Server Catalog Program Manager - Cloud Server Infrastructure Team

The Cloud Server Infrastructure Engineering (CSI-E) team within WSSC (Windows Server and System Center) is responsible for server hardware definition, design and development of Server and Rack Infrastructure engineering for Microsoft's online services. We work closely with Microsoft product groups, industry partners and researchers to architect and develop server hardware solutions that meet the requirements for our cloud services platforms at the lowest possible cost of ownership (TCO).  

To support this effort we are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer who can support our CSI group in Redmond.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas -

E2000 power distribution, Compute/Storage, Chassis Manager board power design.

Drive detailed of board level voltage regulators and board layout for product development that fulfills the product business goals while meeting schedule, cost and performance goals.

Execution of detailed electrical design through system-level design and engineering, validation, and manufacturing activities at contract manufacturers and suppliers

Interface across multiple product development disciplines: Hardware, Mechanical, Firmware, Usability, EMC, Thermal, Acoustics, Tooling, Program Management, Reliability, Compliance, Quality, Manufacturing, and Procurement.

Detailed project planning to successfully execute on delivery dates.

Manage the detail design development with internal and external resources, and provide tactical contribution and subject matter leadership throughout the conceptual and detail design stages of product development.

Assessment and recommendations of emerging technologies and technology roadmaps.

Qualification Summary:

•   BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field

•   5+ Years Electrical Engineering board power design and power design and analysis experience

•   Strong product development experience (5+ years), in high-volume, electronics)

Mathcad, Spice and MATLAB/Sigrtiy/PowerDC/PowerSI (or equivalent simulation tools)

•   Schematic capture and layout using Verilog/Cadence/Mentor (or equivalent tools)

•   Board level debugging, qualification.

•   Demonstrated competencies in power design on consumer electronics products that successfully reached volume production.

•   Ability to work independently and under pressure - must be a team player.

•   Excellent communication (written and oral) and collaboration skills.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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PREMIER FIELD ENGINEER - Exchange Server

PREMIER FIELD ENGINEER - Exchange Server

Primary responsibilities include providing on-site technical support solutions for customer service delivery and availability, while ensuring satisfaction with Microsoft software on the exchange client and server. The successful candidate will be capable of providing field technical support presence for groups in the Microsoft Services organization, including but not limited to Premier and Professional Support, Microsoft Consulting Services, and escalation engineers. The Premier Field Engineer acts as the primary onsite technical contact, providing customer visibility, advanced technical troubleshooting support and problem resolution for Product Support Services and corporate customers, including issues escalated to the highest levels of management.

The candidate will provide technical support including product technical training onsite, as well as via telephone, and electronic media. Candidate must be able to manage hot issues by setting customer expectations, devising and implementing action plans, being available 24x7 and professionally communicating to all parties involved.

Recommended qualifications include: Superior problem solving and troubleshooting skills at the System Engineer level; exceptional customer service, overall communication and technical writing skills. Must have sufficient technical depth to communicate with development and other internal organizations at a peer level; Must possess the ability to work independently with minimal management supervision and as part of nationwide team of engineers; Demonstrated aptitude for providing exceptional customer service in politically charged environments; Ability to enhance the technical expertise of peers via the development of product training, mentoring of new hires, and team content development; Ability to apply technology to improve existing products and systems at customers and for internal use; Ability to actively participate in team support by proposing and implementing solutions; Assist in developing strategies to gain additional Premier support accounts by contacting and establishing relationships with Premier Support Managers and Technical Account Managers.

Technical Requirements: Must possess superior knowledge and has demonstrated technical proficiency in Microsoft Exchange. Office 365/BPOS experience is a plus. Areas of knowledge and proficiency should include, but are not limited to, routing/transport, storage capacity planning, design/architecture and performance troubleshooting (Microsoft Exchange perspective), clustered deployments, disaster recovery, migration, mobile messaging, and topology design with troubleshooting of these areas at the expert level within large network environments.   Candidate must have solid understanding of client/server, networking, other Messaging applications (IIS, Outlook, Outlook Express, IE, ActiveSync/Windows Mobile Client technology) and Internet technologies fundamentals (I.E. certificates, SSL, VPN, UCE...etc). In addition, the successful candidate must possess excellent knowledge of TCP/IP, SMTP, RPC and other protocols including use of troubleshooting tools - scripting, resource kit diagnostic tools, packet sniffers and\or Netmon.

Secondary expertise in more than one of the following products: Windows desktop Operating Systems, Windows server Operating Systems, Active Directory (architecture, design, disaster recovery and troubleshooting), Microsoft Exchange High Availability Technologies and Deployment scenarios, SQL, IIS, ISA.

Overnight travel is required. Travel requirements vary regionally and could be as much as 40-70%. Candidates must possess current passport or be able to obtain passport within 90 days of hire.

They must be available for travel dispatch 24x7x365. The candidate should already have current US work authorization, live within US and be willing to relocate. Remote candidates will not be considered.

Education: College degree, preferably in Computer Science, is required. MCSE strongly preferred. Will consider related field (or equivalent) experience.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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PREMIER FIELD ENGINEER - Exchange Server

PREMIER FIELD ENGINEER - Exchange Server

Primary responsibilities include providing on-site technical support solutions for customer service delivery and availability, while ensuring satisfaction with Microsoft software on the exchange client and server. The successful candidate will be capable of providing field technical support presence for groups in the Microsoft Services organization, including but not limited to Premier and Professional Support, Microsoft Consulting Services, and escalation engineers. The Premier Field Engineer acts as the primary onsite technical contact, providing customer visibility, advanced technical troubleshooting support and problem resolution for Product Support Services and corporate customers, including issues escalated to the highest levels of management.

The candidate will provide technical support including product technical training onsite, as well as via telephone, and electronic media. Candidate must be able to manage hot issues by setting customer expectations, devising and implementing action plans, being available 24x7 and professionally communicating to all parties involved.

Recommended qualifications include: Superior problem solving and troubleshooting skills at the System Engineer level; exceptional customer service, overall communication and technical writing skills. Must have sufficient technical depth to communicate with development and other internal organizations at a peer level; Must possess the ability to work independently with minimal management supervision and as part of nationwide team of engineers; Demonstrated aptitude for providing exceptional customer service in politically charged environments; Ability to enhance the technical expertise of peers via the development of product training, mentoring of new hires, and team content development; Ability to apply technology to improve existing products and systems at customers and for internal use; Ability to actively participate in team support by proposing and implementing solutions; Assist in developing strategies to gain additional Premier support accounts by contacting and establishing relationships with Premier Support Managers and Technical Account Managers.

Technical Requirements: Must possess superior knowledge and has demonstrated technical proficiency in Microsoft Exchange. Office 365/BPOS experience is a plus. Areas of knowledge and proficiency should include, but are not limited to, routing/transport, storage capacity planning, design/architecture and performance troubleshooting (Microsoft Exchange perspective), clustered deployments, disaster recovery, migration, mobile messaging, and topology design with troubleshooting of these areas at the expert level within large network environments.   Candidate must have solid understanding of client/server, networking, other Messaging applications (IIS, Outlook, Outlook Express, IE, ActiveSync/Windows Mobile Client technology) and Internet technologies fundamentals (I.E. certificates, SSL, VPN, UCE...etc). In addition, the successful candidate must possess excellent knowledge of TCP/IP, SMTP, RPC and other protocols including use of troubleshooting tools - scripting, resource kit diagnostic tools, packet sniffers and\or Netmon.

Secondary expertise in more than one of the following products: Windows desktop Operating Systems, Windows server Operating Systems, Active Directory (architecture, design, disaster recovery and troubleshooting), Microsoft Exchange High Availability Technologies and Deployment scenarios, SQL, IIS, ISA.

Overnight travel is required. Travel requirements vary regionally and could be as much as 40-70%. Candidates must possess current passport or be able to obtain passport within 90 days of hire.

They must be available for travel dispatch 24x7x365. The candidate should already have current US work authorization, live within US and be willing to relocate. Remote candidates will not be considered.

Education: College degree, preferably in Computer Science, is required. MCSE strongly preferred. Will consider related field (or equivalent) experience.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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SQL Server Datawarehouse BI Architect, SSRS, SSAS, SSIS - North West

SQL Server Datawarehouse BI Architect, SSRS, SSAS - North West - £330-340

I am currently recruiting for a Datawarehouse Architect to work for my prestigious client based in the North West to help with a Greenfield project, building a large Datawarehouse.

A BI tool (SSRS/SSAS) will then be sat on top in order to create reports in line with the business users requirements.

The client has recently started to use SQL Server 2012, so this would be a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to this new technology.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:

- SQL Server 2008
- SSAS/SSRS
- ETL SSIS
- Proven background of Kimball methodology
- Datawarehouse analysis and design

Good interpersonal skills are also a must, as is playing an active role in discussions and team meetings. There will be a substantial part of the role involved with gathering requirements from the business, so the successful candidate must also be comfortable in this sort of role.

Initially the project is set to run for 6 months; however there are excellent extension possibilities. Interviews are due to happen mid June, so please register your interest ASAP if you feel you would be a good fit for the role.

For more details contact Nicola Darkin of Real Staffing on 0113 243 9888.

(Real Staffing Group acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business)

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SQL Server Datawarehouse BI Architect, SSRS, SSAS, SSIS - North West

SQL Server Datawarehouse BI Architect, SSRS, SSAS - North West - £330-340

I am currently recruiting for a Datawarehouse Architect to work for my prestigious client based in the North West to help with a Greenfield project, building a large Datawarehouse.

A BI tool (SSRS/SSAS) will then be sat on top in order to create reports in line with the business users requirements.

The client has recently started to use SQL Server 2012, so this would be a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to this new technology.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:

- SQL Server 2008
- SSAS/SSRS
- ETL SSIS
- Proven background of Kimball methodology
- Datawarehouse analysis and design

Good interpersonal skills are also a must, as is playing an active role in discussions and team meetings. There will be a substantial part of the role involved with gathering requirements from the business, so the successful candidate must also be comfortable in this sort of role.

Initially the project is set to run for 6 months; however there are excellent extension possibilities. Interviews are due to happen mid June, so please register your interest ASAP if you feel you would be a good fit for the role.

For more details contact Nicola Darkin of Real Staffing on 0113 243 9888.

(Real Staffing Group acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business)

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SQL Server DBA, Job Opening, Cleveland, Ohio

SQL Server DBA, Job Opening, Cleveland, Ohio Job Category: I.T. & CommunicationsJob Description:
SQL Server DBA

Experience required as a SQL Server DBA and Oracle, PL/SQL, T-SQL, stored procedures, triggers, views, indexes, Oracle internals administering, managing and supporting database in development, test, production environments, analysing requirements, creating physical and logical database designs, and providing day-to-day admin of the databases, backup/recovery, and database server monitoring and tuning.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

- Administering, managing, and supporting databases in development, test, and production environments and analysing requirements, creating physical and logical database designs, and providing day-to-day admin of the databases.
- Responsible for security, user management, backup/recovery, and database server monitoring and tuning.
- Work with users, developers and management to understand needs and design/implement solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

- Mid to Sr. Level experience in SQL Server plus experience in Oracle, PL/SQL, T-SQL, stored procedures, triggers, views, indexes, Oracle internals, administering, managing and supporting database in development, test, production environments, analysing requirements, creating physical and logical database designs, and providing day-to-day admin of the databases, backup/recovery, and database server monitoring and tuning.
- Requires excellent communication skills as well as technical skills.
- US Banking Industry experience is a PLUS.
- IMMEDIATE need in Cleveland, OH. Local candidates preferred.

- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Duration: Full Time Salary placement opportunity or Contract or Contract-to-Hire
- Start Date: ASAP

To apply please provide an updated detailed Resume to the Attention:Ann/ManTekConsulting and download to the provided area.

SEARCH TERMS INCLUDE, SQL Server DBA and Oracle, PL/SQL, T-SQL, stored procedures, triggers, views, indexes, Oracle internals administering, managing and supporting database in development, test, production environments, analysing requirements, creating physical and logical database designs, and providing day-to-day admin of the databases, backup/recovery, and database server monitoring and tuning.

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