Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Twitter is overcapacity?



What's the story with Twitter being overcapacity? If you have an account, you are certain to recognize the lovely picture posted here. Louisa Hearn of The Sydney Morning Herald does a good job of explaining the history of Twitter's "Fail Whale" and even provides a link to a sweet game to unleash your frustration the next time the Fail Whale gets you down. Check it out!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

SCADA Analyst

SCADA Analyst
Tulsa, OK
Contract

Requirements:
- The successful candidate will be part of the core team responsible for designing, configuring, maintaining and modifying the Telvent UNIX and Windows DNA SCADA systems and associated applications.
- Provide overall leadership and mentoring to the support team in their daily duties.
Coordinate support activities with software vendors.
- Must work effectively and collaborate with end-users, project teams, management and external working groups.
- Possess the ability to effectively analyze, prepare and present project information, and make sound decisions that have moderate to significant business impact.
- Must have the flexibility to perform in IT and client organizations where priorities, roles, processes, and procedures are undergoing continuous improvement.
- Be self motivated and be able to motivate others to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
- Candidate must interface effectively with clients, project team, and senior management to develop solutions which facilitate the integration of business processes.
- Exercise excellent oral and written communication skills to deliver technical information across all levels of the organization.
- Possess excellent interpersonal skills to build and sustain collaborative business relationships.
- Possess the ability to accurately analyze information and make recommendations for security controls in a control systems environment.
- Demonstrated creativity, problem solving, teamwork and facilitation skills.



Qualifications and Skills:
- Prior experience with real time control systems is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of pipeline operations and procedures, computer systems hardware, network and communications configuration, personal computer applications, process control systems, applications and operation of computer support facilities required.
- Proficient with various software tools (Microsoft SQL database, Sybase, C++, Perl, Visual Basic, .Net).
- Excellent trouble-shooting, and problem solving skills
- Experience with Internet protocols (FTP, HTTP, IP, etc)
- Knowledge of with Serial RTU protocols is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to work within teams
- Candidate will provide required on call duties to support a 24x.7 system.
- Experience with project management concepts.
- Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, and be customer focused to understand and appropriately respond to clients' business needs.
- Willingness to take ownership of product design initiative