Our upcoming meeting [Changed]

Git Going with Distributed Version Control

This is our meeting announcement. Our next meeting is on March 19, 2009 from 4:00 PM - 6:00PM at UNM Continuing Education Rm. 108. This month, as you know, we have Matthew McCullough from Denver. Matthew McCullough is a passionate and energetic 12 year veteran of software development, JVM application architect, open source educator, and co-founder of AmbientIdeas.com. He is an outspoken advocate for the use of agile-leaning methodologies and open source libraries in enterprise applications. Matthew currently is a member of the JCP, participant on the CSIA Planning Committee, reviewer for technology publishers including O'Reilly, and President of the Denver Open Source Users Group. His experience includes successful J2EE, SOA, and Web Service implementations for real estate, financial management, and telecommunications firms, and development of several open source libraries. Matthew jumps at opportunities to evangelize, present, and educate teams on the benefits of open source technologies. Matthew currently resides in beautiful Denver with his wife and baby daughter, who all are active in nearly every outdoor activity Colorado offers. I just also found out he will be a presenter for the No Fluff Just Stuff circuit.

Many development shops have made the leap from RCS, Perforce, ClearCase, PVCS, CVS, BitKeeper or SourceSafe to the modern Subversion (SVN) version control system. But why not take the next massive stride in productivity and get on board with Git, a distributed version control system (DVCS). Jump ahead of the masses staying on Subversion, and increase your team's productivity, debugging effectiveness, flexibility in cutting releases, and repository redundancy at $0 cost. Understand how distributed version control systems are game-changers and pick up the lingo that will become standard in the next few years.

In this talk, we discuss the team changes that liberate you from the central server, but still conform to the corporate expectation that there's a central master repository. You'll get a cheat sheet for Git, and a trail-map from someone who's actually experienced the Subversion to Git transition.

Thanks, and we will see you there.

P.S. There could be a possibility of dinner afterwards, although nothing has been solidified yet. We will hash that out during the meeting, to the surprise of Matthew. ;)

The Albuquerque Java Users Group is always free of charge, and anyone is welcomed to attend, so be sure to tell others about it.

Also, there is now a LinkedIn Group for our JUG so if you want to beef up your profile and look good, associate here.

Help Requested

We have a request for Javascript/AJAX (not Java) tutoring for report archiving project..If anyone can make time and help someone, please contact Marco Deleon @ marcoadln@gmail.com

Job Announcements

Justice Systems

Posted on Mar, 19, 2009

Justice Systems Inc is looking for a motivated, self-starting software engineer to work on the development of a next-generation web-based Court Case Management System. The ability to effectively work across departments in a collaborative work environment is required. This position will heavily draw on your ability to gather and clearly capture requirements, develop clean, easy-to-maintain code and troubleshoot complex problems. Experience with web-based technologies like HTML, CSS, AJAX, Javascript is highly desirable. Knowledge of Java and/or relational databases is a plus.

We are a local ABQ company.

Please Contact: Dean Crothers

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Booz Allen Hamilton

Posted on Mar, 19, 2009

Booz Allen Hamilton, here in Albuquerque, is looking for 2 programmers and 1 web application tester. Primary skills required for the programmer positions are SQL, OOP, Java, HTML, Javascript. Oracle knowledge is a plus. For the testing position, experience in web application testing is required.

Please contact: Raisa Koshkin

Robert Half

Posted on Jan 24, 2009

Fast growing software firm is seeking two java developers with experience in java swing, J2EE, Configuration management software and sql server. Day to day duties include writing code, testing and debugging desktop applications written in java swing. Will be doing maintenance and new development on an existing client server application.

Ideal candidate will have 3+ years of java swing experience. Experience with SQL server or other RDBMS. Experience with J2EE, Configuration management software is a plus.

Initial project is jail management software developed by a company in the Ukraine. They are looking to bring this in house. The software uses Swing for the interface rather than the web based interfaces usually associated with J2EE client server applications.

Application connects to a SQL server database. Very large program with few clients but they intend to market this out.

Willis Johnson / Account Executive ROBERT HALF TECHNOLOGY, MICROSOFT GOLD PARTNER (505) 888-6225 work (505) 554-5676 cell (505) 884-4559 fax ShoreTel Ext. 42221 willis.johnson@rht.com www.rht.com

Spinnaker

SENIOR JAVA/J2EE DEVELOPER (15 openings) - ASAP!!!

***LOCATION: Anywhere - can do remote work with light travel to Mid-West***

• Works with management, business analysts, DBAs, infrastructure and other cross-department teams to evaluate business needs and provides end-to-end technical solutions. • Leverages industry (Java5 and J2EE) best practices to design, test, implement and support a multi-tier solution working with an Oracle back-end DB. • Works with QA teams to conduct integrated (application and database) stress testing, performance analysis and tuning. • Provides production monitoring and disaster recovery standard operating procedures (SOPs). • Provides mentorship and technical leadership to less experienced developers.

QUALIFICATIONS: KEY PLATFORMS: “Spring” and/or “Hibernate” • BS degree in computer science and minimum of 10 years of Java/J2EE development experience along with production support practice. • Excellent track record of delivering quality software products by following iterative and agile SDLC. • Hands on experience in designing, developing and successful deployment of three or more large scale Java/J2EE projects from end to end. • Proof of being highly motivated self-starter who solves problems with a business centric view. Provide guidance to other developers to follow best design and coding practices. • Extensive knowledge and application of Java best practices and J2EE design patterns along with experience with application servers (e.g. Weblogic, WebSphere, JBoss etc.), and Oracle database servers. • Hands-on experience with Java EE 5, JavaServer Faces, Struts, JSP, Web Services, ESB, JMS, Enterprise Beans, JDBC, Spring, Hibernate, role based Authentication/Authorization, JMX, securing Java applications, OS/file level security, XML, XSD, XSLT, Parsers, UML and change management process. • Certification in any of the following: Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD), Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD), Sun Certified Developer For Java Web Services (SCDJWS) • Various performance analysis and tuning techniques. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.

TRAVEL EXPECTATIONS: • During travel weeks, Team members will setup travel so that they are on client site at least 4 out of 5 business days a week with the remaining business day working remotely. It was agreed that after the first 4-5 weeks of travel, remote work will be determined by individual in part based on their ability to deliver remotely on the days they were not on client site. • Initially members should plan on traveling Sunday so that they can work a full working days Monday through Thursday, ensuring that their return flight on Thursday allows them to stay on client site until to 5pm CT. Each member should work with their tech leads on any adjustments to the best 4 days to spend on client site given their specific situation and responsibilities.

Kevin T. Moran Staffing Consultant New Logo 1 299 Milwaukee St., Suite 300 Denver, CO 80206

Email: kmoran@spinnakermgmt.com Direct: 1.303.370.7087 Toll Free: 1.877.476.0576 x84 Cell: 1.720.255.4949 www.spinnakermgmt.com

Ultramain

Java Software Engineer – Developer

ULTRAMAIN SYSTEMS, INC.® is looking for an experienced Java Software Engineer/Developer to join our software development and support team. Our division’s proprietary aviation software encompasses a custom component-based on-board framework that supports application communication with our Java EE Ground System components. Job Purpose:

To architect, design, implement and document java-based solutions (including server-side and UI components) to aviation challenges.

Duties Include:

Design and develop user interfaces for internet/intranet applications, setting expectations and features priorities throughout development life cycle; determine design methodologies and tool sets; design and conduct tests. Recommends system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchase alternatives. Completes application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities; contributing to team meetings; troubleshooting development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms. Supports users by developing documentation and assistance tools. Updates job knowledge by researching new technologies and software products; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in support forums and professional organizations. Enhances organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to the team.

Requirements: 4+ years JAVA programming experience required. Variety of experience preferred. Some background in at least some of the following: Networking/Communication, JNI, Swing, Spring, EJB3, JAXB, AOP, Graphics (3-D and/or 2-D), ESB, Java EE Familiarity with industry design patterns, Some background in the aviation industry preferred but not required, Must possess excellent analytical and communication skills, be detail oriented, and able to work with minimum supervision, Must be flexible, able to take on new projects in varied environments, and must be able to research and learn new technologies independently, Java certification a plus. EOE. Full-time with benefits. 4 Year Degree Required Relocation to Albuquerque is Mandatory Skills/Qualifications:

Java, Web Programming Skills, Teamwork, Verbal Communication, User Interface Design, Software Requirements, Software Development Process, Object-Oriented Design (OOD), Multimedia Content Development, Software Testing.

Alison McNeil HR/QA Analyst Ultramain Systems, Inc. Phone (505) 828-9000 Fax (505) 823-1841