Sr. Systems Administrator
NW Austin, TX

A very successful and established company (NW Austin) in communications solutions is looking for a Sr. Systems Administrator to join their Technical Operations Team in next-generation operations support systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lab/Hosted computing environments support (Solaris/Linux/Windows)
• Hardware/Linux/Solaris machines installations
• Corporate/Hosted Data Backup Systems:
  • Operational Management
  • Monitoring
  • Troubleshooting
  • Maintenance
• Management of user accounts (local and NIS)
• Implementation plans for projects in collaboration with peers

EXPERIENCE

• Systems Administration (5+ years)
• Customer-facing
• Building/Configuring large-scale servers
• Operational data backup experience:
  • job monitoring
  • tape handling/management
  • troubleshooting system issues and server environments
• Veritas NetBackup Enterprise/Storage Foundation/Cluster
• SAN management
• Solaris zones
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008 (preferred)
• Technical Degree (preferred)

Sr. Staff QA Engineer
NW Austin, TX

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop testing strategies in a challenging fast-paced environment?  Do you have experience with Networking/Communication devices and embedded testing in a lab environment?  Would you consider yourself to be highly adaptable, exceptional in communication, and able to quickly learn new technologies?

The Sr. Staff QA Engineer will provide product quality/reliability to ensure customer satisfaction.  The ideal candidate will possess a working background is SW + HW, Networking, Testing, and Development.  This is not a heavy automation testing type role.  Salary range = $80-$105k.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Networking:  Setup/Configure/Maintain network devices within the lab
• Network Management
• Test embedded systems
• Client/Server applications
• Perform manual feature/system testing on HW platforms and web‐based management applications
• Create/Execute test plans:  schedule from lean documentation with automation in mind
• Analyze test results:
  • write defect reports
  • work closely with Development to isolate and reproduce defects
  • track defect reports, issues and resolutions
• Develop requirements for product features being tested
  • in‐depth understanding of the functionality, usability, and performance
• Develop SW/Scripts to automate and solve operational issues/processes
• Learn new technologies, features, and platforms (on own initiative)

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• BA in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent)
• Software + Hardware
• Software Testing (5-10 years)
• Network Management
• Embedded Appliances
• Cisco
• Scripting
• Perl or other automation/scripting technologies (preferred)
• Develop/Execute Test Plans for software features on network devices or network management platforms
• IP enterprise networks:  designing, building, provisioning and testing
• Analytical//Troubleshooting skills
• Ability to adapt, improve and extend the effectiveness of new test concepts or approaches
• Comfortable working in Linux environment
• Excellent communication skills and ability to write concise defect reports
• Configuring enterprise switches, routers, firewalls and servers (preferred)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate:  CCNA (highly desirable)
• Testing web applications (preferred)
• Network security and AAA protocols: RADIUS & TACACS (preferred)

Sr. Technical Product Manager
NW Austin, TX

A well-funded and quickly growing Internet marketing software company is looking for a skilled Product Manager .

RESPONSIBILITIES
Review high level information gathered from multiple sources and put it into detail
Product feasibility assessments
Conflict reconciliations
evaluate needs of user’s requests and needs
determine product definitions, possibilities, and/or flaws:
ROI (data-driven evidence)
financial
analytics
collaborate with Engineers/multiple teams to work towards product development and project plans
software engineers
executives
field personnel
customers
marketing communications/ PR and subject matter experts

REQUIREMENTS
BA Degree
Product Management hands-on experienece (7-10 years)
Project Management
Launch and maintain processes in development
Ability to formulate sound
Communicate product updates and changes
Start-up experience (preferred)

Biz Intelligence Solutions Engineer
South Austin, TX

Are you looking for a creative environment that will support your technical aptitude?  Do you enjoy the challenge of solving complex data solutions?  Our client is a very successful software company in Austin.  Their salary offers are among highest in town.  An experienced Business Intelligence Solutions Engineer is needed on their technical Implementation Team.  This individual will develop customized DW implementation reports and configure/integrate software.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Data-warehouse estimation, design, and implementation
• Solutions for customer impact and satisfaction
• Collaborate with Engineers/Developers and Clients
• ETL documentation
• Travel (minimal)

REQUIREMENTS

• CS BA, MIS, or related
• Analytics software deployments
• Data-mart configurations
• SQL, ETL, OLAP, data-marts (3-6+ years) depending on specific experience
• SQL Server 2008
• Analysis Services (preferred)
• Java Analysis/Design (preferred)
• Hibernate, Toplink, etc. (preferred)
• 3rd party Analytic applications:  MicroStrategy, Tableau (preferred)

Product Marketing Manager
SW of Downtown Austin, TX

Are you a Product Marketing Manager that enjoys working in a small, lean, fast-moving company with a strong, results-oriented work ethic?

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as Company/Product Ambassador
• Strategize/develop/launch company initiative and a comprehensive marketing plan to the market:
  • support releases
  • manage implementation
  • Drive demand amongst target employers
  • Gain support/investment and execute the plan
• Collaborate with Product Management and Sales to establish a deep understanding of customers needs
  • Maintain demand generation strategy, as well as a high quality set of leads for Sales Team
• Develop/Test product positioning/messaging and sales tools
• Advertise:  websites, email, direct mail, SEO/SEM, lead generation content, conventions, customer support
• Consumer Marketing plans/forecasts (quarterly/annually)
• Analyze performance data/testing

EXPERIENCE

• SW Product Marketing (5+ years)
• B2B (preferred)
• Launching new products
• BA Degree (MBA a plus)
• Start up exposure (preferred)
• HR/Talent/Recruiting (preferred)

Build Engineer
Downtown Austin, TX

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management assistance and configuration within multiple environments
  • Automating deployment of builds
• Develop Software Tools (during release):
  • build and maintain
  • automated testing
  • consistent integration
  • release management with GIT
  • improvements and support
• Collaborate with multiple teams:  Product Managers, UX Designers, Engineers
• Release Process:
  • own, manage and improve
  • scale and efficiency

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Computer Science BS degree or equivalent experience
• SW engineering, release engineering/configuration management (3+ years)
• Software configuration management systems and/or source code version control systems
• Subversion and Git (highly prefered)
• Expert with Unix/Linux
• Perl, python, and/or bash
• Build/dependency management
• Integration tools
• Ant, Ivy and Hudson (preferred)
• PHP and/or Java applications/building
• Automating build/release processes
• Deploying web applications to a product
• Automated testing (preferred)
• Plan the development of test software systems
• Ability to quickly learn and become proficient with complex applications, understanding their interactions with other installed products, and how they operate within an overall system.

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