by Ronald Barron | Sep 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
IT Security Engineer
REMOTE
TECHNOLOGY IT
FULL TIME
Company Overview:
A leader in creating deep and engaging experiences on PC and mobile, Jagex was founded in 2001 and is today one of the UK’s biggest and most respected video game developers and publishers.
Famed for its flagship MMOs RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, Jagex has welcomed more than 260million player accounts to its world and created a $1bn lifetime franchise revenue. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond running games in live operations; our titles are living games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds.
Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly-active worlds and our community-focussed development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped.
Jagex is expanding and extending its portfolio with fresh franchise titles, new IP and, in 2018 launched Jagex Partners, delivering third-party publishing and operational services exclusively for the living games of the future.
Jagex employs more than 400 people at its Cambridge headquarters and is on the hunt for talented people to work across the business to help the company to achieve yet another year of record growth and player satisfaction.
Job Purpose:
Jagex are undertaking a Security and infrastructure transformation project and have the requirement for a network and systems security engineer to assist and augment the existing engineering teams. You will play a key role working closely with Product and IT Management. You will be part of a team responsible for Design, Maintenance, Support and Advance of the Jagex Corporate IT Infrastructure, as well as providing support for development tools and dealing with support requests.
Your goal is to work on a company-wide security initiative consisting of multiple security projects. This role is primarily to assist in the delivery of IT Security projects that require extensive I.T Security knowledge and experience, but also assist to enable other IT engineers and Technicians to resolve similarly complicated issues and requests effectively; by coaching, mentoring, and driving improvement and adoption of all IT support and troubleshooting procedures.
As part of your role will also have the responsibility for creating, defining, and maintaining the security and network standards from which Corporate IT Services are built upon and adhered to by the other IT teams.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Maintain and improve the security posture of cloud platforms such as Azure, M365.
- Identify and assess risks while implementing security solutions.
- Implement and configure security controls and policies, including threat protection and responding to security incident escalations
- Provide cyber security expertise in the analysis, assessment, development, and evaluation of security solutions and architectures
- Automate security controls, data, and processes to provide better metrics and operational support
- Integrating vulnerability management systems, EDR and other monitoring solutions as being appropriate
- Responsible for liaising with internal security and external security providers
- Participate in the actioning of remediation tasks from Security Risk Assessment and implementing security best practices in-line with security program goals.
- Maintain, support, and advance the Corporate IT Infrastructure
- Participate in Incident Response Planning initiative.
- Prepare and document standard operating procedures and protocols
- Proven analytical & problem-solving abilities, combined with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience and skills in communicating and providing technical expertise and mentoring to Junior IT members and support staff, by sharing technical knowledge and coaching.
- A customer service focus, with an excellent ability to handle customers effectively; with a qualification or work experience in a customer-facing environment.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on listening, questioning & team working skills.
- Have excellent organisational & prioritisation skills, ability to complete multiple projects in a timely manner & can work efficiently under pressure.
- Ability to present ideas & troubleshooting procedures in business-& user-friendly language.
- Look for innovation opportunities between several teams with a willingness to experiment and to boldly confront problems of large complexity and scope.
Knowledge & Experience:
- Carbon Black EDRRapid7Deep understanding of Network Security Architecture, Cyber Security Threat Management and Hardening practices, with experience in the followingNIST FrameworkCIS Best Practices
- Proven commercial experience in a similar role.
- Knowledge of common authentication technologies including OAuth, SAML, CAs, OTP/TOTP.
- Good experience in security systems including firewalls intrusion detection systems anti-virus software authentication systems log management content filtering etc
- Proven experience with Azure/M365
- A deep understanding of networking, e.g., IP subnetting, Network Security Groups, routing, Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute, load balancer, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and Azure Access Policies.
- Strong familiarity with cloud native tools in Azure, i.e., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Azure Security Center.
- Experience in vulnerability scanning defining and schedule scans against our external and internal assets and implementing the required remediation. Experience of the following tooling would be desirable: –
- Experience in the integration and usage of a SOC / SIEM, including experience with Log Aggregators.
- Experience with ELK Stack would be an advantage
- Experience in the creation and refinement of Azure cloud security, the scoping, and access polices
- Experience in the defining and implementation of infrastructure patching standards and schedules.
- The candidate is expected to be proficient and experienced to an exceedingly high standard in the design, implementation, configuration, and on-going support of the following technical disciplines:
- Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR)
- In addition to the above it is expected the candidate to have a good working knowledge of the following supporting technologies.
- Enterprise networks- LANs, WANs, vLANs and VPNs (virtual private networks)
- Virtualization technologies VMWare, VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)
- A basic understanding of a common scripting language (PowerShell, Bash, Python, etc.), and the confidence to troubleshoot and adapt scripts to new requirements. any experience of automation tools a plus (Terraform, puppet)
- A good understanding of Agile Methodologies, experience working in Kanban, or as part of a cross-functional team. Experience of using Jira, slack, SharePoint, and Box would be an advantage.
Company Benefits:
– Flexible Working
– Bonus Scheme
– Private Health Care
– Gym Membership
– Monthly Energy Allowance
– Generous Pension Contributions
– Life Insurance
– Free Cycle Repair
– Income Protection
– Dental Plan
– Free Fruit and Drinks
– Subsidised Canteen
Feel like you fit this role, but don’t meet all the requirements? We strive for fresh perspectives, so as long as you can demonstrate how your attitude and other abilities might make up for any gaps we would welcome your application!
Jagex are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Engineering Manager – Full Stack
Location: United States (Flexibile)
About Betterment:
Betterment is a smart money manager that offers cash management services, alongside their core investing and retirement solutions. Since 2010, Betterment has had one mission: to help people make the most of their money so they can live better lives. Using cutting-edge technology, they empower their hundreds of thousands of customers to manage their money for today, tomorrow, and someday through personalized, expert advice; automated money management tools; and Tax Smart strategies that help keep taxes low across accounts. Learn more at www.betterment.com.
About the Role:
Engineering Managers craft our customer-facing applications by leading and mentoring high output teams. As an Engineering Manager at Betterment, you’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional stakeholders to develop a product roadmap and manage its execution with your team to deliver value to customers and clients. You’ll also partner with engineers on your team and beyond to identify and advocate for work that will allow your team to continue executing at a high level. You’ll play a crucial role in balancing on-time delivery of new features alongside system stability and scale, all while helping mentor and grow a team of amazing engineers.
This role is remote eligible. For Colorado only, this role has an annual salary range of $160,000 to $175,000, a competitive equity package, health, dental and vision benefits, a 401(k) offering with employer match, wellness stipend, and a flexible PTO policy. This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of an incentive bonus.
A Day in the Life:
- Build innovative technology that empowers people to make the most of their money, so they can live better.
- Take your ideas to the next level right away. We experiment, iterate, learn, and repeat.
- Collaborate, with purpose. You’ll work in small groups with other talented thinkers and figure out how to make Betterment’s revolutionary software even better.
- Gain trust through transparency. We believe in taking the guesswork out of investing. That means a consistent experience for our customers you’ll build the tools to make it possible.
- Create efficiency. Our software helps customers save time and money. We maintain it through clean code, pragmatic programming, and lean engineering.
- Work with people who care. Half of our team is made up of engineers but we believe everyone at Betterment is an engineer with their own tools. We’re a group of talented professionals who pride ourselves on what we do. We’re smart, innovative, energetic, and lots of fun.
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong experience in object-oriented programming; RoR is preferred
- Experience with hands-on managing, mentoring, and inspiring a team of talented engineers, including senior engineers
- Experience building and maintaining full-stack applications, distributed systems, and third-party integrations
- Experience leading execution of large team projects and execution of smaller concurrent projects in partnership with senior engineers
- A real passion for software engineering and building what doesn’t yet exist
- Experience collaborating with other engineering teams, product managers, subject matter experts, and non-technical stakeholders
- Know when to make the trade-offs required to ship without compromising quality
- Appreciate that investing in solid tests pays for itself several times over
- Have a track record of leading highly productive engineering teams
What Being at Betterment Means for You:
Joining Betterment means belonging to a community of folks passionate about change, being on a team that cares for your well-being, and continuing on a journey of non-stop growth and evolution.
You’ll join a Community that Cares:
- Betterment is a place to bring your best self and make meaningful connections with your peers through interest groups, sports clubs, social events, meetups, and regular knowledge sharing, all occurring in a remote friendly way.
- Join one or more of our 8 Employee Resource Strategy Groups as a member or an ally, and help us shape Betterment’s culture and product for years to come.
You’ll stay Happy and Healthy:
- We will ensure you’re set up and cared for with a customizable workstation, benefit packages that fit your needs (including infertility support and World Professional Association for Transgender Health approved benefits), a Self Care stipend of $600 per year to invest in your wellness however you see fit, as well as additional professional development funds.
- You’ll have unlimited paid personal and vacation days, and a team that cares about your whole life, not just what you’re working on.
You’ll Learn & Grow:
- Enhance your skills and abilities through Betterment University courses and additional allowance for outside learning.
- As part of a team that values knowledge sharing and transparency you can opt into mentoring and career coaching programs, weekly company meetings, and show & tells.
Please note that Betterment is dedicated to providing accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need accommodations at any point throughout the interview process, please reach out to interview.accommodations@betterment.com
What Happens Next?
We expect to take a few weeks to review all applications. If we would like to spend more time with you, you will hear from us to arrange next steps. You can expect 3-4 sets of conversations, all remote, with your future colleagues in the weeks following your application.
Throughout the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our interview questions will be behavioral, aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. We may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, depending on the role, as we aim to collect a robust set of data points throughout the interview process.
On average, it takes us around 2-3 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision.
Please note that we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process. We usually see 1,000+ applications for open positions, and our hiring team simply doesn’t have the bandwidth to offer personalized feedback to each candidate.
We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you giving us consideration as the next step in your career. Our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process, so please let us know how we can help.
Come join us!
We’re an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, predisposing genetic characteristic, domestic violence victim status, arrest records, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Android Engineer
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, New York, New York, United States, Remote
Method is a global design and engineering consultancy founded in 1999. We believe that innovation should be meaningful, beautiful and human. We craft practical, powerful digital experiences that improve lives and transform businesses. Our teams [based in New York, Charlotte, Atlanta, London, and remote] work with a wide range of organizations in many industries, including Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Automotive, Aviation, and Professional Services.
Method is seeking a Senior Android Developer (Kotlin) with intimate familiarity with the Android platform to join our team. Our Android Developers are engaged in the full spectrum of product development, working with a team to write great software and build engaging products. Do you have the technical and relational skills to build business-critical applications with a high-performing, cross-functional team?
We generally operate with small teams working closely together on a wide variety of projects that range from Bluetooth integration to experimental systems that push what is possible with Android. We integrate with APIs of all flavors, and no solution is out of the question.
You are always learning. You are always growing. You are always seeking to improve yourself and those around you. You are a human first, a developer second. You are willing and able to take a leading role in communications with project stakeholders. You can explain technical constraints to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Qualifications:
You will succeed in this role if you:
- Have 5+ years of experience working in Android development
- Strong knowledge of Kotlin
- Experience with MVVC and Redux frameworks and patterns
- Get excited about great design
- Could have a conversation about why the fragmentation of Android is a /(good|bad)/ thing
- Work well with others
- Love the journey as much as the destination
- Think of Google I/O as Christmas in June
- Know Effective Java better than the back of your hand
Why Method?
We look for individuals who are smart, kind and brave. Curious people with a natural ability to think on their feet, learn fast, and develop points-of-view for a constantly changing world find Method an exciting place to work. Our employees are excited to collaborate with dispersed and diverse teams that bring together the best in thinking and making. We champion the ability to listen, and believe that critique and dissonance lead to better outcomes. We believe everyone has the capacity to lead and look for proactive individuals who can take and give direction, lead by example, enjoy the making as much as they do the thinking, especially at senior and leadership levels.
We believe in work/life balance. Seriously. We offer a ton of competitive perks, including:
- Continuing education opportunities
- Flexible PTO and work-from-home policies
- 401K matching
- Health, Dental and Vision benefits, starting on day 1
- Friday company lunches, company outings, along with beer and a lot of snacks
- Health and wellness programs
- Other location specific perks (just ask!)
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Event Program Manager
Location: United States
Crawford Group is seeking an Event Program Manager for a marketing and management agency client of ours. In this role one will be the main marketing support contact for the client’s innovation conference programs. This Event Program Manager will work closely with the internal team and the client contact to support the marketing aspects. It will be a mixture of marketing/project management (75%) and strategic support (25%). The client programs are innovation oriented with a focus on cyber security topics.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage timelines for the Innovation programs
- Serve as a sounding board for new ideas from main client contact. Determine whether they are grounded in good marketing practices and if they should be presented to/requested of the larger group
- Provide copy and logistics information that can be included in newsletters, email, and other marketing vehicles
- Supply images and copy edits to web team for implementation
- Provide ongoing updates to web team – link changes, logo add-ons, time changes etc
- Review various deliverables for grammar, spelling, and clarity. This includes typical marketing collateral and review almost any piece that is intended for an external audience
- Work with external team partners to keep tabs on the PR schedule and ensure other supporting activities – social, web, sales etc. match the timing
- Work with external social media agency to provide content updates, ensure deliverables meet all deadlines, and discuss current program registration numbers in case social activities need to be altered
- Attend 4-5 weekly set meetings
- Manage and execute various deliverables that are negotiated with various media sponsors
- Review all print materials (Program Guide, Pocket Guide, Expo Guide, etc.) to ensure content, copy, and logos are correct
Requirements:
- Excellent marketing/project management and communication skills
- Possess a strategic mindset to collaborate and provide feedback on program ideas
- Team player and with a preference for someone with agency experience that is used to working with multiple cross-functional teams
Location: Remote, U.S.
Duration: 8-months, Part-time, 25hrs/wk
Rate: D.O.E., 1099 consultant of Crawford Group
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Project Manager I, Large Districts
Location: United States
About Panorama:
Panorama is a fast-growing national technology company focused on radically improving education. More than 2,000 school systems serving 15 million students across all 50 states have adopted our platform to understand students’ academic and social-emotional strengths and to identify those in need of additional support. School systems turn to our suite of tools to ensure that every child gets the support they need, including school climate and social-emotional learning surveys, tiered intervention planning, and professional development.
Panoramians can choose to work fully remote anywhere within the Continental United States, in-person from our Boston/San Francisco offices, or a hybrid option.
About the Role:
We’re looking for a Project Manager to join our growing Client Experience (CX) team and support client projects with best-in-class service. Could this be you?
In this highly visible role, as a Project Manager you will be leading project planning, management and execution of Panorama’s client projects for survey delivery and integrations in our Large Districts client segment. Our clients in this segment are large school districts serving between 15,000 to 60,000 students.
You’ll put your project management skills to use to manage projects using established project management best practices and standards and ensure stakeholder alignment and engagement in the project life cycle.
You’ll need strong organizational skills, thrive in a fast-paced and ever changing environment, manage through influence and critical thinking to be successful. You’ll also need to plan ahead, anticipate issues and communicate well.
Preferred Region: Individuals who are able to work an East Coast or Central schedule highly preferred 9am-5pm EST or CST
Responsibilities:
- You will manage a portfolio of 25 or more clients that sit within the Large Districts client segment.
- Your goal is to deliver projects on time, error-free, and in alignment with our client vision. You’ll enable delivery of projects, including, but not limited to, fully managing the complete lifecycle of multiple projects for clients.
- Provide the best client experience and ensure projects are on track by collaborating cross-functionally with other stakeholders such as Account Managers, Technical Support, Survey Operations, Implementation Leads and Engineering.
- You’ll mitigate risk by communicating project status, identify risks, issues and escalate early and often with all project team members and executive stakeholders as needed.
- You’ll put your strategic hat on to identify process inefficiencies and implement strategies for improvement.
- You’ll use PM tools such as the Panorama platform, Smartsheets, Salesforce, MS Excel, JIRA, and Asana.
- You’ll make sure our clients receive the highest level of service across all communication channels.
- You will build your leadership on the team by supporting some functional and cross functional strategic projects aligned with the CX and company wide goals as needed
Our Ideal Candidate Has:
Superior project management and collaboration skills and experience
- 1+ years of project management experience in a SaaS environment
- Proven ability to manage a number of projects on tight deadlines with a high level of organization and accuracy
- Experience working independently and problem-solving on time-sensitive timelines
- Experience working with high complexity, high touch clients and experience with large clients with multiple layers of decision-making
- Experience working on cross functional projects and support teams
- Bonus: Project management certifications (e.g., Six Sigma/Lean, PMP, PPM, CSPO, CSM, SAFe).
Tech savvy and a quick learner
- Experience with learning new products, platforms, and environments; experience troubleshooting technical issues and using technology to improve processes
- Experience using Excel or other technical platforms to modify large data sets
Multi-client experience delivering for a high volume of clients and stakeholders.
- Experience building systems to increase efficiency in your work and/or building client delivery systems to make it them consistent and reliable
- Experience in high growth organizations or the education industry are a plus
Travel
- A few trips to the Boston corporate office may be required each year.
Panorama excitedly hosts two in-person “all team meetings” a year. All Panoramians attend and travel/hotels are provided.
Panorama Education is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive company because we serve students, educators and families from tremendously diverse backgrounds and identities across the country; we’ve seen how our product and impact are strengthened the more we reflect that diversity. In addition, we have found (and we believe the research) that diverse teams are higher-performing, and we embrace the varied perspectives that our team members share with each other. As such, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Panorama also has a policy on maintaining a drug-free workplace.
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Marketing Manager
Location: United States
Contract
Steyer Content is a full-service content agency that uses world-class writing, video, code, and design to create transformative experiences that build trust and grow revenue for our clients. We plan, create and optimize business content that works for today.
We are seeking an innovative, highly detailed, and self-driven Marketing Manager to join a Mixed Reality team at one of our large tech clients.
In this role, you will be responsible for project managing key elements of the marketing strategy for various product portfolios all the way through to execution on a global level. You will partner closely with solution-area leads and key stakeholders, integrated marketing, finance, and the field to support business objectives and drive business impact.
If you are the right fit, you have a proven track record of exceptional marketing management, have an eye for good content, and can move rapidly from ideation to execution in a fast-paced environment. You can pivot easily between creating marketing material and managing/coordinating project elements and timelines on a moment’s notice.
This is a full-time, remote, contract engagement through July 2023. We’ll only be able to respond to applicants who meet the basic qualifications for this role. We offer a strong benefits package for full-time contractors: http://steyer.net/benefits.
Required:
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to create engaging marketing materials, including blogs, social media posts, posters, decks, and other visual formats within product marketing
- Confidence to work with internal channel owners, systems, and tools to ensure utilization of marketing communications created in key learning channels
- Experience driving schedules and key deliverables for all comms, launches, betas, and go-live releases for certifications and exams
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