IT Director/Operations Manager
North Austin, TX

IT Director/Operations Manager position is available with the Site Engineering Center of a very successful startup, receiving funding from two major brand-name companies.  The ideal candidate for this position is motivated by the initiative to find solutions and solve complex problems in a commerce-related environment.  This is a technical leadership role for an highly practiced individual that can clearly communicate and lead a team of Engineers in high velocity and stressful situations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technical Leader:
  • advanced script, tools, automation, improvements, restoration
• Prevent/Solve site incidents with unstable systems and components
• Work independently and with Team Members (Architecture, Engineering, and Operations)
• Drive restoration issues
• Build/Manage/Mentor cross-functional (shift model) Engineer Teams
• Build/Test tools and features
• Windows Systems Administration
• Analyze/Design

REQUIREMENTS

• Linux/UNIX Environment:
  • operating system internals
  • file system structures
  • machine architectures
• Hands On expertise:
  • core/large technologies
  • distributed systems (cloud computing, web services, multi-tier serving architectures)
• Incident/Crisis Management
• Automation/DevOps
• Windows Systems Admin
• High Transaction Customer Facing Systems
• Night/Day Availability
• Networking, Unix, Windows, VMWare, Storage Technologies, Load balancers, Mail, DNS, TCP/IP and SAN
• (Oracle preferred), Apache, HTTP/HTML, XML and Java (preferred)
• Experience building:
  • Automated Infrastructure
  • Site-reliability engineering/network operations centers (big plus!)
• Open Source Software (preferred)

Sr. Linux Systems Admin
Austin or Houston, TX

Our client is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions company, providing secure electronic payments to their customers.  A Sr. Linux Systems Admin with the experience and ability to oversee high-volume transaction processing and production operations is needed for a 24/7-availability position in Austin or Houston.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Control transaction processing:
  • Maintaining, operating, configuring, tuning and securing standard/custom apps
• Manage all critical infrastructure operations on a daily basis
• Monitor Alerting Systems (Splunk, Nagios)
• Analyze (ensure peak performance):
  • environment capacity, performance, and sustainability

• Resolve problems:
  • External Vendors and Internal Departments
• Test Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Plan

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 24/7 on-call availability + after-hours (flexible hours are possible)
• Linux/RedHat installation (7+ years)
• Load Balancers:  Citrix NetScaler, etc. (7+years)
• VB, Shell scripting, PowerShell (7+ years)
• Log Aggregator:  Splunk/Nagios advanced administration/configuration (5+years)
• RHEL versions 5 and 6, Apache, OpenSSL
• Document in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS):  high-traffic transactions/operations

• Create:  diagrams, processes, and procedures
• Scripting Automation

• VMware ESX 4 and 5
• Storage technologies (HP P4000) and blade chassis (HP C7000)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Network/Applications monitoring tools (7+ years)
• Networking/OS level security:
  • NIST, CIS, NSA, etc.
  • security events
  • Postgres DB, heartbeat, drbd database setup
• Previous financial environment
• Building apps, dashboards and reports
• Customizing Scripts
• Analytics/troubleshooting
• Windows 2008 / 2003 System Administration
• Supporting Active Directory, IIS, and mixed Linux/Windows environment
• Familiarity with Virtualization Technologies

Technical Project Manager
Downtown Austin, TX

Our client is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions company, providing secure electronic payments to their customers.  The Technical Project Manager will manage long-term projects with software development teams in order to deliver new functional products.  This is the ideal opportunity for a strong manager with a technical background and the desire to work for a growing startup company in Downtown Austin.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a team of about 10 Software Engineers
• Full life-cycle SaaS product development for several long-term projects by use of Agile/Waterfall
• Maintain quality standards (code conventions, unit testing, static analysis, revision control)
• Ensure product/system testing/functionality
  • Communicate with QA teams: recommend improvements for process/tools/product
• Project Management (planning/scheduling) for deliverables
  • Communicate with SaaS/support teams
• Software Release Process (definition/deployment/delivery)
• Project status reports/presentations
• Conduct staff training and annual employee reports/reviews

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Software Project Management (6+ years)
  • developing products, web apps, or services
  • external customer experience
• Software as a Service (SaaS) multi-tenant concepts
• Cross-Team Management
  • Windows .NET and Linux platforms with C# and C++
• Agile/Waterfall
• MS Project and/or project management tools
• PMP Certification
• Web app security
• Structured/object-oriented design
• Databases, algorithms, data structures, usability, refactoring, debugging, and configuration management
• Financial services/ERP industry (preferred)
• CS/related-field Degree or equivalent experience

Sr. Data Scientist (Data Junkie/Subject Matter Expert)
Downtown Austin, TX

Are you looking to escape the drone of neon lights and the cubicle in your office space?  Are you looking for a fast-paced stimulating new work place?  If you’re a Data Guru looking to pursue a challenging position in a lucrative industry, this could be the opportunity for you!

Our Client is a rapidly growing Analytics/Software Boutique Startup Company in the Automotive Industry.  The environment is driven by success and results in a collaborative effort.  The atmosphere is casual and relaxed, providing the luxury of beer on tap (seriously).

Diverse data spanning the Automotive Industry is integrated into projects and applied to help solve problems with consumers, companies, and dealers.  The company is doubling every year and their data warehouse is becoming more complex.  The need for a Data Management Guru is a crucial role needed on the team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform as Technology Lead
• Apply the best semantic checks and structure to data
• Build agile management/production release process for data
• Develop internal agile data management processes with customers
• Maintain dozens of data sources (some data sources may be low quality)
• Scale data warehouse with growth of data
• Import schedules/processes
• Innovate a novel approach to ETL
• Enhance (build/buy) toolsets and technology platform

REQUIREMENTS

• Successful track record in using diverse technologies/approaches to manage data in an extremely dynamic environment
• SQL Server, Oracle, bash, Perl, Python, SQL, Informatica, etc.
• ETL concepts
• Programming, algorithmic thinking, and automated testing

• CS BA (or equivalent experience)
• 2 + years managing complex data
  • (Significantly more compensation is available for those with deeper experience.)

Technical Product Manager
Austin, TX

Interested in working with cloud app delivery and DaaS?  Our client is partnered with esteemed technology companies to host IT cloud apps.  These apps allow businesses/organizations to easily access their own apps in the cloud at any geographical point of business.  A Technical Product Manager is needed to join the Product Management and Marketing Teams.  Candidate must have a minimum of 2 years experience.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Document product epics:
  • user stories
  • acceptance criteria
  • requirements
  • win/loss stats
  • market data points
• Manage customer & partner feedback
• Incorporate all information before release builds
• Collaborate with an Agile Development Team & Scrum Master