by Ronald Barron | Aug 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Game Designer – Casual Games
REMOTE; VIRTUAL
Temporary
SALARY (USD): $76.49 – $84.99 hourly
START DATE: ASAP
#191295
Aquent’s Client is looking for an experienced Game Designer who has the passion to join us as we develop, release and support our games on mulitple platforms
This position focuses on solving creative problems, design new versions of popular evergreen casual games, reviewing game builds and working with partners to improve them, creating, and maintaining design documentation, and creating content that will go directly to players.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the final product quality meets the high expectations of the brand and delights our customers.
- Work closely and effectively with the team to determine project design specifications, system mechanics, and ensure successful product implementation and execution, focusing on improving key KPI’s such as engagement, retention, and monetization.
- Utilize team feedback, data analysis, and user research feedback to create clear actionable items that improve products and design processes.
- Contribute innovative and creative design ideas to specific titles, across the game’s portfolio.
- Evaluate game builds and milestone deliverables and provide constructive feedback to the developers that clearly identify problem statements and provide solution recommendations.
- Write design specs for external and internal development teams.
- Be able to effectively collaborate, communicate design goals and can operate to the highest standards within the team structure.
- Create and maintain design documentation for all titles and features.
Qualifications and Skills:
- 3+ Years’ Experience in Game Development focused on Game Design. Game development a plus.
- Experience in Mobile App Development/Production.
- Experience working both with internal and external development teams.
- Excellent understanding of the game release process.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Games competitive landscape & market trends in both PC & Mobile.
- Strong ability to create new ideas and concepts with knowledge of the casual game space.
- Fully own design and help guide features through to completion – seeking out, evaluating, and implementing feedback from all multiple sources to constantly improve and refine products.
Extra/Bonus Qualifications:
- Data, mathematics, economy balance, and user testing experience.
- Date driven decision making.
- Knowledge of Java script, C#, and Unity.
- Rapid prototyping skills.
- User testing.
- Experience working in/with remote teams.
- Demonstrated creative and resourceful problem solver.
- Bachelor’s degree (+).
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by Ronald Barron | Aug 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Information Security Compliance Specialist
Location: Washington, DC, US, 20005
Work Area: Information Technology
Expected Travel: 0 – 10%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Additional Locations: Virtual – USA
***FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAN A US CLEARANCE SO YOU MUST BE A US CITIZEN***
SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift societies, and sustain our environment. Because it’s the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people’s lives.
Role Description
The SAP Public Sector/Government Sr. Audit Specialist is a key partner with SAP External Auditors, as well as internal risk, continuous monitoring, remediation, and cyber compliance program managers. This position is key to safeguarding SAP, its customers, reputation, assets, and the interests of shareholders, by assisting in identifying audit issues, threats, and opportunities for the achievement of business objectives.
We are looking for candidates with specialized experience in government audit program like ITSG-33/Protected B, FedRAMP, PCI DSS, DoD compliance, IRAP CSA and ISMAP with a deep understanding of the public sector regulatory requirements that applies to use of cloud technology services for Federal and DoD customers. This position coordinates within SAP and with others to support all aspects of enhancing the Audit Support process, including but not limited to the implementation, maintenance and monitoring of internal and external audits, the development of audit dashboards as well as tracking and reporting of audit issues, to appropriate levels of management. They will also provide the operational support for the program through monitoring and analysis, and assessment activities in accordance with control objectives and activities.
Position Responsibilities
- Manages the partnership and collaboration with external auditors and collect/report key metrics provided by multiple stakeholders, assist with the development and reporting of key audit dashboards for SAP products.
- Oversees and maintain a centralized audit register and calendar for SAP products.
- Lead the Internal Audit IT risk assessment process and provide input to a risk-based audit plan for SAP products.
- Responsible for coordination of IT audit plan for SAP products
- Develop valuable and positive relationships with the Product Lines of Businesses and other business leaders by offering practical insight on complex issues impacting operations, and system/infrastructure/technology related to SAP products.
- Develop project plans and proposals. Establish timeline, schedule, stages of the project and prepare status reports as required.
- Provide oversight and management of the external Audit Support program to ensure efficient execution and effective collaboration with external auditors related to SAP products.
- Coordinate and support global audit professionals, providing direction and ensuring accomplishment of audits and projects for SAP products.
- Assist audit support leadership in identifying opportunities to improve business processes and IT operations making recommendations to the audit team and to the relevant management teams for SAP products.
- Report status on deliverables
- Determine the impact of systems development and the implementation and use of technology on the operational and control environment (both technology and business functions) for SAP products.
- Facilitate the audit, review and assessment of key processes and controls, as needed For SAP products.
- Assist with reporting to Senior Management, as required.
- Articulates the value and importance of audit, compliance, and risk management in a positive and business-sensitive manner to all business groups and sectors.
Job Specific Specialized Knowledge & Skills
- The candidate must have a broad understanding of business functions and processes, IT processes, systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Salesforce), IT general controls and emerging technologies including cloud computing, mobile computing, privacy, and cybersecurity.
- Understanding the role of an auditor, the definition of a high-quality audit and an understanding of expectations of all parties involved in an external audit.
- Understand and align business strategy/objectives and influence decision making through appropriate internal control discussions.
- Utilize quantitative and qualitative skills to analyze data and influence audit response and audit issues management/remediation plans.
- Collaborate with others to promote the exchange of ideas and experience among stakeholders with responsibility for Audit Support and serve as independent voice to help pressure test risk and control levels and appropriate mitigation strategies.
- The candidate must demonstrate proven success in working in a team, as well as independently and exhibit follow-through to understand root causes of issues.
- This position requires handling multiple engagements with overlapping deadlines. A demonstrated ability to write clear, coherent, and precise reports on a multiplicity of complex technical issues is essential.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with a focus on listening to stakeholder and customer needs.
- Effectively innovate and implement policies, procedures, processes, controls, and approaches
- Excellent business and commercial acumen – strong strategic and tactical agility.
- Excellent communications skills, highly developed interpersonal skills, and strong ability to work collaboratively across the organization and obtain positive visibility and credibility quickly.
- Detailed knowledge of IT security Risk Management (ITSG-33).
- Demonstrate experience in the design, implementation and set to work networked security solutions to meet Government of Canada (GC) ITSG-33 security controls for classified projects or solutions.
- Detailed knowledge of industry security standards (e.g., ISO, PCI DSS, SOC 2)
- Ability to work both independently and within group.
- Problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure.
- Understanding of a variety of Vendor security solutions.
- Understanding of network/ web technologies and protocols.
- Through understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, Information Systems Management, or other related fields or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of related professional experience – ideally with big 4 or equivalent audit, consulting, or industry experience
- Industry experience in performing and/or participating with public sector standards and certifications including three of the following FedRAMP, PCI DSS, FISMA, DoD IL2/IL4, Australian IRAP Cyber Security Assessment, ISMAP
- Working knowledge of Cloud IT processes and Cloud IT infrastructure
- Relevant security certifications like CISA, ISA, PCIP, CISSP, CISM are an asset.
- Experienced in the use of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST, COBIT, ISO etc.
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by Ronald Barron | Aug 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Database Administrator
Location: USA Remote
Full Time
As the Senior Database Administrator, you will be responsible for the architecture, planning, implementation, and maintenance of database systems including strategic database design, planning, and execution, with emphasis on Azure technologies, working with development teams to design and implement complex database layouts and strategies. In this role you will also be responsible for performance monitoring, and tuning. You will also be expected to apply new technologies and techniques to improve production systems, capacity planning, data integrity, backup and recovery solutions, and database security.
To be effective you will be expected to work closely with a number of internal teams, and serve as the primary source for strategic database architecture, design, planning and implementation; regularly working with development to improve production systems and implement new database layouts and strategies.
As a top candidate you will possess a well-rounded and highly technical background with emphasis on design, performance and Azure cloud migration.
Location: US Remote *must reside in the United States. with preference near Bloomington, MN
Responsibilities:
SDLC and Production Database Maintenance
- Software Development Life Cycle deployment, implementation and maintenance
- Database Security
- Database Change Management
- Transition changes between development, QC and Production Environments
- Create database and schedule backup, write TSQL, Capacity Planning and monitoring of the database and other activities as assigned
- Data modeling, logical and physical database design
Database Tuning
- Review data models to ensure optimal database performance
- Performance tuning
- Replication Setup
- Backup and Recovery strategies
Project Work as Needed
- Work on various projects as directed as part of the development team
Cloud Database Architecture and Security
- Research and provide guidance on new database technologies implementation
Mentoring
- Work with development to communicate the best database practices
Qualifications:
Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Math or technical field or equivalent combined work experience
- 5+ years working with relational database systems
- 5+ years Database Design experience
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and newer
- Azure SQL – Familiar with SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
- Experience working in a high demand 24×7 web environment (rotation 1 week/month)
- Experience with writing, optimizing, and supporting TSQL
- Experience identifying and proposing solutions to performance problems
- Experience with performance tuning tools
- Experience creating and enforcing data and database coding standards
- Experience with Database design/Data Modeling
Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Experience transitioning database systems from on-prem to Azure
- Experience working with data security preferred
- Data Warehousing experience NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) is preferred
- Ability to create technical documentation
- Ability to see industry trends as they apply to databases
- Ability to work across functional groups, development, operations, configuration management, end users, and program managers
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams and with multiple projects
- Experience with SSIS highly desirable
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by Ronald Barron | Aug 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Software Engineer, Marketplace
Location: Remote
Position Summary:
Wonderschool is harnessing the power of technology to provide comprehensive support to childcare providers operating out of their homes as well as in the government and non-profit sectors. Our products enable childcare providers to create high-quality environments and meet the demands of their business, while also helping parents in need of childcare solutions through the creation of an accessible marketplace.
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sr. Software Engineer to join our team. As the Sr. Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in leading our software development initiatives, working with a talented team to create innovative solutions. Your expertise in the delivery of high-quality software will be essential in driving the development of our cutting-edge applications.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze requirements, break down tasks, estimate, and plan development of mission-critical features
- Deliver features across the stack, from web and mobile applications to server-side APIs, schemas, and business logic
- Proactively communicate progress to our product team and leadership
- Learn our customer workflows and nuances within the early childcare industry
- Architect, build, and maintain features in the Wonderschool product
- Debug production issues across the entire stack
- Rotating engineering support
- Ensure high percentage of code coverage
- Coordinate with QA to ensure quick bug resolution on critical issues
- Good experience with Agile development – Kanban; TDD; Story estimation
- Occasionally attend user interviews and onboarding sessions to give support and receive feedback directly from customers
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience as a backend or full-stack engineer
- Previous experience with Elixir or other functional programming languages
- Previous experience with the design/development of REST and GraphQL APIs
- Previous experience building SPA with Typescript and React
- Previous experience with Postgres, with a focus on database design and optimization
- Fully owning and delivering a feature end to end, from requirements analysis and task breakdown to milestone definition and delivery
- Working closely with a product manager or team
- Writing high-quality and readable code, with effective test coverage
- Defining timelines, and proactively communicating progress/updates with the rest of the team
- Interacting with product and engineering stakeholders; articulating and resolving concerns about potential side effects of a feature
- Clear verbal and written communication skills
- Proven experience breaking down features into bitesize deliverables
- Experience working with relative estimations with a high degree of accuracy
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience utilizing concurrent systems and patterns in Elixir or Erlang/OTP
- Previous experience working with early stage startups
- Previous experience developing complex SaaS products
- Working with a distributed team
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by Ronald Barron | Aug 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Traffic
Engineering
Remote, United States
Job ID: R00602
Description
Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever found a new favorite series on Netflix, picked up groceries curbside at Walmart, or paid for something using Square? That’s the power of data in motion in action—giving organizations instant access to the massive amounts of data that is constantly flowing throughout their business. At Confluent, we’re building the foundational platform for this new paradigm of data infrastructure. Our cloud-native offering is designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, organizations can create a central nervous system to innovate and win in a digital-first world.
We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Confluent’s enormous potential. Chart your own path and take healthy risks as we solve big problems together. We value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we grow—whether you’re just starting out in your career or managing a large team, you’ll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.
About the Role:
To realize Confluent’s enormous potential, we are looking for software engineers, at various levels, to grow our Traffic team which is responsible for building and managing the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. Cloud networking is a strategic investment area for Confluent with the potential to impact the company’s top and bottom line. The data plane area in the Traffic team focuses on the performance, security, reliability, and cost optimizations for all traffic that ingresses and egresses a customer’s Kafka cluster on Confluent Cloud.
We are looking for someone with an interest in building large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on building and managing network data planes for containerized workloads in the cloud. The ideal candidate would be passionate about network data plane performance, scale, cost optimizations, and building robust software.
What You Will Bring:
- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 4+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience
- Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development
- Experience building and operating large-scale systems
- Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
- A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams
- Proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or other statically typed languages
- Experience/knowledge with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Experience with Linux kernel networking and eBPF
What Gives You an Edge:
- Experience with Kubernetes Networking
- Experience with Envoy proxy
- A Strong networking background combined with your software engineering experience
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