[mapguide-users] Job opportunities

[r0ss]

We are a large Canadian based company that is currently building a large
enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) Internet geospatial operating system
using open source technologies.  We need to expand our team with several top
notch Internet developers to participate in the design and implementation
our new product offerings.  

We would like to build an extremely talented team (employees and / or
contract employees) with very innovative and creative people.  We are
looking to build the core platform on Linux based servers and the skills we
require are listed below.

The successful intermediate to senior internet developer will be required
to:

Core competencies
. lead systems development, provide project estimates, development
leadership and mentorship and technical leadership (a consulting background
is preferred)
. participate in analysis, design, development and support of technical
solutions (agile development methodology preferred)
. provide development and design expertise to support developed solutions
(use case development and data modelling experience)
. experience with formal regression testing methods, principles and
objectives
. a passion for developing consistent, attractive, usable, scalable and
maintainable web user interfaces
. highly motivated and detail-oriented individual who strives for innovation
and new ways of doing things
. strong analytical and problem-solving skills
. excellent organizational skills
. the ability to work under tight project schedules
. a total-service attitude to assigned tasks and responsibilities
. a results-driven focus
. excellent communications skills with other team members as well as the
broader open source community
. a passion for developing consistent, attractive, usable, scalable, and
maintainable web user interfaces

Technical competencies
. practical and highly proficient experience developing maintainable web
sites in JavaScript, CSS, XML, PHP, Java and .NET (C# for legacy
applications) development languages (C++ is a nice to have), we are building
a "Web 2.0" style application
. experience with Oracle 10g (and 11g) with spatial data manipulated with
SDO_geom packages
. experience building web services (SOAP, RESTful services) and application
programming interfaces
. familiarity with enterprise-level application development particularly
multi-tenant applications
. excellent web UI design and implementation skills 
. affinity for the development of efficient and scalable portal applications
. knowledge of many open source map application such as MapServer, MapGuide
Open Source, GeoServer, FDO and  others
. very strong understanding of the OGC specifications (WMS, WCS, SLD, WFS,
Gazetteer services and geospatial portals and more)
. experience with Windows 2003 and IIS 6 deployments
. experience with Linux servers and Apache deployments

Education
. bachelor of computer science / computer engineering degree (masters
preferred) or equivalent job experience
 
 
This opportunity offers tremendous professional growth to motivated
individuals (and we may be interested in building a remote team of the right
people).  Starting salary will be negotiated and awarded based on experience
and qualifications. 

If this opportunity excites you either as an employee or contractor, please
email your CV to r0ss AT Shaw DOT ca