14 ways to advance your IT career

Technology careers may have no set paths, but there are a few time-honored truisms that can help you get an edge. Here, seasoned IT pros lend their hard-earned advice on advancing.

Perhaps your tech career feels like you’re treading water, and you wonder why your peers are progressing more quickly than you are. Or maybe you’re looking to shake things up and take the next step in your career. Regardless, it’s helpful to regularly pause, reflect, take the long view to optimizing your path, and stay open to new opportunities.

Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned veteran, tech leaders say there are ways to keep moving forward that aren’t always obvious. 

As with the technology industry, change is constant for IT pros. Here accomplished leaders offer their best tips on how to advance in your IT career so you don’t get left behind.

Jump in the deep end
Find a mentor
Treat your career like a project
Keep learning
Execute as well as you plan
Get feedback from colleagues
Take the road less traveled
Be open to opportunity
Make a call, then revisit
Take a step back
Keep it simple
Keep thinking big
Bring value
Employ empathy

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Remote 6 Months Contract-to-hire .Net Developer Opportunity With Dallas, TX Company

Remote contract-to-hire .Net Developer Opportunity With Dallas, TX Company

We have a Dallas, TX client looking for a remote 6 month Contract-to-hire .Net developer (NOT CONTRACT or C2C – Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder).  Please let me know if you or anyone you know is interested.  We can pay $2500 for anyone you refer that is hired, works out and stays.

This is NOT a senior level position but mid-level.

.Net components need to be maintained by the Automation team thus it is important that we have a resource with the right skillset. This will be a contract to hire position with at least 6 months of contract time period and we are looking to bring this resource on board immediately:

  • 3+ years of experience in C# .Net, SQL Server
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong understanding of OOPS concepts and design patterns
  • Preferably have UIPath knowledge and/or experience or be willing to learn and work on UIPath projects while maintaining, enhancing and creating new C# .Net solutions
  • Preferably has Azure development experience creating, deploying and maintaining function apps, logic apps.
  • Understanding of Azure DevOps is preferred
  • Understanding of GIT source control and deployment methodologies is preferred

If this opportunity is not a good match for your skills or you are not available but know someone who is, please forward this email to them as we pay referral fees for anyone you refer that we place with a client.

If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

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    What is your availability to start?

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    Mike Hanes
    ProVisionTech

    972-200-7171

    mhanes@provisiontechgroup.com

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    Direct-hire Solutions Architect Opportunity in Plano, TX

    Solutions Architect

    What’s the role?

    The role of Solutions Architect is to provide technical guidance and direction for more than one business applications and technologies within Global Application Software. This position is responsible for designing software solutions that are modular, reliable and extensible, conforming to sound design principles and capable of adapting to change while achieving targets for performance and scalability. The Solutions Architect works closely with various team members to drive operational excellence and deliver products which set the company apart from the competition and actively engage our customers.

    Who is the company?

    If you’re new to the industry, you might not have heard of us. We provide leading-edge tools, technologies, software and services for the global construction sector. We have a proud heritage, built over 75 years, and a worldwide reputation for pioneering products and exceptional service. With 30,000 people in more than 120 countries, which we’re looking to expand, we’re a great place for you to show us your worth, step up to new challenges and grow your career.

    What does the role involve?

    Assume responsibility to architect, implement and optimize more than one area of application design and development; drive one or more parts of a larger multi-system initiative
    Produce solution designs to be fleshed out and implemented by development teams – this may include proofs of concept, development activities, cost/benefit analysis, training, configuration, service level requirements
    Conduct research on new and emerging technologies for practical application to business problems and strategic initiatives; identify new components to be procured or developed; provide short term solutions, as well as clear evolution paths and long-term architecture strategy
    Identify, analyze, and communicate architecture and integration options; document best practices and solution blueprints
    Interact with business unit management, company IT, vendors and industry experts to collect requirements, understand options and determine solutions
    Apply established architectural principles and application of technology solutions to multiple business processes and technologies
    Assist development leads to implement architectural strategies and the proper use of enterprise and application design patterns
    Additional duties, as assigned

    What you need is:

    · Minimum five (5) years’ experience in software development hands-on experience and SDLC practices
    · Minimum two (2) years’ experience in the Solutions Architect role, designing distributed systems that span the following areas: micro-services, data architecture, integration patterns, and distributed system integration
    · Real-world practical experience applying enterprise, domain and software design patterns; strong software development skills in C# and/or .NET; some knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript required
    · Hands-on experience architecting and design cloud-based workloads on AWS or Azure
    · Experience architecting Event-Driven Architectures using technologies like Kafka, Kinesis Streams, SQS, SNS, EventBridge
    · Experience with non-relational databases like MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc…
    · Experience with API Management practices designing, securing, and exposing APIs
    · Experience architecting Identity and Access Management solutions using Oauth and OpenID or similar standards
    · Applied analytical thinking and proven structured engineering approach to complex solution design/implementation and problem resolution across diverse areas
    · Ability to anticipate technical trends in defined and relevant IT areas
    · Broad technical and extensive architecture knowledge based on experience and expert training/education
    · Strong desire to continually study and learn the latest and new technologies and related architectures, especially microservice architectures and cloud technologies
    · Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to create documentation materials for appropriate audiences
    · Demonstrated ability leading and working with geographically distributed development teams

    Normal office conditions. Up to 20% domestic and international travel, required

    If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

      Your Email (required)

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      Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

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      Regards,

      Mike Hanes
      ProVisionTech

      Contract-to-hire Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Opportunity in Plano, TX

      This can be hybrid (preferred; both remote and in office) or remote.

      PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION:

      The Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is primarily responsible for leading a Site Reliability Engineering program for the purpose of building and running large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant systems with reliability and uptime appropriate to users’ needs. The Lead SRE is also responsible for the performance, training, discipline and development of assigned personnel; and provides input and assistance with budgeting, financial management, and technical system design and selection.

      ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (other duties may be assigned)

      • Coordinate and manage the activities of a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team responsible for the availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning for their assigned system(s).
      • Work with appropriate stakeholders to identify Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for critical systems. Identify the Service Level Indicators (SLIs) required to effectively measure SLOs and work with the appropriate technical stakeholders to implement and/or instrument the required systems and processes to measure and monitor the SLIs.
      • Build, administer and participate in a program to minimize change disruptions by identifying, developing, and implementing automation to implement progressive rollouts, quickly and accurately detect problems and roll back changes safely when problems arise.
      • Identify, pursue, and implement systems and tools to eliminate toil work tied to running a production service that tends to be manual, repetitive, automatable, tactical, devoid of enduring value, and that scales linearly as a service grows.
      • Administer and participate in, as needed, a postmortem program for all significant incidents. This program should include an investigation to establish what happened in detail, find all root causes of the event, and assign actions (via User Stories) to correct the problem or improve how it is addressed next time.
      • Work with the appropriate service owners/stakeholders to develop playbooks containing best practices for troubleshooting steps and tips for the most likely and impactful failure modes. Exercise the playbooks through group tabletop exercises.
      • Collaborate with the Systems Monitoring Lead to ensure monitoring systems to include the corresponding people, processes, and tools are appropriately defined and implemented.
      • Identify and facilitate individual development plans (IDPs), to include both formal and informal development opportunities, for direct reports.
      • Assist in the development of annual budgets for assigned area of responsibility and monitor spend and performance to optimize organizational profitability.
      • Provide evening and weekend support to the team as needed.


      REQUIREMENTS: (Equivalent combinations of education, licenses, certifications and/or experience may be considered)

      Education

      • A four-year degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering; or a four-year degree in another field of study which includes courses in computer programming, systems analysis, system development, or systems engineering; or relevant work experience is required

      Experience

      • 6 years of applicable experience in a technology environment, preferably with time spent in an engineering capacity, is required.
      • 2 years of multi-person team management experience, including task assignment, performance coaching and reviews, hiring and firing, and conflict management is required.
      • 2 years+ working in a Cloud environment with AWS as the preferred
      • 4 years+ working with performance monitoring tools like Datadog, Dynatrace, etc…
      • Coding experience beyond simple scripts is required.
      • Ability to program (structured and OO) with one or more high level languages, such as Python, Java, C/C++, and JavaScript is preferred.
      • Experience with distributed storage technologies like NFS, HDFS, S3 as well as dynamic resource management frameworks (Mesos, Kubernetes, Yarn) is preferred.

      Licenses/Certifications

      • SRE Practitioner, SRECP or equivalent is preferred.

      Tools & Equipment

      • General Office Equipment

      If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

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        What is your current salary or pay rate?

        Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

        When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

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        Mike Hanes
        ProVisionTech