Thursday, January 9, 2014

[KITlist-Tech] Senior Technical Writer (Santa Clara, CA)

Please direct your responses to: http://www.stage4solutions.com/careers.html

We are looking for a Senior Technical Writer for a contract role at a cutting edge technology startup in network functions virtualization space. The Senior Technical Writer will be responsible for creating all technical publications for beta and potentially, GA release of software product.

This is initially, a 2-3 month contract, at about 20 to 40 hours per week of work. Extensions will be likely as the product moves to GA release. Must be available for periodic meetings at the client�s office in Santa Clara, CA. This is a W-2 role as a Stage 4 Solutions' employee.

Responsibilities:
•Create all technical documents including installation, configuration, user and troubleshooting guides, solutions briefs, release notes, data sheets etc. for beta and potentially, GA release of the product.
•Create PDF and HTML version of documents.
•Create content for online help within the product.
•Work with internal teams to develop and deliver technical publications.
•Understand the product by installing prototypes and attending customer demos.

Requirements:
•8+ years of technical writing experience for virtualization or networking products.
•Good technical background in building and configuring technical authoring systems.
•Must have worked in startup environment.
•Strong ability to interface with engineers and product management teams.
•Good understanding of networking and virtualization technologies.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
•Passion for learning new technologies.

Please submit your resume to our network at http://www.stage4solutions.com/careers.html
(please apply to the Senior Technical Writer Role).
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[KITlist-Tech] Technical Lead - SWE (Palo Alto, CA)

Please direct your responses to: rnewlin@jsginc.com

Johnson Service Group is looking for engineers with world-class technical chops to provide technical leadership for our major projects teams. The role of Technical Lead (TL) is pivotal to everything that they do. You are accountable for delivering core pieces of our infrastructure and service by writing code for complex components of these systems and helping your fellow team members organize and focus on the right technical challenges. You own day-to-day technical decision-making for your project and you strive not only to optimize your own ability to deliver but also those of your team.

Our client is an agile company, so come ready to help the team be effective at implementing each iteration.

Responsibilities


Work closely with our CTO to define engineering deliverables for your project area
Work closely with product management to ensure we�re building the best products
Translate technical deliverables to tasks and activities with your team
Communicate the direction of your project to your team and the rest of the company
Provide mentoring for junior team members by reviewing code, reviewing design docs, and helping all your team members be productive
Demonstrate deep problem solving skills and the ability to innovate

Minimum Qualifications

Strong distributed systems and architecture knowledge and experience
Obsessive about great engineering
Expert level proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Java, Ruby, C/C++, Python
Deep understanding and experience with Hadoop internals, Pig, Hive, and HBase; Hadoop committer a big plus
In depth understanding of schedulers, workload management, availability, scalability and distributed data platforms
Deep understanding and experience with Linux internals, virtual machines, and open source tools/platforms
Experience building large-scale distributed applications and services
Sound knowledge of SQL & No-SQL databases
Experience developing and extending modern build-chain tools, such as Maven, Jenkins, Git
Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills, particularly those that apply to a "Big Data" environment
Experience with agile development methodologies
Knowledge of industry standards and trends
Excellent written/oral communication skills
10 years of relevant industry experience, with 5 years of hands-on technical leadership (leading teams of 5-8 developers)
BA/BS in Computer Science or closely related degree.

Preferred Qualifications

MS or PhD in Computer Science or closely related degree.
Strong leader capable of motivating and energizing the very best software engineers, as well as gaining their respect.
Experience shipping successful services and infrastructure.

Interested candidates please contact Randy Newlin at rnewlin@jsginc.com or 408-728-9512
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[KITlist-Tech] Sr. Software Engineer - In Test / QE (Palo Alto, CA)

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Johnson Service Group is looking for a Senior Software Developer in Test (SDT) professional who will help us define and build our test strategy but also automate the software testing of our large-scale cloud-based services.
Are you an advocate of good development and testing practices? Does it bother you when testing is not effective because developers are focusing on the wrong things? Do you practice what you preach and lead by implementing? Are you excited by the idea of testing systems that process petabytes of data and implement the essential business processes for our customers? Does it bother you to no end when you hear that features are being manually tested? Do you love to have a deep understanding of the code you are testing so that you can make your test suite more robust? Senior Software Developer in Test at Altiscale is the right position for you.
As a Software Developer in Test at Altiscale you are given the challenge of building large scale automated test solutions for one of a number of Cloud Products. At Altiscale, we pride ourselves in providing a great work environment, talented team members, and cutting edge technology. You will be working side-by-side with Software Developers and other SDT�s testing infrastructure and web applications ensuring that our systems live our to the highest standards of reliability and predictability. A passion for software and a passion for testing are a must.
Responsibilities:

Lead testing strategy efforts for all our services, including helping developers come up with an overall testing methodology for our systems
Lead test automation efforts for all services including selection, design and implementation of test frameworks and tools
Promote, solicit and instruct others on good quality and coding practices and standards through mentoring and group presentations
Represent QE in discussions with development and product groups
Write smoke, functional, integration, load and regression automated tests against web services APIs (REST)
Collaborate with the engineering team to fully test the entire product offering, integration points and user interfaces
Collaborate with development engineers to build, evolve and maintain a scalable continuous build and deployment pipeline
Use Quality and Testing experience to identify test gaps and opportunities to expand our test case coverage
MUST HAVE:

7+ years of Test experience as a developer and team leader
5+ years of Test Automation experience
Demonstrated experience with Object Oriented programming including multiple languages such as: Java, Ruby, Python, C++, PHP, JavaScript or Perl
Strong Understanding of XML, XSD, Json, WADL, WSDL, REST and SOAP and demonstrated experience with web services APIs.
Leadership experience with a focus on QA Processes and Methodologies
Knowledge of a UI automation tool such as Selenium, QTP, or Silk
Basic knowledge of open source tools such as curl, JMeter
Previous experience with Continuous Integration or Delivery
Practical experience with Linux, such as Red Hat or Ubuntu, including Unix shell scripting
Demonstrated advanced knowledge of web protocols, networking and systems
NICE TO HAVE:

Experience with geographically dispersed teams.
Experience working within an Agile development process (Scrum, XP, Kanban etc) from the test design, test automation and execution perspective
Understanding and experience with Big Data infrastructure such as Hadoop, Pig, Hive, and HBase
Deep understanding and experience with Linux internals, virtual machines, and open source tools/platforms
Experience building large-scale distributed applications and services
Sound knowledge of SQL & No-SQL databases

Interested candidates should contact Randy Newlin at rnewlin@jsginc.com, 408-728-9512
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[KITlist-Tech] Sr. Java Developer (Silicon Valley, CA)

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OTM seeking a Senior Java Developer for long term project. Client Company is stable, public and growing. Pay rate negotiable DOE.

** Local candidates with local experience preferred (Local = San Francisco Bay Area).

Develop and implement features to a customized Web based Content Management System. This system and corresponding tools cumulatively have more than a million lines of code and deployed to J2EE compliant servers for eCommerce initiatives. Also develop portions of a RESTful web service for improved efficiency and performance.

Required Skills:
• Core Java, J2EE, REST Services, Hibernate, Spring, Multithreading, JSP, Servlets, Maven, SVN, Eclipse, Tomcat, Jetty.
• Ability to Work Independently.

Plus Skills:
• Some Web UI experience/familiarity with Html, CSS, Javascript, Jquery.
• Full Stack Development / Engineering.




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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

[KITlist-Tech] From Sue: Kick of the Year Right! Create Your Life Planning List

Hello Everyone,

I’m sharing a blog post with a smart tool for getting your goals set â€"
which is a great way to start 2014!

Jennifer LeBlanc is a friend and talented coach, and she’s given me
permission to share this post and her “Life Zones� tool with our KIT
List community.

Go to our blog to use the Life Zones to create your Life Planning List at:

http://bit.ly/KITblog

IMPORTANT: If you have any other planning ideas to suggest, please share
them with the whole community by posting it in the "Comments" section of
the blog post. Thank you!

I wish you all a truly remarkable year ahead. I think we're all ready
for it!

Warmly,

Sue



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[KITlist-Tech] Sr. Web Marketing Manager (San Jose, CA)

Please send responses to: 252.Intacct@hiredesk.net

Intacct makes small and midsized businesses (SMBs) and CPA firms more productive and improves company performance by providing award winning cloud computing financial management and accounting applications. We are the preferred provider of financial applications for AICPA (the trade association of the accounting profession) and focus only on one thing – delivering the most comprehensive cloud financial management system to over 6,000 organizations from startups to public companies. Hundreds of leading CPA firms and Value Added Resellers offer Intacct to their clients. As the fastest growing leader in this space with a strong focus on customer satisfaction, we value the individuality, ingenuity and originality each employee contributes. The talent and drive of our employees is a key to our continued success.

Recognized for the third consecutive year in 2013 as a "Bay Area Top Workplace," Intacct is seeking top talent, motivated to help businesses and CPA firms achieve their business goals. Intacct's growth provides increasing opportunity for our employees in a collaborative environment. Intacct looks forward to talking with you about being a part of our success.

"It is truly a pleasure to be a part of such an amazing company where everyone is committed and dedicated to building a company of distinction. We are honored to be recognized for a third straight year as one of the Top Workplaces in the Bay Area. We have worked really hard to foster a company culture where employees can grow in their career and play an important role in the success of the business. Our consistent and accelerating growth is a direct reflection of the hard work put in by the entire Intacct team."
- Robert Reid, President & CEO


Job Description:

As a member of Intacct's corporate marketing team, you will lead Intacct's online identity and support strategic marketing objectives. You will be responsible for driving the design and development of our corporate website through continuous innovation to educate and inform our Web visitors, improve SEO performance, and successfully project Intacct's brand.

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive design, development, day to day operations, and usability of our corporate website, including optimization for SEO.
• Develop a website roadmap based on company needs and create/complete projects efficiently.
• Maintain and enhance web assets, including publishing and managing all marketing-related content via Drupal and ensuring that all published content is accurate, relevant and timely across all web, social and mobile channels.
• Directly manage Drupal developer.
• Develop and manage reporting and ROI metrics for web programs, including site performance, traffic analysis, etc
• Collaborate with multiple teams, including demand generation, digital marketing, external agencies, security/operations, and PR, to develop and understand specific goals, prioritize projects based on overall company objectives, communicate prioritization clearly to all stakeholders and deliver measurable results.
• Understand website trends/standards and keep Intacct's website up-to-date, effective and relevant.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of 4 to 6 years of experience in Web development, program management and/or team leadership within the digital space (agency and/or client side).
• BA or BS, ideally with emphasis in computer science, communications, marketing, advertising, or related field.
• Experience working with B2B websites with demonstrated success in managing and optimizing a corporate website.
• Overall knowledge of online media and web disciplines including project management, design, architecture, user experience, usability, programming and database fundamentals, with deep knowledge and interest in SEO, SEM, blogs, social media and business analytics.
• Experience with sophisticated CMS systems that utilize a workflow review process and incorporates customized applications.
• Familiar with marketing automation and CRM tools such as Marketo and Salesforce.com.
• Strong understanding of SEO-friendly web design and ability to make critical design and technical recommendations.
• Familiar in changing technical standards such as HTML, HTTP, XML, PHP, Flash, HTML 5 and CSS
• Solid understanding of Web design, UI design principles and information architecture, as well as an understanding of current and emerging trends
• Familiar with A/B and multivariate testing methodologies
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and writing skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects and resources.

Please send responses to: 252.Intacct@hiredesk.net


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[KITlist-Tech] Java Systems Engineer/Developer (Silicon Valley, CA)

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OTM seeking a Java Systems Engineer/Programmer for an excellent start up with cutting edge technology and venture backing. Position available contract to hire or full time permanent employment. Salary negotiable DOE.

**Local candidates with local experience preferred (Local = San Francisco Bay Area)**

Responsibilities:

Develop client and server components in Java and related technologies

Apply best-practice software standards and technology to complex business problems

Ensure that work is completed on time to meet the business requirements by following procedures for source code control, unit testing, end-to-end testing, and design documentation

Communicate effectively with individuals of varying technical abilities and professional backgrounds

Perform additional duties as assigned

Skills & Qualifications:

Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar field.
7+ years of development experience with a strong focus on web based systems, server side Java development, persistence and multi-threaded programming.
Knowledge of OOP principles and practices (UML experience is a plus)
Outstanding skills as a Java developer
Strong knowledge of relational database technologies. Has worked with at least one of the Java Persistence and ORM Technologies (JDBC, Hibernate, NoSQL DBs)
Prior experience of using APIs and developing APIs of different kinds including SOAP and REST (Desired)
Experience with HTML5, JavaScript, and AJAX is a plus
Exposure to Virtualization Technologies (Desired)
Prior experience in Storage, Network, and/or System Management is a plus
Experience working with build, testing, and integration tools (e.g. JUNIT, ANT, Maven, Hudson). Familiarity with Linux and scripting/data manipulation tools (sh, perl, python) is a plus
Excellent verbal, written, and communications skills is a must
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