You r laid off???

9/11/2013 5:41:34 PM

no not laid off thankfully, just stuck in a job with no opportunities to move forward and little to no professional development.

9/11/2013 8:54:32 PM

Ok. I will reconsider my cisco application. I've heard a few negative opinions.

9/11/2013 9:03:16 PM

dude. don't hold your breath waiting for cisco. jeez, you just don't get it sometimes

9/12/2013 12:15:59 AM

Got asked by them for a second interview.
Said if I did well with that there'd be at least two more interviews.
Ended up taking an offer at a consulting firm working for Cisco.

9/12/2013 1:01:15 PM

^ is that firm still hiring?

9/12/2013 2:13:11 PM

We are looking for someone to fill a Jr. Sysadmin/support position. If anyone is interested send a PM.

9/12/2013 3:35:32 PM

^^ Yep http://resolvit.com/

9/12/2013 3:40:28 PM

We're looking for Software Consultants - travel would be required. If anyone is interested, send me a PM.

http://www.i-cubed.com

9/12/2013 9:41:10 PM

the company that does the automated game recaps in Yahoo FF is based in the Triangle... didnt know that... but damn, they have some good perks haha

http://automatedinsights.com/careers

FREE LUNCH, every day
Casual, fun environment
Take-it-when-you-need-it Vacation Policy
Free Health Care Coverage
Life Insurance
Short and Long-term Disability Coverage
Mac and Second Monitor
Fathead of Your Choice
Free Coffee/Soda/Beer
Sweet T-Shirts
Hackathons
Ping Pong, Nerf Hoops and Foosball Competitions

They had me at FREE LUNCH

9/14/2013 12:31:29 AM

yeah, that last $8/day definitely sells me on a 100k job

9/14/2013 4:57:48 AM

Fuck $100k! Peasant money!

9/14/2013 10:29:10 AM

bump, any jobs opening up in the RTP?

9/18/2013 9:16:56 PM

Metlife will hire 100 IT people.

9/18/2013 9:52:56 PM

Quote :

"100 IT people"

lul

9/19/2013 7:00:16 AM

zorthage do your business jobs pay pretty well? Inbox me if you can! Thanks.

9/25/2013 12:16:47 AM

I'll be graduating with a CSC degree this December, who has a job for me?

9/25/2013 11:00:48 AM

i thought you already have a job in DC area (NASA i think)

9/25/2013 11:02:03 AM

I do, but haven't commited to it yet

9/25/2013 12:27:43 PM

ncsu's engr career fair is coming up in a week or so

9/25/2013 1:52:43 PM

Next Monday, Go for engineering
Next Tuesday & Wednesday, career fair

9/25/2013 2:13:46 PM

^^ Oh, I plan on going, but just figured I'd advertise myself on here.

9/25/2013 2:29:35 PM

only problem going there is my current employer also goes there.

9/25/2013 5:58:29 PM

Cisco only comes on Day 1.

9/25/2013 7:02:35 PM

well after applying online to about 50 jobs in the area via monster, dice and indeed I'm convinced that I probably just wasted my time.

9/26/2013 10:37:06 AM

I mostly use indeed and craigslist. Careerbuilder and Monster... just don't feel as helpful to me, even though they're MADE to be more helpful.

9/26/2013 10:07:49 PM

I don't really trust those tools.

9/26/2013 10:10:34 PM

if i were looking for a job today i'd either look for job posts (or companies hiring) on linkedin or stackoverflow

9/26/2013 10:12:52 PM

Local newspaper is great as well. Lot of good twitter job postings to follow. You need to look where other people dont.

9/27/2013 5:21:06 PM

or look where all the kick-ass companies are posting and tell all the other applicants to get the fuck to the back of the line where they belong

9/27/2013 10:32:14 PM

http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs

9/30/2013 10:07:15 AM

I found my current job on Stack Overflow. It's been my favorite so far.

9/30/2013 12:35:13 PM

busy day at the career fair - however the number of undergrads that i talked to was less than 5% of the total compared to a ton of grad students

i feel like the news always has articles about how college grads can't find jobs

10/2/2013 6:26:53 PM

^

Those are the college students majoring in humanities and business, not CS.

10/2/2013 6:43:47 PM

I wonder why this guy is unemployed.

http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/res/4103554487.html

10/2/2013 10:07:49 PM

I'm doing consulting work for cisco. Looking for a javascript/angular guru.

10/10/2013 6:22:50 PM

reposting


need a couple of Configuration Managers / System Engineers here in Duluth, GA. (outside of Atlanta).

Quals:
Degree Requirements: Bachelor's degree in a computer-related field.
• 2 to 3 years of experience in software configuration management, software automation, or systems engineering.
• 2 to 3 years of experience in software development (J2EE, JBoss, Tomcat, Java, JavaScript, HTML, SQL).
• Basic understanding of build/deployment automation tools.
• Basic scripting experience with Hudson/Jenkins, PowerShell, DOS Batch, JavaScript, bash, or similar.
• Basic experience with Subversion, CVS, or similar source code revision software.
• Basic experience with Mantis, Bugzilla, or similar issue tracker software.
• Basic experience with Relational Database Management Systems (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL).
• Basic understanding of SDLC and software development methodologies (requirements gathering, development tools, version control, testing and QA, and deployment).
• A team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong organizational skills.
• Must have a service-oriented attitude with excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to excel within an "agile" environment (iterative development, continuous integration, shared ownership, test-driven development, etc.).
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced multi-disciplinary team setting

10/11/2013 11:04:16 AM

My company is hiring. Sorry for the detailed requirements. I'll yell at the people who write these:

DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities
• Build and maintain physical and virtual infrastructure for development and test environments
• Deploy, configure, maintain, and integrate software tools and services to streamline development processes and communications, including the development and support of custom software and/or scripts
• Suggest and implement changes to development, release, and deployment processes and methodologies – under the guidance of senior leadership – to improve overall quality and frequency
• Manage and administer continuous integration and build environments, including resolving build failures, coordinating automated test execution, performing basic database administration, and maintaining backup procedures
• Contribute to features, software, and platform architecture and design discussions for a complex, multi-tiered analytic platform
• Assist in the design, build, configuration, testing, and administration of platform infrastructures; including networking, storage, servers, operating systems, and virtualization
• Participate in the definition, design, implementation, and testing of product features and enhancements intended to improve platform health, increase performance, or ease deployment
• Design and implement strategies and solutions to measure platform and software performance and uptime in all development, test, and production environments
• Develop and support improved deployment processes, methods, and tools for both SaaS and client-site platform deployment types
• Facilitate frequent, regular, on-going communications between development, IT, product support, and services teams
• Participate in research into NoSQL solutions and provide recommendations on appropriate configuration, deployment, and use
• Coordinate with production deployment teams to facilitate the tracking and release of new software versions and patches from identification to development, validation, staging, UAT, and production
• Aid 24x7 support teams by providing information, education, and tooling on a wide range of topics such as product functionality, deployment, debugging, and administration
• Actively participate in daily stand-up meetings


Requirements
Possess several of the following skills/experiences:
• 3+ years of experience as a Systems Administrator, Software Engineer, or equivalent
• Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant field
• Comfortable working within software development lifecycles and Agile development processes
• Understanding of sound software development and deployment practices
o Application development in Java, Flex, HTML/Javascript, Python, Perl, Shell
o Familiar with web service concepts, such as service-oriented architectures, REST, SOAP
• Strong grasp of automation concepts and tools and integrating applications
• Experienced with frequent, incremental code testing and deployment strategies and solutions
• Proficient in the use, configuration, and management of:
o Defect management tools, such as Redmine, Jira, Bugzilla
o Continuous integration and build systems, such as Jenkins, Continuum, Maven, Ant
o Source control solutions, such as Mercurial, Git, CVS
o Virtualization applications, such as VMware, Hyper-V
o Web and proxy services, such as Apache Tomcat, JBoss, WebSphere, Squid
• Applied knowledge of hardware and network configuration in areas such as RAID configurations, DNS, DHCP, routing, subnets, memory/CPU management, system failover, firewalls, load balancing
• Comfortable with daily administration of Linux operating systems, especially Red Hat/CentOS and in areas such as user and group management, file security and ownership, backup and restoration
• Experience managing system security and integrity through activities such as log file analysis, automated performance/uptime monitoring and reporting, firewall configuration, centralized authentication, intrusion detection
• RDBMS and SQL experience, such as PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Oracle; preferably with MPP platforms such as Greenplum, Teradata, Netezza
• Comfortable working with and managing large data sets
• Familiarity with distributed systems and MapReduce design concepts
• Prefer exposure to business analysis, analytic requirements analysis, and business presentations; especially in performance improvement or customer interfacing systems (web sites, telephony, etc.)

Technical Writer

Responsibilities
• Draft both internal and external Release Notes in sync with a regular product release schedule
• Manage, update, and maintain online help for a complex analytic platform
• Collaborate with internal teams to provide content updates for web sites, training guides, and marketing materials
• Participate in software development design conversations
• Facilitate formal communication with internal and external product users and other organizations
• Interview subject matter experts and key stakeholders to understand and properly represent complex materials for a variety of audiences
• Perform document quality assurance by reviewing and editing documentation materials, incoming and outgoing, for accuracy, consistency, repeatability, and detail
• Collect feedback from internal technical services teams, product management, business users, marketing, support teams, and others to improve quality and content of product documentation
• Facilitate content development for white papers, patent applications, conference presentations, articles, and other publication materials
• Develop documentation plans and standards guide
• Aid Software Development and Quality Assurance teams to document policies and standards
• Create project plans, maintain schedules, and communicate documentation status
• Participate in daily stand-up meetings
• Own the entire documentation set, including architecture, writing, editing, testing, and deployment

Requirements
Possess several of the following skills/experiences:
• 5-7 years of technical writing experience
• Bachelors or graduate degree in a writing-intensive field (e.g., English or Mass Communications) and/or college degree in a computing-related field (e.g., Computer Science) with a communications or writing minor
• Strong reading competency in a modern programming language such as Java or C++
• An ability to quickly grasp technical concepts and translate them into clear, easy-to-understand content
• Experience with a variety of collaboration and documentation tools, such as MS Office, Visio, SharePoint, etc.
• RoboHelp 7 expertise or equivalent
• Experienced documenting web-based user applications
• Experienced documenting software/hardware changes for technical support and deployment audiences
• Experienced developing Wiki-based and/or shared documentation models
• Familiarity with concepts common to tiered applications: APIs, web service architectures, databases, command line interfaces, NoSQL platforms, MapReduce, etc.
• Ability to write clearly and succinctly, including conceptual information and procedural instructions
• An ability to proactively communicate the status of documentation to a range of document stakeholders
• Experienced working within software development lifecycles and Agile development processes
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prefer exposure to business analysis, analytic requirements analysis, and business presentations; especially in performance improvement or customer interfacing systems (web sites, telephony, etc.)

Personal Attributes
• Works well with both internal and external teams, as both a leader and a contributor
• Able to operate independently or with cooperatively, and with little supervision
• Prioritize and manage multiple, often competing, objectives
• Passion to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Proactive and open-minded attitude to resolving problems and delivering results
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking capabilities
• Strong attention to detail
• Comfortable presenting to a large audience and providing demonstrations
• Curious, creative, and accepting of new ideas
• Strong analytical thinker and problem-solver

[Edited on October 21, 2013 at 1:52 PM. Reason : s]

10/21/2013 1:48:41 PM

3rd opening:

Training Developer

Responsibilities
• Conduct Training Need Analysis including Task and Competency Analysis
• Determine appropriate instructional design (i.e., sequence of learning activities, materials specifications, equipment specifications, instructional staff specifications, pre-requisites specifications, testing and evaluation specifications) (classroom, web based)
• Plan and manage course development projects so that deliverable are provided on time
• Develop Instructor and Student Materials
• Conduct Train-the-trainer sessions
• Maintain Courseware
• Collaborate on Training Material
• Build relationships and partner with Subject Matter Experts
• Develop instructional materials, exercises, and case scenarios using appropriate learning; and appropriately revises materials, based on end-user
Capabilities
Must Haves
• Previous experience in the development of user training for software products
• Solid understanding of instructional design practices, including the ADDIE model
• Proficiency with desktop publishing applications, especially Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Demonstrable experience with basic project management skills
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact successfully with associates at all levels
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Expertise in Adult learning practices
• Able to work autonomously with minimal supervision
• Proficient in learning technical aspects of products and services
• Strong computer systems and technical skills and ability to learn new technical skills/software quickly
• Ability to make good business decisions, manage priorities and work well with customers and internal teams
Nice to Haves
• Experience with basic audio editing and recording
• Experience with basic video editing and recording
• Proficiency with web-publishing tools
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Job Process Modeling Experience
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelors’ Degree in Education, Instructional Design and Development. Equivalent work experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• 4-6 years of experience in designing, developing, planning, implementing and assessing training.
• Experience in the development and delivery of training on software user and software/product support skills
• Experience in professional adult education, training and learning.
• Experience with basic Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Paint, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications
• Masters’ degree preferred
• Experience in the development and delivery of training on software user skills, software/product support, AND business analysis, and data architecture highly desirable
Candidates should be prepared to show a portfolio of relevant and recent Instructor and Participant software training materials they have designed and developed.

10/21/2013 1:58:45 PM

thank goodness shoot got suspended. he'd apply for all three of those

10/22/2013 11:25:57 PM

They r in ATL.

10/22/2013 11:29:13 PM

damnit, spoke too soon. hey, go apply for them, even though you're not remotely qualified for them. who cares if they are in atlanta? you haven't let anything else like lack of actual qualifications stop yo before...

10/23/2013 12:19:58 AM

They're in Denver Colorado.

10/23/2013 3:29:13 AM

Local position just opened up

If you want to be part of an energetic team focused on solving client problems by developing applications that leverage the newest technologies and delivery methodologies, you will fit right in. Work as a key part of an agile team creating the next generation release of the core software solution where you will be building the integration layer in between legacy system (Oracle) and the new UI.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Engineer/develop next generation software


Candidates must be collaborative, client focused and able to deliver world class engineering services to our clients


Work with a team of other developers and architects to craft software solutions for our clients


Regularly communicate progress, issues, and risks to project lead/manager


Knowledge of Agile Development Methodologies


If you possess these minimum position qualifications, we should talk:

•Deep expertise in JavaScript
•Expertise in backbone.js, Require.js, Bootstrap, other JavaScript frameworks (angular.js, etc…)
•.NET C# general programming
•Conceptual familiarity with design and structural patterns
•Microsoft tools
•Desire to work as part of a team
•Excellent written and oral communication skills
•Desire to always continue learning
•Incredible passion for technology

Do you possess these additional must have skills?

Conceptual familiarity with JavaScript design or structural patterns

(We use MVVM, modules, dependency injection extensively)

Conceptual familiarity with more advanced JavaScript problem-solving techniques

(We use closures, callbacks, async, object-oriented style extensively, and inheritance to a lesser extent)

Do you have any of these desired skill sets:


OracleDB

RavenDB

12/10/2013 10:25:07 AM

Another friend sent me this today.

Job description:
Responsible for identifying and implementing operating efficiency solutions for specific domains and maintaining applications in the production environment
Summary of responsibilities:
Recommend unique/creative solutions to define continuous improvement projects across the enterprise by mining operational metrics to identify problem areas
Leverage a dynamic set of tools such as CA Wily, BMC Investigate and Patrol to diagnose performance issues
Assist with root cause analysis for complex issues with the ability to work across a dynamic set of databases (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Mongo DB), operating systems (Linux, AIX, Windows) and languages (Java, .Net, COBOL).
Elevate applications to the next level by defining operational standards and mentoring development teams to implement
Independently responsible for production management activities including the investigation and resolution of incidents, problems, service requests and working assigned queues
Prioritize problems, incidents and service requests, leveraging business understanding; Perform break-fix coding and/or scripting & document break-fix code changes
Communicate incidents, problems and escalations to internal and external partners
Ensure all nightly production batch trails are completed on time based on SLA commitments
Responsible for change management, release management & audit/compliance/
regulatory activities

Required experience:

6+ years experience in IT
4+ years in-depth experience with Java
MS Office: intermediate to advanced skills in Word, Excel, Power Point and Access

Preferred Experience:
Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or 8 years equivalent work experience
ITIL & Lean Six Sigma
Advanced troubleshooting skills
Previous experience developing and building out Best Practices
Application Security Engineering
Experience in mobile technologies, data warehousing, Informatica and Micro-strategies

Travel: 15%

12/12/2013 2:38:37 PM

Allscripts is looking for a bunch of entry level comp sci type folks for some jobs in Springfield Illinois. Also looking for some more experienced folks. Let me know if you are interested in any of the postings on our website and I can get you a referral to the hiring manager.

1/15/2014 11:30:14 AM

My wife got laid off from her tech writing job. She's ITIL certified. Willing to potentially move for a permanent job. Can provide more information if interested. Just PM.

1/20/2014 7:54:34 PM

Quote :

"APPLICATION ENGINEER – DENVER, CO Customers request assistance from ClickFox Platform Operations Support Center through many touch points including phone, email, IM and web portals. The foremost responsibility of the Application Engineer is to be the initial, triage-touch point for our customers (internal, partners and external-end-users). You must be the calm, professional, reassuring voice back to the customer being empathetic and sympathetic to their issue while creating a Salesforce case; Primary responsibility is to perform investigation into the issue in order to provide first-contact resolution: working to fully resolving the issue in a reasonable time frame. The range of possible issues this role is tasked with resolving includes the ClickFox Experience Analytics (CEA) SaaS platform, ETL-developed data ingestion routines and platform-related design and development projects. Key Responsibilities Include: Identify, isolate and understand front and back end product application related issues (user/report, hardware/software related) Prioritize criticality of cases Determine the true problem through a detailed question and answer exploration with customer Understand and support CEA data models and transformational processes involving PDI (Pentaho Data Integration), Perl/Shell scripts and other proprietary tools Support daily automated file collection and ingestion routines for our clients Probe, investigate, diagnose, resolve and/or escalate issues appropriately Ensure support processes are well-documented and in compliance with ClickFox standards Contribute to process improvement through ideas/innovation and development projects Work in two different perspectives: within client-based team assignments (as client advocate), and across CEA platform as a whole If necessary, be able to quickly identify the appropriate resolution team and route the case accordingly with enough detail so as not introduce delay in acclimating another resource into the case Requirements: College diploma or university degree in technical discipline such as computer science, information systems or engineering. 3+ years’ experience in production support/application support or customer service support, preferably in a data storage technology or related industry. Efficient, organized troubleshooting and problem solving skills are required. Must be organized, efficient, timely and able to remain focused and calm in pressured situations. English language proficiency a must Must have experience in support of Web-based applications and/or cloud-computing solutions (Apache, tomcat, Java) 1-3 years of work experience in Unix/Linux Server based architecture to include, RedHat, CentOS 5, CentOS6, etc. (command line, scripting) Very deep and extremely thorough understanding of cloud-based hosted solutions, grid computing and web-centric architectures. Some database experience strongly encouraged. Ability to quickly learn to use new software tools. IVR, Web and CTI-routing backgrounds strongly preferred. Strongly prefer having career experience supporting a database-centric application with familiarity around database troubleshooting Excellent verbal & written communication and interpersonal skills are required.?Must be organized, efficient, responsive and able to remain focused and calm in high pressure situations. A results oriented, hands-on individual who can excel in a fast paced organization and is looking for a career path in a technical, customer-centric career. An individual motivated by problem solving and demonstrating your dedication to our customers’ success Strong analytical thinker and problem solver Self-motivated and a strong contributor as part of a team and as an individual. Ability to create innovative solutions for data content or data format challenges?."

Two other positions as well:

http://www.clickfox.com/who-we-are/careers/list/

1/21/2014 3:46:10 PM

Still looking for local js developers.

1/21/2014 4:51:28 PM

Still looking for a LAMP admin for a Jr position. Local company in the Raleigh/Cary area. PM me if interested.

3/4/2014 11:15:17 AM