by Ronald Barron | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Community Coordinator
Remote (Coding Experience Required)
90-Stakeholder Engagement and Membership · San Francisco, California
Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving positive impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry. It guides a growing community of brands, manufacturers, and farmers towards more purposeful production from the very start of the supply chain.
By 2030, its goal is to guide the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production. Its focus is holistic and interconnected, accelerating the adoption of practices that improve the state of our water, soil health, and biodiversity too.
For real change to happen, everyone needs a clear path to positive impact. That is why Textile Exchange believes that approachable, step-by-step instruction paired with collective action can change the system to make preferred materials and fibers an accessible default, mobilizing leaders through attainable strategies, proven solutions, and a driven community.
We work remotely with a team located in 20+ countries. We are a diverse group committed to harnessing the strengths of the global textile industry to accelerate change toward climate and other key environmental goals. We work collaboratively on important environmental issues around the world by working and interacting with farming groups, processors, brands, retailers, and environmental experts in the textile and fashion industries around the world. We offer an opportunity to join a cutting-edge global environmental nonprofit and to help strengthen the impact of our organization. Each Textile Exchange employee is offered a competitive compensation package with paid time off, yearly bonus, opportunities for continuing education, and more.
Job Summary
Textile Exchange is looking for a Community Coordinator that will provide technical assistance for our members’ online community, The Hub. This position is a full-time role, reporting to the Community Manager. This role will work closely with our platform provider, Higher Logic, to manage support tickets to ensure an effective and thriving community. This role will also support our community and community admins by providing technical assistance and training on best practices using our community platform. We are looking for a team-player that has strong time management skills, a keen eye for detail, and relevant experience in online communities and coding (HTML, CSS, JavaScript.)
Duties and Responsibilities
- Monitor and participate in the community daily. Nurture all communities across our platform to ensure they are getting the attention they need to thrive.
- Manage support tickets with Higher Logic, troubleshoot glitches, and provide community access assistance.
- Enforce community policies, manage any disruptions, violations or issues that occur in the community.
- Provide community admins training and support.
- Proactive management of the community by making sure contacts and permissions are updated.
- Participate in online webinars to build community and boost brand awareness.
- Improve organization and use of our internal project management tool, ClickUp.
Additional content-related responsibilities
- Work alongside our communications team to create impactful content to educate, inspire, and galvanize our community while ensuring brand consistency.
- Keep community calendars and site links updated.
- Archive and organize community resources.
- Work with the Website Specialist to ensure file accuracy across platforms.
Additional tech-related responsibilities
- Working knowledge of CSS and JavaScript to make design adjustments to the community site.
- Flag and escalate potential product or service issues as they arise.
- Support the roll out of new applications and tools for external communities.
- Create technical documentation to guide future development projects.
- Identify areas of business process improvement for existing manual processes and develop scripted automations.
Minimum Experience and Qualifications
- Working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript is required.
- Experience working with online communities strongly preferred
- Strong time management skills and experience organizing multiple tasks and deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work in a diverse, global, virtual environment.
- Experience in delivering excellence in a customer service environment is preferred.
- Experience creating written and digital skill development and training materials is preferred.
- Exceptional English writing skills in a personable yet professional tone.
- Ability to work in a team, and independently; self-directed and proactive.
- Experience in Google Analytics is a plus.
- Fluency in additional languages is a plus.
- Undergraduate degree in web design or related field is a plus.
- Location: Los Angeles Metro, CA, USA, preferred but not required.
Employment Package
- Full-Time Position, 40 Hours a Week
- Location: Virtual/Remote
- Salary Range: $38,000 – $46,000 USD Dependent on experience
- Start Date: As Soon as Available
- Our offers for salary and benefits are dependent on the region of the final candidate. We post most positions based on a US-based Team member but final offers are done in alignment with the final candidate’s permanent residence and in line with Textile Exchange’s regional employment package.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Director, Product Design
UNITED STATES
DESIGN
FULL TIME EXEMPT
REMOTE
Dave (Nasdaq: DAVE) is on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field. Our banking app helps millions of members bank, budget, find work, build credit, and access up to $500 advances without paying a fee. With a growing suite of tools and services, we provide a superior banking experience for anyone living paycheck to paycheck. We’re looking for high performers to be part of our journey to bring access to financial opportunity for everyone.
The Director of Design at Dave is a strategic leader responsible for driving the design vision and direction for the company. This role will lead and manage a team of designers, working closely with cross-functional teams to create innovative and engaging experiences for our users. The Director of Design will be responsible for defining and implementing our design vision, ensuring that our products are intuitive, user-centered, and aesthetically appealing.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and communicate a clear design strategy and vision that aligns with the company’s strategic goals and OKRs. This should include measurable outcomes and goals that can be used to evaluate the success of the design function.
- Prioritize building, developing, and mentoring the team to ensure we have the roles and skill set to support company goals, with a commitment to inclusivity, diversity, and employee engagement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, and marketing, to ensure that design is integrated into the product development process.
- Define and implement the company’s design vision, incorporating user-centered design principles and the latest trends and best practices in UX and Product Design.
- Ensure an efficient and effective design process, delivering high-quality work that meets user needs and expectations.
- Incorporate empathy and user understanding into the design process, creating intuitive, engaging, and aesthetically appealing products.
- Inspire and elevate the level of craft within the design team, promoting a passion for design excellence and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
What You’ll Need:
- 10+ years of design experience with a strong track record in leading teams and delivering high-quality design work
- Previous direct experience in people management and professional development; demonstrated ability to build, manage, develop, and motivate a team; preferably has led a team of managers
- Proven experience leading the design vision and direction for a company or product.
- Strong experience in user-centered design, with a deep understanding of user needs and behaviors.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
- Strong understanding of design systems and experience working within a consistent and coherent design system.
- Strong familiarity with the software development process, including experience collaborating with engineers and understanding technical constraints and limitations in the implementation of design work.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to find creative solutions to complex design challenges.
Don’t let imposter syndrome get in your way of an incredible opportunity. We’re looking for people who can help us achieve our mission and vision, not just check off the boxes. If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
Why you’ll love working here:
At Dave, our people are just as important as our product. Our culture is a reflection of our values that guide who we are, how we work, and what we aspire to be. Daves are member centric, helpful, transparent, persistent, and better together. We strive to create an environment where all Daves feel valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work. As a virtual first company, team members can live and work anywhere in the United States, with the exception of Hawaii.
A few of our benefits & perks:
- Opportunity to tackle tough challenges, learn and grow from fellow top talent, and help millions of people reach their personal financial goals
- Flexible hours and virtual first work culture with a home office stipend
- Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans
- Generous paid parental and caregiver leave
- 401(k) savings plan with matching contributions
- Financial advisor and financial wellness support
- Flexible PTO and generous company holidays, including Juneteenth and Winter Break
- All-company in-person events once or twice a year and virtual events throughout to connect with your team members and leadership team
Dave, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants and do not discriminate on any basis protected by federal, state, or local law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant’s criminal history.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Product Designer
REMOTE WITHIN UNITED STATES
P&E – DESIGN
FULL-TIME
Founded in 2018 and based in NYC, The Block is the leading research, analysis, and news brand in the digital asset space. The Block’s team is spread across 5 continents and 15+ countries, covering the global cryptocurrency space 24/7.
At The Block, we see digital assets as a ubiquitous part of the future. As this space continues to evolve, we view our role as the trusted moderator and authoritative voice for those who invest in, work with, make decisions about, or seek to understand digital assets.
We are seeking a Product Designer with strong UX/UI skills to join our growing Design team. In this role, you will be responsible for creating user-centered designs that are both visually appealing and highly functional. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business goals, user needs, and technological capabilities to design creative solutions that help us to deliver best-in-market products. You will have the opportunity to own specific product features end-to-end, from conception to delivery. We are seeking someone with a strong creative vision that will help us to look critically at our products from the inside out as we continue to iterate and improve the overall experience.
If you’re a highly motivated person that is seeking an opportunity to have a real impact on a growing team and you enjoy solving complex design problems, creating user-centered designs, and have a strong portfolio that demonstrates your expertise in Figma, Prototyping, and UX/UI design, we encourage you to apply for this position.
The hiring range for this role is $120,000 – $140,000 in base salary, plus equity and benefits. Base salary pay within the provided range will be refined based on candidate’s experience and location.
Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of your work. You will be expected to outline the vision, goals, and timeline to delivery of specific product features. This will include defining the scope, setting priorities, and identifying metrics for success.
- Conduct research to understand user needs, market trends, and competitor offerings.
- Design concepts and prototypes that translate strategy into tangible outputs. This includes designing user interfaces, interactions, and experiences that are intuitive, accessible, and delightful.
- Conduct user tests and gather feedback to validate the design and identify areas for improvement. This includes iterating on the design based on the feedback received.
- Document the design decisions, processes, and outcomes to ensure transparency and knowledge sharing within the team and the company.
- Provide design support to development teams during implementation. This includes doing visual quality assurance as designs are translated into code.
- Develop and maintain design guidelines, patterns, and templates.
- Continuously improve design processes and methodologies.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in product design with a focus on UX/UI design.
- Expert-level proficiency in Figma.
- Experience with prototyping and design systems.
- Solid understanding of responsive web design principles and best practices.
- Understanding of user-centered design principles and design thinking methodology.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to inspect designs in a browser and identify CSS improvements to ensure pixel-perfect execution.
The following qualifications are not required, but are nice to have:
- Experience designing FinTech products.
- Experience designing B2B products.
- Interest or experience in cryptocurrency or alternative assets.
- Experience designing data visualizations.
Who We Are: The culture of The Block lies in our key behaviors. It’s who we are and it’s how we show up everyday.
We are confidently humble. We jump in and roll up our sleeves. We know there’s always more to learn and we operate without egos.
We are actionably curious. We strive to be an expert in our field and always seek opportunities to expand our knowledge and skill set. We put our learnings into practice every day.
We practice tenacious ownership. Every day when we show up we are contributors, teammates, and owners. We rotate through those three hats with agility and without sacrificing accountability or consistency.
We practice respectful partnership. We treat others as we’d expect to be treated – with respect, concern, understanding, and patience.
Why You Should Work Here:
We take care of our employees and we have the benefits and perks to support it. Our full-time, US based employees are eligible for Unlimited PTO, remote first environment, high health plan employer contributions, monthly wellness stipend, generous parental leave policy, 401k match, fitness partnerships, fertility benefits, One Medical membership and citibike membership.
We’re a remote first company which allows us to hire the best person for the job regardless of location.
Impactful work. Regardless of your role at The Block you’re making a meaningful contribution to our mission in accelerating the evolution of financial systems through independent reporting and technical research of all projects influencing the future of financial services.
What Else Should You Know?
The Block is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
During our application process we collect completely anonymous diversity information. Providing this information is voluntary but we want you to know what we do with it. We use the data to ensure that our recruiting practices are bringing diverse talent to the organization and we are reacting where we are coming up short. We strive to use the data to ensure we have the tools and resources for all employees both during the interview process and should those employees choose to join us at The Block.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Enterprise Solutions Architect- Remote
Malaysia, NA
Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving positive impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry. It guides a growing community of brands, manufacturers, and farmers towards more purposeful production from the very start of the supply chain.
By 2030, its goal is to guide the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within fiber and raw material production. Its focus is holistic and interconnected, accelerating the adoption of practices that improve the state of our water, soil health, and biodiversity too.
Working at Textile Exchange
We work remotely with a team located in 20+ countries. We are a diverse group committed to harnessing the strengths of the global textile industry to accelerate change toward climate and other key environmental goals. We work collaboratively on important environmental issues around the world by working and interacting with farming groups, processors, brands, retailers, and environmental experts in the textile and fashion industries around the world. We offer an opportunity to join a cutting-edge global environmental nonprofit and to help strengthen the impact of our organization. Each Textile Exchange employee is offered a competitive compensation package with paid time off, yearly bonus, opportunities for continuing education, and more.
Job Summary
This role is responsible for Textile Exchange’s overall applications and solutions architecture. The ideal candidate keeps up with the technology innovations, trends, and developments in the sustainable textile sector, and research, reviews, and recommends improvements on Textile Exchange’s solutions offering from the perspective of design, integration, and technical fit with other Textile Exchange digital strategy and existing architecture.
The Enterprise Solution Architect will work with the Director of Data and Technology to oversee all planning, designing and implementation of all enterprise solutions and applications.
Like all roles at Textile Exchange, the role will be home-based with some travel required. Candidates must be available to work across Asian, European and US time zones.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Keep up and champion technology innovation and development in the sustainable textile sector, particularly around data exchange, traceability, provenance, and proof of impact.
- Responsible for Textile Exchange’s solution architecture and the planning, design, development and maintenance of all applications and solutions.
- Ensure the design and development of Textile Exchange’s solution fits the data ecosystem and supports data needs in the sector.
- Ensure the smooth operation of data ingestion, pipeline and reporting in the Enterprise Data Platform and the integration with front end UI.
- Troubleshoot and address any break-fix needs in solutions and applications.
- Manage the technical team and external consultants and solution providers for overall technical delivery.
- Defines and manages data governance designs from the technical perspective.
- Develop and maintain enterprise architecture design, models, roadmap, and other technical documentations.
Job Requirements
- 3-5 years’ experience in similar role or capacity.
- 8-10 years’ experience in software development and implementation.
- Experienced in solutioning Azure cloud-based Enterprise Data Solution.
- Experienced in areas such as application design and development, application integration, middleware, database management or operations, information security, technical architecture, network management, and mobility.
- Demonstrates well-rounded technology experience/exposure including data collection systems, contact management systems, financial management systems, traceability systems etc.
- Strong thought leader who will champion innovative solutions in data exchange, traceability, provenance, and proof of impact.
- Proven ability to develop detailed solution designs.
- Experience in waterfall and agile development methodologies.
- Solid understanding of multiple disciplines such as operating systems, visualization, networking, integration, software development, endpoint devices, security, and cloud services.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent from a reputable university in Information Technology or Computer Science or equivalent discipline.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills, including communicating technical issues and complex solutions to non-technical audiences.
- Strong organizational, analytical ability, judgment, and problem analysis techniques with attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and have strong interpersonal skills to work effectively in a cross functional team.
Employment Package
- Reports to: Director of Data & Technology
- Full Time Position, 40 hours a week
- Location: Virtual / remote
- Salary Range: US $70,000 110,000 per year
- Textile Exchange is currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits. Candidates need to have existing right to work in nominated working location.
- Our offers for salary and benefits are dependent on the region of the final candidate. We post most positions based on a US-based Team member but final offers are done in alignment with the final candidate’s permanent residence and in line with Textile Exchange’s regional employment package.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Cyber Security Automation Engineer
locations Gaithersburg, MD
6314 Remote/Teleworker US
time type Full time
job requisition id R-00106463
Job Description:
This is an opportunity to join a team of highly skilled and innovative network defenders, and the best group of individuals out there. Leidos’ Cybersecurity Intelligence and Response Team (CSIRT) has an immediate opening for a motivated Cyber Security Automation Engineer. Leidos is an international company made up of 45,000 employees that provides Defense, Intelligence and Health Products to our customers. Our goal is to stay ahead of and maintain a technical advantage over our adversaries using the latest technical advancements, including custom built cybersecurity capabilities. As a key part of the team, your responsibilities will include leading the deployment and maintenance of all automation within the CSIRT intrusions team. You will support cyber incidents by reducing response and analysis time by creating automations within our technology stack. In this position, you will have the ability to grow through training opportunities and cross train with Cyber Defense Analysts in an effort to support Incident Response. You will lead others in driving technical solutions in automation and integration projects. You will also be able to progress through attending conferences and collaboration with industry peers and adjacent parts of our business. You will be challenged and provided a tremendous opportunity for growth in a highly collaborative and supportive environment.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead technical implementation of automation operations for the CSIRT intrusions team.
- Ability to create documentation and implement automation playbooks using Intelligence Driven Defense, and Defense in Depth methodologies.
- Ability to communicate effectively in crisis situations with all levels of the organization.
- Support enterprise incident response efforts.
- Employ automation of advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction and intelligence gathering.
- Proactively research emerging cyber threats. Apply analytical understanding of attacker methodologies and tactics, system vulnerabilities, and key indicators of attacks and exploits.
- Collaborate using information and knowledge sharing networks and professional relationships to achieve common goals.
- Provide on-call support for incident response efforts outside of core hours, as needed.
- Mentor junior and senior team mates technically and conceptually
- Lead groups of all sizes within the team for strategic efforts, including long-term projects and incident response
- Drive advanced countermeasures through to completion
- Innovate and deliver new types of countermeasures
- Increase the outreach of the team internally and externally through shared intelligence and presentations
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- BS Degree and 8+ years relevant experience in cyber security or network defense; or 5+ years relevant experience with relevant certifications (CISSP, SANS GIAC, CEH, etc.)
- Experience in cyber security engineering automation and orchestration platforms, specifically XSOAR.
- Experience in debugging software and determining the root cause.
- Programming experience in Python.
- Experience and familiarity with IDS/IPS, SIEM, Splunk and endpoint solutions specifically Crowd Strike.
- Experience in supporting and contributing to incident response activities
- Strong understanding of Operating Systems and Network Protocols.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Windows administrative tools, and the Unix/Linux command line.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Understanding of behavioral based threat models, including ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, etc.
- Experience with Splunk (preferred) or other SIEM-type platform
- Experience in conventional network\host-based intrusion analysis, digital forensics, or malware analysis
- Capable and comfortable communicating actionable threat intelligence to both technical and executive-level stakeholders.
- Experience defending large cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, etc.)
- Experience developing solutions in the cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.)
- Experience using and integrating with various open-source intelligence (OSINT) sources.
- Ability to create, modify, and implement both Snort and YARA signatures.
- Published research papers at conferences or through other mediums (blogs, articles).
- Working knowledge of Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), Computer Network Attack (CNA) and Computer Network Defense (CND) tools and techniques.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $78,000.00 – $120,000.00 – $162,000.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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