Senior Information Security Engineer

by Ronald Barron | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

Employer: Meijer

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Care.com/back-up care assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

Remote and Hybrid Work Schedules Available – Must live within the Meijer footprint [Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky] Or, be willing to relocate (relocation assistance available).

• Remote Option: Work remote MF, AND be available as needed to attend occasional on-site meetings as required at Meijer corporate offices in (Grand Rapids) Walker, MI.
• Hybrid Option: Work office M-W, work remote Th-F

Meijer is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer to analyze the information security environment, identify the requirements and develop measures, processes and systems to safeguard information against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction or disclosure. The Senior Information Security Engineer will research and determine the best methods of implementing and enforcing security policies across the enterprise.

What You’ll be Doing:

• Consults with IT and the business to evaluate, select, install and configure hardware and software systems that provide appropriate security functions.
• Works to determine appropriate security policies.
• Mentors, leads or assists resource owners and IT staff in understanding and responding to security audit failures reported by internal and external auditing departments.
• Advises security operation staff on normal and exception processing of security authorization requests.
• Documents and oversees security policies and maintains resource classification scheme.
• Present on information security to various audiences.
• Protect the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information in the custody of or processed by the company.
• Consults with IT management to ensure the selection of information security controls.
• Provides technical expertise and guides the administration of security tools that control and monitor information security.
• Researches, evaluates, designs, tests, recommends and plans implementation of new software applications or tool implementations for implications to existing security software and devices.
• Develops and implements information security awareness programs, conducting seminars and workshops as appropriate.
• Develops technical information materials and workshops on these new areas for IT as appropriate.

This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Security, or related discipline or equivalent work experience and technical training is required.
• Industry certifications preferred one or more of the following: CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS GIAC, or other industry specific certification.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Information Security with Superior technical proficiency in securityrelated hardware and software.
• 6+ years of experience in IT with a broad range of exposure to business planning, systems analysis, security solutions, application development and infrastructure support.
• Experience in IT must include exposure to systems analysis, security solutions and application development, and infrastructure support.
• Working knowledge of RDBMS technology and dialin access control systems.
• Knowledge of information security standards, NIST, COBIT, ISO 27001, ITIL.
• Familiarity with multi-platform environments and their operational/security considerations.
• Experience successfully developing and implementing new technology.
• Broad knowledge and prior work experience with risk assessment procedures, policy formation, role-based authorization methodologies, and authentication technologies.
• Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs.
• Confidence and leadership as a project lead or team member of project teams in a cross functional environment.

Locations: MI, OH, IN, IL, WI, KY

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User Experience Strategist

by Ronald Barron | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

Employer: Aten Design Group

Aten Design Group is seeking a skilled UX Strategist to join our team. UX Architects and Strategists collaborate closely across teams to conduct end-to-end user research translating it into high-level recommendations and strategies for clients. They have the ability to expertly communicate complex topics to a non-technical audience. They easily navigate collaboration with a cross-functional team, are self-motivated, highly organized, and flexible on their approach based on client needs. This is a fully remote position. Candidates must be based and authorized to work in the United States.

About Aten
Founded in 2000, Aten Design Group is a web strategy, design, and development company serving a broad range of clients making a positive impact on societies around the world. We work on complex communications and data projects for organizations like Stanford University, Human Rights Watch, Colorado Public Radio, and many others. We are dedicated to creating meaningful user experiences, rooted in powerful open-source solutions, especially Drupal. Aten Design Group is headquartered in beautiful Denver, CO with a distributed workforce in many time zones.

About You
You love the web, content, and understanding people. You think critically about communication and are passionate about telling stories. You are a strong communicator who excels at collaboration with both Aten team members and clients. You are very organized and can balance priorities. You believe the user comes first and have established audiences and personas as a way to understand users. You have experience architecting content using sitemaps, wireframes, and functional prototypes. You have used testing tools to evaluate and ensure your work is meeting user needs.

About the Position

• You will be working with some of the most impactful cause-driven organizations to help them use technology and design to achieve their mission and create meaningful connections with their users.
• You will work with clients to establish clear goals, understand user needs, and evaluate their content.
• Using this knowledge, you will be responsible for defining the vision for the product and structuring content in a way that works toward those goals and user needs.
• You will test and evaluate our work to ensure its success.
• You will collaborate with designers and developers, communicating key information to other team members.
• You will work closely with our project management, design, and engineering teams throughout the full lifecycle of the project.
• Your participation in client presentations will include articulating findings and selling your creative ideas based on your research.

Well qualified candidates will have experience in the following:

• A minimum of 3 years of facilitating and running user experience research using industry tools and techniques.
• A minimum of 3 years translating research into high-level recommendations to clients regarding their digital strategy.
• A minimum of 3 years of implementing strategy recommendations
• Analyzing and visualizing relationships between information/data in order to structure content effectively.
• Setting and adjusting expectations around the estimated time required to complete strategy and architecture tasks.
• Providing/receiving feedback on strategy and architecture work from other team members and clients.
• Communicating the role strategy and architecture play in projects.
• Designing an information structure that is centered around user needs, aligned with client business goals that are technically feasible and fit within the budget.
• Analyzing, organizing, and prioritizing work while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Collaborating with team members and clients to maintain effective and positive relationships.
• Working and communicating with people from different disciplines and backgrounds who have varying degrees of technical knowledge.
• Ensuring a product delivers on the desired outcome by managing a product backlog
• Working with stakeholders to write and prioritize user stories and features.
• Planning the structure of digital content for modern content management systems, like Drupal and WordPress.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of existing systems by analyzing user feedback, research findings, and leading practices.
• Conducting quality assurance (QA) testing to ensure the implementation is in line with the proposed architecture and design.

Nice to haves:

• Agency experience
• Experience organizing data for use in data visualizations

Compensation and Benefits
We think we have one of the best workplaces on the planet. Here are a few reasons why:

• Exempt, annual salary $85k – $110k based on location, skills, knowledge, and experience
• Generous unlimited PTO policy
• Flexible working hours
• 3% matching Retirement Plan
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
• Professional development opportunities
• Regular in-person company summits

Aten Design Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe the strongest teams are built when they are composed of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We consider all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

Location: Denver, CO

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Senior Data Engineer

by Ronald Barron | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

Employer: Cox Automotive

At Cox, we’re forward-thinking innovators who put people first. Our award-winning workplace culture is centered on inclusion and kindness, and we’re looking for people to join our mission to be a force for good in the world. Come build a better future with us across automotive, communications, the environment and more.

We want to do everything we can to keep our employees safe and healthy. Therefore, where permitted by applicable law, you will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be considered for this U.S.-based job. Reasonable accommodations for medical and religious objections will of course be considered.

Keep reading to learn more about this opportunity to join the Cox family of businesses.

**This position is remote/work from home. You need to reside within the Eastern or Central Time Zones.

The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for processing structured and unstructured data, validating data quality, and developing and supporting data products and building business intelligence reports and Dashboards. The Senior Data Engineer also plays a role in planning, providing advice and guidance, and monitoring emerging technologies.

Process Structured and Unstructured Data

• Gathers and processes raw, structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data using batch and real-time data processing frameworks.
• Understands and enforces appropriate data master management techniques.

Data Validation and Quality

• Ensures data quality and implements tools and frameworks for automating the identification of data quality issues.
• Work with internal and external data providers on data validation providing feedback and making customized changes to data feeds and data mappings.

Data Visualization and Business Intelligence

• Develop dynamic near-real time business intelligence reports, data visualizations and analysis tools (i.e., dashboards & reports) leveraging Tableau, MicroStrategy, and/or Microsoft Power BI to support client deliverables and enable data self-service
• Serve as a SME for data visualization designs and integrations
• Lead designer for graphics leveraged in data visualization
• Understand the business processes, the underlying data, and cross-cutting data sets forEnterprise Media Solutions
• Support dissemination and distribution of data and reports. Perform data validation and quality assurance, as needed.
• Present directly to internal stakeholders articulating coherent stories and analytical concepts
• Document business & technical requirements and user-stories to support data visualization needs and underlying data architecture needs to deliver these visualizations (dashboards & reports)

Agile Planning

• Understands the challenges that the analytics organization faces in their day-to-day work and partner with them to design viable data solutions.
• Recommends improvements to processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of the team and reduce technical debt.

Application Support

• Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products.

Advice and Guidance

• Actively works with less experienced data engineers providing technical guidance and oversight.

Emerging Technology Monitoring

• Actively participates in the engineering community, staying up to date on new data technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 5 years of experience working in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems OR an equivalent combination of education and work- related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Batch and real-time data processing frameworks
• Data modelling, data access, and data storage techniques
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Business intelligence tools and platforms
• Data quality tools
• Application lifecycle methodologies (e.g., waterfall, agile, iterative)
• Scrum Developer Certification

Locations: ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, TX, MN, IA, MO, AR, LA, WI, IL, KY, MS, AL, MI, IN, TN, GA, FL, OH, NC, SC, WV, VA, PA, DC, CT, NJ, NY, RI, NH, ME, MD, DE, VT

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Technical Support Representative

by Ronald Barron | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized

Employer: Elavon

• A leader in the payments industry, Elavon provides end-to-end payment processing solutions and services to more than one million merchants around the world.
• Elavon is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors.

Job Description

Explore your career possibilities here:

• Are you ready to start your career with unlimited opportunities for growth and development? Join our diverse and inclusive team where you will feel valued and inspired to contribute your unique skills and experience.
• As a Technical Support Representative you will work in a high volume environment assisting with troubleshoot technical issues, providing timely updates to Merchants/Customers and other duties assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Handling 20-50+ inbound calls a day providing technical terminal support by directing customers through a series of actions to resolve a problem.
• Assisting merchants with troubleshooting errors, password resets, network issues, installing and configuring hardware and software, replacing or order necessary parts.
• Following up with merchant to ensure the problem is resolved.
• Replacing or repairing the necessary parts.
• Develops and maintains documentation of all activities
• Managing multiple cases at one time.
• Other projects as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Six months to three years of experience in the telecommunications or applications programming field or job related experience

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Proven commitment to high quality customer service
• Utilizes technical expertise to resolve customer issues, working with ecommerce applications and integration to ecommerce applications
• Coding background or experience in any computer language
• Proficient computer navigation skills using a variety of software packages
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the technical aspects of telecommunications equipment, systems and vendor capabilities
• Well-developed ability to manage multiple tasks/projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent telephone, interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and negotiation skills as well as the ability to handle difficult customer calls
• Ability to identify and resolve/escalate complex problems with minimal guidance
• Proficient keyboard and computer skills, especially Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent time management skills to maximize the number of clients that can be assisted while maintaining a high level of customer service wherever the business need is

Core values:

By practicing these values, we continue to meet the challenge of being a leading service provider in the banking industry.

• We do the right thing – We act ethically, honestly and with integrity.
• We power potential – We champion and encourage potential in our customers, each other and our communities
• We stay a step ahead – We value continuous improvement over fast growth, because bigger isn’t better: Better is better.
• We draw strength from diversity – Diversity, inclusion and collaboration aren’t just policies- they’re defining characteristics of our culture.
• We put people first – We invest in enhancing the skills and knowledge of our employees to create great experiences for our customers.

What we offer:

• Shift differentials and varied schedules available
• Paid training and development opportunities
• Competitive wages and performance-based bonus opportunity
• Comprehensive benefits package including: Medical, dental and vision plans. Paid vacation to help you recharge, Ten paid holidays every year, Tuition reimbursement, Maternity and paternity leave, 401(k) plan with company match.

Benefits:

• Take care of yourself and your family with U.S. Bank employee benefits. We know that healthy employees are happy employees, and we believe that work/life balance should be easy to achieve. That’s why we share the cost of benefits and offer a variety of programs, resources and support you need to bring your full self to work and stay present and committed to the people who matter most – your family.

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Computer Science Tutor

by Ronald Barron | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized

Employer: Pearson

Job Description:

Learning is the most powerful force for change in the world. More than 20,000 Pearson employees deliver our products and services in nearly 200 countries, all working towards a common purpose – to help everyone achieve their potential through learning. We do that by providing high quality, digital content and learning experiences, as well as assessments and qualifications that help people build their skills and grow with the world around them. We are the world’s leading learning company.

At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.

Smarthinking, a Pearson service unit, is seeking part-time tutors enthusiastic for online education with a passion for helping students to improve their lives through learning. Smarthinking provides online tutoring to support colleges, universities, and individuals in 1:1 sessions. Our tutors work remotely from any US-based location to guide students to a deeper understanding of their course content.

At Pearson and within Smarthinking, we will help you achieve your goals through training, professional development, and networking opportunities. Smarthinking provides a flexible environment to engage with students that allows you to work around your existing commitments. Using our proprietary tools, you will have an opportunity to connect with students globally while maintaining both student and tutor privacy. Our tutors enjoy the satisfaction of observing a student’s learning process and coaching a student to that “a-ha” moment.

Qualifications

This is a remote position that will require tutors to work at any location with reliable access to a computer and Internet. Candidates must reside in the United States and, if hired, be able to provide documentation regarding eligibility to work in the United States.

We are seeking tutors with one or more of the following backgrounds:

• CompTIA Security+ or CompTIA Network+ certification (required)
• Knowledge of common programming languages such as Java, Python, C, C++, C#, and SQL (preferred)
• 1-2 years of tutoring or teaching experience (preferred)
• Associates degree in Computer Science or related field (preferred)

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 $16.00-22.00.

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