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• Web Application Developer - Portsmouth, NHapply

  Job Summary:

  You will build websites that are easy for the public to use while utilizing the latest technology, graphics and interactive, creative designs.
  

  Duties:

  • Develop rich, data-driven, public-facing web sites and applications (no intranet sites)
  • Integrate Flash, XML web services and third-party components
  • Bug tracking applications, and source code repository
  • Process and maintain issue tracking system; communicate with internal teams
  • Work harmoniously with technology, operations, creative teams and sales staff
  • Bridge the gap between business goals and technical components
  • Be aware of and she the latest technology trends and offerings
  • Construct web applications conducive to efficient long-term maintenance through re-purposing assets

  Qualifications:

  • At least 4 years experience creating data-driven web applications
  • Strong PHP with basic understanding of ASP.NET
  • Third-party CMS platforms, such as Sitefinity, Wordpress, etc.
  • Social network platform integration, such as Twitter, Facebook, Yammer, etc.
  • Third-party API integration, such as Salesforce.com, Amazon, etc.
  • E-commerce platform integration
  • Basic knowledge of HTML/DHTML, AJAX, Javascript,, ASP.NET, spec. C#, jQuery and/or other client-side libraries and XMLA
  • Database development (schema creation, stored procedures, triggers, UDFs) using MySQL, and preferably SQL Server 2005/2008 experience
  • Ability to consume and create XML Web Services
  • Set up local, debuggable web applications for efficient troubleshooting and testing
  • Knowledge of how web sites are deployed via FTP, RDP and file system
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• Requirements Analyst - Philadelphia, PAapply

  Job Summary:

  Piehead is currently seeking a Requirements Analyst in the Philadelphia, PA area to support one of our fortune 500 clients in a ground-breaking enterprise-level project. The successful candidate will work onsite with Piehead User Experience team as well as interacting daily with the client’s business and IT personnel. The Requirements Analyst we seek is experienced and innovative, deeply knowledgeable about requirements best practices but able to adapt them to the needs of the client. We are looking for someone able to grasp the big picture and attend to detail, and who is tenacious about connecting with stakeholders and diligent about uncovering hidden needs. The person in this position serves as the conduit between business stakeholders and the software development team, ensuring a common understanding of the goals and constrains of the project. If you are a serious professional who loves a fast-paced, challenging, creative and fun environment, then we want to hear from you!

  Responsibilities:

  • Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops
  • Develop process flows, use cases, business requirements and business rules
  • Work independently and resourcefully to gather input and feedback on requirements from stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization
  • Write requirements specifications according to industry standards, ensuring that requirement statements are clear, complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible and to an appropriate level of detail
  • Work with User Experience team to resolve issues, implement both user and business requirements and ensure that the deliverables of the disciplines complement one another
  • Represent requirements using alternative views, such as analysis models (diagrams), prototypes, or use case scenarios, where appropriate.
  • Manage requirements traceability, track requirements status and update them throughout the project
  • Develop test cases from the use cases and requirements
  • Implement effective requirements practices, including continuous improvement of a requirements process.
  • Assist with the development of the organization’s requirements engineering policies, procedures, and tools

  Required Skills:

  • Solid interviewing skills in order to talk with individuals and groups about their needs and ask the right questions to surface essential requirements information
  • Listening skills, to understand what people say, probe when appropriate and help them to articulate their true needs
  • Analytical skills, to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, distinguish presented user requests from the underlying true needs, and distinguish solution ideas from requirements
  • Facilitation skills, to lead requirements elicitation workshops
  • Observational skills, to validate data obtained via other techniques and expose new areas for elicitation
  • Writing skills, to communicate information effectively to customers, marketing, managers, and technical staff
  • Organizational skills, to work with the vast array of information gathered during elicitation and analysis and to cope with rapidly changing information
  • Interpersonal skills, to help negotiate priorities and to resolve conflicts
  • Graphics & modeling experience a plus, to represent requirements information in graphical forms that augment textual representations in natural language
  • An understanding of contemporary requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and management practices and the ability to apply them in practice
  • Experience with commercial requirements management tools, a plus

  Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of experience as a Requirements or Business Analyst working directly with client stakeholders and end-users
  • Degree in business, engineering, computer science or a related field
  • Must be a very organized, self-managing and highly motivated individual
  • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to take pleasure in solving complex problems
  • Flexibility in approaching problems and people
  • Positive attitude
  • Willing to travel; approximately 10%
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• Sr. Information Architect / UX Analyst - Philadelphia, PA or remoteapply

  Job Summary:

  You will provide suggested approaches, preliminary scoping and create deliverables optimally suited to the needs of the client and the team. You will also guide junior UXAs and collaborate with team members in other disciplines throughout the project lifecycle. This is a full-time or contract opportunity.

  Duties:

  • Plan and lead user experience activities on client projects
  • Create deliverables appropriate to the budget and maturity of the client
  • Promote user-centered design best practices to clients, internal and external team members
  • Represent the needs of the end user tempered by the goals of the business
  • Conduct usability tests, contextual inquiry, focus groups and other user research activities
  • Perform heuristic analyses, cognitive walk-throughs and other usability evaluations
  • Perform task analyses, card sorting, modeling of processes, taxonomy creation, content inventories, persona creation and competitive analyses
  • Assist with gathering and documenting business requirements as needed; understand the elements of a well-written requirement and the difference between user and business requirements
  • Develop innovative process flows, wireframes and prototypes with behavioral specifications
  • Develop clickable prototypes to demonstrate interactivity

  Qualifications:

  • Detailed knowledge of user experience best practices and user-centered design
  • Expertise in a wide range of user research, usability testing and user experience methodologies
  • Ability to explain the cognitive and social psychological bases of user experience best practices
  • Ability to ask appropriate questions, communicate effectively and persuasively convey design solutions to a broad range of stakeholders including product managers, engineers, etc.
  • Strong attention to detail and exceptional organization, logic and analytical skills
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks; comfortable with tight deadlines
  • Ability to manage client expectations and work proactively with project managers to deliver on time and on budget
  • Ability to mentor Associate UXAs and direct their creation of appropriate deliverables
  • Proficiency in prototyping tools such as Visio, Axure or Dreamweaver
  • Rapid prototyping skills in HTML, CSS, AJAX or Javascript (Preferred)
  • 7+ years of experience as a User Experience Analyst, Human Factors Engineer or similar working on transactional interfaces and information design (web experience a must)
  • Masters Degree in an HCI related subject (human-computer interaction, human factors, psychology, cognitive science)
  • Outstanding portfolio of behavioral specifications, interaction flows, site maps, navigation systems and wireframes with related documentation
  • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills - a team player; detail oriented; comfortable working with highly technical teams; ability to accept criticism and move on to the next idea; and ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
  • Enthusiasm for the internet as a medium of interaction and communication
  • Experience in a consulting role; experience with a variety of industry verticals
  • Flexibility - the ability to solve strategic problems and attend to tactical details; ability to adapt to changing technical and business constraints
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