Software Engineer - Houston Advanced Research Center (Houston, TX)

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) is looking for an information technology professional. HARC, a private, not-for-profit applied scientific research facility dedicated to sustainable development, is located in The Woodlands, Texas, 30 miles north of Houston. HARC offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits, as well as the opportunity to work in a stimulating collaborative environment. More HARC information – www.harc.edu; More information about The Woodlands– www.thewoodlandstx.com

Education: Bachelor degree, Computer Science or related field. Advanced degree preferred.

Experience: Masters, minimum of 5 years experience; Bachelors, minimum of 8 years experience.

Skills: Proven experience in the following:

REQUIRED: Programming (ASP.NET, ASP, C, C# 2.0 or above, T-SQL; VB.NET, VBA, Ajax, XML/ XSL, Google API, Quickbase API ); Databases (MS SQL Server 2005, MS Access); data mining; data warehousing; SQL Server Analysis Server; Operating System (Win Server 2003, Win XP); ability to provide desktop support for Windows XP and Vista.

DESIRED: Business Intelligence (MS Analysis Services, OLAP-BI); Tools (MS Project, SPSS, S-Plus, Photoshop, Flash); Sungard-Bitech’s Integrated Financial Administrative (IFAS) System with CDD, Workflow, and Common Code experience strongly preferred.

Additional qualifications/information: Must be eligible to work in the United States; strong oral and written communication skills in English required; ability to write design specifications and user documentation; detail oriented.

Duties include, but are not limited to: Contributing to projects through database programming and geospatial analysis using web interfacing; Technical leadership in database software initiatives including detailed assessment, integration and conversion of data; integration of distributed databases; integration of geospatial technologies; development of data mining tools; interfaces to and/or development of applications, models and tools; and software documentation; Work with other IT members to provide high-quality support to HARC users; Work with all PIs to contribute to IT related proposals; Investigate new technologies, new solutions to existing challenges; Propose cost savings strategies using new IT systems and process; Manage all aspect of projects (planning, execution, monitoring) according to the PMI standard.

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