Based on the most advanced data and web mining technologies and architecture, aculus LLC works with some of the largest Internet companies on challenging and exciting data driven products. It provides a fun loving as well as great learning environment for our developers and engineers who are the brightest in the field.

All the positions will be based in Salt Lake City, UT.

Seeking a Data Analyst to support Sales, Marketing, and Programs Managers through the production of routine oriented-adhoc reports. Through the use of data mining, data manipulation and analysis techniques, the Data Analyst will provide reports and analyses that their customers achieve goals and maintain profitability while providing value added services. The Data Analyst will also assist with RFP repricing and providing opportunity analyses.

Major responsibilities:

• Excellent working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word and Excel (including pivot tables, built-in functions, and macros)
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Working knowledge of relational databases
• Experience with Data Modeling and Database Administration
• Strong experience with mapping and tracking of data
• Additional training in Data modeling, data architecture design, data resource management desired

• BS Degree in Information Systems or related fields
• Experience with data analysis
• Experience with quality assurance and testing is desired
• Background in data analysis and designing and/or implementing systems utilizing a major RDBMS is desired
• Experience writing SQL is preferred
• Self-starter requiring minimal direction
• High work-ethic and willing to commit to accomplishing tasks on a deadline
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent team player

Under minimum supervision, responsible for managing all aspects of Database design, applications performance, data modeling, database applications availability, tuning, and routine maintenance and upgrade. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting enterprise applications on both Linux and Windows platforms.

Major responsibilities:

• Installing database server, backup and recovery, performance, tuning, upgrades – patching and proactive monitoring.
• Database design.
• Maintaining and tuning databases including system parameters, tablespaces, tables, indices, triggers and procedural languages in single server and clustered environments.
• Participating in application issue investigation including helping troubleshoot daily issues.
• Provide assistance in the technical design of minor enhancements that rely on new database objects.
• Assisting with application system testing and regression testing efforts include participation in change review processes for database and application changes and assisting with overall data architecture.

• BS Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related fields
• Experience designing system and enterprise data architectures Skills
• Experience in perl and Linux command line programming
• Good debugging and testing skills
• Require SQL and PL/SQL or T-SQL skills
• Experience in Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL
• Self-starter requiring minimal direction
• High work-ethic and willing to commit to accomplishing tasks on a deadline
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent team player

The ideal candidate will exhibit a high level of self-motivation and possess the ability to take full ownership of the entire testing process. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must as they will be interacting with resources from every aspect of the company. In addition, you must be experienced in the complete testing cycle from formally inspecting requirements through executing and evaluating test cases and communicating the results.

Major responsibilities:

• Tests object-oriented software, performing validation testing and integration.
• Verifies software functionality for compliance with design, ensuring that software adheres to prescribed standards.
• Evaluates security vulnerabilities of software and provides technical assistance in identifying production problems.
• Reviews functional requirements, develops test tools, and conducts inspections of test deliverables.
• Identifies issues, risks, and risk mitigation strategies for a successful test effort, and documents results of the functional test execution.
• Identifies process improvement areas.
• Troubleshoots and resolves problems and issues that arise in production code-base.
• Represent QA in cross-functional teams and lead project efforts in final stages and to completion.

• BS Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of Linux platforms from a test/security perspective, with a background in testing Web environments
• Ability to write test cases based on system requirements
• Basic understanding of Java and/or other object oriented programming principles
• Perl programming skills
• Experience with version control methods and the CVS tool or equivalent
• Self-starter requiring minimal direction
• High work-ethic and willing to commit to accomplishing tasks on a deadline
• Good communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent team player

Develop data intensive reporting applications with cutting edge web based technologies. Apply AJAX and Javascript expertise to create highly interactive and responsive interface for extremely large database backend.

Major responsibilities:

• Gather user requirements
• Design beautiful application screens – color scheme, layout, and workflow
• Develop application from scratch using HTML, JavaScript, CSS and AJAX best practices. Must have cross browser development experience.

• BS Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Graphic Arts or related fields
• Experience in web programming (HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, AJAX, SQL, at least one DB technology)
• Excellent code craft - writing, source control, debugging and testing skills
• Self-starter requiring minimal direction
• High work-ethic and willing to commit to accomplishing tasks on a deadline
• Good communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent team player

The Web Data System Engineer will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and operating data integration, database, and reporting applications for large-scale web server monitoring application.

Major responsibilities:

• Maintain and develop database and web reporting applications
• Maintain and develop data ETL and integration programs
• Coordinate and operate data ETL, integration and reporting systems
• Identify, document and report operational and development issues
• Interact with users to identify issues or new requirements
• Coordinate with product managers, developers and QA engineers on development, test, maintenance and support plan for new requirements

• BS Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related fields
• Experience in Perl, command line Linux, SQL, MySQL, web programming (CGI, PHP, AJAX) and Apache module programming required
• Good debugging and testing skills
• Self-starter requiring minimal direction
• High work-ethic and willing to commit to accomplishing tasks on a deadline
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent team player