by Ronald Barron | Mar 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: O’Reilly Media
Description
As a vital member of the content team, the Development Editor collaborates with our talenttrainers, writers, and speakersto craft learning content that meets our standards. The Development Editor manages the development of all content formats with a focus on addressing the learning and development needs of our audience. Formats for content are limitless but currently include books, online training courses, in person trainings, and reports. The Development Editor works with the editorial and production teams to shape content that delivers on our learning promise.
About the Job
The Development Editor is responsible for managing and editing an expansive workload of books and reports including sponsored projects to ensure we deliver on our learning promise using O’Reilly’s learning model as a guide. Responsibilities include managing peer review, editing text including books, collaborating on and editing articles, blog posts, online training playbooks, and managing schedules. The editor must have the necessary skills to be able to determine when content is ready for peer review, production, and release. Properly executed, this position contributes significant revenue to the organization while maintaining O’Reilly standards. The Development Editor excels at managing budget title months while recommending internal process improvements. The position reports to the Managing Editor.
Essential Functions
- Work closely with various internal departments; editorial, product, and production staff; and externally, with talent.
- Demonstrate effective project management of multiple titles/projects and ensure that all projects release on time and within budget.
- Identify problem areas in content and recommend solutions.
- Serve as in-house advocate for talents’ projects.
- Collaborate with editorial team members to create a cohesive learning experience.
- Ensure program requirements are aligned with approved content plan.
- Work with O’Reilly product and marketing teams to review and revise all copy and related marketing materials.
- Select and manage technical, peer, and test customer reviews.
- Create, manage, and adhere to production schedules.
- Participate in industry events, trade shows, ORM conferences where appropriate and at the discretion of the VP of Content Strategy.
- Participate in weekly content and production meetings, providing all necessary assessments of production resources and issues associated with active titles; report on status of active titles.
- Support sales and marketing with detailed content information during the marketing and sales process.
About You
You are a continuous learner, self-starter and problem solver with strong project management and relationship management skills. Familiarity or willingness to learn the subject matter domains for which you develop content. Your skills as someone who can help others organize thoughts and deliver instruction will complement the subject matter experts who develop content with us.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Advanced knowledge of content development processes and functions editorial, production, design, and copyediting, and how they interface
- Very strong editorial and project management skills
- Very strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to unravel particularly thorny content problems
- Ability to discern what makes a good learning experience, both in terms of audience and market requirements and the quality of a proposal
- Ability to work on tight deadlines
- Ability to write clearly and accurately on technical subject matter
- Ability to effectively communicate with customers, vendors, multimedia developers, project managers, marketing managers, and sales reps
- Ability to maintain high professional standards in interacting with othersinside and outside of the companyat all times
- A strong interest in building learning content and training materials.
- 4-year college degree in education, English, instructional design, communications, publishing, computer science, or other relevant field, or a combination of relevant education and experience.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: LendingTree
The Position:
As a member of the Customer Experience Department with the mantra of “empowering teams with the problems to solve,” the UX designer will sit on the Human Centered Design team within the CX dept and work closely with the two other branches: Experience and Voice of Customer Teams. The UX Designer must be a driver & champion of customer experience evolution. He/She is a critical resource to evangelize customer problems through user research, design strategy and experimentation for lending, insurance and deposits marketplaces. Prioritizing customer research and honing design practices such as rapid sketching, interactive prototyping and other Agile and Lean product philosophies of integrating customer learnings into the product development process.
Although your primary function is that of a top tier UX expert, you prioritize empathizing with customers, you have an eye for design and are well aware of design and tech trends and limitations. UX designers are embedded in a cross functional “pod” of product managers, analysts, development resources, and project management team members align to a company initiative and driven by measurable objective and key result. As such you will conduct ongoing user research and experiments to develop an instinctual knowledge of our users’ behavior for assigned vertical.
Responsibilities:
- Lead with design and customer -centricity philosophy
- With support of the CX leadership team, educate and persuade cross functional team members and initiative stakeholders on the value of user research, design thinking, human centered design measuring design contributions to the business
- Invest in ongoing skill development (research, design, experimentation, etc)
- Experience leveraging variety of user research practices: Guerilla user research, co-creation with customers, surveys, customer interviews, user stories and epics, usability testing, personas and user research, user/customer journeys
- Leading design strategy including trendspotting & foresight research, lean style experiments (dry tests, 404 tests, landing pages), vision artifacts (storyboards, videos), tracking financial KPIs such as revenue, market and competitive analysis
- Portfolio of experimentation: measurement and reporting design outcomes, monitoring user behavior and satisfaction, beta tests, A/B and multivariant testing, concept testing
- Communicate scenarios, end-to-end experiences, interaction models, and screen designs to stakeholders
- Work with internal customers to determine project goals and deliverable timeframes
- Work with our CX Experience Team to create user personas and do ongoing field research
Our Ideal Candidate:
- Is a graduate from a 4-year school with a user behavior, psychology or design degree (or close equivalent) and over 7+ years of experience in interaction design for software, mobile and/or web applications with a customer-centric focus, leveraging emergent technologies, design, and other relevant interactive media
- Has a portfolio or a list of stellar web sites and other digital interfaces where you can demonstrate excellent self-evident user interfaces and customer behavior-driven decision making
- Has strong problem-solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with excellent interpersonal skills and significant experience working cross functionally – should be able to collaborate closely with Product, Marketing and Technology peers as a key creative partner
- A thorough understanding of user interface design patterns, contemporary user-centered design methodologies, and standard UCD methodologies is a must
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail
- Obsessed with putting the customer at the center of the business and everything you do
- Is able to work in a fast-paced team environment and juggle multiple projects at once
- Can funnel constructive criticism into new ideas
COMPANY
LendingTree is the nation’s largest online lending marketplace. That means we connect customers with multiple lenders so they find the best deals on loans, credit cards, savings accounts and insurance. Our goal is to help people save money, and we believe the best way to do that is by giving them a way to shop for loans and compare lenders so they make their best financial choices.
Our CEO Doug Lebda founded the company in 1996 after a frustrating house-hunting experience. In those days, we mostly helped people find good mortgage deals. Now, we help consumers find their best in personal loans, auto loans, business loans, student loans, credit cards, savings accounts, home equity loans and more.
What else you should know:
- We’re a publicly-traded company (TREE).
- We’ve welcomed several other companies into the LendingTree family to augment our efforts at helping borrowers make their most sensible financial choices.
- We’ve built the LendingTree app and LendingTree dashboard to give consumers tools to manage and monitor their financial health.
CULTURE
We’re a fast-paced company with an entrepreneurial bend. We work hard and test our products often. We’re collaborative, ambitious, candid and high-energy. Our teammates are some of the brightest, most talented people you’ll ever work with. We care more about your smarts than we do about the kinds of clothes you wear (but please, do wear clothes to work!), and we’re pretty good about rewarding innovation, creativity and the knack for just getting stuff done (we even have an award for employees called the GSD, “Get Stuff Done”).
Come work with us!
LendingTree is the kind of company that not only promotes diversity and inclusion; we thrive because of these values. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion (or creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or military status.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: DentaQuest
Job Description
The Manager, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is responsible for leading the daily activities and the strategic direction of the Electronic Data Interchange team of analysts in this key leadership role. The EDI team, in partnership with IT and other Operations functions, plays a pivotal role in ensuring that DentaQuest’s, trading partners’, clearing houses’, clients’ and providers’ electronic transactions are consistent with industry best practices and compliant with HIPAA and all state and federal regulations. Using your solid knowledge of EDI, you will strategize, implement, and manage successful EDI solutions that will strengthen our core and further scale our operations. You will serve as a key liaison between internal business and IT functions for all Operations electronic data interchange requirements that may include claims, eligibility, providers and/or encounters. As a key stakeholder and business leader, your commitment to continuous improvement efforts by developing new business processes and strategic leadership will help us best serve our clients, providers, and members.
PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for the design and architecture of scalable and robust EDI solutions
- Lead the development of database application configurations and tracking mechanisms for EDI
- Ensure development, documentation, and communication of progress reports pertaining to EDI transaction maps, business edits and new trading partner onboarding
- Manage EDI related business support responsibilities, which include production monitoring, file maintenance, ad hoc reporting, and consultation with internal and external users
- Identify EDI process efficiency improvements and implement changes
- Explore opportunities to strengthen and augment our EDI capabilities and expand the utilization of clearinghouses and other trading partner service offerings
- Create and integrate maps and processes within EDI systems
- Participate in and provide analytical support for the design and implementation of new systems
- Ensure complete documentation of EDI maps and business edits and manage the execution of user acceptance testing for healthcare EDI transactions (such as ANSI X12N 835, 837, 997/999, 270/271, 276/277, and 278)
- Perform team administrative duties including status reporting, team development, self/peer/project assessments
- Develop analytical skills, increase applications knowledge within the team, lead efforts to develop department core competencies, execute cross training, carry out personnel management activities and implement succession plans
- Mentor, coach, and guide staff under EDI Management team
- Collaborate with IT management peers to facilitate the alignment of organizational business and information technology strategies and plans
- Provide ongoing internal customer support for EDI product questions and problems
- Ensure appropriate level of support for the ongoing performance of EDI processes and applications
- Maintain a leadership role in setting service direction and ensure compliant standards and policies are maintained
- Collaborate with Operations management peers to improve departmental and organizational performance by developing benchmark measures to evaluate productivity and service quality
- Serve as the organization’s EDI subject matter expert on electronic transactions
- Other responsibilities as assigned
Location(s) Remote, Work from Home,
Requirements
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Extensive experience with EDI especially in a healthcare system environment
- Proficient knowledge in:
- EDI applications including the EDI Gateway, Edifecs suite of tools, Microsoft Biztalk, Microsoft SQL Server, and other applications in support of EDI processing
- HIPAA/EDI X12 5010 healthcare-related transactions such as 270-271, 276-277, 277CA, 277U, 278, 820, 834, 835, 837, 999, and 824
- HIPAA security policies and procedures
- Fluent with commonly used EDI concepts, practices, and procedures within a heath care field
- Knowledge of industry standard health data code sets, most specifically CDT and ICD-9/ICD-10
- Specific knowledge of claims, enrollment, and /or authorizations in a Medicaid or Medicare environment
- Systems implementation
- Experience working with business stakeholders to define application strategies, roadmaps, and funding requests
- Strategic EDI thinking and planning with operational execution excellence
- Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills
Preferred:
- Experience with U.S. healthcare & insurance industry is highly desirable
- Ability to build and foster strong interpersonal relationships in a remote setting
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: CGI
Position Description:
CGI is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join our team!
Looking for someone who can apply deep technical expertise to the design, testing, implementation, and ongoing support of security and related services in an AWS / hybrid cloud environment.
This career opportunity can be performed remotely!
Your future duties and responsibilities:
- Responsible for all aspects of security engineering in the AWS environment
- Implements security architectures for cloud/hybrid solutions
- Thoroughly documents implementations, via technical documentation, diagrams, and run-books
- Serves as technical lead for security administration activities, both performing hands-on security administration and guiding other team members in the execution of security administration and related tasks
- Serves as technical lead for security remediation activities
- Acts as a subject matter expert (SME) for security tools, applications, and processes, including Rapid7, Twistlock, Cortex, and ScouteSuite IBM Guardium, Splunk, PKI, Tripwire EA, Symantec DLP, FireEye HX/NX/EX, RSA Security Analytics, MicroFocus Fortify, and Static Code Analyzer
- Works with Information Security Officer to design security solutions in support of policy and operational requirements
- Serves as a member of the Security Incident Response Team to address issues across development, testing, and production environments in both on-premise and cloud environments
- Works with Application and Infrastructure Architects on issues related to security design and architecture, and assists with proof-of-concept testing
- Supports proofs-of-concept design and testing activities and supports the development of change requests, white papers, and proposals with security service components
- Works with peers within and beyond the Operations team to define and characterize complex technology or process problems and develop & implement new solutions
- Works with peers to review and analyze security tool reports and establish a remediation plan
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or equivalent experience
- Understanding of secure-cloud configuration, (CloudTrail, AWS Config, etc), cloud-security technologies (VPC, Security Groups, etc.), and cloud-permission systems (IAM)
- Experience with a broad array of security technologies, such as NGFW, WAF, SIEM, endpoint security, and more
- Experience with NIST Security Standards especially 800-53, and OWASP
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Science / Information Technology, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field OR equivalent experience in a technical position OR equivalent military experience
- Ability to exercise independent judgment in driving technical problems to resolution
- Ability to work across organizations (CGI, Client, State Data Center, Vendors) to drive issues to resolution
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Desired qualifications/non-essential skills:
- Ability to communicate complex technical information to less technical staff (e.g. CGI management and client staff)
- Strong understanding of broader technology context (e.g. cloud services, server, and storage technologies)
- Experience planning technical implementations of security services (e.g. developing work breakdown schedules, estimating task efforts and durations)
- Ability to mentor other team members in areas of technical expertise
- Experience working in an outsourced/managed services environment with some client-facing responsibilities (e.g. technical discussions with the client)
Est. Salary Range (Colorado Only): $84,000-$145,000*
*Disclaimer: In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, effective January 1, 2021, a good faith hourly or base salary range must be posted for all positions where the work may be performed in the state of Colorado. Therefore, this good faith salary range will only apply where this described position will be performed in the state, and should not be considered the compensation range in other locations or for other positions.
At CGI we call our professionals “members†to reinforce that all who join our team are, as owners, empowered to participate in the challenges and rewards that come from building a world-class company. CGI’s benefits include:
- Competitive base salaries
- Eligibility to participate in an attractive Share Purchase Plan (SPP) in which the company matches dollar-for-dollar contributions made by eligible employees, up to a maximum, for their job category
- 401(k) Plan and Profit Participation for eligible members
- Generous holidays, vacation, and sick leave plans
- Comprehensive insurance plans that include, among other benefits, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, out-of-county emergency coverage in all countries of employment;
Back-up child care, Pet insurance, a Member Assistance Program, a 529 college savings program, a personal financial management tool, lifestyle management programs and more
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employer: Conagra Brands
As a Senior Systems Analyst – Software Development Lead, you will provide oversight to delivery of development across the enterprise, while applying concepts and methodologies like Agile, Design Thinking and DevOps. Applying skills to promote optimization and continuous improvement, partnering with 3rd Party’s to provide services, and manage application assets and financials. You will have experience leading teams, managing projects, and developing Windows and web applications in multiple environments. They will be focused on automation, collaboration, and making processes both secure and easy to use.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide process and technical guidance in all areas of application development, implementation, and governance
- Lead and help determine product prioritization and technology road maps with development vendor resources and integration resources.
- Develop product delivery plans, including system integrator selection, product architecture and design, ensures strict standard adherence and provides overall technical direction
- Influential in determining solution paths for both technical and business problems. Recommend process changes and system solutions to meet requirements.
- Minimize manual work through automation.
- Lead and Maintain discipline around build and release operations, best-practices, and protocols across the entire development team
- Partner across IT and the business to support agile application development, file systems management, DevOps and short-cycle iterations to provide value.
- Oversee and provide guidance to multiple IT Outsourcer developers for application administration, development and configuration.
- Maintain a deep working relationship with IT support partners to ensure the right focus and outcomes for Production Support and CPI’s, KPI’s and SLA’s
- Research and pilot creative frameworks, methodologies, and technology. Always strive to improve personal skillet, evaluating new trends and technologies.
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required in computer science or computer information systems
- 5+ years of experience using .NET, C#, object-oriented programming
- Advanced knowledge of the latest web technologies, methodologies, and frameworks (e.g. Angular, .NET Core, OpenUI5, Webservices (SOAP/REST))
- Experience creating complex, performant, data models in different technologies (SQL, Oracle, etc)
- Versed in Project Management, Agile and DevOps methodologies. Experience leading development teams, completing projects on time and within budget.
- Strict adherence to best-practices and department coding standards
- A test-driven (TDD) mindset and has experience with unit testing using libraries
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment interfacing with many different user and stakeholder groups
- Experience with scripting languages (Python, R, Javascipt, Powershell)
- At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future
Our Modern Workplace:
- Conagra’s culture of collaboration enhances our ability to meet critical business goals, deliver value to customers and consumers and provide you with the flexibility you need to achieve a better work-life balance. We carefully consider each role and how often each team member needs to collaborate in-person. This position will be 100% remote and you may occasionally be asked to visit our Chicago or Omaha office for business meetings.
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Our Benefits:
We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:
- Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
- Wealth: great pay, incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
- Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
- Balance: paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role)
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