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Tuesday 8 July 2014

.Net Software Engineer | BlueMetal Architects | Chicago, IL

.Net Software Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL

Type: Full Time

Min. Experience: Experienced

As a key part of our Application Modernization Team, you will be responsible for the design and development of mission-critical solutions for our Fortune 1000 clients. You will work closely with business and IT stakeholders in a collaborative, team environment to envision and implement modern software architectures that are of extremely high quality.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Work directly with clients first to understand, then to map business needs to technical solutions.
Assess existing applications and recommend approaches for modernization. Document and present solutions to enterprise architects and CTOs. Rapidly prototype and prove solutions using the latest Microsoft technologies. Collaborate with a team of senior software architects and developers to implement the solutions. We are looking for engineers/developers who have the experience and knowledge in developing large, scalable and distributed applications with several years of hands-on .NET (3.5 or higher) development experience including:

.NET Frameworks: LINQ, WCF, WPF and/or Silverlight, and Workflow Foundation
IIS and ASP.NET MVC 3 (AppFabric & ADFS are a plus)
Use of ORM tools, specifically Entity Framework
Asynchronous programming models (specifically with WCF & Silverlight or AJAX)
Visual Studio TFS or similar source control system

Background in software design and development best practices including:

Object Oriented .NET Development (C#, VB.NET)
Test-driven development and xUnit Frameworks
Java background in patterns previous to .NET is plus
Services Oriented Architecture & Enterprise Application Patterns
Practitioner of the Principles & Patterns of Agile Software
Software quality and testing procedures

Of course all good engineers have great capabilities beyond just the technology, and some of the attributes that BlueMetal is looking for include:

Technology consulting or similar business experience
Ability to understand a customer's needs
Bachelor of Arts or Science degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Benefits
We offer a highly competitive and comprehensive employee compensation and benefits package that focuses on what you care about most, including base salary, generous bonus program, medical plan (80% company paid for you and your family), dental, and vision plans (100% company paid for you and your family), FSA, company paid LTD and life insurance coverage, 401(k) plan with company match, and equity in the company through participation in our equity incentive plan.
About BlueMetal Architects
Modern technology, craftsman quality. We’re an interactive design and technology architecture firm matching the most experienced consultants in the industry to the most challenging business and technical problems our clients face. We seek to understand our client’s business strategy and technical foundation to craft solutions that holistically blend architecture, innovation, creative design, and strategic vision to exactly meet their needs and ensure their success.
Have we piqued your interest? If so, please submit your resume to Deb Sulser, our Director of Recruiting, at dsulser@bluemetal.com, to learn more about this position, our team and our strategy. Our rapid growth and dynamic work environment will give you a tremendous opportunity to play a critical role in our success!
BlueMetal provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, qualified veteran's status, disability, or any other categories protected by law.

http://bluemetal.theresumator.com/apply/a2SPeo/Net-Software-Engineer.html

Thursday 20 February 2014

Senior UI Engineer #2012-2475 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2012-2475

Posting Job Title

Senior UI Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Orbitz is looking for engineers to focus on front-end development for our global family of travel websites. You should have a passion for shipping client-side UI code which will be used by millions of people worldwide.

We have a long history of support and respect for front-end engineering and with our expansion into the mobile web and our growth internationally we consider it more important than ever. UI Engineers at Orbitz are core members of our feature teams responsible for building the next generation of interfaces for travel shopping.

Responsibilities:

Build next-generation travel web applications with a focus on the client side.
Iterate quickly on the consumer facing pages across our global family of travel sites.
Develop features across both our desktop and mobile web sites.
Write front-end code in JSP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Help make UI and UX decisions.
Prototype experimental features.
Work closely with product leads, designers, information architects, and back-end engineers.
Pro-actively look for ways to make our sites better.
Advocate for best practices, great usability and exceptional quality.
Help other developers take advantage of new HTML5 and CSS3 capabilities.
Participate and lead design and code reviews.
Help design and build reusable CSS/JS frameworks and libraries to simplify development.

Qualifications:

Expert knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Solid understanding of JavaScript and Ajax - with and without use of a library/framework.
Strong command of web standards, progressive enhancement and cross-browser compatibility.
Experience building consumer facing sites.
Demonstrated design and UX sensibilities.
Strong logic programming ability.
Previous experience with a server-side scripting language (Ruby, Python, PHP, JSP, etc).
Experience with a version control systems.
A strong attention to detail.
Previous experience on large codebases.
Understanding of client-side performance and how to improve it

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/2475/2012-2475/job

Sr Quality Engineer #2013-3829 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-3829

Posting Job Title

Sr Quality Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Senior Quality Engineers are proficient and effective professional software engineers in test. In addition to developing their technical depth and expanding their technical breadth they also demonstrate broader business awareness and are able to translate business need into technical reality. Their work product is thorough, effective, and elegant. Equally they recognize the need for rapid feedback and appropriately balance time, scope, and quality in pursuit of delivering customer value and obtaining valuable feedback. When operating successfully the senior engineer is responsibility for consistently supporting delivery of high quality and functional software; serving the needs of our business and customers.

Responsibilities:

Technical Depth:

Collaborates with the feature team to define acceptance criteria, ensures that the team's acceptance criteria for stories and tasks is appropriate and being met universally.
Designs test plans for complex distributed systems in accordance with overall testing strategy
Understand and have experience in performance testing techniques and operational testing (Availability, Reliability, Fault Management, Capacity Management, Configuration and security testing) techniques
Solid understanding of FCAPS paradigm
Able to identify new techniques and tools for difficult-to-automate areas
Consistently automates at the right layer, using the right tools
Defines standards for automated testing to be used across the organization
Forecast, tests, and measures their application's performance signature.
Leads peer review sessions and teaches others by example on how to critique technical deliverables.
Demonstrates precision and accuracy in estimating and subsequently delivering within sprints.
Adheres to technical standards and participates in standard evolution.

Learning and Development:

Reads industry periodicals including magazines, wikis, and blogs.
Reads books which are relevant to the profession.
Identifies training opportunities and utilizes them appropriately.
Able to systematically and rapidly understand a sub-system which falls outside of their current area of expertise. Includes being able to document and ask appropriate and insightful questions.
Recognized as leaders in the Agile in the large practice and regularly contribute to the evolution of this practice.
Knows where and how to ask for assistance.

Influence:

Shows how they make decisions based on data, fact, and reality.
Capable of presenting data and information in a logical and compelling manner.
Shows the value-of and their ability-to effect change through collaboration.
Effectively able to operate within their team and broader peer group.
Able to engage with technical resources on other teams to determine solutions and drive to results

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION

BS or MSc in Computer Science or equivalent
QA certification highly desirable

EXPERIENCE

7-10 years experience in software QA/QE with focus on testing enterprise-class applications web applications.
5-7 years of experience in operational testing including performance, configuration, capacity, fault management, reliability, availability and capacity testing
1-3 years experience as a software engineer
1-3 years of experience implementing successful automated testing strategies and tools, preferably an open source Interactive tool set.
Deep knowledge of systems testing techniques and operational testing techniques; knowledge of regression testing techniques and methodologies.
Experience in the travel industry is desirable.

PERSONAL SKILLS

Assertive individual who knows how to help drive software development process maturity and is able to clearly communicate goals, decisions and recommendations to appropriate parties.
Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate staff to apply skills and techniques to solve dynamic problems.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent team building skills, including cross-functional team building.
Negotiation skills
Relationship Management
Analytical skills

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/3829/2013-3829/job

Sr Information Security Engineer #2013-4026 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4026

Posting Job Title

Sr Information Security Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Orbitz Worldwide is a leading online travel and technology company, but we didn’t need to tell you that—that’s why you want to work for us, right?

Orbitz is currently looking for a Sr. Information Security Engineer to join our team based at Orbitz Worldwide’s headquarters in downtown Chicago.

The Senior Security Engineer is responsible for supporting the architecture, implementation, and ongoing maintenance for a global information security program and ensuring the confidentially, integrity, and availability of all corporate assets. The Senior Security Engineer will be responsible for the design of security solutions as well as responsible to ensure solutions are implemented in accordance with implementation plans. This position requires communication with development teams, infrastructure security teams, and business teams. Solutions are to be built, configured, integrated, tested, and deployed in compliance with the security architecture. The security engineer will participate in agile based practices to ensure all artifacts and deliverables are generated with the highest quality standards.

In addition, the security engineer will work with corporate regulatory compliance programs such as the Payment Card Industry Standard (PCI) and and assists in maintaing compliance in section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).

Responsibilities:

Formulate security architecture recommendations and design security services.
Work with the Information Security team to define security solutions for customers and business partners.
Assist engineering and development teams to ensure proper security controls are implemented throughout technology.
Assist in responses to external audits, penetration tests, and vulnerability assessments.
Research emerging technologies in support of security enhancement and development efforts.
Must be able to perform hands-on support for a wide range of security technologies including, but not limited to: SEIM, IDS/IPS, HIDS, malware analysis and protection, content filtering, logical access controls, identity and access management, and data loss prevention, content filtering technologies, application firewalls, vulnerability scanners, LDAP, forensics software, security incident response, Identity Management (IdM)
Initiates security awareness and training.
Document security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines that meet legal requirements for corporate due diligence
Implements monitoring capabilities for security infrastructure. Reviews logs and alerts for violations. Takes appropriate action to isolate and secure systems.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in Information Security
Must be an intelligent, articulate, and persuasive leader who can communicate information security related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff.
Must be passionate about technology and information security and must have extensive knowledge of current and upcoming IT ecommerce security technologies and techniques that cover all levels of IT architecture, including those that affect business processes, data, applications, and network systems and infrastructure.
Knowledge of the various industry and government strategies and standards in privacy and security, including Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and others where applicable.
Ability to weigh business risks and enforce appropriate IT security measures while maintaing the speed of delivery that is inherent in a fast-paced technology company.
Expertise in web application security and ecommerce, including secure coding standards required (java, J2EE).
Experience working on government and industry compliance projects (Sarbanes Oxley, Visa CISP/PCI, GLBA, etc.).
Prior experience in a start-up or Internet environment a plus.
Industry certifications, such as CISSP or CISM.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4026/2013-4026/job

Sr Software Engineer - CORE Team #2013-4039 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4039

Posting Job Title

Sr Software Engineer - CORE Team

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

CORE Team

Responsibilities:

Participate in the full software development lifecycle; includes communication with business partners to gather requirements, problem definition, analysis, solutions development, data conversion, development of test plans, documentation, creation of user manuals, and performance of migrations
Design and develop enterprise level applications capable of supporting multiple points of sale on a unified platform
Become a key contributor in understanding and interpreting sources of data as it pertains to Orbitz’s business
Apply generally accepted programming standards and techniques to assure efficient program logic and data manipulation
Work with and manage external vendors to develop fully integrated technical marketing solutions
Work on and track multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, lead development projects, and manage timelines
Work as a team player with solid communication and presentation skills and help interpret technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Participate in designing, coding, testing, debugging, configuring, and documenting systems and software
Analyze and participate in reviews of software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Develop or provide work estimates based on analysis of requirements
Consult with product teams concerning new features and maintenance of system
Communicate regularly on progress of work products, deliverables, and overall project status
Keep up to date with technology and present useful technology recommendations
Communicate regularly or as needed with customers on progress of work products, deliverables, and overall project status
Provide support for the live production site
Consult with system engineers and other engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software and operational and performance requirements of overall system

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of development experience or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years of development experience
Development experience with operational databases, JDBC, Oracle, PL/SQL
Proficient with database scripting; including PL/SQL
Data Warehouse experience; design, development, architecture, loading dimensions
SQL programming experience
Experience with data mining and cleansing techniques
Development experience with enterprise level applications handling high performance, high volume, and high availability web applications such as retail websites, customer relations applications, or financial applications
Strong interpersonal and communications skills, excellent analytical skills, flexibility, ability to plan and organize, responsiveness, creativity
Ability to handle aggressive timelines and a fast paced environment
Strong communication and leadership skills
Experience in a rapid development environment with multiple dependencies
Independence in completing tasks and multi-tasking capabilities
Must work well in a collaborative, team environment and independently
Familiarity and comfort with Open Source code and applications

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in the travel & leisure industry
Experience working with OLAP tools
Strong working knowledge of and experience with LINUX/UNIX operating system and shell scripting

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4039/2013-4039/job

Senior/Software Engineer-iOS #2013-4049 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4049

Posting Job Title

Senior/Software Engineer-iOS

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Orbitz Worldwide is a leading online travel and technology company, but we didn’t need to tell you that—that’s why you want to work for us, right?

We are seeking a smart, motivated and outgoing iOS developer with a grasp of the technologies in use on mobile devices today. Primary focus of the engineer will be to develop mobile UI on the iOS platform and back end interfaces and applications. A working affiliation with devices, operating systems, development frameworks, and browsers is a huge plus.

The iOS team has been hauling over the last 2 years and many accomplishments, including developing the Flights, Cars, Hotels app that was inducted into the iPhone Hall of Fame! The team is developing new apps for all of the Orbitz Worldwide consumer brands.

We are looking for people with a sense of curiosity about mobile technologies, and a strong ability to communicate about them is needed. You should enjoy working with a casual but fast-moving team and being involved in planning.

Responsibilities:

Assist in architecting and implementing our mobile API
Comfortable working in Agile development process
Implementation in Java and Ruby (backend)
Develop Objective C code for iOS
Debug, build test performance and quality control

Qualifications:

5+ years of java is desirable
1+ year of mobile development experience with iOS and Objective C
Ruby on Rails experience is desirable
Skills in UI design and Mobile user experience is a big plus

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4049/2013-4049/job

Lead Software Engineer #2013-4184 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4184

Posting Job Title

Lead Software Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Orbitz Worldwide is a leading online travel company offering leisure and business travelers a wide selection of low airfares, as well as deals on hotels, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages and other travel.

We have a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and consequently offer an excellent opportunity for leadership, creativity and personal success. A high degree of responsibility and accountability for decisions made is key to take further steps along an attractive career path.

Orbitz is currently looking for a: Senior Software Engineer to work on the Hotel product development team

Senior Engineers lead peer review sessions, are capable of designing systems to solve complex business problems with extensive knowledge in identifying and improving application performance. They adhere to standards and participate in standard evolution along with demonstrating ownership of their specific areas. They are effective decision makers who take data, fact and reality into the picture to effect change through collaboration. They are expected to embrace OWW's Agile in Large practice and pursue personal development via reading various industry publications, attending trainings and keeping abreast of new technologies. They should be team players with effective communication skills and have interest in recruiting efforts.

Responsibilities:

Has responsibility for designing, coding, testing, debugging, configuring, and documenting software modules. Participates in peer review and provides constructive feedback
Applies generally accepted programming standards and techniques to assure efficient program logic and data manipulation.
Support product deployment and enhance the quality of software modules by monitoring, analysis and debugging.
Operational responsibility for application performance. Performance testing of the various software components and analysis of performance tests results.
Shows mastery over their own applications running in production including: application performance; log file, exceptions, monitoring, and alarming; dependency (client & server) usage Modern software engineering patterns; database and cache; configuration; testing; configuration; JVM profile; debugging and profiling.
Analyzes and participates in product reviews of software requirements to determine feasibility of design within the application architecture and time constraints.
Consults with other engineering staff organization wide to evaluate interface between various software modules and to provide visibility.
Work closely with our staff in the office and in other locations around the world.
Leads peer review sessions and teaches others by example on how to critique technical deliverables.
Supports their own applications displays ownership for the systems-level production application. Capable of leading complex production incident triage.
Participates in the recruiting efforts.
Participates in the new candidate interview process: assisting in creating tests, assessing/grading candidate material, or as the senior or junior member of a two-person interview team.
Is an active member of an external technology focused community.
Actively pursues their own personal development by reading and practicing.
Willing and able to travel on business-related functions and is able to effectively represent OWW within a group of other more experienced staff.
Capable of refining team agile processes and teaching junior members the principles required to operate effectively within agile.

Qualifications:

BS or MS in Computer Sciences or related field, or related relevant experience.
5+ years of experience in Java development.
Significant experience collaborating with other developers on software development projects using industry standard techniques and methodologies.
Project experience with at least some of the following: Spring, Spring WebFlow, Ant, JUnit, Python, OOAD.
Familiarity with performance profiling and at least some of the following tools (Jmeter, Jconsole, Jprofile)
Familiarity with testing and automation methodologies and tools like (Junit, Selenium, TestNG)
Experience interviewing job candidates.
Moderate project experience working with Oracle, one or more application servers, web servers, and Linux.
Some experience with server-side JAVA, application servers, object oriented design and web development. Experience with distributed software systems (NoSQL, RMI, HTTP, RDBMS, object oriented programming).
Strong interpersonal and communications skills, excellent analytical skills, flexibility, ability to plan and organize, responsiveness, creativity.
Exposure to high volume, high-availability web applications.
Demonstrated ability to perform in demanding multi-tasking environments.
Agile, SCRUM experience.

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4184/2013-4184/job

Lead Software Engineer #2013-4193 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4193

Posting Job Title

Lead Software Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Orbitz Worldwide is a leading online travel company offering leisure and business travelers a wide selection of low airfares, as well as deals on lodging, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages and other travel.

Orbitz is currently looking for a: Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

Lead Engineers are hands-on engineers with extensive experience within the domain of a feature or component team. Equally they are recognized and respected as leaders within their sphere of influence; within their own team they must be natural leaders. They are able to prioritize amongst competing demands. They can serve as the technical lead on a feature during Envisioning and Definition. They serve as a resource for other team members, often mentoring less experienced engineers as a way to transfer knowledge and build competency. They are likely to be involved with a Solution Architect during Definition to ensure that stories are documented sufficiently and backlogs are well formed. They are recognized within the organization for their deep knowledge within a vertical in the travel industry. Lead Engineers report to Feature and Component team leads. Lead Engineers consistently reinforce their sustained mastery of the job requirements for a Senior Engineer.

Qualifications:

Technical Depth:

1) Expert in a relevant open source and/or licensed software technology. Demonstrated by certifications, publications, contributions, speaking engagements, and hard-earned production experience.

2) Capable of triaging a production incident for their own applications in addition to all layers above and below their applications.

3) Able to identify, utilize or avoid recurring patterns within their relevant application stack.

4) Shows broad-scale systems-level thinking and implements appropriate technical architectures that enhance the fundamental enterprise architecture.

5) Expert at designing for testability.

6) Pragmatically define and refine standards.

Qualifications:

MS in Computer Sciences or related field or related, relevant experience.
7+ years experience in development
Expertise in server-side Java, application servers, object oriented design, JDBC, XML, HTTP, Web Services, Spring, Hibernate, Ant, and JUnit.
Very strong background in developing and delivering end to end Web-based eCommerce solutions for high traffic systems
Experience with high volume, high-availability multi-threaded distributed applications.
Strong interpersonal and communications skills, excellent analytical skills, flexibility, ability to plan and organize, responsiveness, creativity.
Demonstrated ability to perform in demanding multi-tasking environments.
Experience with Unix/Linux or similar Operating Systems, application servers, web servers and scripting languages.
Should be able to influence team members to take on Technical Debt and organize sessions to help understand the significance of reducing it.
Not be risk-averse when it comes to refactoring and committing major changes, keeping the larger Organization Architecture in mind.
Can represent the team in cross-functional forums and establish a good relationship outside the group within the technology and business sides.
Strong XP programming skills preferred
Experience with Agile is a huge plus (SCRUM, RUP, Kanban etc…..)

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4193/2013-4193/job

Sr Software Engineer #2013-4198 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4198

Posting Job Title

Sr Software Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Are you passionate about building amazing web experiences for customers? Does pushing the envelope of a Mobile web travel shopping experience excite you?

Orbitz Worldwide is a leader in the rapidly growing space of global, mobile commerce. Nearly a quarter of our hotel bookings are made via mobile devices and we recently ranked #4 in the 2013 edition of Internet Retailer's Mobile Commerce 400 list based on projected mobile sales in 2012 (highest-ranked full-service travel company and behind only Amazon, Apple, and Marriott).

Orbitz is looking for a smart, motivated and passionate Senior Software Engineer, who is interested in building complex applications using Java and database technologies that directly impact how our users interact with our site. In addition to developing technical depth and expanding technical breadth, they will also demonstrate broader business awareness and translate business need into technical reality. They recognize the need for rapid feedback and appropriately balance time, scope and quality in pursuit of delivering customer value and obtaining valuable feedback. They are responsible for consistently delivering high quality and functional software that serve the needs of our business and customers.

Responsibilities:

Design and develops enterprise level applications capable of supporting multiple points of sale on a unified platform within a 4-10 person cross-functional team that delivers work in two-week sprints.
Ensures that the team's acceptance criteria for stories and tasks is appropriate and being met universally.
Delivers unit and service tested code.
Shows mastery over their own applications running in production including: application performance, log files, monitoring and alarming, dependency (client & server) usage patterns, database and cache, configuration, debugging and profiling.
Forecasts, tests and measures their application's performance signature.
Leads peer design and code review sessions and teaches others by example on how to critique technical deliverables.
Adheres to technical standards and participates in standard evolution.
Provides support to their team’s applications and demonstrates a sense of ownership for the systems-level production applications. Capable of aiding and triaging complex production incidents.
Works as a team player with solid communication and presentation skills and help interpret technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
Keeps up to date with technology and presents useful technology recommendations.
Mentors junior developers and trains Quality Engineering associates with details of product testing.

Qualifications:

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
5+ years (minimum) of programming experience in Java with strong OO skills.
3-4 years of experience in large systems software design and development, with extensive knowledge of Unix/Linux.
Development experience with operational databases, JDBC, Oracle, PL/SQL.
Skilled in database architecture and design.
A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design.
Coding skills in Python or Ruby, Javascript/AJAX, JSP and knowledge of service oriented architectures are a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
Good understanding of algorithms and data structures, and their time and space performance.
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations.
Excellent problem-solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills; ability to work with minimum guidance and communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively.
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs and product strategy.
Proven ability to share knowledge through mentoring, reviewing code, reviewing design docs, giving technical talks, teaching classes or as a consultant on projects.

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https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4198/2013-4198/job

Feature Team Leader #2013-4245 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4245

Posting Job Title

Feature Team Leader

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

The Feature Team Lead Manager/Director delivers features that are meaningful to the customer and consistent with the product vision through the management of a team of software engineers. The Feature Team Lead Manager/Director is responsible for ensuring that the backlog of work for the team is well-defined with respect to scope, clarity of requirements, and acceptance criteria; that the team’s execution approach is operating effectively; that all production deliveries meet acceptance, operational, and quality criteria; and that they provide ongoing optimization and maintenance of their features post-release. In addition to the technical and execution leadership of the team, the Feature Team Lead Manager/Director has full managerial responsibility and oversight for a cross-functional group of engineering personnel, including the full employee lifecycle, performance reviews, and career management.

Responsibilities:

Guide, mentor, motivate and develop direct reports to help shape their career paths
Accountable for all architectural, technical, functional, performance, and operational aspects of the team's areas of responsibility
Own end-to-end feature delivery, having a business owner mindset, understand the business drivers of each feature, balance the needs of the business, and needs of internal, external stakeholders and customers.
Communicate effectively within the team and with all stakeholders by providing high quality visibility into planned and actual deliverables.
Ensure product quality through effective monitoring of quality trends, test automation, defect tracking and root cause analysis.

Qualifications:

5+ years of software development experience
2+ years of technical management experience
BS or MS in Computer Science preferred or equivalent experience
Experience with Agile software development methodology
Successfully demonstrated substantial cross-functional leadership in both technical and management areas
Strong interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated success in a team-based environment
Strategic in execution: setting goals that align with business, aggressively achieving those goals
Possesses a strong action and results orientation with the ability to work independently, be self-motivated and proactive in driving team objectives.
Travel Industry and ecommerce knowledge a plus

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4245/2013-4245/job

Data Warehouse DBA Manager #2013-4269 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4269

Posting Job Title

Data Warehouse DBA Manager

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Orbitz Worldwide is a leading online travel and technology company, but we didn’t need to tell you that—that’s why you want to work for us, right?

We’re the ones fighting for you to Take Vacation Back, because we believe no vacation day should go untraveled (it’s not just a slogan, we actually believe it). We offer a huge selection of low airfares and unbeatable hotel deals, with the inside scoop on everything to make your trip memorable—from the cheap, the cool, to the even cooler. We are looking for a Manager for our Data Warehouse DBA team.

The Manager for Data Warehouse DBA team must have the proven ability to lead a team of DBAs that are responsible for managing a mission critical data warehouse environment.

Responsibilities:

Proactively monitor both database and supporting hardware to ensure system health
Take accountability for the availability and accuracy of data warehouse data.
Plan and coordinate system upgrades.
Lead capacity planning and ensure proactive monitoring
Adhere to security requirements including SOX and PCI.
Effectively manage DBA team members onshore and offshore .
Participate in database related proof-of-concepts on new technologies
Maintain integration between DWH Database and Hadoop.
Part of an on-call team to provide system support of a 24x7 environment

Qualifications:

4+ years of experience in the field of Data Warehousing.
3+ years of experience as a Teradata or Greenplum DBA.
2+ years in similar management position.
Experience in working with offshore team members.
Excellent personal communication, leadership, organizational skills, and analytical skills.
Degree in Computer Science or related degree or related, equivalent experience

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4269/2013-4269/job

Sr Data Warehouse Architect #2013-4294 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4294

Posting Job Title

Sr Data Warehouse Architect

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Orbitz Worldwide is a leading online travel and technology company, but we didn’t need to tell you that—that’s why you want to work for us, right? Orbitz is currently looking for a Sr. BI Data architect to join our team based at Orbitz Worldwide’s headquarters in downtown Chicago.

This position works closely with BI Application Development, Operations, and Product teams, as well as business users at varying levels to understand business needs and priorities, assists the team through planning and implementation phases that align with business goals. The position reports to Feature Team Lead.

Responsibilities:

Solving critical business needs by modeling the business intelligence database environments. Logically and physically model source system and business intelligence databases and ensure the overall health and performance of the business intelligence database environment, conducting facilitated sessions, and working with developers to create database views as necessary.
Develops, manages, and updates data models, including physical and logical models of the data warehouse, data mart(s), staging area, and source systems (as necessary) to meet new and changing business requirements.
Serves as Subject Matter Expert in data modeling concepts (star schema, snowflake schemas, normalized & de-normalized data models), and familiar with data modeling tools such as Erwin. In addition to data warehouse analysis & design, particularly using the fact / qualifier models.
Coordinates new data development, ensuring consistency and integration with existing data warehouse structure.
Develops processes for capturing and maintaining metadata from all data warehousing components. Implements dimensional models, including aggregation and indexing strategies. Recommends strategy for database security.
Conducts ETL process architecture/design and sizing estimates for large scale data warehousing projects. Develops, tests, and implements extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) architecture.
Responsible for prototyping solutions, preparing test scripts, and conducting tests and for data replication, extraction, transformation, loading, cleansing, and data modeling for data warehouses.
Analyzes performance statistics and recommends improvements. Responsible for gathering and assessing business information needs and preparing requirements, driving requirements through to implementation. Demonstrated ability to evaluate new technology or methods in data warehousing/business intelligence and integrate these trends with the company’s strategic objectives to provide sound recommendations to data warehouse strategy.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar concentration, with Master’s Degree preferred.
5+ years of experience in data warehousing concepts, practices and procedures.
5+ years as a data warehouse data modeler, in addition to experience with data warehouse/business intelligence projects using Data Warehouse best practices.
Expert skills in the Business Intelligence architecture such as the ETL process, dimensional modeling, OLAP.
Good knowledge of ETL architecture & development process.
Experience in Data modeling tools such as Erwin and Leading ETL tools
Provides technical guidance and direction in defining the project/system level information technology and data architecture strategy.
Should possess strong architectural, communication skills, be goal oriented, and have a demonstrated ability to produce results
Strong experience in data analysis, data cleansing, and data transformation is required
Knowledge of Business Intelligence (BI, OLAP, and ROLAP) tools such as Microstrategy, Qlikview is plus.

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4294/2013-4294/job

Senior Software Development Engineer #2013-4368 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4368

Posting Job Title

Senior Software Development Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Do you wish to be part of a dynamic, innovative, fast-paced, technology organization to provide great value to customers purchasing travel across the globe? Do you wish to work with some of the best minds in the industry in delivering features and solving challenges everyday? If your answer is yes then come interview with us.

Responsibilities:

Applies generally accepted programming standards and techniques to assure efficient program logic and data manipulation.
Participates in designing, coding, testing, debugging, configuring, and documenting operating systems and software.
Analyzes and participates in reviews of software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Develops or provides work estimates based on analysis of requirements.
Consults with hardware engineers and other engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, and operational and performance requirements of overall system.
Develops alternative system and software designs.
Coordinates installation of software systems
Works in multiple code bases to deliver end-to-end functionality.
Communicates regularly or as needed to customer on progress of work products, deliverables and overall project status
Develops and maintains automated software tests.

Qualifications:

BS in Computer Sciences or related field or related, relevant experience.
5+ years of experience in Java or C++ development.
Prior experience collaborating with other developers on software development projects using industry standard techniques and methodologies.
Strong interpersonal and communications skills, excellent analytical skills, flexibility, ability to plan and organize, responsiveness, creativity.
Demonstrated ability to perform in demanding multi-tasking environments
Agile experience a plus
Exposure to open source technologies like couchbase, hadoop, apache SOLR is a plus

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4368/2013-4368/job

Data Center Engineer #2013-4382 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4382

Posting Job Title

Data Center Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

The role of Data Centre Technician is to provide assistance to the Data Centre
Supervisor, in building and maintaining an infrastructure to support our customers. They
will be responsible for the resolution of hardware and cabling issues, deployment of new systems and
decommisioning of systems. They will also be responsible for maintaining the data center asset records.

Responsibilities:

· Install and maintain servers as our customers grow
· Respond, action and resolve requests / faults logged both internally and externally
· Install switches, routers and network hardware
· Fix broken servers and cabling

- Maintain asset records
· General housekeeping to maintain a clean and tidy environment
· Escalation of problems and issues to other Operations Teams as necessary
· Work closely with 3rd party service providers

Qualifications:

The candidate must be able to demonstrate:
· Ability to work both independently with little supervision as well as in a team
environment
· Experience in installing server and network hardware

- Experience installing fiber and copper cable and cable systems

- Experience in trouble shooting and repairing server hardware and cabling
· A general understanding of networking

- A general understanding of data center design and layout
· Working in an customer thinking environment
· Familiarity with all computer systems
· Excellent technical skills
· Ability to learn quickly and address issues as they arise during normal working

- Familiarity with Change Managment and Inventory Systems

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4382/2013-4382/job

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Platform Delivery Engineer #2013-4425 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4425

Posting Job Title

Platform Delivery Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

As a Platform Delivery Engineer, the ideal candidate will have experience designing, building and supporting highly-available hosting environments for large scale web sites within a virtual private cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate with teams across OWW to plan, coordinate and carryout tasks and projects for our various environments. Your focus will be on proactive system administration, orchestration, and detection of issues and vulnerabilities. We value dedicated, enthusiastic, and energetic teammates who are serious about their careers and who value a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities:

Be consistently proactive about identifying risks, vulnerabilities, and issues in our environments which you then collaboratively drive to mitigation
Act as Unix/Linux virtual system administrator
Use application monitoring tools for monitoring, alerting, diagnosis, and troubleshooting of network, application and server issues within the virtual cloud.
Plan and execute deployment of new capacity and manage various deployments of virtual cluster hosts.
Perform cluster and site performance analysis
Act as 3rd or 4th level support for incidents escalated from our Service Operations Center and Site Reliability Engineering.
Use change management tools and processes for environment configuration management and communication
Create infrastructure documentation as well as Standard Operating Procedures which will be used by support teams
Automate repetitive tasks to eliminate manual work where possible
Monitor application logs for errors and help in problem resolution and root cause analysis
Ensure security of our environments by adhering to security guidelines and requirements; as well as working directly with OWW’s security team to proactively identify and manage security risks
Act as technical consult and support for various projects throughout the organization

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, relevant field, or equivalent field experience.
Minimum of 5 years experience as a systems administrator and operations engineer in a Unix/Linux environment
Minimum 2 years solid experience with virtualization technologies (private cloud preferred)
Solid experience with Unix/Linux, Tomcat, Apache, FTP, TCP/IP, and SSH
Experience with Software Configuration Management (CVS, AccuRev, Git, or similar)
Experience with Oracle and SQL (data manipulation and conversion, import, and export)
Proven problem solver
Proven ability / experience with virtualization platforms and clustering( CloudStack, Open Stack, VMWare, KVM, etc)
Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Bugzilla, Jira and Wiki
Ability to learn new tools and technologies quickly
Ability to use individual judgment quickly prioritize and manage multiple assignments simultaneously based on goals of the organization
Excellent attention to detail
Responsive and proactive troubleshooter
Excellent communication and organization skills
Ability to work well as a team player and collaborate with others to identify and execute optimal outcomes
Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing proposals, making presentations to customers or management, and working closely with a wide range of individuals

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4425/2013-4425/job

Android Software Engineer #2013-4436 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4436

Posting Job Title

Android Software Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

The Orbitz Worldwide Android team has been hauling for over a year now and we are looking for someone to join the team. We are literally reinventing travel as we speak. Right now, as you are reading this we are doing green field, native Android app development and are looking for your input. We are a small, but lethal team. Our latest release, the “Hotels by Orbitz” Android app was a Google Play staff pick and maintains a 4.5 star rating from consumers. Today, the team has four developers as well as dedicated design, qa and product. We are looking for someone who wants to contribute to not only the code base, but the team. Your ideas can and will be added to the product roadmap. Orbitz Worldwide is a leader in global, mobile commerce. More than 20% of Orbitz hotel bookings are made via mobile devices and we were ranked #4 in the 2013 edition of Internet Retailer’s Mobile Commerce 400 list based on projected mobile sales in 2012 (highest-ranked full-service travel company and behind only Amazon, Apple, and Marriott). This is an amazing opportunity as your code will be used by millions of our customers around the world.

Responsibilities:

So, what is a typical day like?

Most of your day will be spend coding and collaborating with the team. You'll be provided a Mac and can use the tools you want to be productive. We use git. There are Android devices at everyone's desk. You will collaborate with other development teams too (the iOS team sits right next to us).

Our team has defined an agile process that works for us. We have a daily standup each morning. Every other week we demo changes, have a retrospective and plan our next sprint. Our team defined this process and we are constantly evaluating it to make the team productive and fun.

Qualifications:

Android (huge plus, but not required)
Java and/or relevant object oriented programming
Ruby/Rails (plus but not required)
Linux
Git
Above all, we are looking for a good person who cares about what they are working on and who is passionate about technology.

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4436/2013-4436/job

Lead Software Engineer #2013-4457 | Orbitz, LLC | US-IL-Chicago

2013-4457

Posting Job Title

Lead Software Engineer

Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Category

Technology

More information about this job:

Overview:

Orbitz is currently looking for a Lead Engineer to take a technical leadership role on one of our feature teams.

Responsibilities:

Qualifications:

Technical Depth:

Expert in a relevant open source and/or licensed software technology. Demonstrated by certifications, publications, contributions, speaking engagements, and hard-earned production experience.
Capable of triaging a production incident for their own applications in addition to all layers above and below their applications.
Able to identify, utilize or avoid recurring patterns within their relevant application stack.
Shows broad-scale systems-level thinking and implements appropriate technical architectures that enhance the fundamental enterprise architecture.
Expert at designing for testability.
Pragmatically define and refine standards.

Qualifications:

MS in Computer Sciences or related field or related, relevant experience.
7+ years experience in development
Expertise in server-side Java, application servers, object oriented design, JDBC, XML, HTTP, Web Services, Spring, Hibernate, Ant, and JUnit.
Experience with high volume, high-availability multi-threaded distributed applications.
Strong interpersonal and communications skills, excellent analytical skills, flexibility, ability to plan and organize, responsiveness, creativity.
Demonstrated ability to perform in demanding multi-tasking environments.
Experience with Unix/Linux or similar Operating Systems, application servers, web servers and scripting languages.
Experience in modeling databases & writing complex, performance efficient SQL queries, & mentoring junior level staff.
Strong XP programming skills preferred
Experience with Agile (SCRUM, RUP, Kanban etc…..)

https://careers-orbitz.icims.com/jobs/4457/2013-4457/job

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