DATA ARCHITECT opportunity: SW metro

*This is a permanent full-time role in the SW metro.

DATA ARCHITECT

This company is innovating ways to better serve our senior citizens.  Long-term, post-acute and senior living are just some of the areas being served by their industry leading, cutting edge technologies.  Major, well funded initiatives with stable visionary leadership are currently underway and in early stages.  If being challenged technically, creatively, and serving a greater good is important to you this is a "must" for further discovery.

Description:

You're a Data Warehousing and Data Modeling expert that will be responsible for the development, communication and implementation of the organizations data technology architecture and plan including the components required to support it and in the integration of corporate and business architecture and applications.  

Primary Responsibilities:

-Analysis of existing architecture and solutions implementation.
-Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture standards and practices around data stores/warehousing within the applications environment.
-Incorporate software and system architecture (e.g., infrastructure, network) into conceptual designs (e.g., system flow diagrams).
-Ensure alignment of conceptual designs with enterprise, segment and functional roadmaps (e.g., system vision, business strategy)
-Review conceptual designs to ensure scalability/applicability/quality/comprehensiveness.
-Involvement in the development, communication and implementation of the organization's data technology architecture and applications plan, including the components required to support it and in the integration of corporate and business architectures and applications.
-An ability and willingness to facilitate both OLTP and OLAP-centric objectives as need dictates.  As the data architecture matures strong emphasis will be in the OLAP realm.
Responsible for coordinating, administering and supporting activities related to data applicaton planning , data application recovery and development and related projects.  Includes all types of IT business architects as well as IT tecnical architects.

Required Qualifications:

-Bachelor's degree
-4 or more years of IT experience with expertise in data warehousing platforms.
-4 or more years of architecture exp. with data warehousing systems, database, ETL tools.
-Support applicable modeling efforts (e.g., data modeling, process modeling, hardware modeling, performance modeling).
-Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture processes.

*For more detail contact me directly:

Michael Reitz
952-240-6093
michael@michaelreitz.net

HEALTHCARE DATA ANALYST opportunity: SE suburbs

*This is a contract to hire or FTE permanent position in the SE suburbs.

HEALTHCARE DATA ANALYST

This company is a beneficiary of mega-trends in the healthcare industry.  Not only are they capitalizing on modern trends in healthcare, they're also capitalizing on the emerging need for private companies to control healthcare costs.  This is very much a "right place / right time" type of opportunity.  

Job Description (*for a full description contact me directly):

Provides strong technical data management, data services and operations within a Technical Client Data Services department or similar.  Provides expert system interaction advice, performs investigations and ensures that Date Services acquire the technical skills necessary to succeed in their responsibilities.  This position also formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact finding to develop or modify complex applications and designs and data systems and provides systems support.

• Two years of  SQL experience with an Intermediate to Advanced understanding of SQL as described below:
• Intermediate understands complex joins
• Advanced is capable of creating stored procedures
• Advanced Excel knowledge (pivot tables, vlookups, etc.)
• QA medical and pharmacy claims including knowledge of HCPCS, CPT, ICD9 Procedures, ICD9 Diagnosis, Revenue and NDC coding.
• Create source to target data mapping with transformation rules
• Trend health data for accuracy and completeness
• Desire to learn the details of the data so you can provide accurate information for user requests.
• Communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical people.

For consideration or for more detail contact:

Michael Reitz
michael@michaelreitz.net
952-240-6093

JAVA DEVELOPER opportunity: NE suburbs

*This is a contract to hire or FTE perm opportunity in the NE suburbs.

FRONT END DEVELOPER / DESIGNER

This company is a financially stable and innovative leader within their niche industry.  Revenues are driven by purchase of products via the web.  Technology is a crucial hub of their business.  Exciting initiatives are now under way to grow and evolve web and ecommerce technologies.  Due to the specialized nature of the niche, the company does not experience the typical swings associated with retail.  The company has been in business for decades.

Description (*for a full description and greater detail contact us directly):

Architecture, Development, and Implementation of customer and business facing web applications.

Required:

Java

Object Oriented Design and Development Experience
Web Application Development Experience

HTML / CSS / JavaScript / jQuery / AJAX

Preferred:

Spring MVC

Glassfish

Beneficial:

Linux (Redhat/CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu)

Git / Maven / Hudson / Jenkins

Lucene / SOLR

JBoss

What You'll Do:

You'll architect, develop, and implement new features for our large scale e-commerce website, both desktop and mobile utilizing cutting edge features.

                                

You're passionate about coding, solving problems and doing so in the most efficient way possible. We value those who take ownership over their tasks from start to finish, are able to participate in the full life cycle of software development, ask the right questions and find the best solution. We prefer candidates who also welcome the chance to learn a new technology or language when the occasion arises.

For consideration or greater detail contact me directly:

Michael Reitz

michael@michaelreitz.net

952-240-6093

FRONT END DEVELOPER / DESIGNER opportunity: NE suburbs

*This is a contract to hire or FTE perm opportunity in the NE suburbs.

FRONT END DEVELOPER / DESIGNER

This company is a financially stable and innovative leader within their niche industry.  Revenues are driven by purchase of products via the web.  Technology is a crucial hub of their business.  Exciting initiatives are now under way to grow and evolve web and ecommerce technologies.  Due to the specialized nature of the niche, the company does not experience the typical swings associated with retail.  The company has been in business for decades.

Description (*for a full description and greater detail contact us directly):

Technical Requirements:

Expert level knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS (HTML5, CSS3)

Experience with UI/UX development process (Mockup, Prototype, Design, Testing, Review)

Experience building web interfaces for multiple browsers/platforms (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile)

Experience with design/code reviews and mentoring of peers in design/front end best practices.

Ability to manage large variety of graphical assets for multiple simultaneous projects.

Stay informed of industry trends to recommend and implement effective best practices/technologies.

Preferred Experience:

JavaScript Libraries (jQuery, Knockout.js)

Dynamic CSS, DCSS (Less, Foundation CSS Framework)

Template Engine (Apache Velocity, Mako)

Experience in an iterative development environment.

Version Control (Git)

What you'll do:

You'll be responsible for implementing the front end design, layout, and functionality for multiple external and internal web applications using the latest web standards. You'll be a core team member throughout the UI/UX development process from conception to implementation. You'll also be working with multiple developers on multiple web applications simultaneously.

You've got good communication and cooperative skills when working among a mixed team of technical and business professionals.  You need to be a quick learner who is unafraid to ask questions, along with the enthusiasm for taking ownership of their work.

For consideration or futher detail contact:

Michael Reitz

michael@michaelreitz.net

952-240-6093