Design Strategy

12/16/2021

At USEReady’s leadership summit, we were excited to be joined by Francois Ajenstat, Chief Product Officer at Tableau.

Francois shared his life experiences, lessons on and the importance of mindset and to keeping pushing boundaries and always adding value to the .

Key takeaways from Francois’s session:

👉 To succeed in life, be comfortable with being uncomfortable

👉 Impact and learning have been my guiding North Star, that means that you must always be curious

👉 We win as a team, and we lose as a team. And so, think about who you need to drive success and when to ask for help

👉 Treat everybody with respect and great ideas can come from anywhere and be open and warm to them

👉 Communication is a critical capability of a leader. It's not just about telling great stories and being on stage, but it's also about sharing the hard news. It's about being bold. It's about being vulnerable, about having candid conversations

👉 Motivate, inspire, and give opportunities to others. And that's kind of your role as a leader is to get people to follow along and need to be able to communicate to get there

👉 As a leader, you have to know the details and know the space. You must ask good questions that enable you to get to the root cause.

Thank you, Francois, for sharing your invaluable insights.

10/20/2021

New Job
Junior Systems Analyst - BBBH16982
Industry: IT
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina

USEReady has an immediate contact to hire role in Greensboro, NC for Junior System Analyst. The ideal candidate will work to maintain and support IT infrastructure by working closely with the Infrastructuregroup members and other teams to assist as needed and to minimize business interruption to end users. Help to resolve problems and incidents with users and core systems. In addition, he/she will oversee key activities around the user onboarding process,the help desk ticketing system and Active Directory.
Key Responsibilities:

Ability to learn and articulate technical information and convey to non-technical people
Excellent attention to detail and multi-tasking
Professionalism with clients and staff
Passion for assisting others and problem-solving
Strong ability to work independently
Off hours (nights and weekends) work sometimes necessary

Required Skills:

AD Manager/AD Manager Plus/Azure AD
HR liaison (onboarding/offboarding users)
Manage Engine (Asset Management) (likely will need training on Manage Engine)
Infrastructure help desk queue administration - POC for help desk escalation
O365 - user license management, Exchange online management
AD user administration
Data analysis, licensing, Adobe portal, Excel reporting
Workstation support
Cell phone provisioning
Experience with PRTG or SolarWinds

Desired Skills:

PowerShell, VB scripting/batch files a huge plus

USEReady has an immediate contact to hire role in Greensboro, NC for Junior System Analyst. The ideal candidate will work to maintain and support IT infrastructure by working closely with the Infrastructuregroup members and other teams to assist as needed and to minimize business interruption to end...

10/07/2021

New Job
DevOps Engineer - BBBH16972
Industry: Financial Services
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Newark, New Jersey

Location: Domestic, Newark - 213 Washington St.

Target Start Date : ASAP

Years of Experience: 3 Right to hire: Yes

Job Description:
CTO Automation Services has an opportunity for an Analyst DevOps Engineer to join our Solution Delivery Enablement team.
DevOps is a set of practices that combines software development (Dev) and information technology operations (Ops) to shorten the systems development life cycle while delivering features, fixes, and updates frequently in close alignment with business objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The DevOps Pipeline Engineer is responsible for assisting with the analysis, design and build of the DevOps processes and tool sets.
The DevOps Engineer is responsible for providing input to the DevOps standards and workflows, configuration management functions associated with product releases and ensuring the integrity of the delivery standards.

Essential Requirements:

A Good understanding of DevOps
Experience with modern source code management and software repository systems (Git, Bitbucket)
Experience with programming languages (Python)
Experience with scripting languages (Shell, Groovy)
Experienced with IaC (Ansible)
Experience with API deployment for tooling integration
Experience using Jenkins (Pipeline as Code, Shared Libraries)
The ability to work independently as well as perform as part of a scrum team
Strong customer service mindset
Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate complex issues to both technical and non-technical users
Strong time management and organizational skills
Excellent initiative, interpersonal and problem-solving skills with a strong desire to learn
Strong attention to detail
The ability to document exceptions/issues/action plans/meeting minutes/lessons learned accurately and in a timely fashion
Ability to create excellent working relationships within and across teams

Desirable Requirements:

Experienced with AWS Cloud
Experience with administering DevOps tools in SaaS
Experience using DevOps Tools (SonarQube, Artifactory etc.)
Experience using build tools (Maven, MSBuild and Gradle)
Experience using containers (Docker)
Experience using Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence)
Experience with Mobile app SDLC
Aware of Infrastructure as Code (Ansible / CloudFormation)
Awareness of DevSecOps (SAST, DAST, MAST, IAST)

Qualifications & Experience:

Should be educated to degree level in Computer Science or equivalent.

Location: Domestic, Newark - 213 Washington St. Target Start Date: ASAP Years of Experience: 3

10/05/2021

New Job
Power BI Developer - BBBH16969
Industry: IT
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manhattan, New York

USEReady has a great career opportunity for a Reporting to the Director, Business Intelligence Applications; the Sr. Developer will develop Business Intelligence and Analytical solutions for users primarily using Microsoft Power BI report tool set. The role will identify business intelligence and data analysis needs and works closely with clients and IT teams to turn data into critical information that can be used to make sound business decisions. The Power BI Developer will review and provide input on solution architecture and guide decisions, collaborate on implementation and provide training and guidance to technical and functional teams.

Responsibilities

Designs and develops Microsoft Power BI reports and Dashboards including data set ingestion and transformation, Modeling, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) using the appropriate report templates.
Develops data models, technical and functional documentation with business partners.
Demonstrates and promotes reporting best practices and use of data visualizations to empower data driven decision making.
Ensures visual quality of all deliverables including user experience design, consistency and standardization and aesthetically pleasing visualizations consistent with the Columbia University brand.
Ensures data quality of all deliverables, conduct thorough unit testing and facilitate user acceptance testing cycles.
Provides governance around the Power BI platform architecture and operations.
Designs and develops Power BI reports, dashboards, apps, DAX scripts.
Leads the requirements gathering process with customers, determine requirements for data, reports, analyses, metadata, training, service levels, data quality, and performance for assigned projects
Collaborates with EBIS data integration team members to ensure data is staged appropriately to meet end user requirements.
Collaborates with EBIS leadership on the Power BI Strategy and roadmap
Manages concurrent projects and independently prioritizes multiple requests to meet the organizational goals.
Provides technical guidance and mentor Power BI Developers and end users in Power BI, predictive analytics and best practices.
Responsible for Enterprise Power BI platform Security design and system administration.
Enhances, debugs and performance tunes reports/code as necessary.
Provides ongoing production support of applications.
Develops user presentations, training documents and provide training for technical staff and power users.
Monitors and tracks project status in various tracking tools such as ServiceNow and Jira.
Ensures projects remain on budget and meet agreed upon project timelines.
Anticipates risks and possible road blocks, escalate to upper management as needed
Monitors a wide range of technical problems and make decisions and provide recommendations to the team.
Maintains up to date on Power BI desktop, Power BI Service and related technology enhancements.
All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and/or its equivalent required.
Minimum 4-6 years' related experience.
2+ years of hands on Power BI architecture, report development, PBI Security Model, administration, DAX and best practices experience.
2+ year of architecture, administration and hands on Power BI report tool set experience - developing complex dashboards, integrating and enriching data, and implementing DAX.
2+ years using Database - SQL Server, Oracle and SQL experience.
3+ years of Business Intelligence, Analytics and Data warehouse/data mart, data modeling using Kimball methodology experience in team environment.
Experience connecting to a variety of on-premise and cloud data sources.
Experience with customer requirements gathering and creation of user stories for SCRUM Agile SDLC.
Excellent business analysis, data analysis, documentation and requirements gathering skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team.
Experience in Agile methodology and Proof of Concept, iterative design and development approach.
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment with changing priorities and with multiple projects.
Ability to identify and communicate issues/risks applying technical and root cause analysis skills.
Strong decision making, technical, problem solving and analytical skills.
Ability to be precise and attentive to detail is essential.
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Ability to work weekend and off-hour work on occasion.

Preferred Qualifications

Power BI certification.
Power BI integration experience with Shibboleth and CAS and Active directory is a plus.
Hands on experience creating and publishing custom Power BI visualizations.
Knowledge and experience using Statistical tools (i.e. SAS, SPSS).
3+ years of experience in other reporting tools is a plus (Tableau, Business Objects Crystal, Web Intelligence, Universe Designer).
Experience creating data models using Microsoft SSAS and data integration using Microsoft SSIS.
Project management experience.
Knowledge of PeopleSoft data, especially Campus Solutions, Finance, and HR.
Experience with designing for mobile platforms.
Knowledge of relational data modeling.
Knowledge of R for creating or modifying custom visuals.
Azure machine learning studio and integrating predictive analytics applications with Power BI.

USEReady has a great career opportunity for a Reporting to the Director, Business Intelligence Applications; the Sr. Developer will develop Business Intelligence and Analytical solutions for users primarily using Microsoft Power BI report tool set. The role will identify business intelligence and da...

10/05/2021

New Job
Sr. Systems Engineer (Active Directory) - BBBH16966
Industry: IT
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manhattan, New York

USEReady is seeking a Sr, Systems Engineer (Active Directory) in NY City. The ideal candidate will be required to the NY City office twice per week. Reporting to the Active Directory Manager in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) group, the Sr. Systems Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and ongoing support of the centralized Enterprise Active Directory environment. This technology supports authentication and authorization for a wide range of Windows systems and applications utilized across the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

Support and maintain the University-wide Active Directory environment (on-prem and AzureAD with 100K+ Users)
Perform common responsibilities such as domain controller promotion and demotion, organizational unit setup and delegation of administration, group policy creation and modification, administration of AD sites, subnets and site links, and schema changes.
Collaborate with others to ensure seamless AD integration of various applications and systems across the University.
Analyze data and identify trends to facilitate root cause analysis and identify opportunities for service improvement.
Ensure the security and compliance of the Active Directory environment.
Manage the backup and recovery solution for Active Directory.
Assess and recommend maintenance and/or hardware/software solutions for system reliability and effectiveness.
Fields service tickets regarding availability, performance, and functionality problems of Active Directory.
Performs diagnosis and resolution of moderately complex issues related to Active Directory.
Assists customer organizations with planning and implementing complex configurations
Identifies and documents infrastructure configuration requirements related to AD
Maintains good relationships with peer technical groups and other support groups
Represent IAM organization on large-scale technology projects implemented outside IAM
Work with the broader IT security, risk, and compliance teams to interpret policies and standards, regulatory requirements and ensure standards are properly across all AD environments
Available for on-call rotation for after-hours and weekend work.

Required Experience:

Bachelor's degree and/or its equivalent required.
Minimum 4-6 years related experience.
Minimum 4-5 years Windows Systems Administration experience.
Proven experience effectively communicating technical issues/challenges to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Minimum 3-4 years of Active Directory technical experience that includes the operational support and implementation of large-scale, enterprise-level solutions.
Strong knowledge of and experience working with Active Directory, Azure AD, ADFS.
Strong knowledge of and experience with Windows Server systems design, deployment, and maintenance.
Understands basic networking concepts (DNS, Load Balancing, Wireless, VPNs, VLANs, Subnets, Firewalls).
Weekend and off-hour work may be necessary on occasion.

Desired Experience:

4+ years managing an enterprise-level Active Directory environment with 50K+ users.
Strong knowledge and experience working with Microsoft ESAE Active Directory environments.
Strong working knowledge of building and maintaining an internal Microsoft PKI environment.
Strong working knowledge of Quest Migration Manager and large scale AD migrations.
Strong knowledge of Malwarebytes, Crowdstrike, SCOM, WSUS, SCCM, ADFS.
Strong knowledge and experience with PowerShell.
Strong knowledge of VMWare ESX and vCenter.
Basic working knowledge of UNIX/LINUX Operating Systems.
Basic working knowledge of MIT Kerberos.

USEReady is seeking a Sr, Systems Engineer (Active Directory) in NY City. The ideal candidate will be required to the NY City office twice per week. Reporting to the Active Directory Manager in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) group, the Sr. Systems Engineer is responsible for the design, de...

10/01/2021

New Job
Sr. Python Django Developer - BBBH16963
Industry: IT
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manhattan, New York

USEReady is looking for a senior level Python Django application backend developer with 3+ years of hands-on Python / Django experience on Microservice architecture development framework.
The consultant provides expertise in designing, managing and developing solutions of newly developed applications in the area of Student Information System using the Django Python web framework. Leads the development and implementation of features and solutions, based on a set of standards, patterns and processes which establish consistency across the enterprise data, reduce risk, and promote efficiencies in support of the organization's goals and objectives. Developing full stack solutions and continuous delivery frameworks that improve the ability of the delivery teams to efficiently deliver solutions with quality. Responsible for coordinating and developing the continuous integration for the application source code and constantly seeking to enhance the continuous integration methods of the team to ensure extremely high quality of code.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provides hands on development experience in new product development in the area of Student information system using new technology stacks and design platforms.

Responsible for providing end to end solutions by analyzing requirements, devising solution design and implementation of solution.

Assists in all phases of application development, including data modeling, analysis, construction, testing, and deployment to ensure the quality of the system is enhanced.

Coordinates and prioritizes development and maintenance tasks.

Oversee 2-3 project resources in feature development, including defining tasks, assigning tasks and code review of tasks.

Coordinates deployment and integration activities with Systems groups.

Collaborates with colleagues to recommend changes to existing solution designs to fulfill technical requirements.

Participates in planning and implementation of required upgrades and system migrations.

Contributes to and assists in development of test plans and provides technical support in all phases of testing and QA leading to implementation.

Required Experience:

Bachelor's degree and/or its equivalent required.

Minimum 5-7 years' related experience.

Strong application development background using Django framework. 3+ years of experience developing in Django Python Web Framework.

A solid understanding of Django Rest Framework. Experience with building and operating a modern REST API (ie. Swagger, monitoring, rate limiting, authentication, etc.)

Strong experience with synchronous and asynchronous interfaces and microservice api development is a must.

Knowledgeable about other technologies and able to suggest integration solutions, including third-party APIs.

Hands-on experience with Docker, DevOps, Jira, Jenkins and Git.

Comfortable with web and application server operation (Apache Tomcat).

Shared repository and fork-pull models

CI/CD/AutoDevOps

2+ years hands-on with AWS Services/Native AWS Experience (3 or more): Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, API Gateway, CloudWatch, CloudFront, CloudFormation, RDS, CLI

Experience with queueing systems (Celery, SQS, Pub/Sub, etc)

High-level Object Oriented knowledge, with demonstrated complex implementations a must, e.g., custom API's, optimization techniques, and design pattern

Desired Experience: 5+ years of programming experience and has led projects as hands on development lead.

Demonstrated excellence in a variety of competencies including teamwork/collaboration, analytical thinking, communication and influencing skills, and technical expertise.

Familiar with Project Management concepts and tools.

USEReady is looking for a senior level Python Django application backend developer with 3+ years of hands-on Python / Django experience on Microservice architecture development framework. The consultant provides expertise in designing, managing and developing solutions of newly developed application...

09/23/2021

New Job
Senior Backend Developer - BBBH16887
Industry: Financial Services
Job Type: Permanent
Location: New York, New York

We are looking for exceptional and creative developers to join our Agile teams. The attributes we are looking for are creativity, a firm foundation in software fundamentals and a strong personal initiative. We will be building new, strategic and green-field solutions. You must be self-driven, inquisitive and take ownership.

Responsibilities Include

Design, develop, and implement web-based Java applications/API to support business requirements
Follow approved life cycle methodologies, create design documents, and perform program coding and testing
Resolve technical/production issues through debugging, research, and investigation; rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
Perform a variety of tasks; contribute to the design and develop high quality software for large scale Java/Spring Batch/Integration based applications
Analyze business requirements, and create technical design documents

Job Requirements

Experience on Java, Spring boot, REST API/DB/JMS is a must
Experience in developing real-time, multi-threaded applications
Ability to write clean and optimized code
Ability to design for scalability
Practical knowledge of a scripting language like Perl or Python
Experience with Kafka and MQ
Excellent communication and analytical skills
Experience with Docker, machine learning, NoSQL and Block Chain are a plus

Qualifications

BS or MS in Computer Science
Minimum 5 to 8 years' experience required.
Job holder must personally demonstrate accountability and responsibility.
S/he must have extensive experience with developing for major impact projects.
Hands on development working in very strong technical team.
Self-learner and a strong team player

Knowledge of the following technologies

Core Java
Linux
SQL / NoSQL
Spring Boot/Spring Cloud
Hibernate
Tomcat
Oracle
RESTful Web Services
Cloud computing experience a plus
Experience with SWIFT message

USEReady is a digital transformation company that focuses on development, data, analytics, cloud and AI with prominence to employee and customer experience. At USEReady, we leverage data to build intelligent organizations and help our customers be more successful. We relentlessly pursue our mission with fanatical customer centricity, humility, and integrity. We love to solve customer problems, contribute to the community and continue to continuously improve. We aim to build a strong learning culture and have fun doing it together !

USEReady provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, s*x, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, s*xual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

What we can Offer ?

Competitive salary
Visa sponsorship
Health, Dental and Vision insurance
401(k)
Paid time off

We are looking for exceptional and creative developers to join our Agile teams. The attributes we are looking for are creativity, a firm foundation in software fundamentals and a strong personal initiative. We will be building new, strategic and green-field solutions. You must be self-driven, inquis...

09/23/2021

New Job
Senior Full Stack Developer - BBBH16888
Industry: Banking
Job Type: Permanent
Location: New York, New York

Job Title: Senior Fullstack Developer

We are looking for exceptional and creative developers to join our Agile teams. The attributes we are looking for are creativity, a firm foundation in software fundamentals and a strong personal initiative. We will be building new, strategic and green-field solutions. You must be self-driven, inquisitive and take ownership.

Responsibilities Include

Design, develop, and implement web-based Java applications/API to support business requirements
Follow approved life cycle methodologies, create design documents, and perform program coding and testing
Resolve technical/production issues through debugging, research, and investigation; rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
Perform a variety of tasks; contribute to the design and develop high quality software for large scale Java/Spring Batch/Integration based applications
Analyze business requirements, and create technical design documents

Job Requirements

Experience on Java8, Spring boot, Angular version 2 and above
Experience in developing real-time, multi-threaded applications
Ability to write clean and optimized code
Ability to design for scalability
Experience with Kafka and MQ
Excellent communication and analytical skills
Experience on C # is preferred
SWIFT gpi and/or payments processing domain knowledge is ideal

Qualifications

BS or MS in Computer Science
Minimum 8 to 12 years' experience required.
Job holder must personally demonstrate accountability and responsibility.
S/he must have extensive experience with developing for major impact projects.
Hands on development working in very strong technical team.
Self-learner and a strong team player

Knowledge of the following technologies

Core Java
Kafka & MQ Series
Linux
SQL / NoSQL
Spring Boot/Spring Cloud
Hibernate
Tomcat
Oracle
RESTful Web Services
Cloud computing experience a plus
Experience with SWIFT messages

USEReady is a digital transformation company that focuses on development, data, analytics, cloud and AI with prominence to employee and customer experience. At USEReady, we leverage data to build intelligent organizations and help our customers be more successful. We relentlessly pursue our mission with fanatical customer centricity, humility, and integrity. We love to solve customer problems, contribute to the community and continue to continuously improve. We aim to build a strong learning culture and have fun doing it together !

USEReady provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, s*x, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, s*xual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

What we can Offer ?

Competitive salary
Visa sponsorship
Health, Dental and Vision insurance
401(k)
Paid time off

Job Title: Senior Fullstack Developer We are looking for exceptional and creative developers to join our Agile teams. The attributes we are looking for are creativity, a firm foundation in software fundamentals and a strong personal initiative. We will be building new, strategic and green-field solu...