by Ronald Barron | May 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: Vitalant
As an essential operation to the nation’s healthcare infrastructure and a science-based organization, Vitalant believes that being vaccinated helps provide protection and care for our employees, our donors, their families, and the broader community. With this in mind, Vitalant requires employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. Individuals applying for this position should be prepared to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination mandates of Vitalant and accordingly, will need to be vaccinated as of first date of employment unless an approved exemption exists prior to start.
This position can be located remotely anywhere in the United States
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
Under minimal supervision, this position is responsible for both functional business support and application technical support of multiple assigned applications. Serves as an internal consultant to resolve functional and/or technical problems; supports the design, construction, testing and implementation phases of a system and/or upgrade project; recommends improvements to vendor strategy, application usage or process.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Performs all assigned duties in compliance with internal SOPs and external regulations. Brings compliance issues to the attention of management.
Assures high-quality customer service to all customers.
Maintains good attendance and punctuality per the absence policy.
May assist with coordination of workflow, training, and mentoring of support staff, as required
Evaluates and recommends business process improvements within the scope of supported business applications.
Complies with and manages change control processes through project completion. Ensures that design standards and conventions are adhered to and continually improved.
Develops, reviews, and elicits requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution and develops functional design specifications.
Plans and manages testing activities to ensure quality results including development of testing methodology, development of testing plans and scripts, execution and review of testing.
Plans, develops, implements, and maintains assigned applications including setup and parameter changes to meet evolving business and user needs.
Remains abreast of changes and developments in the industry. Establishes and maintains a network of professional relationships both inside and outside the corporation. Represents BSI through participation in national, regional and/or local professional organizations.
Plans, develops, implements and maintains security roles and responsibilities to meet evolving business and user needs in accordance with regulatory requirements and best practices.
Delivers presentations, communicates relevant project information to management and peers in other practices, and serves as key participant in team and customer meetings.
Interfaces with staff to ensure project completion (e.g., shares knowledge and best practices, ensures effective communication).
Serves as a support resource and subject matter expert for assigned applications.
Develops and manages vendor relationships to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
Performs all other duties, at the discretion of management, as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
Knowledge/Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Knowledge of automated applications systems, system development life cycle, and project management principles required.
Knowledge of applicable business application(s) required.
Licenses/Certifications
None
Experience
Five years of specific business applications experience required.
To include:
Five years progressively responsible experience in Business Systems Consulting, Information Technology, Project Lead, or equivalent.
Experience with system implementations, upgrades, ERP implementations, application configuration, systems analysis, requirements definition, unit/functional/system integration testing, and production support.
Skills/Abilities
Must possess the skills and abilities to successfully perform all assigned duties and responsibilities.
Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Able to organize, prioritize, and execute a variable workload and multiple priorities.
Must have good customer service and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work in a team environment and participate as an active team member.
Must have analytical, statistical, personal organization, and problem-solving skills.
Able to work flexible shifts, as needed.
Must have proficient computer skills.
Salary Range: $86,174 – $117,042
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by Ronald Barron | May 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: Lincoln Financial Group
General Purpose of Job
This position will perform and deliver on routine assignments/projects while simultaneously leveraging and applying knowledge of their assigned area(s) of application development responsibility. They will develop innovative business solutions by creating new applications, modifying existing applications and providing post production support. They will deliver business application software solutions following the system development life cycle process.
Duties and Responsibilities
Analyzes systems specifications of existing programs to determine requirements.
Analyzes, designs, codes, debugs, integrates and tests software application solutions for systems.
Collaborates with internal stakeholders and IT to develop and understand requirements and expectations to achieve quality technical solutions.
Communicates effectively with internal stakeholders and management.
Creates technical specifications from business requirements/business specifications.
Defines detailed development tasks, task dependencies and estimates to complete work.
Documents programs and procedures.
Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented.
Identifies and communicates to management process improvements that reduce workloads or improve quality for their assigned area(s) of responsibility.
Investigates and resolves problems including providing support for production systems in a timely manner.
Maintains knowledge on current and emerging developments/trends for assigned area(s) of responsibility, assesses the impact, and collaborates with management to incorporate new trends and developments in current and future solutions.
Participates in the requirements, design and coding walkthroughs to ensure the development of quality solutions.
Performs and delivers on routine assignments/projects while simultaneously leveraging and applying knowledge of their assigned area(s) of responsibility.
Prepares and/or generates test data.
Proactively identifies problems and presents/develops solutions
Promotes and enhances organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and/or departmental/enterprise initiatives within assigned area(s) of responsibility.
Provides input to appropriate project team members/internal stakeholders regarding project plans, test plans and implementation plans.
Supports, applies and adheres to LFG standards and processes, including change management and project management methodology.
Tests program changes thoroughly to ensure accuracy.
Additional Position Responsibilities
Carries out duties in compliance with all state and federal regulations and guidelines. Complies with all company and site policies and procedures.
Makes a positive contribution as demonstrated by: – Making suggestions for improvement – Learning new skills, procedures and processes
Performs other duties as required.
Remains current in profession and industry trends.
Other Skills and Abilities
Ability to perform under stress in cases of emergency, critical or hazardous situations.
Ability to work with others in a team environment.
Demonstrated solid relationship management skills with internal clients (e.g. management, peers and colleagues).
Demonstrates excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and multi-task while maintaining strict attention to detail.
Demonstrates solid project management skills including, critical ability to coordinate and balance multiple projects in a time-sensitive environment, under pressure, and meeting deadlines.
Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative style.
Demonstrates the ability to use sound judgment and discretion regarding confidential information.
Finds common ground and can gain collaboration among management, colleagues and peers; can influence outcomes without directing or commanding.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Successfully completes regulatory and job training requirements.
Education
4 Year/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelors)_Minimum Required
4 Year/Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) – Minimum Required in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology or Computer Engineering
Experience
1 – 3+ Years experience in application development that directly aligns with the specific responsibilities for this position (Required )
What’s it like to work here?
At Lincoln Financial Group, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future.
What’s in it for YOU:
- A clearly defined career framework to help you successfully manage your career
- Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
- PTO/parental leave
- Competitive 401K and employee benefits
- Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
- Tuition assistance program
- A leadership team that prioritizes your health and well-being; offering a remote work environment and flexible work hybrid situations
- Effective productivity/technology tools and training
Work Arrangement
Work from Home : Employees will work from home and are not required to work in a Lincoln office on a regular basis.
Lincoln will evaluate the following when setting the successful candidate’s wage rate:
Prior work or industry experience.
Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
Unique skills
About The Company
Lincoln Financial Group, a Fortune 200 company with over 10,000 employees, provides advice and solutions that help empower Americans to take charge of their financial lives with confidence. Our core business areas Life Insurance, Annuities, Retirement Plan Services and Group Protection focus on supporting, preserving and enhancing over 17 million customer’s lifestyles and retirement outcomes.
Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) and its affiliates. The company had $324 billion in end-of-period account values as of June 30, 2021.
Ranked one of the Best Large Employers in America and Best Employers for Women by Forbes magazine as well as one of Newsweek’s Most Responsible Companies, Lincoln Financial Group makes a serious investment in our employees’ futures through a broad range of wealth accumulation and protection plans, health and wellness programs, and career development resources designed to help each individual reach their personal and professional goals.
Lincoln is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Lincoln Financial Group is a committed corporate citizen included on major sustainability indices including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America and FTSE4Good. Dedicated to diversity and inclusion, we earned perfect 100 percent scores on the Corporate Equality Index and the Disability Equality Index. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
Be Aware of Fraudulent Recruiting Activities
If you are interested in a career at Lincoln, we encourage you to review our current openings and apply on our website. Lincoln values the privacy and security of every applicant and urges all applicants to diligently protect their sensitive personal information from scams targeting job seekers. These scams can take many forms including fake employment applications, bogus interviews and falsified offer letters.
Lincoln will not ask applicants to provide their social security numbers, date of birth, bank account information or other sensitive information in job applications. Additionally, our recruiters do not communicate with applicants through free e-mail accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or conduct interviews utilizing video chat rooms. We will never ask applicants to provide payment during the hiring process or extend an offer without conducting a phone, live video or in-person interview.
Additional Information
This position may be subject to Lincoln’s Political Contribution Policy. An offer of employment may be contingent upon disclosing to Lincoln the details of certain political contributions. Lincoln may decline to extend an offer or terminate employment for this role if it determines political contributions made could have an adverse impact on Lincoln’s current or future business interests, misrepresentations were made, or for failure to fully disclose applicable political contributions and or fundraising activities.
Any unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles submitted through our web site or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Lincoln Financial Group are considered property of Lincoln Financial Group and are not subject to payment of agency fees.
Lincoln Financial Group (“LFG”) is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, Veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications.
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by Ronald Barron | May 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: Pearson
As part of the Pearson Virtual Schools Analytics Center of Excellence team you’ll be tasked with an exciting opportunity to show off your skills within a growing Analytics team. You will be able jump into the current EDW project and will have expert experience with all big-tech data management tools. You will have advanced experience with SQL and Python to cut and join data from multiple sources and provide actionable insights to the business. This candidate will have experience in Business Intelligence and Tableau/Server and other data viz tools where they can develop, scale, and distribute KPIs and metric reporting that supports the business across various channels and orgs. You’ll empower forward thinking within the organization by providing data insights that think outside the box and offer new ways to look at the business.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assist with the execution of the long-term data platform to facilitate a Business Intelligence lens across multiple lines of business
- Act as a point of contract for Business Intelligence across the broader PVS organization
- Help provide a deeper level of insights from all areas of the business to gain a deeper understanding of what drives business value and what drives incremental revenue
- Champion a test and learn approach to data informed decisions for all channel owners
- Handle project-oriented responsibilities and on-going process improvement initiatives
- Other duties as assigned
Pearson Virtual Schools is focused on providing a flexible work environment for its employees, including the ability to work from home on a regular basis in most positions. We believe that flexibility in work/life balance is a critical part of our culture and employee satisfaction, and we are proud to provide to our employees the ability to work from anywhere. In exchange, we require that employees have the appropriate means to work remotely, including but not limited to privacy of records, technology standards, equipment standards and expectations.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- 3-5 years’ experience in a B2C/D2C business in big-tech data management including but not limited to: data clustering, ETL, data structuring best practices, master data schemas, BI, etc.
- Hands-on experience with Big Query/GCP (preferred), Snowflake or comparable big-tech data tools
- Extensive hands-on experience with Tableau Desktop/Server with the ability to develop deeply insightful dashboards for business stakeholders across a wide range of areas
- Extensive experience with SQL, Python, and other mainstream programming languages, in addition to script repositories within GCP
- Ability to tell a story around data for Business Intelligence layer of the org and have a mind for success
- Extensive experience landing large data sets (for a large-scale Brand) from multiple sources to a single source of truth via ETL
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, technology-based environment with the ability to handle multiple projects
- A self-starter with a strong work ethic, who can work independently, or as a member of a team
- Willingness to learn new technology with ability to deal with and manage through ambiguity
- Ability to derive deep insights from data analyses for business stakeholders to empower data informed decisions and the willingness to take on new challenges
- Must thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment, with ability to manage multiple, competing priorities
Key Capabilities:
- Customer Centric – Acts with a strong customer mindset (both internal and external) and is a visible advocate for the customer. Builds strong relationships with customers and uses those to improve their experience and outcomes
- Delivering Results – A strong track record of delivering against commitments
- Communications – A great communicator who engages teams and stakeholders with thoughtful delivery and messages that resonate
- Works well in a matrix – Models collaboration, solves problems with peers, builds trust and support
- Takes personal responsibility – Can be relied on to complete tasks timely and well, demonstrates “ownership†regardless of the outcome, proactive in exploring and exploiting new opportunities
Behaviors:
- High level of integrity and transparency
- Is accountable, takes initiative and is proactive
- High degree of flexibility
- Positive attitude
- Evidence of a strong work ethic
- Demonstrated team player
As required by the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, Pearson provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the state of Colorado only , the range of starting pay for this role is $95,000.
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by Ronald Barron | May 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: Vitalant
As an essential operation to the nation’s healthcare infrastructure and a science-based organization, Vitalant believes that being vaccinated helps provide protection and care for our employees, our donors, their families, and the broader community. With this in mind, Vitalant requires employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. Individuals applying for this position should be prepared to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination mandates of Vitalant and accordingly, will need to be vaccinated as of first date of employment unless an approved exemption exists prior to start.
This position can be located remotely anywhere in the United States
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
Under minimal supervision, this position is responsible for both functional business support and application technical support of multiple assigned applications. Serves as an internal consultant to resolve functional and/or technical problems; supports the design, construction, testing and implementation phases of a system and/or upgrade project; recommends improvements to vendor strategy, application usage or process.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Performs all assigned duties in compliance with internal SOPs and external regulations. Brings compliance issues to the attention of management.
Assures high-quality customer service to all customers.
Maintains good attendance and punctuality per the absence policy.
May assist with coordination of workflow, training, and mentoring of support staff, as required
Evaluates and recommends business process improvements within the scope of supported business applications.
Complies with and manages change control processes through project completion. Ensures that design standards and conventions are adhered to and continually improved.
Develops, reviews, and elicits requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution and develops functional design specifications.
Plans and manages testing activities to ensure quality results including development of testing methodology, development of testing plans and scripts, execution and review of testing.
Plans, develops, implements, and maintains assigned applications including setup and parameter changes to meet evolving business and user needs.
Remains abreast of changes and developments in the industry. Establishes and maintains a network of professional relationships both inside and outside the corporation. Represents BSI through participation in national, regional and/or local professional organizations.
Plans, develops, implements and maintains security roles and responsibilities to meet evolving business and user needs in accordance with regulatory requirements and best practices.
Delivers presentations, communicates relevant project information to management and peers in other practices, and serves as key participant in team and customer meetings.
Interfaces with staff to ensure project completion (e.g., shares knowledge and best practices, ensures effective communication).
Serves as a support resource and subject matter expert for assigned applications.
Develops and manages vendor relationships to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
Performs all other duties, at the discretion of management, as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
Knowledge/Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Knowledge of automated applications systems, system development life cycle, and project management principles required.
Knowledge of applicable business application(s) required.
Licenses/Certifications
None
Experience
Five years of specific business applications experience required.
To include:
Five years progressively responsible experience in Business Systems Consulting, Information Technology, Project Lead, or equivalent.
Experience with system implementations, upgrades, ERP implementations, application configuration, systems analysis, requirements definition, unit/functional/system integration testing, and production support.
Skills/Abilities
Must possess the skills and abilities to successfully perform all assigned duties and responsibilities.
Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Able to organize, prioritize, and execute a variable workload and multiple priorities.
Must have good customer service and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work in a team environment and participate as an active team member.
Must have analytical, statistical, personal organization, and problem-solving skills.
Able to work flexible shifts, as needed.
Must have proficient computer skills.
Salary Range: $86,174 – $117,042
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