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Project Management / PMO / Program Management

Are you an organizer and communicator who thrives on bringing together talented people and enabling them to do amazing things together? Do you want to be part of shaping and growing a wildly successful business, having your input valued on company culture and values, vision and purpose, process, and goals? Would you like to work in an environment where your reward is clearly connected to your performance and contribution, where the challenges are significant but the opportunity is great, and the bureaucracy and bull is put in its place? Finally, can you demonstrate success in running large Government Contracts as a Program Manager? Then please, keep reading. You will be expected to manage multi-disciplinary consulting and outsourced program division support of 30-80 team members.  As a Xentity Program Manager you will work with Senior executives to achieve definition and delivery of key program delivery and transition milestones. You will be key to client and team success, effectiveness, and satisfaction.  You will challenge your team members and they will challenge you, and you will all benefit from the results. You will get the support you need to solve problems, learn and grow and realize your own potential.  In the process, you will have an important role in building a business and project management practice. The work is expected to be at a Government "Earth Agency" (agencies involved in air, land, water, energy, science, remote sensing, mapping, or the like supporting resource management or studies).  Solutions will be the face of the client's end services, products, and internal core high-tech processes within their program, and you'll be able to look back and see you are the "glue" who helped lead achieving true impact at this organization.  Responsibilities will include: Ensure clear project purpose, objectives, and value proposition with team and client stakeholders Proactively manage issues and risks and clear obstacles to team success Manage change to balance scope, schedule, budget to optimize results More specifically, Government contracts will require: Generating monthly reports, Helping gather report information from the team, Handling setting up meetings, Reviewing checklists for deliverables, capture notes, document processes, prepare meeting agendas and schedule team meetings, prepare project documentation, coordinate project logistics, and similar forms as a project management assistant. Requires strong note taking skills or fast electronic capturing, and supports client-facing information gathering sessions such as stakeholder interviews and other customer interaction.Expected to be self-motivated, accountable, and able to handle failure while building upon success. Plus other common project management tasks - publication, format, edit, publish, package, checklist, graphics. The position will support multiple projects at once - external or internal - where possible. The position could also successfully handle delegation to lead internal team meeting agenda, Participate in planning and strategy sessions, manage small project tracks (2-3 team members) including coordinating dependencies and define the critical path of a project Must be able to lead change while being flexible and resilient with capable conflict management experience.  Problem Solving must be a core capability. Technical Management analysts can provide management planning and governance support including Capital Planning and Investment Control Modeling and understanding of the pros and cons of the traditional and latest business operating models and facilitation and coordination in Working Groups and Team environments. Can track and support status and tracking using Agile Project Management techniques with the capability to train and execute. Technical management can lead a system definition, design, implementation, modernization, consolidation, or austerity team. Can perform SETA or IV&V tasks. Can augment support for executive business intelligence. Business Management analysts can provide analytical support to planning, strategy, project management, and related technical teams, prepare analysis reports, perform information gathering and needs analysis via stakeholder interviews and other customer interaction. Can also perform technical and business analysis in support of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), support culture impact, organization readiness assessment, or other cross-cultural/business/technical impact analysis to organizations due to new transformation efforts. Business management can lead a transformation, governance, research, communication, or program management office. Role can perform specific tasks such as facilitating the Requirements Development Process. Concept Selection Process, Technology Development Process, Core Management Skills & Processes, Risk & Opportunity Management, Market Research (including socio-economic considerations),  Communications Management Provide feedback regarding management strategy and process. Track project metrics and provide feedback for process improvement The position must be capable of leading team meetings with clients in project tracks of up to 10 people. Communicate and influence at client management and director level to help in proper framing of issues for escalation. Support via facilitation a client executive team to through conceptual, vision, and recommendation exercises or presentations Lead multiple sub-project teams of up to 20 people Must be able to leverage diversity of input and client interactions and help in developing others. Provide strategic direction for project. Be decisive and have entrepreneurship as core competency. Be able to understand political and cultural surroundings, and influence and help in negotiating what is required to accomplish recommendations. Must be familiar in working in mixed team environments (i.e. company, subcontractor, client). Apply their strong analytical and communication skills to support strategy teams. Proactively resolve issues and mitigate project risks. Lead clients and team through project reviews / quality assurance activities Demonstrable accomplishments in managing Government Contracts, program staffing, onboarding, supervisory, and transition large programs Demonstrate strong Agile PM capabilities to set up project for success (initial plan, all initial meetings with team & client coordinated, etc) Successful execution of project plan Capability to rapidly grasp and increase on of subject matter specifics working with architects, client, and team We expect extremely high scores on our leadership competencies as you will be responsible for introducing major change. We expect you to be keenly interested in change motivation approaches, have researched our leadership and management competencies, and have clear demonstration of such demonstrating you are built as a change agent. Our goal is for your personal brand to grow to that level of trusted advisorship as well. You will work directly with our Senior Program Manager who has been delivering successful projects for twenty years. You will coordinate with your peer experts Architects framing the Conceptual and Project direction in fields such as geospatial, earth science, energy, remote sensing, and project solutions in Big Data, Visualization, and large IT Transformations. Both roles enjoy mentoring, collaboration, and making appropriate decisions and as quite familiar with these client strategies, tactics, protocols, and solutions that will be successful. Our client base enjoys the value these two bring, and have made repeated requests for support for them and their teams over the years. Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree in related field at least 7 years of experience relevant to strategy, business, or technical consulting and strong familiarity with client subject matter or domain and have demonstrated deep expertise in strategic visioning for organizations. Familiar with Natural Resource Management and Science Mission space - Planning, Policy, Land Management, State and International Issues/Topics with the Federal Government in Natural Resources Management. (i.e. experience in NEPA) Preferred to have previous experience supporting high-tech and scientific programs, preferably government related, AND experience in IT Management Agile PM experience PMP Certification is preferred Must have demonstrable accomplishments in managing Government Contracts, program staffing, onboarding, supervisory, and transition large programs Strong familiarity with FAR, Compliant Communication, and Supervisory/HR/EEO legal requirements Must be able to demonstrate fast, quality typing MUST have rapid workshop planning lifecycle experience – planning, logistics, facilitation, vision building, collaboration, and rapid transition planning. Must be able to travel 10-20% of the time in US, possible AK/HI Must be able to pass basic NACI Have a home office  with frequent on-site presence Must be able to pass background, drug and reference checks No Relocation Assistance, must be local We are a fast-growing data consulting and support services firm - focused on large data programs in data types such as geospatial, open, big, and IoT data. Check out www.xentity.com to learn about our focus, services, clients, missions, values as well as our excellent benefits package and career information. We have high profile clients and projects that our staff really deliver for, as well enjoy knowing they make a large difference.

Cloud Engineering

INTERNAL ONLY: DL: $70/hr-$80/hr BR: $140/hr (max) Duration: 1-year contract with long term extensions   Location: Sunnyvale, CA or Austin, TX onsite Tues, Weds, and Thurs Timeline to offer: 2 weeks Calendar Access: Yes Interview Process? 2 rounds, 30mins Webex with James and 1-hour Webex with engineering team Best contact method? James’ Slack Exclusive? No (competing against another Tier 2 vendor) H1-Okay? Yes but no C2C   ABOUT THIS FEATURED OPPORTUNITY  The Cloud Architect will work on migrating the UX team applications from Apple’s internal cloud solution to GCP.  THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU   You will have the opportunity to own the entire migration process from Apple’s internal cloud solution to GCP. You will be responsible for firming up the DevOps infrastructure, ensuring that all the pipelines and tooling are in place for this team’s applications. You will also be expected to monitor the health of their sites and applications. You will bring together the latest cloud technologies, open source, and internal Apple platforms and architect solutions allowing them to work seamlessly together. You will build abstractions and processes to get ahead of constantly evolving infrastructure requirements, system migrations, and enforce best practices for security, stability, scalability, and debuggability. KEY SUCCESS FACTORS 5+ years of Cloud experience, specifically with GCP Experience migrating applications from on-prem to cloud and one cloud provider to another Kubernetes and Docker experience DevOps engineering background i.e. managing CI/CD pipelines and deployments NICE TO HAVES Drupal/PHP development experience Frontend development experience

Data Analysis / Data Engineering / BI

Xentity is supporting amazing impactful solutions in the Geospatial, Open Data, Big Data, and IoT world. We like to be on the wave of innovative data initiatives, programs, and solutions for our clients. We hope you are too.  Our employees truly know that they are making small differences that result in positive change in the world with new data flows, scripts, products, and delivery platforms in earth agencies and companies. You’ll be supporting clients as they move their legacy manual data flows into data-driven automated workflows to support challenges not limited to:, Forest Management, Wildland Fire, Parks, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Geospatial/Open Data Platforms. We are looking for someone who thrives in change, growth, and impact.   This role is a traditional business analyst performing and delivering user stories decomposition, evaluating research requirements; process reengineering; modeling workflows, developing business models. Business analysts will do workflow, requirements, and high-level architecture. Through process-driven, customer-centric, performance-led analysis, and repeatable systematic procedures, can uncover and present opportunities, findings, and potential alternatives for improvement, savings, efficiencies, effectiveness, trends, and further studies in appropriate analysis. Business analysis may include operation quality analysis, business case financial modeling, user experience, statistics-based, domain or general corporate policy analysis, requirements analysis, governance analysis, business process analysis, program assessment, industry and market analysis, data lifecycle management, business service portfolio and stakeholder input analysis. Data involved may be Geospatial, Open Data, Big Data, and IoT data. Responsibilities:  Coordinate and facilitate meetings to collect business requirements for both alphanumeric and spatial data needs; Research and understand the business data requirements and potential users of assigned data standards development projects; Document the business data requirements for each potential user of the data; Broad understanding and ability to evaluate and pilot new technology Analyze the business data process, procedures, and desired outputs to identify problems and determine optimal solutions; Use process modeling techniques to facilitate understanding of business processes and the development of data business rules; Develop as-is and to-be process models, use case models, activity diagrams, data models and entity relationship models; Use process/workflow software (e.g. Visio. Lucid Charts, ER/Studio Business Architect) to create process models for review by business subject matter experts (SMEs); Capture business rules for integration in activity diagrams and data model documentation; Develop business requirement documents and create functional specifications for alphanumeric and geospatial data systems; Use standard templates to develop written technical documentation (such as user requirements, data standard reports, data standard implementation plans, data quality plans, and metadata); Develop and document data quality plans for each appropriate section of developed data standards Develop and document appropriate metadata records for the contents of developed data standards. Required Technical Experience: Experience mapping and tracing data from system to system in order to solve a given business or data problem; Experience in concepts, practices, and procedures within a natural resource or land management organization; Experience working with data stewards, data modelers, business analysts, data administrators, and project managers to interpret and translate business needs into applications and derive alphanumeric and geospatial data requirements including data models, schemas, and domains; Experience in identifying and documenting reference data sources, integration processes, and domain values; Knowledge of business analysis, modeling, and wire framing software tools such as Microsoft Visio and Balsamiq Mockups; General knowledge of high level (conceptual), logical, and physical data models; Working knowledge of data modeling software (e.g. Idera ER/Studio Data Architect, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect or CA ERwin). Experience business analysis in ESRI stack and basic GIS, Geospatial awareness Preference will be given to candidates that demonstrate knowledge of land resource management concepts and practices Minimum requirements: Bachelor's Degree min educ and minimum 8 yrs experience  Previous experience supporting Natural Resources and/or Land Management or similar mission. Must be able to pass basic NACI, background, drug and reference checks. Remote Position, with opportunities to be on-site in Denver, CO Benefits: We emphasize a balance of work and life and target 40-50 hour weeks with ample time to refresh with great paid-time off. Salary & Bonus Programs - Competitive Salary. Multiple Recognition and Rewards Bonus Programs (Performance Bonus plan reviewed twice annually - total ranging from 2-5% of salary and Business Development Bonus Plan, Employee Referral Bonus Plan, and Company Profit Sharing Plan).  Paid Time off - (10) Paid Holidays, (10) Personal Time Off, and (5) Sick Leave  Medical Insurance - Coverage for Major Medical and Surgical, Medical Health Care, Dependents’ Health Care with 100% of employee or 80% employee and 50% family. Options to enroll in Dental Insurance, Vision Discount Program, Prescription Discount Program, Group Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, and Professional insurance advisors to guide employees through these benefits as needed.  Solid, managed retirement savings plan including - Multiple 401(k) funds with traditional and Roth options, Company paid fees, Company Match, Third-party Trust Management with personalized retirement portfolio web analysis tools. About Xentity We are a fast-growing data consulting and support services firm - focused on large data programs in data types such as geospatial, open, big, and IoT data. We have high profile clients and projects that our staff really deliver for, as well enjoy knowing they make a large difference.

Data Analysis / Data Engineering / BI

Xentity is supporting amazing impactful solutions in the Geospatial, Open Data, Big Data, and IoT world. We like to be on the wave of innovative data initiatives, programs, and solutions for our clients. We hope you are too. Do you really enjoy Geospatial/GIS Application Development and also know ArcGIS Pro? . Responsibilities:  Maintain public Story Map through as needed service and metadata updates and general user/application support. Implement data quality control procedures and create reports summarizing quality, issues, and proposed resolution. Prepare data for publishing in multiple formats, such as services or layer packages, internally and externally. Assist with the publication of data and metadata to internal and external data portals for use in the fire and resource programs. Review, create and maintain metadata to client specifications for datasets and services.  Work with data stewards and data administrator to define user requirements and implement projects though deriving data requirements, configuring applications, and creating documentation. Support geospatial staff in creation of geospatial databases and manage geodatabases in an enterprise environment including providing support to update and maintain client’s fire and natural resources data. Acquire data from multiple internal and external sources and formats to integrate into a geospatial dataset including navigating file directory structures, spatial data portals, and websites. Develop unique and standardized cartographic products using ArcGIS Desktop. Map content will range between single subject depictions to multiple values on a single map. Perform data analysis (geospatial and alpha-numeric) as requested to support the creation of reports and briefing documents related to resource and/or wildland fire program management questions. Develop and run automated geoprocessing and/or analysis workflows to support requested projects. Create story maps, dashboards, and/or other web applications to illustrate analysis methods and results, and provide client staff and the public with dynamic and often real- time access to data and interactive maps. Skills needed:  Strong in ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, Geoprocess, GeospatialData Engineering End Citizen/User Product Generation (Product, Service, Map, Story Maps, Dashboards);  Python Experience in Data Analysis, Data QA/QC Enjoys collaboration and makes Geo Products  Past Government Experience Minimum requirements: Bachelor's Degree  in IT, GeoSciences or specific relevant subject area and minimum 5 yrs experience  Previous experience supporting scientific programs, preferably government related, in earth management and sciences including marine, atmospheric, hydrological, topographic, geological, renewable, or a myriad of dozens of other critical earth sciences. Able to rapidly context switch across subject matter, communication and architecture products, and stakeholder audiences. Experience with remote sensing, image processing, Geospatial data editing, and Web Service Architecture. Must be able to pass basic NACI, background, drug and reference checks. Must be able to demonstrate fast, quality typing/coding as well as fast visual prototyping.  Tool Experience in ESRI, GeoServer, OGC, Metadata Standards, and preferably newer BigData, RDF and SEO technologies. Interviewing for Winter Start.  Benefits: We emphasize a balance of work and life and target 40-50 hour weeks with ample time to refresh with great paid-time off. Salary & Bonus Programs - Competitive Salary. Multiple Recognition and Rewards Bonus Programs (Performance Bonus plan reviewed twice annually - total ranging from 2-5% of salary and Business Development Bonus Plan, Employee Referral Bonus Plan, and Company Profit Sharing Plan).  Paid Time off - (10) Paid Holidays, (10) Personal Time Off, and (5) Sick Leave  Medical Insurance - Coverage for Major Medical and Surgical, Medical Health Care, Dependents’ Health Care with 100% of employee or 80% employee and 50% family. Options to enroll in Dental Insurance, Vision Discount Program, Prescription Discount Program, Group Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, and Professional insurance advisors to guide employees through these benefits as needed.  Solid, managed retirement savings plan including - Multiple 401(k) funds with traditional and Roth options, Company paid fees, Company Match, Third-party Trust Management with personalized retirement portfolio web analysis tools. About Xentity We are a fast-growing data consulting and support services firm - focused on large data programs in data types such as geospatial, open, big, and IoT data. We have high profile clients and projects that our staff really delivery for, as well enjoy knowing they make a large difference.

UI-UX Research / Design / Development

INTERNAL ONLY: DL: $60/hr-$70/hr BR: $125/hr (some flex) Duration: 1-year contract with long term extensions Location: Sunnyvale, CA or Austin, TX hybrid onsite Tues, Weds, and Thurs Timeline to Offer: 2 weeks Calendar Access: Need to review resume beforehand Interview Process? 2 rounds, 30mins Webex with Saskia and John and 2-hour Webex interview with panel: Ken, David, Ketan, Bruce, John, Saskia, and Bri Best contact method? Ken, Saskia, and John in a group Slack  Exclusive? Yes H1-Okay? Yes, but no C2C Why? The UX Researcher will join the IS&T UX Team and work on Radar, an internal SDLC management and bug tracking tool used by all development teams at Apple.   ABOUT THIS FEATURED OPPORTUNITY The UX Researcher will work on an internal SDLC management and bug tracking tool used by all development teams at Apple.   THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU   You will have the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams to investigate where and how to improve a tool that is used to manage all software development across Apple. You will be expected to collaborate with product teams to define research goals and identify target users, develop a research approach and detailed study plan, create research materials including screeners, guides, and scripts, communicate with participants to recruit and schedule participation, and engage with product teams throughout research/analysis. The role will be about 80% qualitative and 20% quantitative research. The ideal candidate should be empathetic, curious, and have a passion for advocating for users.   KEY SUCCESS FACTORS 3+ years of experience conducting Qualitative UX Research and User Testing Experience with qualitative research methods with focus on lab and remote usability testing, rapid iteration testing and evaluation Experience with Quantitative Research  Experience with stakeholder engagement and strong presentation skills An academic background in Psychology, Research, Anthropology, Human and Computer Interaction (HCI), etc. is preferred

Project Management / PMO / Program Management

Position Description MUST RESIDE IN NASHVILLE, TN! Position is Hybrid Sharepoint 365 and Project Server Online knowledge/development experience is required Job Summary – The Parallon PMO Technical Coordinator is responsible, under the direction of a supervisor, for the development, maintenance and continued improvement of the process, technology tools, and standards that are utilized in the Parallon Project Management Office (PMO) and across the Parallon Project Services organization. The PMO Technical Coordinator possesses a strong attention to detail and organization while managing several ongoing activities simultaneously. The PMO Technical Coordinator must maintain a customer experience focus and demonstrate a strong technical propensity and commitment to supporting the use of technical and methodology-oriented tools and processes by others in the organization. The PMO Technical Coordinator ensures that the tools meet the needs of the PMO, work properly, and are kept current. Additionally, from time to time, the PMO Technical Coordinator may be tasked with providing other project management support consistent with the Parallon Project Management standards. Limited travel will be required. Duties (included but not limited to): · Act as a primary resource within the Parallon PMO for PM Technical Tools Support, Administration, and Training. This will require that the PMO Technical Coordinator gain a complete understanding of the functionality, administrator-level support, and interactions of the Parallon PerView application and its integration with Microsoft Project and SharePoint. · The PMO Technical Coordinator will collect business requirements, function as a bridge between user and technical staff to broker value-generating, efficient solutions, and then test those solutions prior to User Acceptance and implementation. This may include, but not limited to, data setup for testing, assisting in data mapping exercises with technical resources, and use case development. This may also include working with various individuals/teams in Parallon Project Services, and IT&S to troubleshoot issues with projects and programs within Microsoft Project Server. · Must translate understanding of the Microsoft Project Server application into concise and accurate instructions, coaching, and training materials to be utilized by Parallon Project Services PM staff. · Work with a supervisor to continually develop and improve the tools that are used within the Parallon Project Services. This includes reviewing standards and tools, revising those standards and tools, implementing those standards and tools, and auditing the usage of those standards and tools. Revision and implementation of standards and tools requires the PMO Technical Coordinator to understand the best technical tools to use (Microsoft Project 2010 and/or Project Server 2010, MS Access, MS Word, MS Excel, MS InfoPath, and SharePoint Technology) and the ability to develop solutions and work flows within each of these tools. Review and audit of standards and tools requires that the PMO Technical Coordinator has a clear understanding of project management and project management’s usage of standards and tools. · Develop requirements for reporting and systems enhancements through engagement with PMO stakeholders. · Act as a primary resource for the maintenance of project management controls within the Parallon PMO. This includes the updates and enhancements of the Project Control Manual, standards, methodology and tools, review of project templates, and PMO-related communications. · Act as a primary resource for identifying and documenting requirements regarding PM Tools, Training, Reporting, PerView technical functions, and other supported PMO assets, as directed. · Support business intelligence development initiatives, including but not limited to, ad hoc reporting requests and report inventory administration, · Act as a primary facilitator for user action groups and subcommittees associated with PMO-related initiatives. · Act as a primary resource for the development, administration, and support of SharePoint Teamrooms used by Parallon Project Services. Assist in the development of, and ensure compliance with, standards for the use of SharePoint Teamrooms within Parallon Project Services. Continuously look for opportunities to expand the use of SharePoint technology and the development of those SharePoint solutions. · Provide Local Security Coordinator support for Parallon Project Services as directed. · Manage multiple small or medium projects with moderate complexity to meet objectives as assigned, consistent with Parallon Project Management standards. May also be assigned to provide project coordination support for larger projects or programs under the direction of a Project Director or Senior Project Manager 2. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: · Organization - stays focused and proactively prioritizes initiatives; determines tasks and resources, and schedules with keen ability to multi-task · Customer Orientation - creates customer-focused practices and relationships, building trust and respect by identifying service issues, and meeting internal customer expectations; seeks to understand customer and ensure customer satisfaction · Communication – communicates clearly, proactively, and concisely with all key stakeholders and customers; documents processes and tools; translates knowledge into developing instructional and training material for both PM processes and technology · Critical Thinking –objectively reviews standards, tools and processes, and uses experience and judgment to make recommendations on improvements · Teamwork – works collectively with outside teams such as IT&S, outside vendors, and remote client teams such that cooperative work efforts are fostered. · Tactical Execution - ensures tools are effective and information is accurate and complete; makes preparations and leverages resources to effectively manage the project controls of complex processes · Project Management –applies Parallon project controls to projects as directed on assigned projects; demonstrated experience with formal project management such that multiple small or medium projects with moderate complexity are managed to meet objectives, as assigned. · PC / Technical Skills · Microsoft Office applications (including Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint) · Online collaboration tools, such as WebEx and conference calling tools · Project Management tools, including Microsoft Project 2013, and preferably the Microsoft Project Server portfolio and project management tool · Ability to do limited development in Microsoft Access and/or Microsoft InfoPath · Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint development and support a plus · Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) a plus Key Competencies: · Adaptability – Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures. · Contributing to Team Success – Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals. · Customer Focus - Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs. · Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills - Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise. · Work Standards - Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed. us Must haves: · 1-2 years of experience, preferably in project management, application support, or information systems oriented environments · HCA/Parallon-based operations or systems experience a plus · MS Project 2013 and/or MS Project Server use and/or training experience a plus · Customer Support experience a plus internal notes: ****Technical Coordinator - Parallon Project Services - Hybrid (679436) Tim Larson 2535 Park Plaza, B3, Nashville, TN 37203 (2-3 days onsite)  57.60 max  

Data Center

  The Systems Engineer will join a critical enterprise engineering team to support the applications powering one of the company’s largest global initiatives. You will primarily be responsible for supporting system integrations with Azure AD and maintaining IAM for the applications.   Successful candidates will have: 5+ years of experience with systems administration/engineering 3+ years of experience with Azure Active Directory - strong experience integrating AD with applications Experience with security and IAM for systems Experience with AWS is a plus  

UI-UX Research / Design / Development

INTERNAL ONLY: DL: $50/hr-$60/hr BR: $105/hr (max) Duration: 1-year contract with long term extensions Location: SCV (preferred) or ATX—remote until 5/23 then onsite Mon, Tues, and Thurs Start Date: 3/28/22 Preset Interview: Yes, 30mins Webex interview on Monday (3/14) at 2pm PT Interview Process? 2 rounds, 30mins Webex with Christie and 1-hour Webex with Alice and Eric Bradford Best contact method? Christie’s Slack Exclusive? Yes H1-Okay? Yes, but no C2C Why? The UX Designer will join the IS&T Customer Systems CCTech team and work on Loop, an annotation platform that is integrated with the AppleCare contact center and allows AppleCare advisors to be involved with ML labeling and annotation efforts.   ABOUT THIS FEATURED OPPORTUNITY The UX Designer will work on an annotation platform that is integrated with the AppleCare contact center and allows AppleCare advisors to be involved with ML labeling and annotation efforts.   THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU   You will have the opportunity to work on new feature exploration as well as conduct user interviews to synthesize data for a next generation annotation tool. You will create designs and artifacts throughout the entire product development lifecycle such as journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and specifications. The ideal candidate is a natural collaborator and can draw on the expertise of others and know how to navigate relationships. You should be exceptional at cutting through ambiguity and resolving conflicting priorities.   KEY SUCCESS FACTORS 2+ years of UX Design experience with web platforms Experience synthesizing and conducting qualitative user research Portfolio showcasing detailed case studies including design process, artifacts, workflows, etc.

Data Analysis / Data Engineering / BI

Xentity is supporting amazing impactful solutions in the Geospatial, Open Data, Big Data, and IoT world. We like to be on the wave of innovative data initiatives, programs, and solutions for our clients. We hope you are too.   This position will be supporting the architecture lifecycle for a new Data Integration Services Platform. This includes discovering needs, analyzing requirements, supporting design pattern development and coordinating implementation for Data Services. This role will be part of a team of architects, developers, and Chief Data officer moving our client forward to greater data use, integration, and access through these data services for very a large data program. Responsibilities: Information Systems Architect Perform research, execute proofs of concepts and initialize projects for data integration and enablement Facilitate sessions for business process modeling and capturing process/data flows Collaborate with data analyst to map and capture data in CDO inventory management system Plan and create recommendations for data integrations with business systems and aligning with the CDO roadmap Data Services Architect Act as product owner for the development of data services to enable data awareness, access and integration in conforming to the client’s business priorities and within the IT policies and guidelines Understand, capture, and document of business processes and associated data requirements prior-to and during application development activities Work closely with business units to understand their data, their use cases and user acceptance of the data services developed Work in agile project team with a matrixed delivery organization consisting of Client IT resources, the department’s resources, consulting resources and members of the Chief Data Office to deliver quality data services and resources Transition Planning Create, coordinate and facilitate the creation of end-user documentation, training material and demonstrations when appropriate. Refine and execute training and train the trainer in accordance to the CDO strategy. Job Requirements Technical Skills: Service Architecture Skills: SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, Micro Services, SOA, BPMN, Serverless, Development and DevOps, CI/CD Data Architecture Skills: Data warehousing, ETL/ELT, Data pipelines, SQL and NoSQL Databases, Data Lakes,  Software Experience:  API Management Platform (Apigee, MuleSoft, Swagger), ERP (SAP), CRM (Salesforce) Other Preferred Tech Skills:, Agile / Scrum, SQL, Scripting (Python), Programming (Java, Javascript, Go, Closure) Team Tools: Jira/Trello/Rally, Google Suite, MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio Soft Skills:  Client relationship experience - Shows understanding, enthusiasm, courtesy, tact, empathy; develops and maintains relationships; deals with difficult people; relates well to people from varied backgrounds; is sensitive to individual needs. Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; Responsible Behavior. Strong communicator - Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; makes concise, clear and convincing presentations, listens to others; attends to nonverbal cues Could pass ad-hoc technical and whiteboard test given various either application design pattern challenges, root cause analysis, and demonstration of agile project patterns in patterns of large data visualization, application front-end design, and use case analysis scenarios. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline (or an equivalent combination of education and experience) 10+ Years Related Skills Experience Prefer at least 5 years in role, expecting 5-8 years in similar role. Able to pass basic NACI, background, drug and reference checks.  No Relocation Assistance; must be local.  20% Telework. Benefits: We emphasize a balance of work and life and target 40-50 hour weeks with ample time to refresh with great paid-time off. Salary & Bonus Programs - Competitive Salary. Multiple Recognition and Rewards Bonus Programs (Performance Bonus plan reviewed twice annually - total ranging from 2-5% of salary and Business Development Bonus Plan, Employee Referral Bonus Plan, and Company Profit Sharing Plan).  Paid Time off - (10) Paid Holidays, (10) Personal Time Off, and (6) Sick Leave  Medical Insurance - Coverage for Major Medical and Surgical, Medical Health Care, Dependents’ Health Care with 100% of employee or 80% employee and 50% family. Options to enroll in Dental Insurance, Vision Discount Program, Prescription Discount Program, Group Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, and Professional insurance advisors to guide employees through these benefits as needed.  Solid, managed retirement savings plan including - Multiple 401(k) funds with traditional and Roth options, Company paid fees, Company Match, Third-party Trust Management with personalized retirement portfolio web analysis tools. We are a fast-growing data consulting and support services firm - focused on large data programs in data types such as geospatial, open, big, and IoT data. We have high profile clients and projects that our staff really deliver for, as well enjoy knowing they make a large difference.