degree preferred

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Familiarity with Microsoft Office tools

• Property and Casualty Insurance experience is a desired asset


To apply, please email your resume, a brief synopsis of your work experience, your salary requirements, and examples of how you have used VC++, VC#, SQL Windows (Gupta Team Developer) • SQL or PL/SQL with Oracle or SQL Server in your current or a previous job. Also, please include a brief description of your experience with full systems development life cycle, from conception through development and testing to implementation.


CFBI is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any term, condition or privilege of employment. The Company does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability or any other status protected by state or local law.

Level 3 - Revenue Assurance Senior Manager

Stronger Connections. New Possibilities.
A career with Level 3 is more than just a job, it's an opportunity to join a company that delivers a comprehensive portfolio of converged voice, video, data and managed services to enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers. Business applications require more bandwidth, and we aim to deliver exceptional value to support efficiency and growth. Our customers partner with our team of over 10,000 dedicated people in more than 45 countries who focus on understanding business challenges, responding with a relevant solution and delivering a consistent, industry-leading customer experience. Whether you are an experienced professional, or just embarking on your career, Level 3 provides a fast-paced, challenging and supportive environment in which to grow.

Why Join Level 3 Communications?
We are trusted, reliable and responsive in meeting the needs of our customers. Level 3 is experiencing tremendous growth and raising the bar in the telecommunications industry. To support our continued success, we are looking for the best in the industry to join our team. At Level 3 you will receive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits - all with aggressive company contribution, beginning on day one with no waiting periods.

In addition to industry-leading benefits, Level 3 offers a generous paid time off plan, company matched 401(k), health and wellness programs, education reimbursement, corporate bonus program and access to world-class industry training.

Apply today and become an integral part of the team that is raising the bar in the telecommunications industry.

Summary

The Financial Assurance team plays a critical role in making Level 3 more successful. We work with cross-functional teams to identify and eliminate revenue and cost leakage in our business, ensuring we bill revenue and manage costs as effectively as possible. This involves structuring problems, analyzing data, implementing solutions and driving implementation/operations - working closely with Level 3’s sales, product, engineering, finance, IT, and provisioning teams.

As a Senior Manager you will provide leadership, analytical and problem solving guidance, and business judgment to support strategic and tactical initiatives. You have in-depth telecom knowledge and at least 7 years experience with a leading Telecom operator. You have strong technical skills and operational business savvy. You will provide leadership to materially improve operational rigor in terms of planning, best practice sharing, and results management. You will demonstrate clear strength in people leadership, top quartile performance in a matrix environment, and exceptional data modeling, acquisition and analytical skill. You will be a self-starter who can work in a rapidly changing industry; tolerate ambiguity and demonstrate problem-solving leadership.

You will be responsible for developing and executing on the strategic goals of the Data Financial Assurance department including integration of new business. This will include either developing and/or improving subscription and usage controls to exceed Company profitability goals. As Senior Manager you will be responsible for strategic planning and execution to improve cross-functional order-to-bill and network-to-bill processes and you will make decisions to invest in new technologies to optimize controls and develop critical business intelligence.

This role will have responsibility of 4+ direct reports and additional consultants (including Analysts and Project Managers). Under your leadership, the team is responsible for developing and managing stakeholder and communication plans, operations reviews, and creating new business metrics / controls. Operational activities include usage and MRR monitoring, root cause analysis, develop and implement reporting, and ultimately drive resolution and governance processes with all impacted stakeholders to meet profitability goals.

You will interface with many organizations at various management levels. You must be skilled at influencing peers, leading an effective team and managing upward. You will need to anticipate dynamic changes in business needs with technological know-how and solution development. You will be called upon to problem solve and provide guidance to business units, IT and other organizations. You must be independently motivated, work without direction and take full ownership of yours and your team’s role. You are confident in executive presentation and thrive in a challenging, ambiguous environment with competing priorities.

Essential Duties

* Build and lead a high performing team, hire and retain the right talent to monitor processes and systems ensuring integrity in results
* Sets goals, delegats work, holds reports accountable; develops and empowers direct reports to make decisions and take action. Demonstrates Company's values, maintains a positive open demeanor, encourages different points of view, moves team forward through change; provides timely information; communicates context for business decisions; recognizes accomplishments; fosters teamwork and collaboration.
* Architect and implement Financial Assurance controls including source data acquisition, normalization and automation
* Develop and execute to the Data Financial Assurance roadmap
* Systematically assess, measure and mitigate profitability risks
* Proactively collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver as needed
* Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
* Lead integration activities
* Optimize Business Intelligence including query development and data analysis
* Develop new reporting models and metrics to improve accuracy, timeliness and efficiency of delivering management reporting
* Lead operations reviews with cross-functional stakeholders including executives
* Define and document Financial Assurance processes, drive continuous improvement to processes via process measurement/metrics
* Vendor Management – conflict resolution, monitor fulfillment of contractual obligations, scope management, performance management
Knowledge, Skills or Abilities

* Established leader
* Sr. Engineer or IT Architect level experience with understanding of Telecom OSS/BSS environments
* SQL Skills and a background in IT required, comfortable in Unix, Windows, SQL Server and Oracle (expert data modeling and acquisition skills)
* In-Depth experience in Usage and Subscription-based Telecom products
* Superior financial modeling skills
* 5+ years in Financial Assurance
* Degree in Business, Finance or IT
* Keen knowledge of Telecommunications services technologies
* Network usage analysis
* Demonstrated ability to work in an ambiguous, fast paced, constantly changing environment
* Experience with process mapping and revenue mapping
* Excellent judgment and decision making capabilities
* Proven track record of professionalism
* Excellent written, presentation, verbal and interpersonal communication skills (to help negotiate priorities and to resolve conflicts among project stakeholders)Ability to hold others accountable
* Self motivator and creative thinker
* Deadline driven and detail oriented
* Proven results in building cross-functional relationships
* Excellent organizational skills, to work with the vast array of information and to cope with rapidly changing information
* Project Management
* Expert PowerPoint and Excel user
Work Environment
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-owner 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.

Level 3 Communications is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, as well as any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Our company is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please call 1-877-333-6947 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Rivet Software - Software Test Engineer

Software Test Engineer

Job Description:

A Software Test Engineer is part of the test team focused on a new Financial Reporting and Analysis application involving a robust server and client-side functionality. This position involves creating test plans and test cases for new product requirements/features, using manual and automated testing to verify product functionality, monitoring performance and compliance-related results while working within an agile development environment.

Duties:

* Analyze system, features and functionality, and determine the best approach and techniques to test
* Develop and execute tests for acceptance, integration, installation and system testing for personal productivity tools and enterprise-level financial application
* Create and run manual and automated tests
* Participate in Product Design sessions to ensure the test coverage adheres to the product design and meets the end user requirements
* Document test coverage and create test plans and test cases
* Document test results, report software bugs and verify fixes to ensure the acceptance criteria set forth in the test plans is met
* Work closely with the development and program management teams throughout the entire product development life cycle to ensure the product meets user and quality requirements and is shipped on schedule

Skills and Qualifications:

* Experience with C#
* Experience testing .NET Applications
* Experience testing web-based and/or windows applications
* Clarity and precision in written and verbal communication
* Good analytical and problem solving skills
* Ability to define a vision and articulate the steps to get there
* Bachelor degree in Computer science or Accounting (or related discipline)

Competencies:

* Proven ability to quickly grasp new technologies and software applications
* Experience with an accounting or financial software product
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

Other Skills:

* Experience with Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
* Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS)
* Advanced user level of Microsoft Excel and Word
* Experience with Agile development methodology
* Experience in a SaaS (Software as a Service) environment
* Experience with XBRL
* Familiarity with SharePoint and workflow concepts

Rivet Software is an equal opportunity employer.
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Epsilon - Technology Manager

The Manager of Technology is a hands-on position. This role is responsible for the technical direction and ongoing support of a marketing solution for a client or group of clients. Technical Managers must possess solid experience in implementing large-scale Oracle data warehouse solutions, leading teams of database developers, relational database design and implementation of both data warehouses and data marts, marketing automation and business intelligence applications, systems and data integration, and demonstrating a detailed understanding of a client.s solution. Technology Managers require polished written and presentation abilities and must practice good time management. Individuals in this role may be asked to supplement needs on project or account management teams.


Responsibilities


Actively lead individuals engaged in the development of marketing database and real-time marketing automation solutions for clients including batch extract, transformation, and load (ETL) frameworks, shell scripting, SQL-driven data warehouse and data mart updates, and application integration.

. Function as technical lead for marketing database builds and major change requests

. Manage technical staff (including direct, indirect, and matrixed resources) along with project timelines for builds and manage environments. Environments may include several smaller client solutions or a single large project within an overall enterprise class solution. Must be able to lead team without direct supervision.

. Actively manage the technical resources for a client or group of clients. Build and retain a competent staff through effective on-boarding and leadership of team members.

. Manage career paths by coaching and mentoring direct and indirect reports. Hold associates accountable for their work by setting expectations, achieving commitments, providing feedback, and evaluating effectiveness. Provide technical leadership in the organization.

. Research and propose cost effective technical solutions to address business challenges such as improvement of development, process, and governance standards.

. Evaluate and communicate needs for technical capabilities, staffing, and infrastructure.

. Assist account staff with project requirements gathering and technical design specifications.

. Interact with the client(s) directly on a regular basis. Occasional visits to client site will be required.

. Enforce group standards for development, process and controls.

. Develop strong peer network.


Qualifications


Bachelor.s degree or equivalent experience is required.



. 5+ years experience implementing large-scale Oracle database applications through the entire life cycle of discovery, requirements definition, technical design, development, quality assurance and client acceptance with particular emphasis on data integration within a relational environment.

. Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills in an Oracle environment required

. Experience with ETL processing utilizing shell scripting and SQL in a Linux/Unix environment required

. 5+ years experience in relational database design, administration and support including Oracle or Netezza. This experience must include implementations of data warehouse and data mart environments utilizing leading analytic and decision support applications.

. Must have strong problem solving and negotiation skills in a client-facing environment.

. Ability to communicate advanced technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

. Proven ability to work effectively under significant deadline pressure.

. 5+ years demonstrated experience leading a team of between 2-5 individuals with proven track record of strong leadership and people management skills

. Ability to interface directly with a client and translate business requirements into appropriate technical solutions is required.

. Experience with direct marketing in the Retail vertical preferred

. Experience in both an OLTP and Data Warehousing environment preferred.

. Experience with Business Intelligence (Business Objects, Microstrategy, Cognos) and Marketing Automation (Unica, Alterian, SAS Campaign Managaement) applications preferred.

. Experience with integration of data from multiple interaction channels including email, direct mail, retail point of sale, call center, web, mobile, and social media preferred


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.