Beatport is the recognized leader of electronic music downloads by DJs and fans alike delivering content in premium-encoded formats that match the professional performance quality standards of the world's leading sound systems. Beatport.com allows users to access the world of club music through secure, legal, hi-speed, high quality downloads in MP3, MP4 and WAV formats on a pay per download basis from an impressive library of the world's leading independent labels. Our growing company seeks enthusiastic, talented people to add to our team.
As an Application Developer at Beatport you will work on a 5 to 7 member, cross-functional Agile Scrum team (APP, UI, QA, IT, and of course APP specialties) building solutions to address business and technology needs. You will apply your knowledge and expertise of software design and architecture in a LAMP environment on a daily basis. Developers are encouraged to work with teammates to solve complex problems outside of their specialization where appropriate.
You will also take part in planning sessions at the beginning of each 2 week sprint cycle where you will be responsible for planning, tasking, and estimating user stories. At the end of each iteration you will be involved with release demos where your team shares with the company work completed within the iteration. We have a highly collaborative environment where the team works together with their Product Expert and Stakeholders to define product solutions. Everyone has the opportunity to contribute to our products and share the success of releasing valuable features on a regular basis.
To land this job you'll need to have:
5+ years relevant experience in Software Development
Proven experience in software design, architecture, and services solutions
A solid understanding of PHP and Open Source solutions
Process experience with security, environment management, and capacity planning
Proven Object Oriented experience
Understanding of Test Driven Development
Confidence with Linux, Python, Javascript
Familiarity with software release procedures and requirements
Knowledge of a variety of general web technologies (HTML, AJAX, XML, JSON, etc.)
A proven ability to work with others to efficiently tackle teamwork-oriented tasks
We seek folks who are personable, friendly and positive thinking. If you fit this bill, send your resume our way. Please drop us a brief line with a cover letter sharing your salary expectations and anything else we should know about you that your resume doesn't already reveal. Relocation will be considered for qualified candidates.
Please email your resume to careers@beatport.com
Beatport offers a cool downtown location just blocks from Coors Field and a casual, funky working environment that is a pleasure to spend your day in. Want to know more about us – check out our website at www.beatport.com
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
RelevanceLogic - Production Support Analyst, Technical Architect, QA Analyst
Production Support Analyst/Developer
RelevanceLogic is unlocking the power of information. Discovering the relevant and actionable information in this expanding universe of data is our passion. It is why our organization exists and the drive that motivates us. We're growing wicked fast and looking for some talented professionals to join our team. If you get jazzed about predictive analytics, complex algorithms models and unstructured data then we'd like to talk to you!
About the role:
You will be responsible for supporting and enhancing an existing Microsoft Access-based system that manages critical financial instruments. You will work closely with our client to understand and implement critical business process changes as their business grows. You will also have an opportunity to participate with our development team as we evolve our new web-based applications.
Here's how you'll be spending your days:
• Developing a system support plan and managing that plan on a daily basis.
• Establishing and managing the process for controling product enhancement requests and system errors.
• Understanding the business processes used in the existing system and assisting with developing a strategy to support the business as changes occur.
• Leading bi-weekly status meetings with clients and project leadership to facilitate the decision-making process, document requirements, identify and resolve gaps, set priorities, build consensus
• Making technical changes to the existing financial instrument system to implement the client approved changes.
• Communicating clearly and working cooperatively with team members and client stakeholders as needed to gather or disseminate information
• Performing routine maintenance and backups of existing financial instrument system.
• Delivering business process documentation for any new system changes.
What you'll bring to the table
• Bachelor's degree; CIS, MIS or a business related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years experience with MS Access/Visual Basic application development
• Experience supporting applications in production – patches, tier III support, technical issue resolution, program changes – all the unpredictable stuff that happens with a legacy system
• Exposure to the open source software environment and a desire to grow as a software developer
• Outstanding attention to detail; deadline and results oriented
• An intense curiosity and fascination for the business needs that are driving your project
• Good communication skills as a frontline member of the onsite team.
And finally what you'll enjoy:
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible work options
• The opportunity to support a truly breakthrough organization.
________________________________________________________________________
RelevanceLogic is unlocking the power of information. Discovering the relevant and actionable information in this expanding universe of data is our passion. It is why our organization exists and the drive that motivates us. We're growing wicked fast and looking for some talented professionals to join our team. If you get jazzed about predictive analytics, complex algorithms, trending models and unstructured data then we'd like to talk to you!
About the role:
In this key role you be driving the design/development for a new web-based application platform to create and manage financial instruments. You will have significant role in establishing the technical architecture, guiding our Agile development methodology, implementing the core application framework and overseeing project management activities. This is a true ground floor opportunity for you if you thrive in a startup, and have a track record of successful product launch.
Here's how you'll be spending your days:
• Defining and developing the technical architecture, event alerting framework and role-based user security model for the RelevanceLogic platform
• As the keeper of the platform architecture, oversee technical architecture decisions during application development
• Implementing our Agile project management methodology and as the SCRUM Master, drive efficient and robust delivery of our products
• Ensuring that the development velocity is sufficient to meet project deadlines and that all risks are appropriately addressed/socialized to minimize business impact
• Authoring/editing the technical architecture documentation that supports all infrastructure, application and user stories deliverables
• Verifying/validating all test models and acceptance criteria
• Participating actively in all code reviews
• We're a startup, so your role will change daily – you will be more hands-on than you probably should be and work in the trenches with us to build a rock solid company
What you'll bring to the table
• Bachelor's degree; CIS, CS, EE or related disciplines (MS highly desirable)
• A minimum 10 years of experience producing high quality software applications
• Demonstrated experience leading the architecture design of commercial grade Service-based software products built using an Open Source Stack with particular emphasis on the Java/Spring framework
• Experience architecting applications which support role-based user models and multi-tenancy environments
• Your collaborative leadership style that infects team members and inspires their creativity
• The ability to embrace and adapt well to course corrections that are required under an effective agile development environment
• An intense curiosity and fascination for the business needs that are driving your projects
• A passion for working in a client facing role, with the ability to translate ambiguous user desires into a sound technical roadmap that will guide the evolution of the RL product suite
And finally what you'll enjoy:
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible work options
• The opportunity to build a truly disruptive technology platform
________________________________________________________________________
RelevanceLogic is unlocking the power of information. Discovering the relevant and actionable information in this expanding universe of data is our passion. It is why our organization exists and the drive that motivates us. We're growing wicked fast and looking for some talented professionals to join our team. If you get jazzed about predictive analytics, complex algorithms models and unstructured data then we'd like to talk to you!
About the role:
You will be responsible for articulating the user requirements for a new web-based application platform to create and manage financial instruments. You will play a significant role in delivering business requirements, test criteria and user story definitions to the development team operating in an Agile process model. You will be the primary interface between the business stakeholders and the technical development team with responsibility for verifying that user requirements are satisfied upon delivery.
Here's how you'll be spending your days:
• Defining business requirements and user story hierarchy for our core platform
• Serving as a Product Owner, responsible for evangelizing current and future product features – full lifecycle management
• Understanding the business processes and the manner in which proposed solutions impact those processes
• Leading requirements-gathering meetings with clients and technical team members to facilitate the decision-making process, document requirements, identify and resolve gaps, set priorities, build consensus
• Translating customer requirements into user stories
• Communicating clearly and working cooperatively with team members and client stakeholders as needed to gather or disseminate information
• Working interactively with the development team to assure that the designs and the solutions delivered match the clients' expectations
• Developing test plans, and participating in the execution of those plans for QA and user acceptance
• Working with the client to define implementation plans and support the execution of those plans
• Supporting client adoption of new solutions
• Delivering business process documentation for all user stories
What you'll bring to the table
• Bachelor's degree; CIS, MIS or a business related discipline
• A minimum 8 years of experience as a business analyst, QA analyst or Product Owner supporting the development of commercial grade software
• Demonstrated project experience working within an Agile Development model – not just rapid waterfall
• A passion for working in a client facing role, with the ability to translate ambiguous user desires into consumable feature sets that will guide the evolution of the RL product suite
• Experience in designing, developing and implementing test methodologies preferred
• Outstanding attention to detail; deadline and results oriented
• The ability to embrace and adapt well to course corrections that are required under an effective agile development environment
• An intense curiosity and fascination for the business needs that are driving your project
• Comfortable in many hats – BA, QA, Client Services, Documentation – after all, we are a startup
And finally what you'll enjoy:
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible work options
• The opportunity to build a truly disruptive technology platform
RelevanceLogic is unlocking the power of information. Discovering the relevant and actionable information in this expanding universe of data is our passion. It is why our organization exists and the drive that motivates us. We're growing wicked fast and looking for some talented professionals to join our team. If you get jazzed about predictive analytics, complex algorithms models and unstructured data then we'd like to talk to you!
About the role:
You will be responsible for supporting and enhancing an existing Microsoft Access-based system that manages critical financial instruments. You will work closely with our client to understand and implement critical business process changes as their business grows. You will also have an opportunity to participate with our development team as we evolve our new web-based applications.
Here's how you'll be spending your days:
• Developing a system support plan and managing that plan on a daily basis.
• Establishing and managing the process for controling product enhancement requests and system errors.
• Understanding the business processes used in the existing system and assisting with developing a strategy to support the business as changes occur.
• Leading bi-weekly status meetings with clients and project leadership to facilitate the decision-making process, document requirements, identify and resolve gaps, set priorities, build consensus
• Making technical changes to the existing financial instrument system to implement the client approved changes.
• Communicating clearly and working cooperatively with team members and client stakeholders as needed to gather or disseminate information
• Performing routine maintenance and backups of existing financial instrument system.
• Delivering business process documentation for any new system changes.
What you'll bring to the table
• Bachelor's degree; CIS, MIS or a business related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years experience with MS Access/Visual Basic application development
• Experience supporting applications in production – patches, tier III support, technical issue resolution, program changes – all the unpredictable stuff that happens with a legacy system
• Exposure to the open source software environment and a desire to grow as a software developer
• Outstanding attention to detail; deadline and results oriented
• An intense curiosity and fascination for the business needs that are driving your project
• Good communication skills as a frontline member of the onsite team.
And finally what you'll enjoy:
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible work options
• The opportunity to support a truly breakthrough organization.
________________________________________________________________________
RelevanceLogic is unlocking the power of information. Discovering the relevant and actionable information in this expanding universe of data is our passion. It is why our organization exists and the drive that motivates us. We're growing wicked fast and looking for some talented professionals to join our team. If you get jazzed about predictive analytics, complex algorithms, trending models and unstructured data then we'd like to talk to you!
About the role:
In this key role you be driving the design/development for a new web-based application platform to create and manage financial instruments. You will have significant role in establishing the technical architecture, guiding our Agile development methodology, implementing the core application framework and overseeing project management activities. This is a true ground floor opportunity for you if you thrive in a startup, and have a track record of successful product launch.
Here's how you'll be spending your days:
• Defining and developing the technical architecture, event alerting framework and role-based user security model for the RelevanceLogic platform
• As the keeper of the platform architecture, oversee technical architecture decisions during application development
• Implementing our Agile project management methodology and as the SCRUM Master, drive efficient and robust delivery of our products
• Ensuring that the development velocity is sufficient to meet project deadlines and that all risks are appropriately addressed/socialized to minimize business impact
• Authoring/editing the technical architecture documentation that supports all infrastructure, application and user stories deliverables
• Verifying/validating all test models and acceptance criteria
• Participating actively in all code reviews
• We're a startup, so your role will change daily – you will be more hands-on than you probably should be and work in the trenches with us to build a rock solid company
What you'll bring to the table
• Bachelor's degree; CIS, CS, EE or related disciplines (MS highly desirable)
• A minimum 10 years of experience producing high quality software applications
• Demonstrated experience leading the architecture design of commercial grade Service-based software products built using an Open Source Stack with particular emphasis on the Java/Spring framework
• Experience architecting applications which support role-based user models and multi-tenancy environments
• Your collaborative leadership style that infects team members and inspires their creativity
• The ability to embrace and adapt well to course corrections that are required under an effective agile development environment
• An intense curiosity and fascination for the business needs that are driving your projects
• A passion for working in a client facing role, with the ability to translate ambiguous user desires into a sound technical roadmap that will guide the evolution of the RL product suite
And finally what you'll enjoy:
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible work options
• The opportunity to build a truly disruptive technology platform
________________________________________________________________________
RelevanceLogic is unlocking the power of information. Discovering the relevant and actionable information in this expanding universe of data is our passion. It is why our organization exists and the drive that motivates us. We're growing wicked fast and looking for some talented professionals to join our team. If you get jazzed about predictive analytics, complex algorithms models and unstructured data then we'd like to talk to you!
About the role:
You will be responsible for articulating the user requirements for a new web-based application platform to create and manage financial instruments. You will play a significant role in delivering business requirements, test criteria and user story definitions to the development team operating in an Agile process model. You will be the primary interface between the business stakeholders and the technical development team with responsibility for verifying that user requirements are satisfied upon delivery.
Here's how you'll be spending your days:
• Defining business requirements and user story hierarchy for our core platform
• Serving as a Product Owner, responsible for evangelizing current and future product features – full lifecycle management
• Understanding the business processes and the manner in which proposed solutions impact those processes
• Leading requirements-gathering meetings with clients and technical team members to facilitate the decision-making process, document requirements, identify and resolve gaps, set priorities, build consensus
• Translating customer requirements into user stories
• Communicating clearly and working cooperatively with team members and client stakeholders as needed to gather or disseminate information
• Working interactively with the development team to assure that the designs and the solutions delivered match the clients' expectations
• Developing test plans, and participating in the execution of those plans for QA and user acceptance
• Working with the client to define implementation plans and support the execution of those plans
• Supporting client adoption of new solutions
• Delivering business process documentation for all user stories
What you'll bring to the table
• Bachelor's degree; CIS, MIS or a business related discipline
• A minimum 8 years of experience as a business analyst, QA analyst or Product Owner supporting the development of commercial grade software
• Demonstrated project experience working within an Agile Development model – not just rapid waterfall
• A passion for working in a client facing role, with the ability to translate ambiguous user desires into consumable feature sets that will guide the evolution of the RL product suite
• Experience in designing, developing and implementing test methodologies preferred
• Outstanding attention to detail; deadline and results oriented
• The ability to embrace and adapt well to course corrections that are required under an effective agile development environment
• An intense curiosity and fascination for the business needs that are driving your project
• Comfortable in many hats – BA, QA, Client Services, Documentation – after all, we are a startup
And finally what you'll enjoy:
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible work options
• The opportunity to build a truly disruptive technology platform
Sunday, December 18, 2011
GHX - Applications Support Engineer, Test Analyst
Responsible for providing tier 3 application and environment support for production and pre-production environments for GHX products.
Will work closely with internal GHX teams and resources to rapidly and effectively address customer issues.
Job Description
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Efficiently resolves customer issues with a high degree of professionalism, courtesy and friendliness.
· Strives to understand the needs and use cases of our customers.
· Acts as escalation point for technical issues that occur within Customer Support.
· Triages, recreates and debugs customer issues.
· Escalates issues to development and/or aide in technical resolutions as appropriate.
· Develops customer support processes to assist the support team as we grow.
· Contributes to application design, and implementations to ensure architecture meets 99.9% uptime goal.
· Participates in maintenance, operations acceptance testing and / or release activities.
· Interacts with cross-functional product development and marketing teams to ensure customer feedback is evaluated and integrated back into our product roadmap.
· Provides application performance tuning and debugging.
REQUIRED SKILLS (Must have a subset of the following):
· JBoss Application Server Administration.
· Tomcat Application Server Administration.
· WebLogic Application Server Administration.
· WebMethods Server Administration.
· IIS Application Server Administration.
· Apache Web Server Administration.
· Informatica Application Server Administration.
· Business Objects Application Server Administration.
· Working knowledge of Unix / Linux command line environment.
· Working knowledge of Unix / Linux shell scripting.
PREFERRED SKILLS:
· Thread Dump analysis experience
· JVM tuning experience
· Solaris Administrator certification
· CCNA
· MSCE
· Oracle Administrator certification
· EDI (ANSI/X12) and XML knowledge
· Veritas Cluster Manager
· JVM monitoring tools (jvmstat, etc.)
· Network monitoring (snoop, NetMon)
· AS2 (Isoft Commerce Suite)
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Bachelor’s degree software engineering, computer science or in a related discipline, or combination of education and related experience.
· Must be able to work from own initiative, learn quickly, and function effectively with team members in a high pressure environment.
· Must possess effective listening, verbal and written communication skills.
· J2EE or .Net application production/customer support experience.
· Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic team environment.
· History of delivering high-quality support with an emphasis on customer service.
· Experience with task automation.
· Experience with environment monitoring tools (ProActiveNet or SiteScope).
· Previous production on-call experience.
· Must be able to occasionally work a varied schedule to ensure the team provides 24/7/365 support to customers.
· Ability to seek alternative sources of information.
GHX provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. GHX complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
GHX expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of GHX’s employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
___________________________________________________________
The Performance Test Analyst will function as a member of the Architecture and Performance team in the areas of systems analysis and data collection specific to performance and operations testing of new solutions. This individual will work with the team to develop testing criteria, configure environment parameters, execute test scenarios, analyze results and provide recommendations. This individual will also be required to assist operations and support staff on Production adoption of services once testing is completed.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Provide high-level support in the areas of web, application and system analysis
· Responsible for planning, design, execution and analysis of test scenarios against internally developed, 3rd party, and other web-based platforms
· Creation and maintenance of automated test scripts for functionality and performance testing.
· Documentation of all test scenarios and outcomes
· Testing of products based on Business Process analysis and Engineering specifications
· Provide recommendations for promotion of solutions based on testing outcomes
· This role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills, and will often present solutions and ideas to technical, non-technical audiences.
· Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years in Information Technology, with diverse knowledge in Performance Testing Products, Networking, Systems Administration, Application Engineering, QA and Database Interaction.
Qualifications
· Must be able to work from own initiative, learn quickly, and function effectively with team members.
· Information Technology Background with 1-3 years experience in hands-on experience
· Experience with applications/services delivered over the Internet
· Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
· Experience with task automation
· Experience with environment monitoring tools (ProActiveNet, SiteScope, Nagios, Patrol, etc).
· Experience with performance testing tools (LoadRunner (preferred), jmeter, QTP, etc)
· Basic understanding of database operations including structured query languages (PLSQL/TransactSQL).
· Advanced knowledge of interacting with UNIX operating systems (Solaris/Linux preferred), including shell scripting, debugging
· Unix Shell Script and/or PERL scripting preferred.
· Ability to seek alternative sources of information (required)
Education / Certification
High School Degree (Required)
Solaris Certification (Preferred)
CCNA
Bachelors Degree
MSCE
Associates Degree (required)
Technical Skills (must have a subset of the following):
JBoss Application Server Admin
Understanding of OSI Model
EDI (ANSI/X12) and XML knowledge
Weblogic Application Server Admin
JVM monitoring tools (jvmstat, etc)
DBMS (SQL, Oracle) (preferred)
WebMethods Server Administratrion
Network monitoring (snoop, NetMon)
AS2
IIS Application Server Admin
ETL (Informatica/DataIntegrator)
Unix shell scripting
Veritas Cluster Manager
Business Objects
Sun Solaris 10
Apache Administration
VM Ware
Solaris Zoning
Microsoft SQL 2003/2008
Unix Virtualization
LDOM
Oracle Database Server
Windows Server 2003 (or higher)
Red Hat Linux
Network Load Balancers (Cisco/F5)
GHX provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. GHX complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
GHX expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of GHX’s employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
Will work closely with internal GHX teams and resources to rapidly and effectively address customer issues.
Job Description
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Efficiently resolves customer issues with a high degree of professionalism, courtesy and friendliness.
· Strives to understand the needs and use cases of our customers.
· Acts as escalation point for technical issues that occur within Customer Support.
· Triages, recreates and debugs customer issues.
· Escalates issues to development and/or aide in technical resolutions as appropriate.
· Develops customer support processes to assist the support team as we grow.
· Contributes to application design, and implementations to ensure architecture meets 99.9% uptime goal.
· Participates in maintenance, operations acceptance testing and / or release activities.
· Interacts with cross-functional product development and marketing teams to ensure customer feedback is evaluated and integrated back into our product roadmap.
· Provides application performance tuning and debugging.
REQUIRED SKILLS (Must have a subset of the following):
· JBoss Application Server Administration.
· Tomcat Application Server Administration.
· WebLogic Application Server Administration.
· WebMethods Server Administration.
· IIS Application Server Administration.
· Apache Web Server Administration.
· Informatica Application Server Administration.
· Business Objects Application Server Administration.
· Working knowledge of Unix / Linux command line environment.
· Working knowledge of Unix / Linux shell scripting.
PREFERRED SKILLS:
· Thread Dump analysis experience
· JVM tuning experience
· Solaris Administrator certification
· CCNA
· MSCE
· Oracle Administrator certification
· EDI (ANSI/X12) and XML knowledge
· Veritas Cluster Manager
· JVM monitoring tools (jvmstat, etc.)
· Network monitoring (snoop, NetMon)
· AS2 (Isoft Commerce Suite)
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Bachelor’s degree software engineering, computer science or in a related discipline, or combination of education and related experience.
· Must be able to work from own initiative, learn quickly, and function effectively with team members in a high pressure environment.
· Must possess effective listening, verbal and written communication skills.
· J2EE or .Net application production/customer support experience.
· Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic team environment.
· History of delivering high-quality support with an emphasis on customer service.
· Experience with task automation.
· Experience with environment monitoring tools (ProActiveNet or SiteScope).
· Previous production on-call experience.
· Must be able to occasionally work a varied schedule to ensure the team provides 24/7/365 support to customers.
· Ability to seek alternative sources of information.
GHX provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. GHX complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
GHX expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of GHX’s employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
___________________________________________________________
The Performance Test Analyst will function as a member of the Architecture and Performance team in the areas of systems analysis and data collection specific to performance and operations testing of new solutions. This individual will work with the team to develop testing criteria, configure environment parameters, execute test scenarios, analyze results and provide recommendations. This individual will also be required to assist operations and support staff on Production adoption of services once testing is completed.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Provide high-level support in the areas of web, application and system analysis
· Responsible for planning, design, execution and analysis of test scenarios against internally developed, 3rd party, and other web-based platforms
· Creation and maintenance of automated test scripts for functionality and performance testing.
· Documentation of all test scenarios and outcomes
· Testing of products based on Business Process analysis and Engineering specifications
· Provide recommendations for promotion of solutions based on testing outcomes
· This role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills, and will often present solutions and ideas to technical, non-technical audiences.
· Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years in Information Technology, with diverse knowledge in Performance Testing Products, Networking, Systems Administration, Application Engineering, QA and Database Interaction.
Qualifications
· Must be able to work from own initiative, learn quickly, and function effectively with team members.
· Information Technology Background with 1-3 years experience in hands-on experience
· Experience with applications/services delivered over the Internet
· Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
· Experience with task automation
· Experience with environment monitoring tools (ProActiveNet, SiteScope, Nagios, Patrol, etc).
· Experience with performance testing tools (LoadRunner (preferred), jmeter, QTP, etc)
· Basic understanding of database operations including structured query languages (PLSQL/TransactSQL).
· Advanced knowledge of interacting with UNIX operating systems (Solaris/Linux preferred), including shell scripting, debugging
· Unix Shell Script and/or PERL scripting preferred.
· Ability to seek alternative sources of information (required)
Education / Certification
High School Degree (Required)
Solaris Certification (Preferred)
CCNA
Bachelors Degree
MSCE
Associates Degree (required)
Technical Skills (must have a subset of the following):
JBoss Application Server Admin
Understanding of OSI Model
EDI (ANSI/X12) and XML knowledge
Weblogic Application Server Admin
JVM monitoring tools (jvmstat, etc)
DBMS (SQL, Oracle) (preferred)
WebMethods Server Administratrion
Network monitoring (snoop, NetMon)
AS2
IIS Application Server Admin
ETL (Informatica/DataIntegrator)
Unix shell scripting
Veritas Cluster Manager
Business Objects
Sun Solaris 10
Apache Administration
VM Ware
Solaris Zoning
Microsoft SQL 2003/2008
Unix Virtualization
LDOM
Oracle Database Server
Windows Server 2003 (or higher)
Red Hat Linux
Network Load Balancers (Cisco/F5)
GHX provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. GHX complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
GHX expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of GHX’s employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Scottrade - QA Automation Supervisor
*If you are interested in this role please e-mail me at jguyton@scottrade.com*
Scottrade,Inc. has a QA Automation Supervisor position available in Westminster, CO. The main purpose of this position is to review new and existing testing assignments focused on software automation, and to work with team members and the QA Automation Manager to assign, estimate and allocate testing resources. Escalate testing issues and project risks as required. The position requires specialization in developing and applying automated smoke and regression tests to ensure that existing functionality continues to function as designed as the software is modified for enhancements and fixes. Provide expertise in data management for test set-up and reusability, tools (e.g. Quality Center & QTP), automation frameworks, batch regression methods, smoke tests, and other automation related areas. Participate in the interview process of new hires, and follow-up to ensure training plans are reviewed with new employees. This position will be responsible for successfully mentoring employees, and conducting quarterly performance reviews.
Responsibilities:
• Interview potential new hires and review training plans with new employees. Mentor direct reports to ensure employee growth and retention
• Work with team members and QA Automation Management to review new and existing testing assignments, and assign, estimate, and allocate testing resources as required. Escalate testing issues and risks as required
• Attend project related meetings to ensure automated testing milestones for team members are met. Ensure QA Automation Summary reports are produced to measure and provide transparency for QA Automation related activities
• Work with team members to ensure readiness of application production deployments. Ensure automated test scripts, post deployment verification test scripts, regression suites, etc. have been completed to ensure a quality production release
• Provide continuous feedback on employee performance and complete and conduct quarterly performance reviews
• Document and maintain automation tool licenses and technical support procedures
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies and application debugging from a technical and/or business perspective.
• Strong knowledge of Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to direct, mentor and motivate others in a fast-paced, dynamic and team-oriented environment.
• Ability to mentor and provide guidance to others, and ensure project testing milestones are met.
• Ability to create and improve automated testing processes to reduce overall cycle time and improve software quality.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including requirements analysis and strong application and system architecture knowledge from an automation perspective.
• Ability to logically document testing processes, accumulate testing results and publish reports.
• Solid knowledge in creating, mentoring and working with automation frameworks for test script creation and modification.
• Experience incorporating automation with multiple development methodologies including Waterfall, Iterative, and Agile.
• Strong experience and knowledge of programming languages, such as: VB, VBScript, etc to develop automation test scripts and customized functions.
• Basic level proficiency with C++, Java, Cobol or C#.
• Strong knowledge of relational database (SQL and Oracle) with the ability to create and edit queries.
• Strong knowledge of FIX protocols.
• Strong knowledge of API's, .NET, and Web Services.
• Strong knowledge of AS400 mainframes.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Mac operating systems.
• Strong knowledge of testing Web applications with multiple browsers.
• Strong knowledge of HP Quality Center, to include best practices in regards to requirements management, defect tracking and automation utilization.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 6+ years of Software Quality Assurance Automation experience using QTP or similar automated testing tool. Up to 1 year of experience working with Scottrade applications and coding in a programming language may be applied towards this requirement.
• Experience leading projects within a Software Quality Assurance Automation team required.
• Experience with defect tracking and test management software required.
• Experience creating and executing test plans and test cases required.
• Software Quality Assurance Certification a plus.
• 1+ years prior leadership and/or supervisory experience in a software testing automation role required.
Scottrade, Inc., an equal opportunity employer, is committed to inclusion and a diverse workforce.
Scottrade,Inc. has a QA Automation Supervisor position available in Westminster, CO. The main purpose of this position is to review new and existing testing assignments focused on software automation, and to work with team members and the QA Automation Manager to assign, estimate and allocate testing resources. Escalate testing issues and project risks as required. The position requires specialization in developing and applying automated smoke and regression tests to ensure that existing functionality continues to function as designed as the software is modified for enhancements and fixes. Provide expertise in data management for test set-up and reusability, tools (e.g. Quality Center & QTP), automation frameworks, batch regression methods, smoke tests, and other automation related areas. Participate in the interview process of new hires, and follow-up to ensure training plans are reviewed with new employees. This position will be responsible for successfully mentoring employees, and conducting quarterly performance reviews.
Responsibilities:
• Interview potential new hires and review training plans with new employees. Mentor direct reports to ensure employee growth and retention
• Work with team members and QA Automation Management to review new and existing testing assignments, and assign, estimate, and allocate testing resources as required. Escalate testing issues and risks as required
• Attend project related meetings to ensure automated testing milestones for team members are met. Ensure QA Automation Summary reports are produced to measure and provide transparency for QA Automation related activities
• Work with team members to ensure readiness of application production deployments. Ensure automated test scripts, post deployment verification test scripts, regression suites, etc. have been completed to ensure a quality production release
• Provide continuous feedback on employee performance and complete and conduct quarterly performance reviews
• Document and maintain automation tool licenses and technical support procedures
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies and application debugging from a technical and/or business perspective.
• Strong knowledge of Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to direct, mentor and motivate others in a fast-paced, dynamic and team-oriented environment.
• Ability to mentor and provide guidance to others, and ensure project testing milestones are met.
• Ability to create and improve automated testing processes to reduce overall cycle time and improve software quality.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including requirements analysis and strong application and system architecture knowledge from an automation perspective.
• Ability to logically document testing processes, accumulate testing results and publish reports.
• Solid knowledge in creating, mentoring and working with automation frameworks for test script creation and modification.
• Experience incorporating automation with multiple development methodologies including Waterfall, Iterative, and Agile.
• Strong experience and knowledge of programming languages, such as: VB, VBScript, etc to develop automation test scripts and customized functions.
• Basic level proficiency with C++, Java, Cobol or C#.
• Strong knowledge of relational database (SQL and Oracle) with the ability to create and edit queries.
• Strong knowledge of FIX protocols.
• Strong knowledge of API's, .NET, and Web Services.
• Strong knowledge of AS400 mainframes.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Mac operating systems.
• Strong knowledge of testing Web applications with multiple browsers.
• Strong knowledge of HP Quality Center, to include best practices in regards to requirements management, defect tracking and automation utilization.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 6+ years of Software Quality Assurance Automation experience using QTP or similar automated testing tool. Up to 1 year of experience working with Scottrade applications and coding in a programming language may be applied towards this requirement.
• Experience leading projects within a Software Quality Assurance Automation team required.
• Experience with defect tracking and test management software required.
• Experience creating and executing test plans and test cases required.
• Software Quality Assurance Certification a plus.
• 1+ years prior leadership and/or supervisory experience in a software testing automation role required.
Scottrade, Inc., an equal opportunity employer, is committed to inclusion and a diverse workforce.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Scottrade - QA Engineer, Training Specialist
*If you are interested in this role please e-mail me at jguyton@scottrade.com*
Scottrade, Inc. has a QA Engineer position available in Westminster, CO. The main purpose of this position is to review and analyze requirements and develop test plans and test cases for applications across Scottrade test and production environments. Execute regression tests to verify business and technical requirements have been met. This position works with Business and IT departments to create the overall test strategy and mentor junior team members.
Responsibilities:
• Work with appropriate project teams to review and provide feedback on requirements and application functionality to improve software quality and to create test plans and test cases. Ensure the test cases are properly defined in the QA test tool repository. Work with Automation Development team to determine overall test strategy.
• Mentor junior team members to develop subject matter expertise in application and system functionality. Execute test cases to ensure business and technical requirements traceability and complete test coverage. Act as project lead for small to large sized projects.
• Log defects and work with the Business and IT to prioritize and resolve issues. Notify QA Management of any critical issues or testing impacts and delays.
• Work with Project Managers and QA Management to track and report testing milestones. Notify QA Management of project related risks associated with testing impacts and delays. Mentor junior team members with risk identification techniques and project reporting.
• Create daily and weekly QA Testing Summary reports to provide transparency for QA related activities.
• Attend project requirement and project review meetings as required.
• Participate in testing and documentation of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Comprehensive knowledge of testing methodologies and application debugging from a technical and/or business perspective.
• Strong knowledge of Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic and team-oriented environment.
• Ability to expand product knowledge and act as a project lead for small to large projects.
• Ability to logically document testing processes, accumulate testing results and publish reports.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including requirements analysis and basic application architecture knowledge.
• Basic level proficiency with programming logic.
• Basic level proficiency with SQL and Oracle databases.
• Basic level proficiency with FIX protocols.
• Basic level proficiency with API's, .NET and Web Services.
• Intermediate level proficiency with AS400 mainframes.
• Intermediate level proficiency with Windows and Mac operating systems.
• Intermediate level proficiency testing Web applications with multiple browsers.
• Basic level proficiency with HP Quality Center.
• Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 3-5 years of Software Quality Assurance experience. Experience with defect tracking and test management software required.
• Experience creating and executing test plans and test cases required.
• Automation experience preferred.
Scottrade, Inc., an equal opportunity employer, is committed to inclusion and a diverse workforce.
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Scottrade, Inc. has an IT Training Specialist position available in Westminster, CO. The main purpose of this position is to create, deliver and evaluate training courses, including but not limited to software and customer service for an IT audience. The courses will be created and delivered by Scottrade Training Specialist(s) as well as vendors.
Responsibilities:
* Develop training curriculum to support the development of all associates utilizing Scottrade University & ILT (instructor-led training) with a primary focus on an IT audience.
* Demonstrate consistent effort to collaborate with teammates when needed on project planning, development and implementation to ensure success.
* Serve as a contact for IT associates searching for training opportunities.
* Assist training manager in tracking projects, goals and overall success of training programs.
* Work with department managers to determine training gaps between skill requirements and job performance, including but not limited to IT associates.
* Create a new associate training program within each area of IT.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
* Excellent presentation skills.
* Ability to be productive with multiple concurrent tasks.
* Excellent attention to detail and quality.
* Good organizational skills.
* Knowledge of adult learning principles, training methods and techniques.
* Outstanding customer service skills and team player abilities.
* Required competencies include effective communication skills, active listening skills, positive and can-do attitude and commitment to quality.
* Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft office required; advanced level preferred.
Education & Experience:
* Bachelor's degree in communications, training or Management Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
* 2+ years training experience required.
* 1+ years project management and/or business analysis experience.
* 1+ years software training experience in an IT environment required.
* 1+ years brokerage or financial experience preferred.
Scottrade, Inc. has a QA Engineer position available in Westminster, CO. The main purpose of this position is to review and analyze requirements and develop test plans and test cases for applications across Scottrade test and production environments. Execute regression tests to verify business and technical requirements have been met. This position works with Business and IT departments to create the overall test strategy and mentor junior team members.
Responsibilities:
• Work with appropriate project teams to review and provide feedback on requirements and application functionality to improve software quality and to create test plans and test cases. Ensure the test cases are properly defined in the QA test tool repository. Work with Automation Development team to determine overall test strategy.
• Mentor junior team members to develop subject matter expertise in application and system functionality. Execute test cases to ensure business and technical requirements traceability and complete test coverage. Act as project lead for small to large sized projects.
• Log defects and work with the Business and IT to prioritize and resolve issues. Notify QA Management of any critical issues or testing impacts and delays.
• Work with Project Managers and QA Management to track and report testing milestones. Notify QA Management of project related risks associated with testing impacts and delays. Mentor junior team members with risk identification techniques and project reporting.
• Create daily and weekly QA Testing Summary reports to provide transparency for QA related activities.
• Attend project requirement and project review meetings as required.
• Participate in testing and documentation of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Comprehensive knowledge of testing methodologies and application debugging from a technical and/or business perspective.
• Strong knowledge of Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic and team-oriented environment.
• Ability to expand product knowledge and act as a project lead for small to large projects.
• Ability to logically document testing processes, accumulate testing results and publish reports.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including requirements analysis and basic application architecture knowledge.
• Basic level proficiency with programming logic.
• Basic level proficiency with SQL and Oracle databases.
• Basic level proficiency with FIX protocols.
• Basic level proficiency with API's, .NET and Web Services.
• Intermediate level proficiency with AS400 mainframes.
• Intermediate level proficiency with Windows and Mac operating systems.
• Intermediate level proficiency testing Web applications with multiple browsers.
• Basic level proficiency with HP Quality Center.
• Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 3-5 years of Software Quality Assurance experience. Experience with defect tracking and test management software required.
• Experience creating and executing test plans and test cases required.
• Automation experience preferred.
Scottrade, Inc., an equal opportunity employer, is committed to inclusion and a diverse workforce.
________________________________________________________________________
Scottrade, Inc. has an IT Training Specialist position available in Westminster, CO. The main purpose of this position is to create, deliver and evaluate training courses, including but not limited to software and customer service for an IT audience. The courses will be created and delivered by Scottrade Training Specialist(s) as well as vendors.
Responsibilities:
* Develop training curriculum to support the development of all associates utilizing Scottrade University & ILT (instructor-led training) with a primary focus on an IT audience.
* Demonstrate consistent effort to collaborate with teammates when needed on project planning, development and implementation to ensure success.
* Serve as a contact for IT associates searching for training opportunities.
* Assist training manager in tracking projects, goals and overall success of training programs.
* Work with department managers to determine training gaps between skill requirements and job performance, including but not limited to IT associates.
* Create a new associate training program within each area of IT.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
* Excellent presentation skills.
* Ability to be productive with multiple concurrent tasks.
* Excellent attention to detail and quality.
* Good organizational skills.
* Knowledge of adult learning principles, training methods and techniques.
* Outstanding customer service skills and team player abilities.
* Required competencies include effective communication skills, active listening skills, positive and can-do attitude and commitment to quality.
* Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft office required; advanced level preferred.
Education & Experience:
* Bachelor's degree in communications, training or Management Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
* 2+ years training experience required.
* 1+ years project management and/or business analysis experience.
* 1+ years software training experience in an IT environment required.
* 1+ years brokerage or financial experience preferred.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Oracle - Sr. Java Developer
Our group builds the web client for the Oracle Social Network. We also focus on how other groups can leverage OSN to easily add social features to the products they are working to deliver. We push the limits of the browser using tools like GWT and jQuery to deliver a quality product that people love to use.
Desired skills include:
- 4+ years experience developing client-side, browser-based applications
- 4+ years experience with the Java programming language
- 2+ years experience with the Google Web Toolkit
- AJAX/Comet
- JSON and XML
- Deep understanding of CSS/Javascript
- Agile development experience, particularly an understanding of iterative development, user stories, and test-driven development
- Knowledge of secure browser application development best practices
- Experience developing accessible browser applications a plus
Please send your resume directly to louise.kemp-de.jong@oracle.com.
Desired skills include:
- 4+ years experience developing client-side, browser-based applications
- 4+ years experience with the Java programming language
- 2+ years experience with the Google Web Toolkit
- AJAX/Comet
- JSON and XML
- Deep understanding of CSS/Javascript
- Agile development experience, particularly an understanding of iterative development, user stories, and test-driven development
- Knowledge of secure browser application development best practices
- Experience developing accessible browser applications a plus
Please send your resume directly to louise.kemp-de.jong@oracle.com.
Cable Labs - Web Application Engineer
Our Web Application Engineer is a combined web development and systems
administration position responsible for extending, enhancing, and
supporting commercial and internal web-based applications utilized by
CableLabs and our extended cable industry user base.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work with end users and technical staff to leverage our
collaboration systems across projects.
• Extend and enhance the functionality of the collaboration systems
by implementing and testing plugins, creating templates and spaces,
customizing the app format and layout, create user macros, create page
and site templates, and perform theme layout modifications.
• Add new features and capabilities utilizing, CSS, HTML,
Javascript, jQuery, Velocity templates and scripting languages.
• Implement and manage an online forums system.
• Administer security groups and permissions.
• Perform system configuration and administration on responsible
systems.
• Collaborate with the other team members on various internal
systems and projects.
REQUIREMENTS
• 5+ years of experience installing, configuring, administering and
training users with Confluence or equivalent web-based collaboration
systems.
• 5+ years of experience in web-based application enhancement and
development.
• Exceptional skills in customer service, end user support.
• Exceptional skills at working closely with teams.
• Proficient in web development technologies including CSS,
HTML/XHTML, Javascript, jQuery, Java Velocity templates, Python and Perl
scripting languages.
• Proficient in Apache, Postgres and Linux system administration and
operations
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple complex technical projects
simultaneously
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and technical
troubleshooting skills
• Self-motivated with strong attention to detail. Able to suggest
and implement solutions and enhance operational efficiencies.
• Strong oral and written communications skills required; ability to
interact with technical and business teams in a positive & productive
manner to accomplish individual, project and company goals.
• 4 year degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent
work experience
DESIRED SKILLS
• Experience with phpBB, vBulletin or other forums software
• Experience with Zope, Plone, Alfresco or other document management
systems
This is a full-time, salaried position with a fantastic benefits package
and great work environment!
Email your resume to: resumes@cablelabs.com with Web Application
Engr in the Subject line.
www.cablelabs.com
administration position responsible for extending, enhancing, and
supporting commercial and internal web-based applications utilized by
CableLabs and our extended cable industry user base.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work with end users and technical staff to leverage our
collaboration systems across projects.
• Extend and enhance the functionality of the collaboration systems
by implementing and testing plugins, creating templates and spaces,
customizing the app format and layout, create user macros, create page
and site templates, and perform theme layout modifications.
• Add new features and capabilities utilizing, CSS, HTML,
Javascript, jQuery, Velocity templates and scripting languages.
• Implement and manage an online forums system.
• Administer security groups and permissions.
• Perform system configuration and administration on responsible
systems.
• Collaborate with the other team members on various internal
systems and projects.
REQUIREMENTS
• 5+ years of experience installing, configuring, administering and
training users with Confluence or equivalent web-based collaboration
systems.
• 5+ years of experience in web-based application enhancement and
development.
• Exceptional skills in customer service, end user support.
• Exceptional skills at working closely with teams.
• Proficient in web development technologies including CSS,
HTML/XHTML, Javascript, jQuery, Java Velocity templates, Python and Perl
scripting languages.
• Proficient in Apache, Postgres and Linux system administration and
operations
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple complex technical projects
simultaneously
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and technical
troubleshooting skills
• Self-motivated with strong attention to detail. Able to suggest
and implement solutions and enhance operational efficiencies.
• Strong oral and written communications skills required; ability to
interact with technical and business teams in a positive & productive
manner to accomplish individual, project and company goals.
• 4 year degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent
work experience
DESIRED SKILLS
• Experience with phpBB, vBulletin or other forums software
• Experience with Zope, Plone, Alfresco or other document management
systems
This is a full-time, salaried position with a fantastic benefits package
and great work environment!
Email your resume to: resumes@cablelabs.com with Web Application
Engr in the Subject line.
www.cablelabs.com
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