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Global demand for roles such as IT security professionals, software developers, and data scientists remains high. Workforce gaps for these types of roles are expected to grow throughout the remainder of this decade. Marissa Schwan, Digital Consulting Senior Manager, takes us through her key thoughts on Labor Trends. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/d4YG-PKc #FututureofIT #KPMGAdvisory #FactorsInfluencingthenow

🤝 Unleashing the Power of Collaboration in Multi-Disciplinary Teams! 🚀 As a dedicated Business Analyst, I've witnessed the remarkable results that stem from seamless teamwork. Collaborating with diverse talents, including developers, architects, and business stakeholders, is more than a strategy – it's the heart of success when crafting AWS solutions. In our interconnected world, synergy between these skill sets isn't just beneficial; it's vital. Together, we ensure that every AWS solution we create resonates harmoniously with our broader business goals. The insights, perspectives, and expertise brought to the table enrich the process and drive value beyond measure. Let's embrace this spirit of collaboration, discuss its transformative impact, and continue shaping AWS solutions that align perfectly with our business compass! #collaborationmatters #multidisciplinaryteams #awsalignment #businessobjectives #teamworkintech #drivingvalue #businessanalysis

✅Data engineer: Balancing Deployments and Work-Life Balance: ✍️As Data professionals, we've all experienced the pressure of working late or on weekends to deploy a new release. While occasional off-hours deployments may be unavoidable, regularly deploying on weekends can quickly lead to burnout and negatively impact work-life balance. Over the years, I've learned some strategies that have helped me and my teams strike a better balance: 1️⃣ Plan ahead and prioritize Align release schedules with business needs and team capacity. Prioritize user-impacting releases for weekends and plan non-user-impacting releases for weekdays. if needed Communicate timelines and risks to stakeholders early to avoid last-minute scrambles. 2️⃣ Embrace automation Invest in robust automated testing and CI/CD pipelines. Automated deployments reduce manual effort and the risk of human error. 3️⃣ Have a clear rollback plan Always have a documented plan for quickly rolling back if issues arise post-deployment. Regularly practice rollback procedures so the team is prepared to execute swiftly and minimize downtime. 4️⃣ Distribute on-call duties Rotate on-call and deployment duties across the team to share the load. Provide comp time off for on-call weeks to maintain work-life balance and prevent burnout. By being proactive, leveraging automation, and sharing responsibilities, teams can maintain a healthy deployment cadence without sacrificing every weekend. I'm curious to hear from others - what strategies have you found effective for balancing deployments and work-life balance? Share your thoughts in the comments! #softwareengineering #deployment #worklifebalance #devops #teamwork

Solution Architect

Hiring for a research operations role is one thing. But what about a whole team? In her new piece for the Great Question blog, Noel Lamb reflects on her time building best-in-class research operations teams at Salesforce, Robinhood, and Xero. She covers how to: ✅ Create a compelling business case to secure budget ⚙ Determine your team's operating model 🤝 Hire the right folks for the right roles ➕ And much more Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gg8VGUYB #researchops #uxresearch #userresearch

#hiring Staff Software Engineer, Business Intelligence, Atlanta, United States, fulltime #jobs #jobseekers #careers #Atlantajobs #Georgiajobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/dB2Kjyiu Credit Acceptance is proud to be an award-winning company with local and national workplace recognition in multiple categories! Our world-class culture is shaped by dedicated Team Members who share a drive to succeed as professionals and together as a company. A great product, amazing people and our stable financial history have made us one of the largest used car finance companies nationally.Our Engineering and Analytics Team Members utilize the latest technology to develop, monitor, and maintain complex practices that help optimize our success. Our Team Members value being challenged, are encouraged to express their ideas, and have the flexibility to enjoy work life balance. We build intrinsic value by partnering with all functions of our business to support their success and make strategic business decisions. We focus on professional development and continuous improvement while enjoying a casual work environment and Great Place to Work culture!Outcomes and Activities:Design and develop software and improve existing code to make it more efficient to detect bugs in the codeWrite unit-tests and validate your software against acceptance criteriaEvolve and transform the design and architecture of applications towards leading edge technologies and practicesAuthor, apply and advocate for team coding, documenting and testing standardsConduct impact analysis to proactively identify impact of a change across multiple applicationsLearn the business process domain to better support the business and align technologies with the business processExperiment and test ideas, validate assumptions against needs, reach conclusions and recommend solutionsLead code reviews and communicate application changesDocument code and projects so others can easily understand, maintain and supportDebug the problems which arise in production and propose effective solutions within the application and across multiple applicationsRead, write and review design documentsContribute to team's sprint commitments and actively participate in our Agile practices, including recommendations for process improvementLead continuous learning activities to improve design and code quality as well as to increase application domain knowledgeParticipate in the talent selection processAct as a mentor to guide and review the code, designs and documentation of less experienced software engineers Competencies: The following items detail how you will be successful in this role.Development: Develops solutions using standards and best practices of the applications language. Writes code that implements the design that is testable, extensible, efficient and maintainable.Impact Analysis: Understand the rationale behind and how changes i

Did I have a top blog post in 2023? No. Maybe even better tho.. a bonus mention for all-time performance https://lnkd.in/gQBKPVtw - and the blog itself http://bit.ly/aws-dr-blog

#hiring Senior Technical Product Manager, San Diego, United States, fulltime #jobs #jobseekers #careers #SanDiegojobs #Californiajobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/dMBd3B8X Mosaic has quickly found tremendous product-market fit with its ruthless focus and dedication to strategic finance as a core driver of successful businesses. It is time for the next stage of significant investment in our data platform capabilities. We are looking for a strong, data-literate PM partner to take on the day-to-day work of executing delivery on a robust platform vision and someone who will be a loud, strategic voice in what the future is shaped to be for Mosaic's data platform. If you are a driven, engaged PM, with a love and deep technical understanding of large-scale data movement, transformation, and leverage concepts, Mosaic might be the kind of startup for you to shine brightly! What You'll be Responsible for: Own the product vision and market differentiation for your product area and actively participate in driving and delivering the company vision. Become an expert on the Strategic Finance domain, the market, the trends. Evangelize the vision constantly so all stakeholders are aligned, have context, and understand where we are going and most importantly, why. Be the champion for Mosaic customers and bring the voice of those customers into the creation process. Manage the roadmap. Make tough tactical prioritization decisions while helping the company think long term. Build trust with stakeholders by maintaining an understandable, accurate roadmap. Collaborate and communicate across teams. We win or lose as a team. Product managers play a critical role in creating alignment between engineering teams and stakeholders. A collaborative attitude is essential to the job. Measure success. Own the measures used to define success for your product. Success measures must be defined at the inception of a product and tracked throughout its lifecycle. Make measures visible to all stakeholders and interpret them into actionable conclusions and new hypotheses. Develop new opportunities. With your finger on the pulse of the market, the customers, competitors, and the engineering teams, you are uniquely positioned to discover and develop new opportunities. Requirements: 4+ years of product management experience, ideally at a hyper-growth SaaS company. Data Constructs: SQL, MDX, OLAP, ETL - need strong awareness of these from both an end user and software feature perspective. Data Literacy: Hygiene, Modeling, Analysis, Data Science - need strong awareness of these concepts and how they apply to data value. Data Security: RBAC, Roles, ACL, Compliance, Auditing - must have strong awareness and experience with products that have to provide these services as part of data distribution and usage. Be able to thrive in the startup environment, where things often don't go according to plan, but

I'm close to an end with a huge project I oversee over the past 8 months: upgrading the entire backend of @vibetrace At the onset, we knew it wouldn't be a walk in the park. Migrating legacy data, restructuring data formats to make it 40% slimmer, ensuring little as possible downtime, and integrating new tech stacks presented a myriad of obstacles. But it wasn't just about the technical challenges; it was more about doing it with a fully remote team, 2/3 that I never worked before with. Challenges: Diverse Tech Stacks: Integrating newer technologies with older ones required a steep learning curve. Data Integrity: Ensuring that no data was lost or corrupted during the transition was paramount. (here we partially failed) Team Dynamics: With deadlines, stress levels were high, and it was essential to keep the team motivated and cohesive. We are completely closing it in 2 weeks, but the massive work was delivered. Today, not only do we have a more robust, scalable, and efficient backend, but we also have a team that's battle-tested and stronger than ever. #BackendUpgrade #Teamwork #TechChallenges #Resilience

The value of IT outstaffing cannot be overstated. I have personally witnessed significant transformations in our clients' projects when they've had an augmented team at their disposal. In addition to the mentioned advantages of staff augmentation, I would also highlight strategic alignment, innovation ecosystem, scalable knowledge transfer, and market adaptability.