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[Full-time] Data Architect at

2013-05-21 12:10:49

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

Job Title: Data Architect
Location: Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, PA
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Currently seeking a DATA ARCHITECT to work within our IMS division. Seeking a highly technical and experienced architect to lead the development of a next-generation data architecture that supports a near real-time, “Big Data” business intelligence and predictive analytics platform for the CPG industry.

Qualified candidates must be well-versed in data warehousing and “Big Data” parallel processing technologies as well as the advantages, disadvantages and trade-offs of various architecture approaches such as Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). In addition, the successful candidate should have knowledge and experience with data management techniques such as Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality (DQ) management, Complex Event Processing (CEP), metadata management, text analytics and mining, in-memory processing, data profiling, micro-batches, streaming data loads, and Change Data Capture (CDC). The resultant large-scale analytics infrastructure must be high performing, scalable, highly available, robust and secure.

This is a very technical and challenging position with accountability for an overall product portfolio’s performance and quality, and is also a leadership position requiring the ability to motivate, mentor and work effectively with other functional organizations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
*Recommend, architect, design and maintain a comprehensive data architecture (tools, technologies, data model, infrastructure, etc.) that supports large-scale, predictive analytics
*Design and help develop ETL, replication schemes, and query optimization techniques that support highly-varied (structured, semi-structured, and unstructured) and high-velocity (near real-time) data processing and delivery
*Ensure the data architecture is optimized for large dataset acquisition, analysis, storage, cleansing, transformation and reclamation
*Develop standards and methodologies for benchmarking, performance, evaluation, testing, data security and data privacy
*Recommend and set goals for unified data management practices such as meta-data management, provenance management, governance, stewardship, data quality and lifecycle management
*Perform impact analysis, performance tuning, capacity planning for the enterprise data warehouse and its infrastructure as sources systems are added and new integration business rules and logic are introduced
*Ensure the infrastructure adheres to architectural best-practices that meet and exceed security, scalability, performance, and maintainability requirements
*Establish and enforce policies, procedures, standards, methodologies, and metrics for data quality, metadata management, and master data management
*Provide recommendations, technical direction and leadership for Hadoop and NoSQL technologies as part of the overall architecture
*Manage and track costs against budgets and continuously improve productivity
*Participate in regular status meetings to track progress, resolve issues, mitigate risks and escalate concerns in a timely manner
*Collaborate with Product and Project Management, Software Engineering, Testing, Quality Assurance, Operations, Client Services, and executive management to ensure meeting release schedules, goals, and objectives
*Contribute to the development, review, and maintenance of product requirements documents, technical design documents and functional specifications
*Help create solutions that enable our CPG clients to make impactful decisions at their moment of need

REQUIRED SKILLS:
*Four-year degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related degree program, or equivalent application development, implementation and operations experience
*Advanced study or degrees such as Master’s degree in Business (MBA), Masters, PhD., in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related scientific degree programs preferred
*Working knowledge of application and system availability, scalability and distributed data platforms
*Excellent communication skills, particularly those relating to complex findings and presenting them to ensure audience appeal at various levels of the organization
*Ability to integrate research and best practices into problem avoidance and continuous improvement
*General knowledge of Complex Event Processing (CEP), text analytics and mining, and in-memory processing
*General knowledge of hardware based solutions to support analytical data processing
*General knowledge of object oriented design and development
*Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
*Customer service and solution oriented
*Extremely knowledgeable of industry standards and trends
*Be able to demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills
*Strong leadership presence. Can-do attitude. Positive and proactive leadership style.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
*Minimum 8 years of related database development experience, including at least 3 years of experience as a Data Architect working with “Big Data” technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL, BigTable, and HBase and large data sets
*Experience and detailed knowledge with Master Data Management, ETL, Data Quality, metadata management, data profiling, micro-batches, streaming data loads, and Change Data Capture (CDC)
*Experience and detailed knowledge of integrating and aggregating large data sets into high-volume data warehouse applications using highly-varied and high-velocity data collection systems
*Experience and detailed knowledge of relational, OLTP, SQL, dimensional and OLAP databases and technologies
*Experience and working knowledge of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing technologies and solutions
*Experience with data governance, stewardship, risk and compliance
*Experience with Internationalization

PLEASE SUBMIT RESUME TO BE CONSIDERED.

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[Freelance] Drupal Designer at

2013-05-21 10:49:22

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

Looking for a developer/designer to put a professional Drupal site together. The site is already planned out with wireframes and specifications. As long as the basic requirements are met with regards to site flow, content, layout, etc. the design is up to you. Some features will include implementing payment system (first data), homepage calendar & event brite (or similar plugin), forms for uploading/downloading, a job postings page and Mail Chimp newsletter signup. Everything else is straightforward. The site will have 6 main pages with about 8 — 10 subpages, approximately. Please have reference sites. This pays $750 and at least a 1st draft is needed by the end of the week…

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[Full-time] UI/UX Designer at

2013-05-21 08:38:29

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

Responsibilities & Project Work:
-Create world-class, user-centered designs through consideration of market research, business r-requirements, customer feedback, and usability study findings
-Translate business requirements into use cases and high-level customer experience requirements
-Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and mobile applications
-Direct the visual design of the web and mobile applications
-Good branding sense
-Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, and prototypes
-Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications
-Present design work to the user experience team, product team, engineering team, executives, and external partners for review and feedback
-Work with our usability and data mining teams to assess and optimize new and existing features and page frameworks

Requirements:
-3+ years’ experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, or user interface designer
-Fluency in best practices for web-based information architecture and design
-Strong practical knowledge of user-centered design methodologies, usability principles
-The ability to provide detailed specifications, mockups and style guides
-Proficiency in a variety of design tools including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
-An available portfolio or samples of work demonstrating great user-centered design solutions

Desired Qualifications & Skills:
-Bachelor’s degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent experience
-Demonstrated visual design expertise; capacity for creating fun, highly usable designs and layouts, and a propensity towards simplification
-Nimbleness; the ability to turn around rigorous wireframes and mockups quickly in an iterative environment
-Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)
-A general understanding of how design impacts development; a knack for constructing dynamic, interactive designs that are technically feasible and prudent
-The ability to scope design initiatives accurately and prioritize work items appropriately
-Experience working in a collaborative team environment
-Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
-Retail and eCommerce design experience
-Experience designing user experiences for web, mobile, desktop or connected devices
-The ability to prototype in HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and Flash or Flex
-Proficiency with web and mobile standards

Job could be full-time or part-time (24-40hrs/week)

Please send a Microsoft Word resume if interested!

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[Full-time] Java Developer at

2013-05-17 21:42:44

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

Technical Skills Required:
1. Strong core Java programming skills are an absolute necessity.
2. SQL – the ability to write complex sql statements
3. JSP development (preferably including JavaScript and AJAX)

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[Full-time] PizzaDiscount.com web developer at

2013-05-17 04:13:12

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

PizzaDiscount.com is looking for someone to help develop this domain
in a creative, imaginative and entertaining manner unlike any similar site.
Any profits in this site could also be shared.as traffic grows.

Email name and phone number.

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[Full-time] Social Media Manager at

2013-05-16 13:41:21

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency seeking a social media manager to perform the following tasks

- Develop monthly social media plans for businesses
– Work in a creative team environment
– Create custom social media pages for our clients
– Increase fan base and interactions
– Develop social media advertising campaigns to compliment existing marketing initiatives
– Analyze monthly reports and budgets

- Must have extensive knowledge and at least 3 years experience working with businesses on the following social media platforms
* Facebook
* Linked IN
* Youtube
* Twitter
* Instagram
* Pinterest

This is a 8 – 5 Monday thru Friday job. Send examples of case studies with resume

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[Full-time] UX Practitioner at

2013-05-14 15:42:50

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

We are an apparel group located in the Pittsbugh area. We are seeking an onsite fulltime UX Practitioner.

This role will liaise between the Creative, Technology, Merchandising and Content teams. Must be able to conduct, write and contribute to tasks and deliverables including task analysis, heuristic evaluation, rapid prototyping and development of use cases and business process flows.

Duties: Defining user experience specifications for customers and stakeholder. Perform qualitative and/or quantitative analyses. Translate, document and present research findings and recommendations to stakeholder. Develop mockup / prototype interaction designs, including user interaction models, information architecture, wire frames and screen flows. Work with usability team to conduct customer studies of mockups, prototypes and existing interfaces; and iterate designs based on results.

Software programs for this role are: Illustrator, Photoshop ,Visio · Prototyping software (Axure) · Wireframe software (Balsamiq)

eCommerce Content Management System a plus

Education: Bachelor’s degree – Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Information Design, Visual Design or related field; accelerated degree preferred

Experience: 5 -7 years experience in Interaction Designer, Information Design, HCI, User-Centered design or related field. At least 3 years of experience in user interface design

Please email your resume to bsowa@24seveninc.com for immediate consideration.

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[Full-time] PL/SQL Developer at

2013-05-14 09:41:16

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

The Software Developer will have both internal and external development responsibilities. Internally, the developer will be responsible for developing and converting existing programs to newer technologies. Externally, the developer will work with customers to create enhancements for their supply chain systems. To be successful, this resource must be detailed oriented, self-directed, and have the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and tasks at the same time.

Position is Responsible for:
Provide customized technical expertise for application software programming, development and maintenance
Defining system requirements, flows and interfaces based on internal or external requirements
Creating and updating Technical Specifications
Development of front end and back end programs to support the requirements
Defining and development of system interfaces
Help develop design specifications for software enhancements to meet customer specifications and feedback; Help conduct software testing; maintain strong relationships with the customer’s management and project teams

Required Skills and Background:

· 4 Year Degree (Computer Science or related field) preferred

· 3-5 years of experience with standard software development processes

· 2+ years experience with Oracle PL/SQL required

· Experience with front end development using HTML/CSS/JavaScript is a plus

· Experience with Web 2.0 technologies, including AJAX and jquery is a plus

· Working Knowledge of web related technology such as J2EE, JSP, PHP, SQL, XML is a plus

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[Part-time] Blogger and SEO at

2013-05-12 10:36:41

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

We are an online travel agency looking for someone to write a daily blog for our various social media channels. We will provide you with a company email to use for blogging and you will get credit for the stories you write under the agency name. You would email us the blog daily the night before the day it will be posted. Some of the things we are looking for in a blogger:

*Personality
*A unique weekly blog every Sunday for the travel agency that helps travelers learn something new or engages them in an informative way like a “how to” blog
*Sample of previous writing or a sample of a travel blog you would write
*Enjoys to travel or has travel experience
*SEO experience or knowledge
*Ability to capture the latest news in travel through AP Wire/Google alerts *1postneeded a day in the morning Monday – Sunday

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[Full-time] Join this StartUp! at

2013-05-11 12:38:09

Location: Pittsburgh
Description:

looking for college students with technical skills such as software development and programming to join a new startup and help it grow from the ground up. This startup aims to help students with their education and find ways to make a student’s life cheaper, bearable and easier. A lot of ideas are on the board and about to take off. What’s need is the technical skills to take this startup to the next level. Email for more information and also provide a list of technical skills that you bring to the startup.

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