“Cool, hip, and progressive” company that is totally “AUSTIN” is looking for a talented Perl Developer/ Programmer. The company is located downtown and offers an AMAZING work enviornment. Can you imagine a company that has: happy hours frequently * breakfast tacos every friday* monthly social outings * fully stocked breakroom = FOOD!!* FREE gym (it’s almost summer and time to work on that “Geek body” * A beautiful OUTSIDE work patio * Happy hours on that patio * Flex schedule * 12 hrs/ month PTO * 90% paid beneifts * an awesome 401K* and the company culture that you are looking for!!!
Along with having a great personality and attitude, the qualified candidate should have:
* 3-5 years programming experience with emphasis on web based applications
*Strong Perl and Javascript experience
*Familiarity with Unix/ Linux and SQL
* Knowledge of XML languages/ technologies
*Knowledge of client technologies including XHTML/ CSS
* Experience with Apache/Tomcat, mod_perl, CVS, AJAX
* Project lead experience highly desired
Please send your resume to eemmett@5pointservices.com
Our client is the oldest and most innovative legal plan provider in the industry. They are seeking an OpenSource Developer to join their team.
Requirements
• Application development experience in web-based systems and client-server environments
• Work with team members to maintain and improve defined standards
• Some maintenance of the server farms may be required as well
• Knowledge of structured methodologies, logical and physical database design, and business process engineering
• LAMP
o Linux
o Apache
o MySQL
o PHP
• Object-oriented programming
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• JavaScript is a plus.
This position does require some onsite work, but telecommuting from Austin is allowed. send resumes to janderson@rwr.com
Our client is the oldest and most innovative legal plan provider in the industry. They are seeking an UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator to join their team.
Requirements
• Configure the layout of UNIX / Linux hardware, software and application components.
• Work with Information Technology Product Managers to design and implement new services and products, providing input on architecture, system sizing, and fault tolerance as it related to hardware / software running on the UNIX / Linux platforms.
• Responsible for ensuring that documentation on process, procedures, and system configurations are available and updated on a regular basis.
• Actively assist the application support teams in the resolution of escalated application issues.
• Some shell scripting is required as well.
Please send resumes to Jaime at janderson@rwr.com
Schedge, an Austin based company, is looking for an experienced Lead PHP developer who will be responsible for leading the development efforts of the core application. The position is contract-to-hire with the option of equity in the company.
Key Areas of Responsibility: PHP Application and database development; Work with Designers and other Developers to build complex user interfaces and data interactions; Write/Update functional specs;
Required Experience: Enterprise scale PHP experience; MVC (Model-view-controller) design experiencel; Basic DOM Scripting experience; Basic (X)HTML & CSS experience; MySQL; Multi-browser development; Apache Webserver.
Preferred additional experience: Experience with the CakePHP (or similar) PHP framework; Flash or Action Scripting experience; MySQL clustering; Code development for Linux servers;
You’ll be a good fit if: You “get the Web”, and understand it’s full potential; Work efficiently and get it right, not just “good enough”; Can set and execute priorities individually and in a group; Effectively communicate to people of varying levels of technical expertise.
Please note: This is a 100% telecommuting position but the ideal (but not required) candidate would be located in Austin, TX and available for weekly meetings. If you feel you are a good fit for this position please send your resume and rate per hour to jobs@schedge.com
The Texas Education Agency’s IS division is seeking a senior technical programmer to lead our challenging core components group. This is a lead role and the qualified candidate will be responsible for the architecture for our calculation engine, new web services access that includes a re-usable data access layer, software coding and delivery, as well as mentoring a small team of developers. We provide a great work environment, work/life balance, job stability, great benefits and the ability to work with leading edge technologies.
To qualify you must have the following experience: Proven technical leadership skills · Previous Architecture and design skills· Excellent development skills with C# and .Net · Web Services knowledge· SQL experience · Working experience with XML technologies· Experience with Data Access software preferred.
Salary is $54,588 - $87,984/year, commensurate with experience. Location is near the Texas Capitol. Contact Diane at 512-475-2126 or email her at diane.harvey@tea.state.tx.us (the hiring Project Manager)
can be found at:
Official state job description
MessageOne is currently seeking Linux Systems Administrators and Application Engineers to join our Production Engineering (PE) team.
Linux Systems Administrators (mid to senior level positions)
Description:
We are searching for a System Administrator to join our Production Engineering (PE) team. We are looking for someone with a few years of on-the-job experience helping build and maintain production UNIX and Linux systems. This person must value documentation, process, but most of all, should have a strong desire to learn and to be part of a team that is focused on providing outstanding service to its customers.
Responsibilities:
As part of the Production Engineering (PE) team, Candidate’s main responsibilities will include helping to build, maintain, and troubleshoot development, staging, and production environments running Company’s software. PE’s primary goal is to keep environments functional so that they are available for use by customers, both internal and external. PE is also involved in helping Customer Support troubleshoot problems and working with Development on new products and features.
Requirements:
Strong knowledge of UNIX and Linux
Experience deploying and troubleshooting x86 server class hardware
Minimum of 3 years maintaining production environments in an enterprise environment
Strong written and personal communication skills
Must be willing and able to create and follow documented plans, procedures, and processes
Capable and willing to work through tough problems until they are solved
Experience with Apache, Tomcat, PostgreSQL, Postfix is a plus
Understanding of SMTP is a plus
Occasional Travel to and from datacenters required
Application Engineers
Description:
We are searching for an Application Engineer to join our Production Engineering (PE) team. We are looking for someone with a several years of on-the-job experience helping build and maintain production UNIX, Linux, and Windows systems. This person must value documentation, process, but most of all, should have a strong desire to learn and to be part of a team that is focused on providing outstanding service to its customers.
Responsibilities:
As an application engineer your main responsibility would be to work closely with development to ensure product engineering standards are maintained within the life cycle of the product. Other responsibilities include testing and deploying new MessageOne applications and patches into QA and production. This would also include engineer support for these products once they are released into production.
Requirements:
Knowledge of UNIX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows Server
Networking experience with firewalls, switches, routers
Intermediate to advanced shell scripting
Four or more years maintaining production environments in an enterprise environment
Strong written and personal communication skills
Must be willing and able to create and follow documented plans, procedures, and processes
Capable and willing to work through tough problems until they are solved
Experience with Apache, Tomcat, PostgreSQL, Postfix is a plus
Experience with JAVA applications a plus
RPM and package management a plus
Understanding of SMTP is a plus
Occasional Travel to and from datacenters required
For immediate consideration please send your resume to:
mikez@messageone.com
Just got this from Brian Combs: Do you wish you had joined Google in the early days? This may be your opportunity. Apogee Search, the fastest growing Search Engine Marketing Agency in the Southwest has two openings for Paid Search Analysts. The positions include training in search marketing best practices.
The Paid Search Analyst is responsible for managing Apogee Search’s service offerings in any of the following: * Paid Search Advertising (PPC or pay per click) * Price Comparison Engines (Shopping.com, Froogle, and others) * Pay Per Call Systems (Ingenio, Verizon and others)
Duties including buying and placing advertising on a daily basis, as well as analyzing the results of these efforts. Frequent client contact is an essential part of the position. Qualifications: * College education (BA in Business, Communications, Plan II or better preferred) * 2-3 years work experience * Viciously detail oriented * Strong mathematics and analytical skills * Experience with Microsoft Excel * Professional attitude and demeanor * HTML knowledge and/or writing skills are a plus. Benefits: Smart, results-oriented people are essential to our success. Our goal is to attract and retain the best. Our competitive salary and benefits package includes medical and dental insurance, vision plan, prescription drug plan, 401K plan, paid holidays and vacations.
The position is located in Austin, Texas. We are not looking for subcontractors or telecommuters at this time. To apply for this position, submit your resume to hiring@apogee-search.com. No calls please.
Thoof Inc is a new venture-backed startup based in Austin created by a young but accomplished team, and we need a high-calibre web designer with a deep understanding of usability, and standards-compliant CSS and HTML. We will pay well for someone with the right skills (up to US$80k per year), but we are looking for the best of the best. At least 2 years experience is critical, as is a good portfolio of previous work. Programming skills are not required, but would be beneficial. Practical experience of usability testing would be a particular bonus. This isn’t a management role, you really will be hacking HTML and CSS, and also working with us to develop or corporate branding.
Applicants should be available to start late February or early March. To apply, please send your resume, and portfolio to jobs at thoof dot com.
Noelle Tawney writes: CyberSource is a worldwide provider of secure electronic payment and verification services. Thousands of Merchants worldwide utilize the company’s payment gateway so they can transact sales via the Internet. Merchants are able to offer a complete spectrum of payment options that maximize their sales reach and increase their sales.
Approximately 1 out of every 8 dollars spent online via credit card in North America are processed through CyberSource. The company is profitable and public, with the stock traded on NASDAQ. CyberSource was incorporated in 1997 and now has approximately 200 employees, who know how to work hard, but also have fun.
Position Description: The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop and implement web applications that are the primary interface between CyberSource and our customers. CyberSource currently processes millions of transactions daily, and is in the process of incorporating emerging technologies to ensure the systems are scalable, with the ability to handle a rapidly growing customer base, along with ever increasing volume of transactions.
The work requires strong analytical skills and the ability to deliver on tight schedules, while maintaining the quality of delivered products. Plus, an ability to clearly communicate ideas with technical and non technical audiences.
Requirements:• 8+ years experience developing Java applications • Experience with MVC based 3 tier Web Application development using J2EE • Proven JDBC and relational database experience in engineering, optimization and performance with commercial-grade databases such as Sybase or Oracle • Well versed with J2EE methodologies and implementations (JBoss experience is a plus)• Familiar with XML and associated tools (XSLT, Web Services, SOAP) • Experience utilizing Logical Data Modeling methodologies • Experience with the STRUTS MVC framework • Familiarity with JSTL, JSF, AJAX, CSS is a plus • Strong UNIX background is a plus
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with a Master’s degree a plus
Submit resumes directly to ntawney@cybersource.com
ApartmentRatings.com, the Internet’s largest source of consumer opinions for apartments, is seeking a part-time contract Systems Admin to manage our production and test environments. While some work can be completed off-site, we’ll need to meet 2-4 hours per week for onsite work. We’re located on the edge of West Campus, near 24th & Lamar Blvd. Email resume and hourly rate to: sysadminjob@aptratings.com
You should apply if you have, 1)previously managed a high volume (>5M page view per month site), 2) managed a load balancer and web server cluster, 3) managed and optimized a MySQL 4.1 database dedicated server, and 5) configured the Caucho Resin app server in a cluster.
Required skills: 1) Caucho Resin app server cluster configuration (mandatory), 2)Apache 1.3 and 2 w/ mod_caucho, 3)MySQL 4.1.x, 4) RedHat ES3, ES4, 5) Debian 3.1, Ubuntu Dapper Drake’ 6)Security configuration (iptables, etc) 7)DNS; 8) Email configuration;
(from Chris Nystrom ):
The Austin Chapter of the Hacking Society is having its first meeting, Tuesday, March 21st at 7pm
at BB Rovers.
Food, beer, coding…
Academic Superstore is a rapidly growing technology-focused company that is privately owned and consistently profitable. They offer competitive compensation and great benefits across the board. They are seeking a skilled Linux system administrator with a strong background in supporting MySQL, Apache, and PHP.
Required administration skills:
* Linux [Redhat (Fedora and RHEL) and Debian]
* MySQL 4.1 and 5.x
* Apache 1.3 and 2.0 + PHP 5.1 + SSL
* Sendmail, Postfix, Exim
* SSH keys + Keychain
* BackupPC
* sh/bash, perl, sed, and awk
* CVS
* OpenVPN
Big plusses:
* MRTG
* Samba
* SpamAssasin/MailScanner
* Argus network monitoring
* OpenLDAP
* PostgreSQL
Send resumes to tom@academicsuperstore.com. Please mention that you are referring to the post in GeekAustin.
Linear’s note: I personally know these guys. This is a good company and a good gig to have.
Just in from Chris Nystrom: The Austin Hacking Society will be meeting at BB Rovers Cafe and Pub on Tuesday, April 18th at 7pm for food, beer and coding, not neccessarily in that order. Bring your laptop. If you are interested, join the mailing list.
If you have got the creativity, then SXSW has the hardware! SXSW has secured several high-end video phones for use during this year’s event. Getting the phones was relatively easy. Now comes the really difficult part — finding people who can make use of these phones to capture some of the coolest things that happen in Austin during the March 10-14 timeframe. If you are a SXSW Interactive, Gold or Platinum registrant and you think that you are up to this task, send them an e-mail and tell them about it (100 words or less)
To be eligible for consideration, you need to e-mail inter@sxsw.com by 5:00 pm CST on Monday, March 6. Content captured on these video phones will be posted on the SXSW website, along with a photo, bio, and link to the website for the emerging artists behind this footage.
There are over 10,000 Live Journal users in Austin. It’s SXSW interactive and the Ides of March. Recipe for a party? Everyone is welcome, especially if your name is Caesar. No Cover. 21 and over. Elysium is located on Red River just three blocks north of the Austin Convention Center.
SXSW Live Journal Party
Monday March 15th @ 8:00 pm
Elysium, 707 Red River
No cover
