Job Opportunities

Location: Omaha, NE

Job Description

Seeking a Software Engineer I/Software Engineer II to support the design, development, and engineering of large, highly complex payment card device applications. This role will utilize a variety of technologies and techniques including, enterprise software patterns, client-server, and advanced security principles.  Qualified candidates will excel in a dynamic and collaborative environment with geographically distributed teammates working in an agile development environment.

Key Activities:

• Proficient contributor in enterprise technology solutions for the organization’s most strategic and complex application delivery projects, utilizing broad industry awareness and expertise.
• Active participant through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including post-implementation support and maintenance.
• Proficient at implementing complex systems and software components from technical designs and specifications, in compliance with Industry and System standards, which meet customer needs and expectations with respect to key project/product performance measures; quality, schedule, and cost.
• Novice to Proficient at analyzing business requirements and creating technical designs and specifications for independent implementation or for less experienced team members.
• Novice to Proficient at creating estimates and work breakdown structures on assigned development tasks. Collaboratively works with leads to incorporate development activities into master delivery schedule.
• Novice to Proficient at consulting with customers and business partners on defined assignments.
• Novice to Proficient at communicating status and progress on assignments. Recognizes issues and risks and begins to raise them to senior staff.

Core Attributes

• Technical Expertise: Proficient
• Leadership: Novice to Proficient
• Self-Sufficiency: Minimal
• Relationship Management: Novice to Proficient
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Proficient-to-Advanced
• Problem Solving/Creativity: Proficient

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an information technology field (e.g., Computer/Management Information Systems (MIS/CIS), Computer Science (CS), Electrical/Computer Engineering (EE/CE), or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Typically requires four to six to years of relevant and progressive information technology experience directly related to architecture, design, and development of software solutions, ranging in complexity from department-class to enterprise class.
• For lead roles, at least 4 years of Enterprise Architecture experience preferred.
• Foundational knowledge Industry software development methodologies, standards and architecture frameworks.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Payment Card device technology (e.g. POS, Hypercom/Equinox, Ingenico, Verifone, screen layout, receipt layout, EFT message queue, etc…).
• Demonstrated proficiency with Web Application Frameworks (e.g. JSF, Spring MVC, Grails, etc…).
• Demonstrated proficiency with modern ORM technology (e.g. Hibernate, JPA, etc…).
• Demonstrated proficiency with modern DBMS technology (e.g. Oracle, etc…).
• Demonstrated proficiency with Java Enterprise Applications (e.g. JEE, Spring, etc…).
• Demonstrated proficiency with modern DevOps tooling (e.g. Subversion, Git, Maven, etc…).
• Demonstrated proficiency with Unit Testing, UML, Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design, MVC patterns.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Agile software development principles.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt and learn new technologies (e.g. Web Services, MQ Series, Groovy/Grails, etc…).
• Experience with WebLogic and SpringBoot frameworks.
• Demonstrated proficiency with C++, C#, shell scripting, and low level C development experience in a virtual environment (VirtualBox, VMWare).
• Demonstrated proficiency with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), directory services, and Hardware Security Modules (HSM).
• Strong knowledge with Industry software development methodologies, standards and architecture frameworks.
• Strong organizational, project management and problem-solving skills.
• Strong initiative, innovative thinking skills, and the ability to analyze details and adopt a big-picture view.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to explain complex technical information to technical and nontechnical contacts including executive audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to effectively build relationships, promote a collaborative and team environment, and influence others.
• Military experience a plus.

United States Citizenship is required for this position.

Location: Overland Park, KS

Job Description:

A Systems Analyst designs new IT solutions to improve business efficiency and productivity.  Analysts examine existing business models and flows of data, discuss their findings with the team, and design an appropriate improved IT solution.  They produce outline designs and costing of new IT systems, specifying the operations the system will perform, and the way data will be viewed by the user, present their design to the user and, once it is approved, act as the lead to implement the solution.  Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent. Must have 5 or more years of previous experience.

Candidate should have 5-7 years experience and possess native mobile app knowledge/experience required, experience with AEM (adobe experience manager) content management is required and strong knowledge of workings of handset/OEMs/mobile OS. Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent.  Candidate must have 5 or more years of previous experience.

Location: Kansas City, MO

 Job Description

Learns and acquires skills and technical strategies in the design, configuration and maintenance of LAN, WAN and wireless networks to ensure the stability, integrity and operational effectiveness and efficiency of network services. In addition, the Network Engineer will participate with the design, purchase, installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, software, and communication links. This individual will also analyze and resolve network hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion, and provide end user training where required.

o Learn and understand the design and configuration of internal and/or external networks as required for assigned projects.

o Apply business/customer requirements into network or process implementation as directed.

o Supports network technology and configuration activities to ensure integration and alignment with other IT technology, systems, applications, and environment.

o Learn and apply policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network administration, usage, and disaster recovery.

o Develop planning skills to manage and complete assignments.

o Participate in testing software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.

o As directed, assist in approaches to accomplish departmental goals, while maintaining alignment and compliance with business goals, corporate IT standards, strategy and Service Level Agreements.

o Assist vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.

o Assists in network technology and configuration activities to ensure integration and alignment with other IT technology, systems, applications, and environment.

o Provides technical support and guidance in troubleshooting assigned network issues. Researches problems that cannot be resolved by routine procedures. Ensures timely resolution of problems

o Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.

o Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports. o Participate in managing all network security solutions.

Experience/Education

• Understands and considers and applies standard concepts, best practices and procedures related to LAN, WAN and wireless networks.
• Communicates effectively with all levels of employees, both technical and non-technical.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with other departments.
• Effective project team member, at times assuming leadership roles for projects as required.
• Monitors emerging trends and evolving technologies, evaluating and understanding the implications for inclusion in department strategy.
• Takes the initiative to search for and identify alternative and/or innovative solutions to architecture problems.
• Uses planning skills to manage and complete assignments.
• Quickly adapts to the demands inherent in managing multiple assignments simultaneously. Education/Experience
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other related field OR • 2-3 years network engineering experience

Skills

• Experience with Spanning Tree
• Experience with Layer 3
• Experience using Cisco  IOS/XE/NX-OS
• Understanding of wireless concepts
• Experience with sub-netting
• Understanding of network security and concepts
• Experience troubleshooting network related issues
• Experience with NCM/NPM/SAM and maintenance of the solarwinds suite
• Experience with Cisco ISE and how to operate the system.

Location: Overland Park, KS

Job Description 

RF Engineer III is responsible for performing complex RF engineering activities supporting the design, development and optimization of a wireless network. Responsibilities include: performing radio propagation modeling and prediction to determine cell site location, determining equipment and power configurations, forecasting channel capacity requirements, planning and optimizing system traffic and developing design standards to ensure system quality.

Responsible for conducting moderately complex network system administration and design engineering activities to maximize network capacity. Performs engineering functions related to interconnect equipment and facilities, signaling systems, switches and traffic.  Responsible for independently performing professional engineering assignments in functional area which involves the planning, evaluation and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures and criteria.  He/she should have knowledge of optimizing multiple band LTE network. Knowledge network performance key performance indicators.

Knowledge of VOLTE/Atoll / LTE optimization techniques. Knowledge of traffic managements , Power parameters.

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent.  7-10 years related work experience.

Location: Kansas City, MO

Job description

Seeking an experienced Software Engineer for the Messaging, Productivity and Mobility Operations team. The Software engineer will provide technology leadership and expertise for various aspects of the email and mobile device infrastructures, focused on providing sustained high availability and a positive customer experience. Undertakes complex projects requiring specialized technical knowledge. May assume project manager responsibilities. Coordinates with users to determine requirements. Assists with ensuring system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.

Key Activities:

• Provides systems engineering and support – Messaging, Productivity and Mobility Operations teams, including email, calendaring, wireless handheld and related services as formalized in service level agreements.
• Works closely with technical staff supporting enterprise messaging and productivity applications.
• Provides engineering support for the Exchange, External Email and VMWare Workspace One infrastructures.
• Documents, tests and executes reliable backup and contingency capabilities for the Exchange infrastructure, which fulfill System business requirements for business continuity.
• Assumes project management responsibilities, encompassing a team of four to six other staff.
• Assists in the implementation of new technologies that offer opportunities to enhance and improve the  Messaging and Mobility offering in terms of devices, services and any associated infrastructure that is required.
• Maintains a thorough and up to date understanding of the enterprise infrastructure supporting the delivery of email and wireless handheld services including network topology, server architectures etc.
• Interfaces with management, developers, architects, service desk staff, and end-users throughout the System while providing problem and change management support; periodically interacts with  vendors.
• Prepares and collaborates on end user documentation and guides.
• Works to continuously identify improvement opportunities spanning service delivery, customer experience, security etc.
• Performs all tasks and duties in a manner that supports the Bank’s objective to produce error-free work and to provide high quality customer service.
• Must meet or exceed the service and quality performance standards or objectives for the assigned function.
• Leverage industry knowledge and research to provide feedback and input to management to help assess and plan future direction in the System infrastructure.
• Performs job duties and responsibilities in conformance with sound safety practices.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an information technology field (e.g. Computer/Management Information Systems (MIS/CIS), Computer Science(CS), Electrical/Computer Engineering (EE/CE), or an equivalent combination of related education and/or work experience.
• Typically requires four to eight years of relevant and progressive information technology experience directly related to the design and development of software solutions; with some experience in enterprise-class solutions.
• Combined minimum three to four years’ of previous Exchange and VMWare Workspace One or other enterprise level secure Mobile Device  Management administration experience is required.
• Must have real-world, hands on experience delivering messaging and collaboration solutions utilizing Microsoft Exchange and or other Office 365 services within large complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of Office 365 in an Enterprise environment – particularly Exchange Online, administrating Exchange 2016 and Exchange Online and administrating O365. O365 Security, advanced Microsoft Office support experience and Microsoft PowerShell scripting experience is preferred.
• In depth understanding and expertise in the capabilities and operation of Mobile Device Management solutions Project Management skills.
• Knowledge of communication and collaboration administration (Outlook/Exchange, Skype, SharePoint and/or GSX administration).
• Working knowledge with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory integration.
• Domain Name Service (DNS) and mail exchange record management knowledge.
• Working knowledge of authentication, identity, and access management technologies.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of clients and Information Technology management and staffs throughout the System is required.

Location: Leawood, KS 

Job Description

The Security Engineer is a lead technical contributor for the Information Security Management function, providing technical leadership and consultative expertise with key IT and business unit leaders.  The purpose of the Information Security Management function, in turn, is to bring the organization’s information security risks under explicit management control through the Information Security Management System.

Key responsibilities:

• Technical Security System Administration, Implementation, and Testing.
• Responsible for installing and maintaining a new IPS, refining our Next Gen Firewall, and overhauling our AV Management Console
• Responsible for installing and maintaining a new IPS, refining our Next Gen Firewall, and overhauling our AV Management Console.  The systems security engineer will be responsible for server administration, integrating various severs into our SIEM, and some possible scripting work
• Working with the Manager of Information Security, provide leadership and strategic direction for the function, including planning, analysis, operational activities and awareness activities.
• Consultant on company initiatives to ensure security and compliance requirements are met or exceeded.
• Participates in the preparation and implementation of necessary information security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines, in conjunction with the Information Security Committee
• Performs required assessments and activities as part of overall Information Security program.

Security Support & Operations

• Oversee team duties in ongoing security operations tasks
• Ensure stable operations of key security controls and systems
• Develop processes and controls for security tool refinement
• Review logs and reports for potential incidents and events
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and corporate standards

Program & Project Management

• Establish necessary programs to manage current and future security infrastructure needs.
• Manage contract and associate personnel in deploying new or upgrading existing security infrastructure.

Security & Compliance

• Oversee ongoing and recurring security activities, awareness and risk mitigation
• Raise concerns and actively consult with internal teams and groups from an Information Security and Risk perspective
• Stays current with threats and opportunities from a risk and security perspective.

Consulting & Research

• Develop and manage effective working relationships with other departments, groups and personnel while serving as an internal consultant to other IT departments and key business partners
• Provide information to key business units on technology trends and opportunities aligned with their business needs
• Identify ways to improve value to business from cost and services perspective.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or IT related technologies or equivalent work experience.
• Information security management or system competency qualifications such as CompTIA Security+, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Server+, MCSE, LPIC, RHCE, etc.
• At least 5 years of full-time work experience in information security management and/or related functions (such as IT audit and IT Risk Management)
• Experience with e-commerce and PCI regulated applications.
• Strong conceptual, analytical, judgment and communication abilities

Location: Overland Park, KS

Job Description 

All scope of work requirements required in addition to all requirements listed below.

Data Analyst for Cybersecurity / Fraud data science team.  Candidate will be supporting the mitigation of cybersecurity and fraud risks using data querying techniques. Scope includes

• Investigation of data related to fraud and cybersecurity risk
• Implementation of measures to cancel orders deemed fraudulent
• Use SQL scripting techniques to select, modify, and update data from data stores
• Perform analysis of data after a security event
• Be able to communicate findings using visualization methods
• Ability to assimilate new data sources into new and existing processes

Required Skills/Experience

Expert knowledge in SQL.

Preferred exposure to Python, Java, or other statistical languages

Location: Overland Park, KS 

Job Description:

Enterprise Service System Administrator II

Position Summary: Manages the functionality and efficiency of a group of computers running on one or more operating systems. Maintains the integrity and security of servers and systems. Serves as a front line interface to users with technical issues. Interacts with third-party technology vendors and internal database staff. Conducts systems analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies. May install new software, perform troubleshooting, and grant permissions to applications and training users.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and two years related work experience or six years related work experience post high school

Operating systems/platforms: Unix , AIX/Solaris/HPUX, Linux , RedHat/CentOS

Experience with databases, networks (LAN, WAN), patch management, –  Experience is desired

Candidate need to have knowledge of system security (e.g. intrusion detection systems) and data backup/recovery: : Required

Ability to create scripts in Python, Perl, or other language(s): Experience is desired

Two years technical assistance experience

Two years experience installing software

Two years system administration experience

US Citizenship required for this position must be willing/able to work a night shift 10P-8A**

Location: Maitland, FL

Job Description:

Experience creating Enterprise applications.

Skills:

• Data Manipulation (SQL, ETL, Python, Go, etc)
• Version Controls Systems (GitHub, SVN, CVS, etc)
• Familiar with Unix / Linux Systems
• Familiar with IP networking concepts
• Experience with MySQL / MariaDB

U.S. Citizens required due to legal or government system, must be able to complete background clearance requirements.

Location: Andover, MA 

Job Description:

The KYC Team Lead is responsible for the day-to-day overall management of KYC Analysts. The KYC Team Lead is a key player to ensuring the business is implementing and maintaining a robust AML/KYC program. The KYC Team Lead will manage a team of 10 to 12 KYC Analysts and is responsible for recruiting, performance management, employee development and coaching, training and staff readiness. As part of the KYC Managed Services team, the candidate will work with clients to ensure their information and documentation is the most up to date, and that any client questions are addressed. The role requires working with clients directly to help them update their commercial account onboarding information, customer training, and handling day to day client inquiries.

Duties & accountabilities

• Evaluate staff performance and provide feedback via informal discussions as well as quarterly and annual review process.
• Coordinate and lead regular team meetings where appropriate
• Provide KYC Analysts with guidance and resources to perform their specified job functions
• Facilitates the collaboration of ideas and follow-up to recommend the best solutions
• Manages the team’s pipeline to ensure timely completion of cases and appropriate management of the team’s capacity
• Works with direct manager and leadership team to maintain proactive management of client escalations, issues and other items that require special handling
• Works closely with peers and commercial partners to ensure consistent processes and procedures are being followed
• Ability to use various PC and internet applications and tools to support the KYC process, including reporting, analyzing and tracking metrics.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, especially Excel

Business competencies

Education and experience Bachelor’s Degree

5+ years’ experience

Previous KYC Remediation or Client Onboarding experience required

Client Service or Data Quality and Controls experience is a plus

Compliance qualification a plus

Commercial awareness Have an excellent client service ethos and be able to communicate effectively with clients and sales prospects

Management requirements Prior management/supervisory experience required

Strong coach/people developer

Personal competencies

Personal impact The ideal candidate will need to be detail oriented and task driven with a strong work ethic and able to work in a fast-paced environment

Strong analytical and interpersonal skills

Independent, self-motivated and a team player

Strong time management, organizational, planning and follow-up skills, ability to multi-task effectively.

Communication Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Teamwork Ability to partner with internal stakeholders and leverage internal resources

Proven track record of managing and leading a team

Positive, can-do approach, embraces change and motivates others

Location: Overland Park, KS 

Job Description

The role is a position within the Network Deployment team and will focus on the Macro Network Deployment, Commissioning, Integration, and cell site acceptance of Alcatel Lucent, Ericson, Nokia, and Samsung LTE cell Sites. The responsibilities will include:

• Ability to perform pre-commission, Commissioning, Integration, Maintenance and Upgrades to LTE cell site equipment and auxiliary equipment.
• Work is primarily with Ericsson, Samsung, Alcatel Lucent and Nokia Equipment.
• In-depth Understanding of LTE BTS Installation, Configuration, Maintenance, and Trouble Shooting
• Create and manage Customer Information questionnaires (CIQ)
• Responsible for equipment powered up and testing in a standalone environment including cable connections
• Ensure the lasted software and the correct configurations are loaded into the equipment
• Ensure the cell site is connected to the network and integrated to become a functional part of the network
• Ensure any new hardware is connected to the network and integrated into the cell site
• Seamless end-to-end LTE cell site test support and ownership of cell site planning phases to remote LTE Cell site acceptance
• Technical writing skills required to create specific commissioning, integration and LTE cell site acceptance methods of procedures
• Single point-of-contact for integration, commissioning and acceptance issues
• Technical writing skills required to create Network Deployment Custom Test Plans for feature Activations and integration testing
• Support the knowledge transfer of commissioning and Integration to other engineers
• Define key Performance indicators to ensure there are no customer experience impacts

Position Requirements

3-7 years experience and In-depth knowledge of LTE Cell site Commissioning and integration.

Strong working knowledge of RF wireless technologies and products.

A demonstrated understanding of multiple backhaul network topologies and associated Radio access network (RAN) and Optical / Microwave Transmission infrastructure Proficient with Internet Protocol (IP) networking

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, MS Windows products and databases.

Working knowledge of vendor Element Management Systems (EMS).

Experience integrating and troubleshoot all components of Wireless and Fixed network

Location: Overland Park, KS

Job description:

Candidate must meet all Scope of Work requirements and the following:

Developer to convert existing Visual FoxPro application into a modern, scalable solution utilizing Microsoft SQL stored procedures.

Candidate must be able to read and understand existing Visual FoxPro code and convert program flow into Microsoft SQL server data structures and stored procedures.

Strong database design, HTML and CSS skills are beneficial.

Location: Overland Park, KS

Basic skills 

Excellent Oral and Written Skills

Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

Ability to assess and conceptualize with other Organizations

Ability to learn new processes quickly

Preferred Skills

Reviewing and Cleaning up Domain & Sub Domains.

Experience in documentation of processes.

Experience is data analysis and identifying patterns and trends.

Experience in Jira and Confluence

Advanced Excel Skills including formulas, and merging large data in multiple documents.

Location: Overland Park, KS

Job Description:

Analyst II is primarily responsible for taking a requirements document from the  RF engineering group, comparing it to an existing tool, and determining any areas where the tool does not meet the groups needs Candidate must possess strong analytical and communication skills.  Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.  3+ years related work experience.  Must be eligible to work in the US.

Looking for candidates with following skills with tools listed below along with solid Data Analysis experience:

Required Skills:

MS Office – Excel (Strong Skill Set)

Preferred Skills:

Tableau

PRTS

Patrol

NIMS

RF knowledge

Location: Kansas City, MO 

Job Description:

Responsible for supporting one or more technology projects to completion by working with a Program or Project Manager and both IT and business team members to provide testing support with various activities including facilitating testing meetings, development of process flows, supporting requirement creation, development of test strategy, test cases and other testing documentation. The QA Analyst will ensure that the requirements, test cases and testing criteria are documented accurately.
• Obtain approvals for test cycle entry/exit
• Work with key stakeholders to improve the processes supported by QA.
• Ensuring testing artifacts (test cases, test results, and test data) are properly archived for future use.
• Support the creation and maintenance of detailed system requirements, including gathering input from various technical teams and business groups
• Support project managers and other team members in creation of necessary project documentation
• Conducting daily testing meeting to track testing progress and defect resolution status
• Provide business analysis and quality assurance assistance to Team Lead with test strategy documentation, test plan creation, coordination of creation of test scenarios/cases/steps.
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify process improvements.
• Manage the creation and maintenance of test cases to support the various business processes and requirements that have been gathered for the project; this may include test cases for unit testing, component and functional testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing and performance testing
• Support the creation and maintenance of detailed business requirements, including eliciting requirements from the project stakeholders
• Work with testing team to assist in creation of test scenarios/test cases in approved format. • Other business and quality analyst duties as needed. Support the creation and maintenance of detailed business process flow documentation, including soliciting input on people, processes and technologies involved in the business process from stakeholders

Skill/Experience/Education

• Able to provide written examples of business process flow documentation
• Able to provide written examples of business and/or system requirements documentation
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Strong planning, organizational and analytical skills
• Strong at PowerPoint, Excel, Word, MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint
• Experience in the utility industry is preferred
• Experience with HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) or other automated requirements and test case tracking tools is preferred
• Exercises sound judgment when making decisions.
• Quickly adapts to multiple demands and rapidly changing priorities.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.

Education/Experience

• BS/BA in technical field/business or equivalent experience or 5+ years in business analysis and/or system analysis spanning all functional areas

The ideal candidate will have QA Testing experience. Responsibilities will include but not limited to;

• • Creating test cases (both manual and automated will be required)
  • Mapping test cases to business processes
  • Executing test cases (both manual and automated will be required)
  • Creating logs to document testing phases and reporting defects
  • Re-execution of existing test cases
  • Troubleshooting issues; conduct post-release/post implementation testing
  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality is maintained through all phases
  • Experience with testing Oracle CCB Utilities; CCB, MDM, OMS, NMS, CRM, etc.
  • Experience using Oracle MDM, OMS, NMS, CRM

Location: Kansas City, MO

Job Description:

Seeking an experienced Software Quality Assurance/ETL Test Analyst to develop, support and deliver testing strategies and solutions for large-scale applications.  This role requires the review of system requirements to write test plans and scripts, analyze and validate data, track and facilitate defect resolution, and apply analytical problem-solving skills by collaborating with business and technical staff throughout the development and testing process.

Key Activities:

• Conduct ETL testing activities
• Creates and executes data quality test cases and analyzes results for improvement recommendations
• Conduct data transformation validation between environments
• Provide awareness and oversight of vendor data transformation validation testing- Collaborate with software/systems personnel and infrastructure support for ETL testing activities
• Provide awareness and oversight of vendor QA (ETL) Test execution- Support post release checks (post non-project specific migrations)
• Prepare and analyze test results to aid in problem solving and facilitate decision-making
• Enter and report all daily activities using status tracking tools as required- Work with Implementation Work Track Lead to plan application pilot
• Align with Quality Assurance Office regarding test approach (e.g., number of migration cycles, specific requirements regarding the migration date, test data requirements (synthetic or production data), data time stamp, etc.)
• Coordinate with other testing tracks during test execution (e.g., regarding data access for testers, access to loaded databases, access to systems)- Participate in quality management reviews
• Perform defect and change request entry and tracking as appropriate to capture defects and enhancements identified during the testing process, and track existing or potential issues along with a recommended course of action and/or options
• Participate in and facilitate daily meetings to communicate progress and any barriers to completing development and testing goals
• Participate in quality management reviews

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, business administration, and/or equivalent work experience.
• At least four years of direct experience as a software quality assurance analyst, ETL/data analyst or engineer working on major application integration and/or major product releases required.
• Application development and data analysis background and experience are strongly preferred.
• Advanced experience in developing and executing SQL statements for testing, data quality analysis and validations.
• Ability to Develop Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) Specifications to support data conversion and integrations
• Develops and implements solutions for cleansing data to remove errors and ensure consistency.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and prioritize workload and deliverables within schedule constraints to deliver results and willingness to work on a collaborative geographically dispersed team in a cross-functional environment.

Preferred Software Quality Assurance/Technical Skills:

• Proven application testing experience that includes testing of large, complex, enterprise-wide applications on a variety of platforms.
• Proficient in understanding written requirements, including use cases, supplementary specifications and requirements traceability.
• Proficient in writing test plans and test cases for the intended audience(s)Experience with HP Quality Center / ALM to conduct test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Experience with issue/defect tracking and change management tools, such as JIRA, HP Application LifeCycle Management a plus.
• Experience with change management, release packaging and deployment concepts.
• Practical experience reviewing and researching log files to troubleshoot issues.
• Has tool experience relevant to continuous integration, Agile team support and testing frameworks, e.g., JIRA, Selenium, Jenkins etc.
• Excellent testing and troubleshooting skills and ability to work with department staff to resolve technical issues.

United States citizenship is required for this position.

Location: Kansas City, MO

Description

This job is responsible for participating in development, maintenance and enhancement of business applications. Participate in project teams assigned business unit or department and utilize various technology platforms. Collaborate with business partners and other technical staff to understand functional requirements and create system requirements, assess available technologies and recommend solution options. Work will be in supporting existence application written in Flex/Java and porting it to new JSF application.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Provide business analysis and programming expertise within an assigned business unit/area in the analysis, design, and development of business applications. (20%)
• Formulate and define application scope and objectives; devise and modify procedures to solve business problems. (20%)
• Prepare detailed specifications from which programs will be written, and design, code, test debug and document programs. (20%)
• Participate in business and IT project estimation activities. (5%)
• Provide technical leadership for small to medium-scale projects. (15%)
• Utilize business knowledge to collaborate and offer technical solutions. (15%)
• Be self-guided and complete tasks with minimum assistance. (5%)

Qualifications

• 5+years in application development required

Preferred Experience

o Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems preferred
o Communicate effectively with business partners
o Provide fundamental technical and business analysis on projects
o Strong technical knowledge, with hands-on experience managing systems development in new computing architectures and environments.
o Knowledge of relevant technology and tools is critical, including development methodologies and programming/scripting languages.
o Ability to accurately estimate project development activities.
o 5 years equivalent work experience in application development preferred (5 years minimum exp OR several years of JSF dev exp)
o 3 years of experience in business application design, development, installation, and modification in an IT environment preferred o Experience with design, development, and implementation of new computing architectures preferred

– Java

– JSF (2.2+ preferred)

– UX skills

– Websphere/Weblogic

– SQL

– Dev Ops (JIRA, GIT, Bitbucket, static analysis)

– Prior experience of rewrite projects a bonus

Location: Kansas City, MO

Description:

Designs, develops and maintains software components. Works closely with the lead software engineer to design, develop and maintain system access automation platform/components that support Revenue platforms. Uses tools, languages, coding standards and best practices as a Software Engineer to develop software using Azure DevOps standards. Creates and executes unit tests and addresses defects. Works closely with the QA, Windows, UNIX/Linux, Database, Corporate systems and other related teams to ensure consistent understanding of requirements and approach.

Responsibilities:

• Creates and maintains documentation of design approaches
• Creates and maintains documentation on internal architecture of the system.
• Participates in technical design and code reviews for all new enhancements and maintenance work delivered.
• Understands Information Security, business and functional requirements and produces technical specifications and product requirements.
• Creates, maintains and executes unit test and alpha test plans
• Maintains and improves current knowledge on the latest technologies relevant to the role regarding algorithms, language, design methodology, third-party development tools, application platforms, hardware compatibility and operating systems.

Required skills/experience:

• Experience in using source control tools. Preferably – GIT
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience in working on Software automation tools.

Location: Dallas, TX

Description

Looking for a multi Technology DBA enabling the development lifecycle across diverse database estate. A challenging role that provides exposure to the finance industry, IT Information Library (ITIL), Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, Enterprise Manager, and Recovery Manager. The predominant database is Oracle Enterprise Edition 12CR1 upgrading to 18c/19C.

The team supports Oracle, MongoDB and PostGres and this is expected to expand.

This role will involve designing for and working with modern converged IT infrastructure and up-to-date versions of both database and operating system technologies. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of all supported data platforms, including Oracle Database (RAC & RAC One Node) and Oracle Middleware.

Duties & Accountability
• Delivering services more quickly and to a higher quality using approaches such as Automation
• Delivery of core technology build instructions & training
• Integrating databases and data platforms with supporting technologies – monitoring, management, security, compliance
• Delivery of standard operating procedures for core technologies – backup, recovery, patch, upgrade, clone, HA, DR, capacity management
• Generating new, and sharing old, ideas
• Sharing knowledge and experience to audiences with different levels of technical understanding
• Requirements gathering – we build what the business needs
• Proposing, or reviewing, new feature/technology adoption
• Testing new versions of databases and data platforms (functional & performance)
• Complex incident and problem resolution (tier 3 support), including application and infrastructure performance problem investigations
• Review of incident trending and initiating long term resolutions
• Installation, training, maintenance and support of Oracle Middleware including weblogic, forms OBIEE

SKILLS
A successful candidate will have worked as a senior database administrator for 8+ years, and must be able to evidence delivery of strategic engineering projects over several years of that.
The candidate will have operated in environments that have constantly challenged them, enabling them to develop very strong interpersonal and technical capabilities. The candidate should be able to demonstrate a deep understanding, and hands-on experience, with all aspects of the following processes and technologies:
• Oracle installation, backup, recovery, patch, upgrade, migration,& disaster recovery
• Database capacity forecasting (organic growth, new initiatives, application changes, infrastructure changes)
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c & 13c
• RedHat Linux Enterprise Edition 6 & 7, and how its configuration and operation relate to databases
• Developing efficient SQL, PL/SQL, Python, and Shell scripts to automate administration tasks
• Securing data stored in Oracle Database and MongoDB to meet internal audit requirements, and external SOX, SOC, and GDPR regulations
• Storage integration – IO management, IO monitoring, multipath, storage protocols
In addition, knowledge or experience of the following will be beneficial:
• Cisco UCS
• Pure FlashArray
• Amazon Web Services
• Oracle WebLogic
• Oracle Business Intelligence
• Oracle Data Integrator
• Oracle GoldenGate
• Storage/database cloning technologies – Pure FlashArray snapshots , HPE 3Par Virtual Copy/Physical Copy, Actifio, Delphix

Location:Burlington, KS

Description

Provides and applies advanced technical strategies in administering, maintaining and implementing physical and virtual servers, operating systems, enterprise storage and supporting infrastructure. Analyze and resolve system hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion, and provide end user training where required. Provides technical consultation for enterprise and application project teams. Identify and clarify strategy, address gaps, define and execute related policy/procedures.

• Work with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.
• Provides technical design and provides consulting including identification and documentation of requirements and design; including server layout, connectivity, security, auditability, availability and recoverability.
• Collaborate on definition of infrastructure standards and contribute to the overall architecture roadmap
• Translates business/customer requirements into systems or process designs.
• Coordinates environment configuration activities to ensure integration and alignment with other IT technology, sprocesses, ystems, applications, and environments.
• Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure system-related products and services.
• Colloborate as required in discussions with other IT departments, business units and vendors to identify needs, design technical solutions, develop implementation plans and participate in the implementation of new technology.
• Install and configure server hardware, operating systems, software, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Recommend and lead improvement when required to provide the highest level of availability and performance.
• Provides technical support and guidance in troubleshooting system performance issues. Researches problems that cannot be resolved by routine procedures. Creates troubleshooting procedures, designing resolution scripts, workflows or flowcharts. Ensures timely resolution of problems
• Knowledge and ability to perform advanced administration on mulitple company standard infrastructure technologies or similar platforms; such as Microsoft Windows Server, RedHat Linux, HP UX, VMWare, Citrix, HP 3Par SAN, EMC NAS, Cisco Networking.
• Understands and considers business goals, corporate IT standards, department strategy, service level agreements, EVA’s and budgetary implications.
• Understands and considers and applies standard concepts, best practices and procedures
• related to servers and enterprise application environments.
• Knowledge of established configuration management, network architecture development and project methodologies.
• Effective project team member, at times assuming leadership roles for projects
• Monitors emerging trends and evolving technologies, evaluating and understanding the implications for inclusion in department strategy.
• Identify alternative and/or innovative solutions to architecture problems. Education/Experience Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or other related field and 4 years of systems administration experience OR 6 years of systems administration experience

Skills

• Create/Edit manage SCCM collections, task sequences, policies, etc.
• Create/Edit/Manage Software applications, packages and updates via SCCM
• Admin Desktop client including O/S upgrades (windows 100 and polices via SCCM
• working knowledge of active directory and related tools. Skills in power-shell and automation preferred

Ideal Candidate

Will work with local team, vendors as well as with extended team within Kansas City and Topeka. Some flexibility in location may be possible after key implementation milestones. Mileage will be reimbursed for travel to other locations other than assigned location. Flexibility on work schedule is possible as well as remote work when technically feasible and approved. Candidate should be local as they will need to drive to various locations. Candidate must not require any sponsorship as this is a temp to perm role. Candidate will be subject to extensive background and clearance check due to nature of assignment.

Location: Kansas City, MO

Description

This position will assist the Transmission Planning department in the completion of their required work. The position will be required to:

•Perform steady-state, transient stability, and short circuit analysis to comply with NERC reliability standards, including, but not limited to, TPL-001, FAC-002, EOP-005, and CIP-014.
•Perform analysis to determine transmission impacts of potential generator additions or retirements and identify potential transmission solutions to minimize those impacts.
•Assist in implementation of new facility rating methodology.
•Other duties as assigned.
•Knowledge of electric transmission systems and transmission system planning processes.
•Experience with power system planning and operations; steady-state, transient stability, short circuit, and voltage analysis; NERC, FERC, and Southwest Power Pool requirements, policies and procedures; production costing; risk assessment techniques; TPL compliance; generator interconnection; and harmonics analysis.

Experience/Education:

This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited university (ABET) and at least 3 years of electric utility experience.

Basic computer skills (MS Windows, Word, Outlook, Excel, internet).  Strong computer skills using industry software such as PSS/E and Promod.  Knowledge of NERC and FERC standards.  Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) and presentation skills.  Ability to work as part of a team and collaboratively with other groups as well as customers.  Must possess a valid driver’s license.  Must have high regard for working safely and take responsibility for ensuring others work safely as well.

Skills

• Experience Using Siemens PSSE (or similar)
• Experience performing steady-state, transient stability, and short circuit analysis to comply with NERC reliability Standards. ( Min 2 years)
• Communication

Ideal Candidate:

Position may require some same day travel to other locations as needed.

Location: Kansas City, MO

Description

Play a key role in the enterprise adoption of Azure Cloud offerings (Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), PaaS SQL, Cosmos, Application Service Environment (ASE), Service Bus, SignalR, Redis, IaaS VMs).

• Stay ahead of the Microsoft Azure product lifecycle for new and existing PaaS offerings by performing proof of concept and other efforts to vet new technology.
• Contribute to engineering efforts in Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines that leverage Terraform Infrastucture as Code (IaC) templates and modules. Further advance automation efforts towards delivery of an enterprise self-service cloud resource provisioning solution to be used by Enterprise DevOps teams.
• Design, deploy, manage and operate scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Automate deployment, configuration, monitoring, and ongoing support tasks for Cloud Environments, Operating Systems – RedHat Linux, Microsoft Windows Server
• Work directly with App/Dev teams to further automate infrastructure build and app deployments
• Scale infrastructure to meet rapidly increasing seasonal demand
• Work closely with App/Dev in the adoption of new MS Azure Cloud features and services, including execution of technology proof of concepts, pilots and production deployments
• Help lead incorporation of DevOps into daily engineering and operations
• Develop and improve operational practices and procedures
• Effectively coordinate support escalation communication; participate in the development and maintenance of appropriate project technical documentation including design, configuration, and installation

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years of systems administrator experience; preferably in Public Cloud or large Enterprise Level Data Centers
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university or equivalent work experience
• Cloud and automation experience:

o 2+ years working with Cloud orchestration and automation

o 3+ years working with Cloud platforms – Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS)

o 3+ years working knowledge with Cloud service provider technologies (Microsoft Azure preferred, or AWS)

o Technical skills in Server operating systems (Windows and Linux) including Administration, Clustering, and Powershell

• Programmatic skills that leverage languages and scripting. Experience with RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge and experience with CI/CD concepts.
• Knowledge of automation, orchestration and configuration management technologies such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, SaltStack and advanced scripting knowledge with Python, Powershell, Bash, VBScript or equivalent.
• Technical knowledge across various disciplines to resolve complex infrastructure integration issues and problems and interface with multiple vendors to coordinate resolution of issues.
• Experience operating in a large enterprise environment and understanding of implementation of systems at scale.
• Strong communications and teaming skills.
• Ability to operate in an agile, fast paced environment.

Location: Overland Park, KS

Description

Network Implementation Engineer II will be responsible for test and turn-up of related work for IP based elements within Network Implementation.  Daily responsibilities will include performing advanced problem resolution, proactive audits and the configuration of new IP elements within multiple IP routed platforms. The incumbent will also be responsible for performing element hardware/software upgrades and configuration of routing on certain IP elements in a live production environment.  The incumbent will also need to possess the ability to prioritize issues, deal with multiple competing priorities, and remain focused in a fast paced work environment.  The ideal candidate will have in depth hands on knowledge of Cisco IP based elements, a solid understanding of OSI layers 1-3 and work effectively with various organizations.  A team player is a critical component of this position. The Network Implementation team provides implementation support for Wireless Data Services, OAMP platforms and Telephony elements across customer bearing, revenue generating  Wireless and Wireline networks. Additional Requirements: Cisco CCNA, CCNP or other Cisco certifications preferred with a minimum of 2 years hands on experience supporting IP platforms.  5-8 years related work experience required.  Must be eligible to work in the US.

Location: Raleigh, NC

Description:

As a Senior Software Engineer in Test, the successful candidate will be responsible for design, develop, and implement manual and automated tests for software solutions that scale across hundreds of servers as well as learn and leverage the current methodologies and technologies, including Scrum and BDD.

What you’ll work on:

As a Senior Software Engineer in Test, you will participate in a fast paced Agile development team, building SaaS financial web applications. Your main responsibilities will be to design, develop, and implement manual and automated tests for software solutions that scale across hundreds of servers as well as learn and leverage the current methodologies and technologies, including Scrum and BDD. This specific opportunity is with the Fixed Income team.

What you’ll work on:

• Creates and manages automated test cases using Specflow driving Selenium Webdriver and Nunit
• Develops and executes manual tests and test strategies
• Works with developers and product owners closely to review test coverage
• Able to quickly learn new technology and business areas and to apply these to new projects and products within the Ipreo business/technology arena

What we look for:

• Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills
• Able to deal effectively with internal and external staff, vendors, clients
• Proficiency in C# coding practices
• Ability to write SQL queries
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Ability to advocate quality initiatives and best practices including test automation, Continuous Integration, and Sprint Doneness within an Agile Development environment
• Insight and working knowledge/experience of test design in both a manual and automated framework, such as Specflow, Selenium Webdriver, and Nunit
• Strong understanding of technologies and frameworks such as Visual Studio, XML, SOAP, and JSON

What will help you:

• BA or BS in Computer Science or related field strongly preferred but not required
• 7 or more years of software development and/or testing experience
• Experience with testing SaaS, Financial, web, or cloud applications
• Experience with Atlassian or similar toolsets on an Agile project is a plus.