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Rockstar Software Architect - Media Content / Device Management |
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£45000 - £50000/annum £Excellent |
| Location |
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Belfast, Antrim |
| Job Number |
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113543506 |
| Posted |
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06/02/2012 (08:33) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Altmore IT Recruitment |
Description
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Rockstar Software Architect - Media Content / Device Management
Salary £45000 - £50000 + package
I am leading a search to fill a rare senior role in the exciting and worldwide entertainment industry. You be heavily involved in the design, architecture, and occasionally development of server-side products in the digital entertainment space with an open-source approach using agile methods. You'll work on a range of powerful cloud-based software components that deliver customisable, fast, highly visual and interactive services across various entertainment devices - smartphones, tablets, PCs, TV etc. These products are sold all over the world and the award-winning newly formed Belfast office is expanding rapidly as part of a group with over £1billion in turnover.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the close knit Belfast office of a global player in an extremely challenging role. You'll be steering the ship with regard to design and development processes within the team, as well as working with the company architect for improvements and future direction. The team currently has four members and is set to grow by another half a dozen in the next six months. To succeed you'll have significant experience working for a product company with a technology stack of C++ or C or Java on Linux / Unix with robust database design and query skills. You don't need to be fully versed in each of those languages - if you are a technical enthusiast, you'll adapt.
You will be given significant responsibility over two of my client's server-side product offerings - one is CentOS based, implemented with mostly C and C++ and some Java, a PostgreSQL database, and a Struts based web app running on Tomcat. It comprises multi-device application servers, on demand delivery systems and an advanced TV platform for all types of content delivery, sophisticated payment models and cross-environment content discovery along with customisable portals that can deliver HTML5 TV applications and on-demand content. This component can also provide network management for diagnostics and system-wide performance monitoring.
The other offering is a group of Redhat/CentOS based components, implemented with Java including J2EE, JMS and Oracle. These components form a unique service provider platform for the management of complex home networks with large numbers of devices. The platform comprises two modules - a device management system and a service management system for subscriber services. Experience with network management systems, call centre software, portals & dashboards would therefore be useful, but not essential.
The device management system simplifies the installation, support and management of multiple, sophisticated devices on a home network. It is multifunctional platform supporting device auto-configuration and real-time diagnostics. Over 20 million home devices from a wide range of hardware manufacturers are currently managed by this. It enables autoconfiguration of connected home devices and services, and bulk collection of diagnostic data. With its Open Architecture, time to market is reduced, and this can be implemented as middleware using XML, SOAP or JM, or deployed as a standalone server using a web application framework and dashboard tools. It uses SSL/TLS for authentication, signed vouchers for services and WS-Security to provide end-to-end security for Web services transactions.
The service management system provides service operators with tools to manage and monitor their full range of services in both the connected home environment and the wider network. It enhances remote device management with network and service-level management with as it integrates with the device management system and 3rd party device managers, has device-agnostic APIs and provides a service diagnostic console. It is based on a modular, service-oriented architecture with firmware download scheduling, configurable dashboard views and real time alerts.
You will be depended on to grasp the functions of all of the above components, understand their interactions and dependencies, and communicate these concepts to developers. You'll also have the chance to dictate technical practice, including introducing coding standards, tools, and platforms plus review output from other developers. This is a medium sized team at the moment with plans to triple the headcount over the next 12 months, meaning this truly is a crucial role and will lead to further career progression down the line.
This will be the only role of its type this year so for an initial discussion in complete confidence please email stuart dot millar at altmore dot co dot uk or send your CV through this site. Feel free to add my IM address altmorestuart at (url removed) dot co dot uk to chat to me from your desk too as I know it can be hard to talk on the phone.
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N/A |
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