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Web-Services Platform Software Engineer
Job Number: 331488
HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and business. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing. Our $4 billion annual R&D investment fuels the invention of products, solutions and new technologies so we can better serve customers and enter new markets. We invent, engineer and deliver technology solutions that drive business value, create social value and improve the lives of our customers.
Business Environment
At HP we invent new technologies and innovative information products. Change markets. Create business opportunities.
We also help to plan and broaden company strategy, and deliver the science and technology that achieves it. And that gives HP leadership.
We're focused on technologies, services and solutions. On internet and computing platforms, printing and imaging technologies, storage and intelligent information appliances, and we're chasing down broader alternative technologies and basic research.
On HP manufacturing-R&D sites we turn foundation technology from HP Labs into real solutions. Whole new businesses. We're getting smarter. Acting sharper. Moving faster. Getting people off the bench and into customer sites to speed up time to market. Heading for zero-time technology transfer.
At HP, we don't just dream about the future. We invent it.
Organization Description
HP Retail Publishing Solutions (RPS) is the HP business responsible for HP's aggressive growth into the retail printing ecosystem. We connect consumers to an abundance of diverse printing options with an end-to-end platform: from internet ecommerce and partner web-services APIs through to in-retail photo printing and large-project publishing hardware platforms.
Our business's vision is to connect people and publishing in astoundingly simple ways.
RPS connects consumers with compelling content. We offer consumers the means to explore, transform, and enjoy whatever art and photographs they envision turning into projects, be they drawn from their own collection of personal content, or tapping into a wide network of imagery HP licenses from top-tier brands.
Retail Publishing's platform operations team, located in Corvallis OR and Vancouver WA, enables the integration and delivery of RPS ecommerce and order fulfillment platforms. Our core responsibilities are to manage and operate, with HP-internal partners and others, enterprise-scale infrastructure for customer-facing ecommerce, order processing, content management, and business operations. We partner with multiple organizations to integrate our service delivery platform into their APIs, services and devices.
Job Description
As a member of the platform operations team you are an integral part of helping build and grow a new HP business. Your responsibilities include:
. Investigating, identifying, planning, implementing and supporting appropriate technologies/solutions for:
-- Robust Internet-services server platforms; global load-balancing and fault-tolerance; integration with external partners' APIs and fulfillment services
-- Top-to-bottom business-quality and operations monitoring, alerting and integration with orchestrated operations incident management
-- Validation and integrity of end-to-end security; customer-privacy; standards-compliance
. Optimizing, or as appropriate rearchitecting existing media ingestion, asset-management, and publishing processes.
. Specifying technical & business requirements as needed.
. Providing necessary oversight to ensure partner solutions satisfy HP requirements for quality, functionality and supportability.
Education
. Bachelor or advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
Experience and knowledge
. Linux (RHEL, Debian), Apache, SSL, Oracle DBMS, Weblogic
. Experienced with Python; Django
. Client/server web-services architectures and technologies, APIs and SDKs
. Enterprise-scale storage fundamentals as applied to server OSes
. Designing, developing, deploying, and operationally supporting enterprise class internet-connected software
. Program, partner and vendor management
. Networking, both WAN and LAN skills with design experience
. HP Openview, Site-Scope, or equivalent enterprise monitoring suite
. Familiarity with C, C++, C#, Java/JSP/J2EE, Groovy, JBoss, Tomcat; Ruby and Perl; Subversion; data modeling
Experience in the following a plus:
. Digital image processing, ImageMagick
Other qualifications
. Collaboration - Ability to work astoundingly well as part of a small and talented team, building positive relationships.
. Leadership - ability to drive to a solution, influence and negotiate with other accountability parties, and own delivery of a business platform. Demonstrated leadership qualities: integrity, attention to detail, timeline sensitive, motivator
. Proven track record working with internal and external partners, as well as customers
. Excellent team facilitator with strong communication, listening skills.
. Initiative -- Demonstrated ability to work productively with a minimum of direction
. Detail orientated; strong technical documentation skill, wiki-oriented
. Ability to perform and thrive in high volume, frenetic environment
. Flexible in dynamic environment, since one may be asked to take on different roles over time
. Passion for customer satisfaction
Company: HP
Location: Corvallis, OR 97330
Status: Full Time, Employee
Job Category: IT/Software Development
Occupations: General/Other: IT/Software Development;Software/System Architecture;Telecommunications Administration/Management
Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager)
Industry: Business Services - Other;Computer/IT Services;Engineering Services
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