Software Design Leader (Indionapolis, IN)

Job ID: 4116208
Company Name: The Kinsley Group
Job Duration: Indefinite
Required Travel: None
Position Title: Software Design Leader
Industry: Computer Software
Location(s): Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Posted: January 17, 2008
Min Education: BA/BS/Undergraduate
Min Experience: Over 10 Years
Job Function: Information Technology
Job Type: Full-Time
Entry Level: No

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Contact Person: Heather Cooke
Email Address: HCooke [at] kinsleygroup.com
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THE POSITION

To solidify its position as the recognized leader in collection software, the company has created aggressive growth plans for the next two years. In order to support these goals, the Research and Development Division has reorganized its approach and resources, including the creation of a centralized Design Group. The company is seeking an innovative and entrepreneurial individual to lead this group in the design and delivery of industry-leading products.

This position will provide software design leadership with an emphasis on quality and simplicity in product delivery. In addition, he/she will define and develop a project management infrastructure, promote teamwork across the Design Department and software engineers by providing consistency in product designs and ensure software familiarity and reusability and maintain a keen awareness of industry tools and best practices. The successful candidate will need to establish and maintain effective relationships with Product Management and Engineering, balancing their needs and requirements in developing the best product for the customers.

In particular, this position will be responsible for leading and managing the department’s design projects, including:

• Developing and implementing a structured processes and procedures for project estimation
• Delivering training opportunities to employees on basic design tools and methodologies
• Ensure group participation in the development and compliance of standards
• Continually remain cognizant of product development and design needs
• Leading feasibility studies, benchmarking, and risk analysis to ensure product stability and consistency
• Building effective relationships with the following Groups:
  1. Technology Group
     • Understand our technology direction and translate into design tasks
     • Understand major product directions and provide design solutions consistent with planned product direction
     • Understand hardware and software connectivity needs and messaging interfaces
     
     
  2. Product Management Group
     • Work with the Product Management group to ensure the Design team:
     • Understands the business needs of our customers;
     • Identifies and understands the product requirement needs of our customers
     
     
  3. Quality Group
     • Ensure the Design team properly implements standard processes and adheres to quality assurance standards
     
     
• Providing leadership, coaching and ongoing feedback and development in order to build the competence of the team and implement the appropriate succession planning for the team. This will include the creation of a supervisory level within the group who will need to have the appropriate skills to conduct hiring, provide corrective counseling and recommend appropriate rewards and development for their teams
• Remaining abreast of current technological trends and best practices to ensure company’s products remain marketable and competitive. This will include proactively directing the study and research of technologies and how they may be applied to future initiatives and the evaluation of new technologies and software products to determine feasibility or integration into current or future products.

In addition, a Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering from four-year institution; or over ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Over five years of leadership experience in managing software designers, multiple large design projects, and influencing key management. Advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management, and other related disciplines is required. Knowledge of software modeling tools (UML, Entity Relationship diagrams, etc.) is required and the following experiences are strongly preferred:

• Formal application development methodology
• Service oriented architecture
• Graphical user interface design and usability measurement
• Database design
• Object-oriented application design
• Enterprise application design and development
• Web application design

The position is based in Indianapolis , IN and will come with a competitive base salary, profit-sharing incentive, attractive benefits and a relocation package.

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Knowledge Discovery Statistician (Arlington, VA)

We need an individual who will have an immediate impact on high-profile Department of Defense project. Our intent is to embed more advanced analytics into the framework of a developing software application we are continuing to improve. We will position your technical talent within this project to make a real impact. Our team is working directly with senior leadership on a critical initiative within the national security arena. You will work with the best, most competent teammates in the industry.

Ideal candidates are familiar with a variety of concepts, practices, and procedures, and will rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Expect a wide degree of creative license and latitude. This position will work with a senior Project Manager and report directly to the Principal Consultant.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate algorithms and analytic techniques for challenging problems.
• Guide development team in embedding the selected algorithms and associated processes in software applications/products.
• Conduct analysis of available data sources to identify attributes valuable for modeling purposes.
• Define and implement processes to overcome data availability limitations and quality issues.
• Prove the quality of selected algorithms by building production-grade models against multiple data sets.
• Create and apply a repeatable model measurement framework.
• Develop methods to automate the entire modeling process, including model training, deployment, ongoing monitoring and adaptive learning.
• Participate in customer implementation projects, taking ownership of all modeling-related activities to ensure achievement of business results.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in applied mathematics or computer science, or equivalent experience.
• 2-5 years experience in data modeling, quantitative analytics. Proven knowledge/experience with various analytic techniques, predictive/segmentation modeling scenarios, (Logistic and OLS Regression, Decision Trees, Neural Nets, Multivariate Analysis, Factor and Cluster Analysis).
• Experience in predictive statistical models & segmentation.
• Knowledge and experience with statistical applications/analytical tools (i.e., SPSS, SAS, or Business Objects).
• Strong Unix and PC skills with knowledge of Microsoft Suite of Products.
• Proven organizational skills. Ability to handle complex, multi-tasking environment, meet deadlines and interact with all levels of management.
• Demonstrated communication skills (both written

Contact Sean Sebastian at: sean [at] bericotechnologies.com, or call (703) 224-8300 x120.
Visit us at www.BericoTechnologies.com

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Senior SQL Server Database Developer & Administrator (Los Angeles, CA)

We are seeking a senior level SQL Server Database Engineer & Administrator with a proven track record in building inspired solutions, in a fast paced startup environment. Initially work will involve more DB Development, and over time will include more Administration. You?ll build database systems to support large web-based applications, processing immense amounts of data rapidly on a high-availability platform. Our system is built around proprietary data processing methods, and that is where your large scale and complex system experience will be critical.

Required Skills/Attributes:

• Experience with very large database systems (tables with millions of rows, and/or table partitioning)
• Working knowledge of SQL Server 2005, and expertise with either SQL Server 2005 or 2000
• Transact-SQL programming: creation/modification/optimization of procedures, views, and functions
• Performance Tuning (of queries, database state analysis, and data import/export)
• Good understanding of general Operating Systems concepts, particularly diagnostics ? i.e. able to resolve memory and/or file system problems due to high-volume conditions
• Very good understanding of ETL: parsing and data transformation issues
• .NET/C# Experience
• Significant hands on experience programming in at least one language (C#, C++, C, Perl, Python or Java)
• Passionate about SQL Server
• BS/BA, advanced degrees a plus, but production industry experience is preferred.

Desired Skills/Attributes:

• Prior experience specifically with import/export of very large files (DTS/bulk inserting of files > 2GB)
• Excellent relational design skills for schema redesigns
• Experience with multiple, redundant databases and third-party source control management of DDL
• Solid strategies for backups and data integrity preservation
• Computer Science, Math, Physics or Engineering background
• Interest in Statistics
• Knowledge of Internet Advertising

Application Instructions:

Please email your resume as an attachment to jobs@authenticlick.net. If you wish to enclose a cover letter, please include it in the body of your email message. Please include the Title in the subject line of the email.

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Software Development Engineer, Search Analytics (Palo Alto, CA)

A9.com is looking for experienced developers to join our team in improving the quality and relevance of search. You will work on technology that powers search on Amazon.com and other sites for millions of customers every day. You will design and implement scalable systems that process, summarize, and provide a web interface to large volumes of user behavior data.
Besides possessing rock-solid software engineering skills and a passion for excellence, you will need to be a strong communicator and have a proven track record of delivering high-quality products. You will need skills in the following areas:

• expertise in designing and developing systems using object-oriented programming and relational databases
• two to five years of implementation experience with at least three of the following: Java, Perl, SQL, PHP, Linux
• algorithm design and analysis
• engineering process, design and testing methodologies

You must have an advanced degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience. Domain expertise in the following areas are pluses:

• information retrieval
• data mining and machine learning
• exposure to map/reduce paradigm and Hadoop
• systems for clickstream and log files analysis

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Systems Administrator, New York University (New York, NY)

When you come to work at New York University, it's more than just a job that awaits you. You have the opportunity to Experience Excellence.

You are joining an exciting intellectual and cultural community, one where employees - faculty and staff - come together to create a unique product: excellence in education and research. You are part of a diverse, multi-cultural and creative institution, one with a world-wide reputation as a leader in higher education. NYU is the largest private university in the United States, with 12,000 faculty and staff from all over the world and 40,000 students from all 50 states and more than 120 foreign countries. NYU offers opportunities to have an impact on a truly global level.

To add to the stimulating environment, NYU is centered in Greenwich Village - a legendary urban neighborhood, rich in cultural offerings and with a delightful small town character quite unlike any other. Employees have the experience of working in a small town inside a big town, with the best that both have to offer.

For more information about working at NYU and to apply for this position, visit our website at: www.nyu.edu/hr/jobs/apply. When asked "How were you referred to NYU?", please select the appropriate source from the drop-down menu. We accept online applications only.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Benefits:

NYU offers a superior benefits package, which includes free NYU tuition for self and eligible family members, generous vacation, medical, dental and pension plans.

With over 2500 courses offered in a wide array of subjects, SCPS is the world's leading provider of continuing education. SCPS offers noncredit classes and credit-bearing programs, including Associate's and Bachelor's degrees geared toward adults returning to college, and 14 Master of Science degree programs.

Position:

The Systems Administrator will provide technical leadership in the design, development, installation and maintenance of UNIX hardware and software for the School of Continuing and Professional Studies internet, intranet and application server systems. This position reports to the Chief Information Technology Officer.

Qualifications:

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and 3 years' relevant experience or an equivalent combination. Must have experience with Sun Solaris system administration, including installation, maintenance and support, problem identification and resolution, security planning, implementation and monitoring, performance measurement and tuning, system design and configuration planning. Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills are required. Knowledge of Veritas Volume Manager, J2EE and/or internet based applications, Oracle on Solaris, UNIX shell scripting, and firewall administration essential. Advanced Degree or Professional Certificate in Computer Sciences preferred.

Apply by email: R6463181905750@posttrak.arbita.net
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