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2 Positions - Worldstrides

WorldStrides Mission:
Enriching Students' Lives Through Experiential Travel

We are the largest and most trusted educational student travel company in the country, providing a variety of educational travel programs to more than two million elementary, middle and high school students since its inception in 1967. WorldStrides offers excellent benefits including travel discounts, 401K, health, dental, ACAC Health & Wellness Center membership subsidies, as well as a great working environment and growth opportunities.

1. Business Intelligence Engineer

WorldStrides is currently accepting applications for a mid-level Applications Support Engineer in our Charlottesville, VA office.

This position is responsible for the design, development, and deployment of our Business Intelligence technical solution. The Business Intelligence Engineer will manage source analysis, data modeling, ETL and Business Intelligence tool data design, and development activities. This person will interact with key business leaders within the company to develop business needs. Additionally, this person will work closely with the Data Warehouse Architect on data models and data warehousing needs. The Business Intelligence Engineer will be responsible for ensuring all design and development methodologies conform to industry best practices and processes.

Required Qualifications:

• 3 years experience with Business Objects Universe Design and Report Development
• 2 years experience with ETL processes
• 2 years experience with Data Modeling and Data Warehousing
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required. Combinations of college-level course work in information systems and relevant experience can substitute for a degree.

Desired Qualifications:
• Business Objects Product Suite Experience Preferred
• Business Objects Universe design
• ETL knowledge through Business Objects Data Integrator or other ETL package
• Data Modeling and Data Warehouse design on SQL Server 2000/2005
• SQL Server 2000/2005 Query Design and DTS development
• Ability to provide outstanding application support to business users
• Aptitude for research, analysis and resolution of problems
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely both orally and in writing
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
• Project Management skills
• Knowldege of Acta, Informatica, IBM DataStage, or Manugistics is a plus

Essential Functions:

• Manage technical design and development tasks for BI projects.
• Manage technical strategies in regard to data acquisition, transformation, loading, and presentation.
• Manage source data profiling and mapping tasks.
• Manage all design tasks including data modeling, ETL design, and BI tool configuration.
• Develop security strategy and design.
• Devise strategies for performance tuning on Data Warehouse and Data Marts.
• Hardware capacity planning.
• Conceptualize, design, and assist in the implementation of new and existing systems, middleware, data warehouse, and production architectures.
• Identify and promote best practices and patterns for data modeling
• Provide oversight for all activities related to data cleansing, data quality, and data consolidation using standard data modeling methodologies and processes.
• Participate in business requirements sessions.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. On-site coordinating for a number of days to be determined by your supervisor (not to exceed 15 days).
2. Additional duties as assigned.

Standard Department Member Responsibilities:

1. Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation.
2. Foster communication within the department, with other departments and with management.
3. Maintain knowledge of company policies and procedures so as to serve as an effective staff member.
4. Support company policies and management decisions with a sense of urgency and professionalism.
5. Seek out and participate in internal and external programs that facilitate personal and professional growth.
6. Track days off; write and deliver self-performance appraisals to the Manager of Application Development in a timely fashion.
7. Identify and discuss personal and professional growth goals with the Manager of Application Development and upper management.

To apply online click on this link:
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA7/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=WORLDSTRIDES&cws=1&rid=56

or mail resume to:

WorldStrides
590 Peter Jefferson Parkway
Suite 300
Att: Human Resources
Charlottesville, VA 22911

posted 05/06/08

2. Progress Programmer/Analyst - Worldstrides

Responsibilities:

Provide analysis, problem identification and support for a variety Progress Applications.
Provide Progress coding, testing, and analysis on new projects and business initiatives.
Receive user support inquiries via the Help Desk system. Investigate, resolve, and follow-up on user inquiries and problems.
Learn and understand our business processes and associated applications.
Document new knowledge items in a manner consistent with the guidelines established for maintaining the knowledge base.
Demonstrate ability to learn new applications by quickly developing a high level of functional expertise.
Demonstrate ability to work effectively as a team member.

Required Skills and Abilities:

2 years experience with Progress v8 (or above) GUI and application programming support. 1 Years experience with Progress Webspeed development
2 years experience with web based programming (ASP, .NET, JavaScript, HTML).
Ability to visually review specifications documents and provide input on successfully implementing business solutions.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills.
Associates degree in a related field required; Bachelor's degree preferred. (Combinations of college-level course work in information systems and relevant experience can substitute for a degree.)

Desired Skills and Abilities:

Progress v10 Openedge experience
SQL Server 2000/2005 familiarity.
Experience with online financial transactions and modules
Ability to function under close deadlines with minimal supervision.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a friendly work environment.

Please click on the link to apply:
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA7/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=WORLDSTRIDES&cws=1&rid=22

or mail resume to:

WorldStrides
Attn: Human Resources
590 Peter Jefferson Parkway
Suite 300
Charlottesville, VA 22911

posted 05/01/08

Entrepreneurial Web Developer - Yacht.com

We are looking for an entrepreneurial web developer to help launch and manage a new community site about boats and yachting: yacht.com. The successful candidate needs to understand current web usage and trends from a user's point of view including social networking, blogging, news aggregation, RSS syndication as well as understand web technologies such as open source, API's, and widgets. This is a unique opportunity to establish a premier presence for an interesting and exciting area, and to develop and grow with our company as we expand. We are looking for a developer who will take an active role in the design, concept and scoping, as well as provide leadership for interns and content developers, with an eye towards developing a landmark site that adds unique value for our particular target audience, becoming the “center of gravity” for the online yachting community.

Respond by email to JoinUs@yacht.com and let us know why you're perfect for this important position.

posted 04/29/08

APPLICATION SPECIALIST and PROJECT MANAGER - Open Q

OpenQ, a fast growing, software and information services company headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, is looking for an exceptional individual to join the team. OpenQ's corporate culture is guided by the principle that talented, motivated and inspired employees can achieve tremendous results for our customers who include industry leaders in the pharmaceutical, research, and medical device markets. Come make a difference in and benefit from your company’s success.

OpenQ develops and delivers solutions for the strategic management of key relationships across life science. With a passionate commitment to improve business insights and intelligence, openQ is focused on the market knowledge and thought leadership that drives technology advances and optimizes business results. For more information, visit www.openq.com

Responsibilities
Interested in wearing different hats? We've got ’em. OpenQ is looking for a multi-talented individual who can join our technology team and support the company in a number of ways:

-Manage technical operations activities across openQ’s global infrastructure.Responsibilities include:
-All openQ production systems, databases and applications
-Coordinate quality assurance on these environments, provide direct management to quality assurance team
-Manage openQ sales environments

-Provide support for enterprise software implementation projects which range from out-of-the-box 60 day installations for individual brands to full enterprise, global rollouts for multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical companies

-Work with onshore and offshore development, configuration, and data management teams to configure and customize the software

Requirements
-3 or more years technical operations experience
-2 to 3 years experience QA experience
-Excellent oral/written communication skills
-Ability to work with business operations and technical staff at multiple levels including an onshore and offshore team
-Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent work experience.
-Extensive experience with enterprise software platforms that are involve configuration, customization, data conversion, and interfaces.
-Technical understanding of relational databases, web applications, and software development principles. Programming will not be required but the ability to do basic database queries and use GUI based configuration tools is critical.
-Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Management Information Systems or Business with a focus on technology is a plus

(nationally competitive salary, bonus eligible, options, 401K, health insurance)

To submit your resume, please email jobs@openq.com, principals only

posted 04/22/08

Two Positions Rimm-Kaufman Group

1. Senior Developer

As a Senior Developer at the Rimm-Kaufman Group, you will work closely with our Client Services teams, our vendors, and our clients.

You’ll plan, design, and build applications to help our company work efficiently.

You’ll plan, design, and build applications to help our clients generate web sales efficiently.

We’re looking for individuals who are smart and able to get things done, can lead teams, and can design and deliver great apps.
Qualifications

- passion for building great software
- excellent thinking skills
- solid experience with Sql (preferable MySql)
- solid experience with Linux
- solid experience with Perl
- comfortable with object-oriented design
- experience with internet and intranet technologies, including several of the following:
- XML
- SOAP
- HTML & CSS
- Apache (AP2)
- mod_perl (MP2)
- Javascript
- BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Experience with test-driven design and/or agile development preferred.

2. Developer

As a Developer at the Rimm-Kaufman Group, you will work closely with our Client Services Teams, our Account Management team, our vendors, and our clients. You’ll build applications to help our company work efficiently. You’ll build applications to help our clients generate web sales efficiently.

We’re looking for individuals who are smart and able to get things done; work well on teams; can communicate with non-engineers; and who write great code.
Qualifications

- excellent thinking skills
- passion for writing great software
- BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- solid experience in Linux, SQL, and Perl
- familiarity with internet and intranet technologies
- understanding of object-oriented design

Experience with Apache, CSS, Mason, Javascript, mod_perl, and/or internet security preferred.
Benefits

- Great colleagues and friendly office environment
- Interesting work
- Fast-moving high growth startup
- Sane hours
- Family-friendly workplace
- Profit sharing
- 17 vacation days
- 10 paid holidays (including your birthday off with pay)
- Health insurance
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- 401K with company match
- FSA flexible health and dependent care accounts

How To Apply

To apply, please email

- your resume,
- a cover letter explaining your interest in the position,
- salary history, and
- three references

to jobs@rimmkaufman.com

posted 04/12/08

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