Description: Junior - Mid Level Technical Writer

I am looking for Technical Writer with circa 2 - 4 years software technical writing experience.

Salary coming in at circa 35-40k D.O.E.

Responsibilties

-To write and edit documentation including API Guides, User Manuals, Installation Guides, etc. for complex SOFTWARE applications in the financial industry

To update documentation for each major software release and to amend the documentation to reflect new features during the development cycle

To regularly update the documentation based on customer requests

To collect and gather technical and functional information from various sources to be used in the documentation based on the features list

To translate technical concepts into easy-to-understand text or operating procedures

To work closely with R&D and QA and other Technical Writers

Applicants must have the following:

Ideally 2-4 years experience in Technical Writing, with at least 1 year writing for software


Experience of the following tools: Adobe Framemaker, Acrobat and Distiller, MS Office and Visio, Source control such as CVS or Clearcase


If you are interested in this role - please send in an updated CV to lorraine@eolas.ie for an immediate turnaround on your application

Description: I am currently recruiting a Build and Release Engineer to join an expanding development team in Dublin.
Skills/Experience
Proven experience in a similar role within a Java-based software development environment.
Build tools. JDK standard tools, Hudson (incl Tomcat), Ant, Maven.
SCM systems, esp Perforce
Scripting in Unix and Windows environments
RDBMS and SQL esp Oracle 10, 11

Responsibilities
The candidate will work within a software development team producing Java-based software using agile methods and be solely responsible for all build and release tasks for my clients software solutions.
They will report directly to the engineering manager and coordinate with developers (including distributed members), testers, tech management and other stake holders to create releases in a timely, efficiently and accurate manner.

The candidate will be familiar with multiple release methods, tools and SCM systems and use this knowledge to maintain and improve the tool set to follow industry best practice or as appropriate. They will have deep experience and expert skills in building Java code and, while not core to the role, experience in software development, particularly in Java, will be advantageous.

Candidate should have a very structured and rigorous approach to their work, should possess excellent written and verbal skills and be a strong team player.

Education Requirements Bachelors Degree in a relevant discipline required, Masters preferred

if you are interested in this role - please send me in an updated CV to lorraine@eolas.ie or call me on 01 2866666 for a quick turnaround.

Description: Software configuration engineer required for Client based in South Dublin. My Client are looking for fixed term contractors for 12 months or will consider daily rate contractorsMy client a global financial services leader urgently require an experienced Software Configuration Engineer in Dublin
Minimum 5 years experience in a development or technical support capacity, preferably in a financial services environment.
Must be very process oriented with experience maintaining and evidencing controls for Sarbanes Oxley and Internal Audits.
The successful candidate will be supporting production systems and new deployments of in house VB, SQL & Java applications,
hosted on Windows and UNIX servers running XenApp, SunOne & WebSphere, against Sybase, DB2 & Oracle databases.
Demonstrated experience administering, troubleshooting and applying changes in similar environments is essential.
A solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle is required.

Primary Responsibilities:
•Execution, delivery and storage of releases to specification, in a controlled and timely manner.

•Installation and management of controlled environments

•Assisting Production Support and project teams with installation of uncontrolled environments

•Adherence to release processes and their continuous improvement.

•Adherence to, and implementation of Audit requirements

•Maintenance of the releases system and any related tools.

•2nd tier end user support

•Evaluation of new technologies for use in the release process and related areas within the SDLC. Development and implementation of same when required.

•Meet and maintain software quality standards

•Maintain and evidence SDLC controls for Internal and Sarbanes Oxley Audit

This is an excellent opportunity with a top client. Apply now for more details

Description: A new role has opened up for a Release/ SCM Manager. The required person needs to have a hands-on Release background as well.
People who also have experience in one or more of Weblogic(admin skills), Maven, Ant, Hudson Build Server, Apache Tomcat, Unix, SQL, Java, MircroFocus COBOL, CVS.
Release manager role would be as follows:
• Manages demanding release schedule and including business liaison to validate business priorities with key stakeholders
• Accountable for the delivery of releases in alignment with the overall release strategy and vision.
• Acts as a single point of contact for delivery of releases, collaborating with delivery team leads to ensure sufficient level of quality in each release
• Provide management oversight of the release process, including delegation of responsibilities to all personnel required to ensure successful delivery of the release within the scope of the co-source.
• Allocates / balances available resource supply against forecast demand.
• Develops and communicates detailed release plans and sets delivery expectations with key stakeholders. Updates and communicates release status. Escalates issues in a timely manner where required.
• Interacts extensively with the functional team leads in the estimation cycle, identification of inter-team dependencies, delivery plan validation, impact assessments, issue tracking / resolution, and status reporting.
• Ensures user acceptance tests completed, all defects addressed, and all service requests contained in the release were signed off by the requestors.
• Ensures all required regression testing activities were completed successfully.
• Verifies if the required training was provided to the affected user community.
• Makes sure a comprehensive back-out plan exists and was validated.
• Makes sure the release is deployed according to the release plan.
• Monitors the production environment post-release for any unexpected situations, and make sure remedial action is taken as quickly as possible.
• Facilitates post-release evaluation meetings to discuss issues and identify improvement opportunities after major releases.
• Acts as a conduit to the change management team to communicate the release plan and assess change activity impacts to the release plan.
• Coordinates cross team integration activities.
• Proactively identifies and manages situations or concerns that adversely affect service delivery. Escalates issues as required.
• Experienced in automated build scripting technologies such as ant and maven to define an automate release process
• Experience of continuous integration and automated testing
• Manage and prioritise day to day activities of release team
Please contact Peter Kirby of you are interested in this role.