[CSL board] [Fwd: July 2008 Update]

[Karen Zgoda]

fyi, a couple of job opportunities below!

...Karen

Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW
Doctoral Student
Boston College

karen at karenzgoda.org
http://www.karenzgoda.org


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Subject: July 2008 Update
From:    "Dan Hermes" <dan at lexiconsystemsinc.com>
Date:    Wed, July 2, 2008 12:57 pm
To:      "'Zgoda, Karen'" <karen at karenzgoda.org>
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I. Wanted: Perforce Senior Release Engineer and a Senior Business
Analyst
    See req's below.


Dan Hermes
Software Consultant
Lexicon Systems
781.526.0738
info at lexiconsystemsinc.com <mailto:info at lexiconsystemsinc.com>
http://www.lexiconsystemsinc.com

Senior Business Analyst

This position will be responsible for software requirements analysis and
creation of functional specifications for an industry leader.  They will
work with end users, management and technical personnel to define
specifications to meet business needs.  Contract position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Analyzes user requirements, procedures and problems to automate or
improve existing business process/application.

·      Confers with personnel to analyze current operational procedures,
identify problems and learn specific input and output requirements such
as forms of data output, how data is to be summarized and formats for
reporting.

·     Writes detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions and
steps required to modify or develop the computer application/s.

·     Reviews system capabilities, workflow and scheduling limitations
to determine if the requested functionality is possible within the
existing application.

·     Studies existing information processing systems to evaluate
effectiveness and develops new processes to improve production or
workflow as required.

·      Prepares workflow charts to specify in detail operations to be
performed.

·     Plans and prepares documentation and instructional manuals, as
needed.

·     Assists Programmers in resolution of issues related to project
specifications or programming.

.      Assists QA in the development of test plans from functional
specifications.

Knowledge Skills/Education Requirements

- 6+ years experience in designing, building, and implementing business
solutions using information technology
- Significant experience in business analysis, requirements definition
and deployment of business requirements to information systems
- A deep understanding of requirements elicitation, analysis,
specification, verification, and the ability to apply them in practice
- Online Advertising experience preferred
- A four-year CS degree or equivalent work experience is required
- Effective interpersonal skills, both verbal and written
- Experience with web-based applications, database query tools, MS suite
of products
- Strong analytical skills required


Senior Release Engineer

The Release Engineer will be responsible for producing accurate, timely
releases for production support and development for an industry leader.
Contract position.

Job Requirements

Qualifications
- administration of source control system (Perforce)
- running daily and weekly builds for a suite of products in a variety
of technologies
- maintaining and expanding the build process as new products are
developed
- documentation of build and install processes
- system administrative tasks pertaining to build/release projects

Education : Bachelor's degree in CS or related field, or relevant
experience.

Experience : 9+ years of Information Technology expereince.
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- working experience with build/release of multiple parallel development
and production support threads
- working with tags and branches in source control systems

Required Skills
- Perforce
- C#.NET
- Visual Studio.NET 2008
- Classic ASP
- SQL Server/TSQL

Preferred Skills
- Sourcesafe 6.0
- CVS