The MathWorks Business Systems Opportunities
The MathWorks in Natick, MA http://www.mathworks.com has a few positions in our Internal Business Systems group that Members of the Informix User Group may be interested in. Below are the job descriptions of our current opportunities. Resumes may be sent to resumes@mathworks.com SENIOR DATABASE SPECIALIST The MathWorks is looking for a database performance tuning expert comfortable with operating system internals. The ideal person is someone who has expertise in delivering 24X7 high performance systems. The Senior Database Specialist will be working with legacy and newly developed systems. This person will analyze requirements, make schema changes, design new databases, and create data warehouses. This person will be working in a three-tiered environment consisting of database servers, application servers, and clients. Qualifications: BS in computer science or related technical area. At least 4 years of experience (2 of which should be database performance tuning experience) required. NT administration required. Experience in Informix / Solaris environments highly desirable. SQL Server is a plus. Background in business systems design, including third party applications (Vantive and JD Edwards) is very desirable. Superior communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment are required. SENIOR PROGRAMMER/ANALYST The Business Systems Group at The MathWorks in looking for an enthusiastic and talented programmer to add to our growing team of system professionals. This new programmer/analyst will be the technical team member responsible for implementing and supporting business systems for our Finance and Human Resources business areas. As a member of the Business Systems Development team, she/he will participate in Finance and Human Resource IS projects from requirements analysis through implementation in the business areas. This person will also be a key contributor to the integration of these applications with the business systems used by the rest of the company. The programmer/analyst will be responsible for the technical aspects of ongoing releases to the application, the migration of legacy applications to new technologies and will be expected to provide first class support of the systems. Additionally, this person will work with the technical support groups at our vendor companies (JD Edwards and others) to identify and resolve problems with their applications. Qualifications: BS in Computer Science or related technical area and at least 4 years business systems experience. Background in internal business system implementations , including third-party application integration (especially JD Edwards) is very desirable, superior communication skills, initiative and ability to work in a cooperative team environment are required, excellent knowledge of relational databases, Windows NT / Win95 and client/server environment is also required. A good grasp of development methodologies, C language, Visual Basic and domain business knowledge are pluses. TEAM LEADER As the project leader of the Business Systems Infrastructure team you will manage and lead the Database Specialists and front line application support staff. The infrastructure team is responsible for: managing the database and the database architecture of the company's business applications, performing front line application support for all of Business Systems' applications, and providing reporting support to the company's business areas. Key responsibilities for this position include managing and coaching the technical staff, working closely with the company's System Services Group on hardware, network, and operating system issues impacting the business applications, and planning and executing infrastructure projects such as database upgrades, application upgrades, and disaster recovery implementations. You will work closely with the business application development team and implement necessary database or infrastructure improvements to support new and enhanced business applications. You will work closely with application vendors such as Vantive, JDEdwards, and Microsoft on issues impacting the business applications while gaining an understanding of the future direction of the vendors and how that maps to The MathWorks business needs. The position will provide an opportunity to work with a full range of business application areas, current technology, and a dynamic team of people Qualifications: Seasoned project manager with strong database and business application development skills; 3-5 years experience leading moderate to large projects; at least 2 years experience in people management; effective negotiation skills and proven interpersonal communication skills; strong project planning and execution skills; experience in managing projects in the client-server/relational database environments (particularly WindowsNT, SQL Server); experience with data warehouse projects a plus; and experience with Vantive, JDEdwards, Visual Basic, and Object Oriented design and implementation a plus. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim Daley Recruiter / College Relations Coordinator The MathWorks http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobopenings/ p: 508-647-7829 f: 508-647-7003 kdaley@mathworks.com