Remote Continuous Improvement contract jobs

Role: IBM Planning Analytics Consultant
Location: Nashville, Tennessee (Remote to start)
Duration: 6+-12 months with extension
Interview: PH/Skype

Visa: GC/USC

JOB SUMMARY:

Provide advanced technical leadership in the development or support of major business systems. Apply systems solutions to business/technical problems through customer interactions. Collaborate with business partners, specialists, architects and suppliers to determine project scope, goals and ensure applications standards are met.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsibilities vary, but may include various combinations of the following duties.

1. Provide advanced technical systems support, including problem identification and resolution and integration of technical solutions.

2. Leads and mentors on established development and support processes, including but not limited to, System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) or related methodologies.

3. Leads discussions with business partners to gather requirements for technical solutions and troubleshoots system related issues.

4. Provides demonstrated leadership and support to projects including, task planning, execution and delivery of commitments.

5. Leads multiple projects with varying level of complexity that may span multiple functional areas.

6. Works within objectives and instructions for use in designing, testing and documentation.

7. Identifies and works to automate tasks and processes with scripting and automation tools.

8. Meets the quality standards set forth by management.

9. Stays current with industry trends and technologies (e.g. certifications, industry groups, etc.).

10. Ensure availability when necessary for off-shift and weekend support functions.

11. Incorporates enterprise security standards into functional area.

12. Architects and designs technical solutions to meet business objectives.

13. Participates in accomplishment of continuous improvement objectives for the department. Progress toward accomplishment of these is measured through maintenance of necessary measurements and analysis of associated data. Participates in the identification of problem areas and development of resolutions to address them.

14. Understands the Harassment policy of the company and is responsible for its application in all aspects of employment.

Qualifications

1. Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, technical guidance, mentor team members and work independently or as part of a team.

2. Demonstrated ability to communicate future direction with leadership.

3. Strong knowledge of relevant business processes and their relationship to systems.

4. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

5. Advanced knowledge of and ability to independently apply SDLC, ITSM or related methodologies.

6. Working ability to independently manage multiple complex tasks and participate on multiple projects.

7. Advanced knowledge of and ability to independently apply two or more programming and/or scripting languages (e.g. Java, .NET, SQL, PL/SQL, PowerShell, Bash, etc.).

8. Strong ability and willingness to learn new technologies.

9. Demonstrated ability to design and develop technical systems strategy for core business procedures and operations.

10. Strong demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and recommend process changes that improve the overall implementation, maintenance and support of applications and/or technical infrastructure.

11. Fully knowledgeable of the relevant programming languages, program design and specification development, programming logic, logic diagrams, system analysis techniques, testing, debugging, documentation standards, file design, storage and internal systems and cross platform infrastructure components. Ability to provide training on these topics for others.

12. Demonstrated ability to do performance tuning of complex application architecture.

13. Strong knowledge of and ability to apply basic math and data analysis skills.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Experience required in IBM Planning Analytics (TM1), Linux, GIT and Basic Scripting. A 4-year college or university degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 5 to 7 years of enterprise technology experience is recommended. Equivalent experience may be substituted for education.

Job Types: Temporary, Contract

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Vision Insurance

Experience:

• Enterprise Technology: 7 years (Preferred)
• Basic Scripting: 5 years (Preferred)
• IBM Planning Analytics (TM1): 5 years (Preferred)
• Linux: 5 years (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)

Contract Renewal:

• Possible

Work Location:

• Multiple locations
• Fully Remote

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Day shift
• Overtime
• 8 hour shift
• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply

Functions as a technical specialist or in a lead role. With minimal supervision, applies advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods. Expands knowledge and skill set in area of discipline. May start to expand knowledge in other disciplines and/or functional areas.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and company policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks

Quality/Continuous Improvement:

• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with our quality program relative to assigned tasks
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with quality program
• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

Engineering Production:

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects

Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects
• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry
• Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)

People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):

• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $45.00 - $50.00 per hour

Experience:

• transmission planning studies: 1 year (Preferred)
• Load Flow, Short Circuit and Transient Stability Studies: 1 year (Preferred)
• Electromagnetic Transient Analysis: 1 year (Preferred)
• systems engineer: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location:

• Fully Remote

One of our Fortune 500 client based out of Oregon is looking to hire 3 Azure Data Engineers on a full time basis. Prior experience working on Azure is a must

Area of Responsibility

• Participate in design, implementation, and support of a data warehouse and analytics platform utilizing Azure cloud technology
• Design and implement data load processes from On Premises sources into Azure Data Lake and subsequent Azure SQL & SQL Data Warehouse
• Migrate existing processes and data from our On Premises SQL Server and other environments to Azure Data Lake
• Design, develop, and support Azure SQL Database Data Marts for functional area data consumers
• Interface with other technology teams to extract, transform, and load data from a wide variety of data sources using Microsoft SSIS and/or Azure cloud technology.
• Troubleshoot and support Microsoft SSIS ETL processes for On Premises SQL Data Warehouse
• Explore and learn the latest Azure technologies to provide new capabilities and increase efficiency
• Work with top-notch technical professionals developing complex systems at scale and with a focus on sustained operational excellence
• Collaborate with DW developers; for products that require reporting data and ensure that datasets are in place and are used consistently internally/externally
• Collaborate with data governance; ensure all existing data is created in the right way, and that new data is created according to appropriate standards and with proper documentation
• Read, write, and configure code for end-to-end service telemetry, alerting and self-healing capabilities
• Strive for continuous improvement of code quality and development practices
• Help continually improve ongoing reporting and analysis processes, automating or simplifying self-service support for customers

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Dental Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Discount
• Flexible Schedule
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Vision Insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Azure: 1 year (Preferred)

Application Question:

• Work is remote but you may be asked to travel during Critical Go Live (Which is less than 10% of the time). Are you open for the limited travel?

Contract Length:

• More than 1 year

Work Location:

• Fully Remote

Visa Sponsorship Potentially Available:

• Yes: Other non-immigrant work authorization (e.g. L-1, TN, E-3, O-1, etc.)
• No: Not providing sponsorship for this job

Company's website:

• www.samayconsulting.com

Benefit Conditions:

• Only full-time employees eligible

Work Remotely:

• Yes

Are you an analytics engineer looking to take the next step in your career?

Are you looking for a company where DBT is central to their data workflow?

Are you looking for a company where remote is built into the company DNA, and not coronavirus-induced?

Do you want to work at a company where the leadership is engaged with BI and sees it as a strategic priority?

Do you want a central role in crafting the BI strategy, and building a data team?

Do you want to reach and make a positive impact on millions of people?

This job might be for you if you:

• like being able to set your own hours and work from home
• like exercising your creativity and experimentation
• like having responsibility
• like working collaboratively
• like having a dependable, reliable stream of work
• want to make the world a better place
• are comfortable with a fast-changing environment.

You should NOT take this job if you:

• have a strong need/desire for in-person social interaction at work
• dislike asynchronous communication
• like following instructions and being told what to do
• don't like needing to come up with ideas
• don't have a real interest or experience in online education.

ABOUT US

FluentU is an online education company that helps people learn languages with real-world videos, including movie trailers, music videos, news and inspiring talks. We have a website, iOS app (usually among the top 50 grossing iOS education apps), and Android app. Founded in 2011, we’re a profitable, stable company with long-term focus, and we’re proudly self-funded. And we've been remote/distributed since day one.

We get 5 million visitors per month on our blogs, 100,000+ people on our email list, and many more receiving web and mobile notifications.

This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role on our business intelligence strategy, which is still in the early stages. We've worked with a reputable consultancy until now, and you'll be our first dedicated hire focused specifically on BI data engineering, empowered to build a program from the foundation up.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As our first analytics engineer, you will be responsible for:

• working in an agile/kanban style methodology while balancing long-term data modeling & infrastructure planning
• interpreting & executing analytics feature requests from senior stakeholders
• planning & documenting work to be done, with regular feedback to stakeholders to minimize unnecessary work
• maintaining & improving the entire data pipeline from start to finish, from extracting data from SaaS API's to configuring display options/creating charts for end users in Looker, eg:
• using data-extractor-as-a-service tools such as Stitch to extract data on a scheduled basis & oversee automated loading behavior
• Creating & maintaining proprietary extraction tools, such as Bash scripts on Google Cloud instances
• managing the DBT ETL pipeline
• acting as Looker Admin (development, security & administration)

• Using software engineering best-practices (such as version control, component-based software/architecture, DRY code etc).
• Implementing testing frameworks & subjecting all work to QA

You would also work directly with the founder (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alancpark/) in this position.

HOW WE WORK

We’re a 100% distributed/remote team. Here’s a little bit more about how we work:

• Almost all of our communication is text-based (mostly via Asana) and we value clear communication (https://app.tettra.co/teams/fluentu/pages/communication-guidelines), among other things (https://app.tettra.co/teams/fluentu/pages/mission-and-operating-principles).

• Most things are not urgent. We take pride in having a calm work environment.
• We also have a flat collaborative environment.
• We make decisions based on logic/reason.
• We believe in getting things done and continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS

Our ideal candidate:

• can work in a fast-paced environment and be responsive to new requirements
• is terrific at written communication
• can explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• understands basic principles around content marketing
• is comfortable managing their own time and workflow independently
• can juggle multiple projects & work streams concurrently
• has most or all of the following technical skills:
• experience working collaboratively using Git
• has strong SQL skills (we use BigQuery Standard SQL)
• understands data modelling concepts, à la Kimball dimensional modelling
• exceptional understanding of data manipulation (ie joins, data granularity, referential integrity, uniqueness/primary/foreign keys etc)
• some knowledge of sql database performance
• Looker, dbt & google cloud knowledge (can be easily learned if you possess the above skills)
• ideally linux/cloud architecture & python skills but these are not mandatory.

• has a deep interest in language learning or online education.
• is able to work a minimum of 20 hours per week (pay is hourly - https://app.tettra.co/teams/fluentu/pages/why-we-have-hourly-pay-and-how-it-works-in-practice) and is looking for something long-term.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please fill out this form (if you don't fill out this form your application will be rejected):

https://form.asana.com/?hash=7898da2ae31a0f9160deab764d1418e1ed952dbe2da4c48c6841df5852190658&id=1178425944784297

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $20.00 - $75.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Contract Length:

• More than 1 year

Full Time Opportunity:

• Yes

Work Location:

• Fully Remote

Company's website:

• fluentu.com

Work Remotely:

• Yes

Mid to Senior Level React / NextJS / Node Full Stack Developer

Company Introduction

Our mission is the enablement of every organization and person with the technology to positively impact the health of planet Earth. Persefoni is creating an all-in-one platform that allows organizations to measure, analyze, and reduce their Enterprise Carbon Footprint. Our goal is to provide our customers unprecedented visibility and insights into the impact their organization has on the environment. Leveraging the latest breakthroughs in data science and software, our technology will empower teams and leaders to mobilize their organizations to continuously improve their greenhouse gas emissions metrics.

Our Core Values

Sustainability - We are committed to sustainable business practices across our entire operation and culture. We go beyond achieving balance. We are a net-positive contributor to the environment, our employee’s lives, and the global community.

Impact - We are focused on and passionate about tackling the biggest and hardest problems that will have the greatest impact. We create significant, not incremental, solutions.

Collaboration- We are always aligned in our goals and efforts to create the most impactful technologies possible. Constant cooperation across our company, customers, and partners is our standard mode of operating.

Equality - We value and respect people and organizations of all backgrounds. Ours is a culture of innovation, creativity, diversity of thought, and inclusion.

Job Description

We are in search of an experienced DevOps Engineer to collaborate with software developers, data engineers and other IT staff members to manage our CI/CD pipeline and ensure efficient and stable automated code releases. This position may also work with various departments to create, develop, and optimize systems to increase productivity across the company.

Successful candidates should have a minimum of two years of recent professional experience at positions requiring the skills listed below with an emphasis on CICD pipeline design, implementation, and support.

Our project entails implementing, automating, and maturing a CI/CD pipeline used by our global delivery team which utilizes React, NodeJS, Go and MySQL. At present, our CI/CD stack includes BitBucket Cloud, Prettier, ESLint, and StyleLint, Enzyme, Husky, Docker, AWS CodePipeline, AWS Elastic Container Repository and AWS Elastic Container Service.

Responsibilities

· Work closely with engineering professionals within the company to support and maintain CI/CD software and solutions needed for projects to be completed efficiently while maintaining regular communication of progress

· Design and implement future CI/CD pipeline revisions for both code promotion and database configuration

· Integration of CI/CD pipeline with code scanning, functional testing, security scanning and enterprise collaboration tools

· Build and manage automated code deployments, fixes, updates, and related processes. Maintain, and monitor configuration standards

· Testing and evaluating marketing leading CI/CD tools for pipeline orchestration, as well as point solutions

· Ensuring the CI/CD pipeline is built for scalability, reusability, and accessibility

· Troubleshooting promotion, scanning, integration, and communication issues with the current and future pipeline versions

· Help establish and follow DevOps Engineering best practices including creating requirements and procedures for implementing routine maintenance

· Install and configure solutions, implement reusable components, translate technical requirements, assist with all stages of test data, develop interface stubs and simulators, and perform script maintenance and updates

· Monitor metrics and give recommendations for enhancing performance via gap analysis, identifying the most practical alternative solutions, and assisting with modifications

· Assist with automation of our operational processes such as infrastructure provisioning as needed, with accuracy and in compliance with our security requirements

· Analyze current technology utilized within the company and develop steps and processes to improve and expand upon them

· Stay current with industry trends and source new ways for continuous improvement

Skills

· More than two years of experience in a DevOps Engineer or similar role; experience in software development and infrastructure development is a plus

· Minimum two years’ experience with CI/CD pipeline design, documentation, implementation, administration, support, and troubleshooting with tools such as AWS CodePipeline, CircleCI, Travis CI, or Jenkins

· Familiarity with current cloud components including BitBucket, Docker, and AWS Elastic Container Service

· Strong cloud experience with Linux-based infrastructures, Linux/Unix administration, and AWS including creation of cloud formation templates

· At least four years working with databases such as SQL, NoSQL, MySQL, AWS RDS Aurora, Elasticsearch, Redis, Cassandra, and/or Mongo including automating database schema changes and other configuration items between environments

· Proven experience designing, implementing, and testing highly performant and scalable infrastructures

· Experience with various code scanning, security scanning and testing packages which can be integrated with a CI/CD pipeline

· Understanding of containers, microservice hosting, and application security practices

· Appreciation for clean and well documented systems and attention to detail

· Demonstrated understanding of best practices regarding system security measures

· Knowledge of Agile process management systems such as Jira

· Hands-on experience with Ansible, AWS CloudFormation or Hashicorp Terraform preferred

· Strong communication skills and ability to explain protocol and processes with team and management

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $65,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
All positions have been made remote with video conferencing for collaboration. For anyone in the Tempe area that would like to meet in person we have hand sanitizer and masks available.

Experience:

• CICD: 2 years (Required)
• DevOps: 2 years (Required)

Contract Renewal:

• Likely

Full Time Opportunity:

• Yes

Additional Compensation:

• Other forms

Work Location:

• Fully Remote

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous
• Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction
• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
• Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail
• Autonomous/Independent -- enjoys working with little direction
• Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity

This Job Is:

• A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply
• A job for which all ages, including older job seekers, are encouraged to apply
• Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma
• A job for which people with disabilities are encouraged to apply

Company's website:

• https://www.persefoni.com/

Work Remotely:

• Yes