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Technology Infrastructure Engineer - Perrone Robotics

Company

We’re a small robotics and automation software company.
We have general purpose software modules that we license and use to build robotics and automation applications for customers.

Job Description

Technical person to take on hands-on responsibility for the company’s technology infrastructure used to build, release, sell, and support our software.
Underlying infrastructure includes hardware and infrastructure software.

Specific Skills:

Release Management

Manage releases from development to system testing to field deployment.
Ensure proper versioning and tracking of releases.
Trigger builds of releases to customers.
Conduct builds of packages for upload to our E-commerce site (both demo ad full commercial releases).

System Testing and QA

Configure and test our applications and systems.
Create test plans and checklists.
Perform and coordinate tests.
Regression testing.

System Deployment

On occasion be able to travel to customer site for commissioning of our systems.

Version Control

Manage our SVN repository.
Manage our Maven configuration.
Setup accounts, conduct backups, and ensure availability and access.

Scripting

Maintain existing scripts and build procedures.
Write scripts as needed for builds, runtime execution of programs, and general automation of processes and work.
Generally for Linux.

IT Server Administration

Maintain and manage our JIRA bug and project tracking system.
Maintain and manage our local network (DNS, Wiki, etc).

Web/E-commerce Management

Maintain and manage our hosted Web site and E-commerce server.
Facilitate and automate releases of new software to site for download.
Manage our WordPress site and custom licensing servers.
Address Apache/Tomcat and hosting issues as arise.

System Configuration

Setup and manage sensors and other hardware in test environments.
Cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, Solaris, QNX, Mac, etc)
Linux/Unix most critical.
Use hardware specific software utilities to manage hardware.
Setup test environments.
Understand networking issues cross-platform.

Asset Tracking

Know where assets are and tracked
Organize and cleaned lab of parts
Customer assets separated from ours
Locate and ship assets as needed

Organizational Skills

Documenting processes on our Wiki
Very organized and note taking and transferring

Please email us at contact@perronerobotics.com if interested. Full and part time employment options available.

posted 02.01.12

Software Engineer -SRA

SRA’s Air Programs and Climate Change account in Charlottesville, VA is seeking IT professionals to develop and implement major domestic and international air emissions reporting and trading systems. Specifically, we are looking for software developers with familiarity with web-facing information data systems to assist us in implementing a new market tracking system. The ideal candidate will have at least 1 to 3 years of professional software development experience.

A successful applicant will enjoy pushing the limits of technology on significant projects, working in a highly collaborative Agile environment, and will have stellar technical and communications skills. We're looking for someone who can contribute quality software, promote testing, mentor, and help continually improve our processes.

Opportunities are primarily located in, but not limited to, our Charlottesville, VA office. Our work environment encourages co-located agile team efforts; however, we are also actively developing support for teleworking arrangements.

Required Skills:
- 1-2 years of experience
- Experience working in software development teams on several moderate to complex custom software development projects
- Understanding of software design, architecture, methods to produce quality, low-defect code, testing, and ability to convert requirements into working code
- Effective writing and communication skills

Experience with:
- JVM development languages, such as Java and Groovy
- One or more Java frameworks, such as Hibernate, Spring, and Grails
- Relational database design and implementation
- Security (application, network, and data integrity)
- Web application development
- Application lifecycle tools

Desired Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Agile practices
- Incorporating accessibility standards in software design
- Windows and Linux deployment environments
- Familiarity with Grails web development, or other convention over configuration development models

Please visit our website at:
www.sra.com/careers and reference requisition # 36478BR to apply

posted 01.19.12

Software Engineer -SHINE Systems & Technologies

SHINE Systems & Technologies is seeking a Software Engineer. This position is full-time; JAVA experience and skills required must span web application development technologies. Must understand requirements, be a self-starter, and preferably have a degree. TS/SCI Clearance required. Please send resume to careers@ShineSandT.com

EOE

posted 01.09.12

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST - CFA Institute

JOB SUMMARY
The Content Management Specialist will act as administrator for our CMS (Content Management System) environments and main point of contact for website administration tasks. This position provides second-level support for CMS, web publishing, and general support issues. The Content Management Specialist creates, maintains, and solicits sign-off on CMS and website administration policies. The position will be headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, USA and will report to Director, Web Development and Operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

- Accountable for maintaining CMS environment including set-up and support of user access controls, running scheduled CMS reports, supporting web publishing workflows, and implementing information architecture requests

- Responsible for website administration tasks including link checks, archiving requests, content expiration

- Support CMS framework and content authors with web publishing and general support questions

- Develop and manage CMS and website administration policies

- Manage image libraries within CMS, including image editing and optimization

- Work within the larger Web Strategy and Services team to design solutions for project and operational requests

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

- Bachelor's degree with 2 years related experience in content management, information systems, or other related fields; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

- 2 years experience using web tools in a professional environment, with a preference for CMS familiarity (MOSS 2007, SharePoint 2010, WordPress)

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a capacity to leverage technical and functional knowledge

- Must be a strong team player with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage workload

- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated strength in customer service interactions

- Excellent interpersonal skills including a professional and diplomatic demeanor

- Proficient using standard office software such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook

- Very high level of organizational and time management skills

- Flexibility in competently juggling competing priorities and changing expectations

- Willingness to ask questions rather than just follow directions is required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

- Energy to put in the hours of concentrated work necessary to achieve goals while maintaining a positive attitude

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

- Occasional travel for training opportunities

This job description is a summary of job requirements and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all areas of responsibility.

Send resumes to hr@cfainstiute.org and put the title of the role in the subject line.

Questions? Contact Ashley Lamade CFA45@cfainstitute.org

posted 01.06.12

Software Developer: IIHS Vehicle Research Center

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is seeking a full-time, salaried Software Developer to join the development team at our Vehicle Research Center in scenic Greene County. You'll be using the newest .NET development tools and frameworks to develop the software that helps make our lifesaving highway safety research possible and communicates that research to the world.

Compensation consists of a competitive salary and a 403(b) retirement plan with a nonelective annual contribution equal to 10% of your salary. Other benefits include life and health insurance (with dental and vision coverage), medical and dependent care flex spending accounts, reasonable working hours, 3 weeks of paid vacation in your first year, and your own private office with windows and an actual door.
Responsibilities

Together with our Communications team, you'll help develop the next version of the iihs.org website. This site serves 1.5M pageviews per month and provides the results of our research and testing efforts to consumers, vehicle manufacturers, research organizations, and the insurance companies that sponsor our work.

You’ll work with our Research and Engineering teams to design and maintain applications that automate the collection, processing, storage, and retrieval of our research and testing data.

You’ll also help to design and enhance support-level applications like our SharePoint intranet site and various accounting, planning, and recordkeeping applications.

Skills
Our main concern is that you’re familiar with core concepts and best practices in .NET development. As such we don’t have a strict list of requirements for this position, but the ideal candidate will have about five years of experience in a broad range of areas including software design and architecture, user interface design, and coding. Specific familiarity with any or all of the following will be especially helpful:

Languages:c#, JavaScript, T-SQL, HTML5, CSS3

Tools:
Visual Studio 2010, Expression Design, Expression Blend, Subversion, JetBrains TeamCity
Frameworks:
jQuery, ASP.NET MVC3/Razor, Composite C1 CMS, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, ADO.NET Entity Framework, EntitySpaces, LINQ to SQL
Servers:
SQL Server, IIS6/7, SharePoint

Applying

Send your resume and cover letter by mail or email to the address below. If examples of your work are available online (open source contributions, answers posted on stackoverflow.com, etc.), be sure to include links to those as well.

Mike Powell
IIHS Vehicle Research Center
988 Dairy Road
Ruckersville, VA 22968
mpowell@iihs.org

posted 01.04.12

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